Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-17

Special Corsspondsnos q the AppeaLI
RICHMOND, March 3, lss.

FROM RaCHamONR.
Sneeisl Crrssponasnos Of the Appeal
RICHMOND, March :, 1864
rnrroRs APPEAL The days ienghen visibly, the
ann b.g4as to exert Its power. and the rosds are rapidly
baoomine hrmer. spfing raturns, but The Yankees do
not Is the attack upon Richmond to be given upi or
IA It only delayed until the result Of the attack on
Charleston can be knownf Perhaps the Yanksefa are 50
eo1adsnt Of success Ia the South, that they think that
delay will be advantageous IN Vrsinia, and that the
army az FiRhdeg Joe viii move forward with new con-
sdsncs inspired by the news Of the reduction Of the
Cradle Of Rebellion. No intelIigence reaches Us from
Fedsrcksburg Of any Indications Of a speedy advance
from hat quarter. Nor do we receive 3 word from
Charleston Of the immediate Intention of the enemy to
strike their long indicated blew there. Fulton, Of the
Baltimore Aasiean. = warm supporter Of Lincoln, who
kicked and cufed him for az alleged betrayal Of cona-
deuce. writes with enthusiasm from Port Royal, thst all
things are ready, and that whatever the Confsserstes
NAY dc in the defense OF Charleston, they csHnot iuiure
the great a eheesoboxes' the indsstructible turreted
irou.clads. which are to batter down the city. Perhaps
not We shall know more about this when the batter
les open upon them Meanwhile we are az quiet here
except for political excitemen about domestic concerns
as If no war was going on
The news from Europe is not encouraging. The
great pbarassical opposition to slavery is getting raH-
pant In England once more. The proclamation OF LIN
coin Is applsuded in monster meetings. Not a word in
behalf Of the South now. The unhappy lord mayor Of
London Is denounced for the unpardonabls iniquit- Of
having invited Mr.. Mason 70 dinner. All this time the
famine IN Lancashire is increasing daily. Let the poor
devil, stsrye. saws Exeter hall, but let US tree the pOer
blacks Possibly il is better that this Incorporate
fqrors should 60 on. Lord Mscanlsy, in one Of his
essays, says something Of the periodical morality Of the
British public. Every now and then 1t mast manifest
Itself in some foolish way, WHEN It goes to sleep again
for years. It Is the cheapest philanthropy in the world
which concerns itself with our negroes 81 8 time whsn
they think the presence Of s war with q powerful Zoe
Will compel Us 10 subm + to some scheme FOL the emsHci-
patton OF the black race. If Lincoln could succeed, If
she fsnaticism Of English anti slavery eould prevail,
England itself wsuld dwindle into nothingaess The
aview Of the ten thousand mssts' would soon be
spread with the nets Of the few naked Aldermen and
the New Zealander who is sketched the rains Of St
PsuFs from 3 broken arch Of London bridge mishteven
now be among the living. Yes, let the snttslavery
folly blaze out as feroeiy as il may. Perhaps two or
TIRES years mere Of cotton desrth may bring them to
their senses. II meantime We shall have achieved our
independence and made treaties With France securing
to that mighty empire the monopoly Of the cotton trade
with America, the British people viii only have to do.
plore the faulty by which they aisnated a pseDle
who were tneT peaE customers hR0 were uAsPg4oo " %
their best friends.
Congress has been mostly in secret session in both
hoases discussing the tax bill for seve,al days past.
Why this matter shou d not be debated with open
doors Is not very clear. The emily fear Is that they viii
not make the taxes heavy enough The people are
willing to pay snd expect to pay the barthens Of the
war, only let them be equally imposed, and the direct
methed Is far preferable to shifting the duty Of raising
the money upon the States. In the house Of represen-
tstivss this morning there was quite a LITTLE breeze with
regard to a proposition to call on the President to make
proclamation te sl planters and farmers IN the Coufed-
crate States that they must raise grain, wheat end
corr, in preference to tobacco and cotton, TO avert a
famine. Mr.. Foote, Of Tennessee, inside his accustomed
SPEECH denouncing the recent impressments Of the gov.
eminent and declaring that in his Judgment they iusu-
led resistance
The feeling Of dissatisfaction with regard to these I'm
pressmsnts continues unabatsd. Some persons declars
that the government is not il want Of aOur at all, that
twelve hundred barrels lie rstting at Burke's junction,
or the Dasyils railroad, only Afty-hve niles frSn town,
that like quantities are stored away at different points
of the country in the government warehouses, and that
the only purpose OF the present order was to ascertain
by aotual SUPPLEMENTARY a soit of GPsriHeHtz= Cru
sis-hew fsrour peopls would submit to the arbitrary
acts Ct power Il. indeed, the Secretary Of Warts anz.
ious q try the matter, ne - hkely % De grained very
speedily. Several Of the parties interested have al
ready instituted proceedings in the courts, with 8 view
to settling the i~nvaHdity of the secretsrys action, and
| Il Is tkelv enough thai the Virginia Legislsturs viii *
press Che sentiment Of the people CT this State in some
practical way before its adj~ournmeRt.
A violent Storm accompanied with thunder and light
ming, burst over the city yesterday morning in the
] course Of which tho lightning struck the tall chimney Of
I the artillery depot on Seventh street, utterly destroying
it. Lucky was II, indeed that it did not strike the ord
nance aud AMMUNITION department, g hundred feet dis.
tant, in which event there must have been an sWfnl eI
piosion. - Dl0lE,