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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-21

We have the Pioayuas Of the 18th. through the kind.
asEs Of an attentive friend It is principally aIled with
glsaningE from Northern journals Of the 9th inst. and
contains nothing Of local Importance. We copy, else.
where, ths Federal account Of tie destruction of the
HsttersE
1hs PisagUHs esssys 20 resume q commercial report,
bat he showing II e limited one. IN cotton, sales are
noticed Of 1. ?, 70, y, 10, I6. snd q, together 90
bales At $3.50 cents for good ordinary to mldding
52053 cents for gso7 and strictly middiina, and 81 cents
Pes pound for mddlng fair and it IL add-d: We hear
Of negotiations pending FOR other saall lots, and viii re
port the particulars a. they transpre. The receipts are
mostly for export direct.
The sales Of sugar embraced about four handred hogs
heads In several lots at st6s5 cents for fair to fully far
and . cents for prime old crop, aud 5 cents for esterr
bottoms, and St cents for fully fair new crop. The stock
slnited and the receipts continue very light. The de
msnd Is mostly for export Kew crop molasses is quoted
a. 80 cents for good and prime, and 80 cents for prime
dsrk. None Of the better descriptions in market. Flour
SS25 for s~uparine, and s9695O for good and choice
extra. Corn soe.5 oats 7se.i butter &c; lard lac; should,
ers Sci clear sides &c sugar cured hams I4c.; beef cat
ts are quoted At 282sc per pound net. for first quality,
aud ls99ec far second hogs 1918. per pound gross.
The river had risen one foot eight inches during the pre-
Tols week, and Is reported stationary al eight feet ten
iAehes below high water mark.
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OBITUARY.

P. s ROBERTS, Of company &. sch regiment Hi-sis
sippi volaute ers, died, after receiving a severe woaud
at the battle Of Nu freesboro' in The t~hirty-fo1r h year
of his sge.
He left home md the tender snd sndssring ties hal
bound him there, to in his fellow ssldiers he latter
part Of Last summer Like many Others r5st aaye
fallen, bis career for Ibe ty Wa short. IN his las- nc
ments his weTds were encouraging to bis eomradss as
with fsltering voice he ssid. Fight on brave boys."
He died In a far of ladd-no mother, wife, nor sister,
desr, to speak oonseliag words. to s-oshs him in ts dr-
ing tours Little did he think when parti5g with his
fond and loving wfe. his last iBjua .tien 5e'Rg no net
let tie little girls forget Pa that he would peve rec
them more But 81. Geld, relentless death. vi h b. lee
clad finger, b tn sustebed from ss CO your devoted bus
bsrd End d ting father It's hard to sve thee Up desF
uncle but we know that he lived be .fs OF Oh stan,
and cannot but feel confident that he died shs I'd b of
tn righteous" sed hs spirit bs'h-d ia the surIgat q
glory, nale it's upward Agat to 8 more peaceful and
hsppier home. A-niss may con.eni 70 fearful C m5zt
cannon may roar, and tie lusk-f rat ie Ger the spot
whers his body Is buried, eut b. WIZ heed t5sm not.
HIS voice viii never agsia re pond % re shouts and
huzzss Of victory, for bis slombsrs are deep 'No sound
can awake him n COY agan."
He hsth gone but why ,hus 5eplcre him
siacs We feel tdat h- s5irit can never BE- LOST
For Re lived while As lived he fought the lords
battle;
His part ae.sd noblg, then fea a. bis post.
BLANCHE.
HOLMES COUNTY, Eiss Jsnusry l7ih, 1853
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TEE C0sT AND VALUE OR OUR
FARERRNnRNnR.

~
I'll Ia q comfortable reflection tkat the people Of the
Confederate States, as a nation, are saving and making
more money than their war Of independence will cost
We have, says the Mobile Register, in q great measure,
20 thank the Yankee blockade for this result Shutting
rs out from the markets Of the world, except for the
limited imports that break by stealth through the cor
don Of Yankee cruisers, we have been unable to spend
the immense sums which the South has been in the habit
Of disbursing fer foreign Injuries The single item ex-
pended by travellers and pleasure seekers constitutes a
p~rodigious saving Another vast ten Of economy is the
Indirect tax levied upon the South by the cunning devil
css Of Federal tariffs and other legislative schemes Of
robbery. Then comes the long Hst Of Yankee notions, -
which We have learned to do without, or to make for our.
selves. The name Of these is legion, and range through
aItDe wants Of 4 liberal people for their daily COnsump-
tion-froa a Cathedral organ down TO a hat band, or a
shas tie. The blockade has been Of pro5ig Gus service
70 us in the mater Of currency. With little call for
money abroad, snd that little faly supplied with cotton
for the basis Of credit, our paper money has not been
measured by the less redundant standards Of other coun-
tries, and has wholly suficed for our wants. Three hun
drsd per cent. is a big figure for god, but with the res-
son for it n closed perts, and tia great resources behind
ready to re store the equilibrium 50 soen a the ports are
open for She egress Of sta lie productions It's nothing
Like Is alarming as s. premium for gold in the Yankee
States having all the world open to them.
Gold Is going steadily mp in the North, and csnnst be
far from that figure at which a commercisl crash aad
crisis is inevitable. At the South it has reached 3l5,
and nobody hurt . and while gold rises at the North,
il is declizg in the South If We cast out Of the ac-
ssunt the immense damage which our enemy has in
aietsd in tho destruction Of private property, in the
waste Of estates, the stealing Of negroes, and the plum
der Of movsables, we shall come out Of this war q
richer, more independent I~elfrelant aud prosperous
-
blood q our noble eountrymen, poured out for the
nations veal, an accurate balancing Of accounts would
Hho" that We Asvs been gamers by It, even in material
property, to say nothing of the priceless boons of
natonal freedom and separation from the mean sad
dsEtsrdly Puritan race who were our tssk-mssters under
the old Uniez in peace. and have sought to be our real
masters In the struggles of war. So grand q struggle
for independence, and for so grand 4 stake, is not re-
corded in the annals of history.
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7 SO. 4.
EXCHANGE
RICHMOND va

hlL6AJAB- va.
JAy5ART 10Th, 1855
TNHE following officers and u n hare been day eE-
a changed and are hereby so dee sred
1t All oficers and ms9 captured in Kentucky. Ten
nessss, AIabsus As h-iD Georgia. FloriIz and
South Carolina. up t. December luta i562.
I'd. All officer and mea captured in aiss0Uri Ken
tEckg, New Mexico, Arizona Ara ensas and L us asa
az 20 January lst, 1863
Sd. Toe wO foregoing sections apply net oDly f. eff
osFs ard men Of the CosfedeTase service. hu ar5 TO al
per oBs captured in arms or hostile array sgs nlt the
United Ststes, whatever may have been the chsracfer
Of the military OIganiZat cas- &c which tuey we're A.
tacled, an1 " s'ever may have heen 2 e terms Ct tho
paroles given by them. IT they are in Fede al islus
they are t be imme lat y Ieiss ed an delivered 70
the Confederate aHtbottez.
4h All persons who have been csp ursd on he sa
or seseoast OF ths Confederate O. unied S ATS, up o
December lOth, 1902 If auy such are ia Fedora p1i-
ons, they are q be iEmediateiy released and d Hy.fsd
to the Coufsdera.e authorities.
5ta. Al CONF derats officers anl men who have been
delivered at City Point up TO January 6ta, 1863.
9Th Al Oenfederete omc=rs ana me1 VINO have been
delivered a. Vic stbuTg up TO December 2d 1872, 11d
~iccudiDg SAID date
7th. All psrcled COnfedsrsts orc rs sud mn r.
eeiPted for at V~icksburg up 80 december 81, ls61, AMI
iue-Hdinz said date.
sth All Conf de se officers sad men c-ptursi ard
psro ed II frederick bug Va in Dac-m1er, 1867
Sh All ConfoGerat5 oEce1B and Uen capt ed and
paro'ed a GSidsbcro n. c., in Decsmb r. le62.
10th. 05ber miscei eneOus su1 minor oZehanEeA q
which the appropriate officers W d be duly informed
NoTE-AD C0u.edelate Officers aud men who h.
been eApturd in Virgins or Maryla1d, before be 5Is-
men who at any time hsd been le i've ed at 4 ksu's
Landing were declared 20 be ezchaugao b. former
noiee, No 3. ROBERT 0gLD,
ts2i ~ Age1t OK EXcha- "a.
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Capture of the nlu,.ulmau.

LAUAA hAc 4ArApAAe AIBAaI
The little steamer Mussulman, which left this mort for
ST. Louis, Wednesday afterlOOn, was captured by guer-
Has a short distance above Mound City, Arkansas, the
same evening. At the pOut above mentioned a portion
Of her machinery became deTang8d, and she was COM
PEELED to put into shore to make repairs While the en-
EiueeTs were bCsiiy engaged in putting efairs 10 right 6
squad Of ten or twelve guerilla, or b-shwhackets, as
they were termed, suddenly emerged from the woods,
with loaded guns, and demanded the surrender Of the
boat and all on board. Having no means If resistance,
the officers of The boatwere conpeledt to comply.
The guerillas then compelled the engineers 20 finish
the work they had commenced, after which the pilots
and engineers were required 10 take the boat up the
soon on its way, as though nothing had happened, the
discovered a fatboat which was Of course conhscsted
in the approved guerilla style. This craft was laden
with twenty eight head Of cattle, fifty head Of hogs,
several coops Of chickens, a quantity Of potatoes. in
tended for this market. These were At once removed to
the 1iussHlman, and the fatbOat allowed 10 proceed car
goless. The captured boat was again got under head
way, ana proceeded mp the river, until near General
Bradiey's plantation. when che was run ashore On the
Ark nsas side.
Everything Of value on the MUssulman which could
be removed and the booty obtained from the fatb-at.
were taken ashore. The officers and crew Of the boat,
and the few passengers aboard, were paFoled and in
formed that they could make their way mp or down the
river at heir leisure, and the boat was burned After
accomplishing this the gUerilss left for thei nter0r, driv-
ing the cattle and hogs before them. The prisoners were
fortunate enough to procure sklfs, in which they em-
ba ked, reaching the city during the fttrBoon, cOngrat-
ulatng themselves on their good fortune in escaping
with their lives.
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FederaI Fsepor.s froEn lhe River.

From The Memphis Argus
The mail boat Lauca ter arrived yesterday from Hell
ena, with dispatches from below for General H1r but
Official information states that General Sherman and
his army We're ct Napoleon on "Wednesday. General
Sherman atss that his loss does not exceed fifteen
huadred in the attack upon the Qualifications around
Vicksburg
Co.onel A. F. EuOw, adiu-ant-gcne al 70 Governor
Phelps, Of Arkansas who was the beare OF d~ispatche
states that there e. no Confederate force uaare Nepo-
leon than g Arkansas posi-" q landing tome sixty miles
on Arkansas rives from its mouth. The tai of a " bat
terry at Cypress bend is al CANNON The feet was
anchored az Napoleon, awaiting orders, when the gun
boat Carondelet left on Wednesday night
Inf0ymatienin possession Of Gen. Sherman places the
Confederate forces around V~icksburg between fifty and
sixty thousand The Carondelet brought no pariicu-
lars Of the attack upon V~ieksburg, eshow Gen. "a. l..
Smith was getting who was wounded. The news is
meagre-we only know that the feet was ar napoleon
on Wednesday. Whsthsri it y Ill return to Vck- burg or
this city, time alone will reveal. We heard nothing Of
Gen. McCleTnand taking command Of this corps NOIh-
ing was heard from G-n. Banks or Commodore Farra-
gut vFo, it is understood, We're to have co operated
with Gen. Sherman in the attack. The non arrival
probably caused Gen Sherman to withdraw his forces
and retire,
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OJ LGtcSJ UtSPdtcfeS
LATEST TELLEGRNGE FROM
TEEE EH.
Eagf..re 81 - 70.


PETERSBURG, January 20--The Baltimore Americas
Of Saturday evening last has been received here.
Il states that the fighting a. Arkansas Post commenc
ed on the evening Of The 10th, and that the garrison
numbering seven thousand, surrendered u eonditonaIy
on the IIth. The Confederates were cut of from re-
treat on be b SIDES Of the river.
Reports froza Middle Tennessee.
4 dispatch in the American. from Nashville, dated the
10Th, says that Forrest, Of the Confederate army, with
four thousand men and twelve pieces Of artillery, St
tackled The Federal relief and storeships coming up the
Cumberland and succeeded in capturing five steam.
boats laden with valuable ~commissary stores, and one
gunbos. Several Of the boats contained wounded sol
diers, who. jumping while the boats were burning, were
shot in The water. The boats were ali burned.
There were heavy rains and the river was rising ran.
Idly.
The Louisville road cannot be repaired for a long
time.
There were no mails and communication over the
wires between Nashville and Murfreesbor0 was cut by
sac secessionss. No new from RosecranE.
Ninety Thousand dollars Of Confederate funds were
seized from the Nashville brokers on Friday, and eonfs-
Gated By Gen, Aitehsll.
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The Denpotfsm a. NnshvnIe.

The following order appears in the Nashville papers.
Andy johnson and his minions are now ruling with a
high hand at the capital Of Tennessee, but a day of re-
tributon viii surely come. Supported as he is by Fed
ersl bsyonets, we presume he has exercised his power
to drive from their homes all who differed from him,
and refused allegiance to bis master at Washing on;
OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE
Fourteenth Army Corps, Department Cumberland,
Nashville, December 30, 1862.
Notice is hereby given to all citizens of NASHVILLE, and
OF Davidson county. who have by word or deed, aided
and sbstted the present rebellion, to come forward forth
with to this Office, and make bond and oath, according
TO the forms provided and heretofore published by mill
tary authority.
All such persons, wil1in the city limits are requested
e do this by the 18th day Of January, 1868; ifn1t given
by that day, they viii be s%ummarily dealt with, by fine,
imprisonment, or exclusion from these liaes.
By order Of Major General Ros ncranz.
JOHN FITCH, Provost Judge.
WIN TRUE sDAm, Chief Of Army Police.
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RROm msDDLE TEwNRssnp

Our latest ia from the Chattanooga Rebel Of the 10th.
General WHARTos, who was ia front Of BRAGG with
his cavalry sent back word that the advance Of the
enemy from uarfreesboro, was an assured fact. They
had marched out IN force, and were eneamped ten
miles In front Of the town on he night Of the 18th. II
wss not believed that Roseeranz had sent away any Of
bis troops, 81 reported, but on the contrary that be had
been reinforced, and was bugly engaged recoDstruetine
the railroad and rebuilding bridges between Nashville
and Murfreesboro.
The Rebel referring to the enemys advance, says
ave are not altogether prepared to believe this move
msnt as anything more than a feint on the part Of Rose.
crsnz although it may prove 6 positive advance. Il
90, he viii find no sort Of difficulty in getting a fight oui
Of our bOys.h
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- 80 wAnurNGroN.

TIE NEGROES AF WASHINGTON.
A gentleman recently from Washington, d. O., brings
information TO the EralsiasT, that the stolen and runa-
way negroes from Virginia to the number Of three thou
sand and upward, are eneamped on tho slasbes,"
within the northern precincts Of the city. They are
badly clothed, worse fed, and their seanty tents furnished
but a poor shelter from the warning elements at this in
element seasons Many have died, and Numbers are
dying every day frem pneumonia and typhoid diseases,
induced by their exposed condition, and the emacisted
state Of the survivors aud the squalor and flth pervad.
ing the eneamPment, beggsr el description. The efforts
to procure employment for those who are able and will.
ing TO work have been intellectual. IS the mental places
about the government departments are filed by hungry
Yankees and honsekeepers, who refuse to hire the "rdn-
aways,' even when offered for their viotuals and clothes.
In view Of ABRAHAM LINCoLNs recent emancipation
proclamation, well may the blscks of the South inquire
81 Is this the entertainment to which we are invitedfr
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VIM TRursDAn, Chief Of Army Police ? ''s

THE PROSPECT OF PEACE-The Richmond EXAMINE,
referring 70 the success Of our brave soldiers, truly says
I'VE are now on the high road to peace. This read does
not lie by way Of Europe, and no where puuues a eour,e
Of indirection. We pursue it when, relying upon thor
ough Organization and hard fighting we march straight
upon the enemy, and ve lose it whenever we look be-.
yond our own exertions for the means Of ending the
war. = The North may oe vindietve enough 10
pursue a war of hatred and spite indefinitely bat It is
not in human nature, much less in Yankee nature, to re.
sst in the end the logic Of the sober second thought,
which teaches that peace is cheap and war expensive,
that peace is a mine Of wealth aud war the grave Of
al prosperity.n
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seni-olneIaI 10 o. medintion.

The Washington Republican, generally recognized as
an administration organ, thus Exp esses itself concern
ing mediator
We are confident that We are on the eve of some de-
velopment respecting foreign mediation. There are
many straNs which indicate how the wind is soon 10
blow.
The Richmond Dispatch said, some diys since, after
the battle OF Antietam propositions of peace ought 10
have been made that both parties could then have
made proposals of this nature with perfect propriet v.
The New York Tribune has a well considered article
upon me subject Of foreign m%ediatioa, proposing the
swiss Canions a the medistory power. 1t does not OBJ
jet 70 the Frereh government making an effort ia this
direction, bat Is not SC well sssisded With ENGLAND
Our people might be satisfied with the Interference or
mediation Of tbs Swiss Gantons, or even of France, or
most certainly of Russia, but never with perfdiops Eng.
land, II Ne can help Il.
Otherlndicaiions are nsnifest that something in tha
shape OF interference OF mediation is SON TO take plsce.
All his may bs premature and uufounded, still we are
doubtless approaching a crisis in orr national affairs.
We may not be pleased With the complication our pub
lie onar. are assumingi still We know the utter foIly
Of resisting the isexorable logic Of events. If we can
NOT OF have net put down the rebellion, we cannot ex-
FORMATIONS which suffer much by our quarrel to look
on as disaltefesled spectators forever.
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Rrnm Nerbern. Nnrfh OnrnIinn-

We fad the following communication in the Daily
Progress of the 18th;
I am just from below, and 1 assure you that the
Yankee force 81 NeWbern 4 now t~hiTty.hve thousand
men, andexpeeting fifteen thousand more IN q few days,
which winmaks fifty thousand. They anticipate making
a Simultaneous attack on Weldon, Goldsboro' and Will
mington, and thereby think so to annoy Us that we can
not reinforce At either place. From what I can gather
they are done with Richmond for the present, and now
intend to make inTosds from our coast to our railroads,
burn our bridges, etc, and thereby prevent Us from hav-
ing communication from the South 20 Richmond. 7 told
you some time ago wheL the Yanks oame again you
might look out for large army, and so you may. have
no doubt but for the loss of the Mentor and the damage
to the Psssaic, Wilmington would have been attacked
before now.
They have two iron-elads now in Beaufort hsrbor,
and one, the Posssie, il leaking very badly. The water
was two feet in her when my informant saw her. They
are getting ready and we may look out for them soon.
No news from below today as yet. They had about
5000 troops at M6rehead City OBJ Wednesday last and
expected 5000 more IN q few days. sent you g bundle
Of papers which 7 brought up yesterday I hope yeu
have got them before this.
We oring up q Yankee every now and then The
captain sent up three aday or two age. They were de-
serters and said that the Yankees intended 70 reinforce
largely in eastern Carolina for some purpose.
Our authorized hope are on the Lockout, and wiz be
for them. They turned tia negroes loose at Neybarn
on tbs LIST January, and told them they were forever
free, and must all be married, as they had nos been. and
the preacher there who read old Abe's proclamation TO
them said be would do IL for one dollar a pair.
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The Losses on Both sides Duriug she

Our tables Of engagements during the veer 1862, give
an aggregate rebel loss Of 6,094 killed, II6 1 wounded
% S22 prisoners. added to this is 4 ,522 reported losses
in siled wounded ami prisoners, which makes grand
total Of 95sOa. The aggregate Federal loss during the
same periods 2405 killed, $500 wounded. and g, u
prisoners. Added to this Is no reported losses in xii ed
wounded and prisoners, making a grand total OF 1904 $40.
1t must b. remembered, however, that those sr by
no means Official hgures-indeed, tnece are very few,
comparatively, official reports Of losses. The battle OF
Fort Craig, Texas, and Valverde, und0ubte ly resulted
in a rebel logs Of az least 5000 in killed, wounded and
prisoners, while the Union loss on the first battle must
have been At least 1000.
The l0sseL Of Pope in his disastrous campaign in Vir-
giDia must Gave exceeded 10000, while the rebels eH
capped with a loss not exceeding 5000. At PerryviIe,
Ky, the enemy probably lost 5000. The battles in Ar
kansas have doubtless resulted 10 a rebel loss Of 10000.
while the Union losses have not exceeded 5000. This
increases the grand total Of rebel losses 70 los ~, and
that Of the Union LOSSES to 1888. This is exclusive
Of deaths by diseases in either army, which must reach
a very large fgure-NsU York Commercial and AdUsr-
riser.
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rom Ber1Oick's Bay-Deah Of Lieutenant
COnlm0dOre BMchannn.


bERwIcKs SAY, January IS, 1868
I have just leaned the pa tieulars Of an affair of
some importance which took plscs yesterday Ear.y in
the cay Co modore Buchanan went up the Teeh- vi h
he Calhoua, until be came to the Oh ~truetions plnced
in the channel by the rebels. At this pint, unlueki y,
tao guDbost got aground. Comm ,ddre Buchanan. how.
ever. 10 IS "a d, vent forward sore Distance, aud Hss
shot through the head from oneof the rife piis mar.
A man named Whiiehurst, also belonging to the Cal
hOUn, VS. killed st Tie aue time. Colonel Tn mss Of
the 9Th Vermont, keaTiug he firing ord red hs req
msnt o charge ths pit which resulted in the capfuve of
thity rebels and tbs dispsr,ion Of tie rest have
been told thst six rebels wer= killed. Herr on g Cd
authority that The capt in Of the rebel gunoost Colt U
was killed and il is also reported { a. the boat Is cap
tured. 1 shsU send you further partcu srs as soon IS 1
can. ATCHAFALAYA.