Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-20
Bon Ferre.,,. Cemmand.

Correspondence OF the Mobile Register and Advertiser
TUPRLo, Miss, May I3.-Gensral Forrest il
seHin al The head Of his legiOns. We shall moi
long remain inactive. The plan Of the cam
pAign, SO far as we are connected with it, hai
not been d~ivulged. Men and horses are re-
freshed and ready for any expedition which the
sound Judgment of Forrest commands.
I have hsfore me a copy of the Memphis Bat
let's, containing 4 speech recently delivered by
General Hurlbut, on the occasion Of bis depart
ure from Memphis to assume command at Cairo
Hurlbat is not an orator, whatever may be hiI
undeveloped excellence as a military leader
Referring to General Forrest in his VAledietoIy
address to the citizen" aoidiery Of Memphis
he says;
"You must be prepared to defend yourselves
against Forrest, once a negro trader in this
to IN. They say he has set up for a gentleman
Where l came from, no gentleman would ssso'
ciate with = negro trader"
It may be true that Hurlbut was not &C
customed to associate with men like Forrest
He is g FayG avis The writer Of this set beside
Forrest for many months in the board of alder
men Of the city of Memphis.
This reference TO Forrest and .Hurlbab re-
minds me of book Just published in New York.
A chapter is devoted TO the one hundred New
England preachers who recently asked Lincoln
TO issue = proclamation against the Bible. It is
said hat Lincoln assured them of his uudying
luminosity to slavery, aRd that In the fullness Of
time is should be as they desired. At present il
was toe soon to break to the whole world the
marvellous plans of moral reformation which he
had devised for the undergraduates. He said
be had already done as much as the people would
bear, and that they must wait a little until the
people get a back strong enough TO carry the
whole load of improved morals that be would
lay upon it It is said that Lincoln illustrated
his position by the following etoET
"a MAI had three Soas who had a great De
sire, and knsck withsl, at killing skRnks. On'
day the thTes soma addressed their father at {
0'elock. ia the morning, y beseech thee, oh
father, to let rs 90 out into the woods and Kill
skunks;' and they went, and behold, before
breakfast, they had killed six skunks, so that al
the air for miles around was loaded with tn
suffocsting od0r.
"At the sixth hour Of the day, the three sons
again besougbt their fsther to let them 60 kill
ing sknBks, and they went out and killed ter
skunks, and the whole nsighborhood was ehoked
with the suffoesting stencil
"At evening the sons again asked permission
to 20 forth and slGy sknnks. Bat this time thu
old man said, Nay, my boys, you have made
enough stink for one day"
Abraham continued q Have not my proc
lamRtions msde - enough for the present
And shall we not better wait awhile before
utter my proclamation against the Bible ="
This is a verscious story, at least to the ex
tent that il illustrates the character and virtues
of Lincoln and of The party Of which be anl
Hurlhut are the opponents. Christ healed The
sick slaves Of Shareholders, and hen pronounced
s benediction upon their masters. Yet Hsrlb1
would steal q slave and cut bis mas ter's throat
Just as If he had never read tire Bible.