Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-01
PLANS AsD PURPOSES SF THE
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EMhAAMs
The movements on the military chessbOsrd /
are becoming, day By day, 6 matter Of more IN
..,..t;ng sDseulstion. This is especially the
ease with references to the Western ssmy Of the
epsmv. Our inlormstion is that, Wbiie his cav
slrv force has been increased in East Tenues-
sec. he middle section Of that country is being
evaeusssd By bis infantry, going 10 the eiTse-
ton Of Chattanooga some passing b. land or
The norsh side Of Tie river, while others are 60
ing down the Holston on rEfts.
This wsald seem to indicate that the on
20 Richmond" movement through East Tennes-
see as forashadowsd a shoTi time since in
The plans Of Gen. grant, has been abandoned
ss impTse.iesbls. Oar conviction, indeed, is
Inst shs experience Of .hs past two or three
months has proved to the enemy the impraoti-
cability Of supplying large army over sin
gle lire Of railroad at 50 great distance fFoD
lie base. The rstzsgsds raorsnsnt Of the Fed
eral forces since the battle Of Missionary ridge.
can, in fact, be accounted FOR uPen 10 other
rational hypothesis. They hEys been compelled
70 move rssrwards in order ts subs.St, ard this
insuperablo irpedimsnt in the Ea7 Of their ID
vance Ia this direction has doubtless suggested
the necessity Of new field for their future
operations.
Ws-bsys information moreover, that large
numbers Of rsiuforcemsnts have recently de-
sesndsd the Mississippi river. and ihsi formid-
sbls demonstrations are bsing made against
Poniehs.ouIa. Losisisus, and Jsekssn, Aisais-
sippi. with he declared parpose On the part Of
.iho enemy to reclaim al that ssedon Of country
lying between Pearl river End the Central rail
rosd and the Mississippi Their purpose in
that quarter no doubt is to reclaim IS large q
portion Of the cotton growing region Is posi-
bic bsiofe ihe planting season strives, IN order
that the planters may bs inAaenesd and encouI
aged 70 grow large crop of this staple he
present year. The cotton famine is s0rely
pinebing our Northern brethren" at this time
THAR finances are il sinking condition, and
noibing but Gotten can save them from an uttsr
and ruinous break down. Hence we regard tie
mesemsnts Of tie enemy in Mississippi as hsv
ing fefsTsEes mainly, if net s1clssivsly, 10 th'
future condition Of the Northern exchsquer
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Of our dasisTd foe, Is beginning to be oppres
sively felt.
While thess operations in Mississippi an
going On, It is the opinion of many that su
other purpose Of the enemy is, if found prsesi-
--cabasi 10 push = heavy column southwark
through AlabsmA, and probably one northwsrd
from Pensacola, with yisW Of cutling oui
rsilroad communications and destroying or
iron works in shat State. This would seem t.
Be sjusiifsd BY the fac: that heavy Fedsr,l
force. supposed 70 be sbsui thirty .housanG
strong, has already crossed the Tennessee rivei
Al GuRtsrsvius, a short distance southwest o.
Huntsville, sud gene into camp thors. If sucI
be their in!eauon, shsy viii have rouFh anJ
rugged country to pass over. and the probs
bility is they vii suGsr defeat and 6issstsr il
such 8 esmpaiFh. The ssgle-eyss Of both Gene
rails JoHssFuE and Polk are no doubi On al
these movements, aAd the county may res
sssured That, with the requisite aid from th'
people, they viii be promptly and successfully
met and btf3s3