Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-18
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Special Correspondeuos Of tho siempbis Appeal
RIcHnoSD. March 1 1853.
Winter came back upon Us yesterday morning in a
! heavy fali Of hail snow and sset, quickly whitening
the landscape and covering re sreotsto the depth Of
two inches Rain followed upon the slee and The day
was uncdmiortable in the extreme. To-day the gnOw
has entirely disappeared he again shines out, but
the river Is repeating its Of ten days ego get
ting high and threatening mischief Never per-
haps, was there So much water rained down upon a
country since the deluge as Yirgiaa has known in the
last eight weeks.
Another element has been destructive to US. This
morning at o'clock fire broke out in the large build
iDgs, covering more than Of ground on the
souta side Of the basin, known 'publc warehouse
and before the flames could be arrested very large
amount Of property had been consumed The build.
ings were originally constructed and still used
repository for tobacco, but the Confedrte government
has recently taken them warehouse for Confed-
crate stores.
Animense qusn,tg Of supplies forage aud provisions
were collected there Of which three Thousand Bushels
OF corn were destroyed This State Of Virginia, low
ever the heaviest loser by the e, not less than
eight hu1dred hogsheadsof tobacco were burned up on
which the Stse is insurer and the value Of which
VIII reach the figure Of SIX or seven hundred thousand
dollars. The cause Ct The FIRE is ss yet anknowu 4
guard was constantly kept around the building that
incendiarsm from without Is not be supposed II is
sad that SONS Coud srate ooers who slept within the
building were carousIng there until late lour last eve
ming, and the belief is general that they accidentally
fred the warehouse in their drunken orgies This may
not be true if itshould prove 10 these oeers ceriay
deserve be broken Of their commissions and sent ss
esnserps into The raoks The los Of grain TO the Con.
federacy IN these times Of dearh, is one in
deed.
After an interval Of darkness of six months the gas
laHps Of she city again lighted night before last
and promised continued supply of gas for the
future The luminstion was very feeble and ghostly
illumination, and raaay Of the lamps did no she'd light
enough to enable the pedestrians ts see ths- posts.
It Is said that Line In does expect to raise large
army BY the Yankee eouseHpton bill, which em-
braces three millions of soldiers but tha he does expect
to realize very large sum Of money, out Of wiica the
arrears due to he troops in the field may be paid
of and Europeau mereeaayes may be hired fght the
battles Of the glorious Union. By the terus Of the b,
seems every eonsorpied man may h discharge
by the payacnt Of $500 into the Golfers Of Old abe, and
If one.thrd Of the whole number avail themselves Of
this blessed privilege there vii be raised insaner tree
hundred millions Of dollars It IS quite certain thst.
every man throughout Yankeedom who can ssrape to-
geher three hundred dol ars in geenbaeks, win eagerly
psy it over the enrolling officer and demand his dis
charge Old Abe has therefore bit upon an excellent
scheme for repleuihing Er Chases empty exchequer
With the money thus rapidly accumulated, it is not
doubted that be can secure Swiss Hessians, and Irish,
in large bodies i up the ranks Of bis
mics, and thus be enabled to carry on the war during
the term OF his administration.
It ID remarkable that while the Yankees seem more
than ever confident Of subjnaating he South with their
Eey and vigorous measures The people of Western Vlr
gnia are beginn ng to aba.e in their loyalty TO the
"blese Union and the glorious flag Al elec-
ton held ssme fortnight or since Wheeling, the
Republ Aboluoa ticket for mayer defeated by
Ia &c majority, and public speeches were made IN
which the pretended authority Of Piorpont boldly
set naught The best sre gwen ths' the
recognition Of the independence el he Confederate
States wn be speedily followed by.the overthrow Of
Plerpsnt and the Joyous Of the people to their
ale glance to he OLD commonwealth It Is eurous c.n-
suentsry on the claim set mp for new State and the
admission Of western Virginia into the Union that
Pierponis esature has elected the United States
senate Lenuel J. Bowden, thirira.e lawyer Of VIII
iiansb urg, who never resided anywhere in Wessaa
Virginia at all
We have news Of q brilliant engagement with tie
enemy on the part of Gen Fifzhugn Lee. in command
of small body Of his cavalry. in the county Of Lou
aoun, three four days ago The Yankees fled pre-
cipitatey. &ot man was killed on our side a bries-
dler-geneTal and a considerable number OF inferior
Yankee officers and Priyates were captured