Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-22

spesssl coTsspOudsncs Memphis Appeal
RgcHaorp. February II, 1864


,ical working such monientous iss0sS aepena--
TIE military bill, the currency bill snd TIE tax
hills the topic ef conversstien which Is every
,vbefs heard to-day. The general verdict is IA
vorublo ~ to the leading features Of the three.
The taxes imposed are heavy, the provisions fer
the absorption gf the outstanding treasury notes
are sweeping, and the has Of exemptions is very
small, bat unless Congress Tes0Ftod to drastic
remedies for tie evils Of the currency aud Wig
orous means for kseping up the armies in ths
Gald, they had better not have touched The Hnan-
cial aud military questions At all. You viii
observe with satisfaction that the exemption
clause provides amply for ths press, while aE tho
sans time It guards against the possibility Of
journalism being grOstitutsd to become refuge
IoEn the army. The dentists complain that no
esr was given to their memotisls. and declare
that he new eonscription viii leave the while
Canfsderscy without relisf in diseases OF ths
teeth. But the dentists arc SO small class that
their dissatisfaction viii plske 10 great clamor.
There mover was happier looking SET Of e en-
thAn The members Of Congress At being done at
last with ths oneFons dates ef the ssssion. No
set Of boys just discharged from school ever
weTe faces more smiling. The fcrtY members
of tha lower House who have Hot bssn reelected
and viii be p1. IN servica BY the militsry hill,
furnish no exception to the universal happiness
The Wig Of day or two ego, minated that
none Of them srs likely TO ge iHt5 the field, aid
hat soft places will be provided ioE them Ill, or
as the Wing expressed e. tEsTe viii be e feather
beds for tho forty" Doubtless.
TIE sudden death CT tbe Hon. Mascoe r. 81.
Garrett, which tock place al his home IN ihs
county Of Escsx ou Sunday morning last,
eauseda great check to bis many friends q.
had been absent from bis seat in The House Of
Rspr, seatsiives only about ten days, snd bis
nlnesa 77rs not thought By bis physician to be
serious Mr Gsrnett was young, but had
served two tarma in the Congress of the United
s2ies, AID was mozt ussfai Puklie man. He
vas a lard student, and sHpiFsd 70 60 states
man rather than politician. BE hsd few Of
tke arts by which popularity with the masses is
secured and maintained, and to this fact j. was
due that 3. the last congressional election In
Virginia, be wss defeated. BE was deeply i'm
srued with polits learning. Besides having s
thorough Acqu=intaHee with the Greek and
Latin lsnsuzges aHd Hleralayes, hs was pro-
feisa. 10 French and GsEnsn, sRd had made
himself familiar with the best authors in every
department Of moral, mental and political phil
osepby. Vita all thsss requirements, ne was a
thorough gentleman, CT the most unblsmished
purity Of private life, and lad passed Through
four years public service in Washington, as the
sunbeam passes through pollution without being
de6led His death viii be snnouDcsd in both
houses to-night, and It e supposed that the task
Of 6tIy cbsrzcEsTiziHg his virtues VIII bsiE part
pronounced By AT Niles, Of South Carolina,
snd Mr Wigfsll, Of Texas, who were among hia
nest intimate personal frienis.
A most amusing sAd for tins exciting
chapter Of accidents took place yesterday aiter-
noon or Main street, which collected 5 crowd Of
several Thousand persons. Information had
been reserved at headqGaEteTs that the famous
Col STsigbt, the Yankee esysiry leader, whv
escaped a week ago from tho Libby prison, was
coaeeAIsd IA a certain house, the lower part Of
which was occupied BY two most rosPectabls
dental surgeons, the upper part (as il turred
GUY bsigg used ss fare bank. 4 pile Of aoI-
dieTs having been placed as a gzard both in
froat sRd rear, the elieers entered the building,
and finding their progress interrupted by bolts
zad bars, begun 10 break down thsse barriers
AID ,hus made thsir way to the third stozy
without discovering the sought fer colonel Ar
dTsd az recm in the third story, they de-
m=aeed sdmistance, ana bsing refused, pro
cscdsd to BANNER away as the door a negro
servant within, hightsned cut Of bis wis
BY s5ese alarming dsmoRstrasions, fed through
= sky-aght ID the Eoof where 10 was In
aedia,sly frod at By the guard below Darksy
sben lesped dewa upon the reef Of the sdj9inisg
building, and jsmped thgeagh another sky-Eght,
lailiag upon a fral spirsi staircase vhieh be
carried sRsy with him through a distance s,
mere Tran t-isly fse., greatly alarming the oe.
euPan;a Of the house, and especially lady into
Basss room be rushed and locked fhs daor
after him
Meanwhile, tse caice7s burst into she arst
mentioned apartment, and found nothing bui
cards, fars tables AID ivcry ehips,' the oeeu-
parts having followed the negro 70 the root,
where they were dodging behind friendly
cinHeys 80 escape the balls which wsra Gred
from tho street and she yard, everybody being
6rraly convinced that the fugidyss were ali es-
cePod Yankee prisoners. The officers alse
msantsd ts the root, and, presenting rs7oivsrs.
called Upen tho supposed Yankees to surrender,
Ehen, to ,bsir infinite surprise, she latter proves.
% be. highly respectable Confederate ciizrns.
aReng whom were several members of tie Viz
giniA Legislature, s1d one menber Of Congress
Who bad been divsrting themselves with an en-
eaunssr with the tiger" TaCy were syged,sy
relsassd 20 shsir great delight Bow Is hap
pened that nobeds uss killed is m2ryslous.
'risaA Dfscnet Attorney Of the Coafedarase
States IN this city wss instructed to-day to libel
the steamer Chesapeake which Vas captured
some tim since at sea BY passengers vho left
New York in her, and vbieh ia now lying IN the
hAsbor OF Halifax, NoYa Scots, it being the in.
teatioa Of the au;holilies to lay claim for tbe
vessel on the English Government. soms the
parties sngaged IN making The capture are now
il Rieamspd-
We arc looking with great interest 20 the one
rEsioHs Of tie enemy ageinst Mobile. tits said
by militsTy men here that With proper exsriisps
the attacking eoluRn of the Yankees ought 70
y. erfire1v cut cfF and dsFanlisbad
This is the coolest day Of the winter ia RieS-
rond At7A. d. tAe mercury stood st I4o and
s has not risen above See dgrii1g the tlsy.
Gen Bragg Is in town. DIXIE
TBE mIGEEAEsR RsLE.
4 BILL re ORGANIZE FORCES TO SERVE pU
RING THE WAR