Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-23

I Escape OF = -idEr Ezur--erH-tfry aud n
/ Numeer uf his ory C0ufreres az E4nrzs.
/ Last afternoon, nearly st dark. the city vas
tlroTn iuto high state of excitement By sew
| srai squads OF tae provost guard rushing aE
I double quick through cur streets soon it
/ passsd from mouth 81 mouth that tae East Ten
Dessee soly-6riCge burus-s hsi escss1j from
\ jail snd wese a. iayzs We made irouirvcf
several, bst leaned nothing definite. We visi.ei
/ ins jail 90 learn ths facts IN tla case. bus the
aceounts from the guard tleTs-with one or
| Hhom =e ccETs-5e3-gere contradictory 80
I unsatissctCry and bus little was known.
I Coioaei Lees headquarters, save the fact 3.
escape Of shs prisoners .+.u X
Is will be racJiircls5 tass these .bs- --,:
brous hi 80 ihis city Jas. spIiuE sui srrassss I,
I Ihey nave been here ever since. A -8T- & ~
been keps s'cuHd the I'll, bat they lsv fr- s9--,
s'cod ard isfs around there night sad r.--s-5l.
hey have ceased 10 b. on sss aer5--ou End ~,
r~sGy Tor any attempt ct escape IL was a- -
opP0rsuns Cmsus ct this kind when bui few
WCle % Eua-d, sud those few not expecting OF
oesing oui %. - si-supt 30 1escrpe, near night.
~hsn he jsilor YEA; in % give the prisoners
to-d sad Tassri thsu kfT- the C1t1rl1us s1d
darrg lssd-r Of ice tory band in tts bridge
burning sHtsrPTss, seized uDOn the jai1r and
cboksd hun down, while others snsichsl his
ksys aud aAs-Ily CIllCksd every r0Cm-
S0ms fourteen ~ fifteen OF .lsu rushed out ss
toe door and cams very uueEp-c-elIT u11u the
single sentinel VINO happened 30 be then IN lr0u1
knocked hiut daHu aHd sggE his gun .T-u hm,
aud 5ef7rs tbs guards on the oiief side e tho
57i.diBg were aFsre of rha5 was going On OF
coa!d come 90 the front. the most Of them were
out Of ths troDt gate One OF two who s-dsav-
nrs1 20 climb ths high fercs were stepped by
haviRg the ssnticss' guns lsvaied Et them aud
PsrhAps two others fell iTom the fence aad were
81 5sdly EUEt as to be unable TO get away AN
who 60. through ,he gsts-s5a1e ten or eleven
made tHs.r escspe, and a. this writing are at
srge. QIits number @. mounted men arc
scJUriPg the cGautry ia every diracgi1u ard
We bEvs 90 doubt ihss they vii al be recsD-
t0red before smother night Final escape We
should consider impose 5ls.-A8azig C0uie5-
crazy, I5tl
Tns Commonwealth gives tae following ac-
count of the star
Yesterday evening when the isilor wen. 20
ihe room contsinirR th5 cooviclei 5ri - burn
sTs, fourteen in uumber he vas, on opening ths
door, seizsd suddenly, dragged in, and thrown
down and gagged The two ssntnf's were next
knocked down by them; but ore of then rsI-
led, sud Tith tss brszch OF his gun broke Isr
Of one Of ths prisoners
Thirteen Of Jhe1 s0ccseleI in ga.tsrr avTsr.
bat two Of than have since been caar5s ssrd
orougbs in, and one Of the retQrUet prisoners
-ep0Tt that one or two Of those al largo hsvs
been shot St and biz Tusouiaiou Is ~ lertaiuod
IS the provost marshal siice thar ail chem
viii be esptursd. aBd nom me pronDt and el-
sTgsiic msssuFcs sjeFssd b. thsl vigIIaut officer.
We doubi notthey -lL BE- Ag ample bady Of
yood men arc in pursuis It is hoped ihai eide
zsns ia the EDrf0audTng c5enuy WiI keen
sharp lockout sad aid IN theif eaptara audrs
Urn - this city
So far as We can learn, no blame aiseLe5 TO
zny fer this III ioriUusls sffsir.-s