Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-19
HEADQUARTERs1 BRIGADE, !
bfsiOrsGeheral Il P. BlaiF's Diviiou, ?
Tuseumbls, Ala, February %, 1863. }

Tuseumhis, Ala, February Is, 1so3Js
The United States government having or
dered assessments to be made on tie wealthy
citizens of the States now in rebellion against
said government, have ordered an assessment
upon your property to the amount Of - dol
lars. pay able Immediately.
You are, therefore. commanded to pay over to
Msjor w Il. Lask, paynaat Ter Of this brigade,
the above sum, or the sfme viii be collected
from you at the sacrifice Of your property,
FLORENCE NJ. CORNYN,
Col. 10Th No. cavalry, commanding brigade.
The lowest assessment that I have heard Of
under this edict was five hundred dollars the
highest Eve thousand. One gentleman, Dir.
William Warren, for falling to pay his assess
.ment, was carried eff
I should have mentioned before that all the
stores in town we're entered, and what the devils
did not want they threw ont in the muddy
strpess. To cur inexpTessible relief the scOun-
drels left town on Wednesday afternoon, teBin2
with them about fifty bales OF cotton, al the
mules and horses they could find, and as many
negroes as they could force of, about sixty in
ali They took the plantation teens to haul
their. cotton. Owing to the bad roads tGey left
fourteen bales Of cotton between town and Inc
Inoilntsiris, and understand they were com
PEELED to leave much more fuTtheE on, which
they burnt.
Tbe enemy came through Frankfort, to which
place they came on the Fulton Tosd. By this
means they were enabled to get here without our
having warning, as nobody dreamed of their
coming, that roundabout way. Nearly every
person they met or saw they brought along with
then. Some Of them they compelled to walk
thirty miles When they arrived hofe they had
hundred citizens prisoners. These, tOgelhef
with tba Sidzens they got in town, msde big
show No doubt the Official report Of the expe-
dition wiz mention having captured one hun
dred and fifty prisoners, not ten Of whom will
be ConfedefsJe soldiers.
Coming through Frankfort, the county seat
of this coqnty, they arrested the treasurer and
tax collector Of The county, from whom they
| took sevefal thousand dollars Ia county fp1ds,
and theif private money besides These iei-
| lows had their pockets full Of counterfeit Con
/ federate notes, which they said they had bought
1 at twenty Eve cents bundled. cannot hear
/ Of their having paid for 8 single thing which
] they took and as they sabsisled wholly on the
country, The loss is enormous.
Our farmers say that they win not try to
make crpps in the valley this year, uoless
/ protection is given them There are immense
I quantities of corn in this valley enough to iced
/ a very large cavalry foree 81 the year round,
/ All the Yankees have to do is to como and get
/ it. Itse4ms to me that cur own soldiers ought
10 have the provisions thai the enemy destroy
4 in these raids. Fivehundred meu, with bat
! terry, could kaap back all such bands as this. Il
/ viii be remember that General Sweeney, with q
large infantry and cavalry force, with artillery,
fully thT9e thousand men. came within three
miles Of Tuscamhia last December Colonel
Rodney, With his cavalry regiment Of five han-
dfea men snd iouT pieces OF artslsfy met then
ct Bssr creek, in sight of town, and drove lhern
4 back with heavy loss. These Yznkes cavalry
won't fight Iheard many Of them say thatn
there kaa been force of any size here, t1e5
/ would have surrendered. They say they vii
not fight aBy norei they ara tired Of tie war,
and damn he administration. Ihope the gov
eminent viii give us soma protection, else We
will have to absndon the country we cannot
stand these raids. N A. B,