Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-04
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cy.;, at this place. For eighteen iong months |
~ we're hsrunsd in by YaHkoes, and scarcely
knew ANYTHING Of the Coufsderacy and eur
Southern friends twenty miles south OF rs. We
are ssin enciTcled BY the dead, though forth
naieIy relieved Of the presence OF living Yam
kees Not less than Gfty Eve CT sixty thousand
Yankee csrCasses are mipgiDg with the dust
in snd around this place, and between here and
the Tennssses river. Certainly great sacrifice
of life for the small Edvautsyes gained by g
temporary foothold in North Mississippi. Du-
ring the stay. of the Yankees here they were con-
atsntlV carried of s'to that bourne whence no
trnvaler returns" by diseases of almost every
kind, and in large and increasing naEnbers. In
the month Of August, 1868, one hunired OF the
10Th Missouri cavalry alone died Of disease.
Thirty died in one company in the same month.
Other commands lost in large proportion. The
18th Wisconsin buried three hundred and eighty
privates and oticsrs during the time it was here,
from November, '62 to May, 63 Not less than
Is 600 we're buried shortly after the Corinth
hattie in October 81 The entire number bu-
ried from Tuscumbia creek, near Camp Davis,
TO the river, including the battle field OF Shileh,
usV not Be over estimated at IS 600 or perhaps
so 600 No wonder that Lincoln has had to re-
pIenish the ranks of his army by hundreds Of
thousands and hall millions, Wdsn fis Numbers
have bean diminished in such proportion where
ever he has invaded Us. Add 10 this dimunl-
ton hy sickness and killed, that by desertion
and discharges, aud one can easily understand
whethsr It has required muSl expenditure Of
men and material TO prosecute thus far an I'M
successful attsmpt at Eubjugation. II the pso-
Die of the North do net opsn tllsr eyes this year
10 the immensisy Of the foolish sacrifices they
are making, LET them eoutiHue for FssT longer,
az if they choose, during another presidential
term, and they viii probably become eniight-
snsd-
Gen. Forrest has accomplished wonders for
this poTticn of the Confederaey. Commencing
with but two er three regiments as = nuelsus, he
has organised commsad at lbkst ten thousand
strong, and nearly clezTed Welt Tennesses and
Southwestern Kentucky Of ue hated foe. Be.
ginning by cutting the Communications of the
enemy and hsTassing bis fcTaging parties, be
compelled the sbaudonmsnt OF Purdy, then OF
Camp Davis, thsn the evacuation Of Carinhh, Of
Bolivar, and all the points OH the Charleston
railroad west 70 Mamphis and closed By the cap
tuTe Of Union City and Fort Pillow, the saeking
of PAducab, Hickmaa and Columbus, as wal,
as driving back and whipping the enemy in
open field wherever be met hir1, frona the glori-
Gus fight at OkalOna, on the 121 of February,
to that near Bolivar, on the Sd of May Not a
tory command exists in West Tennessee, and
q tory dare not show his head. He has brought
out and sent TO the infantry, besides the recruits
be has organised into his own command, not
less thsn Two thousand, and has sent back to
their commands innumersble desertsrs, who had
gnsmigiously taken shslter behind she lines of
the enemy. He has captured field artillery
enough for three good battsrie5 and if the Yam
kegs are not wide awake at Memphis and PAdu-
cab be will yet gsf what remain at those two
places. The troops organized by Gen. Forrest
vie with veterans in material and enexgy of puT-
pose. This they have proven in all his hard
fought engagements. He has around him q
galaxy Of brave officers, insepaTably attached to
MS person, and, il would SEEM united 30 his
destiny. Better and brsver spirits cannot be
found than the gallant ChalmsTs, Buford, Bell,
Mccullough, BArtesu, DuckWorth, and others
that might be mentioned Enthusiastic in their
devotion, and confident of viGsoIy wherever he
leads them, they inspire the same confidence in
their troops, and success is certain to crown
their efforts
The public mind is in great suspenae as to the
result of sfairs in Georgia. As to Virginia, the
Yankee papers acknowledge immsnse losses,
and do not conceal their defeat at alnios! every
point There is no apprehension felt rs to dis
astrous tsrminaiiOn in Georgia on our part bat
snKisty originates from deArth Of information
In the midst Of the exciting events of the age
and country. il is hardly to be expectad that the
most apathetic will be content TO Temiin long in
iRnOf&uee Of WAL 10 1AQ6plTluE.
The railroad is complstad 20 this place, and
the cars are running dsily-only freight train
however from Okolons, the passenger train stop
ping at that place.
You1s, etc, LUCUs.
Correspondence Of the Evening NsuAl
CoLgMBUs, Mss May 3O.-Yssterday, not
Is was Sunday, the ''city" was
thrown into most agreeable state OF excitement
,s.F
giving brief account of the fighting on Friday
sst, and even now every thing is on tiptoe, and
Mr.. Etippen (Whoss patience and poitsRess are
1nlTersslly commeGded,) il "pegging awsy,"
While | write, and an eager crowd ia collected
around to catch the news ss it flashes over the
Eires.
The papers continue to phase and keep Gen.
Forrest where he has not gone-in the rear of
shsrmsn's army. He is sill at Fupelo, but
rom telegram received here yesterday by one
Of his officers, II Is pretty certain he is on the
I'VE Of moving somewhere, and as Forrest 81
ways knows what be is about the public may
lest easy as to this movement.
Gen. Gholston left here on Friday morning !
with his brigade, to report to Gen. Adams for |
operations over on the Big Black.
Oas Of the most astonishing facts in the his /
.Ory of this war is the large number of general |
1mceTs that have died or fallen in battle. l can
snumerste ffty-fOur, and hsVs little doubt that |
he number is larger, for have no idea that re- |
member them all, and my list is m1de alone from |
nsmory. True, several have died from sickness, |
And one, Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, of Viz |
yinia, fell by his own hand but by far the |
greater portion have fallen in battle. This, fit
does no more, shows tho spirit and bravery Of |
our Ot6csIs, and the world may be challenged, |
from lis foundation 70 the present hour, ahd q I
eTsVer, more devoted ,E-=y never was and
never will be than ours.
heard . new idea suggested yesterday for |
snding the war. Il Is tns--snd I give iE as |
heard IL: That we viii whip Grant and Sher. |
man, and Immediately upon that, revolution |
viii occur in the North, and the AatiAbolition- |
sts viii unite sad call on ths South to aid them |
u cxtsrminEing the common foe, pledging |
themselves a. the same time TO Join the South |
Iadsf her constitution, and thus restore the Union
intact look upon this idea as little mere than |
! hgment Of fancy, bat stranger things have |
come TO pass.
Ii my letter from LoRgwOod / omitted to give |
7ou tbs cheeIiEg intelligencc Of tie promise of |
abundance which everywhere meets the eye |
The crops are in the most beautiful condition |
md enough corn viii be rsiasd in this region 10 |
iupply Gen. JohnstOn's whole army Yon will /
osieVe this when l tell you that on one pIanta-
ion alone, within iftesn mica, there are now
On thousand bushels of cora, and this is NOS,
~ Ruy means, an Isolated case. Corn is selling
leTe at 81 So Is ihers any reason why 4 |
Ih0uld be S4 so and So 10 Mobilei
The dolefal letter Of your correspondents,
Shadow" rom Atlanta, has given riHe 10 some
passages Of wit Al his expense. A very staid
md i3tsligent gentleman has jass remarked
hat hls signature Is 9 misnomeT, as be is evi-
iently fTighieaed by q shadow"
Being az older man than most of your cor
espODdents I would veninre to make one
wholesome suggestion, and il is this: If you
'annot communicate good news, do not prog
l0Btcats evil.
Union prayer meetings are being held by all
he churches in this place every afternoon, and
be throne Of the Almighty is appealed to with
eryoT aud sincsTity for success to our arms in
be two great impending baiiles. heps this is