Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-16

hALnM0EAfa 49, II
s,..,, rsmonaeaee Of ths Memphis Appeal
Your accomplished correspondent Dixie" bsAg n
fsehle health. has asked ne to hi his place "ould
RAJ were possible. The readers Of the APPEAL VII
mlss his rholsrIy style and YOus printers ha beautiful
,hirerrsphy. but Il the former wiz tolerate ray clumsy
,s,,sp.as sna the latter do their best to cssiPher my
b,,foQlvphIcs, Twill do ny beH 20 Plesse thsra both and
zen .bsu posted in regard TO natter in the Confederate
capital
Ven have az course read and admired TDixe's" bean
afu, lines on sbs ~obssqulsG Of Stuart, but you do not
Dsrhaps snow that they attracted the attention OF the
Cabinet. Being IN Informal session themOrning Of their
supesrsnes in tie Examiner, Attonsy-Genersl Davis
came Ia with the paper in hishAnd, and sail; Gentle
men, have you sasn the Examiner this n~orniag@ No.
was tie reply; what does Is contain anything partieu
larry Savage sgainst the Admlnis'raaonf" Mr.. Dsvis
answered By reading he poem, which DIRE" forth e1'
eIazatiols Of delight from every nsmbsr. An wondered
who the author could be, but It wunOt until the mHnu-
script Of The pbsn In the authors handwriting and with
bis name appended was shown the Secretary Of State,
that the riddle was s0ived.
The friendship Of the poet for the cavalier was
warn and Of long duration, and need hardly say that
It was warmly rselprOcatsd. Little dreaming that
Stuart, who seemed % have 8 charmed life, would fall
almost within the dsfsnzes Of Richmond, Mr.. Thomp-
son had sent TO England for = handsome and suitable
present for him. The box reached wilmington safely,
bat Stuart was in his grave, and some other stalHar'
horseman VIII fall heir to the present.
The military aitustion has undergone no matsriA
change Egncs Grant retired his right sank = distance Of
two niles mot ten, as printed IN the kilograms Of tai
morning) from Lees left. Flags Of truce have beer
passing yesterday and today, en- the Preisxt Of 3 desire
on Grsnts part to bury his dad The trek Is too shAl
low to deceive Lee, who made dispositions inmsdlAtell
a. -. ~ - r--k.- -F5~a 40 raeafva Grant III
another quarter. Whistler the Butcher Of the WI
dsrnessg viii p~reeipitaae hlnssIt in force upon Peters
burr n uuosrtaIn. He may maintain his present strong
Iy-fortiisd position until enough horses have arrived Il
mount a very large force Of infantry, which could b
dispatched in various directions, Sc that = portion
might reach our lines OF communicate n with thu
South and cut them. A repetition Of thsss raids woult
worry uI excesdIngiy, and might resder the subsistsncs
Of our army and the citizens Of Richmond prOblsnaHc
al Prisoners say that large numbers Of horses are
coming 70 the White Houss so. we may expect any
day to hear Of srsId on = much grAndsr scale than any
yet attempted. Twenty thousand picked infantry
nOant'd- with thirty pissss Of lying artillery. sen
around our left wing would make Lees position uncen
Portable and ths rebel capital a very hot place. We
lock for something Of this sort.
This letter win not reach you By mail. The posi-
Ones hsre Is ufoeated, there being a ihls moment MOI
less than 10000 letters for anxious mother sisters
wives ssd d~tushtsrs. Throughout the South, lying IL
gssEf heaps On the hOers and shelves. The exceeding
wisdom and goodness Of this accumulation, which getl
worse every hour in the day-for letters from the army
are pouring IN By thousEnds-eaa be appreciated only
whsn you are made acquainted with the astounding
fact that ths closure Of the Richmond post Office sddi
20 the osnfsdsrate srmy a heavy reinforcement to-wit
six men.
BrseEuridgs has gone back to the valley, for ths pur
pose Of rsscuins Stsunton from the hordes Of the enc,
ny. Military critics say the best and perhaps the only
way to get rid Of Grant would be to put Early at the
Hsst or 5000 men, turn him Loose IN the Valley, and
let him go Where he Pis.s~z snd DO what he chooses.
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