Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-31
A CREVE EATTER- THE PIED-
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mGNE RAILROAD.
! Oar c5t1m7Orary Of the Macon Telegraph,
in that journal Of yesterday, calls attention to
u,.tler which, in view OF movements that the
Fsderals viii most probably endesyor to make,
and may succeed in making, is Of lie very
/ sTsvsst impoEiaucs-tbe esrly completion CT he
Piedmont Iailrosd, tbs GEaenviEs aad DaugilIe
/ connection.
| We call Ugon the people and lhs G G5veyumsnt,
says TIE Telegraph, to survey the fald Of war
and io laaEk what iB coming befoEs il is TOO late
to avert the ca.rstropbe. TAe esmPaigH from
/ Chattanooga and the threatened advance en-
ti,is1 ia, asW s zg azz. - aEzss
siuPle.J8s. With Hne Ct three kun5rsd and
tAiEiy niiss Of railway fycm LouisYils--an he
way t-rough a hostile country-ovs. 6 single
lire Oflcal with besyy grades, and in bad
Cf3er-llhlo % constant Interruptions, no gen
eEa' is going 10 risk toe fsts Of large amy cn
such Ffecarigus cornsciioas, while ss5OC move
remains upoa Ire ul,li-zTy choss-basEd.
The enemy wal doubtless maintain ] threat
! ouing aitila5e upon the Tennessee river, snd
SHEH1AE's army may remain in Tennessee
about Nashville TO- s0me time, a. Il nonenta-
/ TlY throe.ouiug a decent upon Georgia, in or
/ der 70 hold JoHSsToS's whole force In theJ
present position; bat wbsa GRANT was de-
fsaisl in i's attempt to psnstrals the heart Of
the cotton s,sEcs BY lateral movement from
Yicksbugg, lie gave up sil idea Of pushing
down into GeoYgja from ths North IN lorcs with
l90 miles communication to maintain in his
rear The Dal5on s-Hy viii be pT4ctiesIy
ps5hiBg more thsa al army Of observsiIoD 50
long as it remains il It's present position, a0d
yet mus. probably Iousin there.
Bet what Is coningg We answer grand
combined attack upon Richmond aad Vuginis,
which Will Be prosecuted with al Of GRANTS
energy siJ his immslss conceptions Of mum
bers. FIEi, North Carolina viii be invaded,
I sud nothing viii be spared 10 occuPy the only
remaining lice Of railway colnmuRiCstion be-
tween the srny-feeding States and Virginia
Sappose it is done-suppOse Inc Wilmington
and Weldon railway is cnt, or the Weldon and
Petersburg, how IA LEE's srmy to DO fed, or
lh577 is It to be reinforced either from JOHNSTON
/ or BEAUREGARDl Tae enemy mssn while ad-
vsrees from the frcut, by tho RsppskaDnoek
AID the two banks Of Jamss river, upon Rich
mond and LEE with three columns OF seventy
five tbousand usn esch--Bhst then No sc'
/ cumula Of supplies for the agry-nonC for
/ the city q Richnoud-whst remains 70 VIZ
I giaia and R.ehmond bus abandonment, sn6 fer
LEE bat retr- a. southwsTd. Peace upon the
principles Of l776." snd S.ate rights would be
nowhere G5ou. these tihes
Nov the Greensboro and DanYi1e connection,
of which most uuior.Uastsly len miles rensin TO
he completed, would give US an interior route
Of eompsEssivsly now read, through lTaitful
and loyal country, two bundled miles sway
from danger OF either hand, in almost right
lire from Georgia 20 Richmond; and these ten
miles Of incOmplesed road are suffered to jsop-
ar3izs tho fsts o' the OLD Dominion, and to de-
tend i upon the PEaesrioUs chanees Of h5ldipg
possession Of long aud exposed Ina Of rail-
way on the coast l. tbi5 temeI;iy little short
Of 1aduess
And what does the reader suppose IS the
mighty stakes apoH which Tho great interests Of
ths Coniede1acy have been prised foT SO longf
We snsseE Z question OF 10 eents a sgusEe yard
= 10 gIsdirg! More thsa TIVE years sgo ths whole
road would have been taksn by eminent Geor-
eia contractors At 50 cents yard, which was
the Georgia price, but the president refused to
give more then 81 cents! They would have
carried f-cm 1900 to 1000 hards tc the road,
sl.honeh the7 refused to Bad themselves to fn
isa IL in he SIX months, which was what tie
prss.5eu. Of tie road th-n required. Refusing
then, to Gig North Carolina clay for thiTtee1
cents less than they were receiving to dig Gsor'
gia EAnd-oT to-bind themselves to what they
mighs have found impossible the wark has
bcoD cA-Iled ca - Jhs conpany in such fsshioz
as pats iailEoaa msebaaiam to lie blush, and
thus 81 this cTltic'l ssd monentous period, we
are vel informed, il ls to thsn selves, the con
0 neetion viii no! be made until November, Il
8 then.
New, Why docs the Confederate Governnsn.
|, OF the Secretary Of War rest day in view q
! The coming pezil5 That work can bs CON
plstsa il moalb, lit viii take hold VG the busi