Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-04

LEETRE9 EROW 2ADfhhASlN@'
gusslaI Co-respondsnes Memphis Appeal
RICHMOND, March 80, 1854.
We hsvs had deluge Of Tsin' accompanied
nv a wind of such violencs that, if some OF the
bIoeksders of Wilmington and Charleston have
net come to grief in it, they are in no danger
whatever from the equinOctial or any other
gales in future It blew great guns all day yes
tsrday snd last night. The fsn of water was
excessive. The james river is now in hooa'
aud is rapidly rising. The cloud seems 70 nave
besn very widely spread over vast extent 81
territory, and there can be no doubt thEt IL WIZ
reguire weeks of dry atmosphere and an m
oloudsd sun to put the reads OF Northern VIZ
gipi a in condition for the conduct Of active
hostilities.
A lady direct from Washington, whose means
of obtaining correct information with regard to
the intentions Of the enemy were unusually good
states that it is undoubtedly the purpose OF
Grant 10 advance upon Richmond with as large
an army as be can bring into the field. Grant
ia very sanguins Of his success. He has been
hattsred by the Yankee press and people into
believing himself the greatest warrior oftbe age
In taking the field he is well known to be play
ing game for the Black Republican nomina-
ton for the presidency. He is quite IS conhdsut
of beating Lincoln in the Republican Convention
as of vanquishing Lse for the prize OF the Con-
federate capital Bis political aspirations may
very decidedly affect his military conduct. Hhe
is only as certssn of his speedy success in the
field IS was Mcclellan or Fighting Joe Hooker,
be nav come on IS room as the roads and the
weather will permit But if he has any misgiv-
ing that the advance upon Richmond will be
seriously interrupted or delayed BY the perVerse
Confederate srmies, be will probably not hazard
an engagement with Gen. Lee until after the
meeting of the convention aforesaid, for while
victory will ensure him the nomination, re-
verse will unquesiionsbly send him to coventry.
The presidential Squsbbls cannot fail to dis
tract the attention of the Yankees during the
eurrent year and draw them Of to some extent
from that vigorous prosecution Of the war which
al parties among them agree is more than ever
necessary at this part iculAr moment. Lincoln
will run, we may be sure, under any circum'
stances Il is almost as sure that he will not be
the nominee Of the Black Republican party
proper. If this noDines is not Grant, il will be
Fremont OF somebody else With two Aboli-
ton subjngation candidates, we might suppose
that McClsllsn would be elected by the Demo
Gratis Bat the New York NslSs declares that
toe peace men will not support = war Demo
cTEt, and they viii therefore, likely enough
briog out Vallandighsm or, better still, james
W. Wall, Of New jersey, whose views are more
decidedly pacific or conservative than any ether
public man Of Tie North. After sil it is . mat
ter Of email consequence to rs how many can
dids.a5 there are in the field or who they may
b, except n so far as the mater Of president
making and the desperate scramble for the
sP0is viii occupy the minds and energies Of tie
Yankees TO the exclusion Of "tbe crushing out
OF The rebellion" Our present duty is to pre-
pare foE, perhaps the most ssIious Effort that has
ever yst been made By them for our snnihila-
ton.
lie financial embarfEssments attendant upon
the going cut of the old currency continue.
Without 4 five dollar note, OF rather without
pocket full Of five dollar notes, one can make
bat slow progress here. The ten dollar note is
everywhere rejected. The brokers, always On
tae alert for crisis, advertise to give money of
this denomination for the old currency ct fifteen
per cent. For several days past they have been
giving five dollar notes, in sums less than one
hundred dollars, at ths treasury, to all appli- |
eants, for the old currency, but today only to
soldiers, large crowd of whom besisRed the |
building from g until o'clock. Many of our
citiEans solved the difficulty of marketing with |
Confederate money by providing themselves
with silver. For this they bought supplies of
all kinds at about oRe-thirtislh of the prices
charged in paper.
The arrival Of Mrs. Mumford, widow of Wm. |
B. AumfoTd, murdered in New Orleans by /
Beast Butler, has already been announced. |
She is accompanied by her children and they
are psnnilsss. One would have supposed that
the bare statement Of the fact would be enough
to secure the most liberal subscription for their
support. But the fund 80 far raised for them
does not exceed two thousand dollars, and from
day to day we see Acknowledgements of ten
dollars IS an addition 10 it. This is really dis.
to Richmond But then the Confede-
rates do not seem liberal in subscribing 70 mer-
isorious objects. The jackson statue fund is
yet very nesgrs.
The exchange of prisoners is said to be in
.errupted sgsin. The article in the Ss1tiasg in
reply to the Whig, We may accept as conclusive
Of the Presidents intention not to receive But
sf, and the Yankees declare they will not send
back another man until Batlsr is received. We
hall see who first gives way. Meanwhile our
'oor fellows at Point Lookout are suffering for
he interruption.
The Yankee gunbOAts which came up the
the other day with the amiable
urpose Of breaking up our fihsries, have gone
Lek again. Nobody hurt Dixie.
ORFIOEH's RaTIONs.