Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-12
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Goy, Seyuour's Message.
RICHMOND, January lO-Gov. seynour's message,
published In the New York Herald of the ssh, says the
war has taken more than two hundred thousand men
ron tbs work shops and Aslds. Slavery was not the
subject and cause Of the war. We must look for the
cause Of the war in the prevailing disregard Of the laws
and Constitution. Our difficulties teach rs shat we must
rsfsrm the people and policy Of The government. The
rights Of the States must be respected A consolidated
government would destroy the essential rights and lib
critics OF the people. he denouness arbitrary arrests.
the suppression Of journalism, the SPY system Of the
general government, and snioins sheriF's and civil Off
GERS that 40 person must be imprisoned, or carried from
the State by force, without process and authority oflaw.
The President held his ohhes, not by tho viii Of a ma
jorty, but by the Constitution which placed him In the
ofies by a vote Of one million eight hundred thousand,
against two million eight hundred thousand If the
Constitution cannot keep the Executive within is re.
stTaints, he cannot retain the States in the Union. Those
who hold that there is no sEnedty in the Constitution
must admit their guilt in the rebellion. He condemns
the emancipation proclamation as unjust and uneonsti.
tutlonal, and may be construed as an abandonment Of
the hope Of restoring the Union. If the South must be
held under military subiugston, the government mnst
be e~Onverged int a military ~despotism- The opinion
that the South must be subjugated weakened the hopes
of the people.
The message urges that the Union is indssoluble, and
factions North an South must be put down. So closely
are the upper and lower valleys Of the Mississippi bound
together, that when cotton was burned in Louisiana
corn was used for fuel in Illinois. It seems Southern
commerce BAN rupts Northern produce. Neither in a
Northern or Southern Union can the conflicting interests
of agriculture, commerce and manufacture be adjusted
Federal Reports from VIcksburg.
Northern Dispatches from Cairo. dated the 9TH, says
that Sherman fought his way within two miles Of Yieks-
burg The fighting was desperate in the extreme. The
Attn lows Lost nix hundred men. Hovey, with fifteen
hundredaen sent on a special mission, is missing. Gen.
Holmes il marching in The direction of Yicksburs.
The rebel force at Yick.burg is over si1ty.6y thou
sand men, and their in~trenehnents extend six miles
from the city,
Sherman was attacked on The 29tb, and driven back
to tho first line of bis defsnssz His loss is estimated at
from four to Eve hundred.
Grant at Holly Springs, did not reinforce Sherman.
FaTsgut and Porter are expected to cooperate with
sherman and McClsrnand.
A Werd From, Butler.
Banks army has bsen divided into two columns and
sent on Independent expeditions.
Butler, in a speech at Philadelphia attempted to jus.
tify the murder Of Mumford. The Herald says he will
probably return to New Orleans, and Banks will push
forward in the field.
Debt for She Negro.
A Bill has passed the Federal Congress providing for
the issue Of ten millions thirty year bonds, to aid the
emancipation of negroes in Missouri.
Steamer Reported Captared.
The Key West correspondent Of the Herald learns
that the Anglo-rsbel steamer Comet, with a valuable
cargo from Nassau, WIS captured on the 9th ult.
The Tribune, Of the eth, contains the following dis
pgteh from Washington, dated the 7th "Yaliandigbam
made a speech to-day in the house, favoring foreign ia
terveDtion.7
The French Cabinet.
The Tribunes correspondent from Paris, on the 2sth,
says til is reported that Drouyn do PHuys has resigned.
He also says the Cabinet Of the French Emperor has,
for the present. abandoned the design Of mediation fn
American affairs.
BaHks' Movements.
Adviees from NV Orleans to the 2sth ut, state that
Banks had made Baton Rouge his h pdquarters
Mexican Affairs.
A dispatch from San Antonio dated the oath nit, er-
pressed from Monterey, says that after the battle of the
18th, in which the French army defeated the Mezicans
and captured Puebla and Tampico, the vieiors pro-
eeeded immediately toward the City Of Mexico.
From V~icksbnrg.
RICHMOND, January IO-An official dispatch, dated
Vieksburg, January 9Th, says: From the latest informa.
ton I am satisfied the snemy's transports have gone mp
the river. Only seven ganbosts arc between the mouth
of the Yazoo river and Mlliken's bend. Vicksburg is
daily growing stronger. We intend to hold it.
Lsignedl &c. PEMBERToN,
observation-disclosures Commanding.
From CharIestOn.
CHARLESTON, January IO-Coionel Alfred Rhett hes
been ordered to the command Of Fort Sumter and
entered upon the duty yesterday.
A schooner, seven days from Nassau, with a cargo Of
salt and s%undries, has anivtd st a Confederate port in
safety.
Yankees Swearing In.
RICHMOND, January II.-About one hundred Yankee
prisoners have taken the oath Of allegiance and com
menced wsrk in the government ~foundrys.
PrisOaers freul Kentucky.
The Central train brought down twenty-five Yankee
prisoners, captured in Hardy county. Ky, by I~mbodens
rangers also, the Federal sheriff Of Barbour county.
a LincoInite, who has been aiding the Federals to ex
ecute the order exscting contributions from loyal eti.
zens for the support of the Yankee army.
The particulars of this important capture have not
Refugees in Richmond.
R1cHmoED, January ia large number Of women
and children, refugees, who came by the flag of truce
boat. have arrived in Richmond The wifsand children
of John Ross, the Indian chief were among those who
BY flag of truce.
The refugees seem impressed with the idea that peace
be declared in a short time.
The emancipation proclamation is already making its
results. At Norfolk, slaves are becoming worthless,
and and owners are imprisoned whom
chsstise them.
Virginia Legislature.
RICHMOND, January lin the house Of delegates a
resolutiou was pa sed urging Congress to pass a law to
pay for slaves impressed into the Confederate service.
communicate from Governor Shorter. of Alabama.
laid before the house calling attention to q resoIu.
passed by the Assembly Of that State. in relation to
tbs monopoly by the Confederate government of the
railroad transportation, and asking the attention Of the
Virginia Assembly to the subject
RICHMOND January u-eODgross viii mres in The
capitol to morrow al 70 NJ, and after Organization Will
the Presidents message, when it viii adjourn to
The Exchange HOtei, which has been prepared for it.
That portion relating to foreign affairs is interesting
General Floyd Judge Allen, Chsrles ". Russell snd
W. Q. Rives, are Mentioned in eonnscton with the va
Virginia senatOTsbip.
Latest No rthern Intelligence.
R%IcHNoEDs January I1.-It was reported in the city
Northern papers Of the 9Th says VaHandighan
made q speech in favor of European Intervention, but
he papers Of that date, received, make no aIluzlon to it.
lis also reported that Halleck and Stanton hsd had a
personal reneounter.
The Richmond Enquirer has the washington papers
= the sh and 9th. They admit Sherman was forced to
back from Vicksburg, before an overwhelming force,
md say a bloody battle must ensus before the place
sn be captured.