Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-23
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FROM AK oCCAsEeNAL CORHEs-
P0HDENE.
FoRREsT, Mss, Fe5rusry 10, 1868
EBTToRs APTEAL: This is either z bad loca-
ton for news, or there is very little going on in
the outside world Of interest TO the newspaper
makers. At any rate, the papers that accident
ally reach this port, have a singular dearth Of
either striking incidents or sensation dispatches
for these war times am constrained, however
to attribute these things rather to want of ma
tsrial, fsilure Of mails, etc, than to your crea-
tiRs inaginat ion, for have sn abiding conf
denoe in the sbiity and readiness Of your whole
fraternity to give rarifad form and feature to
speeulstions in the least degree tangible.
Don't conclude though, that because the news
does not reach rs, or because you would not
come up here on invitation received ten days
after the appointment that therefore this place
is Of small eonsequencs-one of those dark
corners where General Jackson is still running
] for President; where biscuits and tarTapins are
1 synonymous terms. Far from t. As an evidence
Of enlightenment in this latitude, Sterling Prico
is trumps, while score Of shsepskins thai
ansedsta his, have been assigned a place in the
train of his satellites. Rain aud mud ara ihs
principal productions of the country at this sea
son, but We have elegant and accomplished ladies,
courteous, chivalrous and loyal Southern gen
terneu; hog, hominy and soldiers welcome in
sbnndanee. And all things considered, this is
a very important part OF tie ConiedeTais Siates
of America. without which there would be no
landing where locomotives could anchor and lei
off steam, while the conductors ship from the
larbsard tack round to the grocery, and wood.
This nautical language IS almost literally
applicable 20 the circumstances for if this conn
try could 20 relsTsd Of its pine-knoss aud Mig
gers. it might very sppro opTiatsiy be dienifsd
With the title Of The world Of waters If IT,
has not rsined continuously ior forty days and
forty nights, we have nevertheless been seri-
cusly impressed with the g07s taste and ingenu-
ify If the father Of the postiaiuviau race, who
f0esaw the necessity and bent bis energies 10
the building OF an ark II thst sgs 3 5eluge
Changed the social and political relations Of The
world It submerged, besides forming siragetic
base IF operations for moral sDecui alton and
Christina unity for many centuries thereafter
But, in this age snd elims. we cea get up
young food annually az least, without detrifnsnt
to anything bat steamtaaned boots, and Of
special benefit to nobody bat guHbosts and iron
side bsbiists.
From the best evidence We hava, that Is q
say, the continued silencs in Virginia and Ten
aessee the infereuce Is reasonabls that some
body, perhaps Robt + Les, has dictated peace
tc tie firm If Hooker & CO. from one of Burn
sides ponto0n bridges. jass Ike Nspoleon did TO
Alexander ou raft st fiisit and thet Bragg
sad RosecIaoz hsd buried the hstchst in she
Stono, in ratification Of the agreement Proba- !
blv this is but tie calm that precedes storm.
It seems that our army of the haas Eissis- !
sippi department is sadly in need Of suitsbls
campaign supplies, that same military com
modify FOR lack OF which. the grand armies Of
he Union have met With SO many iignal &c
feets, viz; ensrgy and brains il Is rumore1 /
that tie "eld gentleman himself is 20 20 tbefe I
hy special grace Of the President. II this be !
true IcongTatDlate you and the country on the 1
auspeious event Somebody s5ia Be huyf aud
that speedily. There VIII be no mora temporizing
then. No military psttudes. No absiruss /
mathematical calculations to learn when the !
river vii fall when the enemy's provisions viii
give cut, When he Northwest viii seceds, or
England inisrfere. No tTigoaometrical inensu-
-Rtions to-show where 70 plant battery with
proper elevation or depression to bit an enemy
where he is not No bitches then No spade
manual No, sir. he viii throw his tried legions
on the foe, SIS Jupiter hurled fhundmb0lts rom
Olympus He viii - Of yoTe play the d-l
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pegraphy and consequences when the country Is
ffes. Like the Oriental warrior be wiz count
his enemies when they are dead.
Mr. Editor It would do yeur sOal good % see
the lopgtailed blue coats of these Federal
se0uudrels streaming into the breeze as their
terrified owners fly as from the wrath TO come"
/ RON Pres snd froma land their presence has
so long polluted AID dssecrased; when be shall
raise coneuerer's STANDARD west of the Ms
of1
kansas and unhappy, bleeding Missouri
Grants eerps seems the most active Of our
enemies They have charged every hen-roost
stolen al the cotton, snd burned the houses, IF
not from tho center all round 70 the sea " at
least as far as prudeRce and the gueril,as would
permit They are dTowning a few fools in their
celebrated ditch across the peninsula, and arm
ing aud fraternizing with 9 the free Americans
of African descent" Their temeTity msv lead
them to attempt sEorming the city of hills
in which case Ficksburg is destined to be-
come the -Aleedsma Of modern history. It's
bundled serpentine valies viii each become a
Jehosephst more famed than its Judesn proto-
type, where Iscarist and eli ether Togaes expi
stsd their crimes in death for thousands Of years.
Nature has done much for cm canse in The
nhvsicsi construction of tie country around
Vieksburg bui equally as much in inspiring
with courage and confidence the brsve hearts
that are 70 defend t. Bfesstworks and posi.
iions without determination are Of little avail
amid the shock Of sssaulsing armies IntTeneh-
r1ents. fcrh6c8tiols. efe., ara Tauahe as anxiE-
aries but is holy venarafiou for justice, heroic
resolution and disciplined yslog that wlns VIC
tories. wrssts freedom rom the bighting gTasp
Of tyranny ana rears her ensigns in triumph
over the wrenched and bleeding frsgmanis Of
careeDiog soveroiendes
Il is hardly ID ihe nature Of thines-reasen
and philosophy alike forbid that this cruel strife
shonld continue long The dssparing tone q
the Northern people, the defiant truihs Of ihs
Northern Chheham, the course of SsymoDEs Me-
dry, Van BuFs1. and hnndreis Of the best men
q she North, Is not without its moral effect
Johnathan, who has msde She brass buttons Ter
the war, while bis Western brethren fought rs
battles has been : stunF with bang ard Is
himself rapidly becoming dem7rs}iz 4 Wilh
bis natiTe Ysnkes ingenuity he VIII soon pub
lish to The Npsid that he never was q coercianisf
The Federal President has, through his Arch.
bishop Stevens. ii bis efforts te mske tbe Etti-
opiah The peer Of tns Caucasian, declared his