Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-23
North Alabama.

North Alabama.
Inc huntsville Id5Oeate, the publication o.
which was suspended in April last, on the occu
patton Of that place by tie Federsls. has
sumed publication. We copy from che frs
number Of the reissue, bearing date September
lth, the following in relation to the doinqs Of
the Federals in that part Of the country.
We last bad the pleasure Of communication
with the readers Of the AdU0cate on the 7th 4
April The Federsls under General o. NJ
Mitchell, occupied Huntsville on the IIth of
April they held continuous possession Of IL
until the 3lst of August, when they evaeuatei
and Left US, forever we hope The Fedsrals in
the valley left Athens and Decatur last week
for Nashville; and there is now none of the
enemy in North Alabama Our people are oncs
more free TO look, talk and act, and can see how
much they have suffered in person and property
/ BY this Federal occupation. They have learned
| a great deal Of war, Of its usages Of troops,
/ commands, etc, of what restoring the Union
means, OF su9Jugation, Of the reign Of terror.
/ They know now what the policy, the intention
/ OF the enemy is-that we are to be treated as
serts and aliens and knowing this, 10 is their
/ duty TO keep them out Of our midst.
Such was our condition under General Mitchell
tie was but one degree better than Butler, Of
New Orleans. When General Buell. took con-
mand, an improvement was manifest. A ger
tleman and a soldier, he did not war upon cili-
Zeus. women and children and b. rzia-oI tn
some extent the despOtism Of Mitchell bus ths
latter's troops were kept here, and is was hard
to change their habits. The army took corn,
IoTage, bacon, etc, from our citizens, paying
sixty cents for corn, five for bacon, five dollars
per huBdred for -four, etc, but the measuring
was awful against our people. After the orders
IRON the War Department to subsist on the pe0-
pie, the army ceased to pay for anything It took,
demanding proof of loyalty. These orders the
soldiers construed to give them a free license to
take whatever they pleased, which they did
he Federals captured fourteen locomotives
and large number Of cars here, which enabled
them 10 use the railroad trom Stevenson TO -TUs-
cumbis
We do not propose, at this Sine, giving an
extended or connected account Of Federal trans
sctl0ns here for the past i've months. We were
under absolute military ru.e-subisct to he
orders OF provost m2rshsls, having to obtain
passes to 20 outside Of town, and az times to
pass from place to place in town; pledges and
oaths were eIsCtsd under dire c0mpuIsi0n;
marketing was prohibited, provisions not allowed
to come in; citizens ordered TO be of the streets,
arrested, kept IN prison for days and weeks not
tried, and then discharged on pledges negro
evidence threatened against them, and arrests
made On such evidence; citizens sent of Co
Camp Chase without trial OF notice houses
searched, property taken without compensation
or even receipted for; houses robbed, horses
stolen, negroes decOyed of, wsutou injury
inflicted upon many OF our people and 10 red-ess
given. They got frightened and burnt the bridge
at Decatur, cutting the road in two. When they
left they carried off al the engines, ears, etc
and destroyed, to a great degree the fine ma
chinery in the railroad workshops here and they
burnt large number Of arms, bacon, -four salt
etc which could not be carried off. The bacon,
-four and salt had been seized here but a few
days previously. They are gone, and we ara
Tree again Their presence, so fsr from devel-
opjng Union sentiments snd feelings, had a cor
tTary effect. 1t intensified the devotion of our
people to the cause Of the Clufeleracy; and it
has shown to the most incrsdUi0us the utt5r
imDossi5ility Of the restoration Of the Union.
During the occupation Of this region by tie
EsdeTals they burnt the four bridges in this
county over Flint river, the business houses at
Whites5Urg, and many dwellings along the line
of the railroad in Jackson county. These were
in addition to those burnt IN the vicinity Of New
Market. Theo. Franklin, A. II. Sibiey ana II.
Z. H0rnbuckle, quiet citizens Of this county,
were killed by the Federal soldiers at different
times; no attempt to punish their murisrers
was made.
SENT OFF.-Many citizens of North Alabama
were sent Oft by the Federal authorities to their
military prisons, whose names are not generally
known. We suggest that the names Of those
from each county so sent of be procured, and,
with = statement Of circumstances, forwarded to
the government At Richmond thst it may de-
nand and secure their release. Parson Drisc0ll,
Alfred Hambrick and Bir Graham were sum
nsrily sent off to Camp Chase by the provost
marshal, Colonel Burke and Ira g. Cobb, Of
Marshall county
Flour - to l6c. per pound; meal 81 to
81 50; butter % to j0c; chickens 2jc; bacon
}5c beef i5c.
Our cleTgymen were peculiarly harrsssed by
the Federal military. Rev. Drs Ross and Lay
and Revs John G.. Wilson, J. n Bannistsr.
} as. r. PlummeT and -- Tracey were arrested
llessrs. Wilson, Lay and Ross were kept under
srrest for some time, and threatened with Fort
Warren.
The food question is an important one TO Us
,M The Federals used up all the surplus corn.
meat cattle, etc, and the severe drought cut of
he corn crop at least One-hsl, although the
arge quantity planted viii help the deficiency
n the WELD