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

From the Bcllstin, December
Eow ARE Yoy AGAIN, cexseRrTf
We would attract the attention of our readers
to special order 10. 499, spPointing the tins oil
mastering the enrolled militia We fancy We
500 procession of gentlemen who have mol
their Certificates Of enrolment marching at the
point ef bayouet to Fort Pickering Hext week
Gene in out Of the draft.
FEMALE sMsGGLEks.
Yesterday the provost marshal haSlin his eus.
toeJ several ladies', some Of when were Of
grest resPseiabilisy, who were suspected Of
Being engaged in Smuggling Gods acrsss the
lines to rsheldsn. They wsTe Gubjested TO .
search by s lady Wko is engaged for that pur.
pose, and soms strange deyelOpnents made.
one lady hai bolt Of Gnest linen, so adjusted
an to answef the purpose !of shat article Of ap.
psfsl known as hustle. Hx corset was filed
with pieces ef geld coin, quilted in to the
ameunt Of $1so0.
ARotber lady, who was naturally eff rather
sPAss proportions, had hSr form we'll rounded
eat with padding made Of the best Of dress
silks, worth i've dollars end upward per yerd.
Her hose were found to eeneeal quantity of
gents e1avais. which wsre sWathed carefully
shout her limbs. A third lady's aRzple hoops
vera fernd to cover number Of ysrd,I Of broad
slsth, whieh hAd been arranged fox the time
inss = seTt OF underskirt Bsr bust was filed
oct hy museum Of articles, eonsistiBsy mainly
Of jsHelry, silk thread, needles and m sdicinos.
There was 3 variety Of ether articles found,
which We do net remember at present. The
fair sin1gglers were detained in the Irwin block
tsT trial.
MOST PRAIsEweRTHI EETBRPRJaE.
A committee of gentlemen, consisting of 2.
q. CLARK, J. Fl BoWea and Alderman Donovan,
started SHt last evening with subscription pa
per to raise fund to be appropri sted 30 the Te-
lief Of Che poor and distressed Of our city during
the coming winter. They have been very sac
eessful thus far, and it Is to be hspsa they viii
Sontinpe 10 be SO. An opportunity will be af
soTdod to The liberal hearted men Of Memphis,
thus to eonnibute to a most laudLble unoertAk-
ing. Over fifteen hundred dollars were raised
in very short time yesterday in subseriptisns
running from one hundred dollars upward. The
city has appropriated thsRssHd dollars TO the
same good PurYssO- It mast be remembered
that ten or twenty thousand dollars even viii
net keep the wslf fren the doors Of our stary-
ing poor this winter. We mRss falhll our auiiss
ts our brethren In this emergency. Be prepared
to do yourself justice in this matter when you
are asked to contribute TO this fund.
SAILED UzDER FALSE oeLoss.
A private, named Stephens, of the 9Sa In
diana infantry, has been ussqvsrading about
this part of the country for ssme time past, at 3
great rate He las bosn in the desorting husi-
ness more or less since his enlistment, and be-
come quite an adept at the science through ieng
practice. He made his home with his msthsT,
who resides hers, and through her assistance
managed TO elnde tao efiesEs, who wers enaeav-
cyiEs 70 sppTahend him for several weeks. Ne
sdeptsd He apparel Of the opposite sex, and
through the aid Of doxsTous nsntasR&kiHg, and
rstksr feminine face, be escaped dstsstisn for
ssnae time. He Bhswo6 hiEself, by his make
AZ, 10 be as fat in all the mysteries of feaasls
machinery, ssd wss furnished with rufhss, cor.
sets, buftlss hoops, gsiisrs, padding, surs,
paias, petSasT gloves, periSmefy, SoAA ct, and
all the cthtg jigsUaTess, gingerbread won and
Ee forth thst contribute 10 the manufacture OF
. lady in sirest cestums. Rinding the city
too hot for him, or growing that way last, he
espeIuded the best thing for him to do was to
&c north. Te show his incredible sarsateTy, il
+ only ussesssry to state hs went IN his aisguise
| n tbe proyost fzeyshaPs ofise to get pass 30
| ga 20 the river Somsthing strange in his gait
| led an expsYeneed detective 70 thiRk everything
was not as il should be. Some instinct told him
he was a maR in HomAR's attire. He was in
rnsdiately arrested and conveyed to the Irving
block.
on the nsxt morning he was taken before the
/
| lire. End locked as foolish - . shesPsteRhEg
dor. After = brief examination be Was remand
ed to ccnhaeneHt, to be tried for the grave
ofFsnse Of deseTtisn and the chaHees are be vii
\ be shot unless the easheTitiss exercise clemsncy
N the matter.
Eighty o. ninety Confedsrste prisoners viii
be ssnt fraR the Irving block prison ts Alton
Illinois gEis viii Glear ont all, or nearly all
| the CosfedeTsts prisoners 10 that reSoubtabl'
| institution, They will have bstteE quarters in
l Alton.
RIVER AED BvsfNEss.
The river is still risinE, and the weather
plessazf a. csuld be desired feT pleasure o.
business.
The shoals on the Arkansas shore are nearly
eli submerged.
| The river has risen several feet in tive days
The number Of arrivals, yesterday, wss quit
large.
/ BUSINESS ON the levss, yes!srdsy, was quite
lively. There was more seIivity displayed :hSE
/ las heea observed for several days.
i The FspBy and Welcome both eana up from
Nav Orleans, and proceeded to ST. Leuis. The,
bs.h were hed inso By gnorrsllas--the Wslcem
ines tirnes, and their sFpeaEanse Indicated tha
fha aKip9 was quite accurate, but tortur' 4 nj
/ ans was injured On the Welcome TvS person
s-ate sighsy wounded on the Fanny. The
gsys atsaeksd at WEtszproof. The BrsEn wa
srsd nate 1t tie sams place, and enc man severe
" wegnded. Tho Fanny had quite qusnss.
/ i, sursr ans few bales OF cotton
MARRIED.
=. a.,v.rv shnrsh, on Thsrsssy nSEniEg, q
a. hv tba Rev. Mr. Einss, Charley NJ