Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-16
NE Ese.oIatIsu in Tera.ree.
from the Boston Traveller, February GJ

From the Boston Traveller, February g.
An eRterpIising AdvsBinror, who has been on
4 tour in Tennessee Of an extensive and sBrns-
what dsagsrous character, on his return to Mar
freesboro, wniss, under date Of JsnUsTy 80,
IS follows
In years sgone, and not long ago, Tsuatssso
was paradise. Peace and plenty smiled law
and order Teigned How ia il now After q
weeks journey, / Sit ne dawn 10 paint you E
picture Of what have sean. 70 tie east snd
70 the west, to the north snd TO the south, the
sights are ssddenirg, siekeEiag. Government
mules and horses are occupying the homes
aye, the pslsess--in which her ehiyAlEic seas 60
often slumbeIed.
The monuments Of her taste, the evidences
Of her skill, the chArEeielisties OF her people,
are being blotted nom existence. Her churches
are being tUrnsd into houses OF Prostitution. her
seminArle5 shelter the sick and sore, TAose
| grief5 and erOsRs rsvsr6erste wbe-s once the
| flower of. our youth HeIe won't 70 breathe poetic
passion ard dance 10 sho music Of their cum
| msr's sun Her cities, her towns and her VII
lagos ara dr=Ped in mourning. Even The eOun.
try, ever and always 50 much nearer God and
| NssgTe than these, weaT5 tie black pail. Ga
from Memphis to ChAtsnooga, sHd it is like
| the March from Moscow in Olisl time.
| TIE State capitol, Ike the Kramiin, slons re-
mains of her former glory and greatness. Let
this point (AurfrsssboTo) be the eeRssT, and
then make eiTcumfereuce sf Thirty miles With
me- and We will stay week in the womb Of
| desol.tion." Whsthsr you 20 on The Salem, the
| ShelbyVille .he Manchester, or any ether pike,
/ for distance Of thirty miles either way, what
do We behOldi One wide, Wild and drekry
wAgse, so to speak.
The fences are ell burned down; the sppls,
the pear and the plum trees burned in ashes long
ego, the torch applied to thousands Of splendid
mansions, the walls Of which alone remsia, and
even this is seldom so, and where is Is, their
smooth plaster is covered with vulgar epiihets
| and immoral distribss. John Smith and Joe
Doe, Fedcrste and Confederate warriors, have
left jack knife stsrsotyping a the doors and
castings, where these, in their fswneas, are pre-
served. The picksts and the rsilings-VheEe
ara they
Where are the ross-bushes and the Tiolsssi
But sbcve all, and beyond all, and desrsT and
more precious than sI else-whATe, oh where, are
the oRcs happy and ccntented people fsd who
| lived and breathsd and had their being herel
| WheTe are the roSy-eheeked eheIubs and blue
| eyed m3idens g0nsl Whsre are the gallant
young meni Where are al-WhsTe are any oi
thanl
Bat where are they gone-lbis onss happy
and eoltsnted peopls9 The young msu are sleep
ing IN their graves at Sailoh, a. CorinGh, ct Fort
/ Donslson, and other fields Of so-salled ciory.
nc ycoAS "SLu9A "a Niso u kiA~A " ato " U
ken hssrssdi the children are orphans Poor
little things, l pity them from my heart as
| look at thsH-black and White--foF they seem to
| have shared common fate, and leok Ike, dying
| 10 q common destiny.
Their ETes-I mean the masssr and slave, and
their offs pring-ssem to have been inseperably
hleRdid. In many cases found two OF three
white children, whess parents were dead, left to
the mereies Of the faithful slaves; and again, 1
have seen Allarge number ei little negro children
Whoae parents were likewise dead, nestled In The
bosom OF some while families, who, by q MIRA
Gle, were saved from the vandalism Of war.