Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-20

Of General J. E. B, Stuart, and viii be seat ior ~ -
Richmond prisoner Of State hsYe not i'a5 e"
the charges against hin.
An FzsensIve Raid in matshews Geunsy-
AnosiieF ABsEaEce of Yankee Atrocih5' 2.
From the Riehnond EnquiEarl
The recent dashing explicit Of Capt. Bsslfs
small party NJ ths Atlantic coast, in open sosis,
Aas developed q system Of Raval warfare sgalsst
which the enemy sdnit the impraesicabilsy OF
successfully protecting their cosstisg trade, 50
! long es such an organization continues. Aae
CAPTURE of vessels within two hundred miles OF
New York city vas sn earnest Of more extended
operations following the experiment; SO II WIS
determined, as appears nom subsequent events
70 strike at the ssuTcs OF the mischief and, y n
capture at once Of Capt ). s entire party, to put
| stop 10 further proceedings Of the kind Accord
| inely an expedition, gotten Hp regardless Of
sxpsnse, consisting Of negro TegiHent tfon
Yorktown, battery Of artillery, the llth Penn
sylvasia tavalry, Col Spears, from Ports
mouth, all under command of General WistaF,
together with fourteen gunbosts, as G co-ope-
rstjng naval force, under what Admiral is not
known. proceeded to narrow strip of land
between The East river aud the Pankatank,
ia Matthews county, where the party was sup
posed to lie In fancied security, and nom whence,
it was reported, made its sslhes. Arriving at
the sesno of operations, on the 9TH instant, the
negro infantry and the artillery were stretched
across tbs narrow neck ef land above mem
tione5-the former being protested rem an an
tieipsted attempt of the "bueeaniers'' to cut
ihsir way out, By fences built aerass the roads
in front, sRd the lstter pssied in strongly ieItF
fed positions. Meantime, tae gunboats de-
BlOyed on the respective rivers, armed sehooneIs
I kept watch on ths bay shore, barges Glled with
sailors scourod the creeks sad inlsts, and line
Of marines was established around every psint
where it was possible for the Confederates 10
| take water. Thus securely hsmIned in, on the
! following day the cAvslTy were sent in to beat
the bushrs and fush the game
Whsther TIE subjects Of the search had passed
through the feet Of gunbosts, disguised as Yam
kee bsrgsmen, or under cover Of the intense
darkness, cast by the regiment aforesaid, had
escaped the meshss Of the net, or whether, as 4
wag gravely informed the enemy, fndiAg them-
selves closely pressed had taken to balloon,
which they kept for emergencies, two days
search was fraitless, and the grand expedition
resulted in q grand failure. The whole sffair
might be regarded as q big farce, but for the
perpstFstion ofsH strocity by Col SpesTs, on the
occasion. which thrilled the whole county with
horror The circumstances are briefly these: Mr.
Sands Smith, aizsn, 90 years of age was discov-
sred en- his plantation with a shotgu in his
posssssioR by TIVE Yankees, one of whom
snapped a revslyer in his face Ia self-defeBse,
Mr. Smith raised his gan and shst the invader
tsrsEgh the heart The ether one fred two OF
three times at the old gentleman, but without
effect, AID, dismoHntiRg, succeeded after fear
| fHl struggle, il sskiHg him prisoner. The ont
law, Spears, dstsrmiaed to add another
! 70 his list Of atrocities, and on the eve
mig OF the BeKt dBy on the public read, in
| treat Of the residence Of Ne Burke, after eurs-
ing the old man in = volley of the most horrible
oashs, caused him to be hauled by the neck up
to limb. amid the yells, jseTs and laughter Of
the llth Pennsylvania regiment, and, after per
forstiRg the corpse With pistol balls buried it on
the roadside, with tbs feet sticking cat. 4 writ
| ten notice WAS pasted over the grave, threaten
| ing TO execute IN g similar mauer every man
| found in the c0Raty with arms ia his hands, and
| eouched il such obscene terms that deeency for
bids its publication From the time ef bis seizure
/ to bis murder, Mr. Smith was net allowed NOR
sci 70 eat nor drop of water Tao frantic pititioBs
Of his ehildTsR to see their father, but for mo.
meHt, were laughed to se0rn BY the inhHman
/ wrstches nor was be permitted TO seRd tAem q
parting word of consolation to their unutteTaBle
| woe. The victiA Of this bloody outlaw, wa.
one Of the most estimsble citizens of She COuuty,
I celebrated for bis bsRevolencs and moral rsch-
/ tuds Thus, the dsstnrdly foe, in his calender
of crime, inscribss another enermity which calls
/ to heaven for vengeance.
! After plandering the citizsns Of the county
! the land force hastily returned to Yorktown and
/ Portsmouth,, and the guBboats dispersed to re.
sumo their cheken-stssling operations and d:
/ shnlling Of fshermen's families along the bay
shore.