Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-22

We lay before cur readers this m0Tni1g 8 letter
from Capt. H. e. Msurg, which lately appeared
in shs Manchester EHglsnd) Gsaydsan, ~sontain-
ing the account Of two I~ialisza, who held aon-
MISSIONS in the Federal army antl driven from
il by its revolving ihhumaniies. 1t win interest
the puhlie to know ths3 tho atrocities Of the en-
envy strike foreigners IN the saue way as they
do ns;
ATROCITIES or TIE AMERICAN WAR.
To The Editor Of the AanshestsF Guardian
sIRs The savage character which has been
impaired by the Yankees tofhe American war
has already moved esr,ain Of The good people Of
AanchesteT TO memorislizs Har Msjssty's Gov
eFnasnt upon the subject, IS shocking to hu-
manity.
Ihsve Just recsiTod from & citizen Of ono Of the
States under Lincoln's Tulea statement showing
that things have besn long and systematically
worFs even than tbs Manchester memoriAiists
represented them to be My authority 10 q gen
tleman Of high standing aud great Tespeets-
biity, we'll known az a shining light in one OF
81 the learned professions" l weuld give Ills
nsms were Il not that tho disclosure woald send
| him where hGbeas corpus eeuld cot reach him.
Speaking Of the savage barbHIities p~TGeiiced
bv the Northern armias, be Gays "csr6borstivs
testimony could DO indefinitely piled up" But,
he adds, " It is better TO listeR to the statement
Of certain observing and fsir-minded fOTei gueTs,
who sama with faneies and retarsed with facts. "
These arc two Italian gsntIemea who, upoa
the breaking eai of the WET, fastening to AmeTi-
ca TO aid the csuse, as hey thought, of univoT-
rel liberty. They received commissions il the
Federal army, and were detailed for an invasion
of Aissoun with troops from Kansas aud Iowa.
They Witnessed and participated in tho conduct
of the war thsn, snd stood il as long as they
could, when fnslly they TssiREed IN disgust, and
went back home. Here Is their st0Tyi
We lad aided in frssing Icy from 8 foreign
yoke, srd csme to Americs 10 help the esuse Of
liberty. BHt we soon fgUnd Il was a war 20 en-
slave our Owl Taes in violation Of the principles
of American Independence, and also of she
agreement on which the Union was formed.
The essential elsDent Of liberty, The right Of the
psopis to eject without intimidation their repre-
soutasiyes WIS destroyed By tho sword. We
supposed, too, theswar you'd be conducted &C.
cordiag 20 the well established rules Of civilized
warfare, but VIC wsTe Mortified by the frequent
oid.bl0Oded murders, especially By the Kansss
troops, Of non eOmbAfBat eibssns, and by tbs
brataiitss 6pd i1humauisieS OF The NEST Teyslt-
ing kiHds, committed en- women and children by
hem, and By the Germzn soldisry.
Robbery was not dsomsd { disgrace; nor was
4 punished by military Authority, Even las
wearing spparsl Of the women, IN mary cases,
vas Tsksu from ihsE, and sent by soldiers to
agccTGto their wives. We often thought thai II
the receivers had no R0rs ssnso Of deeancv than
mo thisves that the American ides Of justice
and decsneY must fSil very far short Of the iao-
aities Of Italy. The hand of des0lasion was
strctchs6 szt ever tbs land, a1d it sssmed IS #
some leng sleeping volcano had suddenly burst
ioTth, fsT the vasl provinces We uRvarsed were
covered with ashes and snouldering rains.
We thought if this was ths civilization Of this
country, that We could not cooperate with a
clear conscience in subduiHg these who had nos
harmed rs, and who might be q great deal BET
ter than The ufians Of whom we had seen
enough; 80 we resigned, and ara now return
ing to Sardinia. And We must say, that tho
AustTisn persecuilous and e~FaeiIiss, from which
We ORee suffered, were zlild and msrciful, and
the Austrian yoke easy 70 be borne, compared
With ihsss to which the people Of Missouri are
subjected.
This Accent was written last July, and re-
f0Ts 70 events long aHiecsdent TO Quanirsl's 70
ialistory raid sits bis g%uerulss upon the Kan
saa headquarters in EswrsRee, and against
whieh the whole OF Yankeedsm is now crying
ont 50 loHdly. And ss to What QusutTeIl roGlly
did, We have only heard from the Ysnkess them.
selves. I have sesa no Southern account Of the
affair, Respectfully, IL T. MAURY.