Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-05

responded, 20 the demand OF the Wflt, thGt hn'
said Limbaugh was charged with treason.
In order that the reader may SEQ how much 0
truth thore is in the avermsnt of tho frst ssntenc
Of The above extract the letters published in th'
APPEAL of ths 1O.h Of September are hereuntc
appended. The above statement, by compsri-
son with them, viii be found to be almost with
out shadow Of truth. If examined. the in
formation viii be found to consist in nothing
deemed hardly reliable, even by " Ashsntse -
himself, and only in vague hints sud rumors
/ which I'll the newspapers every day, and which
were filing them at the Tina, without the
agency of the author of the letter. As for the
srmy's moving by the Lafayette road, he who
viii examine the statement viii sss that it car
riss the evidence of msntsl doubt with it and a
distinguished Tennesses gentleman, who came
| from above in tbs afternoon, viii remember that
1 only knew it for a feet after the letter was
written and was in the act of being mailed I
made no change in the letter. As TO the state
nent that Buekner held tho rsilToad st Gays
vile, have been sines informed by sn srnay
officer that Buekner'8 orders were % move on
Lafayette. and that Pegraa held the road with
his cavalry, and as to Gea. Brsgg'5 hesdquer-
ters being at the time specified at Lafayette. I
am Informed they we're, instead, At Snow Hi,
aud never were at SummsrviIls. If Ringgold
| ever was a base, it was but temporary, and only
when r ime was threatened.
Having disposed of the grounds Of the arrest,
we viii now speak Of its motives. They ere
thus stated by authority"
We aro authorized to state that neither Gen.
Bragg nor Gel. HcKinstry designed anything
more than that Mr.. Limbaugh should be placed
beyond tho lines Of he army, where he would
not have the facilities for Obtaining sinformat0a
in official circles that would, if obtained by the
enemy, be valuable TO them and detrimental to
us-ihat they had no Intention to detsin him in
custody longer tRsn was necessary to his re-
moval beyond the iaes of the army, and that
neither of them gave orders for his longer de-
tention in military custody. Their constant oc-
cupati0n and continued movements with the
army, confronted BY the enemy, withdrew their
attention from Mr Linebsugh, and, we believe,
they were not aware that the order for his STrest
had bean executed, until after the battle Of
Chieksmauga.
To show tha sbsurdity Of the above ststement
shat General Brsgg's motive in my srTest was
to send me beyond the lines Of the army and
prevent my communication with Official souTeas
in The army, viii simply remark that I was
never within the interdicted lines Of the army,
or elsewhere than at points whore common
passport would carry me, after the 2iss day of
August the day Ct the surprise Of C, sttsnoogs,
nor Was ever after that date in Communication
with any eficial, high or low, within ths lines
Daring the time Of my remaining at Dalton and
Rome received no word, MESSAGE, or line from
any one who had access to General Bsagg's
headquarters, and was, at the tins Of my At
rest, over forty miles from Lafayette, aud moro
than fifty miles from Lse s. Gordon's mills,
and without even railroad communication with
them.
The Confederate is not batter informed IS TO
the facts Of the arrest than he is Of its motives
aud grounds. The facts, briefly Tecapitulated
from the APPEAL, are these: I was arrested
upon sn uHsigHsd telegram, at Rome, by Col.
Caldwell, the comm2ndsnt Of the post, on
Wednesday, l6ih September, and held under
close guard until the afternoon, when full orders
weEe received for my arrest, and was sent TO
Kingston and kept by the provost marshal,
Capt Balizell, in strict military custody until
the next day, when was sent to Atlanta, re-
csived by the coamandant of the post, and sent
to the bsuaek prison Here I remained from
Thursdsy until the next Tuesday evsuiDg-tae
hnbeas coTpus having bssn served on Captain
Wheeler, the eommandsnt Of the prison on
Tuesday morning, he communicating the fact, l
IN Informed, to Col Wright, ths commsRdsnt Of
the post, and Capt Psden, the provost mar
shal-when was taken from the prison by two
armed guards under an order from PsdeD, car
ried to the depot and, with the assistance Of two
subslte1ns from the provost marshsrs Office,
tdrust into box-car and sent to Dalton end
hsnded over to Capt Kane, the provost mar
shsl, and by him sent under gusrd to the pro
vost marshal Of RipggOli, Maior Rogers, Of the
oh Tennessee regiment. Msjor Rogers sent a
dispatch Immediately by courier to Gen. Bragg,
Informing him of my whereabouts remained
in custody at Ringgold from Wednesday until
the next Sunday week, when I was delivered, BY
orders from Gen. Makall Gen. B Agg's chief Of
I
Judge Bull against Gen. Brsgg's subordinstes
in Atlanta. The COHf.deTats says that was
held for over week in custody in Atlanta, and
released by Gen. Bragg wnsn be obtained
kuowledes Of the habeas corpus Such was mol
tie fact; I w=s taken from Atlantis and sent to
Ringgold after service of the hsbsas corpus, and
hsld by him or bis orders in military custody
for near two weeks after he bad official notice Of
nv arrival there. This fact is known 10 Col
Waiter, Gen. Brsgg's judge advocate and lai'
adjutant general, and Col Hays, one Of his in
speeior-gsnorals, both Of whom were al Ring
gold at the time,
The Coz}cdsrals says that the cornmandant o
the prison was served with hsbsss corpus, anC
1 was not delivered up Immediately, bat was &c
tained some dsys longer BY the military anthofi
lies at Atlanta, who had responded to the demsn'
Of the writ that the said Linebaugh was ebsTge'
with treason. was not detained at Allant
some days longer, nor was such response made
While accepting the Christian condolences
the Confederate IN The spirit in which they ar
rendered, cannot admit the logical sccuraey Q
its legal infeIenees, as spPIied to me, any FeI
than as applied to the CoatedsTats, OF any oshs
newspaper which publishes anything about Ii
army whatever. If treason consists in giVia
s'aid and comfort" to the enemy, based upo
the possibility of newspaper containing arm
news reaching the enemy, General Bfsgga p
journals are as much guilty Of tressOn as other
for they contain just The same news, telegraph
snd general as do others and have heard
no measures Of special police to keep them ffoi
5 the enemy more than applies to Others. !"
Provost Marshal McKinstry, with his rare leg
! scamen and detective yigilsnce, can inform II
+ public perhaps.
Upon the legal pyeisxts Of the arrest We MAI