Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-15

Singular ,story. Of Gses. Price, Of EEi.sousI.
The. st. Louis oorrsspobdsnts New York 7sT-
ed tells the following singular story Of General
| Pdcs
j is currently reported in the intsrior thst
Gsn sssriug Price, the king piR Of tho rebel
lion Ia Mlssouri. IS very sRxious % return to has
hsme sDd take tho oath Of sllegiAnes to the
United States GoVernmank HIS sen, EdEiR
Price, who was AZ one period hTigadieT ia the
rebel service, ,o0k sac oath move than q year
ago, and Dss liYed qa.etly an bis tatheT's plan
taton, near Brunssiek, On he Missouri ilVef,
evor since. He hhs frequently expressed
bis disgust for the rebsliioa, and through
/ bis effort q petition is now cireuisiiRg 10
the inleTier, addressed 10 the President asking
an amnesty for Msjsf-Gen Sterling Pree. The
Assurance is partially given BY bis son that II
allowed TO return uun0ested Gen Pgiee viii
5spa1t himself ne loyal eitzsn. The Paople
of Missouri have been informed on many. coca
sions that Sterling PUcs was dragged into the
rebellion against his viii, and thai be was at
heart URi0n man. The qasstisn is open TO
scrutiny, and tbs loyalty Of any individaal may
We doubted who hss inflicted IS mach irjaFy to
Union men aud Unian troops as Gen Pnce, OF
"0id Pap as be IS generally called by the
rebels.
RiCIM0ED, August 10, 1868.
EDT0R EXAMINER Ths absve slateaazs,
tekon from tRst insxhsUsdhle factory ofliss. the
New YORK HsTaLd, is republished in the Rich
inond EramiaeT Of the 7th inst, aud may be
productive Of mischief ,st the present time il
lel uunoticsi. At any other period ia our his
tory II would have been sufi sient rafatstisn Of
this vile slander, that while It vas being fsbd-
Gated Gen. Price " as lssding his troops in the
| assault upon Helena. Now, hoFsver, when tbs
CoRle5erale srmy have net with TeveFsss, sud
the traitors are daring 70 bint st submission or
recopssruetion, is IS proper that evan q Yankee
lie, charging dislegalty ap5n tried veteran sell
der, sboul5, in his abaencs, be promptly met
sEs exposed
The facts in regard 20 Brigadiar General Ed
win Pdess return to the easmy's haes ara IS
follows:
Usoa tho election Of ths Hon Jae B. Clarke
10 ths Senate OF the Confederate States, Edwin
Pfice, thsn colonel, was elected in his stead 70
commsna the third brigade ia the Missouri
Stsis GuaEd. Soon after his pronotion he Was
seat By bis fsthsr to the district ia which tsey
both resided, 20 recrRit for the army, asd hav-
ing succeeded in raising some tbeusand or
tWsiTe Hundred men. vas On his return 70
Soaihsrn Missouri. WSen st WARSAW be was
surprised as the residence OF a friend and cap
tured BY the enemy General Edwin Price was
tlsated By the Federal authorit;es in Missouri,
during his csDtivity, with the utmos. leHiency,
aud was allowed % reside upon his farm in
ChsIileu county, upon ths usual parole. His
estzte, an smBls one. separate and distinct trsea
say interest Of his fathsT's, fully protected,
snd assurance we're given hin, that If willing
- assume the position of 3 neutral, he should
be allowed to remain in the enjoyment sf every
privilege guaranteed 70 the sposists hiasoa-
rams, who had supported the esuse of the Nsrth-
TINS kindness, on the part of those who cHsrea
r an. 1.ra-1-n
10 c0neiii8te the Southern element IN the State,
then as Row, IN large numerical saberiority,
by winning over the son Of Sterling Price, TO the
embrace of tyranny and treason. Unmindful
Of this forgetting his own psst career ant the
position Of bis father and brother, i Twin Price,
ss5uced BY the sllursments Of eur enemies,
and sore under what he hsiieVsd to be the in
Justice sf the Confederate G0verhmsnt to
ward bis father, permitted himself 10 be led
lto the fstal error Of dssertBg the jast'causs o.
his c0uutrY. At the request Of h,s father, ths
AissaUu delcgstien IA Congress secured the ez-
change of Brighten. E1wiu prce for Gee,
Preutss, captured At Shiloh, and the first init
y alton Of bis Intended return wss received bT
Gen Sterling Price, fIOfa tts lips Of bis son,
at Tupsl0, Mississippi Gen Fiwin Price had
loss his position in the army, during his capsiv-
itr, by the transfer Of MS brigade to the Con-
fe4srste service from that Of the State Of his
sovri and he declared to his father, and 20
nis friends ia the army, bis object In returning
hosus TO be ORa hiehdF 70 OuF cause; that be
had no nope OF oBtaiuing any position from the
sutcorities st Z Chm9ud, and that be could be
= sss0rs a1i7fU5 40 tAo ConfeierasT a. a Frivase
citizen in Missouri, than in the ranks OF the
S5ushera army. His course Is ceTtsiRiy 70 se
c7z2eaares by every pEriot, and 30 nc osc hs5
It bees the source Of SO much moFtiieatloa aud
uaha3piusss as 70 ths faiher ayainst whese re-
monsTauccs, and even commands, It was
adopted
General Sterling Price is IN Ms degree mere
responsible for the conduct OF his son, thsa the
writer Of this communication. His name has
never bees uttered by the lips which have
clssersd On ihs soldiers of the West in many
bloody fields, since their interview at Inpelor
and il Is uttered in whispers a. the camp hres Of
the private settlers, who love vita " love al-
most surpassing that Of woman" the gray
haired vetsrsn under whose eye they have never
stacked, IS prisoners Of var, the arms VTun g
by their own vsler from q vsnquishod foe, Ter
lowered the battle hag Of MissOuri) L has
been properly reserved for an Ab0itcnist to at-
tempt the double infBmy Of assailing the puoiie
position snd private feelings Of gallant enemy
by sabbiug the father wish the IaiscondHct ei
I tbe child Oae other stassuent in tA9 csrre'
| ssoHdencs OF the New York EsrGld deserves
nercs So far from Gen. Sterling iea "hsv
| ing been drsgged into the rebellion inst his
vii. - il is well known to every souran
/ that without solicitation or approach from any
one, at any time, he offered his services to th'
I State against tbe Federsi Governments, st The
ontsst of hostili6es While President Of th'
! State eoavention, although in hopeless minor
/ ity, he voted for Southern principles, and ae
/ cspted afterwards, ffom Gov. Jackson, The com
/ rlend Of an army without arms, supplies OF as
/ cipline. when, if prompted by self-interest, b.
could have obtained any position within its gifi
/ froa the LiucslR Government His services
! since the commencement Of the war, form por
ton OF history, aud Will reeeive an appreciation
more Just from those who come after hin, thar
those now in auth0rity.
Very respectfully,
/ n Colonel Joseph Hoagson, Of ClAnton'