Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-27


piloted our cavalry lssrs Of lhe dsssrlaEs
and the concealed corn cribs Of the tories
thought she ought 70 b regularly in the ser
vics snd have eommand Of st least q company
If not Of q regiment. She could be Of great SCI
vics In clearing these hills of skulkess and de-
ssriers With 81 her dsshing freedom she Wal
as dignjhed lady IS y0u would fnd IN q thou
sand. parted from hsr regfeifally wishing be-
| erTand had taken her much further on ny road
/ AS one approaches ihs Tsnnsssse river, the
| mountains become less rugged aad preeigitous
the valleys broader, more fertile and more
l highly cultivated. s1d now and then a WcoilY
head is seen Ny ffst of thfs part of the
Tennessee valley pFopsrSs '-9m the top Of q
| lofty mountain Immediately SUuth Of d scatur
and IN full view Of that town, now occupied by
| tho enemy The TisW WAS most charming
The bsoad valley spread cut as map st my
feet, dotted, hero and thsre, By Nhat, st the
distance, looked like peaceful hsmIsts; bat no
doubt sorrow and desolsiion have entered most
of them; fer ths whole valley has been al times
oYerrun by the enemy, who sweep the h9cks
and herds before them, 50 shas, even if the
dwelcEs in these q1ieE-iooking hanle.s had not
soEs aud brothers 70 mourn, they have, at last,
to lament the loss OF their means Of subsist-
ence. Is was difficult to belisye that this peace
full valley, surrounded by Eueh grand hills,
should have bean ths scane of aany sSnguin-
aTy conflict, or that the quiet town nsssliag IN.
der the hills, seemingly at the father edge, wes
full Of the deadly engines ct war, which were
ready 70 turn loose upon us at any momsst we
might approach.
The long mountain ranges on the other side Of
the river, sometimes rising into lofty peaks,
looked so calm and msjssiie. that do not see
how any one could look upon them and after
ward 90 20 war with his fsli9R-anau
When passing Dscalnr 8 dense volume Of
smoke was rising from the town, ard q gentle
man with ne thought il indicated an Intention
to evaeHsts, as many other taings had tended to
that conclusion. IE is certain that they have bat
a smAn force in Tennessee opposits an very
hopeful that few days may initiate forward
movement.
a portion OF cur force bas recently been across
the nver at Florence, aud effected some small
captures. Upon striking the line Of the Mem.
phis snd Central railroad, whioh did within
about seven miles Of Decatur, tbs marks Of The
vsndal we're frequently visible ia the shape Of
ehsrnel Euins Of depois, etc. This section of
country has no means Of communication with
the rest Of the world by rail or telegraph. Il
should be otherwise, ard with the Mobile and
Ohio railroad restored 70 Corinth It seems to ne
it might be. The energy shown in restoring the |
Mobile and Ohio rsilrosd, and the southern rail
rosds in Mississippi, shows that the saraa could
Nsi~c
We hear accounts Of imme1se victories in |
Virgins, Georgia snd Louisisas, but Lhey want |
continuation. When | ask for dates, I gene
rally fed thGt they occurred 30 lsr back thRt if /
they had been true must have heard Of them |
before left Selma In case Of victory ii GsoI-
gis, we ought TO know of it, for we could easily /
put ourselves in position 70 seriously embaTrsss /
a rssreas But yeur " Arab " is not aeeus- |
toned to speculssions Of that kind, sDd viii 4
venture nothing further. Il is much more in |
his line to speculate as 70 wherewiLhal shall the |
animals of the command be foIsged. From |
what little he has seen in the brief period that
has elapsed since his arrival, ne inclines 20 the
opinion that tina: matter is managed in quite s |
primitive style, being most generally accom- |
plished By the takiEg ways of the cavalTymen. |
Three years experience ought TO have taught |
as something, but the affairs of some of our de-
psrtnents are still very lsmely Administered. |
Oiher commands, which have preceded this, |
have, IN Gome s0mo instances, taken everything
8aisble from plaAter, and give him no showing
Lor it st al. This is all wrong, ana briags unne-
eesssry diserodit upon the service. ARAB.