Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-14
LETTER FROM RICHmoNp.

he whsls rs,vbhorbood Of the Ballard Hozss upside
sovn- Yssseraay be was formally received BY the
eiyl authari.i.s I mean the H~aHisipsl authorities,
vbish are net always civil was made to ras up Main
street IN an open carriage, with the mayor and two A.
ssrnsB, the mercury being twelve segrees below frees.
iue was violently sEsaulte ed IN q set spseeh by his Hon.
O., vss cruelty compelled TO rsEpond, sad was sfsT-
uaTds cauisd back to the hotel, which IS in q general
condition, the hotel Of ~chaEnsrs, gold lase, avpls today,
special committees, nsnbsrs OF Congress and excited
sariorty. Gen. JoAa Morgan, I fear, Is q gsOd deal
bored BY his liaaizaioz, by whss he IS expected to DO
DUNG BIZ Fsiouru in the city, 70 DO and 20 EuasE, marx
you, far As must visit The Virgins Legislature and tbe
Confederate Congress, two ssnsieE and two lower
E01Ess, ard make four acknowledgment Of hH Tsssp-
ton thsrsiai be must undergo the aEonies Of dramatic
diversion at he rsuorssless hands Of MrD0orsay Ogden
hs nust wits ais s~asogrsph N numbsrlsss albums Of
sdmiriBg y0ung ladies, and sat ever SO macy iesdsn
lunches, dIsEal dinners and stupid suppsrs-nsed we
wondsr If the hers should yswn over the ~hoEpitasls
board snd wish himself for the ncaos back again in tha
Ohio pezEtentiary.
hat rot seen The general bss hear that be locks
exceedingly well, despite ali he has endured IN Rich.
mond Ths ovation uas well meant bat has been =
Httls ovsrSous. Not that I thisk John Morgan IN
worthy Of any Tsoonpense o. Wrssths, and sEerds,
aad emsial eersmoziss that Confederate csPisl or
Csr6sderkte people nay grant him. Mere Is Bis due
than nors than eli sax psylT Bat other generals
crowned with the laurels Of victory, hsye visited Rleh.
noHd 6ariog The war, and never e mach as 3 vote 81
the common eognsl has svss them ths fresdom Of the
city. Sterling Plos, ard Lsonidzs Polk, and Simon
Busknsr, and WIIirm Preston. ana Josa @. BrsekIE-
ridge, and B-agg. aud JsmsE LsngstFest, and ever 90
uauy ethsrs have bsen permitted to SO through the
~harsIhlpa e. sAr hsssl IMs urnotiesd. Our own Vlr.
EiHia EszernIs-Lss, aud stoEsUAl Jssksou, and Floyd,
sns Hsgrnssr, saa ice Eshnstou. and A. P. Hili-hzve
appeared and dissppearad without Othsr dsuons.yatoa
q popular satkufiasm than a Esrenzse. Jsb. stEsrt
aad H,s6y, and ImscSaa, ever ana anon iarn up At
he War DspsEtnsat witEoai = aeurish Of tEEaPsta or
Al ePuz s4rrlags under 3 couple Of aldermen Morgsn's
ovation Is n 3 gresi degrees das to the public sympA-
Thy e~sEsPiriHg with ths public gratitude. Hs has had 3
greater share Of The poetry Of tks war, the romance OF
halr-hrsRtih escapes ard ssdssrY Psrils, han any ether
d CIR leaders, and he has certainly received greater
ndlsHl'iss ct the hands - the Yankees. TIE brave
nan vEoss had va shaved, and vas compelled to pat
sa the garb Of a tsIca b. . zoe that knew not Eagaa-
nlmity, he 1t Is that We dsligSt to hoHor Happily,
there iI no DANCE that be via be spolsd by szsA spoa-
aHsous sxprsssioas # The FoBElsr feeling. Let "a
kePe hat hs digestion nay be Is iitle Impaired By the
dinners IS hs vani , is sxsiisd By The s2ssshss. AL
viii thea be well.
By tAs way, speaking Of he Tisits Of sur generals to
Riehnozd, It Ia a Hst.o remarkable thEi BsssrsgSrd hsa
ssvsr been II the capital bgt 4 single niski slacs the be-
ginning 81 tss war. He arrived here en- the svssirs %
The Ist q JuEe, 1851. on hs wy 10 tEks cszznna ef
,he army Of Eershsrn virginia then near Bal uD, and
Ist he asxi morning, aza when he was ordered 70
afEans command Of ths army Of ths West At Oorinth,
he sent thltker By way Of Lynshburg. TsEy few e
err eiiissns have svsr seen hiR. Some noaGas hence,
when the siege Of Charleston skSIl bAvs bean absRsozsS
b. the Yankees, We may hope % greet him ia the capt.
tai with the plsualis thai hs viii 50 vel dsssrTs.
Tbs sselaI F~Aisiiss OF RIskEsaz are EAds The Fsbjsst
CT a Sonswhat ss.uralas editorial In the EEsziHR Of
sails morning, which we can be 81 ne lsl y sitdbHtiuE
- the pen Of Ex. Daniel Ne sssrist Of manners writes
mere f5rsIbly or elegantly thAa thh gentleman. what
Il said Of ths diverslosS Ct the higher eisEHes" Of
RlsAaOEs Iseisty, N the article b very well said, and
nav be ts some extent deserved, bat tbs article Is cal
enlisted ts produss 4 false izprOshon abroad BY iadue-
iRE ths belief shst car beau =Szss, IL We have s1eh a
Glass, Is dsesusra.i-g into s srai SENDS, and that while
al the rest Of The country Is suffering, RiehneRd Is
aauIlag Itself There are entertainments Of tahIsauI
vivsatu, and priTss ihestisals, sss acting eharsass,
and dsselsS tess, ard such ike, now aad then, but 20
ssnssr would sondsun the Euppsrs shat are given At
tl.n As luxurious or uSstsfui, and tbs very ladies who
engage in hem are hoze who do NEST fer the public
shEridss. Iohsnesd 10 gss q reAssrssl, The other EiEhs,
Of q droH shsrsds Ia which 8 young lady enacted the
psrtef q ses5rsts, who Ter two yssu hE done little
slss, theugbt Of utts elEs, drssHl Of ltds sss than the
EazSseneat 81 a hospital 70 which shs has devoted
herself and who might have bees EssH Al ~daybrsaE ca
she morning o. tie Ut CT JszEsry, trEdgtag to market
to bay turkyg, 4 kzply they HiEht b found foE her
new years hospital dinAsr. Isgrss with tbs editors Of
To- E-zziSE il eosdeaning sEtrsvsEEHes and UEdse
zerrnsnt in he midst u Wal, Eud his article Ray have
c -oo5 eject In restraining sozs Of The lss t~houshtfEi
Of our seeleiy leaders ia thois gsieHsb butI think Il due
20 r -e5mzaa 70 say hat the city Is ne 50 utterly gwen
over 10 ths Manner Of unrigh.sousRss IS his s~irieturss
would imply to The distant rosdsr.
Bsth Hsasss Of CeaErsa IN secret session to-5ty fr
the greater sart Of the tine. There wiz probably &c
4 ss0g3 esHtes, IN the E0gss Of representative upon
The 2st;er "a ths exemption Of slitsr. The proposition
60 commit inte ushsa5s Of Tie President tbs power Of
dsisHing zen TO edit csvspspsrs Is nothisg more :hau
= alsnes all oPposIo- 20 he AdEiRigraiioH- Il i By
10 mzsls q suppsssbls sass shat Mr.. Davi. CT say sthsr
President ueal4 grAst exemption 70 gsadszen to edit
papgs which 70 knows wcald b. lHiaissi 10 ka policy.
Fsorsi NO Implied reflection oa ths President IN this
Erasrk. Ihsvs the hIEssgs rsssset Tor ths istsErity Of
tbs eminent Chief Magistrate oftls Osufsdersts States
bat Is not in The nature OF things kat be could think
fhs public Interests would be fub5sFysd by keeping Q
aau out q tAs army whose highest talents ToHid De sx~
e t1din 9 Psrsisssnt sRiRs0nizm to the neaspres Of he
Krszstlva. We s-nao. have Stree press II tie Pres
dart q to shesss all ,hs editors. The prsss viii make 8
cara fsbt en- tsls polnt, szd Tia Eress VIZ be uphs,d in
Congress By able men.
There Is & ruror to-day hat TIA Government hGs o.
5sgsd he negro ssldler taken In North Csrolluz, to be
hanged uPoz the sxsst spot where ere OF or COuteds-
rate ssvAlry vas hanged, thrOs weeks sEO, BY The rut
asA Gen. Wilde.
The appointment Of EoR George Davis OF NORTH
CarolRs IS Attorney General, gives uniysnsI s~alsias-
tOn.
Hls asu said thar Er ssdGen has n Intention sf
r~ssigniug a. sseSst1y 0f War.
The weather continues bitterly cold Thsre is two
inches Of Gnov on ths srouad-.he canal shove RisA.
aond Is closed with ice, spd there srs all lac signs u 3
locking up Of she nine miles n~avigatIoH Of james river
feu Rockets 10 Drsvry's BluH IxIE