Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-23

On Wednesday afternoon Lisut-C Dough
aTty, Of tbs Ssh Missouri cavalry, and Captain
SseEel, assistant provost marshal, Of S.oddard
county, Missouri, arriVed in Richm0ud They
are the first arrival Of the prisoners who tsok
possession oil tbe Yankee steamer maple Leaf
wAils conveying thsm on their way from Fort
Norfolk 70 Fer Delaware
On the morning Of Wednesday, the 10thinst..
about eleven o'clock, the prisoners, riusty-eigbt
in aumbsr, were placed 90 board the steamer
maple Leaf and took their lesTo for Fert
Delaware Whsa they were outside the
capes and about ten miles from Cspo HanrY
lighthouse, they rose and ovsrpoWered Che
g1ards, and che whole vessel was in q twink
Ing ia tha hsads OF lhs Cenfs1srsses Per
SOUS had been stationed nsar each sentinel, AID
sons near the stacked muska.s A. g tap
Of the hsll-the signai agreed up0n-tss
stacked ugskstE were Eeizs3 and The ssutiusis
p'ni5usd. No one was huft wish the eIoaptisn
Of ous Of ths ssltiuels who rladc soue fesiEt-
/ ancs aud was knocked down the steps By enc Of
/ the Confedarnies. After securing tba vsrssi
/ they c5rlinasd ou t5o same eourss until within
aiieut hr5 mlss Of Cape Henry lgh.aouss
when ttsy stssls5 for tke peint, ari went ashore
/ in tho lifsbost and yaFl. As soon ss tlsy fz
Z ished landing they par0lei The lieutenant sad
I bis rea, thirteso in number
! Tbs captain Of tha beat promised that If our
( men would no. uosst hin or his crew Be wouli
taks the vessel oa ta Fort Delaware as orig'-
aslly insaBds1. aad say noshing abo1t che ms
ter and both hs and tls lieutenant eorcusufirg
thew violated sluost imna5iat iy, ard rssurusi 2
ito Fort Norfolk a number az the pris9nsrs
& bOWevor. refused 10 lsaTa tie bcar sayiFg -hcY
Wou'd rot vio'ate their parole Those who .eii
would haTe burned TO boss. bat there we're
some of eur wounded on board Who could rot
help ihemselTssi there were no h1usss IN sight.
and our mcn were unaequainted with the
eountTy.
As to the violation Of Dafols, the prisoners
were not, according 20 cur understanding Of the
msttor. under parole a, all
On arrival at Fort Norfolk .hey we're tod that
they would not be exchanged, but Wonld be
held ss hostages because The Confederate auth0r-
ties refused 20 Telssse Colonel Strait and his
command on The ground chat they. were melting
servila insuuseti0n
The prisoners were AT put IN small fosma-
eighteen oficsrs being shu. up In q room 6ftoan
feet square, which had but one little grated
window 60 high as TO be out OF reach. guar5
was placed tae door, which was only eDenCd
long enough to hand ibem thoir meanest Of
fare. They were Ell taken ont Of t5e r0oms
and MARCHED down under guard 20 The b1at,
where shey we're still guarded until they raiaEed
tbsmrsiTes.
IF sbis is the Yankee psrole, viii some 0ue
inform as whst is thoir imprisonment
The truth is, that some Of these who remained
on the Mspls Leaf, let the cat ont Of the bag By
saying that they had no dozbt tbst when it was
found out that they bad refused to take part IN
ths affair, they Wsgld be Immediately parolsd or
exchanged, sn5 thus get home much earlier.
One of the officers, however, told them thai the
very thought wss cowarily, and the actisu was
IS fer dsmaauiRg themselves as to beg for Yam
kss mercy.
The crsdt Of tbs whsls plot Of tss caDsgrs Of
sss Maple Lsaf Is due TO Captain ginm0as,
son sf the noted Driva.esTsman, judge Ne
GoaaE. of New Orleans, Captain Holmea Of
Soalb CaTclins, Eho were on board tWsnty-f0ur
hoHrs 10 advance Of the majority Of the prison
ers, snd he'd laid plans sf escape before the boat
/ lsft Fort Norfolk.
Col DoVgsersY and Cspt. Ssskel are quite
eo1iient that ell Of thnsa who laf the boat viii
get through safely, Thsy themselves are siH
weary and foot s0re having travelled ct lsa5l
two hundrsd miles bsfors they rsachsd the rail-
road, which conveyed them TO Weldon, North
Carolina, and thence 20 Richmond
I. IS their intention Co start very shortly far
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