Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-03
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Correspondence Of the London TmeE1
BALTIMORE, August lI.-Yszrs age, as I han
psBed sometimes to sit with friends At = msrbie
table in Ons Of the Floreur1e Gales, eonvera-
ton would, ia sPte Of all efforts 20 the contrary,
take political turn; when l. accustomed TO the
free sir Of happier climates, too dull 80 peresive
thai the voice Of my inteTiocutors had sunk 90
8 warning whisper, warming With my subiect,
and yielding 10 that foolish instinct which
makes US highten cur tone by way Of strength
eniag an Argument, would break into q lo1d
key almost in defiance Of their cautious under
tone, until ny well-bTed, prudent companions
made aware thst ne nod or wink Of theirs would
sober me inso discretion, began TO rise and glide
away ous by one, leaving me % rgcolieet, as I
found myself alone master Of ths Geld, that I
was in a country where wslls kad ears, and
where men were called to account for words ss
sftsn IS for deeds. l was hardly prepared, a. I
crossed the Atlantic to find an American com
muaIby haunted with all the ierrors of old
fashioned allan espionage.
The gentleman who greets you at Tho read
ing-rOen, or a. any of these parl0rs Of one Of
the palstial hotels, casts an uneasy glance over
his shoulder so he shakes hands, A3geis in bis
ehaiE as he starts the momsntous subject Of the
weather, and at last fairly b8gs yoa 5o take him
into ycur private room, as mo talk can safely
be carried On in these spg-Beset public apert-
uents. General SChsnck has decidedly inau-
gurated 3 petty reign Of terror ia Maryland,
s0wn and country. He is going about with
lighted lantern at noon, looking for "disl3yai
people" in = country where, if you accept ais
own definition Of the word, every man, and,
even more certainlY, every woman, is "disloyal" :"
| The Southern cause ought not to be generally
the cause Of the cities. Baltimore has little or
nothing in common with the interests of slavery.
ThaTs were not st me first on break Of ths civil
war as many as TIVE hundred nsgro bondmen
/ in she whois town. Yet Southern feelings sre
yery deep and very widely spgaad ia Baltimore.
! OF sho two hundred and fifty msTnbers Of the
| bar hardly score is locked upOn az UBiouiBts.
/ The pToportien among the rich merchants and
! bankers is even smaller. I scarcely know q
I family heTs-ald ny acqusiDtaBce begins TO be
/ pretty ex xieRsige-thst has not one Or mora than
| one member out in the ranks Of the Confederate
army. / know Of cases whore as many IS five
/ or SIX brothers have gone o8 70 Lees camp from
under the same roof young men, hardly hll
| grown, rolling in wealth az home, softly mp
tuTad, pested and pampere1, have enlisted in the
ranks as privaIe5i th9y have borne and e0ntiEue
to bear Unheard of hardBhips, declining al aid
! and subVention from their parents, euE Of from
all esmmunieati0 with them, TOO hGppy whsB
/ q secret Be8ne or disguised messenger nom Gen
! Smart goes the round Of the houses where snK-
ious mothers arc watching and praying, with the
welcome though concise verbal message ths'
their darling is "slive and well" And it IS
among 4 people so circumstsnced that the agents
OF the Federal Government are seeking fol
0loval" sentiments, sud are determined 10 en-
force them.
The fght betwssa North and South has al