Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-25

Oa Tuesday last, three suffers, 81 their way
frsn this city ts Marfrse5bsrs. azd saa fran
Gurfrsesbers 70 Nashville, (Whs ss act wisk
their Ha2es ussd,l we're "gobblad up7 By balf
dszsh gHerillas, at tie eleven mile post on the
AarfIeesbora pike Thsir a5vansurs was soE.e-
what romantic. The three going frsm this city
were in a tive mgls wagon, filed with q now sad
csasists stock OF suffers gssas. sad the ere
returning 20 Nashville was ridiaE very hne
and much priced horse, bHs luckily he had no
ether Valus5les Of eoHssquencs. Jast Eg the
fsur sstlers mst st the nile post, ths SIX mount
ed gUeTillas popped eat Of . iasinass o. he rsaa
side, presented rsVclvers aad araersa 8Errsr-
der. Farley were ast thought Of, lss tlar ueR,
altsodgk WaI armed, was tkreTa eh their
guard 0y tie surprise They weTa hslplssg ard
as prisoners had to submit 20 many verbal indig-
nltiss, sRd ih8 less Of their weapons fartlWitl-
TIE c6aFsy5ati0n with tbfir csPf0rs vas very
elegant and interesting ts the suffers After ap-
prspriatiEE What articles suited their fancy and
indalgiug in & vaia effort to burn the Hagan aas
its rsmsiniHg contents, the. rebels sazIed the
three owners Of the mules to msHst tbem, SD
the lone sHilsr e straalle his hsTss hastily, aHd
Pfsssde OF accompany thsm thr9Ggh the Wild
uRtro5dsR forests and taickeis, ever bills ana
across g0Tgss and streams, fer dis-suas si ten
miles, 70 s fsrd on StsHs river Here tae cap
tives fully expected to be murdered and ihTsHu
iHts the angry Aood, but thsir esGsi3sTsia mas
teTs let them on win thOrapgE r0eollg. lEaiF
money, iswslry WGtehes, elothizg, etc, 10 tas
value OF about s Zoo, wers borrowed By the
rebels, who then turned them loasot1 lud shsiF
way 5ack On foot. eBy fsllsWing ths horses
tracks ss they had cone 90 the rivsr--lhs gsound
being vet and yislsy-tzs relieved satlsrs safsly
pilotsd themselves cat Of the sthsrwise strange
and EnkUewR weeds and crges aad seend the
wagon IS they had left it. The lhrss sompan-
Ions were accommodated BY iarmer vita an
other tsara, and thsy resumed their advance 81
MUrfreesbor0. The fourth was mes so iarfunale
He had to walk 70 The Rext staten. Antioch.
where, On wednesday evening, ks teoz tka irain
for this city. These eaptives we're cllssiy
eateehised by che brigands, bHt ne iui'Tma-
tioH of valao ives impsrtsd ts them. They
said, in answer 20 q quesaea t.as thsy
had belonged 70 Msjor Dick HcCann's bat-
talon Of cavalry, but the sutsTs are satisfied.
frem the manner Of tkair capture, sad their
treatment that they Wsro il tie Powsr Of jast
50 many citizens Of ths vicinity Hhera they
were surprised. OF a set Of rufaana Wh3 havs de-
serted the COntedsrat8 army, and aceFtsd he
life Of hiEhwsymen. The victims suggest III
the only way in Vhieh tbsy can be csushtil for
a small fsres, provided with at least weeks
ratisns, to secretly ra.rsl their h.disg places
usiEg every eaatou. against discovery, until the
unsusPscting gueullss fall into thsu grasp. Aa
these freeboOtsrs imagine their esacsal neat vii
be forsver unexplarsd, sUch EN- s1psrusat
might succeed. There is at pTessHt bat little
safety for lone travellers iR these rsEieEs. MASS
vills Press, l6th.