Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-09
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I spsciai couespoaaenee Of tbe Memphis Appeal
vFcKsBURG, April 8, 1853.
Along cur lines everything has seain settled
/ down into quietnes5. aud the enemy seems to
have abandoned th, projsctof taking VieksbuTg
! inst now. The exact nature Of his movements
Is enveloped in mysterious darkness, and no
conjecture Is likely to arrive At the precise
knowledge until further developments shall aP-
prise us more definitely. TheTepOrs is credited
that the enemy ia svacuating The camp on the
< peninsula and withdrawing up the river, sup
posed to b for tho purpose of reinforcing the
army shove on the Tallshatchie, but this is
merely surnise, and different opinions prevail in
regard to tho matter. snd nothing definite IS
known On this side Of the river of what is doing
on tho otlsr
L. is not probable that withdrawal Of the
troops is intended, and from what can learn it
appears that no idea is entertained at head
quarters that the enemy has such movement
in contemplation. A part of the tents hsve
been struck, but this does not interfsre with the
general aspect Of sffsirs in that qusrler The
main camp sill remains undisturbed, and the
boats arc tied up ia the same position they have
occupied since January Il may be q feins to
concentrate their forces elsewhere, at some point
where We viii not be able to note al their
movements. hoping thereby to find US less pre-
cared for resistance than Otherwise would be
the case.
It Is suspected tha. certain movements threat
ening tho enemy in Tennessee and Kentucky.
have made it necessary to call for reinforesmenis
from the army before this place. The late
movements Of the Fedorsls at Memphis, in
shipping troops ostenssbly to vicksburg, and
then carrying them Up the river, gives rise to
the suspicion that the enemy is in danger nearer
home, and that lsTge foTcs is required to resist
the progress of some of our Confederate forces.
IF this should be the case, then the siege of
Vicksburg viii be raised for the present, and the
whole force viii have to be drawn off from here
But from present appears noes I should judge
that part Of their army viii remain to threaten
aud annoy us as long as they can be spared from
other quarters
should the effort against this point bo aban
donsd foT the present. it would not alter the
prospects Of the enemy one ietA, sad they would
have to wait until the flood begins to subside,
wien they would fnd themselves in precisely
the same predicamens they were in at the last
attempt, in December. Fiuding that they can
not take the place by water, they have to take
1t by the land forces, and this experiment was
tried before and proved failure and since the
high watsr has come upon them they fnd The
prospects worse than before, and viii in the end
again have to try tho laud.
Whatever their movements may be, it Is Ger
tain chat everything is very quiet at this time
in this vicinity, and 10 demonstration of any |
kind can be discovered 70 indicate any serious
attempt for the present i is not unlikely that
the late reeonnoissances Of the gunbosls salts
fed them that it was hopeless task to advance
in force against any of cur works either on the
Yazoo or in front Of the city, and being con
vinesd Of .his they may have made up their |
minds to abandon any further Efforts until their
army secures another great success at some
other point. whep, perhaps, they hope to fnd /
the whole Southern CoGfsderacy so badly scared /
and demoraIizad that they viii evaeuate Yicks-
burg from very fear.
The Chinese idea has been SO largely de-
vsoped in the Federal army during this war,
that they are utterly taken absck when they
discover that cur soldiers refuse to get fright /
eaed at their monster gunbosts and noisy NOR
tars They have as yettaken no place by hard
lighting, aud only the fear Of mortarboats has
induced our largest cities to surrender, to avoid
being shsTls5 and destroyed. The same
bombast was indulged in at the beginning of 1
the siege ct Fieksburg, but having no fear of
bombshells before her eyes, she refused to sue
cumb; and the enemy has been ever since ct
less to account for her obstinacy, and for plan
how TO reduce the place.
There never was any very fair prospect for
them to take or to destroy the town, and what
chances have heretofore existed 81 now sll loss,
aad there is no possible hope Of ever reducing II
For 3 year psst the fo76fcAtions surrounding Us
have been growing in strength sud dimensions
every day, until It has become the very Gibral-
Tar Of America; and the prscsicabilisy Of bring
ing their mortsrs and gunbosts to bear against
the defenses Is growing more desperate every
hour. In addition to the numerous guns, the
men who hsndie them have had sufficient prac-
Hce TO become very export and accurate, and no
further apprehension Is entertained as TO the
probsble result Of test of skill
I did not observe any gunboass at the land
ing above yesterday, but small number of
transports were at their old place, and apps-
rentIy without steam. indicating no intended
movement The eau1ns which remain in siobt I
also maintain their old quiet appearance, and /
tire troop, could rot be noticed ct anything |
looking like an evscuaHon. In the absence Of
al further work on the canal, it is not necessary
for cur guns which command it to exoend any I
more ammunition on the Yankees in that vicin-
ity Isis believed that this boasted work is an
entife failure NESTOR,
W The hotel and boarding house license
imposed under the new tax bill has had the /
effect Of closing up q large number of boarding I
houses, the owners Of which, while they have I
put thousands Of dollars into thaif own pockets, /