Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-10


Since my letter o. yes erisv Chattanooga and Clsve
laad have both been syaeua..d, a portion Of BusknsT.
| command holding the road between tsis and Ghatia
| uooga 81 G~rsy7viIs end SCOTS cavalry having retired
from Cleveland on the Afternoon Of yesterday. In this
drsc ion. Every thing 81 being reu0vsd from thi.
place preparatory 10 evacuation, and every one, not
~sHzi71s g. remain tz tba Yankee lines De removing h,
family servants Eools sud Tt0ck rssrward.
Hsvinz been present At numerous scenes Of eyaoua
lions Of towns I Know Of no Incident Of war Of an ap.
pssrauoe 80 sad sld melancholy. Ben, women, children,
servants moving OF with steps 7~uickausd by the excite
msnt Of danger, or fesr OF being left behind, i~ndulging
"a rs-ospeclsd lssyessklugs or lnEerinss regrets or
ea,tlng backwards a look o. love or sadness At their
separation from home With ip long role o. tender
and endssriur st,achu-uts and associations,
while wagons FLIED with household goods, horses, cows,
sheep. and even dogs are seen vending their way
along. as q, Influenced by some strange or mysterious
destiny, they were lost ia d-esmy doubt as 20 the pres
sut and in unexplained confusion ~ 20 the future.
Tbs tearing no bo7Fa5old memories sud attachments
BY che roots. abandoning TIA territory upon which one
was born, givfns up every fhiog dear TO interest and
memory alike, 90 become aa exile and w~sndersr, Is s
SD. - spectacle, sl5 addsr experience but an evil
ssucs Of patriotism. s~ubIHoely truthful. and which
proves that the world has DO. lest al is hsroism, but
possesses still a claim 70 virtue, not less undlsputed
than tbat which makes the pszss OF history luminous
with is lustsr. wha, q contrast does it not furnish TO
that spirit OF time serving Hnidity and s~elashnsEg,
which would surrender principle, honor, dignity,
FOR the sake q praeryiug and holding our house
and property harmless. New Orleans H. new a Yankee
trophy and stronghold, because Of it's betrayal BY Off
saI iuoompsteney. Men preferred hoases. and furniture.
AID accustomed luxury. 20 country, TO ssBrespect to
dignity, political, social sud per-ousL Better for thsir
fs,u-s fame. had they perm tied She threat Of barbarian
80 have been executed. and It reduced 10 q hesp q
stones and s.hes. Such a mausoleum had been better
than her preservation s. 3 magnificent monument q
treason. OF fear. OF dsssr ion, or self-deTsdsion. Then
could her men, her women, her children, her priests
al did Aoss OF s~arbgossat pofpt TO their hsiowsd, gler-
Gus t~Itspisca OF abode. and say, with proud, with
braming lefszH-fz-don, " was Of New Orleans. that
proud city which prsfs5ed destruction 70 the rule Of
tyranny. and, for the sake Of honor, k-nded The IRE
wtica reduced t%e r~oofiree to The ashes that you see"
The moral OF fails war, and The measure Of our fate
msy b. rssd IN Hoyey aud Writings leiers, and BE- has
not the sP rt Of = maa who would Mt agbt TO the last
Fasu, rather tbsn suomH 20 such a fate az The future
o. their letters seems to eiiminats.
Though, according 20 the telegraph. Wagner has been
evacuated. ] hope hat f" question Of time" the redue-
Of Charleston, viii be long IN being settled, in.
v0iving, as trust g msy, macy as YET unexpected din.
eul.ieE AID esuSasf delay. II GhsrloE,on mast yield
VII be = prouser ncoumsnt o. glory sad love Of
country than Bas been Witnessed E1co Marathon. aud
like that ancishtacsns o. eonAict viii make the uams
Of Carolina 81 Uusirous in the future Of The world, az
Of holy snd classic Greece Itself. l Will be
enough fof her soma when wandering in exile on
s3me foreign shore 20 prove the iomsso Il devotion
I'D enthusiastic admiration to say 1 An a C~arolinian.
I an one Of that little eonmonEealth who id all, and
Jared ali, aud surrendered and sacrificed al for the sake
II honor, ubery and love Of country And su-elyln
he coming times, q viii be q safieieut eulOEy and cpl
-uph, !
Ad7ica from the a-my made the headquarters last
light at Lafayette. and fhs morning a. S5msrvile,
ome thlrty-avs mHes from his place, 70 the weat It l.
umored thst Yspkee rcouts nd Been seen on this side
ifClsayelaad. i no o,araenps happens. ] shall leave
this evening O. tomorrow m5raiBg for Kings.
90, Tsn advised b. army officers ia charge 81 stores.
Wn D. the point q communicate n when tlis
hall have been ahrndrusd. AsHANTEE. {