Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-29
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Eve degrees Of Fahrenheit, this morning, in
precisely The ssme place and st the sans hour,
nlarked ffty-sir degrees. These sudden allefna-
tious of heat and cold are necessarily attended
with considerable amount Of disease. and
pnsumOnias are exceedingly prevalent. As was
naturally to be expected, the deaths among the
Yankee prisoners on Belle Isle have increased
upon the usual weekly average though there is
no reason TO believo that, had Lincoln yielded TO
the dictates of humanity, which should have
prompted him to accept Judge 0uld's offer to
recaivs a certain number Of Yankee sur
gsons, with medicines and supplies, tho deaths
would have been fewer Tho report recently
| published by the ConfedeFsse surgeons with 70
I gard to the sanitary condition Of the occupants
of the Libby Prison satisfactorily disposes Of
/ the false statements that have been made in the
Northern press with regard to the cruelty with
which they have bssn treated. It msy well be
doubted if the health bulletins Of any Yankee
prison where our officers have been confined,
viii show as small list of deaths during the
same length Of lime
The health Of the prisoners at Belle Isle is
seriously sfeOted By moral considerations out of
the reach of the medical men who attend them.
A set Of more debased and despicAble sc0un-
drels, perhaps, was never collected together in
one spot than was to be found in the eleven
thoussud inhabitants Of this island, before their
numbers were recently diminished by sending of
detachments of them to other places Of confns-
meRt. If recruiting officer bad gathered, du.
ring = cruise Of The Mediterranean, the vilsss
7agaboDds Of sll the seapoEss from Msrseilles to
Alexandria into one dirty, diRbolieal brigade,
this corps would compare fav0rably in point Of
cleanliness aud dseeney with the mYTmidons Of
Lincoln and Seward who hsve been these many
months in captivity at the capital Of the Con-
fedeTate States. am net disposed to paint
these miscreAnts blseker than they really are.
There are, doubtlsEs, among them some men,
American BY birth, who cams into tho war by
force Of circumstances, and whs were brought
up after the manner of YAnkes moral education,
such "a that is. But the bulk Of tAsm consists
Of the Sorst elements of the population Of the
Northern cities, representing the peculiar vices
of all the nations Of Europe. As a proof
Of this, Nc need only advert to the fact that Of
one hundred and odd prisoners who were re-
leased upon taking the cath Of allegiance to the
| Southern Confoderaey, the large majority have
I already been committed to this Virgins poDiten.
tiaEy, the city jail or the municipal chain gang.
Not day passes that some deed of outrage,
violence or villsiny is not committed By one OF
more of these liberated Federal prisoners On
the island, with every convenience of cIeanli-
ness around them, pure water from wells, the
hoWiEg river on either side to carry off all in
| purities, and ample space for their enoampmsnt,
they live in condition of squslor that it is i'm
possible TO describe. No Hgor Of discipline can
repTass the native instincts Of the brute. Il is
obvious, therefore, that nc amount of attention
on The par. of tho surgeons csn maintain these
wretcbes in hsslih. Tie only sympathy that
we can feel in their case, is VITA the few quasi
respectable men who are doomed to share in the
/ degradation Of The msss. Bat having enlisted
ia the Yankes army was dsbasemsnt enough 70
enuTe them to any amount Of infamy
Everything is quiet On the line of the Rspi-
dan and Gen. Lee IS in town, having come
down, as Is coBjectared, to coufar with the
President with reference to the military bill as
passed by Congress, in its effect upon the army.
Gen. Lee as usual avoids all display, but may
/ be seen every morning at sunrise at tho Lenten
prayer meeting held at S. Paul's church He
looks younger even than at the beginning Of
The war, and his elastic step with the smile that
turks undsr his grizzled moustsche is full of
cheer for the summer campaign
Marshal Kane, Of Baltimore, SO long an iB-
mste Of Fort Warren, and more recently an
exile from his home in Canada, arrived in this
city on Sunday last, and was cordially welcomed
by his numerous trieHds. Night before last hs
vas h0nored With a seTeuads al the American
hotel and expressed bis acknowledgement III q
very stirring speech. A public dinner is 10 sbe
given him in few days, and report has it that
the marshal viii soon take the ield as a brigs-
iieE-general.
Great efforts are making By the counsel and
friends Of Forde, who was recently convicted
of murder in the second degree, for killing Dix
on, Clerk Of the House Of Representatives, and
sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment in the
Penitentisry, to procure his pardon al the hands
Of Governor Smith A petition, numsrousIy
signed by membeFs-Of Congress and citizens Of
Richmond, intending among the latter several
Of the jury that sat on trial, is new in eireuIs-
ton for further signatures, besides which it is
said that many ladies of the highest social posi-
ton viii inleTcede in the pris0ner's behalf
Governor Smith is 3 man Of great frmness, and
will hardly yield to any ouiside pressure, if his
Judgment approves the verdict, but the fact,
stated in the daily papers of this morning, tbst
since the lst Of January, when he came into
Office, His Ezcellency has pardonea no less than
65 eonviets, would seem to give Forde's friends
great encouragement.
There Is { TumOr mentioned in the Ezaminer
Of this morning that Gen. Bragg is to be an.
pointed commander-in- chief of the whole forees
Of the Southern ConiedsIaey, which would
make bis position, I suppose, similar to that of
Haileck At Washington.
We have had 8 great Gre, destroying the Con
federate ooaes mills, and another isi delivery
Of the inmates Of Castle Thunder, and several
bold TobbeFies in the public streets, bat no more
commissioners from Ffsnee, nor raids Of Bat
Ter, nor ridieulous cock and bull stories Of Con-
fsderale detectives of plots to asssssinste the
President. Prices arc going up hourly, but the |
Ist CT April viii probably see fell.
Dixie.
Basde Of esIastee--The Rnenny RoHsed |
with Great Slaughter.
From the Laks City Columbian Extra
CAMP BEAUREGARD, Fla, February 90, 1864. |
The great battle oi East Florida has been fought