Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-31
VOL XIV, NO. as

fshsy built Ffom BhsgspoTs to Btoxn's fern
they ceald zake two or faFss tips each day
and this rsduced their veg Sntng to ssyeE miles
Hhsa they set Raecoon zoEnsain sad Lssekoal
yslley from Bragg, the gsns vas up. ss far q.
ChaisznoeRa was lac rrizs. fhess thEse steam
ers saved them.
This moFping the guard vas Increased, and
! Capt SIaosl toek charge Of ns. He is pale,
intellectual, handsome young maz-a nephew
Of J9hn Slidoll I zs1ld gladly have killed
Kim, or given him $1,000 il DcrseosEate money
for bis coat. Il vas magniscsat ever eost, Of
the Easst furs. A Yankee zssjsr-gszsrAl, Sic
sum, was on the beat, going Koms. The once
iscTitsble " r W. W. Cobb, of Alabama, was
up stairs en- The beat, se1zaipZ te have q psrfsss
anaeTstarding with tbs yankees.
Thers was noW offered tznstirz and bril-
lAaf opportunity to ovoFpsEsr eur guard and
eeesFe. The guard numbered: about afty OF
as, efiesrs and 7su, there were sksus two huR-
| aree--or four to enc. / saw ear s5vaatake, and
| i1glored the eAssEs ts ESQ i quickly. I Ere
posed that We divide inte gra8ps Of isurs, oaeh
gEsup Eurrsand 9 YALkss Ruaz6. and at a given
| signal, which I would give, seizs the YEnkss
and disalR hin- Ns;hizg vas easier, sR4
noihiEg WAS lacking bat plack to De il. rhea
land ths ecas sn the wess b2Hk, pn. eE Tho
Yankees, then land ourselves IN this side, barn
the boat, and harry " ths mouRtsin. We wsald
thus have got ftiy nsaskoss, sens pistsls, plenty
OF ammunition, Tietnals ensEgh, and q forced
march eE tEenty-foar hours weuld have biased
as in Dixie. ! was T. have Capt. shsslfs coat
The telegraph wire TSs 20 Be cut, and qaiek
Tine zsde. Cavalry could Eet pursue, and IN
fairy ee7ld Hst esish. A rear guard Of iity
H.zsksss ia brave hands could make Pxrspit dam
gsroBs.
then had, aaS still have, eseat esEassnss In
ftH 4 av1lnfraI kEs ala - krs-E-
AID earnestly urged its execution. Bat Fseaa
no eispasilisR aasng the efScsIs to zsks tie
skert Pfebsbly half deEsR Ssssmptly assent
ee, aad went into it with spirit Bat the others
yielded sAiy an iRdsisat assent, or expressed
eiLsar ineifsrsnss or opposition. Ny appeals
were ia vsin. Bxt they wers not, regret 20 |
SAY, susA spirits IS Asrgsn's Iasa. There
seemed =1 after Haat Of entsTPriss AnoAg tken. |
Many szeae5 stzPialy eontsnfsd with their cap !
tivisy etkefss utterly psTalJxsd. toii shsm |
very well, gentlsaSa, yeU can 90 10 year |
EsItherH FTiss1s, but viii not 20 with yea. |
s.sall ssesP3. Here IS 8 chance fer as all We |
easaos sHiy escape, bat greatly iBjars tho enc |
cay by Destroying this bsat. pE0soze il fsr |
year eessSs, GEd to serve eur eSKse. Fer ny
self, can sad will escape"
Lsse In The evening we rsackad Bridzspsrt, |
and after few hsuTs' delay, wers pus en- the |
ears for Nashville. At Bridgeport ihsre wsrs |
vast public stsres and the sztlsrs had eTery del
isaey. Bat we ksa No current fzsds and eoald /
net kEy. had an AlsbsEs soldier VITA me, /
Lsvi Z. Evans, soapany D, 4sh CsBfsserAts |
regiment, snd slagelsd him in the ear With |
ms. / intended to escape that night, hetSssa /
Stsveasea sza Dseherd. Ths ear kai been |
EszgsS with seras patches sf soft pine, |
which cut thyeugh with kp:5s, and I lad az |
ranged with Capt Lincoln, ; brave yeung fsn-
nesssexs, that be snd should escape that gigkt |
lie knew tao coaairy ard people. Bat he Of /
fssr3 stretched cut 10 slssp ssvs.ad the hsor, I
and IN ts9 utter saTknesS | could act ied hin, |
Rsr esula gss eysT ihSn 70 the proper place.
Izvskizg many curses Oh tbeir st15id slzEs5ers, !
/ went 30 the doer, complained TO the gsard Of /
bsizg stiasa, aEd get than to open the dosr for /
frssh air. iatended 10 catch s0nebsdy, thrust |
lin hstwcea ne and tie sentinel, and Jump /
cat.
Bat ju1Eisg frsm running ear is vsrY dan
gsrszs, net TO life bat ts lims. Ts escape had |
te ksys geo3 usO Of my limbs, aHa b. oxen IeE
even sFrAiHoS ankle sr lsssi feet, Wculd ron /
dor esssPs imssssisis. lhsEefeHs had to select |
ssrsfully. tie grssna on Which 70 jump, and |
tiHe szd Plssa. The esrs etsPped enly at de-
pets where wsEs gATris.ns, aud the enly ehsnes |
Was ts jump 81 the cars running. The pros
pesi was ret promising, bat thsre was bui this |
altoFRative-jaap CT, eri JehnseH's islaEs. I |
stsad By tie soor al night, watching nay op- /
P5TluDity, bai zone occurred. The jaEnpinz /
Plsso was either steep AsHntain sides, deep |
eats, or uPez h--3 snd resky depths below 1 |
got all ths Dstsh guard asleep OF droEsy. bat |
there was enc skreEd Yankee whs suspected ny
design, aEd s!sed by and watched me- think /
be had pistol eoekea In hls hand Finally /
determined 30 jsnP, and jast IS wss about |
to De il, he elsSsd the door. Il was nsu sbsns
day, and there Ees 70 hope Egain ill night
During the day asked Liae9ln what he fhsughi
ef the prospect He said he thought Is |
Has "a goae CD essss-Ehst the best seportu-
Rity had been lost We expected to be in
Eashvills kefsrS night, and the prospect was
glsemy indeed. Eat fortunately We WeTs de-.
tsinea ssvsrsl hours at MaTfTesshsFo. l then
vent to Lincoln and We slammed cur escape.
We examined the pine patches On ths back part
Of the car and fsHsd that they sozld be cut
tsreagh villa knife, or knocked eG
/ PFsferTed the feraaT, I,incsln Ghs latter. ! /
get eus, found suitable rsek, and snaggled II
into The car in ny blanket. Il was row nearly
nigss, and for this / anxioasly wsitoS. L was
new thirty miles TO- Nashville. When We reached |
LzvsrgHe, fifteen miles froE Nashville, il was |
jHEt dark. In ons hour mora we woEld be in /
Nashy!lis. Tine was preeisus. 1 told Izaeeln /
tint thought tie door the bsst chance. There |
we're TIVE doors. e was Ssx car and the |
dso,s slid TIE guard sssid aboas the rizkt /
Il
LEFT door was kept closea, and we slept against |
Is. NJ Es5tsnaHt, Jss Fisuts gTsYod mzsh |
ever his csptivity, and aExisus to brisg hiz |
With rSe, I told hin Ezy plan, and ssksa hin to /
ezHis vita me. He gisaiy sscsPtsd the sffer |
Jats as the cara LETT LzvaEeas, called AIIa, |
Lincoln, and nay EsE, Evsas, aad told them The |
msRsens had Cons-.o be ready. I gathered |
tksn slsse sres=S ne, locked out, saw We were
IN ssft cid Gsld, and fsrces cpsn the door and
janps6.
1 had : soft fall, which did net hart ma al all.
azd l laid en- the grsaAa uzsil TIE esrs, snd
train behind, had passed. Thsa Il fsss, and sss,-
ing GaeIher man ssllsd hia 10 ne. Il VISA
kTaEs. The ear whistles blew sad tho spssa
WAS eheeksd. There sesnsG to ne . sanne-
ten CT fss ssrs. fearsd they wsGid ruA back /
70 lIvergRe, szly Ells, infegn ths garrison Of (
sur osesPe, and have rs parsEsa. tod EFaEa
to 'aeusls-qaisk" and fsllsw ms. hurried
ever to = weed, and Essppsd fer breath ard 10
eo2nsissszss. think now that the whistles
blsE to siEAsl the hEeAksmsn te put en- tEo /
bzEkes, As we were eR down grade. Bat FiaHs
and Lincoln did net make thsiI escape. sup
pess the gasra sssE discovered the open dssr,
and rushed to II and e;cssd it. Il was mild,
sssr-lit night, and By their bsasez azgers-shs /
ssvea sters-I struck southwark. Just hefago 1
day stsPPaa en- neEntsin peak, selected a 4
fssd covert and rszsiaed there all ths nsxt day.
Just At nigks IsPpresshsS 4 kssse, fsaRd wo- /
nsn .thsre, aad called fer sapper She was
scared asd compliant, gavs as sac supper, aud |
st ny rsqEsst prepared much yrovisisRs fer us |
Sac sent 81 fer Hsjghbsr, who cams, sad soon |
klse her hubbard.
was in the fall yniforR Of a CsafsdsrA.s saz- |
ser, and Of ssurss Lad 10 play that Eels. The
nsz wsro inqrisiiiye, bat ssla thsn that the
srst lessen ef . RilitHTy man was to keep his
se5's;s-.tAsI could only tell thsm that I ives
Confederate efnesT, en- an imBsrtAns al se-
srst service, ard that they weals sosa hear of
Ea0-that bed soraEsrd with Ris vish whsn