Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-25
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RTcHHoSD, April 90 1864.
Ths removal Of The dspsrtmeas clerks from the seat
Of aovsrnmsnl 10 different pOlass in the South Is ths
topic mOss dIscusssd here At th moment The ladies
who sign the treasury notes have been ordered 70 Co
Iumbia, South GaEolias, upon very short notice,
short Involve serious hardship IN many essss in
tho brsakirE up Of families upssttns domestic AZ
rangsmsnts for the year, etc The erks Of the arSt
and second suditor's bureaus have been ordered to
Montgomery, Alabama. The why and wherefore Of
thss move give much eoncsrnmeBt 20 cizsus DOes
the Covernnsnt fear the Yankees viii get Richmond
aftsr Hli Or II so ex rene mesEuue Is not 10 Be
tsksn are the Don-eombstAnts generally 20 be sent
sway and tho authorities msrely getting the clerks
of inis comfortable quarters preparatory step to
the sxodasi There is in circulation that the
order for the removal Of and children has sdy
been signed By that memorable parsonage Gsu BrEsg
and lies suoag other awful docunsnts IN his mysterious
portfolio There great 70 spprehsRd ihst the
departure Of the clerks viii create unnecessary alarm,
even panIe elsewhere than in Rchmond though it most
probably e no part Of general sweeping plan cf thin
nIoE out our population Ths treasury notes that are
to be signed By the ladies engraved and printed in
COlnmbIs and The public conysnisnes will bs greatly
promoted by having tho signsrs where they sHiK
their names to the notes directly they come from
bs carried on quite as well Montgomery in Rich
mond These eonEderEtsRs and the dsArth Of Provis'
ozu al the sapitA which Is seriously felt every
day. and not any hidden purpose Of abandoning Rich
mond 10 tie Yankees Of ssndisg OF The women
and chllEen probably dsterElned the Gsvernneut to
ranser the employees of the treasury 10 Columbia and
Nonigomsry. This should be generally kuowa lsst
nid people shsHld suppose that Richmond was not 70
bs assended or that our leaders were ERnguns oi
thsir ability to hold it.
If any crkdence Is TO be given to the many rePorta
hat hsvs been dying about for tbs Iaa. two or hEee
days the hszter Of operations viii not be nearer 10
Richmond than 1t yesr ago Il was positively -
serted yesterday that G., ant WIS falling back snd
taai Gen Lss had crossed the Rspidsn with ths main
body Of his army in pursuit Whsthsr this be 80 OF
not Csud DO not credit i it Is confidently believed
that without recurrence Of the rains, battle viii
be fought In Culpeper FAuqusr before the 5tn OF
Nay that "a within the next two weeks The reported
laRding Of Burnside Suffolk last Thursday
tare cd out be nothing more than HsrHuding exps
diticn Of three four regiments Of bew EngiaHd
soldiers, whites and negroes who robbed all the hen
the B.ackHRtsr and then went bse< again te
Fortress Honroo. Burnside is still At Annapolis, and
bis great expedition wherever 1t may Land, viii no
psrplex the plans Of Gen. Lee In the least The south
Il tioc AuG Dc teAcA u fiAhe1e
interfering with the army whOss glorious privilege it
EhA be, with the blessing Of Almighty God TO drivs
| back Gen. Grant IN confusion 10 Washington.
The Yankees themselves are more frightened than
sTsr. Chase is in New York trying to keep down gold
/ which will nady run up the financial barometer IL
spits Of him. portsnding the feEfa storm thai
be long delayed. The New Workers are drinking ant
dancing unconscious Of the destruction that visits them
OF else defysg the fAtss The HERALD ssyE there Ia bU
one remedy, and that Is in Grants whipP Lee, au'
she ease is speras IL deed when it hat il
the House Of Representative y cannot have failed
ssBeEEs hat the motion to mot sIpeD Lenl
carried only BY msiority-sys so, nays 7o-sO ths
We have seventy men who are fsvorRbly disposed 70
peace on the basis Of recognition In the lover hsuEs
/ tie YANKEES Congress. II instead Of Grants Whippin
Lee Il shoula happen that Lee whips Grant gold vii
be $50 In Wall street. and there Will be clear majority
Congress for recognising the Psndenee Of the Oon
fsdsrAts States
An Itklon named Lugo, was arrested ssturds!
last making bis way the lines, and brought bAc
to RIchmond Hs iE now safely lodged in OastIe Thuu
der If it be trus, alleg ID ths local column o
daily papers. that hs hal in bis pockets dFangs
Charleston hHrbor and James river showing the pOsifiO
Of the tsrpedoes he will probably be hanged q
he richly deserves 10 be- But hear that these paper
on examination Of the character stated He ha
OF elAlasd 10 have Rsw torpedo which he wished tb
Government to buy and the papers taken on his PersO
said 70 be drsughs Of this invention He eoul
hardly have been fool ugh to carry sueh oangsreu
documents these described far more dangerous ths
packages Of Eliminating powder, In his pocket Tim
viii show. II real q spy, he was a most dszFerOu
onS smooth, shy, well dressed. well behaved yOun
man Of thirty or theres5outS.
| The weather Is clear but cold Frost has been see
1 two or three mornings In succession DIXIE.