Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-09

"A. race has, as is but too apt to haDper
~ utterly lost sense, and courage, an
Il seif-cOBRtGnd "a tie frenzy Of Je0
q lUisich has fallen upon them. They prov
Ie that in this agony Of apprehension OIL
10 GERS and civilians are vying with eae
other in cruelty. They prove that tn
ferocity, the thirst Of blood, whleh W
n denOunce in savages can take possession
m too, OF English hearts, and that mere
n and justice can be- forgotten by Engllsl
- officers As thoroughly as by the Indian o
: tha C0ssaek. We implore our Govern
$ ment % send out at once some one VIII
can stop this horrible outbreak Of insan
passion. We demand, in the nam
oC all that we pride ourselves Ol
81. in our national character, tina
y these deeds Of blood should be dis
!, claimed, and an unfiinching Investigation
/. made 10 remove from the national ser
y vice, even If we cannot otherwise punish
r. men who are drawing on Us the eXecra
ton Of the civilized world. Our army
! piques itself ON being under the immedi
\, ate command Of the Sovereign but even
: / in her retirement the Queen herself must
tremhle with indignation to see how
those who bear her commission deem il
fitting in her name to wreak their mad
z vengeance on the miserable and unresist-
ing captives that fall into their hands,
p and connect her revered and beloved
b. name with atrocities from which Alou-
ravieff or a Berg would shrink with
horror.
From the London Times Nov. IS
THE ATROCITIES DEFENDED.
: or course we shall hear great deal
about the strong measures taken to
stamp ont the flame. There will be
plenty of critics, both abroad and at
home, 10 review at their leisure the pro-
{ eeedings Of the courts martial, the sum
} mary sentences and rapid executions,
the reprisals upon chapels and cottages
found 10 contain spoil. We may our
selves wish that the tone of the dis
patches had been more guarded, but we
know that the wish is utterly idle. A
man pursuing a gang of treacherous
murderers for several days, through
Z rivers, mountains and morasses,
under burning sun by day,
and in pitchy darkness at night
without more than few min
utes' sleep now and then, and with
! horrid spectacles in his eye, can only
write as i'm a frenzy. Body and mind'
and every part Of the frame, will be af-
/ fected by any evident energy of action.
/ Nay, they will share any strong conta-
Cion. Soldering Is always a rough busi-
ness, but never so rough rs when savages
are TO be dealt with. Martial law is, in
I fact, the law Of necessity, for there IS
small choice under such circumstances.
/ A few men following the scent OF treason
or blood, through a difficult country, in
| the hands Of the foe, cannot cucumber
I themselves with prisoners. The truth Is,
a rising of this sort must be crushed at
once, and if a few hundred soldiers
and volunteers are to d. the work
Of large army they must make them
selves ubiquitous, and they must every
where finish their work thoroughly,
leaving nothing 10 the morrow, which
they may never see, immediate justice is
the best mercy in the long run, for to the
lower class Of minds, death loses nearly all
it's terrors if it is seen at a considerable in
terval The acts Of justice done, We see
no reason TO impugn. The tone IN which
they are described we can only regard as
the inevitable result OF such 4 strain on
the muscles, nerves, and senses as We hope
TO be spared ourselves. If any are dis
posed to he hypOcritical, we beg Of
Them to consider at least the possibility Of
kindling fresh flame by apparent SYM
pathy with the rebellion.
THE FENIANs.
The investigation into the charge of
treason against James Stephens and the
three other prisoners arrested with him,
was cOnclnded on the fifteenth by the .
committal of the prisoners for trial. On
the magistrate giving the usual caution,
and asking Stephens whether he had I.
anything to say TO the charge, Stephens 1
said:
"I feel bound to say, with a view TO .
my own reputation, that l have em- |
ployed no attorney or lawyer in this case, /
and that I intend TO employ none, be- /
cause in making a plea or defence Of [
any kind / should be recognizing
British law in Ireland Now, | delibe-
ratelv deny the existence of that law in .
Ireland, its right or even its existence. / I
repudiate the rightof its existence in Ire /
land, and defy any punishment that can .
be inflicted on me. | have spoken"
II was stated that piles of documents, .
revealing all the secrets Of the OrganiZa-
ton. were found i'm Stephens residence,
and that Fenianism was an open book, at
least to the administrators Of the law.
THE SHENANDOAH.
A dispatch from London, dated the
eighteenth, says:
We have heauthority of Consul Dudley
for stating that the Shenandoah will sal
FOR New York On the twenty first, under
the command Of Capt Freeman.
THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND.
The American correspondent OF the
Times represents the steady decrease OF
the Federal army and navy as evidence
that war Is not contemplated If she re-
fuses 70 pay for the Alabama claims.
THE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE.
A dispatch from Copenhagen, Novem
her seventeenth, saws the King Of Dem
mark has granted to Messrs. James
Vivid. Capmann d Co. a concession for
LAYING a telegraph cable between Eng
land, Norway and North America, by
way Of Greenland.
GREAT RISE N COPPER.
The confirmation of the blockade OF the /
Cbilian ports caused copper TO advance /
another ten pounds per ton, making a
total rise of twenty pounds in two days I
BLOCKADE RUNNERS,
It is stated in Liverpool that blockade .
runners had been fitted out, and that Il .
was quite probable some would sail on .
the day the Scotia left Liverpool.
SPAIN AND GINA.
The British Government detained the /
West India mail from the seventeenth 10 I
the eighteenth inst, in order that the
commercial body might consider the ma.
ture of their advices by the nail thai had
Just arrived, and to confer as To the steps
terests in Chill.
MEETING OF LIVERPOOL MERCHANTS.
An influential meeting Of merchants
and ship owners, interested in the trade
OF the west coast of America, was held IN
Liverpool on the seventeenth INST The
conduct Of Spain was strongly denounced
for It's Guacanearing acts and general
want Of political morality. a resolution
was passed to the effect that the meeting
viewed with surprise and indignation the
/ course pursued by the Spanish admiral,
and that a memQrial should bedispatched
I 10 Lord Clarendon, requesting that the
| Government should take prompt action
I for the protection Of British interests.
| This resolution having b6eA unanimously
adopted, Aiessrs. HOrsfall and Graves, and
the Chairman, +. Turner, Esq, members
Of Parliament for the LaDcashire dis
T tricts, were appcigte,i a delegation to pre-
: sent a memorial TO Lord Clarendon on
! the mOrniug the steamer sailed,
/ From the London Morning post, Nov Is.
/ THE BIQCKADE Sor CONSIDERED Ef-.
FECFIvE.
! The action Ofthe Ppanish Government
! having been anticipated IN liverpool, the
merchanta connected with the West
/ Coast trade do not consider the blockade
/ important They believe that They can
carry out copper ore from the blOckaded
ports as geif as cotton was carried from
/ the Southern ports during the late war,
1t is, therefore, not at all impossi6ie that
from Livernocl there may issue as COM
plste a tieet 10 ran the Spanish blockade
A. there was 10 run that Of the United
States
From the London Times, Nov. Is.
| It has been said that the NATIONS ol
/ Europe, in their intercourse win tle
Fast. forgot the code Of laws which they
have established among themselves IL
would seem that Spain is determined 10
deal with the republics which were once
her colonies as II they, too, were outsiue
the family Of civilized nations. Inc m
terest of every kingdom in Europe, as
well as of every republic in America
demands that the complaints when
Spain has made against Chill should De
repudiated, and that her action toward IL
should be authoritatively rebuked. we
have. indeed, some material interests
iu the prosperity Of Chill, for we
have ever been on terms Of amlty
and mutual intercourse, to the ad-
vantage OF both but these interests
are as nothing compared with the
principles Of law and justice involved lIi
The contest, France and ourselves VINO VINO