Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-23
a CONTRAST.

From The New York Daily Nsws.l
The war organs claim that the question Of
| "reiatiya mauboodD has been Sc tied to their
( satisfaction that Of relative humanity, unless
/ a change Of policy should be adopted, bids
/ fair TO decided Ia a way not at al favorable
Z 10 he administration. An extract from le =
/ ter to the Herald Of yesterday, written by Dr.
! James EaTyal, surgeon of the Seventy ninth
| regiment New York State Militia, suggests
comparison that is humil7ting, notwitbs' and
ing the course OF the government in that respect
! is not ia accordance with the desire Of the
/ northern people. Mr.. Norysl writes:
"There is one thing l cannot refrain from
advertising to-the feelings Of the wounded
/ and prisoners toward our government. Ii the
passive treatment they are now receiving ls
! continued and which is hestile to every prin-
! ciple OF ciVilize warfare, there will be such
/ howl from those dungeons and hospitals as
will be felt throughout the whole length and
/ breadth OF the North, and would do more 10
/ damage our cause than two such battles as
/ at Manassas: besides, it will bring down upon
/ the administration the condemnation Of other
pawers-in short the whole civilized world.
/ It would be iniUdicinus to say more on this
sutiact at present. You may hear from me IN
! a future Communication. l had a petition to
/ bis sEcpllency the president from the lmprs-
| oned officers. 7 showed it to Gen. Winder OF
/ the Confederate forces. He said he could not
/ allow it to pass without showing it to the War
! department, and If they passed it, it was to be
/ sent by the Adams express. The prisoners
anxiously await The result Of this petition be-
| fore giving vent to their feelings.
! al Ihave brought with me about four bun
/ dred let era from the prisoners. Should any
/ OF their relatives or friends wish to communl-
cate with them, address their letters, Priso-
/ ner OF war, care Of Gen. WindeF, Richmond, y
and delivered open Adams Express otnce, l
/ have been assured By the general that be will
/ faithfully see hem delivered. The same with
! clothing and money.
| ''In concluding this let eF allow me TO bear
/ testimony to the uniform kindness to US -
wounded and prisonsrs-bY the Confederate
authorities thew did all in their power to
/ amsIjorsts our condition. To Col. Stone, Of
/ the Al South Carolina regiment, and DR..
/ Smiia, Of the 18Th Mississippi, am under an
/ everlasting debt Of gratitude for supplying the
/ wounded i'm my hospital with fosd when we
were starving, ny hospital being
"In a wild, unknown TO public view"
! The farmers and soldiers in camp otter brought
/ good substantial tozens of their visits"
L is not difficult, nor is it grateful to north
| eTn seUsi5ilItv, TO make the contrast. We
! trust to have no more fslsi6catiOn from the
| war orggus in regard to tAe treatment OF our
/ EounGsd and prisoners by the ConfedeTates,
/ but that in future, whatever sympatbiCs for
4 suffering humanity may linger with fanati-
I ci-rn, NAV be expended in an effort to inspire
/ The administration with some degree Of cbari-
" for those who should be the immediate OBJ
incts of its care. How different the eonside-
rate conduct Of the Confederate leaders to-
ward those captured in arms against them,
from tie urfeeling harshness exhibited by our
/ Government toward our own citizens, who
| have cadnced to become the victims OF its
/ suspicion. When wa remember what our
] fsHow-countTymen of Baltimore Ito whose
/ uuprecedsrted case we made allusion YesteT-
day) are enduring at this hour at the Bastile
Lafayette; wa IN we reflect what sights,
/ what insults, what unnecessary confinement
| ant deprivation they are subjected to, with no
| charge against them, and 10 prospect of a
trial; when we consider that they have been
| refused tse most harmless recreation, the Pc
rusal Of newspapers, the privilege of hearing
from their families and friends when we bear
in mind that all this petty by-pihy of tyranny
! is being done within hail OF this great, bus
! Ting metropolis. where a million quondam
freemen pursue their daily avocations, liable,
each one, at any hour to become the next vic
tim Of government tistFust; when these things
are placed in their true light before our eyes,
how is it that we still claim to have Con-
| stitulioD, liberty and law?
ne teLtEI EEOLd WHICH we 4uNLb ttc dDpht
contains an extract from the Richmond
! Enquirer, which, though it presents harrow
ing picture Of wars misery, may be studied to
some purpose by those who have not yet re-
allied what horrors have been, and must yet
be, undergone, 20 prop the yielding timbers Of
| the CAic7go platform:
or this same house the Richmond EnqHi
rer says: The stone house above noted was
it will be seen, not far from the center Of the
/ scene Of the shifting ba.tia. The visit Of ouI
friend on Monday morning revealed much that
was horrfying. The stone building had beer
| appropriated as a hospital for the enemy:
! wounded. The enemy's Generals had beer
invited By Gen. Beauregard to send surgeons
and attendants TO their relief. In this build.
ing were tHirtV-two (forty two) wounded
many Of them dreadfu.ly mangled by cannon
shot. There was bu- a single surgeon men
lav on TIE floor with their clotted wounds still
undressed; some had died and not been re
moved. On the road side, two wounded north
eTn men, wAo lay there, begged our informan
to report their cases to their surgeon, an
asked to be taken to the hospital. He did so
Tho surgeon eaid his officers had sent him n
help, be was there alone. The wounded in th
hospital, be SAID, had all been brought in b
the Confederate men,"