Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-05

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Special oorrespoaisnce Of the Msnphis Appeals
RIcnmogD, Fepsaay 2 1868
There IS little 10 write about today but Che
weather The weather is an nalssIiHg iheme
with eonversationists and correspondents.
Astrological phenomena, tmighty fne
words these,9 arc ever weird and Interesting.
No two days were ever exactly alike in sky.
atmosphere, moisture, temperature, from tie
rising to the setting sun, az The Same place %
any part oftae WoTld, since The creation There
is, indeed, a new creation every Gag.
The weather we have had since my last LEI
ter is worth wiring about.
Know then that Saturday, The 2lst, was mild
aud Aprtike tl noon, when gathering clouds
and a sudden depression Of he sheEmometer
with g cold wind blowing from the northeast
betokened n approaching storm. Al g P n.
it cane thick and fast. in multitudinous WhiIl-
ing snow-aakos which filed the aif, and
whitened the earth all at once, as If the great Ia
blecloth Of the gods had Suddenly fallen down
upon the city. All night long fen the snow aud
BOWED the wind People who had gone cut to
the theateE, to evening parties, and elsewhere,
aoundersd through great drifts Of snow on their
return home, and, if their way lay northward,
began to despair Of ever getting there To
ward morning tho clouds began tosend downhail
and when the Sabbath light fully breke upon
Us, TIE p~itiless blast was st its highest fury.
with ten or twelve inches of snow upon the
ground. About y NJ. the storm abated and at
2P. 81. the clouds broke with a temperature Of
eight degrees below the freezing point. Nobody
I went to cburLb. Some adventurous Sabbath
breakers sppea.ed in sleighs,and made merry
after their fashion Yesterday the sun burst
forth in all It's glory, and the streets were lively
with the jingle of the sleigh bells till dark. To-
day, the mercury has gone up twenty degrees,
the sun shines down wsruly upon the white ex
panse, a south wind blows genially upon us, and
the tlaw is fully established.
The first thought Of oil eonsiderqte people,
throughout this bitter reappsaranee Of winter in
all its rigoT, was for the army. Many Of the
brave troops, that so lstely passed through Rich
mond, were still in the neighborbood, without
tents, and it was reasonably to be expected that
thsir suHedng would be severe. There was 9
q painful rumor yesterday that several soldiers
Of a Texas regiment had persisted in the storm.
1 am happy to soy to YOU, upont tho authority Of
e gallant young Texan, who was himself ex.
posed to the whole of il, that his comrades bore
the intense cold extremely well, and that yesteT-
day morning they were al in the highest spirits,
preparing for another SNOWFALL engagement
It is to be hoped that the rest Of the army have
been as little affected by Che tempest.
The second thought suggested by the north
caster was concerning the Yankee armada and
bloeksding squadrons on the coast, We may
indulge a reasonable hope that they have sui
fered immensely, and that many of the iron-clsds
have gone to the bottom.
There is still a doubt entertained whether the
attack on Charleston viii now be made at all
No intelligence has been received from that
quarter indicating the advance of the land forces
or the movement Of tho ships Of war. The
Yankees, now that all their preparations are
complete, seem to fear something in the nature
of unseen dangers and unexpected engiaery of
defense-monster torpedoes, submerged rams,
and guns Of tremendous caHbsr, hitherto I'M
known to Confederate fortfeations. But hey
are disgraeed forever if they give mp Charleston
More than this, (foT they care Htle for disgraee),
the blockade viii probably be opened Z they
confess themselves unable to take and occupy the
city. England and France may declare the
port open and keep it So. We may therefore
consider The doubts which ae expressed aboat
the attack as idle, and look fer tho ides of March
with no little interest. They viii never be abe
to occupy the city, though they may batter il
down, and If they are driven Of, 1t viii be a
repalse conclusive Of the var.
The AbOEdonists havs certainly taken a novel
position in the FeaeFal Congress, as seen in the
recent speech Of Conway, Of Kansas. They
now want the war to stop, recognising our indie
pendsnee, but asking US to adopt then tariff,
establish free trade with the North and proclaim
to Europe the Monroe doctrine. Cool, certainly.
Conway, Of Kansas, must have pro6ted little
by the boosted Yankee system of common
schools not TO have seen awsre that it was the
intolsrable grievance Of the tariff eutailing upon
US commercial vassalage to the North quite as
much as the Niger in the woodpile'' that
the South to seeede from the Union.
Congress has been in secret session for the
greater part of the day discussing the question
Of the currency.
Cen Longstreet has been assigned to the
command recently held by Gen. Gustavus W.
Smith. DIXIE.
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