Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-12
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Special goHesaandenao Of TIE Msngais Appeal

Special Correspondents q the Aemp1A @pFe4I
R1cHmoSa January 81, lsea.
January goes 0ut Is il came IN softly ana gently 3
hue skv. i trsaaui atmosphsrs. and the nidness Of
spring marx is last day. The heavy rains ana SHOWS
"a tbe mast week have flooded the streams and made the
r,sss sbselttelv impossible The yankees as eursing
her imais If Virginia because 1t viii not feeze tbs mud
nmpftes lsrf enough for the transportation Of taeir
artillery.
Northern papers Of he 29,h were received here to,
day by tie nsg Of truce boat from Fortress Monroe to-.
city Poiot They confirm the resignation Of Burnside,
Franklin and simmer, sad The elevation Of Fighting
ice Hooker" 10 the chief command Lon tins ago.
{" In the gold n prime Of good Hsroun A~lrsschid," ii
was The custom Of the Oriental monarehs to give their
physicians inst so many days to cure them Of Their
malaaies If tie great Khan, DE mighty Emlr, Or The
magnificent Sultan, got well, the physician was re-
wardsd with a parse Of sen thousand gold sequins, and
established as a member Of 1.-The imp rial househ old But
Il his majesty did not improve within the specified pc.
Rod. the physleian lost bis worthless head, and a sue
csssor was installed in bis plsee. lincoln treats his
-coamandlng generals after this Eastern fashion. One
by ons they have fallen undar the ruthless prescription
Freuont Mcdowell, pope, Mcclellan, Barnside, TIE
mighty captains who wsre to take Richmond, have sue
c~essively yielded 30 the ~nexoyable stroke, SO that be
tween the ndomitabls vsior Of the Southern troops and
tho pe&ih discomfort Of the Yankee administration
the military lester Of Lincoln's armies is placed ia q d.
Iemma sufficiently pisiahle, and they might well inscrise
oyer the door o. his tent what Dsnte wrete above the
portals Of his inferno.
Easeiats ogais psransa che Voi sutate.
Hookertskes the chief command with the express IN
derstanding that be is to advance immediately if not
sooner. There is to be no further delay. Their ninety
days note. they declare, has been renewed for the last
time aud it they cannot take 1t up at maturity, it must
20 to prossst. The Triblras says that # the rebellion
is not crushed by the h=st Of May, they will absolutely
knock under, but Henry Winter Davis in a recent
bloody spsach ct a banquet in Baltimore, given TO Gen
Sohen X, the hsro Of Vienna, raps Greeley oFer the
knuckles FIR such a craven promise, and pledges the
Black Republican party 70 carry on the war til eter-
rity Henry Winter Davis knows very wenit cant
be done by the hrt Of May, and therefore enters his
eavoat against a surrender al that date. IF they cannot
crush Us however before The strawberry season, they
can and doubtless viii make another effort to do 20, and
the grand army viii he petty certainly set in motion
for Fredericksburg IS soon as he mud viii admit Of It.
Two weeks Of dry weather viii therefore bring on an
ether battle. Prisoners that have been brought to town
within the last two days tell Il that while Hooker is
popular with the rank snd Ge for his undeniable pluck,
tie spirit Of the army is far from hopeful, and the sd
vance gold IN York to 1929 upon the announce
ment Of his elevation shows that but little confdeneei s
felt there Of his success.
Tho city has been wild with joy 10 day over the gle.
lious news from Charleston Of the brilliant exploits Of
ommander Ing aham, ia bis attack upon the blocksd-
ing Feet of Charleston II seems that the spirit Of our
navy twhat we have Of a navy is irrepressible. No
one can doubt that had half the ships hat belonged to
the Old Federal government at the beginning Ofthe war,
been ours, we should have long since sunk or captured
the other half and blocksdtd the ports Of New YOsk,
philadelphia and Boston.
Neither house Of Congress We. in session to-day. In
the Senate yesterday, Mr.. semmes, Of Louisiana, made
an sble and elaborate argument against the appellate
jurisdiction OF The new supreme eourt SIS respects he
State courts and yves followed by Mr.. Ysney, of Ala.
bams, on the same side Of the question. IN the eourse
Of bis remarks. Mr.. Yaocsy bestowed a most imBss-
stoned and eloquen, ouiogium npon South Carolina. In
the house of representatives, NJ. RUSSELL Of Virginia,
occupied the floor FIR some time upon the exemp-
ton Of conseripts who hsd furnished substitutes for
the army, taking ground against it. Mr. Baldwin
and III. Lyons, Of Virginia, and SIR. Foote, of Tennes-
see, and others, participated in the debate. The ap
pearance Of the b use was somewhat changed by a re-
arrangement Of the members 10 their seats. every mem
Der being required to r~elinquish his old seat and moose
another by ballot Mr.. Dppre, of Louisiana, on who-e
morton the ballot was ordered, SO far from gaining by
the change, drew aless desirable seat than be had pre-
viously occupied.
The Marqris Of Harrington and Colonel Leslie LEFT
town yesterday morning in an ambulance to run the
blockade Of the Potomac. Urless they are arrested BY
Lincoln, about which they hid some misgivipgb they
viii return to EEg.snd by The nezt steamer from New
York.
There was a man shot at Carp Lee yesterday for de-
sertion, and two others are undsr sentence OF death FOR
The same military crime. General Smith Is about to IS
spe orders Offering an uncondiionaI nsrdon TO al desert /
rs woo viii return to their regiments voluntarily befose
the 10th February, but declaring that all captured after
that time viii be summary executed. DIXIE.