Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-17
CaARz.EsrON-sPRUULATIONs.

CHAREEsTaN-sPE
7 Everybody is specuiating IS to Why the
enemy 90 suddenly abandoned the attsck upon
: Charleston in front The Mobile Tribune re-
z marks that Il may Be shst the attempt in front
was made IS & mers feelsr, uuder the s1Pecia-
zion that Commodore Dupont boast thst he
& o7uii destroy Sumter within three hours, would
b.. made good The attempt having failed,
fbe other is left for them, and ali the Probs-
bilidas ars thst the most serious and isVorite
at.empt has not yet been begun, and wss left
2 until the one TIA, has sigualy failed should
be tired
ea We have heard others conjecture thss Mobile
81 vvould receive a visit At an early day, and
others again, that . movement up the Missis
sippi. to assist in an stack upon Port Hud-
son. might be attempted.
II the cuemy have given up the attack upon
Charleston fcy the present, it may be with some
zueb intention as is mentioned in the following
Z Washington dispatch to 3 New York paper Of
! the 9th insts
There are those In the confidence Of the War
Sc ,GRss here. who assert that the government has
51 no nteIiion of attacking Charleston TINS spring
eeat-~ summer There are some one hunCfeu ana
\. tv transports a. Port Royal, and the report Is
bat sll the troops are to be on board aua, 10
in company with the eleven irouolsdsI san Ior the
Tsulee rfvsr 70 cooperate with General Hooker
~ 81 rs attack upon Richmond. The immense
rebsi srmy ia Charleston and Savsunans woulo
-e Ind rotffny 20 DO if this plan was carried out
.is AZ t5sy could not zel back to Richmond IN Time
va7 Tor tie 6ght There may be more IN the rePor.
d than the public suppose.
i r. Judge Constable. lately arrested by the
military commander at Indianapolis, has been
discharged by the United States district court At
Springfield, I'll. This, says The Chicago Times,
Is .bo most singing rebake Of the military au-
fb.ritv bv which the arrest was made snd
sublime vindica'ion Of The judicial authority as
z exercised by the Imprisoned minister Of the law
The military usurpstions have only to be brought
into the c9nrts to be condemned. Even the Re
uablicsn sriprems court Of Wisconsin did this.
No court VIII fail TO Dc It which is not STEPPED
~ in partisan Prsiudies and bigoIy.
WTbe Augusis papers, in consequence Of
tse uncertainty Of procuring supplies Of paper,
+ oviry 10 the destruction Of the Bath Paper
n MiDs. have determined, for the present, to fur
nisb tbeir paper at ihe rate ef Eve dollars for
y I'VE moatbs. and hsve fixed the rate Of adver-
: Using at two dollsrs per squsEs Of ten lines
EA dispatch from Milvaulzis, dated the
ztb saws the returns from d'iisrant portions Of
The sats indicate tie election Of the Democratic
.didae for chief justice, by nsjority Of ten
pthoussnd. Milwsukis gave him Eve thousand
ze majority.
Il ~ Wheat crops in East Tennessee are said
10 be small but very promising. The farmers
are engaged in planting extensive provision
sroos. and that Becfion is ssid % wssr more
hopeasi aspect than it did some months ago
rzr The Southern AfoiiDs learns tAat Mr..
Hiram Dove 7g,s engaged IN trying to eEtin-
guish some fse in the woods near Bellsfontaine,
when tree vaish was OF Ere, fell on him. He
expired in 8 few moments.
wB Brig. Gpu. ", W. NacEsll, who has
han on duty a. Mobils some months, hss been
ordered 10 more active field, and accepted the
responsible position Of chief on General BTsgg's
siaf
NEW LlxE--wo understand telegraph line
has been erected to Yazoo Ciiy, and En Office
opened for tie dispatch Ct business. The COM
oletion Of this enterprise viii be Ct great Pnbhc
benefit.
r Tie Mobile Ns,es Of Wednesday men
aous the arrival Of Bsigsdiss-Gsneral Polignae'
C.sA.. in that city He Is dtSered 70 report
20 General Kirby Smith.
~ Two thousand two hundred bales Of cot
son. stolen on the river arrived st Paris on the
zth. Il was to be sold on govsrnment account
T Hon. John J. Crittsnden is announced
As candidate for reelection to Congress from
sp the Ashland (KsntucHy) district