Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-27

Frem tie glaTi0a Of Friday evening We sx-
tract the following. It win be seen that it cor
robOFales neWs thAs we Published before:
private letter from beyond our lines tells
as that Cd YieksbaTg is getting 70 bs a rseeB-
tAeis ier r1bharB. Or late it has become dang
sI0Rs fcr men 70 DO caught On the streets s.
Eighs. Men sss frequently knocked down and
r3hbsd Of every cent -thsY posssss Some ns-
gro women oTn hne carriages stolen from their
/ former owners, aud drive aroasd tke city in
priHeely style, but the majority Of tbs Hegroes
OF bote seEes sFe halt starved and 20 sbez.
iopiortng the eisiE rs % hiTs than - two dol
lars 9sr month.
A battery of oUrs st Gresnvills has hasn
soiEg Ysahse esIamsTos considerable i6iury
- bieekadiBg tbs EIvaI. a bElzads Of iufsufry
was sent EP 20 endssvor 20 dislsdgs i, and a
the steEraar Atlaahc came Down a few DAYS AZ
terWAras (ths iiEst beat fox some tiEs) Il was
saPposed tue Yankees succeeded in iheir mis-
sion.
Everything is very high IA ths provision
iIne. sgeet potatoes readily command S8 rs
70 "a Psr bushsl, and eorn is hard to got At
S5 Meat OF every description Is high ard
-four Is quoted At from sl2 70 SIS per barrel
Says The letter, those whs think the peoRls of
Fisksbnrg are having nice tine Of il u any
sense, aTe very Rued mistaken
A great msny Of the troops are ra-enlissine
AID goiag hsme on farlosgh. Thsy seem 70
leave slulost ia bTigsdss, G1d consequently the
present force gsrrisening tie Hil Eitv Is auite
small. Now Is the tine for shs .rsbs 10 20
in if they want the place. says cur friend.
who Is a shrevd observer. Several fires are re-
ported TO have taken piaes durinz tho menfh /
Of DscenbsF sza the begiuuiHg Of JanrarY.
Ehs last mentioned was On MsiE street, oppo- |
cite the old public school, almost entirely !
owned By Professor ". 8. YCzDg. Every house !
On tha GauaTe vas destroyed, and several fs1,i- !
lies left homeless By the devouring slemsnts |
A letter from snolksr source giTes soma par-
ticuiars Of the killing Of the Whsas by negroes I
6. Red Bone, in Warren ceuzfy q short time (
since. L seems that an oEieer Of a negro com
p1ny rcbuked one Of his men rather ha-sblY I
for esrolsssHsss IN drilling, and toak his euu 4
for the purpese Of instfacting him in fhe mar
ual OF arms The negse said that be would rot 4
stand such language, be being as geod as any 4
sfieeE over him, whsTsupoa the ofiser struck /
tho negro ever the head, instantly killing hin.
The negroes immediately few 10 arms ana /
killed q5iss number Of tho Ehites-oFar one
haRdrsd in killed ard wounded. They then 4
took possession Of the artillery bat did not kneE 4
how 70 ne Il. RsinfOEssmenfs were imme- !
aislely dispatched to the ground, who, On thsir /
arrival, charged the negroes, took ths cannon 4
and turned losss with grape and canister, kill. /
ing sboat six hundred Of the negroes
The sseGnlsF Ben Franklin was brought up e |
Ycksburg recently By gu1bast, wish ali hsr /,
ofisers il irons. Shs had been detected IN
crossing ordnance stores to ths Coafsdsrstfs
across the riTsr. She bad made two trips sue
cessfnIly and was csugbt on the third
Many transports hom Memphis 70 Vicksburg
are reported missing. Somebody, Supposed by
the Yankees to be Qasntrell, Is On the opposits
side Of tie river. Whoever be is, he is said 70
take no prisoners
report was current that tive gunb0ass ard
tltesH transports had been SANK near GTilliksn's
bend By oaT artillery, bat Of course tks rumor
lacks continuation