Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-04
seFioms Charges Against a Confederate
Officer.
The Richmond correspondent Of the 1
Commonwealth has the following:

The Richmond correspondent Of the Atlsnti
Commonwealth has the following:
In an elegant and feeling speech which wa
4 delivered By Mr. Foote in the House Of Repre-
sentaiives, on yesterday, he real the following
extracts from an address of Gen. Albert Pike, tC
the senators and representatives. in Congress
/ from Arkansas The accusations are made
/ against Msj-Gen. Thomas G. Hindmsn:
Under his (ThOmas C. Hindman's,) orders
nearly or quite one hundred men st one time
in November or December, 1862, were to be seen
imprisoned in the penitantiary at Little Rock
without having been tried or condemned for
any offense.
Nine men, citizens Of Arkansas. were tried
in Little Rock, in the summer Of 1862 part Of
them for deseTtion, and others for treason and
disloyaty, not by cOUrt-msrtial, but by 3 So
called military commission composed of three
persons, meme of whom wefa officers in the mil
itary service of the Confederate States, but all
were persons who held appointments, IS officers
solely from Major General Hindman himself ;
one member Of the tribunal being named
Peasants, and another Ringo. a young man
who had barely attained, If indeed he had
reached, the age of majority; and these nins
men, convicted by this illegal tribunal, were
shot, by order Of NJ jor-General Hindman-he
himself witnessing the execution.
OGe person at least. was tried st Fort Smith.
in Arkansas, als) on the same summons, for De-
seItion, by court martial, or military commits
sion, which sentenced him to Imprisonment. with
hard labor, for six months, but Majo- General
Hindman threw aside the proceedings and or
dered him shot, and he wss shot accordingly.
L is true, for it comes to me from az eye wit
ness, that in November or December last, three
persons, an old citizen and two young ones, the
latter being brothers, were brought into Hind
mans camD He walked TO them smoke with
them no longer than it took the eye witness
to walk ten or twelve steps, and turning on his
heel bade them prepare TO die in thirty minutes
Appalled,, the brothers asked the witness if it
could bo possible that he meant to take their
lives. They told him that they aud their con-
nections were all true to the South, and that
they were on their way to join our army, when
falling in with hostile party they were forced
to 90 with them, and so were taken prisoners.
These statements were made known, after some
delay, to Gen. Hindman, and in some way, sat
isfed Of their trnth, he ordered reprisve, but
before he reached the exeeutOner his cruel SEN
tence was carried out and the two brothers no
longer lived.
It Is reported to me, that on his retreat from
Van Buren, in January, three men were shot
by bis order, without trial. for leaving the rEnks.
As to one of them, the tale is thus told and it
comes TO me so vouehed for, that believe it to
be true: As he was marching in the ranks past
bis own house, bis children run out aud told
him bis wife was dying. Without permission
be hastened to the house, saw her die soon sfbs,
and then, leaving her body lying there, hastensd
to rejoin the command, in the hope Of obtain
ing permission to return snd bury her, and
make some disposition of his little children; tut
instead he was arrested by the provost guard,
and shot The next morning