Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-31

Frsn the Montgomery Aa7srtiser.i
The telegraph confirm the raB1r. received
ssrne days siRes Of the Destruction Of ,sv7rancn.
Kansas, by the Western guerilla ehief, Qdsnnell.
OF all the stiabiHg Abolition holes ia the Free
States, none has associated with It's history 50
many assds OF brutal msanness, szd IN naIle
could the YsBgaares of 3suthera men hs visit
cd with Sc much jaBties. LaTEsaes viii be re-
memssres as the fTst "frss SLATE town" trans-
piaRtsd to KaRsas from the hotbsls Of New
England, BY Rssns OF emigrGat aid societies
for ths sxeluSisn si s lUthen msu rom Ehsi tor
ntory II was from that point the Lays oG areg-
aisr iegislatuFs, organized under ih5 Nebraska
KanEss bill, for the protection Of slave properly,
were set at dofauee BY Use Ab5litionists, and
gvsry msR, weBgn aud child who De
sgroe 70 thsir obnOxisus cres1 wss istuusnlr
butehsTed, or had 10 fee the csHBtfY for safety.
jim Lane, who Il is said made his esesrs
from LNwrs1cs, was ire lead-r ef 5ai6i
organized thrsughsut ths Territory - rg1 aud
murder pssesahla citizens froIn the south, and
whenever resisted With anything like =eqasi
fsrce, managed ts elHda ths vigilance ef MS
puTsRars and get sway, For these sets OF Gun
ning atTocity ha has since beHn FsTaTaal ~
sssl in the Unilsd States senate. Whan Lane
removed to Kansas fToHa Indians. Aa Dgntszsed
TO be a pre-slsverY DsES0Uat, f7ha had 3eeEi ili
treated by his party, aad 1sd ias Saa.Aec1 neH
offered lll 6uL1eleOE reward more rs ne AOADt
he weuld have volunteered rs 5hsir le-1eT but
the very slevsHly, dirty appearances 3i the man
excited q lsafhIpg for ais character, which
proved n TIE end q true index to bis bassness
and msiignity. Hsis cousin Of the hr-vo old
Jos Lans, Of Oregon his ant pode in honor and
maDlinesE. Gen. Lsns slapped ,Em's free IN
the Mexican war. lOr sons iusoi5ngs 30 bun.
Bat there Is as least e0usOlaEou IA tho fact
that, if jim Laae did get asF4y ron Lawrsnos,
the city which asa Witnessed, saa the iuha1i5.
ants who had encouraged his Uilaiay had 10
pay the psDsltY of outraged bumaairY. We are
told that one hundred and eighty ci-izsns were
killed aud wounded, mRI0TlIy OI whom Eqre
killed instantly in their own houses, gnd others
were shot down as they Isn tarOugh the streets
in their night clothes; thsf tw0 banks we're rob
bed, and thst the loss at Lswr8ne was over Two
mllious This is excellent retaliation for us
civilized Confederstes bu. is ust1i-g compares
20 the asndisR work ef the Yankees long before
this wsT added another bloady psgs 70 their
infsnay. Why, during the Ksnzas troubles II
was nothiBg unusual for Lanes ssn7lla 20 drag
unefsndiny citizens fFsm taeIr Deds at dead Ut
night, cut their threats, ouIege the.r wives end
children, and rsb and Darn tEsir houses. THIS
war is eniy an enlarged edition OF the kanEss
war, and if there had RsgG such retaliation 10
every case as QRaATelr has inflicted, we might
now be able to see daylight. F7s recommend
Quautrell ts the Richmond authorities for pro-
mstien his practices ara net very civilized, bat
they ara effective The Yankees cans object 20
this mode Of warfare, and the Conf=dsrstss wih
fad it the shortest r0as 70 peace.