Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-24

NAHa AAC We ~ At@Au " aE1 NNAaNA4oA =
Cumberland gap, which ga aules Bully Barn-
side to resign his command ia q blsEs Of glory ?
Was it another military necessity Q" The
news was received here 81 FIRST viii ineredulity,
coming IS it did from Yankss sources, bat oven
/ Buruside would hardly 20 oRrBge truth as to
communicate be iuteI gancs to bic Government
in aa oHeisi 6sm if the fact wsge not 50. I
have NIT with 90 ore who knows Gsu Frazer.
he may be B loyal, q gzlsatand skilful officer,
aud it would therefore BE- harsh 70 say that his
recsnt movement places hin IN tho very shame
fl dilemma Of cewsrdies OF heacherY. but cer-
tainly an e~1planatoai IS due to the Confederate
people. Was ClmbsrIand gap a T~hermopyle :
1t has always bssn so represented. IHdeed, We
have heard tia. fewer men than we're under
LeoHidas, with a couple Of Pgrrot gus, which
the old Spartan knew nothing about, might hold
1t against a force equal TO thst Of the Persian
monarch. But now We read that two thousand
men have surrendered there without firing a
gun! Thsy tell Us that this famous pass is a
key to one Of The richest sections Of Virginia,
hat some of our largest inter beds are thus
given up to, the enemy, sse, etc. Bat Why 20
ever the sonowlul story If Cumberland gap
is really in the hs7ds Of the enemy, it is ne use
to speculate On the 5oieuI results of so IN
pleasant a fact. I. gives a much greater
Importance, howbver, to the movements IN
Northern Georgia, aad places far heavier
issues on he bsttls that is SO soon
to be f1ughs in that qusEtsr. 1. is clear
thst the Yankees look for = victory ever Bragg
with perfect ~eon6deEce, By which time Charles.
ton having fallen INTO thsit possession, they ex-
Pect q restoration Of tha Uaion and peace. You
arsin E position st Atlanta to judge how far
their expectations are likely to be realized. You
are about midway, or asaTly so, Between the
two points Of grea.est soieitude, rather nearer
to tho two great armies than to the heleagHred
sssport, but not so far from either that, with fa-
vorabls conditions Of the atmosphere, you
might not hear the roar Of The ~esnnouade. You
are also SO much better a~ppziaod, by reason Of
your extensive correspondence from different
points, Of the reasons controlling the most mo
msutoUs events Of the war, than any other four
papers IkroE Of, that yeu may possibly be able
TO inform the pu5Io why Cumberland gap was
surrendered. We await hs explanation of the
matter with great impatiapes in Richmond.
There is nothing rev from the army Of Gen.
Lee. Skirmishiag sali goes n from day to
day, and it is possibls lbzs a general engsgs-
msns may be brought ca ST auy moment. But
we DO nos count up n it. I ssw a captain Of 9
battery yesterday, jas. from the front with a
Hitsen days f~arl0ugh, vino told me that be
should return this morning, 60 confident was be
That a battle was about to come of Bat Meade,
or whoever is in command of The Yankee army,
vii hardly bszlgi 3 fight uaHl he hears Of the
result in the Southwest And until something
decisive takes plaes in that direction, or at
Charleston, affairs viii renain comparatively
quies in Eastern Virginia.
A destructive ere bscbs out at four o'clock
shis m5zniDg, on Franklin street, IN this city,
in the iren-ront building known as Congress
Hall" immediately opposite the Metropolitan
E Exhibition Han TIE bells soon rang a general
alarm, and iae Fire Big7d 9 arrived promptly CT
the spot with tasiE engines and apparatus, but
tie 6le hsd c q7iEsd such Roadway that before
# could be got under, two or more tsnsmsnts
hsd been consumed "CoFgress Halr7 was q
vel known restaurant Ia lho Third story Of the
building was the court room Of che district
court Of tie C1nfz7ara.s States. I regret to
les-n that u~essIy all lie records Of the eonrt
we're destroyed. Dining the progress Of the
fire, a high brick wall togpled over, burying
eight or ten men aud boys beneath the ruins.
The sufferers were exziestsd IS speedily as
possible, several Of them so badly injured
that their recovery Is dssPsirsa Of
Ger. William Smith, the newly elected gov
ornor Of Virginia, was advertised to address the
citizens Of Richmond on the condition of public
affairs st ibe capital iast evening, and a large
audience assembled TO hear him, but the csPaei-
iy Of Ehs hall beias insufficient 60 accommodate
al who desired 10 obtain admission, an adjourn
msnt wss had o7er till tonight when he VIII
spesk in a larger roen LeatsnsatG ovsrnor.
Montague addressed these present ina few elo-
qusnt ard pertinent remarks.
Among the strangers in the city ave General
Waul, Of Texas, who participated in the defense
Of Yieksbug, J.D B-DeBow, Esq, the pro-
prietor Of De Bolo's Rs5isD, and Col J. Warren
Grigsby, Of Jack M0rgsn's commsnd, who made
his escape with one ruadred ard fifty men
across the Oaio river, few Days before Nor.
ran's capture. Gen. Pickett is also here, at the
home of bis boyE00d aud spending in the very
house in which he Wss bora, his honeymoon,
having besn married DAY before yesterday In
Petersburg, to Miss Corhsl, Of Nsusemond
county. Covered with the lauTels of Gsttys-
burg, this gallant officer is thrice welcomed to
his native city.
The weather is cloudy and sulty.
DIXIE.