Condition of affairs in Memphis.
--The Atlanta Appeal has advices from Memphis to the 28th ult. --It gathers the following about local matters there, and the way affairs are conducted:‘ On the 27th ult. Dr. Chidsey had his left arm broken in an affray with a negro. He was struck with a piece of wood.
On the same evening, the Journal, states, eleven of the most prominent citizens were arrested and sent to the Irving Block prison for being out too late. No names are given.
During the past eighteen months there has been a discussion going on concerning the Government and city taxes. Recently Henry T. Hulbert was sent on a mission to Washington by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, regarding the collection of taxes on confiscated Government property in Memphis. He visited Secretary Stanton, who told him, after taking a hasty impression of the matter, that he peremptorily refused, for two reasons. First, that the corporation of Memphis had no power to tax the United States. Second, that the people of Memphis, a city in rebellion, were entitled to no favor. The Journal publishes the following letter from Lincoln on the subject. The reader can form his own conclusions in the premises:
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Assuming the within to be a true and full statement of facts, the claim seems to be a fair and just one. On consultation with the Secretary of War, however, he declares that to enter upon the adjustment of all claims even as meritorious as this while the war continues in its present proportions is more than his Department can bear. Knowing, as I do, how nearly overwhelmed he is, I am unwilling to force him in the matter.
The Bulletin reports the laying up of the ferryboats on the 26th, on account of the presence of guerillas on the opposite side of the river.
