Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-21

Tho telegrams 70 the Northern journals Of .ho
18th, from the army Of the Poiamac, say that I
the orders recently issued BY Gen. Grant srsrs-
gardsd IS Significant Of eATly and active opera
tons. a letter lgoa the army says Generals
Meade, Humphreys, IngaIls, and Patrick, Wis
tied Leutenans- Gen. Grant At Cnlpeper on Fri
day. The army has been considerably strength
ensd. and o4bo men are anxious for active ops
rasiors." a diEpstch, dated tie 10Th, sdds:
The rain yesterday and last night was the
most destructive 20 he railroad Of the season
The streams between tniB plecs end the army Of
the Potomac, which were alTosdy very high,
were swollen beyond ell precedent. O;d citi-
gems along tue line Of the road say that they
never before saw snch dood.
The railr5al bridges are very badly damaged,
and the communication with the army by raj
has been broken. The bridge over Bnil Run,
near Union Mills, is entirely gene this morning
This structure was Crs hurdfod and hily feet
long, and some thirty feet abUve tie bed Of the
stream. It's loss is gain to she Government,
as a new one 10 already framed, and ready Tor
raising as soon IS the Watsr subsidies.
| The bridge ever Bso8d Run NJ Br5toe station
| Il but slipnily injured, and viii be easily re-
nni-sd Tbe bridrs over Kettle Ran, two miles
west of Bdssce has moved down stream about
| two feet. This structure is about eighty .teet
/ long and sky feet high, and is sn ugly custO-
msr
The Rappahaanook bridge is sac. as yet,
though large quaniitiea OF dIift wood have ac-
cumaatsd above IT, snd great fears are enter
! tsined that Il will have 10 suecumb 70 tho
pressure. The srmY will not be inconveR-
fenced by these breaks as sufficient supplies
ars 81 The front to subsist It until the reads esn
be repaired.
| Aa army carTeSpcndspt of New York paper
saws that Con. Sheridan hes assumed command
4 Of ths cavalry corps Of The army OF the P5to-
mac. Gen Kipatrick has been relieved Of ,he
command of the 3 division, aad Gen. Wilson,
recently Of the cavalry bureau, assumes eaLn-
mand Can T5lbort bss also been ordered to
reIisve Gen Merritt, Of The ist division. Gen.
| Merritt will have command et ths brigade Of
regulars Is is TumOred 1hat Gen. Fitzpatrick
viii also command a Brigade in The Isl division.
The 4 division, commanded b Gen Gregg
remains ihs 5sEle.
All eyes ia tire North arc lurned 20 Virginia.
All interest is eenisIed theTa Preparations for
sn advance arc vigorously going forward. Gen
eral Grant q reported 10 bo-in Washington, su-
! psrvisiDg and directing movements, but win
f'go TO the front As aoon a. his services are re-
quired lHo,s." The Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald wTitss;
General Grant had lengthy interview with
tho hesd Of he Wsr Department yesterday,
witA regard to the fa,ure operations OF the army.
lGsnerals Warren and Patrick auiFed il Wash
iHgson yesterday from the army lnes. General
Grant is expected to3e.urn 20 headquarters II
the lield 30 soon e. bis services zTe required
there. Stringent orders, regulating the action
Of newspaper correspondents, have b=en is
sued
The Herald has loUg editorial on The situa'
ton in Virgins. Il speaks Of "the coming ter
rible campaign and admits the great impor-
tsnce Of the issue. Upon this point It says:
Upon The csmpsign that we sTe about 80 On.
gage in theIe depends the greatest Issues upon
which men ever went into battle. With Lee
healsa sud Rchmond il our hands the rebels
viii be defnia-ely driven oat of Wkgiuis, Ten
nessee and North Carolina, and the Sauihszn
Confederscy will DO crowded into the cation
States, and REDUCED 10 such dimensions that no
One can consider is fBal destruction as any
more than question Of limo. L will also do
termino the nezs Presidency as eeFisinly az if
| the v0teg ere eoulsed. Gfznt, if his great Ia
! boTs shall Tssul5 IN iais inal hiumph for OuT
arms, will feCeiye the grss reward OF the Chief
MseistFsey beyond al psE2dveutuTe. BUs If
we fail Ia this campaign, ina. failure VIII 6a ;he
| greatest disaster 40 modern history. While it
viii rot establish the existence Of the Southern
COME eiersey, 10 ,g pTotIaei still muro this slea-
| dy desperate con ess-put She end still lurtAor
away, and thus GendtJ TuIn us financially, and
throw as into q s.sts Of political anarchy from
which ii il hardy possible 10 conjecture h0W We
may come out.