Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-22

AS matter of special interest and general
information, we lay before our readers the fol-
lowing important order:
HEADQUARTERS, FIFTH DIVISION, 4
MEMPHIS, Aug. Il, 1861.
Major Fisher, 54th Ohio Volunteers, and
Captain Littleield, Provost Marshal Of Gen.
Hurlburu's division, are announced as Assist
ant Provost Marshals Of Memphis, and will
report to Col Anthony. More attention will
be given to the quiet and good order ofsoldiers
ON the streets. The Assistant Provost Mar
shals, and the patrols and guards sent out by
them, have the power and right to suppress all
riots and nuisaHces. Any house, where noise,
drunkenness and fighting are either going on,
or likely to occur, is military nuisance, and
will be suppressed by the seizure of its con-
tents, and the delivery of the liquors to the
Hospital Department. If the nuisance cannot
thr.s be suppressed, the house will be burned
or palled down, according to its position. Any
Brigade Provost Marshal may suppress a
nuisance in the vicinity of his brigade; but no
house viii be pulled nown or burned, without
the written order of the commanding General,
the Provost Marshal, or the commander of a
brigade Riots On the streets will be promptly
| suppressed by blows, the bayonet, or firing
when necessary. OF course, the military are
not bound by the licenses issued by the city
| enue, and not to sanction or encourage crimes
| and nuisaSces.
. In consequence of the abuse of the priv
/ ilege passes given to officers and soldiers are
| hereby limited to the time between guard
Da0ttattng ia the morning and tattoo at night.
/ When an officer or soldier wishes to remain
| absent from his regiment, and stay in the city
over night, he must obtain from his command
ing officer and his .Brigadier, special leave of
absence; specifying the reasons of his visit to
the city.
All officers and soldiers found by the provost
| guard in the city without passes, at G1iy time
or after 10 o'clock at night, without special
leave from their Brigadiers, will be arrested
and confined for the night and sent in the
morning to the guard of Col, McDowelPs
brigade; soldiers, to work on the Notifications
one week, officers, to be confined to their tents
in arrest. Written lists, with charges, should
accompany each batch of prisoners thus ar
rested, and sent with them TO the fort. It Is
hereby made the dutyof the brigade command
er efthe I'd brigade, 9TH division, TO organize
his guard SO as 10 compel all prisoners confined
under this order, rs well as such are, OF
may be sentenced to work by regimental OF
general courts martial, to labor nine houIs
each day on the Notifications; ne will cause
his guard house to be carefully repaired and
reconstructed, so rs to enable the officer of hi
guard to condne prisoners safely and to con.
troll their food. Prisoners who will not WORK
are not entitled to rations and must be put OF
short diet.
The regiment of infantry on duty a
Provost Guard in the city, and the cavalry
detailed for the same purpose, are hereby de
clered to be on guard duty during the time o
their det,, and are subject to the condition
of the 10th article of war. By order of
Msior. General W. T. SHERMAN,
81. HAMMOND, A. A. Gen.