Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-25
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resolutions by citizens. complaining of our con
nandsrs, of military neglect Of them and thei
neighborhoo5. They proclaim that such an
such amount of provisions aud provender, an
various other articles ill with rich profusioi
their homes and that Of their neighbors, IN
still thoy are unprotected by our military au
thorities. In other words they seem to clair
and wonder why an armed force is not sent t
each msn's house to protect themselves aud Nj
50 AMI Sos property from the ravages Of Van
koe invasion, to guard and protect their proper
ty, provisions and quarteTmsstsrs' stores, until
ia their wisdom they may conclude the prope
time has ccme for them to sell whOt they or
now willing to spare to the government, and a
prices so enormous that old 81 Barsolo," the sup
| posed king of misers, woull blush to ask Thsi
condition to them, have no doabt, seems quit
hard. Did you ever, or have you since this wa
commenced, eat single meals vic!usls at thr
houses of this class of men Ii SO, what die
they charge you for itl Iventure the assertion
not less than one dollar, and during the interva
that you wers waiting for your meal to be pre-
pared, what conversation did tho man of the
house introduce
bIan of the house-Well, sir, (or gentlemen
if there happens 10 be more than one,) soldiers
presume
Soldier.-Yes, sir.
Man Of the house How long have you been
in the army or service
Soldier-SiGce the commencement of the war.
Man Of the house - Have the Yankees
troubled your property, any
GolGfcr --Yaq cir fha- baVn tatvsp de-
stroyed everything we had but l care not for
that, so we can obtain our in5ependence-thst
independence or fathers beqUeathed to Us, sni
from which they exhorted US never TO de-
paYt-We can sGon make mp what ws have lost
Man Of tho ehouse.-Well-yes- reckon so
certainly. I baye been mighty frsid they
would come on rs and destroy everything VIC
have They were at jones. q few days ago
and took everything he had-negroeS, corn,
meat, and even went into his house aad searched
every place they could; took his money, and
even took his cotton eff with them; horses,
mules-everything
They then went to Bir. Smiths, my neigbbor,
and took everything lie had, be was quite
poor hsrd-wor1iug man, too; poor follow I
don't know what he is going to do. l was
mighty frsid they would come here aud tTeat me
the same way Gy old wo1an was scared
nearly to desth, my daughters Yan cff down to
their Uncles, and my two boys slipped of IN the
bottom to keep out Of their way. Poor fellows!
they have a hard time Of it but I think they
can keep out Of their way; they know the bot
tom first rate, and | hope they win not let the
Yankees catch them. They did think at one
time they would join the army, but then hs:ed
to see them 90, and their mother was 50 much
them substitute, and what do you reckon I
hsd to give
S0disr-I don't know.
Nan Of the houss.-Fifeeu hundred dollars
[ thought had better give it any how. Ny
boys wasn't stout 70 how, and / didn't think
they could stand to lie on the ground and have
such rough eating ss they would be bound to
stand. by youngest boy is not stout, and has
been puney ever since he was 6 child. WeA,
let the money gs, it is all right anyhow.
Ia comes a fat negro woman--Naster, como
% dinner.
Man of the house-Come, gentlemen, walk
n to dinner.
Of course they walked--snd after dinner was
levouTed by the hungry soldiers, they rose from
he table and of course walked into the poriicO
or piszs-and took a sast.
The man of the hOuso.-Wel old woman.
hose fellows must have been very hungry, did
7ou ever see men eat so in your hf2? They
zero nearly starved, 1 thought they would kill
themselves.
Common courtesy Of course, induced the old
nan to follow up the soldiers and keep them
company ; first, perhaps TO see that the boys did
lot take anything of and secondly, that they
,sid for their dinner, before leaving.
The man of the house, am afraid that we
srmers viii have hard time of it this year to
make anything, our crops beve been put in late,
ge have had good deal of rain, we have put
4 only half crop of cotton, and that dOn't
ook very thrifty. have got the worst crop this
ear have had for the last twenty years, but l |
iops we won't stsrve no how.
Soldier.-I have 10 doubt that we will make |
,lenty to eat-we can live nearly any way
.ntil tho war is Overland really, this war has |
aught us great lesson. It has demonstrated |
hat we can 1.-Two comfortably on at least half |
re have been in the habit OF living on IN fact |
We have been thrown upon our own resources
4 everything, and really we have worked |
wonders, under the circumstances. When q
eopls are determined to be free 10 privations |
an overcome them. Well, sir, wo are in some |
Yhet of huuy-and must ge-what is our Bill ? |
Man of the house-Well, as you are soldiers,
nd seem to have 8 hard tins Of it, shall only |
barge you dollar piece for dinner
Here tho soldiers pull out their money and |
and it to him.
Man of the house What kind of money is |
his, (adjuating his spectacles,) Confederate
money!
Soldiar-It Is good, sir.
Man Of the bouse-Well, see here, I know it |
good think 80. Yes, but hsv'nt you got |
ONE Tennessee money you can let me have |
| good msny Of my neighbors don't ike to tako |
Confederate money; they are making heap Of |
his Confederate money, | tell you.
Sold.er.-ghat IS sll the kind of money we |
ave; the government pays us of in that kind |
f money !; it suits rs precisely; that is Mass |
effs money, and we are all willing to take it in |
ha army.
Msn Of tho house-Well, reckon this will |
%, IS you are soldiers.
After two or three looks at ths money, as he |
7alks slong from the poTsico TO his private room,
10 lays it sway, with grunt, followed up by ono |
7 two slight coughs, which shows conclusively |
hat he is fearful that something is wong about |
he money-and, perhaps, az it is Confederate
money, he ought to hevo charged the soldiers
ne dollar and fifty cents each for their dinner,
ut still he lets il pass.
Now these arc the men who generally find |
suit with our officers, and make SO much COM
laint about protection. These men too are
way behind our army, between as and the
'cderals If they are so patriotic, and have so
luch of the comforts Of life in their respective
to spare why, we ask, did they
W iot tno EoNbfuEADuh nave ~ iOuE DStJiC tulSs
'hen our army was much nearer to them thsn
ow, and the Federals farther off Was it rot
Or gain that they have held these so long
We're they not holding on to every pound of
aeon and beef, every hnshel of corn, wheat,
otstoes, -four, in fact everything they had TO
pare, for prices still to rise Let poor sick
worm down, and half starved soldier visit
ho houses of q number Of these men,
nd what will they charge him for board
nd lodging bis eleven dollars per month will
ooa be consumed, by many Of them, in four
sys. The soldier undergoes the priyations of
ONE, father mother, sisters, and many of them
Tives snd little cDes, the hardshps Of camp,
he dangers of battle, and everything else con-
ected with soldiers life, and receives $11
81 month and that is taken from him in many
laces, and by men who pretend TO be friends
f the soldier and the pillows of the array, true
nd loyal aS men can be, in four days. In our
OWNS aud upon the highgays our scsnty hotels
barge our soldiers q months wages, for which !
hey 90 through al hsYe enumerated for two