Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-24

Letter from 'sWsxerly."I
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Yankss Evs-Rs seeasnH-Ths Dufg Of rs
Cuizsns-Loeaf D.sass-Ths CaUetSB-Nsed
for Jokn Bergam-RefEgsss from Nerth GssE-
eia, ete., etc.
IN THE FIELD, Monday, Msy %.
As I hintea in a prsvieus letter the line Of The
Es5wah Is valuable only IS an observatory
The sourse Of he stream snd he situation Of
he hills which rise upon Eas north bank aud are
against as make it untenabIe for active opera
sions, and therefore 90 soon IS the enemy move
we mast move. Ii is reported to-day thst sher-
man S IN motion. Some sEy he is massing at
| Rome. with a main view 30 Selma, and merely
= siIs glance At Atlantis. Bat this appears %
ne to Be & very narrow conception. Tbs Osj'cs
Of ths present expedition was Atlanta ana Il
vsU he carried out to the last extent OF effort
w. ara mat as cersain to take Atlantis" said 9
y,nkee m,ior 10 nc yesterday, "as the sun
sh;neen s.You mean" said ], 'thet you are as
estain 70 tFy.'' Precisely" bsTeJc,ned. Ineis
Is no doubt of It. To proclaim 10 tho word
| that bis campaign was against the great STORE
/ borsa AZ he South, 70 march eighty miles and
s-o1frnnt il, and then to turn Of 70 the Tlght
o2sr The country upon q minor point, would 8
onea IL ! confession Of weakness, which oner-
man il too shrewd to make. 1t he fails 20 ;
Atlanta his vhole plan hiss failed, and he VIII
- baek whipped and disgraced, oasgeaeraied
6V johnston and cheated Of iesture by dissent
bling fortane.
There seems to be s psnic in Atlanta. How
needless How absurd! This soldiers laugh
Al Il. They say IF we srs not sDle 70 hold At
Isuts. no place below il viii be safe, and. there
fore. il is i0olish to ay. Tbs cillzsns had Deitsf
| orDeuixs themselves into local regiments, dis
naase With al work or trade for the present,
sud 20 TO tie trenches, While no keep me enc
nv il check en- The Chztkshooehse leadoTse
the suggestion. If Mayor Calhoun 1 eelisye
that Is the name Of yoGr mayor would call ell
the sntire population, put gans IN their hands,
and order them to the works. there would be no
| fear of & mid upcn Atlantis, md it would relieve
rs here 70 The extent Of I've thousand soidiars
3. LEAST
A merchant Of Atlantis said to Gen. Johnston,
aThsra 3 a great fear Of your falling oaek be-
/ hina atlanta peugrals esISdeedr % replied tie
general, ado they think that Whitehad street
viii be much barrier against the enenyf NO
sir, bat they ere alarmed" "IiA qulie gio1ha-
less. We shall hold Atlanta" was tbs l<conlc
response Of the chief Is be iurned away.
There is the pretliast opening IN the War5d.si
present is this army, for such 4 nan IS John
Morgan sas. st Bowling Green nearly three
yssrs ago. ThRt is, Eof 8 brave, sEsrt scout,
| with 4 hundred men like himself. Morgan wes
= beSu ideal of this description, and with 9 hiile
| command, could do m0Ee good here than TWO
| nHj~or-genaTals. The loose condition OF the csv.
airy makes i. very Inc fcient. Gen. Martin and
| Csno Gordo Williams appear to be It's most
efficient leaders.
TIE people Of upper Georgia are beginning e
experiences some OF those horrors whieb befeI
she people Of Louisiana and Tennessee two
years ago. They are flying in every direction
IN ruinous confusion, leaving behind them
thousaad nseds, in their haste 10 getaway from
the enemy. Whilst no one can marvel ~ tf
panic which this stats of affairs indicate, ii
/ must excite 4 reasonable alarm in the soberesi
mind that these good peopls are pursuing 3 IA
tally oveIhsated course. Isl liksiy 70 run them
into misery, snd 70 do no good 20 the county
a. lsFge. The experiences Of those VINO have
/ passed through the Ains mil, teach them that
| n-oa-combasents ought to rsmsin st hems. The
territory embraced IN the lines of our armies has
as much as it can besr il supplying The wants
Of the men 10 the field, aud. its ogn domestic
inhabitants, without being forced to feed those
unfortunate exiles who have fed through mis-
taken patriotism and . dread of INVASION. No
one can doubt the sincerity of these influences
OF wonder that true and loyal men should sieker
a. the idea Of sseting The brutal soidisTy Of :
loG,hed power but We oEsa duty to the Re
pubic, and no man should shrink from is
whether it be to march TO the front or EemsI
in the rear, 10 shoulder 3 muskss or handle 1
hos. WAyEaLY.