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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-28

From the Kingston Standard, January 25th
The Alabama is consigned to Messrs. Charles
Levy q Co., of this city, and is now receiving
coal, etc, at Port Royal, from Msssrs. T. d.
Pass & Co. She called into this port to receive
casual repairs. Capt Ssmmes, We Learn, waited
on his excallency, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, in
Spanish Town, yesterday. Several of the Con-
federate officers were sshoTe in gray uniforms,
aud we learn that the prisoners viii be left here
in charge of the American vice-cousul here.
We understand hat in The encounter the Ala
bama received some damage, and that several
shipwTights and caulkeTs have been dispatched
to repair the damages.
We gather the following additional partieu-
lars:
Ca Sunday, the 11th inst, ct about h~alf-past
2 O'Clock, the Baooklyn, sloop of-war, twenty
enc guns, Com Bel, lying at Galveston, Texas,
discovered . sail, which she supposed TO be a
merchantmen running the blockade, and imme-
diately signaled the Hatters5 to give chase.
The Hatteras pursued her until dark. The
Alabama then hove to and awaited her 90.
praeh. The Hatterns was prepared, and al the
men went to quarters. She bespoke the
stranger, who replied she was "Her Britannia
msjesty's steamer Petrol" Capt Blake, Of the
HstteFas, responded. In tbs meantime, the
Alsbama attempted to mansuvsr to the stern of
the Hattsras. While off the port quarter Capt
Blake saiG he would send his boat on board,
and while in the act of lowering the boat the
Alabama sent a blank cartridge asteru Of the
Hstteras. She hailed her and said She need
sendno beat, as size was the Confederate steam
or Alabama. Capt, Blake then gave the order
to fire, and the engagement ensue1. In about
ten minutes hole was discovered between wind
and water N tho Hatterss. Fire also broke out
in the fore peak on the lower deck, bat was
put out. A shot was sent through her steam
chest. She then surrendered, being completely |
disabled. The Alabama sent al her boats to
take the crew Of. and in a few minutes after
this she sunk. Only the ship papers were
saved.
The Alabama made Port Royal ia eleven
days. a boats crew from the HatteTas, seven
in number, is missing, supposed to have gone
back to Galveston. Little personal injury was
sustained on both sides
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Carroll Ccunty. January Iarr
w EkbA 81 aaov- term of said c'art Istsa
" u a9fniasfrzt on rer5 grsnts7 ths urisrf--5
on tha estate Of Gssrge y. Mclean. ss5d III rs,s5r-
-a4ns ears assat SAID deceased ue aer-5v notiia1
u present. aetf a-n1 dolly prohafsd within ths ars
preselotdby law orthsy WI as fors7srbs srst.
E.R MCLEAN.
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~ We met ii the city yesterday our friend
Colonel " c. Faailner Of Ripley. We earn
from him thst he les Eaesfved authority to recr-
q rangers. TO-
gethsr with As many neW rssrais IS arc disposed
20 cia big force. for lie protection and defense
Of the I've northern tiers Of counties IN this
State Els old regiment is alrsady partially re-
organized and il eamR il Pontotoc county. If
the ss7Pisof tie aortAern counties win rally to
his standard IS they shouia, he viii Be enabled
50 PIT e stop 70 the deprelstons Of the enemy
IN that eseion of the Ststa.
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1t is to be hoped Memphis viii be better gov
erned by General Yesch than it was by Hurl-
bat, who for weeks before his departure from
The city was a daily spectacle of disgusting
drunkenness.
There is no changes in the town since I was
here few weeks since. It's as dissgrsegble, as
muddy, IS d~esolate, IS Hebrew infested, as
courtesan cursed, as blaekleg-crowded as then.
It has the same sbominabls hotels, where dirt
can be had in abundance at S25 to $50 per
week; the same swindling hsckmen, the same
crew Of pimps, ~sharpsrs aud pickpsekets that
then composed the principal portion Of its male
population.
An immense number Of fugitive negroes, esti-
mated at ten or twelve thousand, are in and
about the city They have come in from vsrious
parts of the South, and many are now in a fair
way 20 starve Unless some provision is made for
them. a large portion are children ands old
men and women, and these, Of course. are help
less. Much sickness has prevailed among
them, and hundreds have died.
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Az ASSAULT UPoN THE NIGGER " IN BAL
TIMoRE.-A great deal of excitement was
caused in Baltimore on the 9th instant, by an
indiscriminate attack on tie negroes at the
Northern depot By the Yankee soldiers. Tie
Sun has the following guarded account of tie
affair:
A large number Of cOnvalescent soldiers, I'M
der an armed guard, were placed in cars yester-
day morning, at the Camden street depot, and
the cars attached to the freight train that leaves
the depot for Washington Just after the ten
o'clock passenger train. While the soldiers
were awaiting the departure of the train, many
Of them got out Of the ears and attacked every
oolored person that came within their reach.
They also provided themselves with brekbats.
and threw at every eolored person they could
see some of these last were in their houses
along the line Of The track, and doors were
broken and windows smashed by the stones, but
no ono seriously hurt The guard appeared
unable to control the riotous soldiers.
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aTRAVEn

ON the 29th instant, from tie subseabers. one Isrss
BAY MARE y sho1 M round wsh a Ensf
9aksa spo5 on one Of hec r1mus Alsi 8 good sized
1EoN ao-AE AlLa shod On fore fse- and harf
20 BRIDE Any one returning fhsm Is al viii 81 well
j. s Hnn
te11 AF Tar-a-r nz-
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TIE INDIAN LEGIoN.-Msjor Thomas, COM
manding the legion Of Cherokee Indians, who
have rendered much service TO tbs Confederate
cause in East Tennessee, wss in our city yester-
day. Tbs major is nog with his aboriginal az
lies in the mountains on the border between this
State and North Carolina, where be is in Iealify
coneiliating the tories Let US mention a fact
or two, communicated to us by Major Thomas,
10 the credit Of these dusky warriors.
They excel any troops in either the Northern
or Southern armies 10 subordination-au Indian
always executes an order with religious Gdelity.
They scrgpulously respect pTivats property
there are no reports of depredssions where
they are eneamped. They are the best scouts
"a the verdi, and hence the good that they &C.
eomPlish among the mountain tories and bush
Whsckers.
A notice that Thomss' Indians are in a sec
ton Of country. brings in the dodgers At once,
for they know that hiding out will not avail
Against the Cherokees. BY their aid the msjor
hes enlisted, without bloodshed, a greet many
men in his corps of sappers and miners, who
have thus been converted from misehievous
tories and bushwhackers into useful employees of
the Confederate government-Kn0E5iis Regis
ter.
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TIE RIGHT Sort OF ADyIcE.-Ths Rich
mond Enquirer, in the course of an article on
the raisinglof the blockade at haFeston-whicb
like ourselves, it considers q matter Of no import
snce-lays down the following rule for tie
guidance of our people:
It is wise to accept and take to heart tae fact
that we have no friends on earth, that so we
may rely more exclusively upon the energies Of
our WI people and upon tbs blessing Of the
God of battles.
So soon as W. shall have shown that We are
in a condition to Tsciproeate friendship, and to
repay it, with interest, we shall have friends
enough bless their hearts
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The Memphis correspondent Of the Cinein-
natl Commercial gives a i very sal account of ths
physical and moral health Of Helena and Mem
phis. We extract the following
HELENA.
Helena, I understand Is threatened, with an
overflow, as the river was nearly over its banks
yeseTday morning. Before the end of the week
the townswill probably be Inundated, and the
military camps be transferred 20 the bluffs ia
the rear of the town.
If Helena-the accent Of the first syllable is
eminentY proper-is overlooked, I do hope it
will be elesnse1 of a few of its Impurities; for a
more corrupt, intolerable place than it now is,
cannot well be imagine. The atmosphere is
such that men who were oaee honest become
tainted in principle and ~depraved in conduct.
The soldiers and officers alike become de-
merahzed here. The latter drink, and the for
mer die Itis q noisome graveyard. There is
no health, moral or physical, in iii no energy in
its outgivings; no benefit in its Influences. Hell
ena IS ethicaliyyas veil as p~hilologically, hell,
with additions.
-Four Thousand soldiers have died here in the
hospitals since last August, and more than that
number viii expire in the next months, unless
soma great reform be made.
The hospitals gre fearful to behold, and horri-
bic to imagine. They are grossly mismsnaged;
and nine out Of every ten who enter them are
certain to die. The surgeons who have charge
Of the institutions say that they cannot help tbs
state Of affairs, which they acknowledge to be
wTetehed and shameful; that their hands are
tied that they have sought to establish reforms,
but that al their efforts have been vain.
Many of our soldiers, brought from transports
have died here. Ike dogs, in the street, while
our officers have occupied tie best houses in
the town as their quarters.
Disease is in the atmosphere, and the presence
Of death is attestea By Thousands Of graves,
filed by brave men murdered by neglect, lost TO
the republic through the stupidity and careless
ness Of unworthy and hsartle IS officials.
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ATTENTIoN. CApITAIIsTgI

WANTED, q PARTNER in safe permanent s1d
lucrative ousnees-fhren pf cent. eaarsafssf.
ans one eesirrg 10 invest $50 coo can rurehrss crs-
asl' interest," On@f'nrth interest can BE- euse szsd fr
sou Z ING On CHASER q 2 husiuess ms1 ana VIII
address
les Care Appeal OHee
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-28

1~s sel@te a Springfield was without a quo-
rum on Saturday, the abolition Minority ba7zDg
dessrtedthsir seats ard several Of them ~ ~
capital, am3ng The latter Mr.. Ward offb=a
county. They deserted their seats upon ~
passage OF the resolution, on Friday. f5- a r
ssss q me Legisisi1ra nom the t4th instant to
TIE inst Tuesday ia Jus.
In the house, also, YESTERDAY. tbs sSoii.;,
minority deserted their seats. but sr#sent
hunter OF them were brough. bsek uDder ar
resi- TO restore a quorum, aud tho resolution fr a
recess OF the Legislature H0m the 14t5 inssar.
70 the hrst Tuesday IL June. was passed. It
was psndng this resolution that tie abolition
minority deserted thsir seats.
These Movements are i%ncipisnt revolution.
audit they shall be peEsevssed ia they win b.
IQl blown revolution, tor under It the wheels Of
the STATE government mus necessarily ssOu.
The sole prefenss in Justification Of these das
Perets proceedings Is, that they axe necessary 10
obsHuet the proposed policy Of the Legislature
N favor Of an srmistice and of efforts % settle
tue national dihcultes and restore .he Union
without further waste of human lie Isis
against the policy Of PEACE, and for Inc policy
OF relentless WAR, that this Revolution i5 SCI on
toot-not wa tor tho restoration Of the Union.
but war TO destroy al hops1or tha restoration of
the Union in al time to couls.
Ire spirit which stimulates tie Proceedings
IS the same, only 2 thousand tines more fnlsus-
ned, Which stimulated proceedings m iha uf-
Dois Legislature ia 1861 90 prevs1f ths aDp3lus
ment Of commissoae~ to the Peace Congrsss
Al washington, and % prevent any Deacsul
settlement Of the national di6cuiiiss. it is the
spirit Of very diaboism.
Th maioritycft tie LagislatuTs must not, an6l
Ne know they viii nol, yield the breath Of a
hair 70 the demands Of these rsvolUiouists. The
attitude Of the msj5Iy toward the minority
must &c, return to your duty, or upon your
1sads De the consequences Of your refusal
Chicago TINES
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a We have been favored with az invitation
to attend q soires asrsieale.' to be given ~
the young ladies Of the Orleans academy, at Ar
cola, La, or the evening Of the 9Th Msreh.
While we may not be there to see and hear,
We hope a general attendance viii greet the eE
forts Of the ladies.
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n The Chattanooga Rebel states that a ci-
lien Of Wilsou county, Tenn reports that the
Yankees occasionally visit that section, and that
a Federal order has been recently issued. for the
seizure of the farming utensils Of persons sus-
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THE DISMISSAL OF FRI joins Porter
The charges, specifications and sentence in the
Porter eourtmaFtiai have just been issued IN the
shape of a general order. The following is the
language Of the President, confirming the sen
tence-of the court:
The foregoing proceedings, findings, and sen.
tence IN the foregoing case Of Mgjor-GeneyaI
Fig John Porter, are approved and confirmed,
and it IS ordered thai the said Fiiz John Porter
be and be is hereby casbiered and dismissed
from the service OF the United States as a major.
general of vslunteers and as colonel and brevet
bTigsd eF-genersl in the regular service Of the
United States, and forever disqualified from
holding any Office Of trust or profit under the
government of the United States.
JsnuaTy 81, 1853. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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A%DMIEIsTRaTRX N0TIIE.

tTR. = j. EGAN ra1 hnd bis family ia Csntaa.
III Msa I1qGirs as tns Rsarcs Hose.
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FRoI b FRONT.-The enemy early yes.
teTday morning appeared in some force along
our front with cavalry and artillery, but were
speedily and successfully repulsed. This &C.
CARED some eighteen miles from town, to which
point General Wheeler and Major BurfoTd rode
down in order to be present if any serious dem
onstrztion was made.
Ths Yankees have completed the railroad
from Nashville to Murfroesbore' and are run
ming trains regularly. We should not be aston
ished, however, if Captain Dick Mccain soon
puts a stop to the proceedings Of tbs iron horse.
Continual outrsges are reported in Sumner
and Wilson counties, where the Yankees are
Tobbing the people Of all their beef bacon,
horses, etc.
a lady in Sumner county was arrested be-
cause her husband was accused of bushwhaek-
ing, aud although she was just on the eve Of
seeouehment. She was confined in prison for
three weeks, because she refused to taxa the
oath, which she finally did under an Indirect
protest.
There is great mortality among the troops At
Gallaiin, and they openly proclaim that they
viii desert when paid oR-Rsbsl Baansr, 17A
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BY tie arrival Of an officer from Plaquemine,
we learn that 3 day or two since a dessrter from
the rebel camp On the Crosse Tets came i0to
our lines and reported that Sibley had sent his
iuiantFy, consisting Of 6teen hundred men, to
Shreveport, snd that he hal gone With the bal
sncs Of his eommand-Brnllary and esvalfy-to
the Atehafalaya river.
TIL infantry were entirely destitute Of ammu-
milton, tho officers not ha7ing a sufficient guam
tity to load their revolvers.
The e%onscrip.ion of ell men between sixteen
and sixty, is being enforced with relentless rigor.
The deserter himself was not much ever sixteen
years OF age.-N o. Era.
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AN OLD OFFEEDER CAUGHr-A few morn
ines since Mr.. J.. B. Townsend, of Grenada,
was robbed Of his pocket-book, containing over
one thousand dollars, while riding from his hotel
20 the depot, in this city. He discovered his
loss before the train stsrted, and returned to
the city to search for it, but being unsuccessful
he was led to suspect two men who had oceu-
pied the hack with him. A dispatch was for
warded to Walden, directing the arrest Of any
person who might present to the gusrd on the
train transportation made out in Mr.. Us name,
which precaution was a success, and one Of bis
hack companions arrested. On searching him,
Nj. Townsenfs money, or a portion Of If, was
found, and also some money which chat gentle
identified IS funds be had paid Mr.. Jones,
of Grenada, and Of which that gentleman had
been robbed some two months since, when he
lost eight thousand dollars. These facts having
been developed the military officials have
directed the culprit to be forwarded to the civil
authorities Of Yallobusha county, for which
county be viii leave this morning. Among the
contents Of baggage there were found a number
of pockeebook, p~ortmonnsies, and letters ard
passports addressed to different gentlemen
probably the fruits Of former peculatons. His
pano is Francis f. Lear, and he claims to be a
lieutenant in The St. Louis battery.
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Yankee soldiers stopped from

Yankee soldiers stepped from Readiag
An order has been issued prohibiting the cir
culation Of al newspapers in the Yankee army
Of the Potomac until further orders In com
meoting upon the order, the World says;
This is very strange movement, and one it
will be very difficult for TIE administration to
Justify before the country. The soldiers are also
American citizens and have 6 rigat 10 know
whstis goipg en- in the world. or course il is
obvious Why this order has been issued The
I'll but universal dissatisfaction of the country
with The negro policy the radicals are forcing
upon the government, is very clearly indicated
BY the newspaper press, and the ceiling is quite
as common ia the army as elsewhere.
The Administration hopes By this iaeanF to
prevent a knowledge Of the growing discomfort
from reaching the soldiers, for fear it would
affect their morale. But IN this, as in other
measures, civil and military, the administration
shows its want Of common sense and foresight
Il is not the newspapers that are to blame for
the state Of feeling throughout the country add
in the army; mr. Lincoin's advisers are resp0a-
sible for that. Etwas changing theEz fer the
IEai0a inla one for abolition thai las lone al
the mischief, and While IHs p65ey 5Diss1s n-
viii grow steadily worse. The absence OF
newspapers viii increase ana embilter the feol-
Of the soldiers, who will learn all the gov
ernmeut wishes they would not learn from lhsir
correspondence ana report.
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DEuF NED-Ihe communication dated Port
Gibson and signed Z. cannot apDssr. s. no
name accompanies g.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT rs.
FOR SALE.

q GOOD TANNER zud CURRER. thf-tv wears
AWd Sod fr NJ faut. Price $500 A5uiv ~
DANL W. LAURNE.
le@ ut Brandon. Nlss.
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n Alta sale in Amherst, Va a few days
since, corn sold at $1s7 o per bushel, cash. So
says the Lynchburg RPu6sieaa.
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= We learn that the high waters have
caused considerable damage 10 the railroads
lea1ing nom tbs city. The neg bridge near
Fieksbufg' where the accident recently occurred,
has been washed away and between jackson
and Meridian the track is injured 50 as 10 allow
Of the passage Of but very light trains. Tbs
bridge over the Chunkey has been rebuilt on
the Central road above Canton We learn one
nrldgo was washed away ~ these h~indrapcss
20 aaYel wai be removed 10 3 day Ok 1.-TWO.
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- a Vermont officer, ones an Abolitfonist,
writes a letter, Of which the True Wiiq pub
fishes an extract. He gays
The war is becoming unpopular. Il must not
say how maeh) in the army It is believed the
army cannot BE- filed By drafting, Z
and the army is nearly all Democrats, made so
by the present administration. The men will
never fight with negroes. Many regiments, 1
know, will not even allow one to cook, drive a
team, or I've in camp. They are more abused
now by the, officers and men then they were IN
slavery for now every white man is master, and
Republican and Democrat sEke, if they viii not
mind, tie them up 10 trees and whip them.
Never, never, will tAs men fight side By side
them.
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~ The New York Jeaoish Record, of the 9Th
inst, learns ihroagh 6 source deemed entitled
= credit, saat at its last session the grand lodge
Of virginia rescinded the gesoiutions of 1860,
forbidding intercourse with the Mssons under
tie grand lodge Of New York, thus again unit
ing tic bonds Of the fraternity Of The tuojuris
ficfions.
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Our information is that the forces under Gsns
JOHNSTON are now strongly ~entrenched in the
vicinity of TuIshoma, having Withdrawn from
the nsighborhood of s~helbyvile. This position.
was, we have seen state J, long ago selected as
the most easily defended one between Nashville
aud Chattanooga, by President DAVIS himself,
and, as Il hiss been approved by Gen. JOHN
sToE, we may indulge every hope that the
wiley Federal commander viii be forced, if he
advances. to give battle upon ground that viii
at least afford cur troops an equal ehAnes. The
blunder at Stone river, which was followed by
such wholesale slaughter, viii not be repeated.
On the Federal side no Important sdvance has
been made. Heavy rsinforcements have been
received, and Of lato. immense suppSes passed
up the Cumberland To transport these, the
reilroad has been repaired to the vicinity of Mur-
freesboro, including the bridge over Stone river,
but considerable amount Of trestle-work re-
mains to be be put up before the trains can run
into Murheesb5ro.
Up to the 24th everything remained compare
lively quist, no hostile demonstrations of i'm
portsnce being made on either side.
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az The Shelbyville Baaaer announces the
death of Colonel K P. Trabue, Of the 4h Ken
taeky regiment This sad event occurred q few
days since in Richmond, where Gel TTebue was
attending to official business.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-28

THE REyIEw-Gea- BsaUrsgard reviewed a
portion Of the troops stationed near this city,
The day wss ine, ana the review vas witnessed
by a large coeeouAse of citizens. We were
grati6ed to notice the full ranks Of The several
regiments and batiaiienss and the vigorous ard
healthy apPearance Of the men. It would be
invidious to institute comparisons between the
respective corps. We may t%ruthfUily say tha!
all acquitted themselves with e~rediE-Saoan-
nah Neaes, 2Ist