Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-30
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Special C9rrospondenee Of The Msmpais Appeal
RICHMOND January q. 1853
We have bad three or tour dsys Of dlstFessngiy d.s'
nal weather, fortyeight hours of it blow ng q terrible
gale from the northeast and raining hard for the resi-
g dense marky atmosphere, which seems a sort Of com
pound Of fog and coal smoke, IS if the clouds had come
down on the city ike an extnguisher catching all the
"earbonfsrous exhslations Of i've thousg~@SStnnie,
and mingling with the same to prodnee q dull, yehS%
opaque, somethin in the nature Of vap9r whi-h or
presses the lungs and makes the man g~sn'raily misera-
BILE. The condition Of the saests Is indgeribabiy nasty,
to use an expressive Angiicism which IS a favorite al
iecdge with Lord B~rougham and otheT itish peers
The temperature has been at no time, since Monday the
lsh, oppressivey cold. but we hear from e~haglottes
vile and other points in the interior, that the storm
there was very @winteriah. At Charlottesville tie snow
fell covering the ground to The depth Of eighteen inches.
We hear too tia; the Rappabannock is rising rapidly
and we look for high waters Sc all oar eastern rivers
when the thaw comes on The western rivers are no
doubt flooded by this tine, and we know thatit is writ
ten In the War Almanac Of TENNESSEE, against the lat
ter part Of January, " about this season, expect the
gunboata"
There have been three or foqt distinct reports Of m
advance Of the enemy uader Harnsde at Frsderieks-
burg during the week, bat still he comes not, nor has
he made. so far as I can learn, any real demonstration
Of a second Onward movement" ANY signs be may
give Of an intention to cross the river again VIII most
probably be feints to prevent the transfer of eonfed
crate troops to North Carolina though the North must
believe tbas the army Of Gen. Lee is already consider
ably weakened, for the New York Herald viii insist
upon it that Gen. Longstreet has superseded Gen.
Bragg, and threatens Nashville with thirteen ~brigades
Of the victorious army which repused the FedeFais on
the Rappahannock. Perhaps this conviction viii get
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luck anotaer time.
Both houses Of Congress have been sitting in secret
session the greater part Of the time for several days past
In the house Of representative, the proposition TO rent
or purchase the Exchange Hotel for the use Of Con.
gress gave rise to a debate day before yesterday in
which Gen Ruben Davis, Of Mississippi attacked Gag-
ernor Leteher as thIouing obstacles IN the way Of the
proper conduct Of the public business Yesterday tie
speaker laid before the house a communication from
Governor Letcher in which that officer v~indicated him,
self against such charge and showed that the State Of
Virginia had done all it could do for the comfort Of Con-
gress. A resolution Of thanks to tie governor was
therefore offered. which the house c~hurLshly laid upon
the table by a vote Of ferey-six to twenty one. It'll to
be regretted that such manifestations Of bad feeling
should be made. Virginia at her own expense has fitted
up handsome apartments for both houses Of Congress,
and their clerks, and supplies fuel and ~gas-ights for
their comfort without charge, aud surely Congress might
acknowledge the eivnity. In the course Of the disens-
sioa Of the governors letter to Speaker BocCok, Gen
Ruben Davis took occasion to make the aneaas hon
cradle to the governor, which he did in the best manner
possible, Ike the heightened gentleman that he is.
Disagreeshie as understanding Of this sort are be-
tween the Confederate and State authorities, this affair
Is q mere tIiae in comparison with the spirit of pickering
and distrust manifested in the recent proces dings Of the
No-fb nor,1f,fs Z s.fsfst,rs ord +Bo oges. 81 E,v.r
nor Vance. In the name of heaven, let Us have unity
and harmony Of action until our independeaee has been
won. There win be time enough then TO stand upon
questions of constitutional law and matters Of States
rights.
The Yankees arebeginning to suffer for their inhuman
edct at the commencement Of the war, making medi-
cines contraband, and f~orbidding their being sent into
our lines. very violent aud aggravated form Of eH.
sypelss, whicais nothing more nor less than gaRgrsne,
has broken out herein the military prisons among the
Yankee troops brought from Murfreesborot, which can
not be successfully treated by our physicians in eonse
quence Of the want Of m~oiicinss suited to the complaiit
Thus does Providence viii it that the poisoned chaliee
should be commended to their own lips.
An universal expression Of sorrow has bean called
forth here by the death of Alexander Gait, the young
Virgins sculptor, who was the first Sol therner that has
established a reputation, both at home and abroad, in
statuary. His full length figure OF Jefferson az the Uni
versity Of Virginia, won for him very high honor, and
will long PA fame. His latest work was a bas-
relief in pi ~tonewaI Jackson, which is in the
possession d Hon. A. R. Boteler. M. Gait died Of
the smallpox.
AIstter was received in this city yesterday which sets
forth very strongly the diaboHcal cruelty Of tbs wretch
Milroy. It was written by a young girl of Hardy
county, of the highest refinement and social position, to
her father, who had come to Richmond to nurse his son.
a brave boy that had lost his arm in the battle Of Pred
erieksblTg. After reedng the outrages Of the Yankees
in pillaging their home and carrying of all movable
ehattes. she tells him that her mother and sister had
taken the cath Of allegiance to the United States pre-
scrbed by Gen. Ailroy. But she adds, with an almost
bursting heart, A" Don't be aneTy, father, they took the
oath to save their persons and their property Can a
Just God withhold his vengeance from expressions Ike
thisf DIXIE.