Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-31
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II From WICHWONDs
spseisl CorTesponeencs on the Memphis Appeal
RicHMosD, March g. 1893.
one a. tbe mas imnortant decisions that has been
-snssrss n err eisrts since The breaking on. Of the
war. was aeiivsrsi yesterday BY Judge william Henry
LYONS. of=tbs Husa ing oaurt for the city Of Richmona,
h mantis4 sr lniitnsson IN the case Of wm. D. Isaacs
and the Confsaerats government. Isaacs was the
owner CT a large Quantity Of aoar. which was Impressed
By erler Of the { ommisaary general sefng under the
~suthoritg 81 ue a~ecretsry Of War, and asked She inter
venuon Of the lalF to pr9ieci bis property against what
he charged was d Unlawful seizare. Judge Lyons In
q very clear aad rompact review Of the whole question,
decided aiai thena was no right IN the government 70
impress aropertv at It's pleasure that this extreme step
could oniF Be- takan upon great emergency, and that all
property 30 impnsssed mast be paid for al a 'just com
psnsaaon.r and this Dc declared to Be the market value
Of he aaiels. in fair aud open competition, that isto
say, haa according 70 the Old distoh,
=he worth Of any thing
Is Jusi s. much as it VIII bring.
rbl. decision cuts the tangled knot which has SO
much perplsxed our grave Legislators and congressman
OF late Is Is q plain. commonsenss view o. the mat
ter. eotsiss coniornable to justice and sound law. aud
a wiz impress he Confederate authorities, we may
hone. vrftb Che fict that they as not irresponsible nor
omuipotent Use value Of The decision, as a practical
msasure Of relief to oppressed parties, viii be iessened
bv the operation Of the Impressment bill which has juss
passed both Houses Of Congress, ana which, it is hoped
wiz ne move Ell objections to the future impressment Of
private property for pubHe uses
Itfs now saia that the object Of the large cavalry
force af the sntmy, which crossed the Rappahannoek
al kelley fs7s last week snd was driven back by Gen
Fitzhurh Leos command, was to push across the ooun,
ry I'd Gordous7iIe, there destroy the Virginia Central
and the OrauEt and Aexandria railroads, which inter
sect .t that poini; thence by q forced march. proceed
10 de James River and Ksaavha csual st or ner
S-ootavale in the county Of Albemarle, pluudering and
burning Up stores on their way-thence, after doing AS
much damszs s. possible 70 ts canal, galop onward,
having passed he James river, foshe South Side lan-
roai connecting Petersburg aud Richmond with Lynch
burg. which hey would have struck St its junction with
she Richmond aad DanviIe lairoad. known IS Burkes
in sho county of Prince Elward and so, having done
irepsrsbls misehief to the Confederacy in I've or six
days. make good their escsps from pursuit BY joining
TIE Federal forces az Suffolk. The body Of horse
whlcy crossed at Eeley's ford IS now known to have
been seven thousand strong, vel armed spd well noun
ted. and the programme, which Is certainly q very
pretty ono, Kicked At on the map was net altogether
so mposfbs to accomplish as might be supposed But
4 for that perry srss and malsBropos Fitzhugh Lee and his
mad foH5Wers who were exactly IN the wrong place ST
the wrong ur,e, it might perhaps have been carried out,
Fitzhugh Lea himself. or Jack Morgan, OF Jeb Stuart
would have done it successfully. having al Of them done
greater things always excepting tae presence Of just
sueh malicious and obstinate opposition. But when we
consider whit infinite injury WI might have suffered II
the Yankee cavalry had succeeded, the more honor
should we ny to the brave fellows who checked their
/ progress and sent them back bowling to their camps
missing SOME hundreds who went bowling 10 the shades
/ m 2 --r-a--- 80 r---r-ss -or - B--a DO
to-day, but hot having finished the business before them
they postponed the dsy Of 6nal adjournment Until Mon.
ssy the 30ai inst They are In g mighty psrplexity
about supply Of sal, and the state tax bin, and other
matters Of difficult solution, Of which ii is St east
dou5tuIR they hit upon the most proper settlement in
she next four days one Of those days being q dies a0H,
fl consequence Of the presidential fast.
Among other things which is was proposed that the
/ LEGISLATOR should regulate before Its dispersion, wss
the composition for the Eovenorship Of Virginia, by
taking upon ITSELF tie nomination Of two candidates,
WING and Democrat upon the announcement Of whose
names all olher candidases should at onos retire from
the contest. Such e1-omcisl and extra omeOus con
duet however, met with such an ouiburst Of derision
when first hiutsd az 81 a possible thing, that our legisla'
tors have pruden1y dsisraizsd to do nothing Of the
kind. The Engufrz. q short time since, proposed that
two nominations should be made by the editors Of the
political pres Of the Stte in convention assembled, bat
rs proposition mat win Htle favor. Meanwhile three
gentlemen are actively pushed for the Office, ex-Gov.
Wm. smith, Col George ". Munf7rd and Col Edmund
W. Hubbard, ard three OF four Others are talked Of a.
likely TO be in the field. Col Munford appears just now
10 have t5e bezt chance Of suecess. Virginia certainly
could not confds hsr destiuies TO the keeping Of q bet
I ter nan
me foreign news tells us that Haynau. the Austrian
butcher and hoFgsr Of women has blown bis worthless
brains CIT with 8 pistol Where art thou, oh Butieri
\ Go thou Ead do likewise.
Oliver p Baldwin, ESD is advertised for a lecture on
Thursiqv evening next. before the Young Mems Chris
sian sssecisiou. oa "last and SLOW people" Mcclellan
and Hooker, n their aivancesf and John POPE, IN his
/ sights. viii afford hm happy Illustrations o. the one
I aud the otter class
James irerb again shove its banks here, and is rap
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