Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-29

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;ng Hiwanee. near The village Of ohArlasSen
Rss. Tennessee, where We were luxuriatng eil
the various good things furnished BY that fertile
country, and h~attsring ourselves with the hape
Of being able to spend the cemirg Christmas
anong eur friends in Middle Tennessse. But,
"a q luckless day, year correspondent, fsncys
ing all SAFE, with Bragg on Missionary ridge,
and Lsngszeet al Knoxville, cams down TO
Chieksrnazga this day one month age. Ths
balance is q matter Of history. The 2Sth Of Nc
vanber saw our army driven in confusion from
Missionary ridge. Succeeding events are known
to all-snd your humble servant finds himself
cut of from his command, lHamiltsn's bastal-
Ien,o and Is forced for the present to take shelter
in the hOsp;tabls tent Of that vsneEsbls ard war
worn soldier, Col r. D. Allison. Of Teanessea,
vho now commands 8 squadron Of cavalry in
ool. Griesby's brigade. Col Allison is entitled
to much credit for the part he has taken in ear
war for independence. In the beginning Of the
war he raised, and loE twelve months command
cd, The Oath Tennessee infantry, which was one
Of the best regiments in the service.
After leaving ths infantry, he immediately
gsais 10 work to raise = cavalry command, which
he sueaesesd in doing-ard has since been of
much sssYies to his country IN vsrieus ways
etsing bean highly spoken Of at different times
Ey Cen Bragg, Hsrass, and others. The enemy
has burned his house with al its contents, in
! Middle Tennessee, and theRgh his head is now
silversd ever with gray, and he bss three sons
and several sons.in-lsw In the Southern army,
b still persists in Sighting tbs enemies Of his
country, and declares his intention to do 80 IS
long IS there is one on ssathera soil. Had our
army been Bado up entirsly Of men Of equal
patriotism, energy, veurage and tenacity Of pur-
pose, things need rot have beCn in their present
condition.
Aseout just in from the front reports 20 Yam
KEGS this eide Of ChattsneogA- Their piekeIs
stand at MsFarlands, Eve rifles cut
A gentleman from Smith county, Tssnsasse,
whom tho yandsls have bsnished from bis ma.
tive home because of his loyalty to the lAad that
gave him birth, reports things in a dspEOrsble
condition in that part Of tie Ceufedsraey.
A william by the Rsns Of Blackburn, (ferzsr-
" a stags driver, new s captain in Stokes cav
Slry9 leads shout two hundred eatthEOsts, who
range through Davidsoa, Wilson, Sumner and
3eRLh e~ozntiss, Tsbbing, piIlaging and mzr-
.dering in a manner that woald disgrace the
Thugs Of India, OF inhabitants Of Barbsry. In
several Instances they have rode up to houses
where msn were simply saspscssd Of having
Southern pr~oclivities, eallsd them on. and shot
them down ia cold blsod, il the presence Of the
hsTrOF.shickez vito and screaming little onos,
alleging that all desefgS dssth who have not
taken tie cath and seczrcd protection psPers
nom the Federal authorities. The negroes are
pretty generally free, and nest Of them are be-
ing forced into the army. They first inveigls
them away from home under promise Of free
dom, and then force them to tske arms and GO
into camps of instruction. These that refuse to
take up arms ase put in prison on bread and
1 water, until they become wiling to eight their
fernsr matters and protectors, as 8 lszs allerna-
tive. Many OF those whe 60 to the Fsdsrals
willingly, take their families to camp. These
must be supplied with the Necessities Of life.
In order to supply themselves, they are permit.
ted 70 plumber the ~citigsn's houses, which they
de to any extent that suits them, taking beds,
bsd-clothiDg, dresses, furniture, etc, ete.-in
fact eyerything-bssides insulting in the gross
est manner helpless women and innocent chill
dren. The authorities take the position that ths
end juslifes the means, and thst if necessary to
put dowa the rebellion, the wkele South shall
be made 5 bowling wilderness, the inhabitants
sksll be put to deslh, and every vestige Of eres-
zion that blessss our fair fields and sunny wales
skall be bEotted cut Of existence.
Jim Trnbls, Of G~alIstin, commands q regi-
msnt of bIseks. There is a large camp Of in
stTastion for eontrsbands at Columbia, Maury
county, Tennessee. Thus the work Of subjuga-
sien goes on in or own loved Tennessee.
Her lovely plains, her fertile valleys, once in.
hahised szd cultivated by a hAFdy race OF free
men, are now cursed End dsvasted by q set Of
ruthless ssvsgss. unworthy the name Of soldiers.
Her grand old hills and gentle slopes, her lefty
mountains and romantic gorges, ones resonant
with the merry laughter Of brighteysS children
and joyous shouts of light-hesrted school boys,
or resembling with the musical chorus Of the
lowing herds eff gentle ~kine-uhere sparkling
brooks bubblsd over pshbly beds, and bright
winged songslers mingled their heavenly SYM
phOnies, making az the grand music of nature,
reminding one of the celestial sphere itself, now
all dark and dreary, infested by Teving bands Of
midnight nurdersrs and blsck-hesrtsd demons,
in the shape Of men, whose delight it seems 10
be to make widows and orphans, and clOthe ths
land in sorreW.
Tennessseans Who Of you can contemplate
she condition of our loved homes and 6resides
without . shudder Of horrors
who would give up the present struggle until
the last vensl foe is driven from the Sunny
Ssuth, OF CONSIGNED to 8 blecdy grave within
her hospitsble bordcrsf
Where is the man who woald BOT rather see
the lssf house consumed, the forests desolated,
she rivers dyed with blood, the mountains lev
elsd, and all engsled in one common %ruin-a
sssrifss on the sacred altar Of fresdem-fhan
submit to the dsspot who weala lsvel cur wives,
mothers aad sisters to the lowest depths Of de-
gradation, to crafty his thirst for glsry and So
tate his demenise ambition
. Let the eternal universe 70 one chaeiie mss return; /
Let the cantrai dres their strong encsssnsnts burst, /
And eaFth, and air and oesEn b1ra."
BAT subulit to Abe Lincoln end the North
Never!
Then, Let Us gird eur aEmsr and burziBh eur
steel for & removal Ct the conflict. Though
PrsviasHes lss fer 3 time seemed to favor eur
snsmiea, wa should net despair.
sClur cause IL juft, IN God ven trust,
Otr battle CRY wei raise on hlgh,
Ffpedomi now aad forever"
&. Il to be hoped that many Of the causes that
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