Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-07

few Of he ensmy's scouts now venture to coG1e
within ranee Of our guns.
From Yazoo pass there is not 2 word Of in
tslgeenee, and the confidence expressed By all
81 the utter impossiblity Of the enemy to make
this rip, is So strong that no one allows the
least unessiness to enter bis mind on this score.
IT. by some feiut the feet could be coaxed into
tbis rsp. We might have strong hopes that the
grand Iissssippi armada was making its last
voysge, vita q good prospect looming up before
it that they would never get back to sheir homes
sgain. BY taking The other route to get below,
through The louisiana bayous, the same fate
would await them.
But liile confidence can be placed in the
Federal reports about their operations at Yicks.
burg. For the most part they are absolutely
false. and these parts which come near the truth
are very Inaccurate. They know nothing
about the strength of our d~sfenses, and nothing
about the plans Of Gen. Grant, and all their ac-
counts about the manner in which the reduc-
ton Of this point is to be accomplished are mere
idle specnlatons. Gen Grant, no doubt, has
some military genius, sud knows enough to
keep bis plans to himself, and to organize
his expedition according to his judgment,
without being guided by Yankee cOrrespon-
dents, OF the d~sincination O his troops to attack
our batteries.
The ofieers in command Of this post seem to
comprehend the plans Of the enemy, and they
are making the right kind of arrangements to
meet him. It win no doubt be very distasteful
to the majority Of the Federal army to be
marched into the jaws Of death in an assault
upon Vieksburg, but they may count Of a Ger
tainiy thet this is the plan Of their general, and
when the proper time arrives The miserable vag-
abonds win be marched into the slaughter pen
to be sacrificed, to appease the blOodthirsty ap-
petite Of the king Of all the abolitiOnists. Truly
8 horrible fate awaits these deluded creatures.
If Che enemy should manage to get below, it
wiz require at least another month for him to
mass his forces, bring down his supplies, and
perfect his arrangements for offensive opera
lions, and the Northwest is already elamorous
about the long delay. Necessity viii compel
him to make an attack soon, and the rising wa
teTs cut off every other hope for him but an as
sault upon The city, and he may possibly make
this effort very shortly, though he is scarcely
yet prepared. NEsToR.
VICKsBUBG, March 4, 1868,
If patience is one Of the greatest attributes of
man, the Yankees on the peninsula Opposite this
place must be possessed Of a very large share,
OF they would certainly lose q good deal of their
hopefuiness in thsiE present undertaking. But
they are no doubt waiting for that good time
when their whole force shall be coDgregated and
ready fer tie grand demonstration In order to
accomplish all their designs they must wait, and
~rerciss their patience, until we have placed a
cannon on every hill, and fortified every point,
where before no obstructons existed.
The Federal accounts Of their force ann.
bap $4,000, are, no doubt, very near the cor
rec, figures Of rhe intended strengths but de-
Quoting the immense amount Of sickness that
prevsiLs in the camps, and the thousands who
Lsya alreaiy died, It viii be q safe calculation
to cay that tie effective force woald not now be
over sixty Thousand. And She longer the
eaeny keeps his army in a sort Of pest-house
swsuP, the more thoroughly viii it be depleted,
aud The harder lor him to make lhe attack on
this place. This delay is 81 90 our advantage,
and is being improved BY energetic work on Cur
d@sfsns
Certain arrangements are now in progress
which VIII s5sobi5a The Yankees, and disgust
hem mole bitterly thaa ever with their recep-
Eon q Vieksburg Many of the CID citizens
who have leIt the placa for safer quarters during
the h~9stiides, viii also be greatly 5~urprized
whom they return to their homes. The scouts Of
The enemy are ia tae swamp opposite, dsily,
taxing observations Of our d~efenses, and their
reports would lead many to suppose that they
were well posted IS to what is going on. But
in this they are greatly mistaken, as they never
can know al the nice LITTLE arrangements we
have for them. until they come and try it.
No further movements have been noticed in
the Yszoo since my last, and it is not likely
that any effort viii be made in that direction
Their object is to get below YieksbuTg this
time. and for this they have been working a
month and a half in deepening the canal, and
still the prospects Of their getting through
seems to be against them. Iwould not be sur
Prised if that work would yet have to be aban-
doned and some other plan Of getting below
have to be adopted. Oflate nothing is heard Of
the work on the canal being still in progress.
A few guns were fred from our batteries
yesterday, doubtless at some scattering Yankees
in the woods opposite. The day was very IN
favorable for observations in the morning, the
river and peninsula being shrowded in a haze
that wonid not admit Of penetration, and moth
ing could be seen of the enemy. Later in the
day the skies became clear, and the aset above
appeared its old quarters, without anything
new 70 b. noticed. Troops are sill being
brought down, and some Of the transports are
also seen going up with troops. These are no
doubt sick ones who ere taken up to some point
where they are no5 so maeh of an -incunbraues
as q the main camp.
But Ettle attention is paid to She Federal ac-
counts Of cutting of this place, SO as to take it
without 6ght. These reports are doubtless
circulated by Yankee letter writer's, who have no
to engage in the work Of attacking oar
Da5'esies' but when the proper tins arrives, and
General Grant orders them into line, they will
fac folly Of their hopeful -proenostca-
uons. The point 10 be assailsd is well under
stood here, rom the fact that only W ELENA
slyes are presented to the enemy. He must take
either one or The other, or abandon the siege.
no maiier which ne may choose tosdo, either
pleee IS IN q condition to stand successfully
sgsinsi any assault IS long as we have men LEFT
to handle our guns.
The enemy Is very tardy about sending down
any more ganboats It was hoped that he would
keep On sending hen down, one at a time, in
oFaer thas taey might BE- destroyed or fall into