Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-25


There appears to b6vo Been no sEaggsTatIon
in the accsunts zlresdy given in regard 50 the
condition Of the negroes st tho various eantra-
bsnd csyaps in the Mississippi valley. C0ngrs-
gated at hess depols, without smploYn6nt, de-
1rived Of the food 20 which they have been &C
sustnmsd, and Often without shelter or medical
esre. these haplsss creatures perish as i swept
off by pes.il8uo8. Wm D. BRtlar, q delegate Of
the UHitsd Ststs8 Christian commission, writes
30 Rev Dr.. " q. Elicit as follows, respecting
the negroes who cana into Yieksburg after tse
surrender Of Gen. Pembsrton, mostly from be-
yosd jackson
About The Is. Of August the military aBshoIi-
gias became alarmed lest q pesulenes should
break out among them and eItead 30 the army.
PeFemptoTy orders we're issued 10 az once re-
move across the river all negroes, OF every age
and sex. whether sick or well, who were NOS in
some enploymsnt.
Ons morning [ went cut 70 Iniozm certain
lieutenant ", who, Hish an En adequzte foTess
was executing the order, that ono Of them ia Ehs
Bspus. church was dead, and that another, 8
woman, was lying behind tense, dying. de
told me that lie had detailed, for shs purpose Of
renewing tbe negroes, twenty army wagons
that he hauled thsm--Well, sick a.d uesd, with
an thsir trsps-to tho IiTsI, where hs had boat
( to convey them acr0ss 10 point opposite the
lower part Of the city; tbas he had one wagon 10
/ hsuj the dead and that some days 40 lould as
Lunany &c tFsaty; Inst IN ona house b5 found SIX
/ dead bedies, with living ones sitting and lying
around them. apparently unconscious OF their
situstOn Holes were dug on the nVsT bank
and tbs dead buried The searching ouf snd ne
nova Of these negroes consumed about h-ieen
or twenty days. About thee hundred Wol Q
/ thus renewed 90 the low grounds opposite Fieks-
/ 5gre. ana there left ia he woods without any
I tH. - nrt an
/ pointed 10 organize them inio q camp, and sep
arsle small p0z cases rom the lest--in general,
10 do shat he c0uld for thsiT relief. BE Wss soon
/ taken sick, and certain Captain - was ap-
pointed 70 take charge Of al the conirabaBds in
/ snd around Yicksburg. The eapssin Wss soon
prsslrsise By disease; But was az his work again
vixen lefs Vieksburg, August 81 Csps- -
/ appointed q chaplain to tsks charge Of thOss
! Tko had been removed from tks city, in plsas
OF the man who Wss first sppeiptoi.
20 entered upon bis lsboTs, bHt was soon pres
| trsted with disease, and was conveyed across
the river ia q skif, whence he made his way q
a house adjoining that Ct tie United STATE.
eoFmison. Here he Was found alone and very
/ sick He was invited e our house, wksre b
gss still remaining when left the city. Tn,
ebznlain told me that these nsgIoe8 had suffered
and we're slin sufflTing unlOld Wapt and wretch
sdaeas; thai nearly foBT hundred had Gisd sine,
he had taken charge Of thsmi that rem sixsaei
to twenty die daiiy. Sometimes they WON,
crawl of into tho weeds sad die, where thei
bodies W0eld be foand only by the ssench Rhisi
arsse rom sheir decay. That there was n
white men with them bHJ . nephew OF his; tbs
ralions we're furnished shem By the Government
bat sometimes he mad difficulty in getting ihs1
over the river; that oncs they were five day
without receiving aBy food, and the negroes b
their despair threatened 20 kil BIN, thinking lh
fanlt was ans. he also siated that they had u
enlB or shelter except brush 70 shisid thsm froE
..tbe sun, or storm, or dsws OF aight. Captain
) A---s stated to me thss there were in the sam
Q 3 coo, st Young's poins 8 55Ii on PapaW islanC
j.. vhnro he pHTpossd gathering most Of thsu
. 500. spd on Blsck's plantation On the 1aE0,
q ) 400--i,i Ell over l6 600. One morning wei
s ,meug tbs Wrstobsd masses where they wei
? bszIsf to shs bank Of tho river, preparatory
e bsipg sent across. iTisd in vain to fnd eou
q v-onen yvho were abe . work, as We wish,
d tleir lsbor at cur house. All were oithar a,
= or taking care Of ths sick. I saw nothing b,
, one sad scene OF misery. I hope .you rssT
0 shls to DO more for these suffering iraorsut b
! iEgs than is in my power to devise, aud d
. G0d may bless your Efforts.