Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-11

signal the drop foll, and aftsr hanging sbout
fifteen minutes, she body Yves cut down and
placed in the coffin. Thus did the stern arm Of
the law exliase bis eriIne
FEMALE VoLUHrEER.
Il is becoming noted fact that the chronicles
Of the numerous adventures Of females in the
guise of "olue," nho pant after glory and ro-
nance uptrn shs field OF battle, performing the
part OF > ''bold soldier boy. are not 50 enccur-
aging and bfilliSnt as thay imagine. case of
this kind came to light on Wednesday last A
lady Of very delicate form and features, of pre-
possessing appearance, who donned the snit of
blue and Joined the ranks of the IOist Ohio
regiment, becoming separated from the same
and not having any friends In the city TO whom
she would trust her precious self, concluded to
report to ths sergeant Of the guard, and disclose
her sex, and thus sscnTe comfortable quarters
She did SO, telling the sergeant that she was
womAIl and q soldier, and requested to be
taken to some place Of safety and comfort The
sorgsant reported the facts to the officer of the
day, who provided an ambulance and had the
s'femAle ifOluntesr" furnished quarters at Gen.
hospital No. 4. She regrets her folly, aud those
who knew her At home speak of her only in
terms of praise. She declares positively that
there are Eve more of her stamp, as prvates in
the rAnls of the I0lst, and if she has to 20
home, they must go, too.
A SHOOTING AFFAIR
About thTes weeks ago Nc. Vim. II. Tilford,
Of RutharfoId county, was shotin the neck, and
mad his arm broken, by charge Of buckshot
while standing in front Of his own house, fred
st him By Or. j l. Ridley, OF ths same neigh.
borhoOd. It seems that the elder Ridley was in
the Confederaey, leaving his family in sn al
most suffering condition, deuandsnt apon the
neighborB Tor support. DR.. Ridley, and a few
uyeFrfliaa IN,
borhood, robbing every one ipdisctiminately
and, among the rest, Mr.. Tiilord who com
planned bitterly of il, and denounced Ridley "a
a thief and = coward. Ridley soon after cams
to Tillord's house and though armed TO the teeth
acted very kindly, talking freely, and asking
Mr. Tilford 10 intercede with Gen. RousseAI
for him, and allow him to take the amnesty
oath
Mr. Tilford declined to interfere and talked
severely 70 Young Ridley, upon his course il
that vicinity Ridley took it all in good part
acknowledged that he mad done wrong, AM
protesting desire to do better. After stay o
some hours after dark, Ridley proposed to go
and Tilford accompanied him to the door Al
ter going few steps, Ridley fred at filtord ant
ran. Tford chased him with a revolver in hi
hand, but WAS unable to overtako the coward,
would be assassin. Mr.. Tiford has suffere,
much, and sll-ths buckshoi were not extracts
until he cGme to this city, = day or two since.
DEATH OF REBEL PARsON AND COLONEL
The Rev DR.. Reed, formerly pastor of tn
Cumberland Presbyterian church in this city
was in command Of q regiment at Fort Pillow
He was wounded in The attack on that pikc'
and taken to jackson, Tenn, at which pl&c
he died few days ago. Mr.. Reed left this Cit
: in the ineipieney of the rebellion, and, cRstin
: his fortunes with the rebel army, participated i
the Fort D1nelson affair and many subsequeU
fights. He stood fair with his eongIegAtio
here, and many OF its members regret that b
became infatuated with the ignus fAiuus of th
Southern Confederasy, and lost his life in q
! tempting 20 destroy his and their GOvernmen
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
At noon, yesterday, whom the squad ssntsr
eed 10 hard labor came in for dinner, Royal {
! Clark, private Of the l0th Kentucky cavAlr,
! (FsdeIsl,) borrowed a razor, for the purpose
he said, of removing q troublesome corn. Il
entered his cell aud cut his throat from ear
ear by chance, the main artery was not SOY
l cred, aud, at 4 P. NJ , he was still alive sad
, his fail senses, expressing his thoughts by Wi
8 ing He WAS sent to the hospital, though th
surgeon expressed it impossible for him to su
. vIve The cause of this strange proceedin
was letter from his wife in Kentucky, in whio
she Htsted her determination to get a divorce 0
the ground of his being in = military pIisoi
He vas very anxious 10 be saved, not iancyiH