Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-18
LETTER FROM RIUmMOND.
special CsroEpOndsnos AsnVhi. Appeal

L
RICHMOND, April &. 1854
We look cot Of the windows to-day with mach the
same feelings that the sons Of Noah may have looked
out Of the easement Of the ark when they sent forth
shs dove over the waite Of waters in search Of dry
ground The shines out beautifully stsr ten days
observation Since the night Of ths third up to this
mOrniug it has been raining in toTents raining i1ces-
sanity. the very gstes Of heaven had been cpsned
All the streams again in inundAtion The earth Is
perfectly saturated with water The roads impas
sable. Grants arriving from the west In heavy
reinforcensnts and the Yankee army viii be put In
motion the artillery and wagon trains can be
dragged along through the sfIsalng mire. Probably.
But this viii be three weeks yet The military critics
say that Meade is remain where he s and that
Grant will try the Peninsula route, with immenss
column while Burnsids win be sent to threaten Peters
burg with thirty forty thousand men. Aniais ru-
NOR four legs has been running wildly about town
that Gen Bragg to order the women AID chill
drsn and non-cOmbstant male population of Rich
mond sOHieisnt unto the day. The attempt to carry
the Confederate capital by 8 combined movement CT
three assaulng armies probable enough All NORTH
authorities Agrse in declaring that Richmond must
be taken before anything further can be 20.
compIished. The Herald is wiling to give mp tie
game the effort does not succeed Should Grsns
Lincoln to do but take the swords Of both and perform
on himself the Il ari kari" or happy dapaseh
Commissioner Ould has just returned Ctwo days Sgo)
from Fortress Monroe with the agreeable inteIissnss
that the exchange of prisoners has been placed a. last
on the very best footing and that hereafter there will
be arrival Of COnfsdsrates from Point Lookout every
Wednesday until al prisoners have been sent back
How Commissioner Ould eOms Tor to go" to Fortress
Monroe does not very Clearly sppsar. Is said that be
held long interview with Beast Butler while there.
do not vOueh for the fact, which might well feel
inoinsd doubt after the virueus and indignant enzs
Of the Sentinel that Government had the least IL
tenfoR of rscsviag Butler commissioner II Mr. Ould
did confer with Butler al Old Point is not as COM
missionary And is this doing the very thing which
the Sentinel" vrtuousy snd Indignantly secuted az
possible and prspOsterousi II the exchange Of prizon
Is resumed the other Government must have
yislded the point Of Buffers recognition. New, which
was it, the Yankee Government or our oVnq
We have charter election in Richmond to-day for
mayor, members Of the common cour ci aldermen, etc
which has created very considerable excitement and
competition unwonted IN municipal annals at least sncs
the war Very many gentleman desirouS Of serving
the city in the common council or as justices Of the
peace because they expect thereby secure exemption
from the military service Of the Confederate States
The different places Of voting have been crowded
throughout the day. In ward noted fish-mongsr
OF the lower market is likely to upon the
magstsrsl bench. In another, the keeper OF second
Glass drinking house Is endesvorng obtain the
position though with less stterng prospects Of success
The cream Of the joke that the Governor Of Virginia
will announce bis determination tomorrow not TO-
grant eertaeateI Of exemption to magistrates who are
under ortyTe years Of ags that the nswy elected
gentlemen viii get but very empty honors after all
The conseript officers have been playing havoc with
the Muss In carrying Of the heroes Of the sock and
buskin to Camp Lee. The famous Mr.. r. D DOrsay Sg-
den has been from the canvas forest Of Ardsnnes
and the psstsbosrd palace of the Montaguss, and
thrown into the quarters provided for the new con
scripts and other hstOns Of less repute have shared
the fate Of the dramatic O0ryphsus. Ogden II Is
said viii be able to establish foreign eifizsnship,
and thus be restored to admiring public
Com'r Esury CwTliam II surprised his friends and
relatives in this city by dropping In upon them very
Sunday last, having come passenger
by the Vance, from Bermuds. Com'r Maury has been
for time detached from the steamer Georgia but
L well for him that he did not fall into the hands Of
the Yankees his way into part, they wosld pro-
baby have treated the "rebel pirate" rather roughly
The burglars have got to entering storehoussz and
have bsen committed between l2 and 3
O'Clock Of the day during the past week.
The Eve dollar bills becoming more aud more un-
popular and business Is In absyzuce till tie uey Issues
get in circulation. Dixie.