Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-01
4 Rgr TEsaUGu TsER SOUTHERN
sEAEEs.
BY Az ENGLISH OFFICER


. a, bosrd tga P.r,gae, .ssa7,iug closely down
fss Afississirpi rivsr befyvaau s.. Louis aud
4 lfs,,sbis ne bo.t VA, FAN bus win . very
I e. ,g,..y;is,, az ,ssss1..r, 4, .&eqe VINO
gsuslIv trsysI Ia poaesful fi1eg. nv fIlo=v-
trsvslSra rousistad priaeisalig OF oaF.ers and
s,IIierr ~ein- ts the ,avarl rs-ts IN .H hfisEis-
r7oi liver or - rai1f,rcs tbs arr,-sr Of General
/ Grast or Ebsrmaa; Of trs5ars and Futter5 with
cor tracts to gIpvly tEoss tr,o2a. ~ hoping to
asks rouse NANCY BIZ an illicit traffic n cotton.
Ts tHaae uliyst b. added a few planters return
inr frepa the Norts in d0ubs rghsther they would
Z tzd their bouseg standing au6 their plantations
( anwsstz,F by war: and also two or ihres dis
va;sed Csaialsrafs .saiesrs, who had bees TO
7isfs friends q. s.. Iaus, sn1 we're rsturaing 70
iofa agafa lEa Csassdsrata sr-1ies. These, with
! a lew lsdiss ia search Is and relations,
I frora v5hicE the was La separated t5oui, made
Nd the numbsr ot 08 Bas7sngers on
board the Rswsua- f ns sem kIsw that
/ L was al Eagliahmar AMI hezOiors It reel p
lent Of thriz vari3us i4s4s 5u poli1ca. These
/ s-Eefally inclined 80 tho C8nfe#ara5s sids, f9r
! most Of tha eapi0ye3 ca 10ara thes1 Missis-
1 sipBi staagsess are 50 soase1 aGd afs-5 assist
I ancs to these 7shs iz- 5zdea7 tinssto evzde
I bs Federal Regulations ssa t-c1s daT we
I scrambled Cor ear food. 81 e.-ting
dsWH By dotaGHEsats, the last l0sc5asisdng CT
tke niger servants, who sesmsd BY far the NEST
| ehss-y. Ddakiag as the bar playing peber IA
cams ct csTas) and splitting, hllsd up tao re-
! nain6sr ct tAe day IS regards the msJ1rIty OF
tbs passengers.
/ Of al rivers have ever sgou, the Mississippi
is The least isiarsstiHg tie skores srs Cat ana
/ thickly Wosded; tas stream muddy, and coHtia-
| UallY wiaaiHE rsuB8 sand banks- Fsgs, at the
! lias sf vezr I ERaak Of are iaceassst. s1d they
greatly delayed sur course, as Eds saEgs or
lnrrs masues Of tiuhsF which encRaBsr tas
! sETe1a, rezasr Hevigsiisa dangerous. VS.
I saasad tha lansHs island No. 10, whErs shet and
shell, stl. lyizE about, sviaead the struggle
! WHICH haa eaRtinuad for 80 long g tiae last
/ gzumar; and the HaZt day we rsaehsd Memphis,
Wasrs laa5ed, as I c0asidsrsd I had 8 better
ehnzca Of Esui1E Ssath from Memphis tkgu
frsz Hslsns, lhe most southern part hsld sy
the Fsiars's.
Mem skis had quite changed its usual aspect:
| iaaies5 Of szlaa of c0tsss, which in ordinary
4 Years are Blaa along tss baak5 of ths Miss6-
/ siBsi waiting shipment, Wariiks stsres were
| seiag csilsctsE, preparatory to : forward msve-
[ r1aut 4 fertisqa csusu occuDiad the southern
ssrtiss of ths tovs. aa1 asme particularly raw
! trsops we're being 5rilsd or licked ipte shane
/ Tha fsrtise.tisns had ksen throyva M bv Re-
rrsss. aRs were well s,a6e. Iastssd Of vessels
fsr trs3a a fsyy rupbsztq guarded the river. su5
tho grIisarv MESSENGER stsansrs bas basp
surusi iuto trai3sps~t vessels Saf1stmez tbe
Csnfs7araso irregular troaps ,yesId sreet a srasI
| b.f+.-- or bri,z . fauz fsjd .-rvq to onan an
t3a,e ssas3osrs f-s-. zar;uus brfs al the river,
hat Gsnar,I Saerr,ap. qbe F.doral general in
rsg.,s,,,5 80 o7,t !, srier "a Far svsrv YES
.sI go ~, e. fs7arrts f,roi,ias sboui5 he
- - ,r 4r,Lfs. 49, r b,fi,., ma ,-.3,r
Ia -, s4f-.g 81 D1tii5- = etar ta tba mac
les sr s-;rg an unarmsl vessels OF csurns
the i7h,hitsgts At Esu1nhi5 were vsrv Eecssb
,Itbau.b repar.Ily tssv were disersst enough
net to szpross their epinions. There is a pleas
ant sse,sty, but the topics Of esnverssiis0, sRa
little Incidents wAish frequently occur, and are
/ passed 5v witasus muea naGos, bsspaak times
( Of coma0don. Far instance you weail call
I en- an acquaintance. sad hssr that the troops
| had tArsstsaed to bgrl Airs. --s hsass b.
cause sscesh dag had seen exhibited from Tho
/ windows; or a lady weud send her servant
with a ness 20 5sr roiasi0Hs fsw miles IN
/ TIC csUatry, and the servant 1oald retn-u, say
/ ing he had been robbed by the gueFilas; then
again tie troops aya tso free sad easy "a their
sssaGtrs, strslliBg iaso gardens sud killing and
! aaDcsBTis.ip.- tis- c-fist-t4z sf,a pigs. Yet In
tse naisss Of at this, life goes On mlszl as us2i
I he czldraas schools ara open, and the oTa.na-
! ry dsaesric arrangements eoatiul9 IL their
ussal csuEse, excepting that ia meay ias'asc5s
| he slaves have rHs away aad dosersea thsir
EasatsTs, lesving thrm ia grost straits. was
| asst kindly received by Gsn. SEeIma2 an OH
| ear Of the old regular army, and ike al these
etiicsTs. asst ready to assist IN any way "a En-
| glish eficsr. had so0e scrBplss in ssdag
sin Tor pass to proceed South, as suca favor
/ vas never granted a. " HashugioRi Dat directly
he aad aas.d my request be sala there was no
! dItheaity1 eRiy hsiafs L went csuSA was 20
see all aa could aho" me- ct AomPhis; he
| 3lecss horse a. my disposal, aad directed i'is
aoJaisst general ts POINT oat eYerytAlhg taaI
nlght pc ef interest.
! THE eat sieksts wera at no grsat distance
i frsza the toWa, and bsyeRd thegn .he cauairv
| was said TO Be infested by euariiss psid a
visit to a brigadier-geusrsI, and was By him
taken ts see a TsgissaEt issssatsd. Thsy drilled
! uncsnmozly we'll aad yvsre aaart active set
/ Of aes. but tsa mode af coadRsts~ the ia
| sssstisa aaussd nc imaoasely. called On
! tie general. a tiae soldier-iks naa ans we
| mouRtea err hsrses and galjsssd to the greuad
/ % parade we fsuhd q Missozri regiment ia
/ sauars. siaRdiag easv. So the general rode up
l to them and said, Here's Colasel --, coTae
/ all the way FROM Lsndon to SEQ you, bseausa he
I haars yoK arc such a id set Of rascass n
/ Whaa lac asu heard tkis they hslIOsed "a
/ speech. a saeechl' sut the gsaarsl easwered -
/ Yea 9sa't suppose yea fs.lows are wafth a
! spsach z" The drill thea proceeded, and uR-
/ ssmmenly well the men moved Alter about
/ half "a hour tho regiment was agaia formed into
| square; asd then the general, c8Ting ug TO nae,
4 said, "Nsw's year time to give thea { spesea."
/ 1 wss, as the Americans say, "sliEhtly stau-
asded" at this request, bat tried to d. my best,
I aRd l.ttsTad myself [ ha5 got through il rather
vel; at he end Of il, however, the general came
| Us 10 me aad said, eonseliHgiy, " Well, never
| kEaw a sedisr wsrth 8 d-a WHO could make a
speech" UBeu which we canteTed of, ths gea-
| srsl turning rsuad as he was going, 10 say,
| Mind, boys; ysu don't steal no pigs this even
| ing" .'Re, ne, general, was tao roply. in fun
| essrus.
fear t,ars vyaa como need Of tEis caut;eD. for
| tbs pi1s bea ,uffsred aueb from tbis regiment.
As We rsse home we met two soldiers mere thsa
sligAtlv elevated with IoBor. The General tlirn
ipe To sds,og,isb tbsv,. ssj8. 4" An. bovs vou'vo
ba5 tao much 10 driuk.'' q Guess we have. cen
sral ~. was the ready answer Certainly tbo
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