Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-18

II Grsrt possesses strength enough to eoatzg to a.
tack be has attacked it is clear that IN the end b
will ErTive, plight other, before the defenae,
Of Richmond and II he can sun maintain the sEns rats
OF expenditure, viii soMe day snier tho city He hITa
self writes Secretary Stanton Il propoIe hght out
this line, If It takes all summer" and Re has shown
By his conduct that We may take him ss bis word IT.
however, bis cool resOlutu sndKkiu adversary should
be srsng enough to continue up to the walls OF the
capital the tactics which he hAs hitherto employed aud
II be make Grant psy the current ras Tor every
mile OF ground, it may be question whether the rs
sources or endurance VI the federals themselves will
prove as insxhAustibe The obsnacy Of their esnsr-
al. At present emily thai this dreadful game
has been played by both parties through twelve DAYS Of
battle and carnage, without surrender on e her sids
We have heard What Graut has been doing and he him.
self does full justice, In his cart but truthful dispatch
to the uneOnqusrAbe hsroism of his adversary I,
is the radest and most Savage iHsus Of War-who eEn
stand The most killisgi l. than ever feut to
predict the result OF centest OF endurance bat the
advantages Of ground, position and InteIsenee A.,
with the Confsdsrats AID Washington as more than
bssn in greater danger Of capture than we bssys
Richmond to be now.
Hhat The Whigs AID the GsperHmsnt Mes Think
Of the YGEkss TYiWmpks.
From ihf London Post, Cabinet orgsn) Nav asl
II the North really considers the battles in Vrgnia
EicOiy IL can only be because they have been 90 se.
cuEtomsd TO be dsgraeefalY beaten In that iIuarfe Nv
General Lee, that they look upon anything thor Of Ut
ter and disastrous defeats q triumph Ison ths
principle 10 be presumed teal should rsat
be ultimately drives back and routed thev viii no.
take 1t ueh a. heart having become SO hasi,uAted 10
1
order OF things Anything shsrt OF repuss aud the
nATrOwest sable escape from complete esl-ueloD foy
the grand army OF the Potomac, in its "on to Rich.
mond" exploits, VIII Indeed BE- agreeable tarpriss for
the FedeFsls-slmost great surpFise ss me unax
peeted csptnre Of Richmond would Be for the south
Il Heuld De noyslsY IN its way perfectly original and
unique. Ihe latest kilograms from the North which
we print to-day tend 70 show that if The FsdeFss su
coed In fighting dIsw battle, which, for them a viz
selves fortunate. Both the Rank and TIE dirsct At
temps 10 reach Richmond have thus tar enaliY fsilsd
Tbs Pretended retreat Of General Lee and his Hpur.
suit by GrAn previously asserted by the Fsderus and
now expressly oontFsdieted BY ihsm.
Its great mistoke to estimate the merits offs e.1
by The ability and perseverance, with which it il con
dueted. The Thug will track bis unconscisus victIfn
for days and weeks or even months through cold and
hunger, and thousand difficulties 70 strnngIe him ~
last not for gain not fos the smallest fraction of any
tangible good to be got for hinsef byt but slmnI u
fulfill what ne considers bis duty to the ssnsunary d.
Vtnity he WoTshtps. 50 IN the Northern nrmes thara
Is Doubt besides msreenaries many irrtm f.nstIc
lsbcrng undsr the deuson that he is ghtug .ha That
Ties OF the Lord In crusade sgEins: slavery many
political eni hnsiast who ready with the best and
most dislnt nterestsd Intentions offer up sl, mil ons N
southernefs on the bloody shrine OF ths Union "a n
we'll Is The SOush.
From the London Herald DERBY orssn) Nav o, 1874
me Ame1esn quarrel Is to be decided by the ordeal
OF eattie Il can hardly bs said to be in fair Tav of re-
eeiVins say distinct solution at present Though some
ntty thousand men at least have been killed ana v,ovnd
ed IN week mail sfsermsl which brings us ne ~ from
ns ossnelds IN Virginia repre- sens the resat Of ihis
AsuuoS As sun lndectsve The circumstances are such
as 70 suggest 20 Us very precise balance OF
oh elmer Sde-enough, indeed make ln doub fu AZ
TO the iasue Of On tbs one aida The ro-.r -
Ancst overwhelming numbers. with fsrocious energy
Ehleh has not been pa Rsled in the former hsorv 81
the Wsr-Oa ths other side the perfection Of scientific
suAssy Win an equsi determination ocnauer or Iie
AS 10 The battle between Greeks and ,Fresna -hera
the Father OF the gods considered It inch nsrfact
msieo that ne urged upen his fellow bauqustsrs the
propey or not Interfering either side 80 ~ 10 Hpo
ths game this great mach between ne FsdaraI and
the Confsderse seems that the very expresio
OF symPathy for either, from the fsrO 6psetaoTs of
the combat hss come hDg Of uufsirness In h We vii
do Gen Grant the iuses say that he has made lie
most direct and perhaps the most skfuf attack that
has yet eeea ievsed At the Southern espaI n must
Be confessed however that all previous attacks have
bsen miserable failures and Il is not nproh. hls tht
this VIII turn ont to be the eomplstest failure of all for
the very reason that Il has approaches nearest 10 q
success
On the morning Of Nay l3 the Fsderais found tn.
The enemy had disappeared from their font and the
latest accounts leave them following slov-iv sn5 r1
fully, through thick mud that offers Very ssrfous i'm
psdimsnt 10 The transport Of artillery Zine win show
the object OF the Southern general In Sinz this m ve
ment He may wish 20 prevent his right 4 4 * from b
railroad He nay Ind las P5is P52Rs tbs BE ErsisIessburg
favorable 20 the Federal artillery and too far from bis
supplies. The advance Of Butler along James river
may have msds him anxious about the safety of Rich
mond. he may wish 70 draw the Federal army fetO
the heart Of difficult country s7nae bsa miles further
south Of ifs bsse Of operations that he may be the bet
Ter enabled TO surround IL and complete s destruction.
The position Of Grant Is periIous in an extreme
degree He has gone so far thai he hs opportunity
for escape in Of danger Th-re L. to all appear
Ance, bat alternative left 10 him--hs must either
drive Lee from his front or De himself snnihilated
Great Mast Go Fsrrard.
From tie London Telegrsph, Nay a.
As long indeed Grant moves onward so long will
suppose shat his crippled forces held for more
than few days in check before other rife pits
and brsasworks stronger than those Of SpottsyVanA
To neaSHre the probable reseti5n, must remember
that sost bo0dess victory hoped for and that
the journal which records these Banguinary strug
gieI very recently expressed lis opinion that the
pagn would result 'n the rebel VscuSon Of the city,
and Lee retreat into North Carolina without battle,
In order 10 his army" That dream, st any rate
has been dispeled; and the first Indication Of evil
fortune. Ne" York, suddenly recovering from ex-
element that Is almost Madness has confess that
twenty miles OF Virginia soil may have been dearly
Uoa at the price OF one thousand men for every ms
TAs FssIisg ~ Manchester.
From the Manchester Examiner, May 2s.
survey of these dlfacultiss will enable
TO understand the considerations which General Lee
take into account in determining the tactics Of The
situation, and seem TO afford him many sdyaniagss
If thst Is the word to where everything disad
vHntsssous-thst shall not be surprised hear Of
his marching thithsr at once He is nensced with an
avalanche Of disaster and he should avert Il from
crushing him Is will be next TO miracle OF energy and
skill In eoolneSs In fertility Of resources. in prompt
ton, Grant has mmessuraby disiIneed bis predees3
The Federal soldiers have fought ss they never
WA4SAp
haps tribute 10 their prowsss CO I'D be higher II u
nimpe truth 70 say thst the Oonfeerstes have sEoa
ished the world by their heroEm- Il has been rsvea-
tion Of Southern character which eT antecedens led
but few anticipate, snd which even trem those who
most severely condemn the for which they have
taken up arms must command all the respect which
the highest military qualities can inspire.
Opinion IN LiVeTPoet.
Prom the Liverpool Mercury, May 25.l
Gen. Grant will have TO follow Them, drag
ging ell hit supplies broken roads and through
swollen streams All the circumstances OF these des
perAe battles gives huge respect FOR the bravery
both OF the FEEDER al and Confederate srmies bat AL
the generslship appears be the side Of the Con
fsdsrHtes Gen. Lee seems have the power Of ceu-
psing Gen. Grant TO hght him in the positions most
favorable for defensive and most onfavorahls for an
invading army. 1t is doubtful wether the FEDERAL.
have been abls to their splendid artsry in any OF
the recent battles while the Oons derates have been
| able to make e-much use Of theif.
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