Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-12

benefits il will confer dsmAnd Il, the people al.
most dinhsartsned, demand Il, and sur glarioHs
cause, cur s0untry's hoasE, and . nations
Freedom demand IT. L will take xIme, hut the
soensr begun, the sooner rsmsdisd-
GALE&
LATEST From UHETED STATES.
We are Indebted to the kindness Of Q friend
for New York papers Of the 9tEt alt, and the
LIST inst, from which We make the following ex.
tracts;
The situation artiels In the EsrsEd Of the 3lsl
ali, says;
There is no news frsm the army Of the Foto-
mae, or from cur fsrces before Charleston.
The latest news from Western Virginia Is dA-
ted yesterday. Gen. Kelly bad received infor-
nation that Gen. Early, with 5000 rebels is be.
tween New Market and Mount Jackson. Gen.
R0sser has also seven hundred troops, and Gen.
Imhoden I,6s0 men Great dissatisfaction is
said 10 exist among the Febels. DssortsTs de-
clare that II tbs Presidents Oincen'El message
could DO distributed freely among tho rebel
troops, thousands would at once eut0E our linss.
They say the proclamation Is kept from the
men, although the 0facart have received t.
Gsz. BalliYAn's column has returned 70 HaI-
per'a ferry, with ane hundred prisoners and as
many horses. Gen. Kelley states that, In ali, he
has captured four hundred prisoners and 3 Iargs
amount Of property.
Gen. ThomAs despatched, from Chattanooga,
on Wednesday, that . rsbsl forea andsr Gsz.
Wheeler, had captured one Of eur trains, en- The
26th, (bound fer KnoxvilIe, as Charleston, On
the south bank Of the Hiwassee bat Col Long
pursued the enemy and defeated him, capturing
one hundred and twenty prisoners, but act re-
covering the train.
y ..I.ksau - al. .z.haw-a aF r-l.c-.~a A..
Hsrsld's FsrtTsss Monroe correspondent gives
the following Is the sentiments OF Beast BatleF
on the new state Of EhAirs y
"Ths General thinks there 10 bat one way 10
meet Ibis new state Of things, ard that is By tbs
sssrnst retaliation. Ne snsersd at the threat
held out in JET Dawn against himself Czd ha
oRcara, and declared thai If the hair on the
head Of one Of his officers or soldiers should be
injzred, except in Just warfare, shs day that tina,
Is done shall be 4 day of screw and mourning
for al men included In the ao-eallsd "gonfed-
crate States Of America" Hs pronounced shs
interruption sf the exchange on Sunday By she
Richmond Cabinst q fetch. he new thinks
that our G~ovsrnzeat, having exhausted every
force of appeal 10 the rebel GoVornmsnt for the
exchange of prisoners thsy cannot rave from
starvation, there is nothing lsfs to the Uzite6
States bat to authorizs that q sufaeiank aumheT
Of rebel officers be placed under such keeping,
and be put upon such diet Is shall, in all
speets, correspond TO ne treatment, as 70 foed
sud clothing, that our Wrstched men receivs in
the stench-hoasss of the rsbsl capital" .
The truth is, the rebels now see clearly that
should the exchange be carried out, as verbally
agreed upon by Mr.. Ould and Cen. Butler, w
woald in less than two weeks hsve all eur men
cut Of rebel hands, and still hold = surplus Of
about % 600 rsbsl soldiers, snd 1890 rebel ohi-
GERS. That Is Tho hitch and tks rub.
THE TINES Oh SENATOR BROWN, OF MIS-
BssIPPI.
The Times Of the LIST instant contains q long
editorial on the recent speech Of Senator Brown
Of Mississippi, in the Confederate States ssa-
ate. Il also publishes his rsmarkE. In lis sdi
tsrial, il says, ia speaking Of the speech, II is
enc Of the NEST remarkable attempts on record
ts smbody despair in legislation" OF the prop
ssitiOn to convert the Confectionery into one
grand military camp, Il remarks eff shia be
lac emily way in which the COnfsderaey can be
saved, then khsrs is nsthing more certain than
that lis doom Il sealed and its destruction esF-
tain. ThsTs il ne nsxiR Of GoyeInnsai better
settled than that the fsFco and capacity fer en-
daraaes Of = osansry il Hsr depends not 80
mach on the 12mbeT Of men it can put into the
army, IS on ths extent to which Is can loaVo
civilians freq and Rndisturbsa IA the pursuit Of
sheir ordinary avoestionE."
LEECoLE's AMNESTY RECLAMATION.
The Tissss Of the LIST inst, in speaking Of this
proclamation, says:
The amnesty proclamation will soon be pre-.
sented 70 the rebel prisoners now In our posses-
sion. We now hold over forty thousand of all
grades. OF this number. thirty par cent, Il IL
estimated, will sVRil themselves of this oppoE-
tunily 70 escape from eoninsmsnt and the shral.
dom of Jea Davis.
REMOVAL or NEW YORK POLICE COMMISSION
u.
Governor Seymour, of New York, has re.
moved the Metropolitan police eOmnissioaors,on
the ground that the report lately made to him
by the commissioner about the July riots is
~ssseetsnGn and partisan, and shows that the
commissioners have departed from tho impartial
and dispassiORste position Of public officers,
and lost their usefulness"
DRAFT POSTPONED.
A dispatch from Washington announces that
the draft has bssa postponed until the 18th Of
January.
Gold was held on the LIST, At I5lFai5a.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The number Of smigrsnts whe arrived in Nsw
York during the last week was $500, swelling
the nunbsT for the year Of 1868 to I55. 623,
against 76, 3e3 for 1864.
The Herald advocates The election Of Grant
10 the next presidency Of tbs Uaitsd states,
On the morning Of tho Both ef December. E
q. ClAybr9ok, Of the Och Virginia cavalry, was
granted sn audience with Lincoln, fsr The pur-
pose OF making AZ imPortsat secret communal
Cation.
EUROFEAE NEWs.
The steamship Persia brings European datsa
Of the Iltb nj DauaahWE knR - g. = a.