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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-30

dcsgnate The object Of the meeting &c legitimate
with he duties IF Col, Oud, as Commissioner.
not consistent for you to grant the re9nes here
asked, would beg that this be referred to President
Davis Tor his action.
Requesting as early an answer 20 this conmunics
ton IS you may find convenient 10 make, saosefiDe
myself, very Iespec fully, your obedIent servant,
~. 5. GRANT Ltept.Gen. Us. a."
On the reference OF this letter the President he i
thorized Colonel Cu'd to meet the persons named IN
General Grants letter. and Colonel Oud. after seeing
thcm, returned 10 Richmond and reported 10 tie fts
Dent IN the presence Of the Secretary OF Wer and my
SELF That MessIs. Jequess and Gilmore had not s@'u
Thing 10 liIn about his duties Commissioner Tor
exchange Of prisoners, bat that they asked permission
80 10 Richmond for the purpose Of seeing the
President; that they cnmc with the lnowiedge and
approval or President Lincoln. and under his pass
that they were Informal messengers sent with view
Of paving the wny for n meeting cf formal Comm.
.niirrs Authorized to negotite for peace aud de
s cd 10 communicate TO President Davis the views Of
AIR. Lincoln, and TO obtain the Presidents views In
return so Sc TO orange for nesting of Commission
Colonel Ould statcd that he had told tem peat
eddy that Was useless To come 70 Richmond to TAX oil
peuCc any Other terms than the Indtped
cnce Of he Concdcray b which they said they we've
aware OF tiat and .bet they were neyelteelest com!
dent Int Their interview woud result in peace. The
pre- on TT report Of Colonel cd. dete; mircd 10
permit them to CONE 70 Richmond under bic charge
On tho evening o. the 10th July COi0Bd Oud Conduct
cd these Gentlemen to hotel in Richmond where ROOM
YVES provided for them. Ia which they we're 10 remain
under gnitonnce daring tier stey here ana the hea
morning IIeco'ged 30 following letter. roc,
sPorSwo1p'iofyI. pfcHEosD, Va Jelly ~ Ft'.
Isp j. r. B,raarta, S.erstery Of Ssafe Confederate
Sfc'cs Of Auericg
D." Dear Sir-The undersigned. james j. JaquesS, OF
Illinois. and james II. Gilmore, OF Massachusetts, most
respectfully solicit itter,nw with President Davis
1loy visit edmond az private otiseas and have no
Official character autbuTtv; bnt tacy are fiy pos
Sc ,ss Of TIE yiews Of tho United States Government
relative 20 an adjustment Of the differences nov exist
ting bets the North and Sonth, and have tie dos
that FREQ Interchange OF views between President
Davis and themselves, yorld open ne vlyto snch
ofcieI goeiaiio rs would Ultimate in restoring IECE
TO the two sections 0f our distracted county.
" They therefore ask m in,orye. with tie President,
ard awaiting your Nply arc
" Most truly md respectfully.
80 Your ohedient a.rvnnts,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30
The war in VrEiaia.

From the Examiner, April 25.
Official information was received yesterday
that five large OCEAN sieamers hsd arrived st
Yorktown, and were landing troops there and
information had been brought n By our scouts
and telagTzphed 10 Richmond, that the country
below Yorktown was dotted over with Yankee
camps. On the I4tA inss. troops had bes1 lAnd-
Ell al Yorktown. Their force was then incon-
siderable and exactly ascertained-f0ar regi
msnss. The foTcs recently embarked is ia ed-
ditio1 10 his, and Tum0r counts i in t0ns Of
thousands.
There have bean 8oms movements Of the en-
emy IN Northern Virginia. A report vas ia
circulation yesterday that the enemy bad eraa5sd
q considerable force At Ely's ford L is prob
ably 81 uufsunded ramJr. Two days ago
some Yankee scouts crossed the river below
United States ford, but soon retired 70 the other
side. Our inloruRtiOn i5 reliable that the Yam
ksa force si WsTTsnton has moved 20 Bsali0ns
some 6ftesn miles nearer fredericksburg, and
t5at Grant is moving Up his rear; which move
meat has probably gwen rise 10 new TumOrs Of
heavy Feinforcsmsnts from the West, which Ne
again feel authorized 70 deny. The bulk OF
these rainforcsments has asBuTedly gone 70
RuruHide
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ANOTmER PLEA F0R PEAOE.
Eses.arks OF mr.. Harrss. of .lEarBE&sS

The following is the celebrated speech in full
of AGr. Harris, of Maryland, in the Uaited
States House of Representative. upon wbieA MIR.
Wsshburne, of Illinois, prsdested resclu-
ton to expel the Representative from Maryland:
Mr.. Harris, of MarylAnd-Mr. Speaker,
shall not detsin the House very long, But, sir,
I could not sit here and see an attempt made to
tvrsnnize one who enEertains sentiments which
7 aid not know he entertained Until yesterday,
but sentiments which have long entertained,
and entertaining intend to stand by his side
for veal or for woe. Sir, when the honorable gen
tlemsn from Ohio (Mr. GAr6eld) replied to his
colleague from Ohio, who first spoke (4fF,
LoDg9 he ssid that he had the courage of 8 lion,
that he had the courage to face the cannon and
the riHs It was a compliment to my friend,
but no compliment to this house, the intolerance
of which has made it necessary for my friend
in speaking his hsnest sentiments in debate to
have the courage to face these implements Of
war,
Another thing which the gentleman from Ohio
| (Mr Ga1feld) aYowed led me to suppose that
| be would not DO found in support of such res
| olution as this was, that hs believed his col
| league (ar Long) sincerely and honestly en-
| terFAined these sentiments.
| Now, wonld ike to know what the reason
| is when q man gets up here and avows bis SEN
| timsnts upon question of public policy, upon
| q measure which would, in bis mode of think
| ing lead to q termination Of this disastrous
war, one of the only modes by which it can
terminate and does it in sincerity, that he is to
be denounced as having spoken treason, that ne
i designed treason, and st the Same time aVow
the belief that hs was sincere and honest IN bis
statement Sir, l am willing to go with my
friend anywhere You choose 20 send him upon
such an issue. II there is any honesty In any
party in this country they will defend US, they
viii protect US, they will rise like hurricane
AMI sweep away the vsrmin race OF politicians
that are preying upon the very Visals OF Amen
can liberty.
Bat speaking upon the issues before the
eouatry-What 10 the issue Is not peace al
issue Cannot msn protest against carry ING
on or faVoring q Hsr to the extsrmlnaEon OF
whole race of people Cannot man gss El
And say, we do not admire your tsctcs W
would rather have peace than such war " q
think it 10 better peace should come Is WI
save the lives of our psople on botn moes !
, will save the money of the men VINO are nov
oppressed with heavy burdens of taxation
, carry on this wsrf Cannot q man say i Is sei
3 tar 70 have peace than war and especially Wne
: he brings authority to show that the position D
takes is sustained by the ablest men, BY me
s who advocated your own principles, ny meE
|. sir, who governed this country Wnon q
gentleman from Ohio brings here the opinion
a al such men to back him up, yon say tnst
!. must discard all such opinions. Why's not Or
Il of you--yee, sir, not one Of you can DO called
iifth-rste man compared with those rom WAC
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miscegenaEfoR.
LSttsT from the Ladies Of Nelo York to a Rsgi-
nssnt of Negro SoLdisrs

LsttsT from the Ladies Of NeD York to a Rsgi-
Hssat Of Negro SOldisrs.
To the Oeers and Men of the Twentieth Unitsd stass
ColOred Troops
Soldiers: We, the mothers, wives and sisters
of the members of the New York o nion League
Club, of whoss libsrality and intelligent patriot
ism, and under whose direct auspices you have
been organised into body of national troops
for the defense Of the Union, earnestly sympa-
thizing IN the great cause Of American tree nG-
tionsIity, and dssirous Of tessifying, by some
HOno-izi, our profound sense of ihe sAersd oh
ject and the holy cause, in behalf Of which you
have enlisted, have prepared for you this ban
ner, at once the emblem of freedom and of faith,
and the BYmbol Of Womans best wishes and
prayers for our common country, and especially
OF yOar devotion thereto.
When you look at this flag aud rush to battle,
or stand at guard bensath its sublime motto,
HG God and Liberty" remember that il is also
an emblem of love and honor from the dGugh-
ters Of this great metropolis TO their brave
champions in the fisld, and that they viii anx'
iously watch your career, glorifying IN your be-
roism, ministering 10 you when wounded and
| ILL., and h0nOriBg your martyrdom with bene-
1 dietons and with tears.
The Argus, speaking. Of it, says;
| White men by thousands have lsft New York
| for the battlefield. snd veteran regiments, deei-
mated by scores of fights, have returned; bui
| the frs to receive an emblem OF love and hon
| or from the daughters Of the metropolis ara
the blacks Of the BON regiment United States
lc1lorsd troops" This justi6es the expectation
thss in few years, " the sublime conmingiine
Of races" Of which ths Boston orator speaks
| will have been accomplished
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

A NsE York correspondent Of the Philsdel-
phia Press vsndlAles the following examples,
" black and begrimmed as Vulcan's stithy," Of
tho doctrine Of misesgsnAtion being practically
tested in Gotham;
There are several miseegenators Of long
standing in our midst, and, singularly enough,
they have attracted no peculiar attention 10
themselves previous 10 ths present agitation Of
the subject.
There are At present two ladies of wealth and
former posifiOn-pOitics not kD0Wn-Tho have
black husbands, aud who reside in this city
without molestatiOn or unpleasant notoFiety
One was originally from Bridgeport, Conn.,,
where her family, a most respectable one, re-
sides The cass Of the second is remarkable,
and might furnish a page 20 romance. This
lady ia q stately, mRgniheens woman, possess
ing 6ne intellectual and moral end0Wments,
and culture in all that pertains to social Sc
compishmsnts which, perhaps, is only too rare
II met with. She W15 an orphan, sRd pOs-
sessed, in her own right, properly valued at fifty
thousand dollars. Some years ago while riding
in her carrisge, she was thrown violently to the
uavemant and rendered inseasibs by the iBju-
/ RES which shs sustained.
The frat man who reached her was black
purelv African He took her 70 his mothers
/ house, and when she was sufficiently revived,
conveyed heI home IN earTiage. Every DAY
during which tbs lady remaining an invalid,
the black eslled at the door, inquiring sfter her
health. He sent her dalicAta prasanls. and she
accepted them. he proposed, and she accepted
/ him. They were married, bought house, snd,
| although living under enc roof, have ever kept
to their separa5e apartments. Not uniTequsnty
thsy walk arm IN arm through the streets. Shs
sill moves in her original social sphere ne
| moves in his The faeE5 OF me case sre pA1eAs
| 10 all wao know her nor does she ever attempt
their coneealment Perhaps 1t was grshtude
which led hsr to contract the nonlnal marriages
nsrhaps il was fancy, or love. We only have
| tbe result while the reason is hidden. Ger
| taiuIy the affair does not scome under the head
Of uiiscsrsRatioR, but rather that which Doctor
johnson used to call the snfrac ctuOsities of the
human mind. None who know the lady pretend
to esnsure her conduct, although many Of hel
aequainianess, indeed the great majority O
| them, may reasonably be suspected of lOath
ing for the vile theory referred to.
Give th0 miscsgenstoTS full swing, for 81 al
impedinents in fAncy's courEs are motives o
mere fancy"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30
The Array Of Ias Patsnnc

The latest Northern advices from the army Of
the Potomac to the 81, indicate thst active
preparations are being msde in view Of the
commencement Of the campaign. The accounts
from Washington say that General Grant has
established his headquarters In the field"
Dispatches from the srmy say
Large numbers of tho sick have already been
transferred to Washington from the hospitals n
front, and all the suffers, sEenty-sighi hundred
in number, have left tho army in accordance
with orders to that effect. An addition Of if
teen thousand beds is about TO be made to the
present hospital accommodations at Washing
ton.
DsserteFs from the army Of Gen. Lse report
thas his whole force on the Rspidan does not
exceed sixty thousand men, divided among two
army eorps, but that reinforcsmentB were con-
stRntly reaching him. Longstreet ID SAID 10 be
moving from Charlottesville with ten thoUgend
of the troops he had with him in East Tsnnes-
see, in the direction Of Stsunt0n-his Supposed
intention to march down the SeRRndosh valley.
Among the rsinforcemenis on their way to
join Lee are twelve thousand recruits from No
bile.
The SeseTtsrs further state that, some days
ago, seven days rations were issued 70 Lees
army, and that It WAS currently believed his in
tenkion was to commsnce forward movement
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

Correspondence OF the charleston Mefcufy.l
RICHMOND, April y --Hcke's aGsir at Ply
mouth was no hoax. He might have mentioned
the naval cooperation without dstriment to his
reputation. We know = thing or two about
our. iTon-clads' capacity to fight, which we do
not choose 70 tell. Perhaps the Yankees will
soon tell yon. Small arms captured, $500. It
is said Gen. Hoke Was : clerk in Washington
when the war broke out. Sot
Il viii bo ridiculous if the fear Of toFpedoes
prevents tha Yankees from ascending the zap
nahsnnock. think Lee expected Burnside %
land at Port Royal, Tor one OF aus Lee'sl eolps
h.3 orflsra two days ago to march to EIeder-
or ;clshur0. Lees infantry force is ample nam
hers - thousand musksts.
Telegr.ms about the price of board and the
chances of accommodation in Columbia have
| induced Mr. MemmingeT TO reconsider his no
! tion Of removing certain offices to that point
Many ladies had made their preparations tC
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

P0siii5s Aeesptases Of ths Msziean TzTOss
MGrimiIiGs.

E0Stts6o dcc6Pt6scS OT la8 MsLtcan AhTOa6 Og
MGIimiliGs.
NEW YORK, April 20-Ths steamer AugtTz-
lssisn, from Queenstown On she 10th inst, has
arrived.
The bombaFdaent Of SlndeIburg and Bup-
pei stu coniiuuss vigorous.
The Mexican question is settled Maxinilian
viii accept The crown on the 10th, and sail g
day or two after
The captain of the United States steamer
Kssrssge, in q letter to Marquis Clanricsrde,
defends himself from tina remarks made By the
Marquis in Parliament, and denies hat he has
anlaEed men but on the contrary, says the
Kesrsage has more than her full complement.
Mr. Laird, IN reply TO inquiries, said that the
English cORsRls had confirmed the accounts Of
kidnapping Irishmsn ia New York and Boston,
and Lord Lyons had made representations Of
the fact to the American Government, and An
answer was soon expected.
Gsribaldi enters London on the l1th, and il is
believed that the preparations for the reception
will be unparalleled.
The b0mb4T1msnt OF Duppsl was vigor0usly :
sustained on the 7th.
The bsmbardment of SonderburR recon-
menced on the Sh with extraordinary violence.
The coHlsrencs meets in London on the l2ih.
All difficulties as 10 the Mexican crown have
been adjusted.
Msxiwilian receives the depUtAtion on the 10Th
to formally accept it, and sails on the 1Ith or
18th for Mexico.
L is asserted that the relations between
Francs and England arc again very friendly.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

~ A correspondent Of the Montgomery
MAI wiring from Bristol, Tens., says that
Laws brigade is positively sufsring for cloth
ing, many Of the Tnsn are about naked and IS
q bodg they are more destitute now than they
have been ct any previous period of the war
Tbev have received no clothing from the guar
terulsstsr's department. for many, many months
and the only good clothing they have in camp
il That Brought back By those lately returned
from furlough The csst-cf garments Of such
Iecsy ones are mach in demand
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

Y The Abingdon TtggiaidH says that
Hodges brigade, who entered Kentucky a
few days since, after akiIGiBbins with suPe-
rior force Of the enemy at Paintyille, fell back =
few miles, tarned their horses out to graEe and
lay down to rest In this condition they were
surprised By the enemy, who approached them
fIom an unexpected and uDgusrded direction.
The consequences ~sS that thsy were scattered
and B.ampe5sd, several killed, wounded and
eapturel. among the wounded was Lieut.-Col
Clsv. who wss also captured. About one hun
dred are reported as missing
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30
Tho RassIs sf PiZnsash-

From the Examiner, April p.
We hear but scant additions to what has bean
alresdy repOrtod Of the Plymouth battle. We
learn that q BalHmors papsr Of the 2l8t instant
contains a dispAteh fIam Gen WistaF (DiB-
called ''Weitzsl'' in former rsports,) in command
at Plymouth, stating that the garrison had been
greatly demoTHIizsd By dessrti0ns, and shat thsrs
were then twenty men under sentance Of destA
for that crime.
Il is reported that the company and crew,
Numbering mora than a hundred men, Of oas Of
the Yankee vessels thst was sunk were lost,
with the exception of seven men.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

STAND PROM UEDER.-The Macon Tsis-
graph states lhat last year, when -four was held
st ninety to a hundred dollars the barrel suadry
speculaLOrs were nicely esught By the incoming
crop and grosned over Losses. The same thing
is 70 be repeated this year The country is full
Of old wheat, while we think the product IN
Georgia Is likely to be double what it was II
1868. We can already see the signs of an &C
cumulssiDg Surplus Of old wheat.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

PERHAPs.-Hsnry Ward Bsecher is prepAr-
ing the public mind for tie progress of events.
he think Grant is pretty safe in his on to Rich
nond, and gives the following as the sfter-pisce
of the progIsnme as he would have it
The next national nominating convention
will be held in Richmond. Blacks and whites
will perhaps mingle equally in its debates and
decisions, and it would be an act Of justice if
enc Of these long oppressed and despised friends
of God should be selectsd with some one of
their great eo-fghters, like Gen. Grant, to rep
resent renewed nation, the master and model
Of the world
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

Buffers hsg-oEtrues boat Greyhound arrived
at City P5int Sunday 1t / o'clock P. 81, with
communication from General Butler % me con-
nanding officer At City Point, Informing him
that ''the limit Of time having arrived which
vss ixsd by 9 convention between the repre-
sentstivss Of the Emperor Of France and the
United States for shipping tobacco ~ City
Poins, he (ButlsT) had ssnt up Colonial Payne
OF his staff, Tor the single purpose Of delivering
dispatches for the commanding officer Of tRe
French vessels st City Point"
The Greyhound inmsdiate,y Es.ur1ed down
the river, and during tho afternoon the Ersnch
steamers Grenads and Mercbsns sailed for
Hampton roads None OF the FIenca tobacco
had been sent from Richmond to City Point.
FURTHER. Later and unofficial, but relia-
ble Information states thst the vessel carried
avrav cargo Of the tobacco, which is probably
a snaU frsetion Of the whole.
Tba objects of Buffers communication, it ID
.a;d, related 70 some inf0rmaity on the part Of
ths officer in command, which viii, doubtless,
Be satisfactorily adjusted, and permission
granted to depert the whole amount Of tobacco
purchased.
There are four vessels IN aIl-sWo transports
and two men.of- -EsF.-Riekm0zd BA5g, 25tA.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

Northern papers of the 2Sd have the follow
ing items of European intslligencs:
The attorney-genersl made explanations as
m the commission seDt TO Egypt TO take evil
dence as to LaiTd's rams, and the commission
wss returneble on the 18th May, when the
crown would proceed with the case with all pos
sible dispatch. - =. :
Gsribsldi enters London on the Ith' IL Is
believed the demonstration VIII oe mp A1sheieu
Lord PalmeFston will give MIN Dsn9nes.
An tba dificulties as 70 the Mexican crown
rre adjusted. Mszimiiian reeeives deputG'
ton ca the tenth to formally accept it, and salt
on the lhiriseRGh for Mexico.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

a Among the list Of wounded at Plymouth,
received in the hospitals at GOldaboro', we ind
the following from the 2lst Georgia regiment;
Private W. B Philips, of company F Private
L W. joiner, company G. Also, I. l. Russell
in B-adfords' Mississippi artillery. They were
slightly wounded snd are doipg well.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

T There is q man in ons Of the North Car
olina regiments, sissioned in tie eastern part Of
that State who is at least seven feet high,
measures fi.ty-hvs inches around tho waist,
tlirty-si in the leg, and wears No. IA shoes.
A special contract for clothing this rebel" has
to be msde, as be can't begin to wear the ondi-
narv aizpg
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

q A Yankee picket recently csptured in
Virginia and taken te Richmond, Was Teceg-
nized IS = deseIter fIom the 40th Georgia rsgi-
msnf. He gave his name as John Lindsay.
He is in Castle Thunder, awaiting his trial for
gssertion
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Goon REPoRrsFRora raassEssEPPE

Msj J l. WoFFORD, Gen. LEES chief Of
artillery, reports to our eotsmpcrsry Of the Aus
sissiPp;Ga cheering accounts from Mississippi
Hs has but recently arrived hcm that section
and SAYS the accounts of dsmOrslEstion, dsser-
tioR, diszEscti5n and dependency in that sore
ly oppressed and down-trodden State, have been
greatly exaggerated.
he speaks not from mere hearsAy, but from
bis own knowledgs and personal observation
Having travelled over greater portion of the
Ssats very Eecsatly, he hal fne opportunity
t1 learn she condition Of affairs and the tue
continents Of the psople
Hs draws quite hopeful picture indeed OF
afFsi-s, the caloring of which We tbink is moi.
ovsrdrawn and reports everybody in the most
buoysnt spirits and more determined to 6sht
Old Abss birelings to the "bittsr end than since
the breaking ont of this cruel war.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

- Lieut.. Col Jas K Bfanch was seriously
i.iarei BY fall from = captured Yankee horse,
sifer tbe stormirg of Plymouth. The report IS
,ba. the horse reared 80 high that he fell over
and crushed one of Col. BIS thighs.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

~ The jail at Amherst Court House, Va,
was burned on SAtu day evening last, about 3
O'Clock. The fire was accidental and caught
frem The roof OF the building. There were four
prisoners in the Jail, who we're removed as soon
Is the ire was discovered.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-30

leays. Il may be death to stay here or to 60 to
Columbia, bat living must be cheap in Mont
gomeEy A gentleman just from Alabama els
me that be could buy thsre three million bushels
Of corn ct d0llsr per hushel
Reported that the Government is going to
take military control of ali the railroads be-
tween Richmond and Wilmington. Railroad
men predict that the rssult viii be the ruin OF
the roads in less than six months. Il is said
that President Owen, Of the Virginia and Ten
nesBse road, has declined the office Of military
superintendent of the roads in question.
The south and north winds have been fight
ing hard this morning, and kicking up deuce
OF dust. The south seems to have got the
better OF lts opponent for it is now oppressivsiy
warm. The spring is very backward. Lettuce
IS the only fresh vegetable which has appeared
IN market. HERSIEs.