Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-24

spselti Cerregpepdenee Memphis Appeal
RrcsnoED, February % 1SSA
-.s ,o.d,v hr,rav 70 8 close The bltterest
-u,,v weather Of 8 weeks coutlnHsnee that We asve
-. .I,os 1857. The effects OF the IN
- !. v;.fhle ws.his doors End Tithout-all
- 80 han ~. Tho James river Is nrozsn over
gmsto,s 40 shore, and navigation inPeded TO Drew
- pIrg Travel on sl the rsllrosdE s more or less
a-rn,.s BY The freezing OF the water tsnks At the
ss..rs In town, ali the hydrants have refused to give
.swster. and ths gas meters to give rs gsE With ths
most glowing and abundant coal fires burning, night
and day in ons'r chambers II las been impossible to
preveut tho ice from formlsg ia The buckets, pitchers
ana wash basins, and In rooms wishou; fires all water
left standing soon becsme solid. The cold was preba.
bly, Is severe for sixty hours Is the winter climate Of
st. Petersburg, and as our houses are not 5uilt after the
manner OF Russian dwellings, there was no such thing
a. keeping comfortable At all.
Among The poor there aust have been very great
suffering. And It makes ons sahSued q himself ior
murmurins ., nomsutary ~aisoomfor;s inside Of 3 eneH
tenement, with plenty Of fuel snd clothing to taihk Of
our brave troops On the frssEiRE RspidAn' sna of sAi
-, .ann.triots. IA prison, en- Che bleak shores Of Lake
Erie. and Lake Michigan One sinoEt breads to hear
rom either auarter, let painful accounts Of ts death
Of hundreds sAozld give u greater sorrow than the
losses In many s hard fought battle. There were re-
norris in town tbiE morning thai four nen had frozen TO
death. smonS The eonseriptE, at Camp Lee on the aOFih.
srn edge Of the city, but on inquiry 1 cannot learn any
GOOD authority fer the statement. 1t Il undeEiS5le,
however, chat there must have bssn much suffering
there, Is by far the greater part Of the soldiers now at
Gasp Lee, are men who have not been eHured TO hard.
ships ard exposure BY service In the Geld, but sueh as
have come from the easy life Of home. Such an militia
lion into the rough usage Of the life Of the soldier musi
hsve been peculiarly trying TO them. We can all Feloiee
At The genial change which has taken place within the
last few hours, and indulge he hope that 10 more sueh
wsSthsr viii come down on "a for ten months to come,
st least. And Il may not, psEhspA be sEtrsvRsant- or
ovsr sanguine, to entertain the further hope that before
that tins shall have passed. our soldiers may have Civ
On up the march and The bivouss, and all the pFiYatiozs
and digtrssses Of war for ths arts sud eomfOris Of
peace.
There ere many hopeful Elgns Of the breaking down
Of the war spirit al the North, and Of action on the part
Of European Governments such IS may soeB bring the
war to q close. Gold Is now within three per cent Of
reaching .he highest point 1t had attained in Kew York
before the battle Of Gettysburg. Lincoln is getting
very few soldiers for his army. T~rustwOr.hy lnfOrms-
ton from Longstreets army assures Us fast in the
West, the Yankee re-enlistmenis sTs exceedingly small
The draft Of March 10 will pretty osrtsiniyc create great
dissdscuon throughout the Northwest, possibly be re-
sisted By force in Illinois The osstinscy Of the Yam
kee Administration in siHl refusing 70 exchange prifon.
ers because we will net recognize Beast Butler, il Great
ing a very widespread ana natural dissatisfaction
among the Yankee people. They cannot zee WIZ
Judge Oulds hun1ns offer to receive q certain number
Of surgeons, with medicines and supplies, should be.
treated with silent indifference because Of q mere point
OF etiqueste. And thsn thsrs is the French trouble, and
the probabls recognition Of Tbs Confsdsfsey by Maxi
milan as soon "a he is seated on the throne Of Mexico.
I hRrs heard It stated, Ep0n what I consider good su-
thorty, that Gen. Preston was not sent 10 Mexico until
a comm Esonsr from a foreign Power had ssksd that
the Cozfsderscy sheuld have 8 diplomatic agent in
Mexico compstent to treat with the new Emperor inmS
diatsly after his coronation. Hush, Of soarse. depends
on the events OF the next three or four months. II 10
csn hold Mobile, all VIII probably go we'll viii u.
Failing in that, 4 we can drive back the forces Of the
enemy in Tennessee and Virginia, as We certainly
shalt all confidence Of Ultimate success in the task q
subjugstion on the part of The masses in the North will
be extinguiIhsd forever
TIE closing scenes of the Arst Congress Of he Con.
fedsrste States were full Of psthsslo interest. The
noble address Of Congress to the psople Of the Confsd-
sraey, written by the Zion. M Garry, Of Alabama, was
read In The House Of Representatives The DAY before
the adjournment, and excited members and spectators
Ike the blast Of = trumpet. As sentence after sentence
Il lofty sentiment uusnEwsFsbis argument, and heroic
resolve rang out upon the ear, the hearth Of al present
dlstsd In thsis bosoms In EympAihy With ths patriotic
pulsstions Of ibs noble author. Al times, when some
passage told with peculiar tenderness Of the soTows
and snduEsnceB Of our brave women. the eyes Of the
Hltsuers moistonsd unEiitinglyi then &c soma gleriOuS
deAsnes Uss uttered with e spirit worthy Of the time
and place, a burst Of spplaRss would ooms irrsprsssibly
from gallery and floor. II Alabama could have wit
messed the scene, she would have been proud Of her
son, and the district which he has 50 ably represented
would have reelected him Nth acclamEtoR- Mr.. Cur.
y leaves behind him Al the capitol the reputation Of
being the foremost man Of bis yesrs In all the South
Tbs last hours Of Congress we're spent in tributes 10
msmoFy Of ths lamsnted Garnet, and thea the valsdic
tory remarks Of Messrs. BoeOek and Hunter Ia their re-
speotivs bodies dissolved both slmost As with a bsnsdio-
zion.
streight, you will have seen, has sOt to Fortress Mon
ssI predicted. The Yankee papers tel Us that bat
for thst inevitable blundsr watch somebody is always
making Just at the most Important moment, snd bat for
tbs rovelstioRs oftheir plans by that convenient dsssrter
10 sure to come ever TO our lines for the trsssena-
be purpose in The very crisis Of the plot the advance
BY Bettom's bridge would have succeeded In taking
Richmond aad hbersllng the Yankee prisoners.
The examination OF Mrs. Patterson Allan before
Commissioner Watson, wss brought to a close yestsr-
By her being rsmsnded for trial before Judge HalY-
burton at the next tern Of his court on the serious
,harge Of treason DIXIE.
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