Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-21
80 renI ChnrIeslen.

! Correspondence q the Mobile Re gister.l
CHARLESTON. March 1I-Inteligenee ha
reached official circles here that General Burn
side has been assigned TO the command Of thl
Federal troops in this department. The appoint
meut gives general satisfaction among the Con
fsiers4es. An officer who marched his armJ
straight apainst one Of natures strongest ram
parts, defended by two hundred cannon an6
eighty Thousand Of the best troops in the world
when he might have gone around it, is the one
above all others whom we would ike to see un-
deTtaize 70 conduct a campaign among the bays,
rivers, creeks, maTshes;snd islands which reicu-
late every foot of the coasts Of South Carolina
aud Georgia When the blind blunderer on
terra frJaa once becomes entsngled in this net
work Of land and water, ike the Fly in the
neshes Of the spider, be viii find it difficult, il
not impossible, ever 60 extricste himself
The enemy's attack, as indicated in q former
letter. viii probably be made by water. If not,
there can be no good reasen Why they should
wait as fhey are doing, for the arrival of sddi-
fiopsl iron-clads now reported to be on the way,
Thew hsve FIVE vessels of this description ST.
ready on the coast and these are quite sufficient
10 protect the water base of any movement by
land The other vessels, understood to be three
in number, some say four, could not have been
sent for, except with view to operations by
water It may be thai they hope 70 run the
The approaches TO the city are defended, and to
rs-enaet the scenes as New Orleans. They could
r-ell sf1rd 10 lose half of their Monitors. should
THAR efforts be successful
But suppose they should pass the forts with
their iTon monsters, or Pat Of them what
then Would they attempt TO destroy the city
by their incendiary shot They certainly would,
unless the city surrendered. To this degrade
ton, however, neither Charleston nor Savannah
win ever submit. Bat vessels of the Monitor
class csTTy but little ammunition, owing TO their
limited stoWsge-not mora than enough to last
from six to eight hours when hstly engaged
When their original supply became exhausted,
how would they get more Could wooden
steamers from the outside pass the forts and 60
20 their rslief7 They could not In no event,
therefore. could the city, however badly battered
OF burnt, be forced to accept dishouorable terms.
Nor is it probable that a single Monitor would
survive the conflict. If not disabled on their
passage in, the probability is, they would be
captured while in font Of the city, or be de-
stToyed by the forts on their return.
The gallant GsoTgians have demonstrated at
Fort McAllieter that these iron monsters Of the
enemy may be successfully resisted. The les
son was timely, and did not come suy too soon.
The capture of the Queen of the West and the
Indiahoia, in the West, and the repOlse Of three
vessels clad in thick iron on the Ogechee, will
dispel the terror with which these monsters at
ene time inspired our people, and show them
that daring and courage are equal to any under
taking
The sudden departure Of the Spanish consul
at this port, two days ago, took himself and the
public by-suTprise. He WAS reported to be
warm symDsthizar with the Confsuerates, as
AIr Bunch, the English consul, was and it is
belived ne was recalled for the same reason
he remarked, few days ago, that the South
was fighting the battle Of Spain, in that she was
10 part, for the system Of labor
common TO both.