The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-01-15
Trip 10 YeEkeedom ard Baek-Inscresing
I0eIdsmss


Incidsns :.
A correspondent of the Mobile Reeister
writes two long and interesting letters to that
paper, giving soms accounts Of his late pere-
grinations in Yankeeaoin. We make the fol.
lowing extracts:
Leaving the Confederate lines on Monday
morning Ia the latter part of November, ar
rived on Tcesaay noeI At our furthest outpost,
then at Olive Ereica, twer1'@ miles south of
Memphis Here was datsfa~i for at tavr
by the report that ttss Yankees were moving
cut in force from the city, AMI that it would bs
imprudent and unsafe to go in RS that iime-
Concluding, how ever, sha4 the many stories in
! circulation were but exage Grated rumors. I
pat apnrs to ny horse as.d mel none OF the
enemy until when within three miles of Mem
phis, where an office, supeFtiy mounted rode
up and iuqailed bow far | hsd been South. and
whether mac encountered auy robbers. This
officer proved 10 !. Ger. Morgan L. Smith:
commanding the Yankee piekei=, and quick
iy understood the driit OF his guesiionings,
when ne was oveftsseH DY heaviiy-iat,en
wagon, upon which were seated two or three
persons. The Yan&ee General, evidently
having been blibed, ssas passing these anter.
prising sons Of Isreai through his iines, and
escorting and guarding 'ieEa from The nuner-
Gus robbers that infsst 4aS various roads lead.
ing from, the city.
Cpoi; finding nv woni3y aad faithful Mem
Tils friend, whose hospitality I enjoyed. hs
informed NE oi thu neceas.ty of orr taking al
t@rDa'e guard over his bfuse daring tue night,
as The soidiery, = DO ware TO march Ola tie
succeeding morning, haa promised 10 burn
the Secesh town up, aed the executiotsof
the threat was reaieFed more than pr0babte
| by the fact that Tor a week back MOI II night
had passed without proofs OF their ineen0ia-
I s.v1H ~
| had been tHrned and robe ed by these iavlers
aoltiera. before he'd time we could dstn-
gr.ah the Lights of halG 3 dozen coDiagr4tlJps,
oiiQ at midnight q seougds@i attempted to lie
TEE house We were ssgEibering III, sghG, when
detected. 1elgned i;tioxie 4tion, and decamp-
81, having first scAt.ered 8 mess Of beams
shout, to enable aiu 10 recognise the
place. aid on the succeeding night 10
eJnsrmmaie his EeEiGish purpose. Suffice il TO
say, That en- tuesday ziient fourteen houses, OF
yef;ous descriptions, were burned bv this M
Hcenaed mob from in3 Abolition csnips and as
many more honses r0bbed, according TO the
statement OK their o@n morning papers. s.,
soon as h1lse would be fired, a crowd CT sol.
diers would rush in'o it and the adjoining
| ones-the wortEy occupants of which would
he humanely aiding their unfortunate neigh
bors-and commence I'll indisceinlinate plum
dei, GesFr2vlnR whatever proved TO be 10 them
us'siesS or lUm0yablss Five unsuccessful ST.
tempts were mace TO sisb the VforshsG. Hause,
Southern hotel, tee prcprietocs Of which
were accused II being and boarding ''Secesh."
such Is trrihiB' picture Of my 6rst night
Under tue boasteo aasis Of the Star SpGlg.ed
! banner.
AT Memphis there Il 70 ne found new sea
OF t@ees, new bG5su1@s houess, al srnacking
| strongly OF she IankaS oE Jewish persuasion.
| Eut few are lf1ST5 navy that fc=neTiy graued
, the city sEad 7Tera g N the ndaEor bora. s
! sad epidemic, pr0dueiag early insanity, was
| very pfevatsoi-an sniee-nic extending oger
| poor anc the Ech. 81 tais. by tbs wiso opes,
. vas believes 70 pc 8, gsstaa 01 tie brait."
II you had come i.l from the cocutry Vac
/ eg3t question prQp0-nded waa, ".snv c0t,cn
!; cat that way , On change IL wag. What s
! cotton worth to day ''biitv-tFv0 cents.' -
still aoing epi :3fan6 chance for specu.s-
/ lion II you appi u 70 2 railroad or steam
KIND, the intersnoe @.s at once drawn, aad
! you Wero sold thaG ~ q are overloaded Jy
several hundred ba5es; cssi possibly take yours
next uip."
| OF St, Louis, Mo. Jns sane correspondent.
says;
| To all outward appearance, 81. Louis isa thor
| oughiy sahjngaied ei15--the careless outward
| observer might re9arsic IS such. 4 few hour3'
familiar intercourse 8ith the people will alter
. thai iunFessiou. Yca may soon learn that the
| city IL ga.ris0ned u. various localities; that
| an oyerbearing SOLITARY, at whose head are
| blood tersty tyraBts Htapdiag ready at The sig
| .lai 70 carry death u 6esolssion TO :he home
| Of the S0ntnernsr. ioc may learn thet
! Government patroI,0 se aud Government husi-
| ness is all that lend. sciiviiy and eeemiug
; chesifulness 10 the csty and you may learn
| that but yesterday II assessment Of 500 500
vas made upon Southern States Rights lnen
! for support of the ty.anny which suppresSes
/ them. You may lstyt, 700. that every able
! bodied man has been drafted into a military
| organization known as the Enrolled State Nj
| litia, aud drilled w}tie the understanding thai
| they are to keep the Southern army fr1m the
| city and the Stafa. You will learn that
| these men are drilei by companies, wfA
| arms, bus upon dress parade or review the,
| are io; permitted &c have their arDs. The Ma
| i3risy of them ars Southern men, having
friends and relations in the Confederate
| army, and it ID nos sTle;dered prudent 10 place
| them upon war footing but the Federal in
| tention is to place hem as SO many thousand,
! enrolled for the arlce of the State for poll
| ticai influence Ncs;n ard South, and to ileRD
every possible hunliiifticaand contumely upon
| them 1t is the saIGe Throughout the State Of
| Missouri on an enlarged scale. The whole
State Is Garrisonea a1si the inost abject ty-an-
ny prevails. To ha esught with arms ia to be
| shot; 10 be found sosen5 from your dwelling
| is 10 De cast into iosEhasome prison, denied
| communication with anybody. The " hole
State is completely, saectoaliy, overfun, but
not sub)ugared. garrison OF 81, U''O nireiings
- insufficient 10 spppsess that innate sense OF
| freedom and litersy slich every loyal Missou-
rian feels. Aa it is y.ith this nobls State, so it
will be with each and every one that is over
! ru1i by the vandals. indis4riminate iinprison.
ment, no respect f3r private rights, 40 mercy
| for woman or e'lld senosa husband or father
| is aceased OF beines q srebel and e traitor" No
charity fer the as d, 30 Pity fur the innocent
/ yoans. "a
| TIE correspondent sstarHea by way of Cairo
| AID Memphis, ard afasr some delay amid the
Provost Ma, slals, succeeded in returning
within the CoafslsFa.e lines as a non n.combat
Gnt- %
DIseRAcEFuL = tie Knoxville Register
complains that fsw Gays since when many Of
the wounded of our army In Vir1inia passed