Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-07


s~omnUnicalion BY courier or letter thsrs has
been no permanent interruption Ia esasidsra-
hon Of fhasa facilities the enemy q aois 30 d
Lact g. least, L not to assist, tho operations Of
taair troops west Of tbs Mississippi. Until Sic
present very little attention, however, has bsan
giYen By the rebel lesdsB 10 the aEeirs ia lhis
TAR Of Tegisn.
The threatened sdyanss Of Rasserans into
9eorgia, She demonstrations Of Meade in Viz
gina, and the approaches Ct Gilmore at Charles
on, combined 20 keep their attention more
closely uveted upon ths things prsssnt-thsl IS.
near Al hand-shan sacrifices themselves a. homs
tor the egEsummsion OF an extremely difficult
aad uucefsin task sbroad Accordingly. al
sorts OF wild and an~acrOuntabl8 movements
anti re present. have besa going On IN their
AraEs-Aississippi Department. Their military
matters are now assuming however, . condition
controlled By some OF the principles Of military
operations. The prineipis Of combating oar
armiss By the concentration OF heavy bodies
upon esTtsin s.rstsgie points aud ths svaeuatlon
OF the mere patrol Of The territory formerly held,
hss been extended TO the rsbei aFmias Of AIkaa-
sas Louisians, Esxes and the f8ntsE.
The cTeda5y Ct the daPss CT the ~insurgsus
ieEdsFs, the entire Southern people, have maz8i-
fed the ratTogrsssIga movement cf the emy cf
ihs Cumberland into soecisIVs and insmsdiabls
disaster; snd, enhVened BY thsir belief IN tho
i A@AAAl-A4A --H4- AaAAN LEX HALE
look for an i1eyitabls esantsrnart Of that sac.
eess bysimilsr means in the West. Tus man
Ber in which this work Is % be effected IS thus:
Tia armies now commanded by Holmes; Price
and Parsons 81 Arkansas; tae b0rsss Of Smith,
Hobart and Taylor in HOTths.n aad Csssral
Louisispsi those Of Greene, 5trzi ghs aad Major
IN ths SoEsheFn part Of the SAFE, and part OF
tie troops Of AsgiEdsT, IN IeZss, are 70 be cen
e~sutrsfed 81 Niblsts bluff, On he Sabine r7eF,
{ - al H.
fgT1s The boundary between Loaisisns snd
Texas. Fhs evacuated regI-R5 necessary TO BE-
oecupisd, hr military Taks0as-or i~uetaces,
demonstration sgaiass the advance Of oar arnias
will ba held by = mere handisl Of mounted
men, depending Rp0n ths co oPsrztlea Ct Fusr-
rilla bands in cases Of q move upon eur part
Tbs point Of concentration chosen By me en-
smy, EXHIBITS DO Insignificant saEeeity. Sabine
lake lies Immediately upon the gulf coast, be-
ing connected with the gulf By s BsysoW chan
ael knGwn IS Sabine sass. The iaLs il formai
BY tie inflow Of toe waters Of the Sabine End Ne
ches rivers. Up1a the Louisiana aids Of las
Sabine is situated NIblsss bluhsi IN aimess th5
same laHtud8, eR the vast side Of the Ncches.
les Beaumont, 9 small s8wH. Between ne tFO
p0iHts-by land across tEs peninsula fsrssd by
ths tive riYsr8-ihsrs les al iumsuss swzns,
iuPssssbls u some seasons OF tHs year, even 30
Z LEGAL c~9nVeyEuces, buE for the passage OF sn
army la LniaEIyI eaFzEyf zflEGsrH, baEgaEe
aud supply trains, Would b. ct all Hles inptsc-
teabls. However. BY running from Gibiss5
bluEs down ths Sabias river, across sLa Iazs,
aud lhsace Up the Nschss 70 Beaumont. isrm al
s-EesllsBt water Communication between the
biUEs and BsaU20Gt, sne dis5saee beng bat
eiEhty-eigbt miles. For purposes OF navigation
By tsis route the enemy has absEs twelve light
draft steamers.
Upon these excellent c0RsideFatians NiblstE
bluffs have been ehassu as the defensive CT
offensive positions OF their concentrated Er8ies,
aud Beaumont tho base Of supplies, f0r from
that place to Houston, Tezzs, tzs eoumuaIea-
ton by roai Is passs5is, and a. Houston the
cattle aad entire agricultural resources Of Texas
can be esHtsred for transportation 50 Beaumont,
and tE=Hcs 60 tAsr army a. lme bluffs.
The sEgr5 t7Tes Of the enemy, wAsz hsrs csa-
tsTsd, viii nos sIesed thirty theaszGi TasE
s-aIss IL the ex5reus I55t zsys Tufsred 3
greater depletion than those Of The East, and
more from disease Ehaa Dy the Casualties Of
bsftle or campaign
The enemy is rssolutsiy determined 10 hold
Texas, iOr tns possession Of gasz Ssts By as
wIli pat an end 20 the existence - "A Aggregate
Of iBeir arERies on tie Wsss side Of TIC uF-r.