Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-15
LETTER FROM RECmmOND.
Special correspondence OF the Appeal
R~IcHMnNn Samantha 10 1871

Special Correspondence OF the Appeal
RICHMOND, September 10. Is63
A four weeks abssF &c from the city, enforced by
falling health. has made a gap IN my correspondence
which I very much regret, on many accounts. The
period has not, Indeed. been marked by any startling
events in this quarter, and ths rssderzo Of the APPEAL
have, perhsps, hardly noticed the discontinuanos o. my
letters, but having cultivated friendly and even conf
destisI relations with them during I'VE years Of change
fI incident, having Travelled With You from your hons
on the banks Of the Mississippi TO your present sbode
in the high regions Of central Georgia have come TO
regard myself. by their favor and your own ss in some
msnner q part Of tbs APPEAL, and shls is a distinction
which I could not lightly relinqutsh Had I gone on,
as I might have wished, to Teunesse-, or INTO
General Less lines. or 10 the ars-sneircIsd
shore Of CaroHns, I should beyond doubt have
sent you a letter, now and then. notwi1hs- andlug my
knowledge Of the fact that your columns sIs album
dsRily supplied with he best correspondence lr-m these
oeintE, but Is my retreat was q secluded watering
place IN s nook Of our Virginia mOunts5ns, where only
subdusi echoes Of the war reached my ears, 7 did not
think it WORTH while to burden the APPEAL with the
dull, perhaps q~uerulou8 communications Of an iavslid
I make no question whatever that my foTbearascs in
this respect will Be properly appreciated.
There was but 0ne matter Immediately connected
with the war which was brought stongIy to my alton
ton in the breezy Alegbeuies, where / have been q ao-
Jourcsr, and this and has been very fore bly, presented
to the mind Of the army and She people in the meantime
, i slluds to the alarming aud systemafzcd dessrsious
from he ranks. Along The whole length Of
he Blue Ridge from Gu pepper to tie
Southern and Southyes en borders Of Viz
ginia. on the very summits Of the chain, there IL a trail
which has bssn pursued for many months by the de-
sertsrs, who generally travel in parties ofiwe We or
fifteen. subsiElsg on such gene as they could Kill On no
way, and the , under b. night Of Eueh farm yards and
dGiries a. they could reach by = sudden z5y0ap from
thsr mountain pGth.
Before reaching she Peaks Of Otter he trail forks. ore
branlh Of it striking off IN the direction Of Tennessee,
the other continuing as negiy as possible in a straight
course TO North Carolina. The latter is the more dan.
gsrous o. the two, since it must cross the line Of he
Virginia and Tennessee railroad, but the dsssrtsu who
had not the courage to rsmsin In the army, have been
bold enough in their organised d~isloyaIty and de-
lection, and have never hesitated 20 make fg't
against inferior NUMBER attempting 70 arrest them.
They have even made the county roads unsafe for ciH.
zanx on horseback, and highway robberes I'm that 70.
ZION have become frequent A liked determination to put
a stop to ths hightOfthsse miscreEutshss been ba result
on the part Of the -non-eombstsut population Of the com
ties iravorsed by them, ard the dessrtsu are now hunt.
cd with VIGILANCE and energy. Several gangs have been
arrested snd sent back under guard 10 their commands
The execution Of ten on Saturday last IN sight Of the
division to which they belonged Il Is hoped, viii have a
salutsry effect on such OF the troops a. may have ned
ltated following their base example ard a stern enforce
msnt Of the military law 10 al such cases hereafter viii
make dessraon for ths future = rsrs crime II twas a
false mercy which tsmporised with the earliest offence
One life forfeited and taken two years ago, would have
saved a dozen now. But let as rejoice that the proper
- - --.-Ers.h-a - IN a. I'll
sustained by pubIs OPINION.
The latest repulss Of the enemy At Charleston in their
night assault upon Sumter is fuIl Of cheer. while ths
omen Of the capture Of Andsrson's flag is in the high
est degree ausplcious. Had DahIgren raised aa Tag
over the ruins Of Sumter, al New England would have
gone mad with delight, and Edward Everett would have
ssraiyhtvay delivered an Grafton 10 the boa3 fled Boz
touisns. The Idea that their free negroes are encsmped
At Wagner, and that their glorious State colors, which
thsir white men could not defend against the onset Of
the boys Of Baltimore in April 1861, aauRts in the face
Of Beauregsrd, has already hall erazsd Boston. We
are encouraged TO believe that they viii not occupy
Sumter after all, and that sven II they should, the siege
Of Charleston would only have commenced VIXEN they
hAd taken possession. -Four weeks more Of fruiuess
effort will most probably cause them to desist, and if in
The mssnwhIs they should receive a rspulse in Tsunes-
SEQ, a. ne hope they will, we may indeed look for the
utter uIthA uNn VI hAH eAAAH war parry
New York papers were sent up from City Point Ills
morning by flag Of truce traia- They admit the enure
failure Of the CONSUMPTION to hl up The Yankee armies
The Herald says a FIRST class iron clad turTetsd vessel
OF wsr has sailed from E7gIand, in Confederate COM
mission, and that othsn are peedny 10 follow. Tie
Emperor Of France has permitted the Florida 10 rift
10 an Imperial dock yard, and, according to the Yam.
kss eorresp ondents from Paris. a whole aset Of ships,
like L. Gsire. are building for as at Brsst. and Cher.
bourg. and Toulon. War with France seems now in.
evltabls to Lineolu. who, Judging from bis recent letter
TO the Union convention at-SPrlpgheld, il not in the
best spirits with regard to the speedy " crushing oat %
the rebellion"
The weather has been dry aud hot for days past but
the tempsrnturs is now cecil and oloudy sky gives
nr,niss Of rain. The crops are abundant, except in
small districts Of country where the corn has fred for
want Of moisture.
wherever 1 went, in my recent journey, I saw as
and At eur little comfortable. watering place, i
"a souvht after with eHgerness
Gsp. Lee has been in town, looking well and as bliihs
a. a bird. but has gone back 10 the army. Gen. g. W.
smith Is here, just from Charleston, In the best spirits
DIXIE