Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-30
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BewNsYILLE, Miss, JsuGaTy p, 1854


J Correspondence q ths MississipFian-l
TOWNSVILLE, Miss JsUGaTy p, 1864.
MR. EDITOR again fsl.o time 70 write
you how affsirs arc progressing on Big Black
snd IN our exireas frcut. To al ezceDi 2
close observer, 8vsrgshiHl, is uuehsuged WTsst OF
-ths New Orleans. Jackson and Great HoIfhera
rsiiTosd; but shonld ssEicl igqnirY be n1ad0,
and the condition Of The country closely seru-
/ liu.zed, e mzrksd differences would be diseog-
ered-gnd that difference is fsr the better Tbs
sfiFIghisd p0Puiati0E, who 60 hastily dssezied
I thsiT h0uaes upon tho advance Of The euenly ~
Jnly, have, for sonls line past. been slowly r.
tnrniHg, unsil TIE country which, shoz. tine
sinco, appegrsd 50 des0late and ruined, ssEan
aHli7eusd, and shows Sans signs Of prosperity.
Mszy persons returned sud f0aned uauRhE bHs
the eharred remEirs Of ihefr dwellings and
fences; bah We aotics fhair fences kAFe been
repaired. and enough attention gwen % plzI-
tasions, to show there's iio 10 ne Old lanc
yet
Il is particularly gratifying @ know tnas'
smid 90 much gloomy gealaes, !nsIs y muei'
good fortune anticipated loE snd BY the people
10 front, where The ravEgss Of var have 90 in
delibly marked its unrelsniinl coarse, aHa 80
delkiY stained the pages oi Federal nstoIy
with dsmniug deeds d uuheard-9i tyranny.
When the passions Of The hmas have sub
sided, and tie uHpI5 iadieed historian prepares
to record the advance cf the FEDERAL army lnlo
the State Of Mississippi. msihiHlzs be vii psug7
before he sells the ilnuaeu.Gis page up9r NnicH
ne is writing With 3 recilsl Of sueh crimes, cIs.
rather. .hcsiiaie 10 know whether bis pen laq
bsitsr Sc dipped IN blood, or await th5 lAFali-
tisn OF darker 8uid than il known, 30 Sc 70
more surely inpEesSupon his resdaEs the deep
meaning which be feels ard kEoWs he shouias
O. an impsrtisl writer, pass down % posioIliy
Many planters hefs propose 70 bring halt
thair hands 30 the irolt a1d leave hall ~ Ala-
bama. snd attempt T. make a crop st both
places This sprears 20 be good plan, and
eeTisiniy iusures . crop a. ono piGcs q Ias
I ether, and perhaps a. bota.
A more sangUins and permanent feehng per
vades ths whole country. The deep gloom,
which fell Ike psi over this psrt o. he iaEil-
at tbs close Of the last year, hzs slowly changed
It's s6mbre east foI = Islore CHEERING coler anii
! the beams OF k0pe aT0 spreading Wli1 glorious
eadisnce, around the bsarts and hsarthsionss
I Of or oppressed people. Bat let lie shous q.
victory arise fron any quarter Of ths lane, ara
Il viii be hsilsd Gs the day stsr o. our redelnp-
sion, the tsTnTg poin! u cur ssrugglei ana 'slii
sinte many who are uOW depressed.
Some changes have been made Ia military
aHsifs in Mississippi, which viii, perhaps b
/ interesting. Ths cavalry in Mississippi hsa
I been divided into two PARIS 81 north q Gre
I nsds and in Weet Tsnnesseeis Is under eonmHna
I Of Msi1r-Gen Forrest; 81 south of an imagi-
nary dne Euuniag though Grenada, east and
west, sud in Louisiana, is uudey c5IumEnd o.
/ MsioF-Gau S. ID Lee. GsHsrAl FORESTS head
I quarters will be as Como, Pamela county, sad
Gen. Les5 81 Jackson
! Gen Jsckscn's division is sdn in the front.
ssaselY guarding Eil The EppToaehegi and be
I Distinguished young general WHO commands IS
! viii elVo a stubborn Tesstsucs % tie eaemy,
+ Iag kim asrne from any direction hs may
{ TIE f0Ics n and around Ficksbu7g hes hseu
( increased lhTss thousand in ihs last week. a1d
/ & raid bstWson the Big Black and Hazoo is an
tisipatsd tbs Esz55 ia very high, md great
assistance could be TeHdsIed and force wish
ahsir guliboats, which can a81s1i ths riTez neV
50 any usvigable point
Col. Siarke, commanding Mississippi h4i-
gsLo. his been diminishing with the enemy g
Big B.sclf bridge al day. Ne serious lsss on
orr side.
The Mississippi nvsT IS now full Of asetine
fee, rendBring The ulVigasien Of i sboVe Mem
uhis sxssmsly dIficgl,.
II anything startling takes place you shail
know il a. once. WALTON