Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-01

Frissnsrs Csnhasd 80 Calzasz, ala.
From tie selma Daily RspoE.ezJ
Eight Federal cfi5srs and four us1 esca1ed
from Cshsbs On last ThUriday niEat Taov
effected thsir sscape BY digging q tulnsl-eom-
meneipT under the hJ1r o. The OficsIs' ward
and extending sixty fees 70 lbo rTef bank
Ths excavation IVES msde in tlo gs1d-a strata
Of clay ierni1g Lhs sreh ao0ve. T1s tunnal
would ASsrsgs about two feet snt bait square,
bus was SO lsIge in some places that an Jldiu-
ary man eould stand erect. is is enc Of the
uestest Jobs Of the kind thss has ever been exs-
cutsd. The work wss performed BY the pri-
vstes, who hkd the promise Of tie officers thss
G lsTEe number Of fhem sb0uld escup5 win
them. Wheu, however the work was sb0Us
completed, she officers prolessed 10 suspend op-
eEsdons uBEl the moonlight nights should Aavs
passed.
This was a russ Of irsachery, for that nighs
they completed the work aad t1ok Frs1ch
leave" Of their C0nfsiers,e5 IN labor. When is
was discovered, next morning, thss the ofiesr8
bad Effected their eslHps, tbs oihsf prisoners, 10
whom thsy had proven fsiEs, Wers excited % the
highest pitch OF indignation, openly and veha-
neatly expressing ihsir desire that they might
be rscsDtursd, and s#ssring vougeanes against
them should they be returned 20 the prison
Thsir eonduet Wss certainly very ungeneTous %
their ielioW- -pIiE0EeIs. When The entire party
was reespiuTed, the prisoners fairly shook tho
prison with shouia Of Joy. Ths ofiesrs tock
with than flGr men, who bad previously sz-
cspsd aRd who were supposed 70 know the
country. Immediatsly upon the inspector Of
the prison making bis report Of the escape Of bis
party. Gel DsVis tho efficient commander Of The
Doss, ordersd Capt. G0ids5y's cavalry company
30 ihs pursuit
II was aseertaiaed that they had crossed tina
river stolen mules from Ar. Mathews snd had
gone n the direction Of Pensacola The eavairY,
upOn asst horses, put spurs to their 8t6ed3,
alarming the whole country end agGstaEing INTO
the Confederate service al Taii dogs they could
obtain This is q new arm Of cur servll e, one
that the Yankees avsil themselves Of, and in this
iHsianes proved most Efficient About SKY
miles tom hers the dogs Brought the prisoners
20 bay, tho csvslry 5ooa surrounded them, and
the Tesuis Wss The capture OF elsVsn. Altars
wards the Fsmsining aEa was caplured IN an
other direction, and ths whole number have
bsen Tee0mmi,led 20 cGn6nemsnt.
Their chsgrin at thus beng che1kmaled can
better 30 iuEgined than described. Measures
have been taken 70 prevent the repetition cf
such an ingeai0us scheme. Wllh the dogs On
the w2r-patb, the escape of = prisoner is almost
impossible This Is an ago Of prograss- We
now have artillery, cavalry infantry and mil
sary canine. The cd pbr4se '.st alp the dogs
OF Warn hs5 derived new significance. Ina
rank Of the ofiesls Wss IS follows: Two cap
tsins, one eounaudsr of guRboai, and ave
lisutenants. As Ca. Morgan sst the example
in his kind Gi engineering, We eaunot mUch
blams our prisoners for Attempting the samss
ih6ugh il is a source Of grslhead0n that they
have been tar less successful. Sir Isam5eTs
Brunsll Won q kuightship for constructing the
Thames tunnel, but the deceived prisoners con-
iaed here vii $50 e IL when exchanged, lhst
| these officers snail " and wear no laureis icr
sheir daring, bus 10 them reachsFous exPloil.
HAN