Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-20


EHrrKRs ERom REOumOyD'
spscisl OerreRsasenee Of thn Memphis Appeal
R1cuxssD, JRIy Il, 1883
We bsv. h,d raiu svery day tsis week pest and -
write. tss skies are pouring. Tbs farmers complain
,b.t he What is s~proudag in the stacks, tAas the e0R
/, .sessd a. with weeds or else drowned sut in tbs
sosked asi ds. ana tina, everything agricultural ia "anGer
he weather. Our James riysr Is rising agEia IL seems
= - in sonsiaa. inunda len new, ana ne doubt We
shan hear Of great damage BY the feoss shreughOSt the
State.
Ths public mind is nacA depressed at he nsws frsm
Yiekskarg ana Port Hssson, which We hear Is causing
the widest jubilstion ali ever Ysnkeedom. Liseslns
speech at The sarensde in Washington Is far the most
eswardly thing he has ever yet uttered. Brave Eez
never do injustice to their eRsniss, and when LiReoln
/ talks, IN his elegant ~lEnEusgs, Of tAs soldiers Of Sen
Lee turning AL and running we can fancy tks d.
gvst with which tke speech must hsvs been rsssivos
even By nasy among the Joyous maihtuds that hsara
him. Let the Yankees aE1lt-tssy imagine, peer feels
that thslr late saeeessss have ended tbs war, sRathat
AL they havs to Dc new is t. call upon Gen. Lee 70 lay
dswn his arzs and sPen The Confederate Government
70 dispsrss. Dsluaed ssas : they viii soon wake up ts
ths fact that tse capture Of certain stToagholds is not
tie EHbjugaion Of = people
Thsrs Is noalzg to-day from tie army Of Gen Lee.
! 10 hiss been GraWA 81 IN ms OF uhtAls = h4helaA AhJlf
and We are in msnents1y expectation Of hearing the
news sf another saaguuzTy engagement, with HHdi-
FINISHED csnEssass IN its ability 10 whip the Yankees
whenever attacked. The battles at Gettysburg Wsrs,
beyond al doubt tAs most fssrfuly dostrustss = tss
Yankees tha have been fsHght during the war. Con
fedsrats onssrs who perticipa- ed In them say that they
lest 81 least three TO enc il the fghts Of Wednesday aud
THURSDAY, and hat on Friday, when We carried their
enTazehmsnts, tAsir Casualties were st least sqaal to, II
act greater than eur own That it WAS a soatiy SoaAiet
to Us, we know tee well Richmond has suffered cruelty
Is zsEal; probably the killed AID wounded hem
Ibis city, alone, viii not fan short Of sew
ssty five. Ths Hswitzsr, foraerly under the
easmszd Of ssn- Randolph, aftsrWsrd sssrsta-y Of
War, wks readsrsd such effective SERVES il tAs battle
Of Bsihsl, we q badly cut as, szd the All Virginia cav
airy, ukish contained in ia ranks a IErgs nEnss- OF
Eishmsads first ysuzg mes, was terribly aAsttsrsd
A. for the LIST rssizsss Of yoluHtssrs from this Sty,
there is hardly a esrporaTs guard lsftsfh.
The stuStoa ct CbarisstsE sxsiiss Eoze anxiety hers,
tzsEEA gsausasa wzs are well scqssiztsa witk the de
fsusoasf The hs-bsr, express the uvsHsst faitA ia tks
strsagih Of Fort Wagner szd its ability to resist the
land stacks Of the saemy On Nsris Island Besides,
! IL is coaRdsnGy asserted thai zsoald svez Fort
| Wagner fall, and WITH It Fsrt Sumter, these
disaItsrs would not twelve TIE rslEeisa Of
Charleston. Ne dsEbt isR les Of Charlsstoz Is q pos
aibls event, a. ia tfzE sf Nsbus, but the possession Of
both by the enemy vealJ nss bsths saBjugAdsn Of The
CeEfs5srsie States. Sssh P5sssssioR woald probably
ssrsIyzs ths efforts Ct the psssa party Of the North
which is new hsard lot At all in ths h~pla5alos ever
Wsksburg, but the Eer.Asru FeEce-nEksrs g. E0t Tia
men who are to ssHss the war to stop.
Gsysrzor Lstchsr has gsas ~ 70 LeElRg.sa, whors
ais aged fatAer lies dangerously i'll
Al tie recent meeting q The bosrd Of visitors Of the
Er-s-fu nrTrrar- 1-a49r-.a g. sea rr,1-.a th---l. o..
fssssrEA p OF Natural Philosophy IN hat ~iartirute, which
was fsrzeyly oiled BY the lamsnts5 sgsaswsH jackson,
shall hereafter be called oy ais aEns. DIxIL
R-IczzovD, July Is. 1903.
what Is doing IA Maryland, what General Lee is
about, where that Highty eOHq1srsr Meade Rzy be,
bsr Eoea another battle say sssar, We know B. little
here as the lounssrs areuRd The Trsui house. The
arry sf ssasrsl Lee night "a wen Be with General
Fsrey In Msxiss, FOR augat We knew Of It's movements
and dss'gzs. In the a5EsHcs Of definite Information
we have a perfect whlr sf ransrs. OF esurss the
retailers Of Rsws tell US we have bees defeated at
HngsrnsWR. Ths War Department, they say, is per
kstiy aPPrissd Of the fact. sut keeps the i~zfsraadsn
msm the people. All day this gissuy roper. YVES ia
circulation I is strange hsT insrsdsless sozs
people are asszt gosd news yet hsw readily they
accept and make themselves miserable over all It'd
iEEs Of disaster. I've intelligent gsatlsaea net
yesterday Oh thsr way up tsWs to dinner, .zd sz-
changed what flfsrazt,sR they had Eesa able 20 pick
uP, The one had seen the buIlsdn fsm jackson, an.
Esuaeing he rsFulse Of he enemy. Il dsn't believe it, I
said tbs ether. "Bst what have yea hsars Esksd his
friend. WHY, thsy say tire Yankees bavs taken
Csarlsstsz.' "Azd do ysu believe tkatl' well, yes.
I thisk It very likely And SO tAs peer man went
home, clitgiHg TO the wild, bzsslsss stsry Of Charleaon's
falr while be rejected the telegram that gave g q CLEAN
- hi "A - 49,. IL Z
ths ConfsisrEsy. Rszo whsss interests are more thor
oughly Identified witk ,ho csEss.
you will psrssive hat tie President, By proclamation
Issued this sorslag, has called out all the available
in ts country, extending tho transcription to
is fullest umit, ths age q fortyfye years.
nader the law Of Congress- This step viii meet tie
approval Of the people. The EEqufrT has excited ne
little discass.oa here by two articles sd70sstihE the
suspension Of allaw and ths placing In ths hands Of the
President the power 81 On absolute and IrrssPoBsibls
~iietztor, certainly a NEST dangerous experiment, azd
oRs likely &, meet with very decided spposiilsn. No
PIE thisks more higAly Of eur Chisf HagIstrzts than
correspondent but the proposal to sloths hin
despsic authority, 30 remove all legal restraints
spoz his will is s~snsthing which nay well eivs us
saHss" The WAg has sounssd the alsrm ia answer to
extraordinary demand. and gives expression - a
sasonabls doubt whsthsr the worthy editor 81 the
EagEirv rssiy meant what his language would inn
by. The sauss OF the Coufsdsrats States would surely
ia s~hops'ess state Of depression, If required the
ztrsms measure Of sDistAt1rsais to save it. We take
Ls EHeA RESPONDENT view Of he crisis. Tbs South VIII
It's liberties at hone. while sighting 70 secure
Egsinst Federal tyranny. II we are 20 give them
-, far bettsr to make ever ths COufedsracy 10 Louil
and let Us range ourselves under 81 sbEe-
atsn Of ths frst class.
BY the way, thzrs seems every Indication that the
WI soon insist uPoa an Acknowledgment Of
ar independence, aud demand q cessation OF hostIuHes
"a the American continent. The NartAera papers De
thA tie news Of tee fan Of Usksburg viii be per.
conc usivs sganst lntsrvsnisa BY the Esropesn
.owers Perhaps 80. Perhaps rot. It is far msrs
Es,Y TO bring It. lam siately 10 pt4 Tie
al Of Tisks6urg in is wsrt aspect sgniaes Estking
Aaa sa indefinite srslsrzatioR Of the war, & pre-
7nEstoo Of suf4riAg on both sides Of the Atlantic, and
ssizE tsl, Esgland act less thsn France viii dears to
AXE SOFAS steps toward Bringing to a. saz what would
thsr"iss appear iltsrniHasls. They are not 50 short !
,gltsd "a ts suppose that the ocsupauoa OF the aIssl
.s7i IS the ss6jagatiOa Of the Coafsdsrals statsa We
seen see.
A ssRsidarasia Yankee feet has been cruising sboat
q the JAasE river for several days past. Tive turTetsd
'on-elaah thrOe guabsstz and ten transports osEpeas the {
otIiA, Ths extreme high water In James river has I
robably lssuoSe the oHesr in command 10 believe that
ziEht Be pessibls fer him 70 steam over the eb. {,
TueuonS a. DroWTy's blun, sHd ssms have 6seR Hstea.
g for tbs roar Of eur gans At that psiut ali day. But
asy viii net try the blu8 jast rev. I an satirssd.
.ezterdsy hey tsoks nttla turn up he ApBemattox.
aeling he woods on shore. which creatcdssme slara
D Petersburg but they are far more likely 70 set
ground in the APp0natoI tAsn 10 gain any position
'om which they may end,Rgsr that city. They are