Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-14
VOL. XIV, NO. 13O


one lsg blown eff vita piece Of q shell in eur
camp Yesterday Ths YaHlzsss are killing quite
e number 81 orr mules and horses they aTe
haUisd and thrown inso the riveE every night
JUNE I0.--Hsd 6ns ram today. General
Pembsrion las- pressed all The tobacco IL siere
and ths hands sf WhO.esala dealers, and is
Issuing tobacco rstious Nothing Unusuai
around the lines Ths Qanh0sts have net come
IN reach Of eur gGns ia several days.
JUAE I've had preaching lo-dsy in the
graveyard near ear camp. EhaTe was very
lsrga attendance from our (Grsan's) bIiZsce JIG
was isdee3 q solemn scene 10 witness th9 scr
lelEnity OF this large concaurse Of people, as
seInblsd aIaeHg the graves, and tombsiouss, and
monuments, erected 90 the memory Of the dead.
hstsBiHg % tbs solemn eXpauudng ef the word
Of God. Doudtsss many bTsv5 soldier asked
himself the sOismn question Shall 7 die un-
prcparod to meet God and be- buried among
strangers Wll my fond mOiher, doting wife.
OF loving sister, ever know my fate They.
perhaps, wiz i0ok long and snZioEsly for ny
resuTn bGt, aiss they, perhaps, VIII look in
vEiR. Home, lsvnd wife and children, o Lord,
when viii be permitted 70 see them sgsin in a
land Of psacs, and liberty, and speech, and Sc
t0n7
JUEE l6-Wo got Memphis paper Of the
l1th, from which We lszru Of the attack en- Port
Hals0n. Oar boys sro greatly rfjoiced At the
success of the brave defenders Of Port Hudson.
an in coed spiutsi firing about IS usual
JUNE 2l.-Nst much eff interest Tie last feW
days The heiaz yesterday morning rom .e
10 O'Clock, wzs the heaviest that We had during
the siege.
June p II have Gen. Psul5arton's pass, and
shall leave tha atty te-Rorrow m0rHiRg. Sharp
shooting and cauHon.diag have been going on
z50ut IS usual for several days 53ue OF ear
boys hEva 1aen dong some pretty ralsnt b.tle
deeds within the last two weeks Small parties
have charged outside Of or works, killed and
CAPTURED few Yankees, and on one occasi9R
regiment Of Gs0rgiaus captured and hsuled 10
wsgoE, which proved TO be loaded with spades
and pixies. ] woHld here state thst some Of the
.65o~gians were accused of behaving 5sdiy at
the Bakers creek fight, bat they have acted
nnb'Y aud sal.anily since tho investment here.
Lsla Missouri, Arkansas aud Louisiana troops
Asvs distinguished themselves for gsllsnsly on
several occasions. In e word, there IS no reason
to e0np.zin Of any T00ps. They have the ut
most c9lti6pHes "a themselves sud in their
abiii.y 70 hold FIeksbHrg against suy iorcs that
issy be broaght agdnss it. They say taat il
P7mosr.Ca viii manage The provisions they vii
a9ld he bitches, Having bss0Hae SO aesua-
,osa 80 then, th5J ieaI safer IN tho eiteaes than
anywhere else.
la looking 07sf ny notes iud hsv8 0rais-
ted several very interesting litle incidents OF
The siege. Ole item absul dusE ina the eve
nirg s0n8 Of our boys viii hallso over 90 the
Feaerals, GLOW ere you. boys l' Fedsrals an
swer Bully q gre1s word -uCGE tie ssld-
isTs) S1utherue-s-- Let rs stop shooting and
ialk some awhile "AzTe15.' ssys the Yankee
Then from 6osh sides you VIII hesr them say,
don't shost sHd tlay az stop shooting and
get an Top Of the lrezEtwofks, and ioT abOHt an
aH trF s-t- ral.
Boys viii ask them where is Hgncbbaek, (mesn-
iag General Grant,; they .hsn will inquire hsw
they liEn General Psmbert0u-uow our boys
viii rspiy by asking how they Ike Fighting
Joe Hooker Our boys fTeqgantly ask them
why lh6y don't take Fiekzburg. They ire
qusHtly get of some pretty good Jokes. Alter
.alEiug ia this way for about an hOHr they wlll
hear some fel0w say "Be5-.ime, BOYS. get to
yeur holes, Pm going TO shoos directly" Then
shsrPsho0sing commences, and tH8 next night
the came sesDs is enectci.
Daring lho FIRST week Of our Investment, on
enc occasion the Ysnkess, In askiBga charge
few hundred Of them suecs5aea in getting up
60 Our elab8akmants; bat, 90 tbslr disTusy, they
dared not attempt 70 go further, AID could NOS
get back without exposing themselves % q rak-
ing iirs OF crane ard mimic bllls. They sup
posed tAzt they were Immediately gndsr our
euDsnkmsHE but, 30 their h0rr8T, our soldiers
pfuFldea ciells WItG I'VE s2c9Hl Iulss Wu4cA
they lit and rolled aver by hand tor Che Yankees
to play with. A great naay Of them were killed
while at this amusenoui. They complained
afterwards Of the nhumsRiiy Of oEr boys.
They may be thankful if tlEy do not have TO
complain msrs than ones sf rough treatment
before they capture Vieksb8rg
The Yankee version of This matter. IS pub-
lishei in Northern papsrs was this; That they
had succeeded ia driving our men, and that
tAey took possession Of ons q oar Strongest ra-
doubts, and held il several haHrs bus owing TO
some other regiment falling 70 cOms to their
support ihey ha5 ts eyacuate it.
FIVE O'CLOCK P. H-Ehe CaHn0nads was
vsrv Hs1vy Tor tss lsst hoUc-now hest voll8ys
Of musketrY down on sur right-supPsse a
charge is being made, but don't Hnoy by which
party. I must close, as i shall loav camp Ia
g few miaute5.- Have bid farewell o most Of
my trisn5s, and have proaissd 10 wrile 70 other
friends wheR [ get to Little Rock and viii
so0E bid farewell TO The scenes which have be
CONS Of peculiar interest 70 mo, sad may tho
Gsd Of battles grsns am boys a happy issue oat
Of their present difficulties
a. n DODD