Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-30

NAVIGATION OF TRE szEsszssEPPH.
An account, lately published, remarks the
Montgomery Hsil, Of tho trials attending the
passage OF a steamboat beiwe6n New Orleans
and Memphis proves to be shout The most inter
es;ing reading re have had for some time. Thr
Yankee artist who was on beard, paints with a
graphic penal the Eribulstions attending sbe
trip-how they were fred on =. two or three
pieces blythe bloody "guerrillaa the shot
cane erashisg through the lhin woodwork oi
the hailt, dealing death sna destruction around
how tilo tTan bling and guilty eowsrds cTouehed
in every hole snd corner to esssps the deadly
missiles, and knally how the boat, reaching iss
destinsiion discharged, among its ether freight
six ghIstIy Yankee eorpses, including the cap.
lain Of he boat, sent to that bourne to which
al tie invading devils should have speedy
transit.
We repeat that this is good reaJing--an
eEssTtsining intellectual repast, and one Il
which We would ike to sit down 70 every day
in the year. Not that re delight in the death
Of any man-God forbid Bat if these ps9pl'
can thus be tau-hi, and taught in no other way
thss this country belongs to Us and not 10 them
End if in absolute self defense, we can only
thus protect ourselves, cur liberties, cur faailie,
and our. properly, We may deplors the necessity
but We have no eh5ieo but to do it. Il muit b.
done, or all is lost. Every Yankee invader SEN
to his last secouzt ia one enemy out Of the way
and bis fate is warning to AL others to let th'
people Of iheso Confederate States alone in the
onieyraens OF that liberty which is their birth
right.
The terror with which this scTs Of war in
spires them Is the best proof Of its effective
ness ard ezeeleEes. We may be sure that
Whatever is distsstsful to our enemies is good
thing sOr ass and If The Government will take
steps to increase the force operating IN this
way, Il might be made Of as much service as an
army in the field. In fact corps might be Or
eaniEod for the express purpose of operating on
the Mississippi river, and nowhere else. Bat
tsriss Of light artillery, easily moved from plaeG
70 place, sad confined mainly to tho west bank
e the river could "bring more. terror 70 the
soul Of IIEcOLE, "ihan could the substance
Of ten thousand zaen, AIMED all in proof"
We should then SEQ, "a reality, what the
navigation of tie Mississippi iB worth TO our
enemies. If behind every clump Of trees and
a. every bend Of the river, OuT aFtiilerisss were
waiting to welccme every bost-tO siuk their
eargoes, and give wasery grave in the bot
tom Of the great river to the invading wroiches,
they wouid perbsps soon awake from their de-
hIsion about "oponing the Mississippi" and
regret At least that they did not adjust our al
fairs Oh the principles of peace, instead Of sub
mitting them 70 the bloody srbitrSmens of war.
They may continue tie inhuman and barbar-
Gus practice Of burning down the houses Of in.
n5cent persons residing in vicinihes uaTo their
boats are stiaeked-f0r such things are in keep
ing with the way in which they have conducted
this war from tee beginning But this will not
put stop 70 eur guerrillas. Il only shows the
savage malice and foroeiiy Of tho foe. and CD
coursges as in a warfare which 80 much irri-
tales them. So long as this war upon rs lasts
so long viii Yankee commerce Hpon The bis
siasippi bo q delusion snd a dream, unloss an
iron-elad gunboAt piekeis every mile Of the
riveE.
We offered them lis free navigation, but
ihey would not take it. They must needs &C.
gaifs by force Of arms what thOy were freely
lendeIed on condition only that commerce
sh0nld be pssceful Having elected war In
stead Of peace, they must abide By the conse-
gaeHees-1nd if the surbid tide of The Misss-
sippi continues to swallow mp their boats and
their bloody corpses, and their treasure, thsy
have mono bat themselves 10 chsTge with th'
result.