Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-12

Occurrences fi 8aciss0HviiIe 8eiOre and
Afrer is Occupation by she YBHkees-A
City in Flight.
From TIE Florida Sentinel
A very natural dread Of the enemy produced
an almost universal desire to get away from
Jacksonville, as It was known tLat the uveT de-
lenses were TO be abandoned. But whole fam
lies cannot move with the celebrity OF an army
furnished by the government with means OF
transport and subsistence. How to 20, where to
20 10, and what 90 DO for a livelihood If they
He'd, were the difficult questions TO be solved
There having been but little busines doing IN
the city for some time previous, drays were
scarce, and the few TO be had were mOuOpOised
by merchants who had valuable stocks Of goods
to remove. A dray .lad soon went mp from -
cents to 81 One day families were all packed
up and resolved Co 60, but "a ruDOr the next day
that our troops were ordered off to she scene of
war IN Virginia or Tennessee, and that every
place along the line of railroad was overlooked
with UgitIves nom Fsusuiiua and Jackson
vile, would cause them 70 change their minds
and unpsgk again. Bitter tears we're su-d ar
families bid adisu to kJved homes, never, perhaps,
% behold them again, and 70 20 they knew not
where. Sad, indeed, was the scene as the weep
ing and afighted poor beheld their Weather
ueighbOrs depart, and knew that themselves
must remain behind, exposed to the 0utrages Of
a hostile soldiery.
THE NIGHT OF TERROR.
On Tuesday, the 18th, it WINS rerorted that a
large body Of our troops were coming on the next
train to lay the city in ashes. Late in the after
noon the cars came; and crowded with soldiers.
To the anxious inquiries made Of the officers as
to the object of the expedition. it was answered
that private dwellings, were not 70 BE- burned
As night drew on the lurid flames ron Moneys
foundry, several large saw Mills and vast piles
of lumber, on fire, revealed the true objects OF
the expedition. The people bresthed freeT, and a
feeling Of calm security was pervadiug the city,
when it flew from lip to lip " the Juds0n House
square is on fire. " Yolies Of small arms we've
heard, and it was said that several citizens had
been shot at, and that old Mr.. Parker was NOR
tally wounded As the officers of the battalion
djscialned having given authority to the persons
who were thus burning and shooting, and as no
one knew whose house might be in flames next,
the scene of terror which ensued beggsTs de
scrpuOn. The streets and open squares were
soon strewH with evegy description of household
furniture, and groups OF weeping and aHrighted
women and children stood In the chilly air and
upon the damp ground nearly ali night long.
a pr0vidental shower and change IN the direc-
ton O. tEe wind alone saved from destruction the
entire upper part OF Jacksguvlle.
We have never heard any satisfactory answers
W. NN 49, @L.- t- -'.tr ANetAr AN
psrpeTated these lawLess acts ~ and " Where
were our troops chat they didnot prevent theml"
The men ,whO did it came with the battalion;
their designs were well known in Jacksonville
before they came, and some of the officers were
told by citizens Immediately on their arrival, Of
the threats these men had been making It Is also
cersain that they left upon the trai2 with tie sol.
diery, bearing large quantities Of goods plumber
ed from RJ5us0u's burning store, and have
been heard since openly b7ssting Of the d!stin-
guished part they TOXIN the events Of this mem
orable night.
Lest it should be thought tha5 Dir. Robinson
aud Mr. Keen, of the Juds0u House, hal acted
so as 10 render them peculiarly obnoxious to
the friends of the South, Is is but just 10 say
that both gentlemen, although of Northern birth,
had conducted themselves with great prudence
ever since the war began, and had contributed
literally toward the 0urit aud maintenance OF
our troops. The only reason we have ever heard
alleged why these men Were burnt out and the
houses of other northern men were spared, was
that the Judson House and R0biusou's store
were owned to a large extent at the North, had
therefore been cont-ca.ed. aud they were deter
mined thai ColfsdeEa5e property should not fall
2 into t-a hands Of rlp enemy.