Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-17

TIE escspe of ons hupdrcd ard nine Of the
cm.,,, coserea IN he Libby Prison has hssn
=, .,lk IL 4. towu fcr two or hires days.
Th.v u.so tb.ir way out by funnellihg, and
49, - roe3 ,r,und, 80 far as I can learn,
a. .sDBosipr that any Of the guards OF officers
-. sribsd. The sespe demonstrates the in-
.s;cv n witch Ihavs heretofore spoken. Of
rassing The p~risonsrs, captured by Us. here in
Richmond, within thirty miles Of The enemy 8
lines, where = single nights tramp viii place
The fasiiivc in the hands of his fisnds. If the
majority Of these oss hundred and mira men get
clear of pursuit, it srlu be because they bad the
darkness 30 favor thsir movements toward West
Poist. Up 70 this moment, shout thirty have
besa retEEsn. I. seems that upon leaving the
prison they scattered ia al directions, rsdiatint
from Richmond nsT,h, south, east and west
in the hope Of getting within heAds's, Batisrs'
Avs1iPs or Posters lines.
TIE chase of the runsEsys has been very
spiused. Ose eAiesr WAS taken. after q bard
fight and brought iIao town, By q negro. Oar
key met Ysnkes waking along TIE tow-Path Of
the csnsl, and, suspeoting thstRll was not right.
began to s~uestion hin, and the Yankee rot Civ
inr atssfsesory answers, darkey summoned him
to nrrssder Yaakss refused. Wherenpon 8
light, with result shove stated. Il wss rumO'sd
Yesterday that the famous Col strsighi, uhe
bsaded the expedition snd perfected the plsns
Of getting out Of ths building, had been caught
some twenty miles fr,m town, that he made Sc
rieas resistsuce and wss shot By the party in
pursui. cf him, and that he bad been brought
badly wounded to Richmond. There va no
foundation ct al for Ais story. Strsight, l fear,
has made & straight shoot fer yorktown, sDd
has faiTly gotten out Of BIS recent s@tiaits, and
Of you viii excuse saet q vcllsy of bad paus)
has dunk at Basle1's headquarters. with The
Beass himself, 8 "ahisky straight before this
time over his Lbbylaion- Nov III promise
not to attempt snesher pun daring The var.
Judge ouli speaks con6sently Of a very
early resumption Of the exchange of prisoners
He sobmitted . series Of propositions to The
Yankee Government through Capt. Milford,
tie o.ser day, which he itiaks Lincoln viii &C
eeps, aud the Gag Of truce boat with tls reply
is expected hourly. do aos know what these
propositions sre. bu. I have reason 70 belisve
.hsf they do not present on Government IS
backing dowa Gon-fs position about BaiisT
S, that the Legislature Of Virginia viii have
compromised tie good nsms Of tie Old Gem
/ nogWeslsh sfsr ali III vain. I wruss yoa thst
~spinfous 7A1isd as 60 policy Of the condnci Of
fhs Legislature. This variance is msaisestsd ia
80 couEse Of tie Richnond P5pers. TIE En-
gsirsr snd Ezaainer leDeurees TIE set IS in
Isnous, tho BL'g 6efsLds i. IS humane,
Baller, hey say, makes show Of regres at
tie d.fce1ent e Brsldcn and ssys Is officers
exceeded lher instruction.. De sen: them 20
destroy gsaia and ofhsr eomnassay stores a.
Brsudou, B~sleasing, az he charged, 80 inc Con-
fsderaio o~eysIpuieat itnd tbey made ruin Of
he vbols es;sbiisAmenl, burned down lie barns,
carn exits, negro qnarisrs and outhoasos bsieug-
Eg 70 the marsion, smashed She windows,
threw tbs furniture on a blssing pile of doors
AID window shutters, lreke the croekery, ent
down the .ress, and carried e one hundred ard
three negrcea, shat y1ss al. Butler is very
sorry, Boilsr Is. Oh yes. 1 have eyon heard
thas be offered 60 pay soma small sum for tho
damage 6oHe to the dwelling, bat do 10. know
this to be The fact If he hsd sny severe cum
punctons of remOTse, lhsro were thu negroes
whcm he might have seat back, there vera the
officers who weat beyond their orders and sn-
thoHi,y whom he might have punished and re-
moEed-Bhich be didn't do. Oh 60.
Congress has but few days longer to sit, and
yet ibs important business Of the session il not
yet completed. We hzvs not the currency bll
Ger The military bill. Fhe latter threatens ssri-
ousIy 20 inseTrupt the journalism Of the country,
If parsed u the form IN which it came from The
szaste. -Four printers, and enc editor, who
shah slso be a practical printer, is q very small
forcs fer zach a paper as the APPEAL it ia 50
small q f5rce that 1t is q1iie impossible that such
8 paper 70 the APPEAL could be gotten cut By
them. and jet there are thousands Of persons in
the Confedsrkie States, very many in the Amy
who rely on he APPEAL for sheir seqlsin;lnes
sith what is going en- al hons and abroad.
Er. Wigfsll stirred up the strife about the
quartsrmkstsr-gensra onsS more in the Senate,
yesterday, bys very pertinent resolution OF IN
garry as 70 The Law uader which Gen Lawton
held his rsak as brigadiergensral, seeing tbs.
another eEcer had taken the command Of BIS
brigade ia TIE field.
Fhe retiring bin which has passed he Senate
Lby a vote Of Is to g. ID likely to cause very
great dissatisfaction in tbs eFny, should it be
CONS a law. It empowers the President 10 &C.
prive Of his commission snd discharge from the
service (of coursa, to become instantly the sub
jseis Of be bureau Of eonsc.ipton) any officer
RA5 is without q comnsai or who Is inefficient
or incsnpotent Much iisficieney o. ilcon-
potency may be gotten rid OF in this manner,
ua3oub.s 1ly, bus what VII tbs officer Of tie
old Uaiied States army, wba resigned his com
mission Hero under q premise from the Conisd-
eTs!s GovefBmsnt 70 give hm = swosd aud =
place hsio, think and cay Of being degraded 20
the ranks, when, as enun happens, in tia
chances and charges of wtsr, he finds himseii
without = command or sss.sssble duiyf
We sEs Peging along badly enough in our
city morals and municipal sgaifs. The gem
bli-g houses, they So, Ion sa, r~eeollect, for
kaev no.biog sbou; IT'D are going on aEsin e.
furnishing as ever. Tie police have srroste5
Dc. Maelurs, On en5slmtT Of the dead, on $
cbsrgs Of carrying of corseripas through sc
iues Eilh Ire he,p # esfHis and Fkudalensly
obtained passports. A membsF Of the Virgins
Legislature has been consigned to Castle Thur
der upsn = charge # forgery OF q BaldieI's pay
seeount, tie soldier being at Johnston's island
Buglsries are kept u7 "A over tho city rightly.
81 much for he bA3asss Of Richmond Ga the
osber hand, tie fssbioDsble world is beginning
TO bshsvs iisslf mere dee0Te7siy Lent has put
al tie -Episeopslians On hslf rsiiyns Ike ae
srmy, and sho bsls, breakfasts and psfts soHP-
ers have o 10 70 sc end
The weather Is del shtIol. Dixie.