Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-27
LETTER FRon RsCumoND.
Correspondence Of the Memphis Append
RicHMoND. January 10. Iss

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Of excellent character, an old line Wing who opposed
secession up to the last moment and then entered heart
and soul into the cause Of Virginia aud the Coufederacy,
ike Gen. Jubal A Esriy, the Iamented Robert +. Scott
and a host of others that might be named. Mr. Caper-
tons election will prove a happy effect in composing
the angry feelings excited By the wrsngling and pro
traoied debate If Mr.. Russell or Gen. Floyd had been
chosen. the Wings might Justly have complained that
there was a manifest purpose to exclude them from any
participation ia public ahairs-f Br. Rtves had been
chosen, the western men-sueh as live beyond the
Blue Ridge-would have cried aloud that Eastern
Virginia was acting in bad faith in usurping an
the places of honor aud station Geographical lines IN
such a question as that of a senatership. are absu- d. for
obedience to sectional rule msy and does often deprive
the State Of the services Of its very best men, as In the
present instance, but on the Other hand, iealousies and
heartburnings ought not &c be considered in a time Of
war, when the utmost unity of sentiment aud of seton
is desirable above all things el,e, Had George w. sum.
mers, of KaaaEha, BEEN a true man, with soul above
he sordid and base considerations Of properly and pon.
sonal safety, had he, ike Caperton aud Price, of Green
brier. Acknowledged his loyalty to Virginia. AMI upheld
her interests in the hour Of trial instead of abjertIy
swearing allegiance TO Lincoln, to Pierpont, and to the
Confederate States. as the armies Of the North or the
South occupied Charleston, bis commanding abilities
would have elevated him to the Senate, and Democrats
would have willingly gnited in his election IS il is, be
has ma ie total ruin Of his character and opportunities,
and Virginia, that would gladly have honored him,
s~corafuly rejects him as her son. When Nr. Summers
was last heard from, he was entertaining Yankee Off
GERS at dinner-he, who had 10 recently sworn TO Gen.
Echols that he would be true aud faithful to the cause
or the Confederate States, and the very men who broke
his bread and partoOk Of his sal, with a knowledge of
that oath, must have despised their entertainer
There has been little doing in Congress in open SEES
sion for two days. Fir. Foote, of Tennessee, has moved
in TWO important matters-aleged frauds in the great
-four contract Of Hazaq, Crenshsw & Co, with the gov
eminent, and the recall of our commissioners from Lon
don. Paris and Madrid. There is 2 very decided and
growing Dissatisfaction in Congress with regard to our
foreign relations, If, indeed, we can be said to have any
and the unanswerabls logic Of the Presidents message
seemed to compel the conclusion which the President
did not draw from his own clearly stated Propositions,
that it was absurd to have comnt soncrs at the courts
of powers that had treated Us with sch manifest IN
fairness. I am convinced that if recognition does not
70 low closely upon the meeting of Parliament mex
mon b, our commi siohers win De recalled, and, in that
event, it is probable enough thai the foreign eonsnls
now residing in the South, and no ding their eSeguatRrs
from an authority which we do rot recognise, and with
which we are at Wal, wiz be notified that they can no
longer exercise their consular functions in the Confed-
ersey. Speaking of foreign intervention, thsre is a
notable rumor % the streets to-day, that France and
England have both openly recognised our Independence,
to wit, on the first Of January. and tbat they win insist
upon an immediate resumption Of trade with the South
ern states Pro5abieasat non. We have heard 50 much
Of this before, that the rumor, though widely circulated
gains little or no credence.
A large number Of ladies who were about to go North
By the nag Of truce boat last Friday, returned to this
,f4- 4bst engrf-- bss, faF+ - G;tr u.;-. M
boat came up to the landing before the train from Pc
arrived there, and, obtaining a copy Of the
Presidents message, went Immediately back with ell
haste to Fortress Monros. It is said that Lincoln viii
no more paroled Yankee prisoners from US, IN.
their officers are also smrenderedi but our govern.
nent is firm as rock not to parole another officer or
allow che to return until Ia is regularly exchanged, IN
indeed Batter is given NJ. This is in accordance
the Presidents proclamation and is the unalterable
policy of Mr.. d Wis. There are now several thousand
Yankee prisoners in the military jais in this city, and
Belle Isle has been selected for their reception, in case
otstinaey compels US to retain them. The Off
will be keptin close confinement.
The r~staliatory ystem begins to assume a serious as.
pect, and to give some alarm to the enemy. The very
determination Of he President to hand over all
officers hereafter caught in netting iasu7rectioa among
the slaves to The several States, to be dealt with accord
Ing to the laws of the same, viii dopbtles IS inspire many
Of the m~iscreants with a salutary terror. The gsllows
Of John Brown is not now standing, but there is hemp
enough left in the State to give every one that shall be
caught in carrying out the proclamation Of Lincoln a
swinging, and this they will assuredly get The noto-
Milroy, following the %atroeious example Of his
master, has issued his proclamation in the Valley de-
slaring the slaves in the county Of Frederick and town
IF Win hester absolutely free, assuring them that no
act they may commit, to acquire t. cir liberty, viii be re-
pressed by his authority, and enjoining them to abstain
personal violence except In selfdcfense. That is TO
eut your ma .teTs lhroats if u please burn down
hrirdweliugs, if this suits you, and shalIno interf re,
to save appearances I mu It enjon you to conmit no
act Of social disturbance. Nevcrthele you sre fre@. free
% murder, raYi h, pillage your late owners, without Iet
,r hinderaree Copies Of the proclamation Of SHlroy
N he fern of a pIa sri have been aeus to this city, AID
Governor Lefcher has made it The Subject ola sp- oial
MESSAGE to the Virginia Legislators.
One Of the morning pape-s states that there is an eyi.
preparation on the part of the enemy at Freder
cksburg to make second advance, as promised in the
journals, but the movement is doubted
The funeral Of MaiorGenerd David r. Jones, Of
South Caroliaa. who died in tbs city on Saturday last
IF disease Of The heart, took place from ST. PauIs
this morning. There was a large military escort
command of Gen. Elzey, who was attended by
2 : III s&A' ID pHfp0hoie were oSh HlHUoFf Not
Deas. Col. Pattsn and aids-de-camp OF the President,
Messrs. Gusts Lee, ives, Pre- son Johnston and Cheaaut.
remains were sent to South Carolina for ints-nent
We have had two Or three days Of severe winter
weather, which has given rs another ice crop of two or
three inches ia thickness. Dixie.
THE YANKEE sTEAMFR OAPTuBEo BELOW VII.
aINeToE-Tbe Wilmington Journal gives the following
account of an event already biehy noticed in our tels.
column
The Z nited 81 stes siesmer Columbia, carrying seven
commands Contehuey, grounded off Masauboroi
SCUM on q edtesday night last. On Thursday the com
Officer IF Fort FISHER carried one gun and a
detachment Of cavalry AID irfantry 70 capture her. On
at Z O'Clock A. 81, two shots were fired, when the /
hoisted a white hag, About forty prisoners have /
been taken. After Th= surrender several bloekaders
up, but were promptly driven off But one boat
left on the ship, and owing to the delay caused by
Of the shore batteries, which did not perceive or
respect the white Gag, all the prisoners were not landed
till to-day, with some YalHabie stores The Colombia is
a splendid iron steamer, built to run the blockade, and
captured by the 1uscarors on her first trip to
This is her ,ifst cruise as a wsr steamer.
A dispatch from Wilmington Of later date than tie
above, saysf
Sixteen prison. r. from tfs stear9er Coiumhias crew,
arrived in town this moTmItis, aud leave, under charge Of
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