Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-27
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RICHMOND, May 2ls lc64.
Special Correspondence Memphis Appeal
As I have received no copy Of the APPEA
for nearly three weeks, and as all the operation
of the Post Office Department, affecting Rich
mond, have been suspended since the combine
movement of the enemy was made upon sh
capitsI, have taken it for granted that yol
would get no letters mailed here, and | hav
therefore intermilssd my correspondence, unit
sfsiys should resume their ordinary routine.
had hoped that the city post office clerks haC
recommended their laborB last week en- perma
usscs, and that all would now go on well, ba
the suspension, it seems, was due as much to th'
interruption of the roads, as to the absence o
the postmaster's employees To-day there is 8
notice on the door Of the Office announcing the
erTival Of E large Southern mail, and al it is
known that the new railroad from DanYle tc
Greensboro, is at last in working order, I again
take up my pen to give you the latest iRtelh-
gence from the seat OF government.
Whom wrote my last letter poor Stuart lay
dying. No greater or more touching prOof OF
the entise absorption of the minds of our Eeorle
ia the exciting events that are occurring around
them could be afforded than the inadequate e1-
pressions of public sorrow that hEve followed
the death Of that great leader. Il was the wish
Of his life that military funeral h0ners should
be paid him. The ineessant cannonade of the
battle then going on in Chesterfield supplied the
minute gRna-apart from which, the obssouies
were such as would have been paid to an emil
neBt private cisizsn. The coffin was covered
with flowers. Some of the highest official per
sonages were among the mouTner5 and pail
bearers. There was no funeral discourse. Only
She burial service OF the Episcopal church was
read over the remains, ano then they were taken
to Hollywood. And so Jsb Stuart disappears
from the grand drama Of cur revolution, bat be
viii be brought forward and will live hereilfter
in rsnsncs and song, in bronze and maTbl,i, in
the historians Hndying record and the lasting
gratitude Of pesierity.
Sinee sho simple obsequies Of Stuart we have
had many sad funeral PROFESSIONS through cur
streets, aud yesterday afternoon the body of
Gen. Gordon, Of GeOIgis, (of the cavalry sss
carried, under military escort, 10 the Southern
depot, to bs conveyed to bis homo for inter
ment.
med not recount the operations in the
armies Of General Lee and General BsEureeaId
since last wrote to you. There was battle
fought with Buffers troops yesterday, in which
they were Tepulsed with heavy loss, and gain
sought the protection of their gunboRts The
command of Gen. Breckinridge, flushed with
their brilliant victory over Sigel, have effected
a junction with Lses army, sad we are in mo
msntAry expectation Of another great shock of
arms on the line Of the Msltzponi.
It has been the mastery policy Of Gen. lLse
te allow Grant TO attack his forces in their
bTesst1oIks jusi so long as the Yankee gen
erEl should be pleased to do 30, but always on
the lookout for favorable moment in which to
rush upon him and demolish him. Grant has
relied so far, as he has always done heretofore,
upon superior numbers for success, but his ''tie-
tories SO far have lost him not less than sixty
thousand men, and the numerical strength of
the TIVE armies is now pretty neaTly equal. It
is positively ineonceivsble that he has been en-
abled to delude the North into believing tlst
his progress up to this moment has been one
uninterrupted succession Of victories" Iei
such is the case. Lincoln calls on the people 10
give thanks to God tor uneXAmpled sueeesses
Stanton announces officially that Butler whips
Bsauregsrd every day, and that Lee is in full
retreat upon Richmond, and what is far rnt,re
significant than sll gold remains At l76 on Wall
street. The bulletins Of the killed and wound
ed, however, must sooner or later disabuss than
of the fatsl sTindle thst has been pfsetsed on
their creduliiy, and then We shsll see the begin
ming of the financial crisis which will prove to
them the crack of doom. Meanwhile the grsat
battle Of the Mattaponi must be fought, and If
God gives Us the victory, the light of returning
peaes will st ones break through the gloom.
Sberidsu's rsidiHg cavalry are reported today
ss Esain hsviDg possession of the Central rail
road, but their capacity for miscAief is only
Temporary, and another blow struck by Gen.
Lee viii cause them TO retrest once more into
the peninsula
There has been an animated debate in ihs
House of Representatives, on the subjsct of Inc
suspension of the privilege OF the TriE of hGb.as
corpus during the last few days. The question
FIRST came mp upon the repeal Of the legislation
Of the last Congress and was deba ed at great
length aDd with much ability snd fsrver by lds.
FoOte of Tennessee, on Thursday, in favor of
tha Tepeal, and yesterday, early IN the day, BY
W. G Rives, of Virginia, against the repeal
BIZ. R.yes addressed himself chiefly to the aryu-
msnt Of Vice Pfesiden! Stephens, in bis reoant
speech ia Georgia, which he subjected 10 q vsry
close criticism, and from which be totally dis
senied. For the fifst time during the session, it
being known that Mr.. Rives wBs entitled to the
fooT, Was there crowded auditory in the lob
bes and galleries Of the House. The dis.in-
guished gentleman spoke with much of hia,An-
ciant senatorial passion and Ihstoric aud his
peroraticn ross to elcauenee. 1t was observed,
however, that throughout bis speech he CON
stsHtiy referred to- Congress aud the Consstu-
ti0A as the Congress Of the Gaitsa ssafsB,'
aud the "CenstitaiiOn OF the United sszxIts,',
aud several times addressed the speaker Is "iMr.
President, y showing tho in1nence of long habit
IN thu old Senate.
When Mr. Rlves had concluded his remarks,
the whole mater was laid upon the tahle BIZ a
large mejoriiy, but it WAS presently afterwards
revived IN Z new form, = message having bsen
received from the President, ssking the present
Congress to rs-ensct the law of the last Con-
gTess, suspsnding the privilege of the wit of
hsbsas corpus, aud thereupon Mr. Baldwin of
Virginia, took the floor and spoke substantially
in support OF the Views Of hiT. Foote and Vice
President Stephens. To-day Hr. Conrad, of
Louisiana, followed on the othsr side. The de-
bate having thus bsen rscpened, viii probably
be kept up for several days to CONS, aud we
shall have the views Of halt the members of the
House. Congress viii adjourn, it is said, on the
3Ist inst.
At business is still suspended in Richmond.
Very lew men are to be seen On the streets. The
women, young snd old, of all positions in So
ciesy, ais deyosing themselves TO the wounded
IN the hospitals, with angelic tenderness and
fidelity, There is mueh saffariRg among the
pcoE foT tbs necesssTiss Of life. Eggs are $40
dozen, butter $50 pound, milk Sc quart,
hour $500 dollars barrel, aud ali other Irti-
cles OF subsislencs in proportion. Bat we en-
deaEcr to bssr esc5 others burdens, locking
confidently to no very distant future for the bay
OF our dslivsTanee. Dixie.
FROM NORTH ALABAMA.
CoURTLAED, Ala, Nay I3, 1864. :.