Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-23
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Special DisPatch to the Louisville Journal
Knoxville. April l5-Ansr fo1r Gays Of personal
"rAnstins the radicals broke UP the conversation. Ths
whole AGair Is ssandaIous.
Yankee Estfmase of Iohnsaonss Arny.
A Correspondents Of the ''aszstfe' who hau iust re.
turned 70 Chat;haooss from q scout into Dixie says he
did not whit Dalton, but learned from a rebel citizen
"ho lately visited Johnstons headquartar 10 zee hu
son, that the rebels in our 'front.' number enc hundred
and forty regiments, including infantry, cavalry and ar
ilsry. This citizen estimated Johaston's numerical
strength at sixty tbSusand, and declared that he intsn.
dedt assume the offensive in very few weeks. Hs
stated that Tie rebel soldiers wers highly slatsd with
the idea Of unrsStrsined conquest. The rebel ofHcsrl
have induced the privstes TO bsievs that they win BE-
able to invade Kentucky. TEls citizen was in high
spirits and talked freely TO cur scout suPPOsing him tc
be a Texan Ranger"
New York I'm DaHger.
New York Is In danger Of a plague from anew soures
The ears, ounibusss and public eonveyancss are in
tested with vermin- Many ladies refuse 70 ride In them.
Many imagine that they are BEST when they are not
Bat the nuisance Is far from imaginary.
Trade between Texas ana Mckee,
The Monterey Star, of the llsh ut, says The trade
between that Stats ead Texas has resumed Its ususI
course, and cotton il ARRIVING in great quantities. Large
sales Of merchandise have bssn made and RENTED
thereto. Col O. @ Thaysr, comptroller Of the Trans
Mississippi department Confederate States had been
In Monterey and departed whsreto It is not stated.
Yankee fears ia mSbIIe Harbsr.
From Information derived from ths officers Of the
blockade runner Cumberland, lately captured of No.
BILE, It is certain that should Admiral FArragnts feet
pass the outer forts, the most formidable distractions
win present themselves In It's path to the city. These
officers state that The channels a, perfect network Of
cables, sunksn RATS and t~orpsdOes, 20 satrap the feet
in its pasage, aud render It available for concentrated
FIRE. By certain signals, subject to change ia every in
stance between blockade runners and the rebels, a por-
ton Of thsss distractions Wers removed In order TO
clear the why for the arrival Of oentrsbsnd eargoss.
But sincsths arrival OF Admiral Esrrsgut In the harbor
the virtuAldraw-briegs arrangement has been tsmpors.
riy abolished, and any crsft which sssks The city lex.
posed to the fate. The fact is well known TO blockade
runners.
It "a also Etstsd that there Is some ApprshsnsiJn among
the officers OF F~arrsgutE feet that The enemy viii use
foul means to sink or destroy soms Of their vessels BY
t~Orpsdoes. The notorious Davis, the rebel pilot Wh1
made the attempt to blow up the I~ronsides, is said 10 bs
Ia Mobile at present, and his presence there may create
these fssrs and bode some mischief. In order 70 prevent
q surpriss. the watch Is doubled at dusk, and continues,
with occasional relief, til dawn. RshoetorI light the
stream for some distance, to prevent lbs approach Of
any dangerous missile from the enemy.
Afraid Of their SwR GzBpswder.
Capt. Wise Of the ordnance bulesu In Washington
says in bis late report:
The powder magazines for the use Of the navy on thu
Atlantic border are row situated a: Portsmouth. New
Hampshire Boston, New York; Fort Niflin, on the
Delaware Washington, and Fortress Monroe.
The capacity Of the frst ave nsmsd Is about i've hun
- 81
thousand barrels. At Baltimore there Is also 8 small
magazine, rented from private parties, which viii con
tain about two bundled bBrrelA
The proximity + these great magazines to The Ess
coast and to the cities near which they are respectively
Iocsisd-sspoeiAlly those at Portsmouth, Boston and
New YOrk-is a subject worthy Of the most serious con
sidsEstiOn.
To the rscommsndaii1n made by Rear Admiral Dahl.
grsn, in his report Of last year, In treating Of this sub
jsct, 1 now dezirs to add that the danger Of accidental
explosion, always possible even when guarded agains.
BY every human foresight is now greatly increased by
She necessity Of entering the magazine daily, in order 70
receive, deliver and prepare powder for service.
In times Of peace, although danger ItIl existed, the
chances Of disaster were very much reduced, bscsuss
the magazines contained nOderats quantities, and wsrs
only required to be opened and work performed in them
to supply occasionally the wants Of 8 cruiser. Now the
demand for powder and magazine stores is uneeasing
and the chances OF disaster are multiplied proportion.
ally.
Tbs explosion OF several bandred tunA Of powder
nSsr q grea. city would produce a catastrophe like the
earthquake at Lisbon, or like the eruption Of VesuVius
which destroyed the ancient cities OF HsreuIaRsum and
PomPef; and though, With the extreme care and Vigi
lanes which the authorizes exercise, such an explosion
is not likely TO occur. 1t is yet possible, and the EuggslE
loaE Of the chief Of tic ordinances bureau ought to be
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