Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-09
TuE CONFEDERAgE PRISONERS
AZ CRaEGAEO
GENERAL REMARRs-THE sICK-A DELTH
From The CLiesgo TimerJ

] GESEItAL LREMARhS-THE slCK-A DEATH.
| From the CIissgo TinesI
! Camp Douglas, with its rebel occupants, cor
I .inues to afford the great object of attraction
and crowds flock thijher daily Though a rej
system of admission BY passes has been inau
gurated, there are many who seem TO be on SUI
/ ticienty good terms with Jbe colonel command
! ng 20 procure these necessary little BITS Of pa
| per At any rate, the camp is b.sieged lrau
| morning till night by an anxious and uguisitiv
crowd, abou, half Of whom continue to gain ad
mission, while the other half are left ca the our
side to sigh over their hard treatment
A sort of rude curiosity in this affair is being
developed, which is becoming daily more an,
more apparent. The unfortunate captives ar,
quite willing to answer all questions that ar,
ont 70 them; but it must be confessed that thcy
bare disgusted with the inqulsitIve glsuces o
visitors, and the assertions openly expressed sBC
thrust upon them bundled times daily, tha
% You are in the Wreng, aud l am ia the right
Then there is a ceTtain class Of persons who
when once admitted within the camp, wander
from barrack 10 barrack aud seek out the com
municative prisoners, with whom the commence
to argue, Just as though the settlement OF this
accursed rebellion depended on their own ef-
forts
Il must DC highly repugnant TO the impetu-
ous sOuthTOns 20 endure the StareS and put up
with the remarks Of their visitors and alhoush b
these may bo likely to lead them to peniteEce
wonld it not be- far better if the guards were In
structed to keep visitors at a respectable dis
tsDca. Sinners arn more apt 10 become peni-
tent when left to their own thoughts, for these
overcome their worst resolves, and in the gloom
iness Of silence repentance takes the place OF
revenge
INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL CAPACITIES OF
THE PRISONERS
As has been previously remarked, these priso-
ners, or at least the great majority of them, have
been greatly undeTated, both in intellectual and
phvical capacities The popular notion has pic.
tured our sou hern brother As Eerse, aeVll-
may-cars sort of q fellow, with little of nteli-
genee, and still less principle. He was thought
to be s lazy, untutored person, and al the com
nercement Of the rebellion was thought to be
exceedingly unfit for fighting. Yet these plis-
opers. in nine cases out of ter, hte found TO be
strong, muscular men, the very picture Of sol
We an know how much they have suffered in
their southern campaigns, lsring on the poorest
of bacon. and eBdudug al Iraulei OF drpriva-
tions. Yet they 90 not complain. and, although
there are many among their number who profess
al unwilhngness TO return 20 militia ; duty,
there are not few who proclaim that they RsTeE
will be subdued, but will fight till dss1n for the
" Confrderaey Ia this is real eerz.ss.eess
which cannot spring fror ttas ptnds Of such
men as We he'd isas,sd thssa rebels to be The
s. Aississippians are ine specimens Of physical
strength, and far ahead Of prisoners from other
States in this respect.
As there are in camp representatives Of seven
States, it is fair to infer that tas MssisslPpiaus
art thu verY a5Wer u the southern army The
IL we may except the Irish brig
ade of that State, ere very inferior TO heir fellow
soldiers OF other STATES They are indeed, the
very worst specimens Of humanity among tie
,aptlves. The Texans are tai! IA stature, aud
come nearer the popGisc estimate Of the southern
character than any of the rest They are, for
be most part, better clad, though some Of them
'eem to nave been placed IN q position where
lress was not At all consulted
All tie FI30uors are receiving the best Of
reatnent, arc allowed plenty to eat, and arr
iuaT.ago3 in warn, comfortable barracks They
ny they have met with extreme kindness on
part Of the northern people, and admit that
hey have uniformly tared far better than in the /
ebel camps Of Dixie.
THE SICK.
a large number are sick in hospital, having I
AIKEN severe colds in their transit hiiber. The /
-enersl hospital building Of Camp DJugla9 is |
rowded with these poor fellows, and, judging /
rom what our reporter saw there yesterday, we
houl6 say that accommodations for the sick are |
lot sufficient. Those, however, that can be ac-