Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-31
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L. .. SANDDGE G. s. A,
A. A. A and Inspector General.
FIEsT DIsrucT PR0Tosr MAFsHAL GEsERI'sl

TsSGTFsHoA. July Ilth, 1852.
To Hessrs II B Iagd ZL9s Gillespie aHd oaheys, eli
-e.s Of f.s Parish qf s. TanmqHy.
GENrLEslEN Your petition, sszing permission to
clsu trade wi the enemies Cf youT country who
oee-p7 Kew Orlssus snd Baton Rouge the cemmsTc al
aod political capitals ef your State has been reesived
bv General Ruggss, and am directed BY him 10 reply
l snE SO beg leave to call your attention TO General
Order No from thsse eadg ariers sna 70 paragraph
-lst Of General Order No. g. from Department Head
,asrters PROHIBITING al intercourse and tratic with ths
uer1v or Dersou5 thin bis Ines snd announcing the
eus.y Of death sCzins those who engage in it. Copies
cf thsss are herewith irc,ossd for your Information
These orders have beel called fer by The stern neoes
rties OF The tines enI II IS believed have met the ST.
iogt universal approval of tie loyal citizens Of ths
c8uu.r7 Nor ts-e anything novel in the regulations
tde7 prescribe or the penalties they announce. They
bat declare and ccthB with penal sanctions doctrines
long sstsb. .ished and universally recognized.
Even IN your Communication, while asking 90 be ez
enpt from their proyioni o1 rseogniz their justice
s1onId be no trade between e,ligsrsnts' Bat you
urge thai yours is al exceptional case aad thai 10 en-
fofes ts rule would subject you 70 crest hardshps
For row more than twelve months your country has
been gagged il gigantic struggle ior eZis-enee. Her
noble people have poured out their treasures water
and like she ancient fatrzTe have not even withheld
their chdse1 from the ssc-ihce, but have ehesTfuy
fout them 0-h encounter tle tolls Of the march, the
diseases Of the camp, and me pe- OF Tie battle FIELD
FFuud -eds Of them hHve fallen by the waTiie-th0u-
sands have fingered and lied in the hospitals many Of
Them for the want Of medicines which cold be OBJ
fsfrsz AID th0us nIs more have per.shed the eld
Of battle. But their thiuned aud wasted ranks have
been filed by others eagerly pressing forward to take
borne 10 the face Of and behind the re by men halt
clothed half fed and who fer months have not known
even The rude comforts Of soldier tent. Nor has the
army bzeu aloue Ia this pect every class or society
has 20 rrsasr less extent been subjected TO hard
Ships and prvac1s which 70 thsir lasting hcnlr be il
sid have been firmly and even cbeerfully borne And
So gentlemen the time has come, when you called
upon 10 take yCur portion o. ths widespread suffer
lnE tls General ding, hopes ard believes that
Won vii Eot be f05n1 wanting ia courage and fortude
% bear il Ike men and patriots.
Ycu say that II not permitted to dispose Of your
bricks luubsr, etc, they =fyil be mere rubbish on
vour bands IOu clnnpt be urTsut gentlemen, that
in fhs TO1 but share toe common fate Of your fellow
cflzens More than Two luE,ii Cd millions Of dollars
worth Of produce held b. tie patriotic planters
OF the Coaiederale States and lar seeking "a
sell or barter this, they stand ready 70 destroy, and
have in many Instances Voluntarily applied The torch
and with selfBaerhcng devotion worthy Of men who
aspire 70 be free calmly seent reduced 10 zsaes Tzths
than sell even at the exhorb can't rates. 20 the en-
emes OF their country. And, q you vii 5t turs yor
eyes 80 sueigLhoTiug parish, you may there see lh
erv materials which y0u fear viii become rubbish
on your halds-.bcugh, but recently formed INTO com
Portable dwellings and sbelteriug helpless women an
chidrsn-reiuced % heaps Of rubbish ana ashes
yyalls ther inmates have beea driven 10 the woods an
deprived Of all OF subsistence. And tbs b
been done by the verv men with whom you would nov
open commercial intercourse; 20 whose avsrlce yol
Yould minister AID whose wants you would supply.
The General commanding, directs ne In conclusion
20 say that regarding these prohibitions Of traffic wit
the enenv sE essential 70 The successful dsenge Of th
eountry. he is dee-miced rigidy enforce them
that any ore who may be detected in attempting q
evsds or violsie them, viii be promptly brought &
condigu punishment
Very respectfully,
JAEES o. FUQUA
District Provost MarEhsl General.
L. D. sASDIDoE, C. S. A, A A. A sod Iuspeut,l