Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-15
arrival ef Refugees.

From TIE caTGuHah AeTEi
We hava annoBzceS before that Gen Hanier,
tae Federal commander ct Hilton Head, had or
dete6 that all the citizens sf st. Augustine who
synp2sAiEs1 with the South, OF who had rola-
tives ia ths Confederate Ermy, shoald be ban-
ishee troE the! city. Ia PursuGnes Of this bar
barous order, on Tuesday, the 25th Of May, the
Fede-al steamer Boston was al the whSrf At So.
Augustine, prepared to rsseivs the cxiles.
Some saIty or forty citizens, men, wemen aud
children, were embarked en board the steamer
which prosse9ad On her veysga the axilas
baing uniformed Of their dsstinstisn. Many
supposed that they wsuld be landed at
rsrnandina, but, upon their arrival there,
t-ay were informed that the ordsr from
General Hunter WAS peremptsrY for the
steamer TO pJOeeea to Hilton Head The
steamer accordingly arrived at that port. The
prisoners were not taken en- shore but were
Kept on bosrd one week They were thea
taken TO Beaufort, and placed ia q dwelling
there, guarded by Federal troops This, we
eara, was done TO protect them from the insults
Of the Federal troops, frequent complaints hav-
ing been made By political prisoners of the III
treatment received by them at the hands Of tbs
HanEso officers and soldiers. From Bssuf0rt
they wsTo conveyed in accommodation wagons
20 the Confederate lines, snd by rairosd por-
tioH Of them arrived iR this city on Wednesday
nig6t Ay the Charleston train.
On theif arrival within cur liRes, they sepa-
rated in different directions, in search d rela-
lives and friends, many of them being osmpar-.
aiiveiT- destitute, having been robbed Of their
property and driven from their homes with
seBat means.
We learn tlat the following are smoug those
Vh0 have arrived ia this city; The three Misses
bufhagton and 5rotheF, Mrs. Putnam, Mrs
smith, DR.. Pacetty Tits aad daughter. Also,
-Aa m8shsy Of Gen. Kirby Saith, who Is seven
tg-siz years 5i age. Mr. Qainoy, an old goa
.lsmau OF eighty years Of age, with his wife,
To daughters and two sons, took the train fer
Charleston. Mr.. Burlington was detained as
2 prissnor st Hilton Head.
We ere intorled that while the prisoners
we're on board the stes1sr Boston, and during
FIRE das they we're confined st Bssufor6, they
were kindly Tsstsa By the Federal officers, es-
pecislly By the Provost Marshal, Capt Green
field, Of the 4th New Hampshire Regiment,
Capt. LsngdoR, Of the Regular Artillery, and
CEpt. Taylor, Of Gen, SaXtOn's staff. a lady,
one Of the refugees, informs us that these OH.
GERS tsok every opportunity 70 show attention
10 the ladies, and that upen their arrival at
Beaufort, finding 3 negro regiment on picket
duty, and thinking it would be offensive 20 the
Southerners, they had them removed, and white
troops placed in their stead while the marty re-
maiaed in that town. as this is SO unusual an
occurrence, It is bat proper that we should
chronicle the fact, which prsves thst at lssst
there Is nov and then gentleman to be found
IN s8amand of Federal troops The bageage Of
.ha refugees was net examined, snd Was deliv.
ersd 70 them uii::-iaIed-aAother fact net at al
in keeping with their usual practice in such
cases