Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-30

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RICaMeND, December %, 1865.
Our Christmas in the capital had nsEy
shasss-it was 3 vary ssld, bright, quist, noisy,
dal, devotional, drunken Christzas according
70 suburb and eireunstanee-tks air blew
kcealy ont Of the nsTth, the sky was clear, tho
shops wsr, 81 closed hospitality, a goea deal
restricted By high prices and the Blockade, still
Lit its uhssrfuI frss and spread its bOuntsous ia
biss; there Was high pomp of musis is the Eeis-
ssPal and Roman Catholic churches whose inie-
riors lad been pTOfzssly decorated viii ovsr-
greens; while the streets in the more crowded
portious Of the tewn rssssnded with the explo-
sions Of ianumsrabls frs-eTaekoEs and after
nightfaIl Io.ssheed the tipsy ehorus Of many =
haseAsnalian ssng. YcusE Msn in Confederate
unifsrns went Teslisg abeut veciferssing ct the
tea Of their voices that If i! wasn't al right,
they'd make it right in the morAing.
Al tAe City Hall, the ssnmon council and
zEyor Of the city Of Richmond received visiters
from twelve o'clock till fsur in the affsrnssE,
and around & heard, bearing the weight Of large
Bowls Of eggnsg and apple teddy speeches
were made TO g jsvial assemblags by several
a~istinRuishsa eRcers Of the Cenfederato Gov
ernnsns.
At st. Psurs Charsh there was 9 very large
attendance, Including the President, General
Cooper, Gen. Daeknsr, and many ether great
people" who listened with satisfsetisn to ssms
aas anthems of Hsydn and Psrgolssi, aad an
appropriate discourse from Bishop Lay, of Ar
kansas. The Msthsdisss Of the Broad Street
Church for The Grsi time celebrated Christmas
with religious exercises, snd heard a sermon
suitsd to the day frsm ths RsV. Mr.. Duncan ;
and the Prssbytorisns Of Dr.. Reeds csHgregs-
ten So far cenfermsd to Epissspsl usage as to
deck their lecture room with cedar end hslly,
and hold therein 9 Sunday school festival.
The dsy was closed by the " fast set" IN losk-
isg At a wonderful spectacle, called Beauty
and the Besst," gotten up at tie thsatsr BY Mr..
D'oIssy Ogden, without regard to expense, full
Of red lights and short pss!ieoats, and very rist-
ously applsuded. What burglaries were com
zitted, what Sights ecOsrrsa, hsv many Dsr
were knocked down and robbed, in homer Of tie
day, We shall know from the police reports o.
the Eext week.
Nsns of the Richmond daily papers wsEs Is.
sued to-day, and we must wait Till Monday fsr
the asws IF the CsRfeSsrscy bus everything Il
quiet, or we should have heard hsm Mr. Thrash.
or on tho bulletin board. Meade has c~ertaisly
not advanced en- Gen. Lee, and We ae quite
confident ikat Chkrlesten has not beer taken
The escape Of AveriIl is established beyond dis
pate. Fits Leo would surely have intercepted
hin, It is said, but for having been ordered by
General Early to take the wrong road, on the
St ongth ef false Information. 0Ae hundred
and hfty prisoners belonging to Ayerill's eem'
zand, who woro eat eff from the main bsdy
have been brought to this city,
Apropos Of prisoners, ; new cartel for the ex.
change of them has jsst been agreed upsn bo'
tween Judge euld and the Yankee commits
sicnsr, By which We shall bs'sPeedily relieved
of the present occupants Of Belle Isle and the
libby prison. 1t is net knswn what terms
were made, but our Confederate representative ID
said to have yielded nothing upon the Negro
question. There can be No doubt whatsvsr that
tbs negotiations were sc. sn fost by the recent
refusal Of our authorities to receive say more
sugar cured hams and sweetEsats for she suffer.
ing Yankees, and it sAnnol have failed 20 strike
anybody who has watched the course of evsstI
that every manifestation Of frEnsss on The
part of the Confederate GsverHnent has beer
followed by a back ont On the part of the ere
my from bis ~insolens Pretsnsions.
Esitker Heuse Of Congress was in sesSioE
to-day. II is believed that tho bill With regard
to substitutes viii pass the Senate By decided
msjeii.y next week.
Gen. Lee haviss declined to accept the hsuss
that was ogsrsd him by the csBmou council Of
Richmond, 4 subscription List is circulating 70
make him 8 substantial new years present
Tkirty-hvs Thousand dollars had bean subscribed
three days age.
The skies threstsn sHev. Dixie.