Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-30
THO Eirginfn Arrnice.

We take the following interesting paragraphs
from the Richmond ,rTespondeucc OF the
Charleston Courier:
have had an interesting interview with an Of
fceT of our army, who was recently within the
enemy's lines and who conveTsed freely with
their most prominent commanders. He says
Gen. Mcclellan, and, indeed, most Of the old
army officers, are courteous and Eentlemanly
but the material Of which their followers is com
posed is repulsive, dsSOlute, vulgar, obscene and
blRsphemous Their iusoent bearing toward the
surgeons who went under flag of truce TO at
tend upon our wounded after the battle OF Viii
lismsburg, would UNANIMOUSLY adorn the conduct
of President GetfTards black IFiHiOus. They
alleged that our troops mutilated their desd-iE-
suited and butfeted their wounded and 10 retalia-
tion they propose hslding cur surgeons as hos
tsges. To the preparation OF so fragrant au out
rage, the latter daUutleSSiy deGed th Il. " Tell
me, doctor" said an Upsta-t political general,
chow you account for tbe brutality with which
your people treat our FOUNDED and dead "
" Upon the ground sir, replied the surgeon,
" that your people are nCTatetul-iucapabie Of
telling the tTUth-sud that your leaders have to
stimulate feT0city as 6 substitute for truth
What do you mean to deny the truth of my
representations said the vandal. % l mean to
assert, sir, that they are palpsble lies was the
rejoinder.
Ny informant represents Gen Wool as being
bordering upon dosge- He is absent-minded
and rambling in his speech, vascillz zting and
foolish in decision. Mcclellan, he adds, is much
overrated as a commander; but polite and mag
nauimous. He freely coufesses that the abolition
opposition TO him Is very great. Of our gen
erals he spoke in the highest terms. Besureg gard
and ice Johnston he called great men; Early and
Longstreet, he added, were Stubborn as twin
H., H.
warmest personal friend. 80 HIS talents" he
added, are allied to genius. Under circUm-
stances of adversely, he will rise above them
grandly." When the interview came to a close,
the last words of Mcclellan were" Farewell
1 hope we shall soon meet in peace aud har-
mony" Did you say on the "ChickahomiDy'
responded my friend
Soon after the latter was introduced TO the
wife and daughters OF one Of the federal gene
rails. They closed their ooTs and embraced him
av0wed themselves secessionisisi and cut the
Confederate buttons, IS keepsakes, off the
sleeves Of his coat They asked hIm to implore
the CODfedeTates to ight TO the death and ia the
death, for that, il subIugGted, the condition Of
Brazilian slaves would be preferable to their
fate. @ You can whip these Yankees they
added enthusiastically You whipped them
the other dsv at Williams burg you can whip
them everywhere but On water; retire from their
gunbostS and you will drive them back in TOut
and defeat--they fee it," As confirmation of
this opinion OF the ladies, Gen Hancock told one
of our officers that he never saw such brilliant
fighting as that of the CoDfederates at Williams
burg. Immortality" he said, should be in
scribed upon the banners of the 9TH North Car
olins and Oath Virginia regiments % They
fought like heroes" inteTpOse5 an English off
Ger, - and the bearing of the Confederate csvsl-
~ was splendid-equal to anything that eUsH n
have ever seen" All, yes,'' said Hancock,
" with such infantry and cavalry, when we are
one people agaIu, we can whip the world " But
one people we never again can be" said the
Confederate. / suppose, doctoT asked Heiut-
zlemsn, &" you call tie result at Williamsburg
a Confederate victOry!' - " CeTtainly,-how
many men did your division loose there? -
About two thousand At the smallest cal
culation, then, your total less in killed and
w0UD Ged must have been over 5000 you have
all of our wounded twenty or thirty excepted
ia your hands; they 10 not number four hun
dTed and the ratio in killed cannot exceed one
third that number your papers admit that you
had 10000 men ia action, who asSaed about
FIVE thousand of our Tetreating army; with this
number you were beaten back with great loss
we have four hundred of your prisoners; and
vet you shouted victory Such victories will
never conquer the South. 1 wonder why your
people cannot afford to look facts in the face,
and sometimes speak the truth - " Oh " ex-
claimed the frank Englishman, We cannot af-
ford TO confess defeat, even in q skirmisb. The
people of the NoTthsvon't brook that. Such
confession would cost the best Of US his com
mission" L pity a people" responded the
Confederate, who require such false and aTtifi-
cal stimulents as would do dishonoT to the
vanishing courage of Bob Acres"