Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-22

Of the pu5lc service siuce your adjournment as well
as rs prcseat condition The details embraced in it
are OF ssh nature as TO render il in my opinion in
e1mPatbs y th he public interests that they Should be
published with ihs message. therefore conGDe my
self - inviting Jour attention to the Information therein
contained.
The report Of the Postmaster-GeneraI shows that
during the first postal yea UEdr our governmea ter
mnating on ths 10Th Of JCne last our revenues were in
excess Of those received by the former government in
s IaAt poss year m tne expen'es were greatly de-
creased. There is STILL however, considerable deficit
IN toe revenues Of the depaftmens as compared with its
exp nses' and ethoush the grants already made from
the general treasury vi suffice to cover ali lsBitss
to the cose 5of the fiscal wear sudng the 3 June
next recommend EOme legislation If soy be n
stiiusonzly devised for aiding the revenues Of at de-
parTu1sut during toe ensuiog fiscal year order to avoid
too great reduction Of postal facilities Your atsn-
ton u also uvtod 70 numerous Othsr improvements in
Legislation s required
recommend to the Congress to devise proper
mode OF rehst TO thoss Of citizens wbOss property
has been destroyed b. order Of the government ia pur
susnce o. policy adopted as means of rational de-
ieese- A Is irae that fEll indemnity cannot be
made, but some of relief due to those psri-
otte ezaRs who have borne private loss for the public
good whose property in effect has been takea or pub
lie usai though not directly appropriated
our government born Of the spirit Of frsedom and
ana OF the equaity and inds0eDdenee OF the States
could not Rave survived selfish Jealous disposition
making each oHly careful of its own interest or sfetv
The taie Of the COnfederaey, under the bless n Of d.
Vlne providence depends upon the harmony, energy
soa unity OF he etstes. It especially dsvolvss
yen thr representatives "a far as practicable 20 re-
form abuses 20 correct errors cultivate fraterniv
and to sustsin in the people just confidence in the
the uaity aud Sc sacrificing pEtrotisn htheuO dis
played is dus the success which has marked the
qua contest, and has brongh country into c0nd-
iion at the present tine such as the most sgnguiue
WOuo not nave ventursd to predict at the commence
'msDt Of our stTUgge Our es sra larger better
disciplined and more thoroughly armed and equipped
thsn a. any previous period Of the The energies
Of whole nation devoted 10 tie single object Of
cess IN tn war. bsve accomplished msrvels aud many
Of our trials have, By beneicent providence, been
convefted into blessings. The magnitude Of the peis
which e encountered have developed the true qnai-
ties and Illustrated tbe heroic character Of our people
thus gsiung for the C0nederacy ron its birth lust
apprece ION from TIE other nations Of the earth Tho
Injuries rasul ing from the interruption Of foreign
meres nave received compensation by the development
of our internal resources Cannon crown fortresssB
hat were cast from the products Of m nes opened and
Furnaces buil. durHg be war. Our mountain caves
yed mach Of the nitEe for the snufsct Of pow1s-
aud promise incrsss3 of product From our f1un-
dries and ls5ora Cri tom arm0Eies and wCrE-
shops We cerive, in great measure the Warke mate
rL the ordnance and ordnance stores which
pended so profulely iu the numerous and desperate
engagements that rapidly succeed each 0iher Cotton
aud Woolen fabr-s shoes and harness. wagons and gun
carriages prod lced in daily increasing quantities
Oy the t+et e. spuging into existence Our fields
no longer Whsned by cotton that cannot be exported,
are devoted TO the production Of Is and the growth
OF stock formerly purchased with the prsceed Of cot
ton. In the homes Of our noble and Dc voted women,
without whose Sabine sacridces our success would
have been impossible the Of the LOOM and Of the
splnning wheel may be heard Throughout the laad.
with hearts swelling with gratitude let us, thsn, join
nuagee O. BIS protecting care over cause and the
re iteration OF peace with It's manifold blessings
beloved country JEFFERSON DAVIS
RICHMOND, January J2, 1863