Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-21


rms BRsrrInA COrTON TaADz- n
cOmnodors n F. Mazry, C s. Navy
DE7R SIR. Ths enclosed tables eonpilsd ehlsAf !
from tho board q trade rstu snow The course Of the
Bi,,sb .sor rade for the last tx years The period
bse Al tbs cessation Of the eommercia psno Of ls51
vrhan over production commenced, and ends With the
close Of last year Thus Furnishing sIanes, the
hstosy Of he cotton ImPors experts. marssufss'
.na sses for home consumption for ~ ihree seascns
erjor aud the hese subssquent to the seees
n a. t5e sorsaern States from the Federal Union;
spa exhibiting the Increase IN ths stocks Of
co,sD saa eoston goods during The Grst digson and
s decrease during the second division Of the Tine
The largest lnportsonE Of raw cotton took place IN
1860 when 92s 752 pounds were Imported = eos'
Of sac aud the smallest reoslRs were In ls6s
WHEN 53 s73 2e6 pounds csnsaO hand, va'ued a. 3Sl
ieaaoas TAs qusniliy in 1858 669 5s3 2s4 pounds
worth $50 277 95s The expectations Of raw cotton IN
1860 were $50 4ss go pounds for ISL 2ss s7 ~
,oupds for ls62 PA TIA 525 pounds sand for 1893,
e4i $40 se2 pounds-ths rate of In sorpaaOn
with importasions being very great Tbs yarn PFodse-
ing properties or weight Of he cotton after spin
ming thst remaned Ia the United Kiagdom for mann
fscaring purposes ws in 1860 9s 43s 5s5 pounds ana
IN 1853 oniy s al SIS pounds, proving the fset q the
extra loss in working tie fsror and sesoansns
for me additional amount Of cotton required TO make
ward Of goods In 1863 over what needed Ia 1860
Though the cest Of the imports Of cotton was 50
n, ss greater in 1853 In 1850 the value II the ex
s Was ssyyl.e suznsnsad-making che net cost for
s, material in ls6o $50 SeS 699 aud IN 1853 1861 49,
o97 Il has been sstimatsd th,. 'hs sn 'hsod
stocks Of cotton goods oyes As he WAS Sla. ss
d longing to Eogiish ~ The batte Yves plAunesf -
= amounted tsthrop, IS is proved by private uasRl-
,, to about+m Of the latter and lest chiefly through
s As The 81 fall and the bluaders of certain colo
/ Rat hfaI,v WI Rufl
& raonsy % assume the responsibility of it, and his
= .s lsec service Afterwards was mainly confined
a \, h administrative duties until his present expe-
:. -53 to the south Of Richmond, the specisl de-
= - 9g Of which were to destroy the Petersburg
: - Foad connection, to prevent Beauregsrd from
I, = nforcing Lee, and to threaten Petersburg
and Richmond. The movement took the enemy
IA somewhat by surprise, and in its early stage was
be quite succsssful-so much so that Gen Batter
.le EslegrsPhed to the War DspaTtmsst thss sGen,
n Grant viii not be tToehled with any further re-
Us inioFcement to Lee from Bssuregsrd's foreas /"
= Bot the prsdictiOn TeS not verified. Bsaure-
9 gard, with bis army, passed Butler, and is now
4 IN Richmond.
. Butler advanced his army to the fertifcstions
81 Richmond on the south. Gen. Gilmore, with
the 10Th army corps, by great skill and yslor,
carried the western psrt Of the works for the az
3 tent OF three miles, and secured very sdvsn-
lGs tsgeous position. Gen. Gillmore, who is known
CT army, pressed upon bis superior, Gen. Busler
,rs the necessity of iRtrenching Gen. Butler
D. thought 1t unnecessary. The consequence was
its thst on the fssgy morning of the second day
X after, the rebels sweoped down upon the is b
corps at the right, and took cur troops at such
disadvantage IS to- gain great success can
all turing tWo-guns and nearly three thousand pfi
rs soners, among'whom was Gen. Hickman, one
I'll or the most splendid fighters in the army. AT
ay ter three hours fighting, fetrekt was ordered
ed by Gen. Butler to Bermuda Hundreds. seven
lt- miles in the rear, where he now is, behind his
it i1trenchments, closely besisgsd by the enc nv.
1s- The PPst-a Psper which has always shown
sr- great Partially for Gen. Butlsr-p1blishss an
to account which, it says, came fram an authentic
Ct. SOURCE" whereby it is shown that it Was Cen.
I'LL Buiers noncompliance with the request of Gen
nd Gilmore TO intrench which made the attack of
Id. the enemy SO formidable and that Il was Gen
ny Buffers repeated and peTsmptOry order which
DR. caused Gilmore 10 take up the line Of retreat,
after the latter had satisfied himself that be
!, could successfully maintain his position, and
~ had expressed "a earnest wish to Do allowed to
ies do So Accounts from other sources, public and
"a private, corroborste this. There can bs no
ne doubt that Gen. Butler FIRST displayed undue
uA copfdeDOs, and SfterWard undue discourage
.e ment-the faults Of ell others most natural to
~ civilian commanders. The consequence is that
~ ground has been lost which cannot be recovered
~ thousand men have bssn put AOrs du combat,
ot the enemy are again in full possession of the
~ - Richmond and Petersburg railroad, and two
~ corps OF our army, as brave men as ever trod
u ara coopsd up on the banks of the Jamss river,
TO all appearances, almost helpless and useless
~ "a other words the movement from the Psnin-
- sula, which obtained such an suspicious start,
- has not bean fEly sustained by Gen. Butler, and
10 has turned out YeTitsble miscarriage
- ~ This failure completes the record. Not ene
!, solitary civilian; from the beginning of the war
- until now, has shown himself cOmpstent for
"a high command. The folly of trusting military
ca empirieisn has been written cut in letters Of
blood, with Illustration after illustration during
~ this war, SO that now no observing man in the
os country can possibly gsinsay it. The truth
"a ougal te have been plain enough at the outset,
- that military science demands As systematic and
- protrEcted study that Of law or incidents and
that It lE just as absurd 10 impToYiss q general
!. tfon lawyer or = meTchsnt IS to impTOVise g
a lacga rom sehoolma5tsr or 8 physician from
Ls 3 uochzpie. The want Of professional training
~ Is Jzs - sure 10 make military cbATlstsns as to
2 make legal or medical ChsriAtanss Il l. sel-,-
~ ishing how SLOW our Government and people
y hsve been 10 rscegniEs so siDplsa truth.
Probably the Government has not felt ct hb-
eTty TO govern itself by purely military eansid-
~ ersions-has felt that 70 svoid Ill feeling and
:, discord, some heed must be paid 10 political fs-
"A vorites, and TO the favcriies Of our adopted cii
~ ~ asns This, perhaps, was needful in the early
a. part OF the war. Bat the time for il has long
i' since passed. The great body of the loyal peo-
-. pie, taught by experience, nov care for nothing
oe bat military success, and are convinced thai
"a this success is atsansble only through pro- w.
IN sensl science. They viii, at all times hersaf.
- ter, accept without s murmur, sny military
u changes that the good of the cause may de-
,s msnd, as they have jast accepted the sugeTse-
,iv dure OF Gen. Banks By Gsn Canby, and Of Gen
~, Sigel by Gen. Hunter All personal or party
~ predictions are swallowed up in the desire thai
~ tho war should be conducted with the utmost
'P' efficiency. Tbs Government carnot better
h, commend itself thsn by changing unfit for ii
81 commanders, without exception and without
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