Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-05

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81 ths Draft-CEaHgs II Position By Forrest
Correspondence of II e New York Tribune
MLMPHIs, December 20 &Tt is net to bo ex
pected that IN a city, situated ike Memphis, On
The edge Of debstable ground we should not
be pffl eied with frequent but irregular attsoks
of exciting auticips.ions irTitsted 10 lever heat
by authentic but Improbable rumoIs, with once
in a while a real tangible epis0Se 20 keep Us
from de- pairing Of tho citys future history
amounting to anything more than that of a
Q9aker village Such an episode occurred the
other nights
Il was neai The hour when honest men quit
the reefs and Iogues commences heir prowl-
| iDg, thst the city was startled from its piOpn.
/ ETY. By he jaTriHe beam of 3 eaunon. followed
/ by the gradually diminishing seIasm Of a de-
| parting shell, Scarcely had the explosion Of
/ the fleeing missile schped back iha thunder of
tho gum before another anu another followed.
Quicker than it can be wIiiton, the streets were
6lled With wendersirnek citizens. each in.
! curing of the other what was coming TO pass.
The male contents Of residences rushed out
upon the Sidewalks to pTopsHnd impossible in9
| qniTies 10 every one TO be seen, while disrobed
leminniiy listened snxiously st halfopened
doors OF betrayed their snowy D;gh,.garments
besveon cautiously parted wiBdow-eurtAins.
/ q sWell, there eould be 40 doubt about It this
crates Lad been msee, and as people listened to
each others con lsetures their thoughts flashed
hnxiously u search OF deep cellars and dry els
terms, and o.her places CT refuge freIn the anti
cipated messengers of death that were soen to
mako tie streets uninhsbitsble for all but those
who seek glory eve at the cGunon's month
A crowd Of excited individuals had congrsga;ed
st tia foot OF Jefferson street, listening for the
next gun, when they were approached by 4 sol
rs H.
walking leisurely aud with provoking nonchsl.
ance up Front row. Soldier, do you know
what this means T. inquired several voices
What what m-ansl" sEid he. looking around
him to find the SUBJECT OF theii isqui y "Who
is 1t that's iring those euus - asked wiTy little
man, edgitg through the crowd, and volunteer
ing to becoEle spoke man Tor the party
WELL replied the soldier, speaking very slow
", and ntveT smiling" it was man OF boy,
one Of the TWO; know from ,he way the gun
won't eff " The little man began TO lock AK
| ionsiy for some person, and the colder came 10
/ g right shoulJpr shift, aad walked on. :
The guard undoubtedly told us al he knew
and IS far ss he was concerned we had 10 be sat
isfied. The result Of our further inquiries was
the deyelepmeT of tba faet that party Of guer-
/ riilas bad been discovered making saspcious
movements in the vicinity of camp cf tegross
inst outside the lines, who were eh0pping wood
I Tor ihs Government, and " the man OF boy, -
whichever il was, was shelling them from the
gunboats.
Basiness begins to look up agsiu. The ex-
eiiemeDt csusod by the drafting order has Gbout
subsided. All those who did not comply with
its equisiiionB hsVe been or are being arrested
Most Of these bsvs paid the fine assessed upon
them, aud then joined companies, Some few,
bHt very few Indeed, have accepted the alteTns-
tive of Tosidenea outside Of our lines. man
SO invsteTaloly ft,e ed with the seeessi on me-
MIA that no would reliEquish all the protection
and benefits guaranteed by the Government for
= ilein the rebel States, would hardly know the
/ dfsren If bis malAdy should change to by.
/ d1ophobia
Forrest, tits reported, got scared day before
] yesterday, aud changed has position from J ack
son TO some point noTthts sst OF that place
What fr'ghtenedhim is not known. If the re
port is true 1t would seem thA5 be has adopted
the tscte of former Senator from Mississippi
and is advancing backward" What may HAYS
been the cause of this movement, which is By
no means unimporiant, does not seem 70 be TN
deEstOod. Whesher il was for the purpose 0
meeting eertsin contingencies that may srist
from tue disposition of our forces, or whethe
il was an aggressive demonstration upon SOM
point in Kentucky, Tes aims TO be seen
he, with FanikueT, Lee ard Chalmers, hA
n Arly tHei ty thousand men Which eni
Of the Tsbsl generals named is ia commsnt
/ is not known. They seem, however, to scr to
gether or separate as occasions demands. Tn
result If their. last movements is looked 10
with much intsrfsi but IN sll probability il wi
amount 10 nothing more thar big hunt allie
something r. cat. NIX.