Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-23
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FEDERAL Ruis In Ghassansszs, ]


FEDERAL Rule In GkastanssEs, Ete.
CorrssFsnssnss Of the AagaSta CsustituiloHAiistI
( DALLoH, "a, Dee. IL, 1858 -MsnY intsr
sstfag facts nzy now be gathered fFeEl parties
wRs have rscently arrived frsn Chatsaaeegs,
and thsae details but lsrssh1asW the fIts IA rs
serve fer tAs beautiful sites and villages ef
Gsoreia. shsuid the heel Of the dsssot reach
thsus- The ill-fatsa eity Of Chattanesgz Is now
but wreck of its feTRsr self Citizens san
scarcely rseegniKs the landmarks tAat haVs
hsTsssfors heen Sc familiar aaa eheriohea trsm
/ l6Hg ssssciati0n. The nshls s9rest Trees tass
crs1usl her mary hills are al swept away.
/ Rhads trees and srBaasntal shrahbsry have dis
appeared. Orchards have bsoz cit coE1-
/ Fences are destroyed, and boundaries Of pri-
vRss srsRerty eamplstsly elaborated.
Eany Of the inest residences have been wan
tezlv burnsd or t0HH down for fuel sr Ter msto-
rial fsr lhsir fersEesticns, which extend Ia AL
direstieHs around and sersss the tsWn. Whils,
ss E climax TO the indigAitiss sOgght 70 be
besse& HPsR the people and their hsmess thsy
kATs made the Slaca litsral Gegetha-5trswR
witk he pstriiying sarsasss Of ksrsss, zSlss,
and the shallow graves Of their avn dead.
Multiladea of dead Yankees are buried around
the Episcopal church, the East Tennessee depot,
ana uszr private heasss, Just where they hap
penea to die. This outrageeusiy indecent pTsc
ice seems TO have ssen tolerated a. an insult 10
eur people, and PeTpeEual reminder OF tkeIr
huailiAtion.
Let Is view the eematery-that house Of the
dead, Ehiek sven ssvsgss respect. Here we
find every thing swept away as with the sesom
sf obstruction Here nlAay Of Es kaVs deposited
cur dearest sarthly treasures, sud siseTn the
billowy zeEnds with flowers, an3 ether cher
ished msmOrials Of and7isg SEossion. The
yaudal Mortimer hsvs pitched Their tenfB am0Kg
the graves, buTning the pslings enclosing private
Isls, and GsisE ths tomb stones n the construe-
ton Of sheir freplaces. In enc szse, they even
tore aswn q private vault, leaving the csfinsd
tenants uHeeFered. Great God shall sueh M
holy desserStien 20 anPunishsd
The treatment of citzsas has generally been
cruel and sppTessiTs. They are allowed TO paT-
sue no lasrAEive aFoestions, with the exceptions
Of 3 very faw, who Voluntarily took tRe esth
whieh lssy lad been iBpatienEly awaiting =
receive.
"Unisnism," !" so-called, is al disesgRt, and
has seldem svaile3 10 prossct BsFs0n or proper
ty. Supplies ara very scsnt, both 20 citizen and
soldier. Net 8 esw, CT seg eT chicken, is to De
feuR6 Ia the city or suhzrhs. In vieR OF this
searsty, ersst las bsen fsTesd to sllsW al siti-
sans - leave who wsRld net take tie sstk. AL
with wheIn We have sonveFBed represent ths
priFaiions ef the Yankee amy te have been sx-
Irsae ever since thsir occupation Of the tSwn.
ESol41 VI EOEEt1 ALL lAaAo1 &AON iASA4 bt4AIFGA
lien, while the soldiers seldom lad more than
quarter rstiors. L was tbs of repeated admi5-
sisa ef efEcsrs that tssy wsIla have been v0m
PEELED 70 eEaGusts tAs place If BISEg lad held
-S5thar RAcceoa CT Lockout m0zAJSin Also that
they weulG have esFitllstsd on the 2l5t Sep
tsRker, if demonstration had been mace
sssiDst them.
In writing upon This subject Ne ssnnos forget
the several errors which, 70 our uEmiitary naiRe,
ssem to have been committed during the Is
campaign Of Gen. Brsgg.
lst. We have never been abls 70 satisfy eur
selves thai the evacuation Of Chattanooga was a
necessity, OF thss At Was ssss policy.
81. The failure q rep 1ssess Il o. ihs slst Sep
tpnbsR was "a car5insl error.
81 The fsilurs 10 hold Rseeeon mozzss:z,
which e5sctaally cUi sf the eHsmy's supplies,
was a serious errsr.
Al. The fsilHrs 70 hold Lockout point was
az eTreE that deprived rs OF all direct soRtsl
ever the eneEsy's operations st Chattanooga.
The sad, saa reverse st Missionary ridga was
bat the inevitable sequence CT ths above.
A CHATTANOOGA,