Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-25
Affairs nt Rgen,plis.

Extract from Private Letter to the North
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April s. 1868.
We have done very wel at orr bus-
ness, but are living ia dread that, at most any
time, the rebels may como in, make a dash, and
relieve US Of all VIC hsvs. However, as We i've
in hopeful age, Everybody nowadays lives in
hc9es), we are in hopes they won't. We have
no hopes the Federal government would pre-
vert them but we have strong hopes that the
rebels don't want this place, it is of moro in
portanee to them to have tho Fsderals keep an
srmy here to hold it, and, in order to make
them do this, they (iho rebels) make raid now
aud egain ia the outskirts, and frghten every
body ont Of their wits, when rumoTs win be fly
irg oil over town that The whole army from
Richmond is marching on the city.
1 wish scme Of The nigger-worshipers were
down here to see the Effsct on the poor, misers.
bic niger Of tho emancipation proclamation I
think they would take pity on them, aEd wish
them back on ths plantations, with their mas
tsrs to take care Of them. They are kicked and
cuffsd by almost every soldier they maet in the
street, and have indeed cause to exclsim, "The
Lord save me from my friends - The poor
devils are Just beginning to find ont thcs being
"free" means TO ,c0rk and that's different idea
from any the poor nigger has ever had OF free.
dom. and he doesn't love such freedom a bit.
We have great times hare, living under mill
tary rule and orders. I believe ths last one Is,
no more provisions, ard thai We shall all starve
here in Memphis and, when that is accom-.
plished, I suppoge, according to abolition dec
trine 'lhe backbone of the rebellion is broken"
They have endcavoTed to break It al uintaT by
tryiRg 20 stsrve & few old women and children
out here in the country, by forbiddipg anything
10 90 cut there TO feed them on, after our army
had taken everything they hadi but "Jeff"
wouldn't come to terms. suppose, however,
we shall have to come up and settlo now, when
he hears this last gong. II not, one more
proclamation will DO it.
military orders" have been the oC3er of the
day down here First came en- order that you
must not bs caught drinking anything stronger
than water. tried to get along with that by
smuggling into the store occasionally bottle Of
Longworth's Catawba; but the next order
" knocked mo into q cooked hat" nsmely that
1 must not rssd the Chicago Times. I gave
myself up in despair, and for two weeks must
have lost-well won't say bow many pounds
of FISH, for lesr you will think I n lying when,
one morning ! revived al Of q sudden by hear
ing a little rs zsmufin in the streets hollering
" Here's ye C'hicsgo Times - rushed out
everybody rushed out; and The dimes fairly
rained down on the little rascal, until every
copy was gone. / vas taken so sback by it, as
it was SO unexpected. ! had been looking for
sn order something in this style; Nobody shall
co. meat oftiner than twice or three times q
week - or " Whoever has not family shall be
compelled tc help along amalgsmstion." Any
thing in this shape would not have astonished
me any mora than TO hear the Times cried IA the
streets.