Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-20
LaTras FROM ooRIrTH.
Special Correspondence oI lie Nemphi Appeal
CORISTH, Nay l6, l56,


CORISTH, Nay l6, l562
EDT0H~ AfrEAL. Gen.
Beauregari I'as determined that iaI act Of vaOl-
ous dlstil,cugn shalt unrywarded i'll the ba .lle
OF Cuiinth, AID Las is-i-i = lrt= lstleI 10 Gen.
BrAgg which hss since become al order t=.
qaes'ing ali oticers - report ev,sy case where
OuI sodiegs shall synalize themselves by acts OF
! courage and hzisism Those regimeuts who
| greatly distinguish themselves are also 10 have
the high privilege of in7cIihiug W their caiors
the name o. the bstle where they won dis
! ti1ozoE. ILsrs iseks bat one step more to make
our soldiers invincibIo, und which have ,.lgeady
urged upon om government in previous letters
that Is that some token OF emblem. shall bs -s-
tsblshed 10 ba conferred on men and officers
alike who shall VIII dintinction on the field
Napoleon understanding the great moral effect
OF such cout'rruce OF distinction created the
order Of the cross ot the legion Of honor. which
his soldiers held above ali tbs wealth OF the
world ! woud therefore suggest. and ardently
hope the suggestion may be carried mit. that oar
general commanding create tho OJd5s u ibe
proper devices, to DE conferred Oh those who dis
fiHgpish themselves THIS will create an emula-
ZION among both officers and men, vino will strive
to win the precious memento of Their bravery
which will become priceless TO their cbiIdren's
children, and wA05s names viii live imperisbably
il the history Of oaE country
Col Jacob Thompson, with an escort of Can't
Guy Dreux's Jefferson (I.a.) Guards, took SIXTY
one Federal prisoners. mostly Germans. under
flag of truce, yesterday. to the Yankee lines lie
proceeded some four miles ON the Monterey road |
when be was met by the enemy's pickets, who |
conducted him to Col. Connolly, of the 18th Ohio
regiment Col. Thompson asked 10 be taken to !
Gen Hslieck, as he had dispatches for him. |
Connolly declined by saying he would see them |
delivered 1t Appeared that Connolly soon rscOg
nized Col Thompson, he (COnnelly) having been |
a clerk in the Treasury Department at Washing |
ton during ThOmpson's term as Secretary OF the |
Interior The dispatches were sent in with the |
prisoners, and while waiting for Halleeks an
swsr, the enemy mixed and e0nversed freely with |
our men, Connolly, Maj. Ward OF the 18th Ohio. |
and NT. Reed, Ot Cincinnati paper, being !
present In the conversation Ucl Thompson /
remarked that he thought tbs government OF the /
United States was regardless Of every consideTa
tion for their soldiers, as they had tlll oppOrtu
nifty 10 make exchanges, which they did not iO /
but had preferred to let their men 20 confined ip
our iails, where one-half during this hot weather
must die
This, he thought was in violation OF all Tuiss
of humanity and civilization. But, he said, that,
Ihs inhuman course OF the Fed
erals our government had determined, il all |
cases hereafter, to pAol5 prisoners when tskon
instead of impIisoTing them. The Federal On
GERS fully sgreed in the sentimehts OF Colonel
Thompson, and hoped that tseiT gensials would
pursue the same couTse They declared that
they had no sympathy with the abolition + atty
and that they did not want 10 destroy our prop
e:ty. Connolly said his wife az secesh, and
SO was PuSb, of Ohio, and that all Lhe Demo-
cratic party wac opposed to emancipation.
Many inquiries were made aiteI H.snds on Eoih
sides, wheR . messenger returned nom Haleck
with sn answer, the PurP0ft Of which was that
he would exchange al equal number OF cur men
very sOoG-
Inc weather coutInGes ysIJ hot, and the
creeks are FAST drying up The numerous sIte-
sian wells here afford fine supply Of waller. A
dead cslra prevails. aud no fight is expected Tor
some days to come SPARTA