Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-19

From ths Huntsville Advocate, lIthl

Atron the dunusYilIe AGFOeafe5 litn
TUse0MBIA, Ala, Feb %, 1868
! lR. FIeUREs: BsloW I append an saeeoun
Of the lAtsraia of the Abolition hell-hounds int
/ North Alabama. / speak Of things that know
/ 60 be soli there are hundreds of Instances which
I am cefppslied te omit, as a full sceoqntof th'
atrociGss eQmrpilied would take up the whole
/ i not more, of the available space ia your pa
| per. si-a.u
Early Sunday morning, the 22l inst five
YankseI gHnboats came Up. Tennessee river
| they did not land at rTpseambis landing, bEi
| proceeded on up to florence. Here two Of them
landed and destroyed the ferry boat the othsI
three went on up to BsinbTidge at the foot ol
| the Muscle Shoals and destroyed the. ferry boat
| At that plaeeq The Confederate States steamer
/ DunbarIhsd been lying ct Bsigbridgs for some
time, but had taken advantage Of the nigh water
and gone over the shoals where the gnnboets
could not follow. About three o'clock the gun
boats all went down the river. without making
any attempt to land, or showing any ,Rarlike
disposition except giving AEee cannon shot al
party pt little boys on this side Of the river.
Late inthe. evening, when the exeitemeht
caused BY, the gunboats had in q great measure,
absted, tine rattle of smsAsarms and galloping
of horses announced the arrival of the Yankee
cavaTyj IhgEe WAS, 81 this time, about thirty
of Baxters battalion in. tJsTa, sb0ut sixteen OF
them were quietly feeding their horses. and get
ting supper atiheir barracks on Main street. the
balance were seatsared over tnwR. At.ths ffss
alarm these sixteen nen got.in line in front of
the Franklin house, Cspt-BsksT Baxter bsing
absent u telling them to stand firm, that i took
more thsa one Yankee to stampede his men.
The advance guard. of the Yankees, about sixty
men, chArged upon these sixteen men; eur boys
gave a yell and galoped to meet them, the
Yanks burned and hsd ss fast as their horses
could carry them /; our bays pursued them. back
8 mile, untd they nlst the Haaia body Of ths
enemy, consisting of the 10th Missouri, 5th
Ohio, two haftalliOns OF Illinois caVslry, with
battery Of mounted hOwiizers, iu 81 about 1900
men. The enemy fred several voileys and
ehargedin town. cur boys fal.ing back slowly
until they were about 10 be fRuked. iwh ZEN they
reIeated hastily into town here they made
short stand, killing the, orderly Of the Yankee
commandsr aud woaRding one or two others,
By this time, the Yankees. guided By rene
esds Alahahlians, had got the remaining few of
our boys nearly surrounded. but they nade.a
dssbers te effort ana bTeae threugh tho snemY's
ranks and escaped We lost ak men taken
prisoners bat not g man was killed OF wounded
on our side. Il was now dusk, and the enemy
did not bursae beyead the suburbs Of the town
The wagons, tents and camp equipaga Of Bax-
ters batEalioa were saved, having been sent out
of townIin the morning, when the gunboats sp-
.Pea-ed, -.-f ~
) Alter returning from the pursuit, the enemy
camped in and around the pablie square, tore
the fencing from around fine private residences
for fre wood, pieketed their horses Ia the front
yards among flowers and shrnbbeFy. The YaUs-
kee commander took up his quarters in the fine
residence of Dr.. L. G. Chisholm !; his officers
broke open closets and pantTies and helped them
selves, Every corn CRIB and smoke house in
the neighhorhood was forced open, the camp was
streWn with -four, bacon5 preserve and pickle
lars. ladies' dresses infants elothins and every
imaginable kind of plunder Before merning
nearly every residence in town had been gatted,
ladies pulled out of bed and searched, money,
watches, plate, jewelTy, foTcibly isken as fast
ss one set would leaVe house aaOiher would
come in and the same search gOae over with.
Officers pied with the pTivates every one SEEM
ed to ho trying g act worse than his predeees-
sor, The inaIe citizens, II they remained, were
hurried to prison.
The churches were yilely polluted, organs
smashed, carpets torn up, and the flag Of the
/" best government the world ever saw hoisted
in triumph over the church steepie. HOW these
things we're not the work of few; al we're at
it. Col Cornyn, upon. being demonstrated with
for allowing such things, replied q don't care
damn what my men do" The yilest jestUTos
and language we're used toward ladies' sets
were committed which [ cannot shock youF
readers by mentioning. Yon hsve-ha1 Mitchell
and Turehiu With you eOmpared to Cornyn and
his set, they were angels. This Florence Cor
nyn is from St. Louis. He vas physician by
profession and an teld by persons who knew
him in civil. life, that he passed for gentleman.
He hes made name in the anngls Of hcentioJs-
ness more damnable than that Of Butler. Wed
nesday morning, after the commander had let
bis men get all tha moHey and valuab es in the
tswn blythe knock down and drag out method,
hs played another game, his last aud biggest
trump. Here it is, 3 fac siHite Of several that
were served upon citizens Of the. town aud
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