Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-11
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make the feil0EISg e1uhctss
ENROLMENT OF erTIzEss.
Cen. WislaT, whe is acting under sn order
from TIE general Commanding tke department,
has appointed ehsers 70 eazell The names Of 81
~eitissss in that command, preparatory to the
drafs in January.
IKE BRIvEE L.
0n Thursday the piekets On the Gloucester
side ef die river were driYon Ia By rebel cavalry,
enc hundred sHd fifty in number. a dssash-
saeRt Of n0uzsed rides Ess cent out and feuRd
e feTcs Of Esbel cavalry II line Of battle, which
WsA deemed too strong to be attacked. The
Yankees fell back 20 await rsinfoFcoEeats,
whsn an advance was sgAiR nsde with infantry
and cavalry, and ths rebels skedaddlsd without
g Aght, the Yankees pursuing for four niles.
RKeRUErMENT OF oLeREB TROOPS.
The following is an extract from Batter or
der ia relation 10 recruiting negro seidisrE;
The theory upon which negroes sEs received
late the Usion lines and employed eilRer AZ L.
borsrs or soldiers, is that every Negro able 70
work who laaVss the rebel lines, diuinishsg by
Sc much the producing pc1er o. The rs5alton
10 sgpply itself with food and labor necessary
Is be done outside OF military operations, to sus-
tatu is armies, and the United Sales thereby
gains sithsF . soldier or $ producer. Women
| and children are TeeaiVsd because il W0ald hs
msnifestly usjEzt and iniquitoas to axe (stsaD
/ tAe husband and father and leave tho wife and
ehiId te il-iTeztRsnt and starvation Women
Ead children ara also rscsiFed when GlAeeOR-
REHisd By the husband and father, because tho
nssre las the asnsstis affections IN as strong 6
degree IS The white nAn, sad AswsFsT fzT soEsh
his masssr mHy drive hin, be viii scoasr or later
rstura T. bis fsEly.
"Tbsrefsre i is ordered: That sYsTy 0thesT and
soldier Of his command EEzl aid By every
rssRs IN his PoEer shs eonis yef eelorsd people
within &s Gaioh lines tAst al ofAesrs con-
handing expeditions and raids shall bring with
them ali the negroes possible, aEordi1g them
TRANSPORTATION, aid, sreteeiau, and encourage
meEL. Any Of5esT, soldier 81 citizen, who skal
dissua3s, hiRasr, PrsFe7t, or endeeE0r IS hinder
or pEsvsnt Gay 1eg-o iTam enistIg, or who
shall inzult, ahEse, rdieals OF interfere with, fer
the Burpess sf casting ridisdle sr contempt
u9oR eslered Ioops, or individual soldiers, be-
anss .hsy are cs.~1e1. shall Be deemed to be,
aa5 held Ishie eHaeE the several acts Of Con-
greEs applicable 20 this subject, and be pan-
ished wish Military severity for obstructinE re-
Grating.
Ks eole.sd Esn between the sgss Of ls and
Is, who can pass lie Surgeons examination for
e ssdier, shall Be employed OF land BIZ any peg
sea IA behalf af the q~sysErmeHt.
"AI OEsases hy s;ssans against nagr0ss, or
b ssgTsss against eiizsns, except Of G high
and aggravated character, snail be hesT2 aud
tIisa before the Prsvoss court"
TIE ~ExPLssIOEs ceEBLAsRATfsH.
We make the ANNEXED sxtrssts from the Cas-
sIssr's account Of the recent Gre srd explosions:
About I o'clcck On Wednesday evening last,
tks usual qzisials sRa sense 81 security from
Danger thst h&1 SO long psrVadsd YaTksewR,
wac distuTbsd by the Startling alarm Of Fire -
ard solsisrs aad ~sinzsHs rushed frsH tker qRsr-
4 80. g., kaEa1a @na - FLo uanoF af.ww,s-- ur-LAr
that the Imagination could picture.
The fFAne euildiRg occupied f9T hospital sur
poses By ike I48th New YsTk volunteers, and
the 1854 New Ysrk foos artillery, in the kitchen
Of which the Gre originated, was in flames, and
separated from il only by the Government bake.
~, alss a Light wsedsa s~srgssErs, stood tho
soETt house, in which \ lAase qaantity Of ana
muHition was stored, while on tao otter aide Of
tho street., snd directly opposite tbs eart ho1ss,
Has The cid Eaze tavern stand, with timbers
dry and eenbEssibis as punk. which also eon-
tAi1ed g qaantity of almost every variety Of ex-
plosiYe missiles, thrssseDing with death the
hardy soldiers whe rushed 30 the seems Of the
c0nasgrstion, and exeded every energy ia
~frRitlsss s9srts 70 suppress the aAEss.
The hospital eaatkinsd about twenty patients,
81 Of Rb0m escaped unirjHrsd, aad tInd rs
iuga in buildings TsGzots from the Gss. Bat In
spite Of every sEert TO stay ia progress. the Ere
G@RtlAlA%NsEA EAH4 NAG RAA AlH@4ls AaG EaEu
afterwards viii tie Courthouse, spreading sc
rapidly tnat the removal Of The ammunition
from tho buildings wa beyond eli human posi-
billy OF accomplishment.
The alarm and excit3ment thro Ighout the
f1ft, when the barstEg Of heated SHELLS gave
ths tsrIible warning OF 81 explosion moro r.
n6g that was certain 10 follow, was moss in
tonse. Mems knew at EAst moment the ex.
Psetsd crash Touh come, and few dared to hopa
IN aHhnH Aha- H. -A~H A-maa.-E@-- III
Where might safety be found vas row the ab-
ssrbing qaestiez, which none eoDld answer, and
upen Ehiah bat little time vas ic1 to deliberate.
The mors tirid ran 20 the rsm1tz- * ~-eraitiss Of
the f0rT, and sought refuge behiad lbs ruuer-
Gus guns that Psering ovsr the parapet DEFY sn
army Of human beings, Jet remained silent and
poweIless under the bread and balslul glow Of
the triumphant flames. Others fell upon the
ground, or got behind baildings, hay bales, IA
tse rEFmes ard behind Hess-wherevay the
slightest promise Of shelter wss Afforded, "a
await, ia painful suspense, the inevitable exple-
SION. :
lew stout besrGs fingered arcuad the b1ra-
ing huilsi7ss, unwilling to give mp the 6sG 81
STRIFE 90 the dsvoaring element, until finally I
fsTCed, ~ the increasing heat, 10 abandon .ke |
conflict al ssys themselves rom obstruction. 4
leo maeh credit cssaot be given 70 Lieutenant
Hunt, Of battery ! 4th Uaited Sts-qs srdBary. /
49, % 1Ae@@ Va az y - hAAh QshkGLWH WIG. &
while irAgmenis eff shells and bricks heW skiek !
sud last AT0znd ahsgl, undertook znd accom- |
pliskod the desperate work Of banking m a
msgssine near ike burning builiRRs, and inns
saved il fr0m explosion.
Thicker sRd fsster ssw the missiles thraueh
the air sad sleng ihe s%trests, Rntil sbsat eige@
O'clock, Whea the old tavern was blown az, /
destroying tie upper portion oftbe Cssrs Mouse,
and ignihDg the powder IN the bsseHsas ST that 4
buiidi.E causing . second explosion, whioh fol-
LEVIED Tia Srst SO quieHly ss ts be scarcely dis
tinguisAa5ie Fo0 is. Tbs canesssion that fol-
loved was Usmsadoas, making the earth trem. |
oe for miles around IS though shsksR By some
swfsl r~eVzlsiSn Of nature.
Burning tinoegs were scattered in every d.
.reeli0B, and showsrB of whisslinR shot and
h9Wling shell we're buried through fhs az, which
was asEkOnsd BY e.5Hds Of snske and sand, and |
alne& simultaneously following the explosion, |
ana mingLng with the EneaTihly noias, came the
srash OF falling Buildings, followed By tho more
rapid axplosieE g 9aellg, whoge fragments allss
tL5 siT during the whole night, rendering it i'm
possible - ascertain, With safety, the extent o.
The damage.
We are isformed thst sesrly oil the smmani-
ten ihEs was stored In sha basement Of the
scarf house and the taYsEn building consisted /
stores that we're LET hare by General Magru-
der. A large q~aantit7 OF the powder, In car
lad been Sshed frem the river, where it
vas shrsHR By The rshsls, sas which, after tho
sIa was sxtiRgaisbsd, lay ssst.sIed among the
unsxBlsded.
Tie camp Of the 16ih New York artillery was
mass OF burning ruins, and the aen OF that
were, m0st Of them, Left sheItsrlsss
daring he long hours Of thai night of tsrrors.
70 the increasing cold, many having
est their blankets aad o~yercoats il the general
min.
The camp Of battery L, 4th United States AZ.
lery, was also partially destroyed.
The explosion had scattered the srs over the
Ebsle space Of ground extending from the apot
Fhsre tho hospital had stood 70 tia northern Rsts
I the tort, sad Embracing the camp Of The 18th
Few York ATdiIary and a portion of tbe eanp Of
he battery L, AHs hoa among The scattered and
urning fragments 81 bEildtngs that strswed the