Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-01
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a late letter to ihe Chicago Times eoHtaiza
che foii0wtng iterss Of news from Memphis ana
vicinity:
| CAIRO, FshTuATY I6 1854.
For several days past . squad o.
! sight OF Ten susErillas, eonmanded b. sons one
/ who repreBsntg % himself a5 q heuteHaut ~ kef-
rests command b Whieh be alleges Lis maS
also belong, has been apsEaiing il q scope q
/ country extending frem N1neoHuah creek sew
/ erai miles s0uihWard in Tsnnossso. Tee opera
I lions Of this hznd q bushwbeckqr8 coupnsa
/ the atoppege Of eotiea coming % II mphis, a-sd
I general desEuction Ct tho sano. togethzr VITA
tho confscaiion Of whEisVer else Of value can Be
obtsined. a lady oa her-Eay to Memp6is on
he 90, was stopped 5y tins gang and Tob5ad ot
Reeentl = Mr. Isbsll and AEr WTliausou puE
up for ihs night a hfr. ShsitOn'a, SIX niles noHz
Msnphi1, ca tie Ralsie b road, with teams and
wagons loaded with eight bales Of cotton. Whil5
thoTe, two Fellows, leaking ike Conisdsfato de-
seTtsTs, arrived. enc vas armed with Goubia-
haIrelsd Shotgun. he other EiIh mdoar Is
Wss at frat determined 4 these mea 70 burr
t5s cotton. They bad it uuloadod ior tks pur-
poza, but fnally made ths owners proposition
% raisaze % en- payment Of ten per ceEt. e -
value, winch was aGestea 70. Tbs scouadrsla
laen ieii' 'eemingly vel eoHisntsd 'gisn ta9
sp5culatlch IL utEgousr8 were alloWa1 90 cary
arms, tbsy would N many instances pToaect
themselves from 8ueh razcGlz.
Some time slncs q planter near Hesn6, lane1
Morgan Began, attempted 20 put hig negroes as
work and sUcesedsd with all excepting ons Of
the ug'iesi kshds IN ell The country. Began
Eeni 10 his cabin and fried 30 f1re8 the negro 20
go 70 the field The nan GOT thoroughly en-
Tsged, and takiHg an axe cut his masters head
Of mutilatsd ihs BODY, tseu took Hlss money
be could 6nd, sEd escaped 60 Helena. he Waa
arrested on tho i0-l0Hiug days and tricd tor
Murder. L Is plain cass, and doubtless be
viii pay fhs penalty Of tns clins az The cad Ct
a rope.
a party Of Ave nsgT8as, sent out On Monday
TO cnt 1ggod IN The asighboTh00d Of WCH river,
near Raleigh, Tern, were auTpriss5 by party
Of gusITiIlas, AID taken prisoners. Oaa d thems
who happened 20 have tEo collsgs L. g-asn6aeEs
upon his DsIsoa at ihe iiue, escaped ai1lrssId5.
owing % The drunkenness of tha. guard, who
robbed him Of bis money and 5oug.-I whisky
wiki e. The other lCUr we're sold By the Tssca.g
% a nsn gOing S1ni5, oEa Of them fetching sa
high figure - $500 IN Confederate money.
q soldier who vas ssyiHz 10 escape rom the
Lsvirg Block prison, Memphis, recently, hld
buEToWed under Tie walls, craEled out through
the iUnnei, and endsEvoIsd 10 Tun away. 1ha
scu-iael- shot him. ca-sl death
On tho niEEt Cf lha 81, q couple Of soldiers,
or men wearing uni-0Tmsi went into August
BsutUn'I bakery, On P0plEE street, Memphis
knocked Benton down, ana proceeded % ron
him. GsiRhb0rs were brought 70 the resC1a bV
Bsnton'5 cries, snd ila rascals Hsd.
A ciliEsa Of Memphis, named James EssssF,
largely engaged IN smuggling eOHua6znd goods
through the ines to Dixie, was arrested on Mon
day last and his houss searched. Three largo
franks weTa found, and tgFO sacks Of suEar and
cCffss One trunk Ws5 filed with packages of
spices and groceries of various kiala, and bolts
Of calico. The others coatsinsd boots, sh0ess
and Gotten cards. OF the .ai.er articles E1ers
were not less than iirss hundred pairs They
arc used ia the South fer preparing the staple
f1r suinniug tks uaanEtsCiuro Inio E0-nespun
Goth, and b-iuE so pair readily in C-uisd-
srste money. In bIFEphis they are dear a. 50
asir. This w0ali leave prrtis tcr kir. Foster
OF a. lssst S6g00-s sum vel worth working
for The cask vslus uf The goods takal, ia the
Memphis nssrkst, wsuld H0s fall short oil 3l5co.
Foster has been hsaliHr cotton into ihs cltY tor
som5 SINE past Transporting Cau.rs1and goods
tho ctuer way, doing very good Duslness, aad
accumulsiing mUcb cash. he is nav ~ tna
irving block prison. awaiting irisl