Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-04

Al1 ndAAAe AAa6lllAA aA $50 uAAIllG OF hNH El&U
ssw the regiments lTing down, made the ssu;
inquiries Pegram had made, and received thl
same answer. Hs drew bis revolver. put It Z
the head Of the hOrseman, and whispered FOL
low ms" 81 can't" replied the maa, i an
the Generals orderly" open youT lips again,
I said Courtney, between his cGnched teeth % sut
I viii blow your brains out' The man obsysd
rode with him back to the command withou
! utteTing 3 word, sat down By the camp FIRE
buried bis face in bis hands, and after . lone
/ pause exclaimed, "Well, III DO d--dr
An almost identical Occurrences happened no
/ long ego, IN which toe hero was a private il
/ Stusrt's cavalry. the only dtfsrence being thai
| the affair happened in broad day light, and ths
| private on foot made the Yankee surrender bis
| horse and equipments. HERMEs
The 8Iisssari-Eknnaas TroHbles-s Carnf.
val OF BeVHstnlien AID RluadeF,
From the New YORK Herald
The Missouri-Kausas imbEoelio is causing
much trouble 10 III Lincoln, and is likely to
cause mere 10 the country. How ths zranzIing
factions are to be reeoneiled how the preten-
sious Of Senator jim Lane and Bis gang of
Abshton marauders are to be disposed Of; how
the border IaTnsW keTs are TO be held back from
the continued plundeT aud devastation Of the
''debssabie land" on both sides Of the Missouri
river these are questions demanding in nc
ordinary degree the exercise of that homsly but
keen and honest wisdom which "honest Abe" 50
undoubtedly possesses.
What be thinks about the matter himself msy
be best illustrated By his remark to a prominent
gentleman OF this city, who asked him a f9W
days ego what he intended doing in regard to
the Missouri- Kansas troubles They remind
me" said Mr.. Lincoln, ''of a field I once had
when 7gss farming in Szngsm0a county. It
was very good held-veTy good land In 1t; out
IN one corner there were some stamps, SO tough
snd long rooted that they could not be gruhbed
up with the hatehet and axe. 50 wet that they
couldn't be burned out Well, what could dot
I could only ploW round them, and guess III
have 10 ploW around these Missouri Kansas
troubles also. Thsyare both good States-very
good men in themi but there are some very bad
stamps, OF which JiH Lane Is about The worst
aud guess they'll bavs 70 b plOwed round
the best way we esu."
Giving this story tor what It may be worth,
let Us say seriously that, if Mr.. Lincoln in the
lesst values or wishes 20 retain the QO8d opinion
Of the intelligent OF conservative millions Of the
American people, be viii not hesitate 10 eject
/ Senator jim Lane and ell his tools, whether
civil CT military, from connection with the sffsrs
| Of the Kansas and Missouri department. Senator
/ jim IS not only nuisance, bus malignant sEd
/ irfepTessible power Of evil. Lank, eadaVerOus,
| merciess and cunning, be is 3 true representa-
! tive Of the ''iayhawking" OF highway rObber
Z and horse thief element which ferns 60 c0usBic-
uous q part Of the Kansas charseter. Hs is The
/ veritable Jean Psul Msrat Of the Jseobin wing
! Of bis party, with only keener instinct fox
/ plunder and pelf than history attributes to that
diseased and miserable miscreant. Ever since
/ the breaking out Of the war Lane has steadily
/ aimed-snd for tho most pert sueeessfully-to
/ obtain control of the qusIteImasteT, commisssry
/ and ray departments OF the army having its
I headquarters ia Kansas and ali The patronage
/ and plumber thus obtained have been cousis-
/ tentiy devoted to bis personal benefit and the
I advancement of his political Aspirations.
In The winter Of 1851, when Gen. Hunter
! took command Of Kansas and the Territories,
/ he found the whole male population clothed in
/ army jackets, inexpressibles and shoes; while
/ sll, both mails and female, slept under army
| blankets, and were sUbsisted on supplies fur
/ nished from the army commissariat The pay
1 department was uVerTun with claims from staff
l officers VINO held no other appointment or com
mission than note from SeHatOT jim; and there
were no less than fourteen regiments and three
/ battaliOns Of Kansas trOops-5n pAper-shese
/ organizstions having full ard sUpe- abundant
/ supply Of officers, bat tho average strength Of
I the regiments being less than three hundred
| and fifty effective man. lis Was Of no use for the
chisf paymaster to protest that the staff officers
were irregulaTly appointed, held no commissions
| sHd hRd no duties Senator Jim was at the time
Sin cohoot" with Secretary Cameron, aud ell
such objections were OverTuled as frivolous. II
! vas the same with the chisf quarleTmEstar and
chief eOmmisssry, If they refused 70 issue on
/ Lanes irregular Tegusijons. Mr.. CameTou
6rst TsBped them over the knuekleB for causing
unnecessary trouble, and Senator jim next sci
him1oll and his adhsrents 70 woEiy Ia the manu-
fac.gtre Of sfidavits that thsss oficer5 were Il
the pay Of JEFF Davis, and were eagerly swat
ing the approach of Gen. Startling Price 20 de
liver up 90 him Fort LcRFsuWoFth and ali of The
stores, money, ordnance and ordnance matsria
that it contained.
Gen. Huntsr, who hsd been in command Of
Fort Leaveuworth twenty years before Senator
Jim ever saw it, and who hal also bosn on duty
ia Kansas during all ths border rufian' trou.
bes of the inianI State, so5n Strengthened out
matters. so far as the War Department wOGid
let him, and worked wonderful reformation.
/ Supported by him, the chief paYmaster refused
to pay Illegal accounts 70 Senator Jin's polisiea
aids, for military services never rendered. Thl
ehisf quartermsstsr aud chief eOmmissary re-
newsd their VOWS Of fidelity to tie book Of army
regulations, and 10 acquisitions tor stores el
supplies that wers not sa Tsgts and correct eoall
receive attention The fourteen skelaton Tssi
ments and three skeleton bRttalions were sc one,
consolidated into six effective regiments and on,
hstialion--this change ia itself saving 10 ths
United States Treasury the psy, forsgs and sub
Bistence Of eight eolOusis, ten loutauent-cOlo
nels, eight majors, eight chaplainB, eight sur
geons, ten assistant surgeons ninety captains
one hundred and eighty hsutsnants, and ihl
! non-eommission5d staff IN proportion. 1t alss
converted into military organisations, subjsc
10 discipline. what had previously been nor
armed Tabbs Of jayhawkers, scassersd at vii
over the country, and for the most part eugages
> in DuTsits having nothing whatever % DO viii
, the profession OF soldering.
Changes so radical as this, aud SO benefeis
: 70 the service, were more than Senator jim
Z could stEn1. The officers mustered out were hi
political adherents-haf the State senators G
Kansas drawing pay IS field officers Of variou
/ grades, while the captaineies were distributes
over the Lower House, and the lieutsnaneis
held iu reserve TOR tho small fry Of wirepuller
In State ard district conventions. Not one on
D Of ten Of these officers could tell platoon iron
= q battalion, OF knew bis horses tail from hi
3 sabre" They were purely political appoint
0 pasnts, uado by Senator jim while exercisial
7 Irregular command s. btgsdier general with
2 out commission, ia tho early days Of the val
And hare lot as say that, although two Of th
e Kansas regiments did vel ct tho batlla Of Wi
a sons creek, they were two Chs 1st and ID wa
+ which jim had no connection, and which hs
hesn raised and were commanded on that oes.
z pton ~ - c-llet SS0islJ 81 3 (
{ and Mitehsll--who held the Jaeobin Senator
Q his true worth, as q jayhawzsr only anxioos Z,
plundef.
: Gen. Hunter, 10 tho inssnse delight Of l.,
+ sad al bis crow, was at length relieved lrn
I. command Of Kansas, and SINCE that hour Ssm
tor jim has had things very nearly his on
5 way, and il is neither bis fault nor tbat of b
, Abolition clsqueurs if he has failed 10 beeon
D. omuipoteut. All win remember the iucrsdib
D reports Of victories achieved BY certain Kama