Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-29

Particulars Of fEse said sR Enterprise.
The Mobile Register publishes the f5lloHing
private letter from merchant of that city,
writing at Enterprise to his psrtasr, giving an
see9unt Of the atrocities committed by the enc
my during his occupancy Of Enterprise
ENTERPRIsE, February 81
DEAR e. The Ysnkes cavAlrY entered
cur village on Tuesday evening about halfpast
thres o'clock. In half an hoar afterwards all
roads leading TO tho town we're strongly posted
then the infantry, 4 600 strong, came pouring
in at doubs-quiek, aud in ten minutes sttsT ih8
FsysginE snd plunderiDg commenced. No
place or house escaped them. Locks ard bars
svkiled nothing. Every room, trunk, wardrobe,
and the beds and bedding, were plUndered and
torn up nor did the poor negroes, WHOM they
came 10 sat free, 81 they ssid, escape those low
down pilfering vABdEis, Not one negro cabin or
kitchen in the town, and for miles around,
escaped. Everything they could carry of wzs
taken, and what they could not, was torn up
aud destroyed. even to servantB' undercl0thes,
and as for horses, none escaped bat thoss sent
off for at least eight miles from their encamp-
neHt.
Oar town would have been sacked and many
houses laid in ashes but for those who had the
presence of mind to apply for guards, and say
it cTeditabe to most Of their officers that they
were very prompt in furnishing guards 70 all
who applied for them, bat the dsmsge was done
before application was made, or before The peo-
pie knsw of the remedy I Wss foTtunsta in
procuring two Of the cavalry very soon after
their arrival who never left my house autil the
danger was over, so thai my house aud family
escaped with comparatively little loss. We
were lavish, however, with kindness and pr0Vi-
sioRs TO all who came Not so, however, WITH
regard 10 outside sffairs. Every horse and mule,
thee in number, were taken, my stock hogs
killed, wagons, harness, saddles and brides
fodder, hay and some corn poultry, syen to
the geese
On the plantation, ny grain-house, with sixty
bales of cotton, besides my littls crop Of this
year, which was in a shed on the lower part of
the farm, together with five or six hundred pan
nels Of fencing, were ell consumedj and last,
but not least, six Of my negroes went Off, and
th leading cause was the wonssn [ sent 70 No
bile to be sold. I hould baye lost only one
had il not been for her, and he (S8m) was the
beir8yeT of the camp where Jasper Winn, J.
". Winn, Dr. Woverton and the bearer q ibis
letter, tegetheT with half a dozen negroes, and
some hftaen horses, were ell concealed in the
woads some four miles from town. My loss will
not fall short Of $25. 900 or $50 600, according
70 the present valuation Of properly.
John Cochran has lost I5I bales cotton be- (
sides his two stOrehOuses-indetd he has lost 4
nearly sll he had W B Smith sbsnt S35 600 4
in ALI Dolby some So 600, perhaps $4,000; /
DuBlsP lost moro perhaps than any one else 1
about here, except Mrs. Linton, who had twen- /
ty six negroes 20 60. I suppose not less thar /
300 negroes lhft here, and had it not Seen fhst I
ths bridge was burned so early On Friday morn
ing, some seventy five more would have gone
All Of TolsOn's left Judge Byrno had four men |
10 60. Every store. warehouse and workshop
IN the place vas laid in ashes; all ginhouses aud
Gotten, tSnyards snd everything Of a public
nature, were consumed. Some eight or ten pri-
yate buildings were fred, but only three or four
burned. Nearly every family Was threatened I
ana several attempts were made to burn private /
dwellings,, but from the vigIlanes Of the guards I
and owners they were frustrated in their cruel,
base designs.
Every negro that was quss ioned about hid
den property told ard carried ths ensng 20 tbe
lppt. Ny boy, Bob, was true as usual He
knew whore / had valuable articles hid, bat
would not bstray in q single instance, nor would
le 60 with them had every negro in town gone
some half dozen white peTso1 went With them
rom Quilmsn, which I understand YVES nearly
,urned up-siso Marion. Miss. The number Of
he enemy who came here WAS about $500, not
more, and # we can believe the officers 25 600
8 tho outside figure who left Vieksburg.
Every one here is down on Gen Pa.k-tEs
(ankee officers even call him an old granny.
md say if Johnston bad been IN command that
N attempt to reach Meridian never wonld have
'een thought Of, I was told by an intelligent
Lankes officer That Is 900 or less ought to have
topped them by choosing their position, and
Polk had 1t his command (inclRdiag those
7hom he sent back to MOBILIZE more lhsn Cha.
umber.
I have never seen better looking SET Of men
han these Yankees and all armed aud equipped
2 tho best style. One of The men al my house !
sd short gun OF revolver that would shootsix
ines, also ColPs horse pistols, six shooters, ia
ia holsters, end sabre. II good shot no 1
night kill tweive men without losdlng q second J
me. Their men seem to be bold and fearless.
nd confident Of success with equal number5.
found many intelligent, honorable n1sn among
ieg, who regret as much as We do tho des0le- 7
ons OF the war, and some few say that when {
leir time is out they viii not anliat aeain-- G