Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-19

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General Banks. while refreshing from Grand
Eeore 10 Alexandra, was sgain ettaeked by the
ConfedeFaies in force ct Cane river, and suffered
heavily Il is also asserted that thirteen trans
ports aud guns were blown up BY his order to
prevent thor falling into the hands Of the enc
my.
The correspondent Of the PhiladeIphia Is-
Qurer, writing from Jscksonvills, states that the
expedition to Florida has been abandoned. all
the Federal fofecs having been Withdrawn nom
that State, with the exception OF The garrison at
Jacksonville.
Shermsn's corps is rspsrted to be advancing
southW ard from Chsaan0ogs, in three columns
THE CIRCULATION OF BOGUS CONFEDERATE
NoTEs-How IT WORKED IN NEW YORK
Not long siuco, Winthrop J Hilton, loyal
Leaeuer, was arrested in New York charged
with brintirg notes and bonds for the Conied-
erscy. He has been living in Fort Lafayette
ever since. The New York World has some OF
the facts concerning his arrest and tho business
be was engaged in.
The reason of his arrest was tho inteTcepsion
of letters in the New York post Office, purpoTt-
ing to be written to the Confederate Govern
men. but were discovered to have been written
and concoeted through the Influence Of Tebel
sgsnss, which contained evidence that Hilton
Fss regulsriy.emplhy by therebel government
aud stated that he could be relied on from the
fact of his large pecuniary interest IN the mat
ter These plates, dies, bonds, notes and ma,
chinery we're to have been shipped 70 Halifax
about The frat of January, and from themes To-
Nassau, where they we're TO be puton board
a blockade runner, and ssnt South by way OF
Florida Il stated also, that he had received
considerable money and was 30 receive mere.
These letters, purported 70 have been written bT
Mr. C1mmsck, The Teputed sgent of the febsl
l. Al -
the CsnfedeIate agent south.
Information was lodged at lhsNsw York polt
cffiee lhat letters OF this character would pAis
through it. and if they could be intercepted they
would undoubtedly be found TO contain matter
/ of q treasanAbie character. These letters were
sent to the post Office, addressed as bad betm
stated and we're seized and sent TO the Seeretsly
Of War, at Washington, and we're found to con
Gain su account OF the printing OF bonds and
\ the shipping of machinery as mentioned above.
The Secretary of War the1aioTe issued his or
/ der directing the arrest of Br. Hilton and his
confinement in Fort lafayette. OF course, TN
der ihs system of arbitrary arrests instituted By
tho uresent Administration, there was no possi-
bihtY OF any defense or explanation on he pkrt
of Mr.. Hilton, except by the efforts of friends to
| procure a proper representation OF the case to
the President. In the language OF Mr. Se1sEd,
the Secretary of War touched bell and ordered
ihs arrest of citizen Of New York, and there
yss no power under heaven except that Of the
| President which could release HIM.
1! was claimed by Mr. HllOn's friends that
he was & loyal Union man. He was widely
known in tho city as = business man of good
character, resident in this city ten years, na
tive of New Hampshire, and with nothing in
his previous history that would lead 70 4 sIlspi-
cion that be would be guilty Of treason to the
Government.
The bonds thai Mr.. Hilton was printing, as
was alleged, for the Confederate Government,
were simply the fac SMILES of Southern notes,
which, it will be Tscoilscted, were sold in The
streess by the newsboys some time ago, hun
dred dollar bill for Eve caHis. They were bought
extensively ss curiosiiiss. MT. Hilton, however,
also had some of these fac similes, signed by
dexterous psnmen, in imitation of the Corlfeds-
rate register and treasurer, and these were sold
to persons going near the Confederate lines, who
used them to advantage in dealing with The
rebels.
Mr. Hilton also entered in.o arraBgegn ents
with a young man nRmsd George b Briggs
formerly Of Atlanta, Georgia, who had come
North to circulate these bonds South This was
done SO extensively that the South WAS flooded
with these spurious bills, which, though cllezpy
printed, were superior III appearances 10 the gen
uiHe Confederate money, until it fairly broke
down the currency OF the Confederate Sites, *
that they were obliged 70 destroy their old plates
call in their old issues, snd pTiHt entirely nav
money. Mr.. HLltcn was thus able TO eRmags
materially the S0uthern cause, aud q rebel egen
was sent to New York TO stop his operations q
all hAEsrds, it being declared that he waB d0inG
more hurt to The South than half the UniteC
! States armies.
Il was made no secret by him that be wa
printing these bills 1t Was known by the per
sons employed in bis establishment, and man,
of them were hsWked Gbout the streets by tn
newHboyB, or sold by the newsdealeIs. The,
. were also extensively advertised.
YAEREE ACCOUNT OF THE TREATMENT o.
C0HTRABANDs-THEY WANT TO RETURl
TO THEIR MASTERS.
A correspondent of ths-Nsw York TTi5 a,ss
i very severe upon the order Issued by the heslt
officer ct NAtchsz, Mississippi. Like the negroes
be can't see the promised liberty. he says:
In order to live in Natchez the freedman mul
not only be hired to some white person. but b
must sdso live at the domicil of his empioye
He must bs q servant, and he must live wit
bis master. Though no were hired yet il he live
across lhe street from his employer, he must
/ driven from the city; and in the execution @
: the order these wsTe the points that special a
4 teniion wss given to. No regard was shown I
q character TO age. sex, or condition. The simpl
tai = freeQ man WAS honestly kitf4dftt0
t. himseH and family was q sJsthcistl a,asep e
n driving him rom The city excepl ] sone ssst
S of hack drivers ard lraYmsa, Apd aarke. meE
d whom DIR. Kelley excepted, as the city coul
1 hardly sffJrd 10 loss them Ia the sDscntian
, the order fhsre seemed to be 40 regard shown
n | to the marriage OF parental relsti0ns. Ii tbs
II husband WAS employed by whito person, an
: happened tolive at his domicil he mig ht remain
but his wife must leave the city. Or II the Vii
was 90 employed, and her husband laboring f
himself, he must be driven away from his fam
= ly.
And If the parents were employed and thei
o children working for the family or themselves
L they must leave the place of their birth II
+ marriage and parental relations were no moi
n in the way of the execution OF this trder, thR
At they were in the way Of the execution ofthe o
d der of the AuctionseT in the slave market yes
ago ia this place. Indeed, the days of SLAYER
sesmed to have returned again There WAS th
yard or pen into which the col0red pegple, drive
from the different parts of the city by the so
diers, were placed--old men and wtmon, SON
Is of whom had lived in the city forty or eft
Il years, and boys and girls, and little children,
, await the decision of the DOCTOR or lis sUbeTd
nAles, rs to whether they shall be driven troI
thsir homes, and be separated forever.
10 Some old citizens, living here for forty Yeerl
O. say they never saw so much sorrowiRnd dis.res
d in Natehez As they saw on the lat day OF Apr
ls Many Of the freed peopls were h,iard 30 sa
IS they never had been so hardly treated by thei
10 masters Whole families had lived kgether Wit
= their mssiers, but now they must be separated
n solae stay ia the city, others be driven to th
ID krzsl, and from that to plaatAsioRsi to be agai
? ssisen by the Tebsis. Hence mafy who ma
q had kind masters, resolved to return to slaver
s. rather than expose themselves to the unknow
cruelties Of lsWless and prowling guerrilla
The consequence is that SO far as this class
70 pers0ns are concerned, the order Ok DR.. Kelle,
i, approved and backed BY the powel' of the brig
IA der, has defeated the emancipation proclamatic
4 of the President Of The United Ststss And Il
of OF repeated recommendations Of the doctor
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