Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-13
THE RAID or OsUFOIA.
BER II, ISGs.

Oh "as L ueemeal 1t nAdvsabIe, but on reading 81
article in the APPEAL in reference to the conduct of fin
'e-7i" troops at Nashville, their pretended ,iudnes
and consideration to the people there. ami the syi5sp
""1Fe thereof ] determined 70 send % vgrr psper
simple account of my experience of their ysB.ep .1usl
" aud insult, when policy holds forth MI, r5r,.us,- e,
hypocrisy. Ihave been further confirmed in this rssoIu
ton from q perusaI of Andrew IobusaDs s,.s.b o., Cha
place. It liz right that a few startling truths should NEE
ms mass Of f~alseho0dS. Read what he saws of .ra frs,5
y intention OF our invaders, and then all shall tell vor
i 'HeT treatment Of what they call g conquered prov
mee, and judge what your fate viii be when the chain,
'1'y are forging shall be casped around You.
IernaPs the people of the South who have heard NJ
We rad o. Osceo-a, have wondered what should have
gwen to this remote little village such importance i'm tbe
7yeso Of the Aansian robbers as to make it the object OF
1l expedition, in which, they acknowledge, three thou
sand men andtwo pieces Of artillery were engaged In
Ie nlst place, it was a stronghold of men. who had
risen en- Wdsss whenever their foravs called for protection
uon- Then when South Carolina boldly proclaimed he
Oh Union null and void In consequence of northern
violation Of all it's sacred obligations, and the selection
Oh a sectional candidate for the presidency, who publicly
lecared tlat THE rr-pressIble conflict " should De- the
most important part Of the programme Of his admins
HN''n' te cHzens OF tins place raised one of the hrE
secession banners that hOafei i'm the air Of Missouri ana
companies formed tnere Were among the first to enlist in
nc u''y tF't- Inc ladies were uuuriug in
their zsar aud were busy night and d4v In the
completion OF tents and clothing Tor tn. soldier. Of their
own apu other counties. All this gave IL "A u,tgri.t,r 81
rsnehon which was used a. an excuse 90 cover the other
and more powerful motives which indura5 a. I'd
Like Capt Dalgetty, the promise OF good nav was hoard
Wheh he call Of patriotism was uuhsetsd Our ruar.
chants had large and rich sssortments of gools Which
we're freely exchanged with the State tr00gs for s.-iD
tor the issue Of which the Legislature had given no sa1e-
H'H n Oiahc1 oank was established here and its glitter
ing heaps were q great temptation. Col SNYDER of the
Isl aIHJ hhd IN operation % cartridge factory in the
ou0uros. When Gen Price novel up from Springfield
1 ~ LfAABLlAs q IhFf OF the ammunition HHa aHF Fm n4
eeoia for safe keeping until called tor. An these things
were well known 10 Lame and Montgomery. AS we after
ward discovered that the latter was ina constant cores
pond nee with a woman I'm our midst. Yankee II is
due, but one whom we had considered ladv. The srst
ntimsuon Of danger WA q threatened attack from the
CAol IAOo,e OF lhomasvul-ru BlacE-ks. ullcsu town
near us All OF our men who were not in the army band
Ed together, keeping watch day and night, and this and
He opportune ARRIVAL ri Capt Lurdis- and q company on
their way to Pr @, saved us from tha, demonstrafiou
Hardly had that G Oud passed by when the news came
that the regular Kansas aybausers were MARCHING o7 1s
WITH a force Of about 5000 men We had no defense
| against them A little company Of 80 men under Cant
NelIeleger was all the opposing force left u.s. The spe-
5e OF the bank, the papers, etc, were hastily concealed:
o5,ooyoI le specie ABOUT my own residence which did
not make me feel very cOmfo-table. TIE negroes of the
town and neighborhood were sent with provisions 10 the
NpoHs Anew goods were hidden, and then as the alarm Of
their advance came nearer the few gentlemen left. AMONG
whom We're the bank officers. sought refuge in the toick
growth around the place. At about 3 O'Clock in me
night, We, the defansele-s women and children. heard the
hrst reports Of their firearms mingled with those Of the
3TaFe Little nand Of SO who fired at the foe from
'"AtaA tA NAA buN'lANEr us NLNN U"iNHu toe town The
contest against such odds was short, 0fcoursa. though f1Of
their number were killed, a. one of their officers and
several OF their privatcs acknowledged. A pause. and
men the towards, feaTtuiul 30 advance on the uupr0teet- /
ed town, commenced q cannOnadiug which endangered
The lives Of the femgles and children who were fs onIv /
garrison. By sunrise they had satisfied themselves tbat
they might make the venture, and poured m. Then
commenced the pilage. The stores were broken into |
ana rIled; their Union brethren. of whom am thankful
to say there were but few, called to sbsre fr the -obberv
me unlicensed soldiers seized on the whisky first, and
soon tecame sD ungoVeruabIa that the officers ordered tha !
Destruction of what remained Of that article. The rude
ga.8"' entered the DWELLING demanding Of the ladies' |
Their sentiments, North or South @ and counsrJfng
an answer for one was glad of the opportunity TO de
clare myself seUarsts and distinct from all sympathy
Win such a band OF thieves, and they certainly heard no /
complimentary words from the ladies of Os.sora fbat
Iay As soon as they had taken al they desired. the
loren was applied. and amid sthe shrisks Of the ldghteu-
"a women and children, aud the roaring Of ths first
knaiea flames they went on from the stores 90 the bans.
when had been lct' open, even the safe. % prevent its
destruction to our church which was destr1. ed with
laughing words and biasphemous issts and then 20 the
private dwellings Lastly, the court house, with all its
records was set on arer because, they said, recession sol
d.ers had sheltered there. The houses of INV two sons
one OF whom was absent in The army. and nav daughter.
were consumed among the rest Mine was fu tms su
the money, but although hey searched other residences
mine was overlooked Our barn filed with grain and
hay was burnt, and agoiiier was approaching the house
with s torch, but was prevented by Montgomery from
applying it. Just then q panic seized them. They heard
q rumor that Gen Slar.s division Of State troops was
advancing fro Warsaw. ard Baf nell thew obevrd the
'L' ''"' =" h' #t "N+ "H 6'a 'N
Quickly every trace of their presence, except the ruin
they i-t beliud, had disappeared, and we thought we
should be az p ae again But soon we heard a noise
behind our smokruousr- end ON going thtlsT found p
Federal soldier sested on a powerful horse. G1ursbinF
hs revolver IN q drunken, bragado manner Isp6ke 90
him as calmly as 7 could. and asked BIN Whist DE wished
for. You have had a lille fre here to-day, madam"
he said, with am u1faeGuT laugh. ] told him % yes, an
outrage had been committed there, such ass civilized ma
fi1,g yv.urF gtr34a- o., Isgr ofr UTt g. all rigbt
madam he replied. YOU deserve ID all for your cursed
rebellion" ] asked him aea.n If be wished for anything
Ia Hn#A liza Hf- H. "a Cal LrmU HLL hYH#aH HrH m LA .
ford. / gave aim the information required and he turned
Of, rode by the back yard where my daughters and niece
were sitting, threw hs pistol forward, nearly in their
Laces, frightening them very much ana passed on 20 me
front yard I went 20 the front p0rtiCO 20 watch his
movements, t-sfinE that he intended 20 set ire 10 the
house. When he reached the gate L6 placed TWO uean
caps on bis pistol. and holding IL up called for Toe.
went with as brave a look AZ I could assume, and asked
why he called me 10 hin. He intimated that the way 70
the ford which 1 had directed him 20 take, looked too
much like an ambuscade, sad ASKED me 10 guard hWu
through the thicket. told him nothing could induce me
% do so, and showed him the Uror1 road, aud told him II
be was afraid - had better proceed in that drecuoH
He paused a mOuhnt, then dashed down the basly way,
20 the river ana plungug in swan his horse ag.oss lear
ing to look for the ford. From this time until Fremont Z
advance and final retreat, our men were too uneasy 20
stay often ia their houses az night, and lived hNe Wild
beasts more than human beings.
We heard of the capture of Lexington, and hoped that
our delivery was 60 hand. Then the news came that
Price was forced, for want Of caps, 70 retreat again to-
wards tins Arkansas line, and soon after, that Fremont
was advancing with a powerful army ms was con
hrned Id a few days by the arrival Of Lanes division on
thc banks OF the Usage opposite DacBUEa.
Il company Of Delaware Indians, mounted and led by
1t Johnson plunged into thestream5 and the gentlemen
OF our household ha1 hardly leapt the palnBs INTO the
thickets beyond the house. ere they had surrounded our
dwelling, and commenced their Insulting search. You
may imagine the effect produced by a band of whO9piug Ia
Indians, arrayed iu war dress and paint, on unprotected
women, who had 50 lately passed through the terrors Of
their first visit They found six good guns around the
premises, some lead and bullets, and shout sixty heEs of
powder concealed tn our carriage house, par. OF which
belonged TO our army. They a 80, fouud hearty $1,000
in coin, which had been buried ~ the yard-1uT paper
money Of less value, we mai about CIR persons Lieut.
johnson captured two OF our neg o usu and forced them
by threats Of hanging, shooting, eN % show them our
farm, teams, etc. The goods which had been saved from
the burning, our supply Of -four some furniture, cloth .
ing and ieyelrv- were there. The sO0as they distributed
among their Union friends The flour aud clothing they
bestowed on q train Of negroes sent of IN haste to kau-
sHs. The furniture was broken up, the ladies' bonnets,
laces jewclry, etc, stolen or wantouly dssiroY"- Even
the books did not escape IneM- but were torn up and
scattered 20 the winds. A volume OF baucrous United
Stat 81 containing d portion o. tue history OF the reYo-
luton, told too heavily against tuen aud was ra1ueec % .
fragments. Lieut.. johnson then proceeded 90 ms dis
graceful work, 10 vet lower depths Of intamy, by com
menciug a search through our house No place was too
sacred for him to invade. aud with SMILES and ulifehng
remarks he opened our family papers Several letters q
from my soldier son TO bis father (hut lately dead be
ooasungly held uP A- eieeis oi 47tSos 49, /
wrest from the widow and orphan all that robbery hea
left. These with several from the Hon. VI aid = Joln- p
distracted for tas same purpose, ne refused 70 r. ,
turn % me, and when I applied to Lane, he endorsed The =
decision. wondered IF were dreaming wHen } looked =
froa my window, while this was going on aud saw =
the stars and stripes, waving neal, is 0no- glorious folds,
protecting and saucuouing The proceedings Of despera. Z
does, who had forgotten that a Constitution ever existed
protected the liberties Of the people. y
This young lieutenant was scarcely a9-auoad TO man
hoof--so Young and Yet SO Old in wiekedHgss lie be-
longs to good family 10 Indiana, aud bis brotdarin4a"5 o
was evidently ashamed Of his conduct, said he was q
lstonished at biz rapid march in eVi4 and acknowledged
that Dee would not only steal but lie about t after Il
ward e.
must do Che J~ayhawher the justice % saY that some
lf their officers were respectful END Sind SO ms. which is
better than my experience Of the g5nuemamy stafSs
md bis laHlsss troops who cam JUST after We were ..
in constant terror, however by their threats against II
mr absent sons, brothers and friends Several OF the Z
told me that Lane had sent the indians out, with
riders 20 shoot them down wherever they were +3-nd. u
went to his besd-guaren vita my 1oua wta who was
inost frantic. TO learn tHe truth. lie calmly told nc 10
"a go. and advised me 90 send him word o. give himself q
10. spicing his remarks aud advice with oa'hs aud curses
.g7rst tine rebels lie spoke against treason as II pc q
.ad never been en- attained traitor with Federal troops N
him Bb-n he made his famous run into iowa, =
when Lane. the leader Of the van, 1
His swift rst soldier still outEau- n
Who, Dan 54rrjg came hs denounced has uustriOus "a