Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-09

tunatey, received for shat they were woFth
heard no m3ra of I'm untl next moming
when he came no with Yankee guard and Do
lIyered an orler for ma t .saTe sha town in hal
an hour, not TO Tetar8. / Hss Sc fully con
WINGED oS the mans desire 70 humble ms 81 The
extent Of ensreating mercy, that / was ssseled
into perfect calmness and sslfpo5sassion, snd
simply signihed my perfect willingness tC com.
! ply leaving him no room to ysake propositions
for eompr0mise. The wished fer oppOr unity
presented Itself, however, in the presence Of my
| poor sick mother, whose ayisation reduced her
slmolt 10 condition Of inEensibiiiiy, and
he proposed that I should petition General
blilrog 10 allow ne to stay. OF course DO
clined with just indignation, and was SEC
onded by my mother. I had a Yankee guard
put over me to superiutsnd the packing Of
my trunk, and in less than half an hour I
was IN the ambulance, guarded BY eighteen
men, thIes in the ambulance and fifteen cav
airy, and casting a last lingering, longing lock
at tbe porch, fall Of weeping friends, drove
of They then took me as far as Nswl0Wn,
tseven niles from W. and even refused TO
take rae to the house. Of q friend, and had il
not been that I bad one near b. the point
whfre it plesssd Them to stop, 1 should have
been left HELPLESS aud alone by ths road s.da.
Without one human being 10 whom / could
appeal Thres days aferward I recsived iu-
formation that it was not very safe fer me to
remain 50 long near the Federal lines. I LEFT
next morning in an open wagon, aud, after in-
credible difficulties, I reached tho cad Of my
loney and hazarioUs journey. 7 have ths com
tcrt ibi9 assasa5oe hat shoald { ienpt lo
return n M dsar home. uhas9 Of right I /
belong ] wild receive the treatment OF a sDy /
from this "best Govsrnmsnt in toe world II /
addition to these 0utTageg, I might 90 on forever
enumerating daily and hourly acts of tyranny, |
which well nigh mske the Ewes OF cur people q [
buTdeg, but WIZ content myself with ona or 4
two In the lsst few weeks, and in view Of the 4
fact fist in the ulteg desolati0u ard destrueEi5n
OF to- country around Winchester we are al 4
mOstentjrely dependent for the absolute sustain 4
ing q life upon our gardens, Milroy, in his re-
ineaent Of cruelty, has sent around and forei-
bly, tlksn away gardening tools and whsslbar-
rowf-"tO mend the roads" he ssys-to s.arve
the People, be mesns-leaving our poor people |
utteIly helpless, with wan. staring them in the
fsee With unheavd Of brutality, he has also
chOSsn for his slaughter house a building
in ihs most tbiekly ssttled part of the town.
and the Inevitable result, as the warm weather
progresses, is sickness and death to our uufor-
tudase population. Even before I left, I could
see blooming checks paling and bright eyes
growing dim under the dire inh6ence Of that
taIu led sir. On Is not such e fos enough to
srD Use to exertion every man in our country. to
dive forth oar enemy from our border Can
any bo content to sit in idleness under his own
vine and fig tree, with none to make him
af-aid," whilst tender and deiieste women srs
enduring what the heart sickens 10 relate
God, in mercy, grant that, at last, the feeling
shall ariss which shsll Danish every loafer rom
lur streets, and that, as one man, our people /
hal throw themselves into tais great struggle /
or our nstional Independence. Az EXILE.