Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-12
MEMPHIS ITEMS.
Famiiia- chat fr0m a a1smphIs Lady.

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MsaPms January IS. 1863
EDITORS APPEAL: Here I am. trying 20 compose my
phpd enough to write andIet our friends in Dixis know
a Hiae of WHAT is going on Ia Memphis know you
viii scHresiy believe me, when / tell yos og he vast
amount Of Destruction and depredafon that bas bcsn
c mmitted since the occupation oftbis city by the Fsd
erals. As far as the eye can see from South street
down, 10 Is nothing but d dssers-not a tree Of stamp.
Or house, stands from within q line with Shelby street
out 70 the blufs-
walked down Tennessee street, one day last week,
aniit was hsartrending 10 see he ds.trneaoa o. prop
erty. I DO not tank that there are three dwelling houses
left, per a brick Or a plank to marx the place where
they once stood The once beautiful dselisg or d..
an ranks, IN comparison. with q livery stable mora
than anything else you could think Of
A white man here. Is gsttingt 70 he rsy nsnr as gooS
g. negro. The Yanks are Ike the Dutehman tbat got
drunk; because he was 50, he thought every body else
drunk too just the same with the Yauks as regards the
negro. because they hsYs assald hin, and uaie him
their egzals, they think We ssuthsraers shoaid do the
same. But here. they must pause We, the Southern
people, are eisHi-sd and eaiiskteHsd people. brave de-
henderson our rights, our liberty and 7ar soil, snd as
such, win we be handed down, from g-enersaon 10 gen
GRAFTON. While Asy, invaders Of our homes and fire.
SIDES, .ramplins our rights aud freedom n the dust,
waring not against armed forces alone, bur wage war
against defenseless men, roaen and children. L am
proud that no one can Say this Of our brave rebel
army; they have carriedo on a war on honorable terms
They have fought for the grounds upon which they rest,
and that too, against great edds, but hey Still continue
10 hold their own, with bold defiance.
The whites here are put out Of their houses, and Yam
KEGS and negress installed therein, and what Is more.
any one that Is white, msn or woman, can Be arrssted
On tbs evidsnes Of e Negro. viii relate you an in
stance o. this, Of which was a witness. On Monday
last, Mrs. Marcus Jones. Of eur city, went to the Provost
Marshals Office 10 see If she could rot procure a permit
50 get her seTvan'-. as Tennessee IS nos considered r.
smpt. She was informed not, by the Provost himself,
but by one Of his petty officers that she might take 4
guard and get them. provided they were willing to 60.
She did SO. and not finding them willing, shs did rot use
force, but left theo. The negro man lefi tbs hsuss
when SD. did. and went to thu Provost karshal-he Is n
Big nan with the darkie-snd told hin that she tried 10
force them Of. Mrs. Jsnes was on her way home,
when she was overtaken by a guard, in company with ths
Intelligent contrabznd, (as the Yanks term them. She
was Informed she was their prisoner. She cody turned
and went with them 10 the provost o5es, accompanied
by 8 gentleman friand. Ths guard Tat wsut with her
for her servants was sent TO prison; and the gentleman
released She finding herself still unprovided for.
asked, in a very humble manner, If he was going 70
henu hrE 20 t1e irving DOCK ana IT - sne la0 one re-
quest to ask, that was eithst to sead, orlat her go hsme
aad get her little infant The eowsrd for I can call
him noihizs else, then dismissed hsr. During he trial
every question put to her she would re fer them to their
colored evidence. It vas pronounced a rich farce. The
seeesiOnists Of Memphis all think the time very long
when waiting. as they are, to receive the soathsrn boys
0 zee agsini bvt confident that the day is not far distant,
We al welt patiently, but neither words or pen can de-.
scribe the hearty welcome the rsbsi boys will receive,
aud none the less deserve
Icame across an APrEaLth the other day, and / do de-
clare I felt as though I had met a desr old friend.
Thieying and neendiarism is the order Of the day in
Memphis but as it h an established order, we should not
complain, for how could ore expect anything else, with
the mayor and such a set Of Police % rule as are IN
Memphis Iheard a lady remark the other day she
thought the policemen the greatest st Of paddys she
ever saw, an the mayor the grandest paddy OF all. I
saw the back hearted traitor, the other day, and happen.
cd to notice him trying to arrange lis neeEtis, which
was quite fancy locking 7 could not help thinking to
myself how much more becoming a twisted hemp tie
would have been.
Hoping you wiz pardon me if have t~respasssd upsn
your lime too long, I subscribe myself
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