Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-25

Is q ynastsg 81 necessity, to evasuats AL Virginia
nsrh Of the JsHss river. gfhsir lines would
then stretch 70 Lynchbufg zsd south te Greens.
bore, IA NSyth Carelira. BY the tins arant
reached within striking distanss Of Lynahbarg,
tAs ressi EaAe, fFsm the very necessity 81
.lsnir situation, wo1la bccoms widely dis
tSSde1, sad lee Woald And himself In tie same
~pkailion a. Pszbertea did when 8Tant rot il his
rssg a. Vicksbarg. Ia shs msantime, toe array
which waaid be Kinder the command Of Gsn.
Thomas, and which H0uld have set cut Tor At
lAntA, eoRld easily eceupy ske sssse Of Georgia,
sn2 reduce to su~biugatisn the 8tates OF Ala
hama and Mississippi.
Ths snIy farce len In tho frezt Of Washingtsa
would be merely q sorps Of observation aud Of
sroaeakisa to tbs esBital. By the eosaing sBFiHg
A ilzEsnss amount Of saPeiias can be Geneva
srstad e. Kaaxvilis and Chsfsaaeecz. Not ealy
viii ths LouiEvilie, Nashville and Chattanooga
railresd DO kept fully employed, bat Tie Tea
nsssse and Cumberland rivers vii also be
stressed into the ~ssEvise, sns pour Iowa Prsyis-
iSus sn1 uunihens t. meet sl she requRemsnts
eff Ike arHy dEring the coming sprisg sAmPsigB.
Several nsE railroads are now ksilaiDg, Ehish
will also aid very mach In the ~sseEpstisn Of
tkss rsxian. A sew road is bsing bailt TsH
KeshYiIls g . psint on tho Tennessee river,
where there is always nins fest Of water. An
other read Il bnilding from Eiehslasyills, KY
thronRh Cambsrlzad % Knoxyills, Hast Ten.
nessee. This will slso help 70 fully provision
the srmiss situated 81 that peist. The rssssn
Why Tsnzasses has not bseR eseapied bsfSCs,
d bssauss there Is nc zsest river er raiiresd run.
mig dirsssly Ssafa from the nsantains. VITA
the EieholasYils and KHsxviils Tailroad s5n-
plstsd, this desi3sratum will be supplied. This
scheme Of Gen. Grant ID already EeesiVsd with
high tavsr here, and it Is nes imProbabls that
Il win be the sns adopted fer the eoHlsg spnzg
samPsign. Gen. HEilosk showed oPFositon 70
il, bat i 10 balieTed tbs Presi1sns win ovsnuls
kia ehisstians. In the mean time, yea may r8Et
assured thai the aEniss Of tbs East and Wsst
will 20 into winter quarters, Saless the rsbslB,
whose position Is certainly dssPsratss viii fsrss
thsm into activity.
Lee il reported again across tie Rapldaz, bat
this il sinply 70 discover ths Intentions Of eur
arnies, net to make any real sEsasfVs aeHon-
s~traticns.
The wizts7 nsaths VIII Be employed By GsR.
Giant in eearing the vaYisus railroad liEes, in
arranging fer regular naaa en- tbs Cumberland
aza Tennessee rivers, IN hllisg up tAs ranks Of
his army, and In EsbaEulzsing N iaRszss
store Of supplies At Kuexvills AID ChstkAEssga.
His campaign I'll cad with the fall oseapatioa
Of EssieFR Tsnnssseo, up to, sRd perhaps be-
yond, Abingdon, in seuthwsstsra Virginia. He
will also extend bis Inca int the mountains Of
North CaIslira, AMONG the loyal population of
waish SlA.s he s1ipeess 70 Tesrait ten OF fifteen
thszsana essd Uaio1 soldiers.
Tho emily activity dgsing the eomiag wiAtsr
viii BE- In Gen. Banks dspsrtmsat. Bat thea
he ID net expestaa TO scsapy mere thaa the
Texan ssest and the line Of tie HE GTnnas.
Kkers Hiti &c ne marching int the irserisT Of
Texas staring the coming wIRisT. NsT weald il
be ssfs 10 psril the army in these wilds al after
the rainy season is ever.