Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-08
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REcHa0SD, Fsbraery 3, 1854.
We had jolly runer yesterday the arrest Of Mr..
Toombs for dlsloysiiy. It got abroad esry IN the
ing and bsisro night Il magnaed snd eu5sliisbed
In he most extraordinary way There Is nothing hsg
nerHuongers Ike much as to deal With distinguished
asss and here was great man. ieadsr Of the ssees
slon naoyensu tha rsg Secretary Of State Of lie rev
Gavornmen general orator ard s,sissTna1, taken up
and putin eonanemsut-rhy, va have not had Sc ssn-
satiousl a bit Of for many nonths. The report
ran tha. ar To0n5s had been placed uader GTrest By
Gen. Beaursgard and II said on tie strest iha IN
secret sessions hsrs very sssang ssbats or the
sch. IL the House Of Representatives Thiz morning
the dispatch gsEs "a the tFus account o. the incident
which he ssrtlias report vas founded and il Was
Parasat Hs0ntss sgsin. b the wsy speaking Of
ar- Toenbs masl ten you little story about his
rsputaoa with his fellow citizens Of Georgia Some
weeks ago. squad Of soldiers, belonging to Georgia
rssEssnt siroling about The Capitol square, and
coming upon tie Washington monument right opposite
the ststle Of Patrick Hssry, Bill said ore Of them
to his comrsds whose pietar is thatr Way don't
you sser he replied Hthzrs the nsms-Esnry" We'll
Henry s5ho ta1fa what want 20 know You fool"
exclaimed Ban, "Heary-Petriek Henry, who was a
great speaking nan ia The revolution" Well, don't
kser be eouldas beat Bob Toombs" Thsta fame for
you.
] Ths veralet Of the jury ia the Of FOrde has
been the town sslk Monday and has excited some
surprise There never was trial in which greater
soaai Of outside inausues brought 10 bear upon
the court sad ia y IN the prisoners beAaL The IN
happy man himself was wholly unprsparsd for the
verdict. few moments before 1t was brought IN he
was sonTersinz with little group Of hia persons
friends upon indsren, topics apparently with perfect
uaeonosln Several hIla Of exception have been fled
by he eeuuss for the prisoner and tie case viii doubt
lass be taken up the Of sppssis, but it is alto
eether Imprabsbls that new trial will be granted
The only rssoarcs then viii be 80 the Governor
of VirsfHs IN whose Asnds the parlnnag power
White ibs general opinion sasains the verdict,
very deep syp Thy is fsi for the young ana interest
lag wife Of the prisoner EAo Is msas By bis conviction
raore dssolsto than Il widowed by the hsHd Of death
/ i aIesars sssdn-n and MaefsFlsnd Of he Richmond
Eaqsirsr who were taken prisoners two months
ago With the psrtJ Of LsEt Bes1 On the chsrspsaEe
bay grasd 70 shs ely on TIE last Tag Of truce Boat
fom CRY Posst. Thsy have b9sh been kept in irons
since the tins Of their capture. The zrtele In thO
ERqrirsr Of tbi; morni descriptive Of their treat.
N Mt By ths Yankees is from ths psa Of Mr.. sisad-
msa Mr. 5laefarisnd is Ia very feeble health und IS
scarcely able to do than crawl about severely
d ihe prisoa dseip Inc OF tae Yankees amounting &c
the dires. humanity tell upon his weakly eonstiia.
tsr.
Aprspes Il the base eosdzc. Of the yankees towards
Confederate prisoners, learn from the Hon Mr.
Botsler, that many boxes Of pravzio1s ana clothing
sent By citizens Of Maryland to brave fellows at
Poi Lookout were brokss open and tbs eontents
stolen ard :aat the prisoners Afterwards Insnlted
I By beng shown the empty boxes marked Nj their
names In no case whatever wss q boa delivered to
tie party for whom Il intended bat The comic IS
aappiied by tAe con ly OF he Marylanders were d.
vided among the laiirrs OF Basat Builder.
In Wac eaier Ro6ert Y. Conrad Esq, sn eminent
lawye and proungut eIab or Of iis virginia Cunven
oa which adopted tAe ordi snee of secession and hs
Rev. A. H Boyd D. D distinguished clergyman Of
tue Presbyterian Church. have been arrested aud m.
prsonsd ostsnsby hossgesf for the security Of vir.
sila traitor Of that section - tho stats who seened
ia Cess Thuuder.
al sortsof exPeden.s resortsd &c now by the
new eonserp avoid servIee io the srEy The nose
tohionsbls tailor Of Richmond man Of sor.uzs, has
5seoms eaer In shs clothing bureau Of the quarter
mas STGsaeFaL The jackets and coats Of the army Of
Gea Lee VIII hsnc form be much Ioro artistic gar
neuis thaa they hsve ever been hsfers.
Nothing Of importance has been done In Congress
since ny Esst letter.
Fhe weather Is clear and again cod