Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-19

Ia Il OAGEAIAnG
bined operations egsinrt Charleston have no
accomplished al that was expected fron thsm'
but at the ssrae time thinks tbsra is a eruBa5 Of
eomfoTs ia the occupation 81 Norris kisnd snt
tho reduction Of Bsltsry Wagner. In relation
to the war in Virginia be says;
In The East the p~esiiioa Of military sGAirs hiss
not undergone any material shaage. Ia Jaaa
the long ehs1ished design ef tho rebsl leaders 70
AaHSfes the Bsst Of war from their own tsmlsry
20 the legal States was undertaken by theiE "a.
vurise commander aid their pTihcipSl sTmy
but the defeat OF Gen. Lee BY the forces undsi
he command Of Gen. Meade, st GstiYsbHrgi
destroyed their expectations, and drove back the
enemy to his accustomed shelter in the mount
sinE Of Vr{inis. The srmies Of Gen. Mszde
and Gen Lee now occupy relatively DeAriy the
ssme position as st the date Of NY last animal
report. The numerous combats sud engage
meatg bsiTeeR ~detachnen:s Of these sJTnles
hsve been attended with. pethsps, equAl losa sn
bota sides, sad without any material advantage
to either.
He consoles Abraham with The nstion that
" the Federal forco is now firmly planted IN
aveEy rebel State, and there Is reason to hope
H4lh AA-4E ~ IlktigelatA ~ AUN1l MReWNE ~ A3llI
States will soon east eff the yoke Of their lsEd-
ere. and seek within the Union that peace and
security fOr lite and liberty and proper y which
in hlind madness were Tecklsssly thrown away. -
Re ailHdes briefly to shs causes which have
produced the AiteA in the exchange of prisoners,
and says:
"As tho matter now stands. We have over
forty thousand prisoners Of var ready 1t any
moment 80 be exchanged, man for mas, zn6
officer for ofiesr, 20 ihe number hold by the
rebels. ibis numbsLis about thirteen thoHssnd
aud they are supplied with food and rsiment by
this Government AID BY our bsnevoio8t aud
/ cas-itshio Institutions snd ind~ividuslsn
he states that the draft has been enforced IL
WE'VE States, and 'hat il hiss bToagbl from
those States only so 600 soldiers, but il has
raised a fund Of over $40 600 900 fsT pfocurng
substitutes.
ThB expenditure for arras and munitions Of
war toT sea coast and frontier Qualifications, aa3
.er he forces ia The fed. during The fiscal year
amounted 80 S42,3 l3 $50.
The eanagl, small srmE, seesaisrnents A1d
equipments fer man AID horses, aad AmmuRi-
'ioa Obtained anriag tbs iasthsoal yoaT BY paT-
cnase and anguuilc-E!e. we're ss leileWsi
1877 feld, siege AMI rec coast cannon, with
ssI'ltEss caiss5ns aud Othef implements.
IO62 s4l musEey5 and riAss for foot soldiers
@s23~9 csrbinsa I'D pistols for a0unlsd
ROOFS.
/ 2l5 00O cannon balls snd shells.
4s7l9 s62 pounds Of iez5 snd cad bulItts.
435 90 -sTaiiges Tor sFtilsEy.
259 ~ ZIG esrlndzss to- small arms.
3lFy76 400 percussion caps,
3925 800 friction primers.
5I64 905 pounds Of galpowdeT.
Jl9,Of5 sets Of 2ce0Htfem ais ior men.
- 6zS Gets Of escsaIemeats for cavalry
hsrtss.
2,2is sosr Of artillery harness, esch set fer two
bones.
SECRETARY O. THE NAVY.
The report of Welles, sseretarT Of tbo Navy.
IS 4 isboTsd document, filing eight columns OF
he Herald. He states ina! lie exseui of "this
blockade, according % al sseuGats table u
measurement, earoialiy prepared ~ tse e9zsi
survey ef5se, c0yezss dIzts1eo o. three Thousand
I've hun5rcd and iOTty-Riue statute miles, with
one hundred snd oishty-nine hsr0or or uzer
openings and in3snlaioRs. and much o. tho
e3sst presents a double sB3Ts to be ZuasasdS'
He leiieitases hiaesoh and tke rest Of Ire Yan-
kas nAii0n with tts idea that This blockade is
.~bsesBiug moro effective and complies, D." and
that The vigilance ct the Yankee "Raval forsss,
and the stringeney ct the blockade, have sse-
rat5d with great severity On those who have
risen IN aims agsinst their osGRsTy."
He dweils at soms length OF wass he terms
ths mistake Of recognising the CoRiederates Is
baiigerenis, which, he says, gave strength aud
character 70 the Instruction; rzps beth Eng
land and France across the kBuckles, 70 regard
20 tho policy pursued BY them tcwsTd the SAN.
ter" "Alsbama" and Georgia, and then says:
When the Sumter, q vessel st0iea from cur
merchants, made her escape, and went abTOad
armed, aud wiShCui a recognized sationEliiy, 70
and destroy chr merchantmen uuoa The
high seas, she found, unlike Tho Aigerins csg-
szlrs, refuge and protection within the maritime
lrs1i-tlon n ih9 esest European pcwsrs with
Ehom tbs UEiIed States TeTo IN friendship, ana
duE..y, after being followed by CGT cruisers int5
the hsrhor Of Gibraltar, she was permitted by /
la saihoIiiss MOTTO remain only twenty-tsl
but more tbtn twelva mCulbs, and was
eventually transislrid to an. Englisn purchaser.
vent TO an English port, Mas rthgted, ana lef
the Z ,glish shores with a ountfGbsRd cargo and
ass fines Tun tbs blockade, carrying supplies
= the rebels.
The AlabsmA, the Florida, the Georgia, are
cruisers, bull! in Enzland, have "a Eag- /
armament on board, and are manucG Is
news ELto are alm0s, exclusively Eu.oreaa
sometimes under the EHgash and soue-
lmes under the rehsl hsg, these rsvsTs, without
) port OF their own which they can enter, or 70
they can send a single pfias for sdiadi-
@-Sif N@l -DNNASN t@| f-%e1 @APttaAAE nAO Go ]
the commercial SHIPS of q ms ion o.
With Great 3 1tsin and FsEneo: bit yet, I
thsso eorsals Lave needed repairs Or sup
Jiies, thsy have experienced 30 d fl sully IN prs. ]
them, beesass It hsd seen deemed exDs-
iisnt to recognize tbs rebels As bslligersnts
Not one OF the many vessels captured By thess
eyers bEE ever been judicialiy condemned As .
egsl capture. Wznion destruction has been
10 0tieeg and purpose OF Ia osptors, vino have
and dsstToyedthe properly Of thsH msr-
.haat victims.