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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-11

From the Whig, Of Yesterday Morningl
Advices from Hushpucanns yesterday report
the enemy moving forward slowly Our forces
were ia position awaiting their arrival at a GER
tain point At last accounts the piekets were
but five miles apart.
There was an unusual quietness among the
Yankees across the river yesterday. There was
no stir among the troops, and but one arrival at
the landing stern-wheeleT which came down
in the afternoon.
We would invite the attention Of al our
readers to the advertisement Of Colonel Marks,
commander Of the post in our paper this morn.
ing. All strangers arriving here in future are
required to register their names at the Office of
the provost marshal, or else they lay themselves
liable to arrest and expulsion from the city.
A gentleman from Louisiana asserts that the
Yankees have discovered still another route to
get by Yicksburg. He says they are now at
work clearing out Walnut bayou, which is fed
by the Mississippi just below Milliken's bend.
Walnut bayou empties into ROundsway at
Richmond, La, and Roundaway into the Mis-
sissippi at New Carthage, twenty five miles be-
low this city. We think they viii meet with no
more success by this route than on the Yszoo.
Negroes should be kept at home at night rs
much as possible, and those compelled to be out
ought to have passes. Some seven or eight of
those " snuff eolored' individuals were picked
up by the police on Wednesday night, and a
little wholesome sdmoniion administered to
them. This may prove g warning to others
The city is patToled every night, and both black
and white, who cannot give proper vouchers or
satisfactory reasons for their being out, will iRd
themselves in s. limbo" in the morning.
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A Richmond letter to the Little Rock Demo
erat writes some cheering news to the people Of
Arkansas The citizens of that Ststs are out Of
pocket large amounts for supplies bought and
pressed, for which informal certified accounts
have been given, and upon which they can get
no money. This has been mostly in Middle
and Southern Arkansas. In the north and west
the country has been OveTrun by the armies,
and the country dsvastated--the people were
plundeIed alike By Federals and Confederates.
The President has sent in an estimate for eleven
millions to pay the frat class and indemnify the
latter, SO far as our army has impressed and
plundered. he has also sent out orders to the
commanding general to employ officers to in
yestigato the latter, and where there is evidence,
whether formal or not, to adjudicate them with
4 view of settlement.
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arGNEFToANT BFevRmRNTs.

We have a report from Memphis that in ad-
dition to contracting their lines, and placing an
additional guard sropnd the-eity, the Federal
authorities have issued an or6es forbidding al
communication through their lines for siEty
days The prohibition, Il is reported 10 Us, ex-
tends to the citizens of the adjacent country, con
trsbands, cotton spectators, ETC. in fact is gen
srsl. This Ia a. entire change Of policy, as they
have slEays heretofore encouraged the bringing
il ofcctton BY The planters and sought trade. We
have also hesrd that for some days eommuniea-
ton has been interdioted st Corinth, and all the
advance parties south Of that place withdrawn.
From what information could be obtained By
our friends outside the lines, it was judged they
we're making preparations for a move. Great
changes are also reported to have been made at
Jackson, Bolivar, LaGrange, Grand Junction,
etc,--ths principal portion Of the forces having
been withdrawn. It is evident some new
scheme is on foot, to keep which from the pub
lie these new regulations and precautions have
been adopted.
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FAWRAGUTss RECFPTIOW Al
GRAND GULF.

FARRAGUTSs RECEPTION AT
GRAND GULF.
Il seems, from our later reports, that an eno-
nsous impression has prevailed IS to the manner
in which EARRAGUT's Rsst was received at
Grand Gulfon its wsy down the river. Antici-
pating that such movement would be made by
him, our batteries had been kept constantly
manned, ready for action for some time, and
vigilsnt watch kept up As soon as their sp-
proach was announced by the sentinels every
man vas at his post, and when tha first vessel
came within range, the upper batteries opened
upon Der, and the Ere was taken up Immediately
by tie whole line The action lasted about
twenty minutes, during which time our batteries
fred some eighty shots, and in many instances,
with terrible effect, Taking FIRE having ct one
time been procured upon the Hartford The
enemy fred three brOsdsides st one of our
batteries, snd saIutsd each battery as they
passed with perfect shower of grape and
canister.
The unfortunate bursting Of one Of the light
pieces, caused some arrangement Of FIRE for
lew minutes in the battery when the explosion
took place, but it was sooR renewed with double
vgor. After the enemy had passed our lower
batteries, one of the smaller vessels fred lee
gun, which was answered by rocket from tie
Hartford, and the other vessel Immediately
closed in upon her, and they then all anchored,
where they remained until the next morning.
Our loss in tbe affair was two men killed and
several wounded; that of the enemy. unknown.
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9aiIg gppeal.
MORNING EDITION.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL II.
PmE BIG sen.

In the early stages Of The war, after his de-
feat at Manassas and some other points, and
after sesing the spirit Of resistance offered BY
the South, LINCOLN confessed to some friends
that he had undertaken big Job" If be
thought SO then, what ought he to think now
His armies seem to have come to dead lock
at all paints, and his prospects Of success are
even now more gloomy than they were then.
Should he succeed in the cspture Of Charleston,
be would not be put in possession of South
Carolina. Should he capture Mobile, he would
not have Alabama; and should he be fortunate
enough to conquer Vicksburg and Port Hudson,
that would not put him in possession Of
either Mississippi OF Louisiana. The same
may be said with regard to Richmond,
Wilmington and other points.
Supposing him to be successful at all the
points named, which is not in the range Of prob
abilities, he would still have very big job"
before him. Our armies would be concentrated
in the interior Of the country, thereby becoming
more compact, while bis would become more
difused. It would only place as in the position
0I Ele Dear Win Al4 laGA aB aAAoF . " ~A4f az
which position be could keep at bay dozen
dogs. Our armies, becoming thus more con
csntrated and compact, and fighting from the
center, would still be invincible. L is true, by
the loss Of our seaboard and river cities and
towns, large sections Of country would be sub
jeeted to the ravagss and devsstations Of
tbe enemy, but our immense interior would
aford ample subsistence and fighting room
for our armies Although we should deep
" and seriously regret the fall of Charles
lon, or Savannah, OF Mobile, we should by no
means despair Of our final success. But Of
.bese things we have no fear. The dsmOnstra-
ions already msds at Pert Hudson and Charles
on prove that the boasted iron-clads and Mon
tors Of the enemy are not invincible aud they
IRE the only reliance Of the AbolitiOnists for the
SEDUCTION Of our cities and towns.
The experiences Of the last four months has
40 doubt, proved to LINCOLN that his job is
growing bigger every day, instead of less.
We may have to reconcile ourselves to pro
onged state of hostiHdes, bat we have no cause
Fhatevsr to despair Of ultimate success. Our
prospects Of successful resistance are bright
,niDg day BY day, and the failure of the enemy
10 reduce Charleston viii fill them with despon-
ieney. Let Us wait and hope, and work and
ight, and al win yet be well.
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government. It is more probable that he makes the
visit on behalf Of the whole diplomatic corps Lord Ly
ons Mercer, the Baron Geralt Mr. Stoeekl and the
rest Of them GneludiBg suppose. the dark ambessa
dorfrom HaytD 70 see and determine what is the temper
and purpose Of the Confederate authorities and people
and what may be the propect Of early termination
Of he contest from thls eide OF the Potomac Mr. B0-
dsso Is expected on Mondey or Tuesday next
The Eon. Wm G. Riyea IN a recent letter. sgnihsa
bis willingness to serve his district IN Congress- il it be
the pleasure Of the voters to elect him.
Hon. Wm. L. Goggn, OF Bedford, an old line Wing,
hiss come on, as candidate for governor Of Virginia
He Is the gentleman who was beaten at the last sseton
By Goveraor Wise.
Congress says will adjourn on the Goth instsnt but
ths Is dOubsful. The house Of representatives has
abolished by It's vote the whole business Of Subtsuts
in the army The matter is yet be acted on By the
senate whether the prohibition is retrospective bsve
not been able to learn. DIXIE.
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From the St Louis Republican, March 30
Judge Treat Of the United States circuit
court, on Saturday gave an important decision
In the case of the United States vs. 451 bales Of
cotton, and United States VS.. steamboat Planet,
for gong from Helena 10 Delta and FriaF's
Point, in November last and taking down sup-
plies to planters residing in that region, gbd
bringing back the cotton condemned in this
case. It will be seen from the following conclu-
sions reached by the court, that the property
transported and the vessel transporting were
condemned notwithstanding an alleged permit
from the military authorities st Helena. In rem
dering bis decision Judge Treat held that, under
the acts Of Congress and the Presidents procls-
nation pursuant thereto, ell commercial inter
course with theinsuuectio lary States, or beyond
the military lines or the United States forces, is
prohibited thout license therefor by the
President through the Secretary Of the Tres
sury. While the militssy oficeEs have full an.
thority to prevent persons with licenses from
passing through or beyond their lines, when mil
itaTy operations demand such action, no military y
commander has any lawful authority to grant a
license to any one to pass beyond his lines
for commercial enterprises. If the expedition
beyond the lines is merely for military purposes,
it is subject solely 20 military control; but it
must not be for mixed military and commercial
objects. Undeg the law 40 military commander
has any authority 70 license trade with the quasi
enemy country. Hence the permits granted st
Helena, ander alleged military authority, TO buy
and ship cotton from points ontside ofthe lines
Of United States forces, or 10 ship supplies by
way Of trade TO such exterior points, we void;
and al such cotton and supplies, and the ves-
sells or vehicles Of transporting the same, are for
feited.
Property to the amount of BIB 600 was con-
demned by TIE court under this decision.
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"a The Federal papers boast that General
Banks accomplished the purpose for which be
moved ont from Baton Rouge upon Port Hgd-
son. If bis object vas to demonstrate to the
world the cowsrdiee of his msa be was emf
nsnlly successful: if twas anything else he esr-
tainIy most signally failed. We have unques-
tioasble authority for saying that the eowardly
rsseals could not be made to sght. On the sp-
pesrancs Of single brigade to tender them bat
tle lhsy would nos allow even our skirmishers to
get nsar enough, but firing of their guns at
random, fed in psrfegA confusion. 0ari boys
could not get Gloss emo gh to them to waEraus
the burning of powder to any extent. In fall
ing back, SO rapid was their march, that blankets,
overcosts, caRteens, etc, were abandoned on the
routei the only delay made was BY the rear
guard, while engaged IN Burning Tie small
bridges to prevent pursuit BANKS men viii
never let an enemy sec the whites Of their eyes,
unless they should be surprised.
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been encouraged to embark ia the trade with the
interior have established something ike Tegu-
arify, and for every dollars worth of produce
senr, corresponding value in one or more Of
the great steples has been brought back. The
anaunt, il ia true does net foo 10 very heavily
10 bales and bogshesis. but Ire cash value which
nifeant.
As cur forces sdvsnes which they DO, though
a little slowly, perhaps Ibis trade. viii iucresse.
As fast as the country is occupied measures will
be taken to see that il is cultivated Under the
free labor plan adopted " Gen Banks which
has met with unex Jected success IN its iuciDient
stsgss and the correct system established for in
ternal trade by Mr Built. nothing short Of
providsntisl inserpo ition will prevent an i'm
mense increase in the trade of this city between
now and the first of September
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70 what We said to him IS not true There IS
30 iruth N il; bis exubersnt fancy has misled
nm Wshsvs A. no sine dspgca'e1 OF disap-
proved either pub iey or pdvsrey y. any eanre
taken oy our paper. Ii has nevsr 5feu rg-
Pc. into any policy of any moment wlbarE
deriving from a. q rton OF ifs jm uIse n
the int-EEieg 70 vi ich shs Nashville "a IN
thinks it fitting to aI'ude, We pointed out M s.
sarpestiy as he cert2' uly remembers. shs terfi-
Die aud inevittois conseq 81 the emanei-
patton proclamstiou, # it could and sboui Be
exeeuted. or even # not executed and o sWsd IS
stand and We ere surs- that no other measuFs
% administrative policy was mentioned be
tTesa him and Us
4 editor Of she Uai0u may profess 30 tbinE
We are doing larm bus We think, ard We 1er-
soDay Nnow, that many IT th= wises. aud m0
devoted patri.ts in MS own Sta-e if not al 5f
them, believe that b. has at ihe head Of bis eel
umns, done aud IS doing more harm by hls ssd
ieaism than b. could ever d e. toe bead Of sL
tho columns Of rebel military division svsn
though he were twice as much ganeral a5 b. IS
editor
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tha PaIpose q gelling -.

fer the purpose Of getting subsistsaee.
understood, the iort over which they 50
Rueh difficulty, IS eonstructsd Of no less thsn
twenty thousaud bsles Of cott0n, coVerei wifb
ssTth, il IF res tempting priz in sd8iiou %
lis sraSegi impo iance. NIw. If Gla,ersl r IS
o. Comm0do.e Smith ctnnlf take It, it has been
sIggsstsd that some ofher generals, who were
fcrmeIy on dnty 81 H-leue, might be tried, aud
if the government woald fofego its claims 70 The
materials Of The parapet, certain Jews Ia this lo-
cN!itY might be found willing to eject its cap
tUre. We must have more ammuui1on, ~ more
ingenuity, before we can reduce Fort Psnbert0ns
although a desegteF is reported 70 have said tbat
ffsaen minutes more firing Wou have forced
them 70 have left it.
OPERATIONS BELOW
The presence Of A imiral Farragut is perhaps
The best assurance that something good viii be
done, and done soon. From the intrepid man
ner n which he cruises up aud down with bis
wooden vessels. ss needless Of the batteries As
he is of the Tams, something is boDed Porter,
with feet Of iron-clads. is thus ffsst BY ashr-
ring man and = ranking officer. Is is now fea
sible for Gen. Grant, SO soon as he shall have
men enough to detacb-ssy 6f cen thousand
men--to send them down on boats aud barges
to Port Hudson, take the place, and thus libeT-
ste the army Of Gen Banks to co-operats IN the /
grand attack on Fieksburg. This plan is
simple and obvious. The fall Of Port Hudson
would, by is moral effect do more to reduce the
after place than months bombardment. and I
would be accomplished, I am satisfied, with far 4
less mortality TO our side. Bets are being made /
hat Ficksburg viii be ours in three weeks 4
This probably on the basis Of our natural ad- 4
7sntages, but very much depends on tho use 4
which is made of chem
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George d. Pren,ice-FT,. Po.,,,o,.


TIE report that Prentice, of the Louisville
journal, had gone to Europe, is untrue. He de-
niss it, and the following article, which We copy
from that paper sf the.24.h ult., defines his DO
sition
We (ths senior editor Of the Journal having
just returned rom a trip TO the East, ind in the
Nashville UHi08 Of the 9TH inst, an article that
surprises US The editor Of the Union. Mr.. Mer-
Ger, states positively, upon the non-authoritv Of
an anonymous, miserable, lying telegraphie dis
pstch, that We have left the country, aud. that
before starting, We undoubtedly obsaiusd inf1r-
nation from a son in the rebel army, Of an in
tended invasion Of Kentucky. During cur lsts
very brief absence, we replied twice, through
New York papers, to similar palfry eslumnies
How any man has been able 20 bring himself
TO think Or even 10 fancy, that an humble
major IN the Confederate army could, whatever
might be bis desire, give. as suy peculiar in
formation of the designs Of the Confsdeists
government upon KsntuclZy, We are at & less
to imagine. The major referred 10 has never
written US one unsealed word during all his
stag in the South, nor has he sent as one
word, either written or oral, "a to rebel iuten-
tions
The editor Of the Uaiau. in the remarks wa
are notieing, takes occssioa 20 state tbst we
have exercised no control over the course Of the
Journal for over twelve months, and that IN q
conversation with him last winter. We dapfs-
Gated the miserable course The papar was taziu,
and told him tbst wo did not differ with hin
much u ais views Of the proper policy 10 BE-
pursued By the Administration. We reply tbst
We have all along exarc sed, and still exercise
over the columns Of the Journal al the eon.rol
that properly belongs 70 US as senior editor and
chief proprietor. We have 3 right TO judge for
ourselves, and we use the right, carefully avail.
ing ourselves Of All the Judgment and wisdom
near as. As FOR the alleged conversation be-
tween us aad ths editor OF the Uai0n We have
70 say that ws never intsrehangsd a word with
him upon political matters except in our own
private room If q man VIII go into anothsr's
nome in the gaise Of q persons friend seek
talk vita HIN, snd then 60 off aod rspast it ia
a newspaper for unkind purposes We al know
to what position tbs comm0n consent of
society assigns him, even If his report
is literally true. But she report Of the editor as
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nrore Re,nlin,inn Prnni.es.
HEADQUARTERS TRANS MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT
Little Rock, March - 1863

Ia
Little Rock, March y, 1868
A. R Admiral David D Porter;
SIR: have received paper, said to have
been posted in the village of Columbia, BY your
direction, in the following words:
COPY
NOTICE taken in the act Of firing
on unarmed vessels, viii be treated as highway
men and sssassins, and no quarters will be
shown them.
Persens strongly suspected Of firing on IN
armed vessels will not receive the usual treat
ment Of prisoners Of war, but viii be kept in
close confinement.
If this savage and barbarous Confederate
custom cannot be put stop to, we Will Try what
virtue there is in hanging
"All persons, no matter who they are, who are
caught in the act Of pilfering the houses of the
inhabitants along the Tiver. levying contribu-
tious, or burning cotton, will receive no quarter
if caught in the act, OF if it can be proved upon
them.
"DAvID D. PORTER, A. R, Admiral, s,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron"
Il is inferred from this, that you maintain:
1st. The capture Of the enemy's property is
not a legitimate beligerent right
ID That it makes 40 difference that the pro-
pe1tY is on transports en- route for the enemy's
camps, and consists of military supplies.
Sd. That belligerent eombstant or noneom-
batant has no right to destroy his own property,
10 prevent it from falling into the hands Of the
enemy.
L is much to be regretted, that the pssges of
civilized nations, in war, viii not be respected
ia this age of the world. Under the cireum-
stances, no remedy remains, except to notify
y'5a, that for every violation Of the rights of
prisoners under the order cited retaliation will
be visited in kind, reserving the privilege of
selecting IS its subjects, those who are most
prominent in violating the laws Of war, aud
without regard to rank.
an, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
SiQned1 Til Fl. HOLMES.
Official; s. s. Anderson, A. A. G.
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WANmG WANVRD!

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H1-as Their furnaces are }ccated II bsalhy region
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n IN Pennsylvania, last fell, forty thousand
men were drafted, of whom nos more than
nineteen or twenty thousand were forthcoming.
the remainder having deserted or procured sx.
emptions. Governor Curtin holds that it is the
business Of the general government to hunt up
the deMrters, and has visited Washington 10
insist that the State shall receive credit for the
entire number Of her volunteers and drafted men
in The enforcement Of the couscription oct.
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- We had an interview, few days since
with our old and respected friend r. al
Parish, for many years a citizen Of Clinton 3,
tins county, but who has spent most Of lis tir6s
TOT ne last year or two, on bis plantation gu ~
Ialiahatehis. We much regret 20 hear rom
nm that the Yankees, On their return from -tBs
hrst attack on Greenwood paid bis plantation
VISIT, took some of his most vsiua5la negro men.
All has eott0n, corn, meat and poultry. Killed all
his nogs' threw bis wsgons and carts and black
smith tools into the river, snd destroyed, litsr-
They even br0ke open his trunks, taking there
from every articls Of any value AN re pisces
10 that vicinity visited by them were. -1ts
Perish Informs Us, treated in the same way.
Parish's son, youth fifteen or sixteen vesrs
old, they took aboard Of their boats. q Drisop-.-
bus subsequently released him.-Ragm0a9 ca
zeiss