Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-27
LzrrER FROm WEST rkNNKssEE.
cepisre Of Fert PiiIo0-Forrss,'s Operations.
ITO OouNrT, TENN., Ill Iss4.

TIPToE COUNTY, TENN, April 1864.
EDITORS APPEAL; line by way Of rsmembranee'
Like the Phoenix Tennessee is rising from her sshes
full Aedged with the plunsge Of Independence. The
bird victory has once more perehed upon our ban
nsrz and the pesrless Forrest with his gallant boys,
have thrssbed the miserable Yankees at Fort Pillow,
After hot contest Of several hours their dauntless
leader in 'front.' the ConfedersteH swept the works, k-
ing and capturing the eotlre command. The boys get
as much booty as their jsdsd hsrses could well carry
They burned severs hundred thousand dosrs worth Of
dry goods and destroyed lsrge quantities of coffee and
salt.
Col Bradford was psrOed by Gen. Forrest for few
| hours, and made Of his time in crawling into
Jungle in Hstchis bottom where ne captured next
morning put in irons and Of viii be shot Em-
met Morgan snegsde from Covington, who was pro-
vost marshal made bis eEeape with bis WIFE, In skif
the river. Old Neptune must have bluShod to
have had such miscresnt invade his domain, even
though accompanied by his she divinity. The negro
commander was shot and his cOlOrsd battalion Ium-
ar lily dealt with. So Old Abe may tell another lhy
| joke and make ihe most Of it.
think by the signs Of the times that Gen. Forrest
will Oversee Ola Abes Gotten helds in Tennessee, and
am not mistaken viii make the country produce more
loyal msn-yyi have less specializing with the blue
devils more soldiers to swell ranks, and
and meat for our noble army The shines brighter
and the atmosphere Is certainly wholesome since
the expalsion of hated foes. 1t to there
is poison IN thsr footsteps ard venom in their very
looks Ruin and devastation accompany their Marches
and want and Indebtedness follow in thsir train.
Abraham tries to pry into everything and make him
ssf acquainted with every nook and corner Of bis do
mnions and for this purpose makes frequent excursions
to the army and elsewhere But as SOathsrn bullets
a considerable exodus from the Puritan vineyard Of
sour vintage and they invariably take the ef hand
track either through their love Of sulphurOus vapOs
and black companions else the gravity Of their sins
weigh them down. Considering that about half his
msrous armies had melted from earth and gone below
he determined on paying them q visit and having
grand revisw, but does the most Of bis plans, it
retebedly mieArried, and the old fellow was grossly
mis.reated eonsideTing how mueh be has done in re
eruitiug the Tor ces Of the Black King Of Despair He
went through Massachusetts that is the way
TO the bowling realm of the birthstone King, took Ward
Bsechsr a. chaplain chant prayers for his sOu and
proceeded Bostsn the best guarded outpost Of the
Internal world and left strict orders for the Abolition
preachers genuine radicals TO double guard during
his absence then
With Nick for conductor hs took the down train,
Pursnd by the negroes, deluded, he'd slain
ana ne WeuI 10TH UOEn uaAcu en0 DAdskf
With ns'er Scotch cap OF plaid to his bsck.
And onward he few he backward did look,
Thought Lee at his heels, a shadow mistoOk;
Then crept thro' the car with his Baltimore sne ak,
And crouehd by old Satan, unEbls to sreGk.
But the Devil lOokd round snAEd at tie stir,
(Ashsu'd to be with the nasty old cur
And that old Lincoln should never cross Styx
Or dwell down below while Tsrtsrus WEs Nicks
So he, in respect for bis people and cell,
Just took his elubIOOt and kick'd him from He'll.
hope he will visit his asyums Of smslgsmstion
and especially those little malattoe children. under
stand he fond Of strong OdOrz 70 say fragrAues
and used to hunt po,ee&ts In the Mississippi sHamps
for their favor and he would certainly appreciate
little contrAbsnd rssking with sweat a. luxury.
AbrahSm the first iG father Of the faithful but this
Abraham, who swsys the sceptre Of Yankeedom is the
father of thieves, may Judge by the character Of
their sOidieTy, and the smoking ruins and desolatsd
dwellings Of the heroic South. What their pkanthro.
py let people plundered and outraged Whist
their boasted puritRnsm, higher lEwism and their rsI
gioR undsfed consists o let their countless crimes and
Port Regal nursery answer. They may pray for the
negroes sou bat these petitions reach ,hs
wicke, of Heaven. II seems from seontsstibs proof
that they but little for the welfare Of the poor de-
luded negroes They them only all their greedy
pockets crafty their beEstly uHts Their contra
5sAd camps deserve the baekes page upon the records
Of time Mere hsrems for bessty commanders broth
els for brutal soldisry where the psstence waketh
in darknsss and EEseth monday " and where crimes
committed revolving for contemplation. They
9e and dAunsbls hypOsrites that ever
diErsesd the Of liberty and religion. Bat In At
tempting to iubjugsts and destroy The South they have
sacrificed their liberties one ef the varest old
fools that ever lived and they have come to go al
his bidding, slaves to his will.
KIT BROOKS,
A. A. G EIpeetsut General seulgss.