Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-26


Robert CTzd3ock, la;ely IA crdsrlv sf IA
I Prssidsat, sn8 Afterwards connsals5 yfth t15
dsteciiVs force II kieh Ia1s3. WIS q sbo7t Hns
4 ego captured By the Yankees on shs Psn;rsuIa >,
/ and taken Is Point Lookout, fron Whiah pircs
be escaped and arrived Ssfsly Il Riebn6Ed
/ few days slaee. Hs gives ths foilozing psr-
iieulsEs Ct pziseu life - Psizs L0ok5ut:
Tie prisoners camp, uIidsr charge Of Captain
Patterson, Prgyest marshal, IS surrounded by
fsnee sboas fsUrtsen feet high Eitb platform
near the top, On tie outside, o. which lie ssnst
asls Wslk. TAs gaArd consists Of three 7sg.
msnts ef iziszRy, tho p, 9th Aad I2ih New
Hampshire, and = zgaadTsn Of ih5 - TszulaT
cAFslly.
The enclosure embraces aboas ffsesn sera. ,f
ground, the Sri5oBers are in the fssa- Thn3s
thousand are in the snail "a" tents, fvs .
each isht; Ehs resf (say abou. 5000 AZ il val
sad sibisY tents. from fourteen e tTaaty in Z
tent The sents ara laid Of IN camp form. chs
hundred men q soupsny, and ten sonnpxriss
70 oiyisioR- TasEe sss nins diFisioils.
On oRe ide Of tAo enclosure are tha mssl
hs1sss, yhsrs 500 sEs At csc E1as, asd sssh
house feeds I500 msa. TIE provisions csns;rt
Of ono-gaartsE CT pound Of damaged pofk or
beat and ten small crackers, (ssy tixss- qaariaxs
Of pound,) and pint OF wash, called By ths
Yankees eslfee. Occasionally nee q. Irish pc-
taioes are sabssisuted for bread. ans a5cue sses
q foTtRizks kAh lsaf Of soft hrssd and cna
spoonful 81 molasses. Abous twies 4 week tiez
zss wha. lksy cal bean soup IN lieu e coTss.
8eeh dsy detail OF I've nan fran sscb eorn-
psny is made 70 90 for wood, and IS ths gnsr3
wiz not let hem Sc beyS=a the eTesk. Eaey hsvs
20 dig up stcEps and roots IN an eDsn siees of
new groan4, Hiskout an axe, unless thsy stsal
one. With as mEeh wood as woald last s1s,-
toEtz5ly for half Az hour, hey mist shfver ovgr
for f0zs nights and this i 81 he wood aslszsa
thez- Many Of shs prisoners haEs 10 blsrke.s.
and nothing bus ihs cold, damp g,sund 70 slsep
On. Abonf two weeks $50 hey had ordsr5 Il
sPpesr N 'front.' Of their quaE.ers Silk knsusEekS
aEd blankets. They we're naEchsd 10 tho ksaca.
aud then passed Ia IeYieW Es fast Is pozrkia
(abo1t iouI Of ave sbTesssl By iha pToV0s r1sr-
shsl. About oR8 out Of sFsry ius who I'D ne
blauket was iold 70 stand aside, Eld vas given
blanket. They prt9sztsd 4 Fsry Nas-hesons
eistsi
The hospital IS Izid eG on two siis, Of = vi5e
street, and each ward hAs tso val tents iof1sa
o. the s1ds and hoiiing fsarrsn heds. Tbe
Htc1sE of mess tsnt IS as the end sf lie str,ef
The sick are IS we'll attended By shs Confsdarats
suTgesss and HuTsss IS t1s means given them
viii permit, bls hese hsVe been wears a. q sinus
Shsn key had ne nodieiDe on kaud Ct sur
kind. ThTeo % four die 3sily il this hospital
--4No
- he general hospital On shs Roias. eussids a
sae enclosure, and that is tie lszs seen Of thsr.
For soma tina ths deed EeTs b1Eied withoar
ccttD or box, bas thrown in = hale iesf q tbey
died. The smallpox hospital is situated On =
eEsek outsids Of TIE main guard. The average
nnn5er e cases are frem SIX 70 eight gsr day.
aRd abogt kslf shss number die. Tie patisais
aust b very strong 70 recover wilh Tie rsat-
nent received, as they are in tents on ths
gTouaa, On shs bleak shore sf the Posomae, and
nsar the bay
Tho guard shoot tie msn withcut hsiling
hem. On oas scczsioR, I've ef them hribed The
sentinel TO alls9 thsm 70 sscspe, ard afte1 let-
ing them pass eallsd The guard, ard Two Of the
men were shos altar they bad surrendered.
yeuDg man nAnsd MsLeary was shot throa7h
as bad, exposing the brain, and sAsn shrcueh
he eody, 5y man Whs was called an oficsr.
AneShsr ona Of TIA men was shst down snd
dekea sbsflt aflsr suErsndsring. rSsss msa
we're made % walk asoat half a nile il thag
sondiHsn. Tais inssalss Of brutality asne tn
leE the imrisaiAts observation sf Mr CEnddoek,
gho vouekes for its ruth.