Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-14

LKTTBR EEOM RBCHHoNB'
special Corze1poudsnee Memphis Appeal
RIcHmoSD. March Q 1864
The excitement creAioi by the ate Yznbee
rsid is subsiding. The body Of Dahlgfep Was
hyouObs to town on Monday for Identification,
ana was afterwards buried by an officer in the
ouarternsster's depsrtment-burisd in very |
secluded place, where it will never be !ound. !
Our daily papers are discussing tha question IS
to what should be done with the prisoners we
have taken, and sgres in regarding them as
wei deserving the fate of convicted murderers'
The oficsIs who were captured are closely cor
Rned in separate apartments Of the LIBBY
prison, each with negro companion. Ihey
bstrsy the utmost slarm And apprehension ana
ara ouite different in their bearing from the Fed
ersl colonels and captains contued over tneH
heads. They know well enough thaE the orders
of D.hlgren. under which they came heFe'
were of sueA hatuTe IS would JUSTIFY US ~
hanging every misereAnt OF them all 1heS
know this would be done by any other govern
r,snt an earth than or own. What the author
lies Will do, what course has been determined
uuop. has not yet been made public. Lincoln
rnust avovy OF disSvow DshlgTon's proceedings.
n be svows them, then we may very properly
consider the subject Of tbs black nag. II ne
dissvows them, then indubi'sbIy we may tFest
these latest captivss, one and all, as sssasslns
and robbers, and hang up the whole 1hIee hun
dred and eighty as remarkable example. We
mus, give tbe Washington Government tine to
say whether or not they sent Dhhlgren 70 sack
Richmond and Kill " JEFF. Dsvis and his Cabi-
net" If they tell US thsy did, then there ere
towns in Pennsylvania ibstmay be bUvned' and
lorg frontier line of great barns AID tine iaEm
houses thss may be set blazing. Meanwhile,
it will be amusing to observe how the Northern
peoplo and press viii reesiye the intelligence OF
the death Of tIIs young bully and pirate whose
ambition il was to lay Richmond in sshes snd
slsy cur beloved President. That he will un-
dergo tbs hsnors of mArtyrdom and spothsesisr
I have 10 doubt. The successor Of Archbishop
Hughes nay order mass to bo surg for his
soul Ward Bsocher will celebrate him in his
peculiar oratory. Baysrd Taylor viii write
vsrses over his untinely fate. He will De eoIn-
ptyed to The young Msreellus, and to several
other gentlemen who died with half their mis-
sion uufulfilled. If he had only succeeded IN
the murders had plaI5ed, and fallen, after
having burned thc Confederate Capital, then he
should have entitled himself to monumental
tributes of brcnzs and marble, and been placed
By the side of Warren, on Banker bill, and
Washington, in Union square.
The returned prisoners, who came by Gag Of
truco boat last Saturday, give US the most pa
thstic accounts Of the means 70 which the Yam
KEGS resoTted to censtrsin themao take tho cath
of allegiance. They were insnlled at every tuIn,
st every moment by Lineoln's amnesty pIGcla-
ms,i5n. Il Was read ont to them every few
days, and WAS posted up by the thousand copies
on the inside of their prison fences. While Of
feriHg free pardon under the terms of this doc
umsnt, to sN below the rank of colonel, their
Yankee keepers rendered the bounty in gold and
greenbscks 90 all who would enlist in Lineoln's
armies. They went into the wards Of the hos
piisls, and with = fendish calculation Of the
weakness Of humanity under the wasting hand
of disease, proffeTed freedom, nourishing yisnds,
pure aiT and gentler nursing 20 such of the In
valids as would .oreswear their beloved South
and jsin the standard Of Lincoln. They assured
all alike, the sick snd the well, that there would
never be an exchange of prisoners, and that
tboss who were then in confinement would so
remain till the end of war unless death should
sooner release them. Under this pressure, only
sixihundred of the eleven thousand conf ned at
Point Lockout yielded to the satanic temptation,
and yet the Yankees proclaimed it with immense
joy that the rebel prisoners, with returning |
sense of loyalty and hearty conlrition for their
sins ef rebellion, were voluntarily taking the
oath in large numbers
Some surprise vas excited yesterday, by the |
arrest and imprisonment in Castle Thunder
IF Philip Cashmeyer, for two years pest the
1ead of Gen. WiRder's detective police force.
He was detected in endesvOTing to send of, by
returned Yankee prisoner on the flag Of tIuce
,oa! al City Point, copies of important general
,rders in tho department of Richmo nd, and q
document in German, which, on being trans
atsd, was found to be highly improper, if not
AoeSSHoS4S' II N~9uHLSgoA sAOula pIVfS "
ave been really traitor and spy in this city,
hen much Of the accurate information which
be Yankees. have received of the condition of
'fairs bere, may be easily accounted for.
The brilliant little performance of Capt Th8d-
lens Fitzhugh, of the 9Th Virginia cavalry, on
ho Eastern Shore, shows how much can be
ions by fsw resolute men IN annoying the
snemy, by taxing advantage of favorsble op.
Capt. Fiizhugh brought back with
liEa siesmer, whose machinery will be of
,reat value to IS Ho was at home, in Mat
hsws county o. furlougb, sE the time of tLis
adventure, aad be has certainly made good use
f his leave of absence from the army.
iLe Virginia Legislature will adjourn tc-nor-
ow. Both hcusgs have been engaged today in
discussing the matter of the exemption Of State
'ficers under The military bill Of Congress, q
cry delicate business on which serious mis-.
understanding is said to exist between the Con
cdsrste and State antiquities
The enemy's force in the Peninsula is reeeiy.
ng very large aecessions. A numerous feet Of
Transports vent down Chesapeake Bay on
doDdsy afternoon towards the mouth of York
iyer. having on board as many troops as they
ould possibly carry. Butler Is preparing. peT.
sps, to attempt an expedition TO Richmond on
rs own responsibility.
The weather Is delightful
Dixie. ,
OBEYENG ORDERS TO THE LETFER.-Wbeu
be Yankees returned from Bottoms bridoe
WA Ia aft tf,a.-