Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-04

he is now only = sojourneF, being refugee from
bis homo in Bjlivsg. Judgs Harris is Justly re-
garded one Of the most eminent ir1yfsfn az the
State, and indeed Of tbs South and hir mama Is
prominently msntioned in connection with tie
CenfedeIAfs supreme c0urt-whenever Congress
sees ft to organise that sagust tribunal and
there are tcW gentlemen who would ell the posi-
ton moro honoTablY.
Hon. Geo. R. Clayton, Hon. james T. HArri-
sen and Hon. c. r. Crusoe, three of tbs most
distinguished lawyers of Mississippi, are citi-
zsns of this place.
Can you explain why d il that everything else
is going down and telegraphic charges are going
opt The rates now from Mobile eastward are
Just douhla what they formerly were, as / know
to my cost, having to-day paid for the knoWl-
edge. Our money ID certainly worth flty per
cent. more now than it was two months ago,
and yet tslegraphing cssts Just double. Can
you cypher it out RIP Vas WIEKLE.
Correspondence of the Ans.iaippIHn.I
JACKSON, May %, 1864.
Madame rumcr IS ust now industrouaiy eircnla ing
report that the snsmy organic ng Vcksburg another
rsidng peFy to lay what property Is left In this
section Of cur State Such ss information brought
70 Clinton yeH,erday BY feminine blockEds runner,
whose veraey, Of COURSE cannot presume to endorse
but other aud creditAbe persons within lines and
who are imposed 70 be friendly TO our cause have sent
Is messages Of similar purporL That remnant OF the
commands which have seen operating In Arkansas aud
Louisiana have arrived At Voksburg there seems % be
no doubt and nsy be possible hat the various FumoTs
snoat not without foundation They certainly can
do buanesB prohiabIe t0 shemEelVes 10 stealing
cotton and negroes shEn N Sighting orr TAnE Pp
veterans. Eut apprsheud that they will not find
other expedition. OF the Big Back, altogether
onesded affair for thsre are boys in Gen. Adams com
mAud who relish nothing better than reducing the Yam
Notwithstanding the proximity of this people to the
enemy, the insecurity OF property and the nesrous
operation Of miserable gang Of blockade runners, to
whom cup Of Java ssw bat seems more precious
than country liberty all articles may be Obtained
cheaper here for Consderats money than any other
uacs that have visited during the last SIX mouths
The capital ls exceedingly dull placs just now.
Indeed. there very iile in iH outward aspect 70 In
gpire lively emotion, bat Is yet contains a host %
clever peopls, with whom Il il peSsure to meet and
j mingis--men sad women who have not been subdued
by the presence Of the foe and the destruction Of their
propsr;y-who believe that God will yet make the re
belllon" q There few here, where
articles that in former times woula be committed to oh
| s0ure shelves. ars diAplSyed with much mercantile
pomp and exhibited TO the purchaser with sort Of in
dependence which sesms 20 say, Il don't care whether
I you buy not"
Two or more groceries are also in operation which,
Notwithstanding the diminished population appear to
/ be doing hourshing busiRsss All the churches, sx
cept the BSptt have their regular services and are
/ well attended and UDien prayer meeting has been
established in which tbs different chu ehSs manifest
much interest The Union Sunday school, under the
superfnteRdence Of Thos. Groea II decided success.
counted one hundred and ts boys and girls there
this morning. and il was pleasant sight to behold. Mr..
johnson oficatss superintendent the absence Of
| Mr. Green, who Is absent a mission Of hlla love.
/ The public schools were never in prosperous
eondition-MiSs Mary Hosey, Miss Lou Jones and Mrs.
! Amanda Bell being the accomplished teachers.
Most Of the male population thst yet remain, neud
ing the deputy sherifs spend their time bstWesn the
telegraph Office and The shady grounds Of the capitol,
and discuss the situation In s its beRrings There
bsing printing oics here the dispatches read
the crowd as fast they arrive Mr. Joshua Green,
being the principal reading clerk, asEised occasionally
/ by Judgs WillHm YerEer. These dispatches are paid
/ for by the " club"
Speaking of deputy sheriffs reminds me that Kinds
81 q
county has an equal number. In the latter county,
| however, they gre appointed from between the
sgss Of forty i've and fyi and sheriff Haley has them
/ organized into company, which has already done
good service In arssting and sendng sbssses to their
comnSnds. rather suspect that in Kinds there are
not few who have long been lodging military duty;
who now, by virnre of their commissions as deputy
sherihs bid defiance to the eonseript officers.
And while sm in rather faultfldlng humor, will
alluds TO trick Of trade which under my OBJ
ssrvation this morning 1t IL well knoWn that quar-
termaster or eommssary supplies arc allowed to 60 out
of the State without The permission OF the proper
thorites. This morning saw lot Of sugar, weighing
In The aggregate ab0u four thousand pounds purchased
here BY some spsculstor in Alabama packed in boxes
and labeled Selma Iron Works" was told that 1t
for the commssary department. at Sc butt is
20 be hoped that MEor DAmeron will sample it II Me,f-
dian and that the Selma iron works will not hereafter
allow their corporae 20 be used in the nrtheance
/ of such smuggling operations
Speaking Of blockade running here IL a copy of a
notice which Is extensively posted In ViekHbug Com
NOTICE TO BLOCKADE RUEsERsi-Au parties are
hereby notified that no passes will be given to take
goods out of tse city unless they first aks the oath of
alsgAncs to the United States Government. No
considerations will 70 vary from the above
Tule. JAMES KETNgR,
Major and Permit Officer"
learn that John f. Watson old citizen Of this
county, and vino resided near Edwards depot, was
killed On the 22d inst by his nephew joe Murphy 1
have not learned the Particular
A lady from Tennss tells the following Of Sher-
man. One Of her nsghbOrs asked him recently II he
afraid thst God would punish him for the wan
ton destruction Of property which he tolerated by those
under his command. His blasphsmous reply was
Madam, God Almighty is no Whers-ha Ovsrcoat
wouldn't make 8 vest tor Gen. Sbermani" Can God
prosper people who have such hsnds lead thsIR9