Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-18
TIE BRAFr IN NEW YORK.

Ile response of Governor Seymour, Of New
York, to The reply of President LiEcsiH aecliE-
ing 10 suspend tas draft, Is dist guishsd IRON
his previous letter, net less By its bTevity tbsa
by tia greater s1ldRsss Of its tene. Regarding
the drait as fraudulent, Governor Seymour ex-
presses his regret st the determination Of Prssi-
dent Lincoln to enforce It,
Hs enclsses the report oAJU5ge Aaveeais
Waterbury IN evideRcs Of fhe injustice Of the
enrciE2eut ia ceTfsis districts ana cites tha fsC'
ts.sE ia nine Democratic districts the number ct
coaacripts called for IS 90, ,759 whi'siz nineteen
RspHbiioaH districts the number called for IS ouly
80 G26. Ia the nine districts the population
Vi tain Che prescribed age was, BY the e0zsas Of
( 1850, IGi, ,T97-ths total vats beng but Iil Dab
il .ae nineteen districts, cut Of s B0pu. .atj11
within tHs pTc5e i5sd sEe there were 2a7 7sG
aud voting population If 45I 251, oHly 50 626
c1Hseypt' ara 5sasnle5. Uu3ar such citcsa-
ste eos, Governor Seymour remarks: You ear
not au5 viii not fail 10 right tbass gross Wr0nga.
l1 another part Of the letter. 10 susWer il tHs
Pee --nr's remark taAt chs euemy is driving
every ahie-h0died msa into the army 10 can
reach. IS q butcher drives ballocks into q
slaughter pen" hs says:
''Tgu viii sgrea with r1e tba. evzn this f inn
BarJajEy is done % sli classes is ra7rs tcsta5ia
han any schems which shall fraudalently force
portion Of the eoninurity int the ailittrv
servics BY dishonest Pervsrsi9n of the lsW
President Liaceln replies that the drawing
viii be made upon the quota ss Row 5Eed in ths
districts in which the draft has already been
CON oletsd. In the other districts a sew anrsll-
mont is % tska place Ia the manner stated in the
letter Of the Ith inst and TIE 5alas principle is
( 20 BE- applied TO ths outstanding districts when
they come iu BE explicitly desires il to be IN
derstood that part Of bis former letter is rspu-
dated by reason Of not ssing res tated is ths, or
foT any other casss The draft, therefore, is 90
be pushed forward 10 eomBleti0n At once, in
spita Of Gov Seymsur'B TeHsn5trAHeas, and ne
suspension Of itis allowed for the purpose Of
testing lse cOnstitHtisnahty ef the aeS
The New York D silly Nslss says that tho re-
cent edct promulgated by President Lincoln in
his communication 70 Governor Seymour, hss
created She most intense excitenent in the com
munity, who considered they were living under
q Democratic form of government The dic1R'
t0Iial spiri. in which the President refuses to
coneeds to the Justice Of Governor SsymouT's
request to have the draft suspended uatil its
| cousftuionafity can be contested by tha.eoBrts,
hiss fslen ike q bombskeu ameng the c0nseT-
va.ive men Of the city.
The same paper states that about Is 900 Fese-
rsl troops are new in and sround The city, com
posed chiefly Of regiments from the New
EsglaRd States, whose Abolition sentiEents are
such IS to make them perfectly reliable 70 CARY
out the radical policy Of the Administration. IL
is evident chat stirring events are clsse ct hand
The public mind is intensely sgitatsd At the
thrBatening aspect Of fairs, and if the draft is
cnnUlenced sgsin, in vIOlstiou Of the protest o.
Governor Seymour, rsOstRttsa itabis.
Tbs ARyY or tbs 75ToMAC.
There is nothing Of ia, rance from the army
Of the Potomsc nor do we know when the lat
ter win commence to ''ehangs its base" as j.
has been rumorss at Washington It viii DO
sheTtly
Aosby'5 incursions do not appear to have re-
eeiEed any serious check. He ahll continues
his dePredatiOns on the line Of the Orange and
Alexandra railroad; makes frequent captures Of
enterpdsing suffers, who have suffered heavy
pecuiiary loss at his hsnds, and last week cap
tuEed Lieut. Gel Sanders, chief commissary o.
the first corps, with large amount Of Govern
ment fuBds in his possession
The army Of the Potomac is said to be suffer ?
ing terribly from the kest.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Serious troubles have occsuod IN California
The State is represented as full Of rumors Of =
contemplated rising Of secassi0nists and the
public mind is said to Be qaits uneasy on the
subject On the Oh instant, an ARRAY occurred
st YisaIa, in Tuallure county, between some
persons, who are said to be secessionlsts, snd 3
party Of soldiers, in which Eve of the latter
were killed, and several Of the latter wounded
thar, trouble was anticipated.
THE FIGHT AT FAILING WATERS.
Cen Mssde, ia an official dispatch to Sen.
Halloek, asserts the accuracy Of his dispatch
announcing the result Of the cavalry affair at
Falling waters. He says;
eI enclose the cficial report Of Brigsdier
General kirkpatrick, made after his attention
had been called 70 GensTal Lees rspog. You
viii ses that he reitorslss and confirms al that
ny dispateh sverred. and proves most eon-
ciusively that General Les hss been deceived by
bis sUb0rdinatas, or he woald never, in ths lace
o. lhe tacts now alleged, have made the asssr-
lions his report CONTAINS"
Gan Meade admits that be was in error iu
stsliag that Ehe body Of General PetdgreF was
eff if the hands Of the Fejersls, but elaims that
three fa-s, captgrad On the Ogcaai5n, belonging
60 shs 40.h, 471h Rad 55sh Virriuia regiments
OF infsitry, have besn sent 10 WashiHgtoH.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Brig -Gsa. Gouvsrneur & Warren, chief Of
Geographical engineers, has been promoted TO
a 1nsio1-g generSlshiP, aRd is spoken Of 80 the
cheics Of the army Of the Potomac as Meades
successor.
CoI. Cornyu. of the losb Missouri cavalry,