Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-15
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CEATTAEoesA, July "a. 1859.
RoEscrazg and his array Of Western troops have eror
been the right bsWer" Of the war DsPsrsasut at
Washington. Strongly fortified around shs capital Of
Tennessee, 70 vas The ssatsrplats OF the cordsn Of sub
I~ugation. To have aHnihilste5 that army, and doomed
its leader to the fats OF the d5fsatod Yankee heroes Of
the Pstemss-"suddsa supzroszioa'-or even 10 lave
succeeded in driving it bzek upsa Bowling Green or
LouiEviIla, would have accomplished zors tssn all We
have done Witaia iks last six mozthl' operations in
The Geld, toward .hs hnal settlement sf this war. The
sspiisl Of Mississippi, thsn, weuld not have fallen,
aHd he capital Of Tsznsssse woEls Il. day be In
The possession Of Tsnnesssaus. Better than q
nenth age it was urged through TIE columns ef
ths- Tsnnessss press, the inpertsnee Of rein.
fsreing Gsnerai Joe Johnston, With this iutsnt, and the
twelve Thousand troops sent from tbs coast TO reinforce
that csmmHndor In Mississippi, N ght just as well ans
mere speedily have been transferred to Middle Teanss-
see. Sen JOhnEtsn Hsvsr should have been Withdrawn
from this department.. In Gods name what has he
besn abe 10 EessmpIi.h with hair an army a, jackson,
Mississippi souparsd to what he might have aecoa.
plshed at Mrrfrsssboro. The i~nrPirst ~ sf bis pres.
snss with tits aray was worth ten thousa5d men. The
soldiers 70 q nan we're devoted to him, aad had that
aoEf7snes in his skin thai they wopld have fs lowed
him through G vaH of Gre. Many Of that veteran army
are Tennssssszs who weuls rather have died in a gle
rioHs advance upon Nashville thar TO have lived. re-
resting from their homes and dsfsnzelsss kindsea
OF whzt avail was JohHEtoHs army in the 5sfsuls
Of Yieksbug. They remsinsd thsrs IDLE, EIe.
less, helpless, hsw long the reader knows.
In the East, Lees veteran arIay has t-hrestsnsd Tie
capitol Of ths North, sHd. but for want Of reinforce
nsR;s, he might b able new to capture # by nsssslt
from his preEsnt position, ana scatter in c~ozfEsion
the miserable dsspots who gre the suihors Of all chr
troubles and he creators Of this civil war. And yet tie
army Of Gsz. Bragg lies here idle, ard may rtl idy
r.msin here many days, while every advantage is gradl-
ally bat surely slipping through oar tsrdY fingers, be-
oauss Of lack Of men to achieve what emily superior
numbers can achieve, EHsesssfuly.
IhAye no later information Of Morgan's expedition,
asn ths accounts Of the Loulrv ls zad Nashville papers,
announcing the crossing of he Ohio jyerby that daring
~chisfiNn.
The army continues quiet at this point. ana Chatts-
nooga is throuEed to-day with soldiers Of every rauk,
age sud costume. Gen. Pillow arrived to-day from
Hsatsvi1s. I understand he proposes, With the will
aud assistance Of the Government. to raise - ta5a-
sand mounted Tannssseans, A-lsbsuisus and Gsorgiaus,
10 SO issO that portion Of those 2tss 1aish nay be
Ist exposed to the rayagss and devsstatien 81 Yankee
forasi1g parties, and protect TIE farming lntsrsstE ard
5rirg ont such supplies g., from tina TO tins, may b
The idea is an excellent oaa, and should be
General Bucbnsr YVES acre last night, bat has returned
to his post 7 am net informed whether his mitFion hsie
one Of a military ard bss ness nsiure or not
A msn named H0ssley, a brckleysr frsm Nashville
f,rnerly, IbeLsvo, a quartermsstsr in the Yankee
army, Was brought in the other day under gard He
is regarded with suspicion.
Ez-Govenor Neil S. Brown ana Hen JsbH Reid, sf
so here. Governor p. i.tho guest Of bis
distinguished b other, Gen. John CBrown.
JaOksons brigade, so long o. duty At Bridgeport, ksE
re ievsd by Aadsrssn's brigade, which has just
gone mp there.
Frequent accounts Of fresbootsr azd busBwhasksm
n the mountains arc heard Of, some Of them, ne doubt,
highly solorsa
We have had constant rains for over q month, with.
a prospect 81 cessation, AID the sky is stnI overcast
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