Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-03
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Special Correspondence Of the Memphis Appeal.l
RICHMOND. February 10, 1868


RICHMOND, February 10, 1868.
Forty. y.eight hours Of almost continuous rain,
pouring out Of the sky and deloging the earth
streets flooded, roofs leaking umbrellas and
overshoes, IN nine cases out Of ten, (hsving been
purchased before the blockade letting the water
through markets almost bare Of provisions II
consequence of the 'nclemeuey Of the weather;
no news q. the war, not E n nor trains all be-
hind their time on She rhilTosds; hotels dirty.
sloppv and crowded; hslls of Congress diHo'
diio ditto Newspapers, by reason Of the e1-
cess Of moisture, sbs3ding their ink freely On
tae hands of thsi- readers; c9nscrips officers
stopping everybody at the street corners for
their papers Of exemption, despite the peisines
Of the uitless storm; hundreds Of soldiers walk
IN about in the most comfortless manner, with
tbeir blankets saturated and dripping sucs is
in outline what Rhicbmond has been since the
5sy before yesterday At last st 5 P NJ today,
We have the sun, bursting from the clouds IN
the West, aud resting sweetly on hills, spires
q ID houss-tops of the city, beautiful always at
TIE setting hour, bat doubly 50 by contrast with
a long season Of darkness Abysmal.
/ have SAID there is not even rumor. We
hssr with some certainty, though. that Burnside
has been again assigned to e commsod in the
Federal army, ard that he has arrived ct For
tress Monroe with twenty Thousand men What
ne1tq Who knows Drewry's bluff again,
m 5st likely, aud The advance from Suffolk. But
not for several weeks The immediate reason
for bringing half Of Hooksr's army from Fred
ericksburQ to Old Point, was that they might
Be licked Up and taken care Of The desertions
on the Rsppahaunoek were Absolutely thiDnipg
the Yankee regiments IS much as would two
battles week At 0.d Point there are aecom-
modations inside the fcr.ifestiens for fifty thou
sand men. and there sre wide expanses Of va
tr all around, which viii prevent the further es-
cane Of the reluctant defenders of the old
aag." Where pugnacious Joseph Hooker is
W are not informed. Mcclellan, after under
going hOnizaton to an unlimited extent st the
hsuds Of ths Bossouians, has retired to write
out bis official reports Of the campaign On The
Peninsula, an histoTical work which viii &c
down to future ages with the volumes Of Keno
phen and Napier.
General BlAsks division. comprising blanh
briga5ss aud Numbering blank thousand men
passed through Richmond to-day, on their way
from blaak to blanF The poor fellows had beer
ont in an the rain Of yesterday and last night
sad looked really soaked but they marched
with a light Tread, snd their hopeful spiri
showed that they kept their powder dry. Great
enthusiasm was manifested by the citiSens Il
the streets along the hue Of their progress
hope it viii not be considered SIS giving inior
mstion to the enemy to say thst they were az
hour and i've minutes passing the post Office, OF
Main street. and that members Of Congress and
Of the YiTgiBia Legislature rushed down iren
the capitol 20 see them go By, and joined heartily
in the shouts with which they were crested a
every step. General Blanks division will prob
s5Iy be heard Of in the next fgat-
We are looking with an interest well nigE
brestbless to Chsrles.on. Every thiog quisi
there at last accounts. The story runs that In
! Yankees have fixed upon the 22d instant, as Tx
dsy Of attack, as the frss anniversary ofthe IN
suguradon Of Jefferson Davis. Better have Sc
Ieeted any other day than Washington's brit
day. The compatriots Of Washington WI
never permit that memorable date to be associ'
/ ted with Southern humiliasion. No matter
what formidsble array the enemy shall come, n
matter what may be The result Of the serrih
bombardmsnt their monster iron clad vessels
war shall open upon tbs devoted city, they ca
gain notbine--neithsr lausels nor mstsrisl a
. vantsgs, while Bsauregard and bis band Of h'
ross lie couched behind the defenses Of the hs
E bon Do you rsoollecs an anecdote Of the Bn
isb siege Of Charleston IN l776l It is pat TO Il
purpose. and 1 viii give it to you from Yank
historian.
One day Captain LemPrisre, The same who
the former year hsd with daring enterpFis
taken more than hundred barrels Of pOwd
e from q vesses at anchor eff 81 Augustine, vi
walking with Mouluie on tie platform, al
: looking at the Bdash ships ofwar, 81 Of viii
. hsd already come over the bar, addressed INN
aWel, colonel, what do you think Of if now
I'VE shall beat them, said MoultTie. II
: war, rejoine1 the captain, viii kno'
your fort down IN half sn hour Then" ga
/, Moultde, lgs ,5iii iis behind tie rHins and p
cent their men from landing"
Z A good deal Of regret has been expressed be
at the resignation Of General Gasiavus
Smith, which gss accepted yesterday by
= President The reasons which led to it, are I
known. lis understood that General sm
a rssirss altogether from the army, and 'gil be
Gagged hereafter in civil engineering. TIE
vice Loses ia him most accomplished ard IA
fal officer
n The ssnate today was stia engaged upon
g sxempio bin, intr05ueed by Mr. spsrI9W'
ed Iouisisne, from the committee On military
3 fairs. TIE vois win probsblg be saken uPeu
to-mouow, when the bill viii Be passed ~
= then remain for shs house Of representatives
decide whether it val adhere to its oTn bii'
which the twenty negro clause has been
pealed, or accept the ssnats's, in which i Is
Np tanned.
= General ssuagt has returned to camp, bas g
4. P Hill still remains 10 The city.
There is most gratifying reaction in N