Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-12
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: Rightly sppaaFsncs in lighting sestums.
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Prom tAe London TslegrAphl
Kefnsmens has been oxssHded to thS cam
.usign. and the same republican inpatiaaea to
ssezrs for all ranks tbs distinctions granted in
RzreBs snly 70 the faw, is enabling even tho or
binary general officer 20 vie with tho most poisRt
imperial commander. The carriage with which
tho ladies Of New York have recently supplied
Gen. Sickles fer his campaigning purposes, isin
itself 9 very bf0R Of war engines. AnEEgiish
landau, Ansrieauissd, With q diokey for two
srdsrliss, m0vcabls ~eoseh-box, and = bright
lantern within, the carriage combines il It's in
terror the drzHing-roem official bdreaH, DRESSING
room, bedroom, kitchen and al. ThHB the gal
LIANT gopersl-iliusireas Ia history for once re-
fusine 10 drink the health of Queen Victoria
Ross to war ike q iFus knight Grant. equipped
by he best Of ladies whose cavalier he il. With
shs means Of campaigning on the NEST epicJ-
rem conditions, be may write home to the War
Department dispatches, rseouniing the victories
which he ought 10 hGvo made, aided in his In
cnbrnsiens BY the golden Light and reflex Of the
zia and Of The msmories which accompany it.
RE LoHDoE TINES Oh THE Van
The Times Of December 18th, says;
aThe war 10 Ike no oshsr war, the people arc
like NO other peopls-ozE Northern correspond
ont seems prepared for any imaginable result,
except, IS ha says, the surrender of the UBieni
but one third Of the Union did more than sur
rspdeF it, another third wsvered, and has, per-
haps. not ceased 20 wavsr; that the remainder
stand cut for the old state Of thiHgs with aneE-
amplsd lsnscity, Is tTHsi that il gives not a sign
Of yielding is also true; bat when va attempt
to look beyond this, We must agree with our
Southern correspondent, that ell Is mystery and
darkness"
The Times continues
"The Confederates are courageous and deter
Hined, but gloomy, anxisus and caTeworn-sll
because they cannot look at paper money a. Il
il looked at byatheir Northern neighbOT8. They
hsvs got the better basis Of tie two for such
financial operations, but it has not answered the
same puTpose. In the South, The artificial cur
rency Is exactly what re should expect Il 10 be,
and the South suffers s~eeordingly. Otherwise,
Il was never in 4 better plight. rs stores ct
provisions and material have greatly increased,
he imports of forsign goods Ere large, Its milf
sSKy credit il higk, and It's spirit, says our cor
respondent, 10 unchanged. Nevertheless, he
adds, We Grs On the brink Of 9 prscipice.' The
pTscipics is financial. When a woman going to
market carries her meney In great wicker has
ket, and san bring back in her poekothook the
slice Of meat representing the produce Of the
exchange, il il csriAinly clear sbat something
must be dsns.' The SoUthemeTs have not the
robust faith of the HorthernsI5, and they must
End 3 subBlituts for that valuable e~redulisy.
Isis, however, true that difficulties oIhis kind
can never foTes into peace a people bent on war,
and oar Northern c0Tsspondsnt-WhO has, Of
course, less opportunity Of 5crut aizing. the
finances of tho COnfsdaracy--FesoEts 70 other
sonHideratiens as Suggesting = possibility Of
compromise or concession on the part Of the
South. Hs thiRks tkst tho gusrEills operations
of the COnfedsTsses have slaekensd, and that
this relaxation il evidence against the ikslih00d
Of such warfare after organised resistance nay
have ceased. On this speculation, however, we
may remark that the organised Resistance Is a.
yet far tee strong TO admit Of any eoBiscsuras a.
to the tactics which may Bueesed it. The TIVE
great armies Of the Csnfedsratss can absorb all
the resources Of the SOuth in men and material
without leaving much to spare for the opera
lions Of partiEans.
"Oar correspondent next argues from the &C
tual condition eff the border States to the pos
Iibls condition Of those which originally sece-
ded, and thinks that a. assimilation is taking
place ia Maryland aad kentucky, it may occur
also, eventually, in Alabama and South Caro-
lins- But the cases are not similaF. The border
States were always doubtful, and although they
Wsrs mors disposed to the South shsn the
North, nobody vSstursd with any confidence 70
forecast their destinalion. All that Is now
proved is that The North IL exercising The more
powerful sttractiOR-An attraction, be il rsmen-
berod, exsrted only through military ruls,"
THE ORE CoFeREss.
The Paris HGtioS, commenting on Englsni's
course in regard % the proposed congress, rays
England nust not imagine that her refusal
will render the Emperor's scheme abOrtiye.
We think hat without England; it win be much
more successful. We DO not admit that, because
foTsooth Asglsnd does not choose to eonde-
acend to meet tho general wishes Of Europe, the
adheslons Of Russia. Prussia, Sweden, Denmark
Spain, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Bel
ginm, and the Pope, should be considered nall
and void. The soyaroigus who share the ssms
views have now mustered. they arc the most
nuHsEous, Ens, therefore, the strongest Let
the Others esunt themselves and see their weak
ness. II through their il-Will The peace of
EuTops Is disturbed, the people viii know with
whom the responsibility will rest"
The Pzsris proposes 70 igRers Eaglhnd also
gsshsT. The 9BtsigHs accuses England Of Zeal
eusy aad ehsgEin az the considerable role which
France hAs played for several years past ia
Europe, and ssys that It is impossible but That
cne dag Englsnd's policy Of envy and stsFility
viii briag trouble in its TaiR.
A FASHIONABLE
The lAssIt stir in Londen fashionable life has
bsen 0eensioned by the marriage of Mr.. Alge-
mon W. 7. Grsyills, or the Frat Ii Q Guards,
son Of Colonel and Lady Rosa Grsvills, with
Bsdy Violet Graham, second daughter Of the
Ddks and Duchess Of AoatTose. The bride
was given away by hsr father. The dresses OF