MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL
August - October 1861
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
We
clip the following from the Fort Smith Times of the 25th:
The
ladies of Fort Smith, with the assistance of the Sisters of Charity, have made
over one thousand cartridge bags in the last two days! If our volunteers are as energetic and patriotic as our
ladies, how can Lincoln ever hope to subjugate the South? All honor to the ladies.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 1, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
A
Woman Whipper.—On Monday Recorder Moore had before him Jeremiah Haley, who
resides between Causey street and the bayou and Beal and Linden streets, whose
achievements as a woman whipper were above the ordinary claims of the abusers of
femininity. He commenced by using
his doubled fists upon his daughter, a grown up woman.
He then entered the house of a neighbor, whose husband died only the day
before, and whipped her and her daughter. The
recorder sentenced him to one hundred and three days labor on the chain gang.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 1, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Soldier's
Families.—The ladies of Holly Springs give a concert at that place, the
proceeds to be given to the families of soldiers gone to the wars.
Cannot the example be followed here, and a public effort of some kind be
made once a week that permanent provision in aid of those who require it may be
made?
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 1, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Obstreperous
Crinoline.—Officer Sullivan yesterday arrested a hack full of close packed
crinoline. The occupants of
expanded skirts were indulging in a "spree."
They drove with a rush; talked with a vigor unknown to the ton;
puffed cigars as defiantly as Madame Dudevant,
and indulged in smashes, juleps and cocktails at various saloons on their route,
to an extent more calculated to excite astonishment at the extent of their
draining powers, than respect for their good morals.
Recorder Moore will exhibit his fine powers, or his powers of fining,
when they appear before him this morning, in rendering justice to their
distinguished claims.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 2, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Those
who desire to assist the wounded soldiers, will please send bandages of linen,
muslin, calico or flannel, eight or ten yards long, one half, two, two and a
half, three and four inches wide, free from hems or darns, soft, pliable and
unglazed, to the pastoral residence next to the Catholic church, on the corner
of Adams and Third streets, where they will be rolled by a machine constructed
for the purpose, and boxed up, ready to be sent to Richmond or to any other
locality where they are needed.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 2, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Medical
Report.—Dr. G. W. Curry, the efficient and attentive physician of the Mother's
Home Association, has favored us with a copy of his report for the month of
July, from which we learn the following particulars: Number of patients in rooms on 1st July, 27;
number received during the month, 123; total, 156.
The following were the diseases: Pneumonia
25, phthisic 1, intermittent fever 51, remittent 2, congestive fever 8, measles
6, dysentery 9, diarrhea 8, constipation 1, enterites 4, pentenitis 1, anasarca
2, ascites 1, gun shot 5, fractures 1, dislocation 1, debility 6, ulcers 1,
abcess 2, paralysis 1, neuralgia 1, sciatica 1, jaundice 1 ptyalism 2, cramp
colic 2, oedenia 1, erysipelas 1, contusion 1, tonseletes 1, burn 1, stephrates
1, hermaturia 1; total, 150. Deaths—Congestive fever 2, eutirites 2, debility 1,
pneumonia 1, paralysis 1; total, 7. discharged
105, removed to State hospital 16, died 7, remaining in rooms 22; total, 150.
The number of deaths in June was 2, in July 1; total 229.
The number received in June was 106, in July 123; total, 229.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 3, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
The
San Antonio Ledger, of the 11th ult., in speaking of matters
in the Texas military department, says: . . .
Mrs.
Merriwether, of Guadalupe county, living near Prairie Lea, has three sons in
Col. H. E. McCulloch's regiment, whom she equipped at her own expense.
She says a further son is ready to take the place of either of the three,
should any accident befall them. She
also informs Mr. Ireland, the confederate loan agent of Seguin, that she will
give every pound of cotton she raises to the confederate cause, and will attend
to the gathering herself to see that all is saved.
The
hay crop of Texas, this year, is extraordinarily large, and it is being laid up
generally by the planters and farmers, who are, of course, aware that it is
bound to come into demand to meet the deficiency in the supply heretofore sent
from the North.
On the
10th, a train of twenty wagons, with about the same number of
families, from California, passed through San Antonio, bound for Bexar and the
adjacent counties. The Herald
says: "They started on the 19th
of March, and have traveled every day, having found grass and water very scarce
over a great portion of the route. They
seem to be very desirable immigrants—men of energy and means, and well pleased
with the country, which they think far preferable to California.
Several
companies of union or anti-southern men, with their families, have left San
Antonio and gone, some to Mexico, some to California.
The
Poles residing in Karnes county, have organized a military company, under
Captain Kaerish, which is highly commended for its excellent drill and soldierly
appearance.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 3, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Ambulances.
An ambulance is a moving hospital attached to an army for the purpose of
rendering immediate assistance to sick or wounded soldiers. It will perhaps interest the reader to have a description of
the ambulances captured by our troops after the battle of Manassas:
The
body is fifty inches wide, and is divided into two compartments, each one
entered by means of a door at the rear. The
driver sits outside, entirely away from the sufferer, and is protected from
inclement weather by an adjustable calash top.
The ambulance has four steel springs resting on the flexible hickory
shafts, and the bed on which the patient lies is also supported by four other
steel springs, to which are attached small wheels to facilitate the movement in
and out of a wounded soldier, without his rising. The bed and mattress is a decidedly ingenious arrangement,
and should be seen to be fully understood.
Either end can be raised at any elevation desirable, and either end of
the mattress can be made into a good pillow in an instant.
A small trap-door in the center of the bed, worked by means of a spring
and bolt, affords a convenience to the sufferer that can be easily appreciated.
If the weather is warm, and the sun too hot to admit of hoisting the
curtains, a turn of a button unloosens a section of the side, which drops down
upon its hinges and the cook air can pass through and over the inmates, while
the curtains still shut out the rays of the sun.
Several also have a rack over the head, where a trunk or any clothing
desirable can be placed, and everything that would conduce to the comfort of the
wounded be immediately within his reach. In
fact, the new ambulance is a complete movable hospital, in which the sufferer
can rest at ease, forgetful that he is in the camp or upon the battle-field.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 3, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Two
Smashing Characters.—Officer Thurman yesterday arrested Mary Davis and
Catharine Williams, who live on the bayou near Adams street, and who claim to be
married women, on the charge of fighting. Before
the officer arrived they had smashed their tea ware, dishes, plates, glasses and
other porcelain possessions over each other's heads.
The street was covered with fragments, and the ladies were not in
ball costume. Recorder Moore will
examine them.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 4, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Nurses
Not Wanted.—Bishop Elliot, of Georgia, telegraphed to Mr. Memminger on the 23d
inst., to know if nurses were needed and received in reply—"Nurses are
not wanted."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 4, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
The
ladies of Mobile have formed a military aid society, the objects of which are to
aid in home defenses; the equipment of soldiers for distant service; supplying
such comforts and necessaries for our men as the government cannot afford or
cannot procure; ministering to the comfort of the sick and wounded, by
furnishing them with nurses, hospital stores, clothing, etc.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 4, 1861, p. 3,
c. 3
The
Wounded at Richmond.—The ladies of Memphis and vicinity are respectfully
invited to meet to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock, at the former residence of Mr.
T. B. Kirtland, on Adams street, for the purpose of making arrangements to
prepare and furnish such clothing, etc., as is needed in Richmond, Va., for the
great number of sick and wounded soldiers now there.
It is proposed that every lady who can do so make such things as may be
agreed upon, and send them to the place determined upon as a depot, when
prepared. We are assured that Mr.
Samuel Tate will send them free of charge, and see that they are delivered in
Richmond. (Signed,)
Mrs.
Sam. Tate, Mrs. H. C. Chambers, Mrs. D. McComb, Mrs. Dr. L. Shanks, Mrs. G. E.
Woodgar, Mrs. T. H. Allen, Mrs. O. L. Lockhart, Mrs. R. W. McPherson.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 4, 1861, p. 3,
c. 3
Home
for the Homeless.—The Association of the "Home for the Homeless,"
will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, on Monday, August 5th,
at 10 A.M. This institution, thus
far, has been kept up by the contributions of its members almost entirely, and
we hope they will not allow their interest to flag now.
The Home is now in such a flourishing condition, and we trust, will
remain so, notwithstanding the unsettled condition of public affairs.
The poor we have always with us, and they must be cared for. As the Treasurer will make a report of the financial
condition of the association, a full attendance is earnestly requested.
By order of the President,
Mary L. Bayliss, R. Sec'y.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 7, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
A
Female Spy.—The correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing
from Western Virginia, says that a female spy has been discovered in the First
Kentucky regiment. She is from
Georgia and enlisted at Cincinnati. She
was detected by writing information in regard to the movements of our troops to
the enemy. She is a member of the
Knights of the Golden Circle, says she knows the punishment of a spy is death,
and is ready for her fate. She is
to be sent to Columbus.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 7, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Poor.—We have frequently expressed regret that the city council should have
refused to sanction and employ a city almoner, on the plan in operation sometime
since, by which means, with the kind and liberal co-operation of our citizens
much good was done at a very small cost to the city.
The mayor yesterday reported to council that from five to ten persons
suffering from poverty were appealing to him for aid, and he recommended that
steps be taken for their relief. We
hope steps will be taken at once. The
poor must be attended to, and the destitute relieved.
The duty to prevent starvation and misery is a public one, and if council
have not the necessary chartered powers in this matter, they ought to make the
acquisition of those powers a portion of the improvements of the city charter
about to be applied for.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 7, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Southern Mothers' Benefit.—We have before now had the satisfaction of calling
public attention to the profound claims of the Southern Mothers to the
liberality of our citizens. They
take the sick soldier and administer to his wants; they supply him with food,
with medicine, with a comfortable bed, with attendance. Day and night the kind ladies leave their parlors and their
boudoirs, and lay aside the elegancies and enjoyments of life, to spend the
weary hours among the sick. There
they sit with kindly beaming faces, sweet, low voices, and gentle hands,
assisting, comforting and soothing the sick soldier.
They literally fill to the sufferer the place of the absent mother.
Ought these ladies to want the money necessary to carry out their
Christ-like scheme of beneficence? Every
man and woman in Memphis will say no! On
Saturday night the ladies who recently gave a most acceptable concert for the
Second regiment, will give a second concert for the benefit of the Southern
Mother's Home. Let the success be
such as so holy a cause deserves. Let
the thousands of the city set their fact toward the theater on Saturday night,
that the great undertaking of the Memphis mothers may have its treasury amply
filled. Prof. Winkler, to whose
efficient superintendence former success was so greatly owing, will on this
occasion again give his valuable services.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 8, 1861, p. 2, c. 2
Clothing for Our Army.
The important subject of preparing clothing for our soldiers during the
approaching winter campaign, is not, we fear, attracting that degree of
attention which it deserves. We
have recently learned from various sources that many of them are sadly deficient
in this respect already. This may
possibly be tolerated to some extent in the warm months of summer, and even in
the early part of fall, but during the winter the preservation of the health and
efficiency of our army absolutely requires that it should be clothed and
equipped with every regard for its comfort.
It is
ample time that the people in the various Southern States, independent of the
Government, should turn their attention to this matter.
The bleak and chilly days of October, will soon overtake our gallant
soldiers who are now in the mountains of Virginia, and upon the western plains
of Missouri, sustaining our cause at the point of the bayonet against a sturdy
people who are inured to the hardships of the climate.
To
further this object, let the citizens of every county, city and town that has
furnished one or more companies, form clubs, raise subscriptions and enter upon
this work immediately. Exertions
should be made to gather up all the wool that can possibly be obtained, and if
necessary, with a little admixture of cotton which will be plentiful—let it be
knit into socks and woven into a stout and durable material, suitable for warm
and comfortable clothing. The
spinning wheels and looms upon every plantation should be brought into
requisition, as they must be relied upon to a considerable extent in expediting
this matter.
We
make these brief comments merely to awaken attention to the subject, rather than
point out the means of executing the scheme suggested.
We feel confident that the patriotic people of the South will not stop to
calculate the cost involved, but will rather look to the urgent necessity of the
case. May none dishonor the draft
that will be made upon their liberality.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 8, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Southern
Mothers.—Mrs. Mary Pope, of the Southern Mothers' association, desires us to
state that the society thankfully acknowledge the handsome present of one
hundred dollars from the journeymen tailors of the city, by the hands of Messrs.
T. Kelley, John Cook and William Rushhaupt. The interest in their work, manifested by the people from all
parts of the country, is most cheering to the Mothers, and most grateful to the
brave men in arms for the defense of our firesides. A donation from LaGrange, by the hands of Mr. Richmond, was
also received. The ladies will
accept the thanks of the Mothers.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 9, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Attention Ladies!
1000 Confederate jackets, 100 pairs pants, which we want
made up immediately. Call and see
us in Jefferson Block, Second street.
Norvell & Co.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 9, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Home
Manufactures.—Speed, Donoho & Strange, who rank among the most prominent
and the earliest of Memphis secessionists, are now manufacturing in this city
oil cloth of a splendid quality, suitable for waterproof coats, tents
impenetrable to rain, and various other articles for camp and domestic use.
It is gratifying to find that we have resources, skill and powers of
invention in the South, the existence of which its enemies have little
suspected.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 9, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Removal
of the Mother's Hospital.—By the generous kindness of Mr. Norton, the
proprietor of the Irving block, Court square, the hospital of the Southern
Mother's institution has been removed to the north building of the block, freely
placed at their service by Mr. Norton. The
rooms are numerous and large, admitting of free ventilation, and adapted for
comfort. A hundred beds will be
provided, and in case it is needed the whole of the upper story can be occupied,
greatly increasing the amount of accommodations.
As patients become convalescent, or in cases where such a step is deemed
desirable, they will be taken into the private houses of the members and
attended by their host's family physician.
In the basement every accommodation required is provided for cooking.
On the third story four fine rooms, quiet and retired will be reserved
for cases requiring extra attention. The
number of patients last night was eleven in the hospital and five at the
residences of members. The
association is performing its great and good work without expense to the State
or to the Government. The assiduous
attentions and skill of Dr. Curry have received deserved encomium from the
military board.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 10, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Rags—The
Nashville Union and American calls upon every one to "save all your
rags, cotton, flax, hemp, etc., and send them to market, where you can realize
three cents a pound." The
reason of this excellent advice is, that rags make paper, and there is no
denying now that paper is money, although the time has been when money was
paper.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 10, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
A
Beautiful Flag.—We were shown last evening, by H. W. Orne, Esq., of this city,
a Confederate flag of exquisite workmanship, and of the very finest materials,
intended to be sent to China, where a brother of Mr. Orne, Mr. Chas. W. Orne,
has been engaged in business for the last ten years at Canton and Shanghai,
although now on a visit to his friends in Memphis. This will probably be the first Confederate flag the
Celestials will have an opportunity of seeing. The flag was worked at the
establishment of J. A. Cameron, No. 342 Main street.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 11, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Concert
and Tableaux.—We learn that the ladies of Sardis (Miss.) and vicinity intend
giving a grand concert and tableaux at that place on Tuesday evening, the 20th
instant, for the benefit of the Sardis Blues, now in the neighborhood of
Arlington Hights [sic]. The
undertaking is laudable, and we wish it great success.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 11, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Factory
Burnt.—The Normant cotton factory, belonging to P. Miller, located near
Bolivar, Tenn., was consumed by fire on Thursday night last. This is a great
misfortune now when the South is compelled to manufacture for herself, and
owners of such property should guard it with redoubled vigilance.
Loss, $25,000, without insurance.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 11, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Almost
a Serious Fire.—Last night about 9 o'clock the alarm of fire brought out the
engines, but happily they were not needed.
A gentleman standing on the opposite corner of Third and Monroe streets
was surprised to see several flashes of light proceed from the office of the
ordnance department, which was known to be guarded; the sentries pacing to and
fro on the pavement. Several
persons were called to the spot, and with heavy timbers and an ax an entrance
was affected [sic] through a window; and as soon as the volume of smoke
partially cleared away, a keg was discovered, containing a quantity of damp
powder and a [tear in paper] flannel apparently saturated, and on [tear in
paper]. No damage was done save
breaking in the window. The guard
was changed late in the evening, and it was said that some of those on duty were
intoxicated, which will be a matter of investigation with the commandant.
Every avenue to the building was tightly closed.
How the fire caught is a mystery, as none had entered the premises after
the former guard was relieved.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 11, 1861, p. 3,
c. 4
The
Wife of the Soldier.—A visit to the public offices, yesterday morning, enabled
us to see one of the most interesting spectacles of the present time—a large
crowd of respectable looking, and neatly dressed females—not a few of them
with "children in arms." They
had called to draw their monthly allowance in the absence of their husbands, who
have been mustered into the service. We
understand that the number of married men already enrolled and mustered from
this county, exceeds four hundred and twenty-five. It will be a satisfaction to the absent soldier, placing
himself as a rampart between the perfidious foe and his country, to know that
those at home are provided for, and will want no comfort in his absence, but
are, as it were, the children of the State, looking up to their great mother for
the protection and support they naturally expect as her children.
Should apprehension arise that he may never return, the soldier's wife
will have the consciousness of knowing that he fell in a glorious cause, his
name inscribed with those of the world's heroes and indelibly graven upon the
heart of his country.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 13, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Chance
for the Ladies.—General Wm. E. Ashley, President of the Arkansas State
Agricultural Society, authorizes the Little Rock True Democrat to say
that he will give a large gold medal, with suitable inscription, to the lady,
married or single, who shall weave the most woolen cloth, quantity and quality
both being considered, during the three months of September, October, and
November. The cloth will bring a
full price, and the fair worker will get the medal as an award and reward of
industry. Another gentleman
promises that the next most industrious shall also have a gold medal.
In determining this, the number of yards woven, will be considered in
connection with the fineness of the cloth, and it will be left to competent
persons at the place where the cloth is sent to be examined or sold, to decide.
Start fair, fair ladies, and see who can win the race.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 14, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Appeal to the Ladies of Tennessee.
Military and Financial Board, }
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1861.}
The
military and financial board of this State, impressed with the necessity of
preparing to protect the patriotic volunteers now in the service from the rigors
of the approaching winter, appeals to the wives, mothers and daughters of
Tennessee to manufacture woolen goods and stockings for those who are defending
them from the horrors of armed occupation of our soil.
It is
suggested that each lady in Tennessee shall prepare goods for one suit of
clothing and knit two pairs of stockings. If
this shall be done, every soldier will be amply clothed and provided against the
sufferings of a winter's campaign.
Shall
this appeal be made in vain? It is
by undivided exertion alone that our wants can be supplied.
Neil S. Brown,
W. G. Harding,
Jas. E. Bailey.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 14, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Unfeminine
Women.—We cannot conjecture the cause, but the number of women arrested by our
officers for fighting and other unfeminine proceedings has of late been
unusually great.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 14, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The Laboratory.—In another place we publish a communication from Mr.
Wurzbach, upon the subject of the late fire at the laboratory, which will be
read with satisfaction by the residents in its neighborhood, and by others.
A manufactory of the kind should not be placed within the precincts of a
city; but if important exigencies demand a departure from strict prudence,
double diligence should be used to prevent the possible occurrence of a
catastrophe too horrible to contemplate. We
do not intend these remarks as an insinuation that due diligence has not been
used. They are no more than a natural expression of a desire for
caution where the lives of so many persons would be jeopardized by the absence
of it.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 14, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
Shoemakers
Wanted Immediately.
The undersigned wish to employ twenty-five or thirty good Shoemakers, at
their Boot and Shoe Factory, in Helena, Arkansas, and are prepared to give them
permanent employment and the highest prices for work.
Those
wishing a good situation in that line of business, will do well to apply
immediately.
All
work paid for at the end of each week.
Porter, Richardson & Co.,
Helena, Ark.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 15, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Laboratory.—Considerable apprehension having been excited in the neighborhood
of the laboratory, at the corner of Monroe and Third streets, and elsewhere, by
the explosion of a signal light on Saturday night, we called there yesterday to
ascertain the condition of the works, and were politely conducted over the
establishment by Jesse Tate, Esq., and from the obliging superintendent of the
place, A. C. Wurzbach, Esq., we received every particular we asked for, as to
the manner of conducting business. We
were struck by finding on every part of the premises the most minute attention
paid to tidiness. The floors are
all kept scrupulously swept, so that no loose material is left underfoot.
There is but one light and one match safe on the place; they are both in
the superintendent's office. No
light is permitted in the working portion of the premises, except an alcohol
light within a tureen, like those on which meat is kept warm in hotels.
This is used for keeping the lubricating composition of the minie balls
melted for dipping the balls in. As
it is common to place similar tureens, heated in the same way, on table cloths
at dinner, of course there is no danger in this—which is kept away from any
explosive article. The gunpowder to
be used in making the cartridges is brought out of the magazine each morning,
and what remains over is replaced
there every night, together with all the cartridges finished and packed. These are afterward removed to the magazine beyond the
city limits. The kegs for removing
the powder are closed, being made for the express purpose.
The magazine is separate from the main building; it has double walls with
an air chamber between them, and is considered safe even in case of the main
building burning. The place is
guarded night and day by reliable and well-known citizens under command of
ex-Marshal Underwood. We would
wish, however, to suggest to the commissary department that a quantity of
turpentine, now stored near the Union street end of the cotton shed in the rear
of the laboratory, be removed to some more suitable spot.
The residents in the neighborhood would feel more secure if it was away.
The cause of the alarm on Saturday night was the burning of a small
signal light, which was perched in the office at least a hundred feet from the
powder magazine; no gunpowder or cartridges are in the same office. The cause of the fire, unless from a spontaneous ignition of
materials that were perhaps—though we hear of no proof that such was the
fact—put together and packed before they were dry. When such precautions are used as those observed at the
laboratory, the consequences of the building itself catching fire would not be
of the dreadful character many have supposed.
Mr. Wurzbach assures us that after the work people have left, he
regularly, every night, personally goes over the entire premises to ascertain
that the regulations as to removing material, etc., have been complied with.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 15, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
The
Southern Mothers return their most grateful thanks to Professor Winkler and the
ladies who so kindly assisted him in the concert for their benefit on Monday
last. That the concert was a
brilliant affair, none familiar with the reputation of Professor Winkler and the
ladies who performed there can doubt, and many regretted the untimely rain which
prevented their being among the appreciative audience that enjoyed the
delightful music that night.
S. C. Law, President, S. S. M.
Mary
E. Pope, Secretary.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 16, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3
The
Clarksville Jeffersonian says that an enterprising and good-looking
female, in pursuit of her "bold soldier boy," was recently found in
Camp Boone, dressed in male apparel. She was placed in the omnibus and sent to
town, not being of the kind of metal soldiers are made of.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 16, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Summary: Editorial in favor of
weekly entertainments as fund raisers for various good causes
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 16, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Should
Be Checked.—It is a vile thing to see white men driving lewd women about the
streets, sitting in indecent postures in the carriage and smoking cigars.
There is an ordinance against the practice and it should be enforced.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 16, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Dear.—Drinking
coffee has become transformed into a highly extravagant indulgence—the article
is very scarce and very dear, and the New Orleans boats bring up but slender
supplies; the whole stock in that city is sewed up in sixteen hundred sacks.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 16, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Feminine
Belligerency.—We have before remarked that cases of fights among women have,
of late, been numerous in the city. Yesterday
Esq. Mallory was called upon to bind Alice Jones to keep the peace toward Hannah
Clark; this morning Alice will seek similar protection from Hannah.
Have the women, in consequence of the high price of coffee, taken to
drinking gunpowder tea?
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 16, 1861, p. 4,
c. 1
Miss
Mary Carter, of Tuscumbia, only twelve years of age, has manufactured a couple
of riding hats—one for a lady, the other for a gentleman—of rye straw, which
are said to compare favorably with those of foreign manufacture.—Florence
Ala., Gazette.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 17, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Approaching Entertainment.—We understand that the entertainment getting up
under the auspices of Prof. Katzenbach will offer unusual attractions, and
probably include some charming novelties. It
is said that one of the best lady singers of our amateur concerts will appear on
the occasion, and that an early day will be named for the entertainment.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 17, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Benefit
for the Southern Mothers.—Our citizens take pleasure in sustaining this
excellent institution. The young
misses are preparing a petite concert, to be given on Tuesday, for the
benefit of that association. They
are preparing a very attractive programme; the different States of the Southern
Confederacy will be pleasingly personified; also, there will be a place in which
the flowers will be represented by costumes.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 18, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
Fort Smith Times of the 10th, states that two companies of
southern blackmen have been formed in the neighborhood.
They are thorough southern men, not armed but are drilling to take the
field, and say that they are determined to fight for their masters and their
homes.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 18, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Blankets for the Soldiers.
The near approach of the autumnal season, and the almost certainty of the
continuance of the war, suggests not only the propriety, but the necessity of
supplying our troops in the field with warm clothing and warm covering.
It will not probably be within the power of the government to do this,
and much necessarily depends upon individual effort.
On this subject the following suggestions of the West Tennessee Whig
are the most feasible and practicable we have seen:
["]
The supply of blankets in the stores are exhausted, and the possibility of
supply from the North is cut off by the rigid non-intercourse of the war, while
the blockading of our sea-ports cuts us off from all hopes of a reasonable
supply by importation. How, then,
it may be asked, are the wants of our soldiers to be supplied?
It can only be done by every family giving up a portion of the blankets
they have for family use, to the soldiers, and supplying the deficiency thus
created by making "comforts," out of cotton, for their own use.
These comforts do well enough for persons in comfortable houses at home,
where they are not exposed to the weather, and our people are expected to make
use of them, and send their blankets to the soldiers.
There is no time to be lost in doing it, either.
Before many are aware of it, the cool nights of early autumn will be upon
them, and what they do for the comfort of the soldiers, they must do quickly.
["]
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 20, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
A
Strange Occurrence.—On Saturday two women arrived in a carriage near the
entrance to the Memphis hospital, now devoted to sick soldiers; one of them got
out and assisted the other, who appeared to be very sick, to alight.
She then laid her down under a tree, and returning herself to the
carriage was driven off. The person so left was taken into the hospital, and kindly
attended to by the Sisters of Charity, who are the nurses of the soldiers there.
At midnight, she had a prematurely born child; shortly after the birth
she died. It appears that she was a
woman of ill character named Judith; the woman who left her is known as
"Big Mary," and lives on Gayoso street near the bayou bridge; she is a
person of the worst reputation. The
birth was the result of abortion caused either by drugs taken for the purpose,
or excessive drink. It was stated
yesterday that a post mortem examination of the baby would be made.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 20, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Summary: Discussion of the new city
ordinance requiring each illegal house of ill-fame to hire a policeman at its
own expense, or be closed.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 22, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Worthy
of Note.—The female servants of Huntsville, Alabama, have determined to send a
pair of socks to each member of Capt. G. B. Mastine's company, the Huntsville
Guards, as their offering to provide for the comfort of their young masters.
The feeling of affection which prompts this is of far more value than the
gift.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 22, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
Vicksburg Whig says that nearly every lady, old and young, in Warren
county is busily engaged knitting socks for the soldiers—and that the result
of their labor will soon be collected together, and sent on to the army.
The worthy example should be followed in every county, city and town
throughout the South.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 22, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Summary: Discussion by the City
Council on moving the city hospital from a cotton factory building that is
needed.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
They
have a free market in New Orleans for the families of soldiers who are left
without the means of support. The
wives of 453 soldiers are supplied thereby with the necessaries of life.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Drummer's Flag.—We have been shown an elegant flag of silk with the stars
beautifully worked, which was presented by the ladies of Randolph to little
Bedford, the ten year old drummer of the first regiment of Tennessee volunteers.
There is also a little apron—we suppose for a vivandiere of
similar years—designed after the Confederate flag.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
Southern Express Company.
Memphis, August 22, 1861.
Upon
the organization of the Southern Express company the following notice was
published to agent, etc.:
"As
you are doubtless already aware through the public journals, the southern
stockholders of the Adams Express company have purchased from their late
associates all the property of the company in the Confederate States, with the
right to use the name of Adams in their business, have fully organized
themselves for business under the name of the "Southern Express
company," with the following board of directors:
Edward
Sebring, Charleston, S. C. ; D. H. Baldwin, Savannah, Ga.; W. P. Chilton,
Montgomery, Ala.; Geo. T. Jackson, Augusta, Ga.; H. B. Plant, Augusta, Ga.
The
business will be conducted as heretofore under the same rules and regulations
until otherwise ordered.
It
would seem that the names of the directors would be sufficient evidence that the
Southern Express company did actually exist, and that the foregoing notice was
all that would be required to convince the community and the public at large of
its stability, responsibility, etc.
When
the stockholders of the Adams Express company in the Southern States became
satisfied that a separation was inevitable, they demanded from their northern
associates in the company a division of the property, etc., which was acceded
to. A valuation was had and a
regular transfer made of all the property, franchises and good will; they then
organized themselves under the laws of the State of Georgia by the name of the
Southern Express company.
There
has been complaint made that the employees were mostly men of northern birth.
I will just say here that there is not in all Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia ten persons who were born out of the Southern States now
in the employ of the Southern Express company.
When
the Adams Express company extended their lines to the South on the opening of
the various railroads, they had to bring persons with them who were experienced
in the business to have it properly conducted, and how well it has been done we
leave it to the business public to testify.
It
requires long experience and close application to learn the express business in
all its ramifications, and those that have had dealings with it know that it is
not the same routine every day, but changing always.
When
the troubles first commenced I inquired of each employee of northern birth
personally, whether he was satisfied with the condition of things and would
yield obedience to the laws and defend the institutions of the South?
One or two said they could not conscientiously fight against their
friends; I therefore, advised them to leave the country, which they did.
Those that remained said they came here to make a living, and would obey
the laws and when necessary would shoulder their musket to defend and protect
the interests of the South, and that they looked upon her cause as their cause.
Certainly nothing more could be asked of them.
It is
a well known fact that I have always selected employees in the section where
they were required, and have always promoted them when found competent.
In
conclusion, I will say that the Southern Express company is owned and controlled
entirely by southern people with sufficient capital paid in to meet any loss
that might unfortunately happen them, and that not one share of stock, nor one
dollar of interest in the Southern Express company is owned in the Northern
States, and that they are part and parcel of the people of the Confederate
States of America, and hope to be one of the means to build up and enlarge and
extend the business of the Confederacy, and to be useful and profitable to the
public generally.
James Shuter, Superintendent,
Southern Express Company.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
A Card.
It is with feelings of sincere and heartfelt gratitude that I return my
thanks to the Southern Mothers of Memphis for their kindness in ministering to
the sick soldiers of my command, and in doing so, I desire to add that the kind
nursing of the ladies and the attention and skill of their surgeon, Dr. Currey,
has, in my opinion, saved many lives to the cause of our country.
Believing that your noble devotion will be always remembered by our
countrymen, and that a glorious account of your deeds is being recorded in
heaven, I have the honor to be, respectfully, etc.,
Jno. S. Bowen,
Col. Prov. Army, Com. 1st Mo. Reg.
August
20, 1861.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
The Southern Mothers and the Special Policeman.
Editors Appeal: The petition
for a special policeman to perform certain duties for the Mothers' Rooms, having
given rise to much discussion in the Board of Aldermen, and the matter being
evidently from the reports of that discussion greatly misunderstood, will you
permit me to correct the false impression created thereby and more particularly
by the remarks of Ald. Kortrecht. In
the beginning of the enterprise of the Mothers, the Vigilance Committee ordered
the free women of the city to do the washing of the establishment in regular
course, and the captain of the police was instructed to have them brought to the
Rooms, and see that they returned the articles in due time.
This required only a few hours time every week, and there being a larger
number of such women in the city enjoying the protection of the laws, for the
vindication of which our boys are in arms, the duty, if properly seen to by the
police, cannot fall upon the same person oftener than once in two or three
months. It was to attend to this duty, only, that the Mothers desired
a special person detailed. They
have no further need for an officer in their establishment. I regret having troubled the city in the matter, since it has
given rise to a misunderstanding of their position and wants.
In
regard to the remarks of Ald. Kortrecht, I wish to state that he has been
misinformed. The Secretary of War
has been applied to, to give the appointment of a surgeon in the army to G. W.
Currey, M. D., the surgeon of the Rooms, but has not yet acted upon the
petition. Gen. Polk has ordered the
payment of the soldiers' rations to the Mothers while the soldiers are in the
rooms, but they have not yet been drawn, and when drawn will not support the
institution or pay one tenth of its expenses.
It takes charge of no soldiers but those in the service of the
Confederate States, and of no persons but the soldiers themselves.
It is not a charitable institution.
These men are periling their health, their lives, and the hopes of their
families in many instances, for the defense of our homes and dearest rights, and
we cannot consent to have it called a charity, in those who stay securely under
the protection their valor gives them, to care for them with the tenderness of
mothers when they shall be sick or disabled.
The people have taken this view of it, and sent to the Southern Mothers
money, furniture, food, etc., that has made their institution a home to the sick
and disabled soldier; and the great-hearted southern people will do it still,
and never think it a charity. But
upon the contributions of that public to this cause the Mothers rely, and have
relied to this moment.
S. C. Law, Pres. S. S. M.
Mary
E. Pope, Secretary.
(City
papers please copy.)
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Council and Southern Mothers.
Editors Appeal: I notice the
following extract from the proceedings of the Council of Wednesday, which is but
one of innumerable assertions which have appeared in print that are calculated
to mislead, unintentionally, no doubt, the readers of your paper:
"Ald.
Farmer said: The Southern Mothers
would save the city six hundred dollars a month by keeping soldiers from going
to the hospital.
"Ald.
Kortrecht said, he had been told by ladies of the institution that the
Confederate government had voluntarily recognized the institution, the Secretary
of War having written to them to that effect, and would allow them fifty cents a
day for the Confederate soldiers attended to there.
They expected, during the war, to receive pay for the board and medical
attendance of such sick soldiers."
This
impression has been promulgated until many think that there is no provision made
for the sick of the army of this division, and, as an observer, I feel it due to
the medical department of this division of forces to make the following queries:
1.
Does the keeping or medical attendance of the soldiers at the general
army hospital at Memphis cost the city one cent?
2.
What objection is there to the regulations or management of the general
army hospital?
3.
Has the general army hospital ever refused to take or said it was not
ready to receive any sick soldier who presented himself with the proper report
from the commanding officer or surgeon?
4.
Is not the general army hospital bound to be made large enough to
accommodate all the sick and wounded who may be sent here from the army for
medical treatment?
5.
Is there any hospital arrangements in the city for the poverty-stricken
wives and children of the poor soldiers who are enlisted from our city and State
district, to fight in our cause?
6.
If all arrangements are made by the Confederate government for the sick
and wounded soldiers at this place, would it not be better that the Institution
of the Southern Mothers be converted into one to take care of the women and
children who are the wives and children of poor soldiers?
7.
Is the Southern Mothers' Institution allowed 40 or 50 cents a day for
each patient unsolicited by them, when the army regulations allow only about one
half, or but little more, when the rations are commuted?
M.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 3, c. 4
Late Arrivals!
Four Hundred Dozen Spool Cottons!
Two Thousand Yards Southern Made
Military Goods.
Ten Cases Pure
Soughong
(English Breakfast)
Tea!
Direct from Canton.
Solar Pith Hats!
New Styles and Patterns.
Tennessee Gray and Brown Jeans!
Plantation Jeans, Linseys and Osnaburgs.
R. W. Royster & Co.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 23, 1861, p. 4, c. 2
A Female Sailor—A Romantic Story.
A young person in sailor's attire was brought before Justice Osborne, at
the Tombs, last Friday, on a charge of being a female in male attire.
The prisoner at once confessed that the suspicions against her were well
founded, and stated that her name was Bridget Deleary, that she was about
sixteen years of age, and that her parents resided in the county of Clare,
Ireland. About three years since
she said she had formed an attachment for a young sailor who had been visiting
her father's house in Ireland, and had promised to marry him, but her parents
would not consent. She then
purchased a sailor's garb and shipped on board a vessel bound for this country,
in the hope of discovering her affianced lover, but she was not successful.
Having acquired a taste for a seafaring life, however, she continued to
retain her male attire, and made three more voyages to this city—no one
suspecting that the stout, hardy looking sailor was a female.
Her sex was not discovered until Thursday evening, when, during a
trifling dispute which occurred between her and one of her comrades, her vest
was torn open and the secret which she had so well and so long preserved was
disclosed.
Bridget
is now incarcerated in the Tombs; but as no charge of disorderly conduct is
brought against her, she will probably be released as soon as she can obtain
female attire. She is a strong,
hardy looking girl, but appears to feel keenly the unpleasant situation in which
she has placed herself.—N. Y. Com.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 24, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
Blankets
for the Soldiers.—On Sunday, August 11, at Trinity church, the Rev. Horace
Stringfellow, rector of St. Martin's parish, Hanover county, Virginia, after the
services of the church were concluded, called the attention of the congregation
to the circular address of Doctor Johns, the medical purveyor of the Confederate
States, in which he inaugurates a plan for procuring blankets for the army.
The
plan recommends that every family in the Confederate States shall contribute out
of their present supply one or more blankets; that the ladies shall collect them
through the agency of a committee appointed in every congregation, and, after
packing in bales or boxes, forward them to him at Richmond, marking the name of
the church from which they are sent—freight to be paid by him.
The
reverend gentleman earnestly recommended the plan as calculated to insure a
large supply without any considerable inconvenience to the families who shall
make the donation.
Mrs.
Mary Price, Mrs. Sarah Winston, Mrs. Edmonia Cook and Mrs. Betsy Page, were
appointed a committee to act for St. Martin's parish.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 24, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
Board of Aldermen.
The Official Proceedings.
At a called meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, held yesterday evening, August 23d, 1861, at 4 o'clock, present: John Park, Mayor; Chairman Merrill, Aldermen Ayres, Greenlaw, Morgan, Cochran, Grant, Farmer, Amis, Gailor, Kortrecht and Kirby. . .
Alderman Kortrecht.
Ald. Kortrecht asked permission to make a personal explanation in
relation to his position before the Board at its last meeting in relation to the
Southern Mothers' association. His
explanation, which was as follows, was received by the Board:
I
desire to say that I have been misunderstood in the remarks I made in the Board
on Wednesday evening, on the resolution to appoint a special policeman for the
society of Southern Mothers. What I
said was that I was informed the society was organized by the ladies with the
most patriotic motives—with no expectation of government aid, but with the
view of supporting it alone by voluntary contributions of its members and the
public. That unexpectedly to the
society and without any application by it or its members, it had been officially
recognized and adopted as a government institution—as a sort of quasi
government hospital, and as such would receive forty (not fifty as reported, but
forty) cents rations per day for the board, nursing and medical attention of
each soldier in the actual service of the Confederate government provided for by
the society or its members, and, therefore, that if an officer was needed to impress
assistance for the society, the military officer in command of this division was
the proper person to be applied to make such appointment.
At the
same time, in answer to inquiries, I took especial pains to say I was informed
the society's surgeon was not receiving pay; that he had patriotically tendered
his services without compensation; and that I supposed if the society took care
of any soldiers not yet received into, or had been discharged from the service
of the Confederate States, that for those it would get no rations, and that
whatever rations it did receive I presume would, with the voluntary
contributions, be used for the benefit of the soldiers taken care of by the
society. I think I can safely
appeal to all who heard me that I done full justice to the patriotism and
self-sacrifice of the ladies and all others connected with the S. S. M.
I now
see by an official card from the S. S. M., in "all the city
papers," that I have been misinformed; that it is not a "charitable
institution;" that "it takes charge of no soldiers but those in the
service of the Confederate States, and of no persons but the soldiers
themselves," and that the "Secretary of War has been applied to, to
give the appointment of surgeon to the society's physician, but has not yet
acted on the petition." I did
not know these facts, hence, did not state them.
My offense
"Hath this extent, no more."
Now
with this additional information before me, I wish to say, with all deference to
the ladies of the Society of Southern Mothers, for whom I have the highest
respect, that inasmuch as the city of Memphis has a hospital of its own to
support—without either "voluntary contributions" or "government
rations," and that in these times its expense is and will continue to be
greatly increased by having to provide for those not "in actual
service," and for "others than soldiers themselves," as, for
instance, soldiers' wives and children, and widows and orphans, disabled
soldiers, discharged because of inability to do work or service, or those
becoming sick before received into "actual service" and being
destitute; and the many other "transient poor" whom neither the
Confederate government, the State, the county, nor even the S. S. M. will
provide for; and inasmuch as the corporation owes a considerable due debt
without the means to pay, and the S. S. M. are said to have several thousand
dollars ahead, and will doubtless continue to receive, as it should, liberal
contributions for its support, I still think the city government has sufficient
burthens on its hands without voluntarily assuming more.
In
entertaining these views as an Alderman sworn to dispose of the city revenue
according to its charter, I intend no injustice or disrespect for the ladies
composing the society of Southern Mothers, but to continue to render them, as I
have heretofore done, all honor and praise for their patriotic labors and
self-sacrifice.
I have
only to add that I ask "all the city papers to publish this," and
present the bills to me for payment. . . .
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 24, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
A Spunky Southern Woman.
A letter written from Mississippi by a young lady to her cousin in
Mobile:
Mississippi, August 14, 1861.
Dear
Cousin: There is no news in town,
or at least not anything from the war but what you have heard.
My brother is in Missouri, I expect near St. Louis.
I fear to hear from him, but pray for his safe return.
I ask God to protect and spare him to us, and that is all I can do.
Sometimes I am deeply distressed, but 'tis useless to be depressed in
spirits. I know the South will be
victorious, but in whipping them we will have to lose some of the noblest hearts
that ever throbbed in human breasts. With
such generals as Davis, Beauregard, Johnston, and many others, the South can whip
the world. I wish a regiment of
ladies could go to the war, as I am nearly crazy to see the Yankees killed. Yes, a happy privilege, I would consider it to close the eyes
of every Yankee, and I hope, before August, 1865, the last one of them will be
dead and buried so deep they will never be resurrected.
I spend all my time knitting and sewing for our soldiers.
I feel we can never do enough for them.
I was in the country the other day, and some young gentlemen called on
me, (some that should have been at the wars), and I sent them word, "please
excuse me, I was very much engaged sewing for the soldiers," and I tell you
I do not think it right to receive any attention from young men who get out of
the way of the wars, if 'tis possible for them to go.
We
have had some rains, but I hope we will make cotton enough to pay our
subscription to the Confederate loan.
Your affectionate cousin, M.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 25, 1861, p. 1,
c. 2-8
Summary: Map of the Seat of War in
Virginia (Baltimore to Petersburg)
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 25, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
There
are three kinds of silence. The
silence of peace and joy; the silence of submission and resignation, and the
silence of desolation and despair. Lovely
are they whose delight is in the first; miserable are those who are driven to
the second; and most wretched and miserable are those who are driven to the
last. Domitian made a solitude and
called it peace.
How to
Be Miserable.—Think about yourself; about what you want, what you like, what
respect people ought to pay you, what people think of you, and then to you
nothing will be pure. You will
spoil everything you touch; you will make sin and misery for yourself out of
everything which God sends you; you will be as wretched as you choose on earth,
or in heaven either.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 27, 1861, p. 1,
c. 2
Substitute
for Flannel Shirts.—The Savannah Republican says:
The
stock of flannel having been pretty well exhausted in the southern markets, we
will be doing the public, and especially our brave soldiers, a service in
pointing to a complete and cheap substitute, if not a better article, for the
purposes to which flannel is usually applied.
A physician of high reputation informs us that undershirts, made of
common, coarse Georgia osnaburgs, afford even greater protection against
exposure than flannel, and are far preferable in rheumatic and other similar
affections Apart from his theory,
we know several gentlemen who have been wearing them for years, even in summer,
in preference to flannel, and they express a perfect satisfaction with the
result. Would it not be well to
bear this fact in mind while we are making up clothing for the army?
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 27, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
ladies of Tunica county, Mississippi, having completed the uniforms and other
equipments to contribute to the present comfort of their fathers, husbands,
brothers and friends who have joined the Confederate service, now tender their
services to knit socks, make flannel shirts, drawers, and all other wearing
apparel necessary for winter use. They
appeal to the patriotic resident and non-resident planters for aid, in sending
in wool, and other material for winter use, immediately.
They have a regular and effective organization, Mrs. W. W. White, of
Austin, president. All donations
should be forwarded to her address at that place, and she will see that fair
hands soon convert the raw material into the articles necessary for the comfort
of the absent ones. More than half
the white male population of Tunica, capable of bearing arms, is now in the
field, and the ladies are determined that the volunteers from the banner county
shall not suffer, if they can prevent it.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 27, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Economy
in Coffee.—In these times, says the Petersburg Express, when things are
dear and money scarce, any combination which satisfies economy and gratifies the
palate at the same time, should be set forth and its merits fully established
for the benefit of the public. We
take pleasure in recommending anything which we can vouch for, and therefore
state that we tasted at the hospitable board of one of our prominent citizens,
an evening or two since, delicious coffee made of one part meal and two parts
coffee. So well pleased were we
with the new compound, that we obtained the recipe, and submit it to our readers
with a recommendation to try it: Take
one cup of meal (unsifted) add two cups of coffee; toast them separately; grind
the coffee and mix both together. The coffee goes further with this addition, and while the
flavor is not at all affected, the stimulating property is lessened, and it is
rendered more nourishing.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 27, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Whann Rifles.—This is the name of a military company of Frenchmen, from New
Orleans, which has been in our city a few days, en route for Missouri.
The company is under the command of Capt. L. Ledrowski, a Polander, and
is composed of about seventy-two, stout, ablebodied men; many of whom have been
in the service for thirteen years, eight in Europe and five in the United
States. On Sunday evening, escorted
by the French Guard, of this city, the Whann Rifles paraded our streets and were
presented with a beautiful Confederate flag by the former company.
For the honor of a salute and three vivas in front of our office
we tender our heartiest thanks. We
predict that the Whann Rifles will make their mark whenever they shall come in
contact with the enemy.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 28, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Lamenting
upon the misery of the times a New York paper says the saddest sight is revealed
by a walk at night through the upper wards of the city.
Troops of young girls are there to be seen, walking the streets—for
bread; not cunning, or bold, or brazen, but shy, frightened seamstresses,
shop-girls, and but recently respectable domestics, who now, without home,
employment, or friends, see but one desperate step between where they stand and
starvation.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 28, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
Tuskegee (Ala.) States learns that Mr. Wm. Varner, of that place, has
magnanimously presented the Alabama Zouaves with blankets to the amount of about
$350.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 28, 1861, p. 2,
c. 8
The
Very Last Military Device.—Daily, since the opening of the war, the government
has been overwhelmed with letters and applications offering new and valuable
inventions, each sure, in the estimation of the inventor, to bring the war to a
speedy close. By the way of showing
the public character of the great mass of them, we publish the following extract
of a letter received at headquarters to-day:
"Dear
Sir: I have a method which I am
confident, if adopted, will work up to your expectations.
It consists of snuff and cayenne pepper mixed together and thrown at the
rebels, with powder, which will cause them to sneeze, and their eyes to smart
and run water, so that they will not be able to see, which will retard their
progress, and give us a chance to take more prisoners."—Washington Star.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 28, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
For
the Poor.—There is much poverty in this city; the Mayor has a large number of
applications daily to aid destitute persons, and hitherto he has had no means in
his hands for the purpose. Council
yesterday empowered him to dispense assistance in such cases to the amount of
fifty dollars a week.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 28, 1861, p. 4, c. 2
Clothing for the Soldiers.
In its "Talk on 'Change" article, the New Orleans Crescent
has the following remarks relative to clothing for soldiers now in the field:
We
talked yesterday about blankets and comforters for our army. We have received a communication from one of our oldest
citizens, distinguished for her benevolence, goodness of heart and devotedness
to the glorious cause of the South. She
calls the attention of our country friends, planters in general, and in fact,
all citizens, to the immediate requirements of our sick and wounded soldiers.
Our correspondent states that most all, if not all of our cotton
planters, would be willing to contribute toward this good work.
They could furnish much of the material and labor connected with the
making of comforters. The cotton,
when furnished by planters for comforters, should be carded on the plantation
before being made up. This would
relieve the cotton from all lumps and other immobilities.
If there should not be in the country sufficient calicoes or other
material for covers, the cotton, when carded, can be forwarded to the city,
where it will be received and made up conformable to the wishes of the donors. We hope the comforters, at least, will command the attention
of our authorities.
We can
hardly realize the enthusiasm, patriotism and devotedness of the fairer portion
of creation throughout the country. The
spontaneous liberality of the ladies of the country is talked of on the flags.
Yesterday we came across the most liberal tenders, conceived with the
most patriotic impulses.
The
following are extracts from letters received from two ladies near Greenville,
Mississippi:
"Let
the sacredness of the great cause in which we should all be interested be my
apology for again intruding upon your time and attention.
The ladies in this vicinity are now nearly all exerting themselves for
the purpose of furnishing and making winter clothing for the southern
army—generally providing fifty garments each.
I have proposed to send to you the many hundreds of pounds of butter
annually wasted in this region, and that we devote the proceeds to assisting our
State in providing arms to her sons. If
you will find a market for this article, at a price which would indemnify us for
the labor of making it, we will all feel very grateful to you, and I trust that
in your answer you will give us your promise of assistance in our "butter
enterprise." Though the
project may appear a small one to you who have had no opportunity to judge of
the facilities of our munificent country for the production of everything, I
must tell you that could we persuade every lady in the country to give her
personal attention to her dairy, the amount of the proceeds of this apparently
insignificant item would arm whole companies of brave men, who now need only
suitable weapons to vindicate their rights.
P. J. S."
"I
am much obliged to you for your kindness in offering to dispose of our butter,
which Mrs. S. and myself had determined to give toward the arming of our troops.
I send you two firkins full, one of which I took great pains to put up,
putting it in pounds, rolled in shucks. If
convenient, I would like the firkins returned, and I could send down one filled
every two or three weeks.
A. B."
"I
read with much pleasure your last letter a few days since, and as you so
willingly consent to dispose of it, I will send down my butter on Sunday, with
the addition of a barrel of nice lard, which I find I can spare.
I have prepared fifty garments for the army, and the ladies immediately
in this vicinity each give as many. We
hope to have a thousand completed by the 18th of September.
Everyone seems enlisted in the cause.
P. J. S.
The
above, addressed to one of our most respected factors, speaks volumes of the
resources of the South. For years
and years past has the South been paying millions of dollars for the simple
articles of butter and cheese to the North.
The statistics of the State of New York show that the value of butter and
cheese alone sold to the South by the farmers of that State amounts to three
millions of dollars; some say more, and even place the loss of the southern
trade, in the way of dairy productions, in new York State alone, to ten millions
of dollars. God bless you, ladies
of Mississippi; go forward in your holy work, make and send all the butter you
can. Your negroes will have very
little to do for the present beyond taking care of your cows and dairies.
Good butter retails in our market at this moment for 50 and 60 cents per
pound. There is a market and sale
for thousands of pounds daily. Move
onward in the holy and glorious work of southern independence.
With your examples of patriotism, our beloved South is destined to be an
independent nation at an early day.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 29, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Persons
of Ill-Fame.—The police are arresting women, having received directions to do
so, on the charge of being inhabitants of houses of ill-fame.
Several women will be brought before the Recorder this morning on that
charge. It is believed that there
is a connection between these arrests and the refusal of this class of this
population to pay a monthly tax of fifty dollars, each house, to the city, as
they are required to do by an ordinance recently passed by the Council.
That ordinance is entirely illegal, and is not worth the paper it is
written upon, and no outside proceeding can make it binding, or give its
provisions the force of law.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 29, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Ladies of the 7th, and 8th wards and others convenient to
this locality, are requested to meet at Mr. Kirtland's frame house on Adams
street, two doors east of the Female College, at one o'clock, P.M., this
(Thursday) afternoon, to sew. A
quantity of work is now on hand.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 29, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
For
Coffee Drinkers.—We are assured by a gentleman, who has often drank the
beverage, that no substitute for coffee is equal to the infusion of the pea.
Let the peas be well roasted without burning, then pound them.
Cook the broken peas like coffee, and without admixture; boil well, then
drink with milk and sugar. Those
who are fond of chocolate generally like the pea coffee.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 29, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
For Active Service!
A few more companies are needed to complete a mounted regiment, now being
formed here for active service. There
is also room for a few more recruits in a company of Independent Rangers not to
be attached to any regiment unless on the option of the members. Applicants for membership in the Rangers to furnish their own
arms and horses. To those desiring
to engage in the cavalry service an excellent opportunity is offered.
Now, freemen! rally to the defense of your liberties, your homes and your
firesides!
N. B. Forrest.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 29, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
In Iowa Girl
Discovered in Soldier's
Costume—Romantic Story—Very.
From the St. Louis Republican.]
The
war now prevailing in this once great and glorious country, has already given
rise to many strange and romantic adventures, but none more interesting than the
following has yet been made known to us. The
facts are these: Early Wednesday
morning, some of the police officers at the Central Station, discovered a young
soldier passing on the opposite side of the street.
The young soldier's step was very elastic, complexion fair, and hands
small and rather delicate. These little circumstances excited the suspicion of the
policemen, and following the young soldier a square or two, they deemed it
proper to take him into custody. He
gave his name as Charles H. Williams, and seemed somewhat surprised, and not a
little indignant at being thus interfered with. He explained that he was merely on his way to the Republican
office to obtain a copy of that highly interesting newspaper.
They took the young soldier to the police station, and there, blushingly
and confusedly, he, she or it, admitted that the suspicions of the policemen
were well founded—in short the young soldier was a young lady.
In company with Captain
Turner, we visited the romantic young creature during the forenoon.
On entering the room where she was temporarily placed after her arrest,
we found her intently perusing the Republican, a policeman having been
kind enough to purchase a copy for her. A
finer looking soldier we have never seen. Her
eyes were very lustrous, her features regular, hair jet black and cut in the
most approved masculine style, nose aquiline and mouth perfectly delicious, so
to speak. In addition to these
interesting particulars, her demeanor was modest and graceful, and extremely
pleasing. She seemed to be in the
enjoyment of excellent health, and, on the whole looked as though fat pork and
soldier life had been rather beneficial to her constitution.
She
related the story of her adventures frankly and modestly. She was born in the town of Davenport, Iowa, where her mother
at present resides. For several
years she has resided in Lyons, Clinton county, Iowa, and it was from there she
enlisted, not quite three months ago, in the Second Iowa regiment, Col. Curtis.
Her company was company One, Capt. Cox.
It was in this company she had a friend, who was a lieutenant.
She loved the lieutenant, and so she clipped her raven locks short off,
obtained a suit of boy's clothing, packed her crinoline, etc., in a trunk, and
presented herself in male attire to Capt. Cox, stating her desire to "go
for a soger." The captain eyed
her sharply, and said, "You're rather young, ain't you?"
"I'm twenty," she said, "and am anxious to serve my
country." So the captain
accepted the young volunteer, and she at once shouldered arms.
She states, however, that Capt. Cox subsequently discovered her sex, but
at her urgent solicitations permitted her to remain with her company, and
particularly advised her not to go about the streets of St. Louis alone.
She
followed the fortunes of her regiment from Iowa to this city, and from thence to
Bird's Point, and became exceedingly proficient in the use of Hardee's tactics.
A few days ago the regiment returned to this city, but the young
volunteer was unable to come along with it, having been detailed to attend to
the sick in the hospital on the steamboat City of Warsaw.
Yesterday evening (Tuesday) the Warsaw came up to this city, and brought
along the young volunteer. She at
once made inquiries concerning her regiment, but ascertaining that it was
stationed at the Barracks, she concluded to remain for the night in the city.
She proceeded to the residence of a family on Seventh street, with whom
she was formerly acquainted in Davenport, made herself known, and was kindly
cared for. She rose early, to
obtain the latest and most reliable news, as already stated, and thus fell into
the hands of the police.
Capt.
Turner asked her if she would resume her proper dress if he would release her,
and she faithfully promised she would do so, and she was thereupon set at
liberty, and conducted to the residence of her friends, on Seventh street.
She regretted that she would be unable to draw her three months' pay,
(the term of her enlistment having nearly expired,) affirming it as her belief
that she had earned the $10 per month, and was as much entitled to it as any
masculine soldier.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 29, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
Blankets for the Soldiers.
Editors Appeal: If you deem the following of sufficient importance you are at liberty to publish it. I notice in your issue of last week under the caption of "Blankets for the Soldiers" a suggestion that families give up a portion of the blankets they have for family use to the soldiers, and supply the deficiency thus created by making "comforts" out of cotton for their own use, etc. In looking over my "scrap book" I find the following article from the Christian Advocate of several years ago.
Cheap Blankets.
Newspaper blankets are coming into vogue.
They are no joke. A
correspondent of one of our exchanges thus refers to the matter.
"I have recently heard much about the value of newspapers as a
substitute for blankets, and have considered the statements to be apochryphal
[sic]. But last evening I was
induced to make the experiment. I
took four full-sized newspapers and pasted them together at the edges, making
one large sheet the size of a blanket. I
then removed three blankets from my bed, and placed the newspaper sheet between
the one remaining blanket and the counterpane.
The result was a comfortable night's sleep without any feeling of
cold." This is pledged to be
literally true. One of the printers
connected with the office also made a trial of the matter and says it
"works to a charm." My
object in making this communication is, that there are perhaps hundreds of
patriotic families who would like to contribute blankets to the soldiers, but,
who, under the pressure of the times, do not feel able to buy materials to make
comforts, etc. By giving up their
blankets, and using the newspaper substitute which costs nothing, those families
may add to their bodily comfort the consoling consciousness of having done
something to ameliorate the condition of the brave soldiers who have left their
comfortable homes to be exposed to the rigors of camp life, in defense of our
rights and sacred firesides.
J. T. H.
Gatewood,
Miss., Aug. 21, 1861.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
From the Seat of
War in Virginia.
[Special Correspondent of the Appeal.]
Richmond, August 24, 1861.
. . . Before another great shock of arms takes place, there
is one precaution against accident which, in the judgment of your correspondent,
ought to be taken, and which, it is somewhat remarkable, has not been suggested
before by competent authority. It
is the strong necessity of designating our troops in large masses by some unmistakable,
distinctive banner. Whatever
may be said of the Confederate flag, as a tasteful combination and arrangement
of colors, it is certainly obnoxious to this objection, that in the excitement
and tumult of battle it is easily mistaken for the old stars and stripes.
Even if this were not so, it ought no longer to be borne as the
Confederate ensign in fight, because the enemy have made flags of the same
pattern for the express purpose of fighting under them.
At Manassas, we know they did not scruple to employ our banner, as a
protection against the very men whom they shot down at this base disadvantage.
To remedy this, regimental flags should be at once prepared and
distributed among the troops of the various States, flags which would be known
at a glance and which the treacherous Yankees would not have to show.
Each State might bear in battle its own coat of arms painted or
embroidered on silk or bunting. This would accomplish a double benefit, for besides
distinguishing our men, it would inspire the troops of the States of the
Confederacy with a noble emulation to see whose escutcheon shall be in the
thickest of the combat. The State
flags I would not, indeed, insist upon, but I do most respectfully urge upon the
proper authorities the grave importance of protecting our brave soldiers against
a repetition of the Yankee cheats practiced upon them at the battles of the 18th,
and 21st of July.
There
was much speculation to-day occasioned by a requisition on the ladies from Gen.
Magruder for a large number of flannel bags for artillery charges.
Almost all the common cartridges which have been used during the war in
Virginia, except the fixed ammunition, have been made by the delicate fingers of
the Richmond ladies in the basements of our churches.
Cromwell's old admonition to his Ironsides, "Trust in the Lord and
keep your powder dry," would seem to be heeded by these matrons and maidens
of the new Israel, for the little sacks they make, though not impervious to
water, are the cunningest of all powder receptacles.
What Gen. Magruder can want of so many, unless he is apprehensive of an
immediate attack by old bandy-legged Wool, nobody can tell.
. .
Dixie.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Letter from Virginia.
Camp Broad Run, (6 miles from Manassas,)}
August 24, 1861.}
. . . I am grateful to notice that the ladies of our State,
and all the Southern States, are making every effort to provide suitable and
comfortable clothing for their noble defenders during the coming winter.
I know that our immediate friends (male and female,) will not be
forgetful of Company G. Of this we
have received assurance, particularly from the ladies.
We deeply appreciate the patriotic motives which actuate them, and to
know that the ladies are exhibiting a patriotism unheard of in the annals of
time, inspires us to that extent, that we feel we could stand the firmer as
bulwarks to our liberties and our rights. We
are invaded by a mercenary horde who are worse than barbarians, for they
perpetrate deeds that would disgrace the most barbarous species of humanity
while they have the light of civilization to guide them to the paths of humanity
and justice.
Be
assured, kind ladies, that while there is one foot of the infamous hireling of
that drunken ape, Abe Lincoln, left to desecrate the soil of the South, we shall
not sleep but on our arms. You are
well acquainted with the chivalric bearing of your southern heroes, and the
determined spirit that pervades their noble hearts to avenge our wrongs, to die
in the attempt, and so sure am I of success in a cause so grand and glorious,
that methinks the clarion sound of victory seems already resounding in my hear
like the tuneful whispers of a soft Eastern wind. So far we are proudly safe, "the mantle of the brave
Leonidas and his Spartans has fallen upon our southern army, and although they
meet at the pass of Thermopolae" the scales of destruction must rest upon
those Goths, and their steps will be retraced with a "dying fall."
R. S. Abernathy,
Capt. Com. G, 19th Miss. Reg't.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Blankets for the soldiers.
Jessamine, Tenn., Aug. 28, 1861.
Editors
Appeal: Seeing Gov. Harris has
called on all the citizens of the State to prepare clothing for the soldiers,
and knowing the time is short and blankets are scarce, let me suggest that every
family who have bed blankets divide with the soldiers immediately, and forward
them to some place designated, say for our end or division of the State, in
Memphis. Will the commissary please
designate a place immediately and have it made public?
As we
are a unit here, we can supply in this way nearly all the blankets needed by our
soldiers, and do it in time, whereas, if we undertake to make comforts it would
take too long, and then blankets will be so much more convenient.
We are
going to send some from this place and wish to know where to send them.
Now let me ask each family to come to the help of our dear soldiers.
Will
all editors give this a place in their papers.
Yours,
J. R. Walker,
J. B. Merser.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
The
Baton Rouge Advocate says several physicians, accompanied by a corps of
nurses, have left New Orleans for Springfield, Mo., to administer to the wants
of our sick and wounded soldiers.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Concert.—The theater was last night filled to overflowing.
So immense was the audience that two-thirds of the parterre was filled
with ladies. The appearance of the
house thronged with fashionably dressed ladies, was imposing to a degree only
those who saw it can appreciate. We
regret that inability to be present, except during a short part of the evening,
prevents our noticing the various portions of the performance.
The audience appeared well pleased, and the various pieces were warmly
applauded. We are greatly tempted
to express our admiration of some of the pieces we heard, but to do so would be
unjust to the rest. The programme
was a full one, and well varied with instrumental music and solos, duettes,
quartettes, and choruses. We expect
Messrs. Dr. Merritt, Dr. Shanks, and Col. Munford, the committee for the
disposal of the funds, will have a substantial sum put into their hands for the
patriotic and benevolent purpose for which the concert was given.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Tableaux.—A
large number of the most beautiful young ladies in Memphis will, on Tuesday
next, give an attractive exhibition of tableaux.
We learn that the dressings and groupings will be of the most fascinating
character. In one of the scenes,
called the feast of roses, over twenty-five young ladies will appear.
The proceeds will be devoted to a benevolent and patriotic object.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Summary: Editorial denouncing the
chain gang as a form of punishment in Memphis.
"The city charter provides for a workhouse; let us have one and work
our prisoners where they will not be exposed to the public gaze, so that, while
vice is properly punished, the erring may yet have a chance of retrieving his
character and regaining his self-respect."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 30, 1861, p. 4,
c. 2
The
Needle and Thimble Brigade. Was an
editor's sanctum ever so blessed as that to which we are now
paragraphing? Right across the street are the headquarters of the Women's
Brigade, where nimble fingers, busy heads, and rattling tongues indicate that
our southern soldiers, although far away, are yet the objects of the liveliest
interest and solicitude. From
morning till late evening do our noble matrons and maidens ply the needle.
Some are sewing, some knitting, some cutting and stitching—all talking
in the meantime—until, from the prevailing activity, one might be led to
believe that our women intended to supply the whole army with clothing.
One thing is sure, our East Baton Rouge boys will not be permitted to
suffer for want of anything in that line. The
women have the matter in hand, and the rapidity with which they are turning our
articles of soldiers' wear assures us that their task will be speedily
finished.—Baton Rouge Advocate.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 31, 1861, p. 2,
c. 7
Summary: Article on the Confederate
States Patent Office from the Richmond Examiner.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 31, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
Yankeeism.—The
Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer gives the following advice to all true
southerners:
Let us
therefore, be cosmopolitan and philosophical.
Let us all agree to stamp out the last trace of Yankeeism in the South,
in our manners, habits industry, literature and trade.
Those who feel that they have the taint of Yankeeism, either by birth or
association should seek to be rid of it. Let
it become unfashionable, for instance, for young ladies to say "I
reckon," "due tell," "wall whoever," etc.
Let young gentlemen beware how they reply by "I guess I can,"
to any pleasant inquiry. Don't read
Yankee books. Take the Southern
Field and Fireside, of Augusta, or the Southern Literary Messenger,
of Richmond, or any other good anti-puritan publication.
Don't tie up your dogs to keep them from playing about on Sunday.
Read unmistakable southern newspapers, vote for undoubted southern men;
in fact, shun even the appearance of being a Yankee.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 31, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
Mrs.
E. L. McElrath's services, as a nurse, have been accepted by Dr. Moore,
surgeon-general C. S. A., and she has been assigned to Col. Vaughn's regiment.
No more patriotic heart beats in the bosom of any lady of the southern
land than Mrs. M.'s. The sick and
wounded soldiers of East Tennessee are fortunate in having her
attention.—Knoxville Register, August 25.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 31, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
Negro
Patriotism.—We learn that Eliza Lumpkin, a negro of this city, has
manufactured quite a number of valuable and useful articles for our absent
soldiers, and made a voluntary contribution of them to Gov. Moore. She also offers her services as a nurse for the sick, to go
at any time to any point that may be designated.
Such self-sacrifice as this is truly magnanimous and commendable, and the
instances of this kind that have occurred among us, ought to be sufficient to
satisfy the negro-thieving Yankees that the negroes of this country indignantly
spurn their pretended sympathy.—Montgomery Post.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 31, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
Gone
on a Mission of Mercy. Two of our
patriotic, self-sacrificing lady citizens, Mrs. Susan Alford and Miss Jane
Thomas, left here on Saturday last, for the camp of the 1st regiment
(Col. Maney's) of Tennessee volunteers, now stationed in the uninviting hills of
Northwestern Virginia. They go to
administer to the comforts of the sick, and to aid in ameliorating the suffering
of the wounded if any such there may be in the ranks of those gallant soldiers.
God prosper and protect them in the performance of their humane and
patriotic mission.—Nashville Gazette.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 31, 1861, p. 2,
c. 6
Women
Worth Fighting For.—We are informed that the Rev. Mr. Campbell collected
donations of over 200 blankets from the ladies of Nashville yesterday—a good
work for one day.
Mr.
Campbell thinks he will be able to procure 2000 blankets for our soldiers, in
Nashville.
Mr.
Campbell has a special agency from the government for this service both in the
city and State.
It
must be most cheering to our army to know that the ladies of Nashville and of
the South are willing to make any sacrifice in their power to aid them in the
holy cause of southern independence. Some
ladies are giving all their blankets to the soldiers, supplying their place with
cotton comforts. Fighting for such
wives, sisters and daughters—for such a cause—such a country—how can our
armies be conquered?
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 31, 1861, p. 2,
c. 6
A
Beautiful Offering.—We had the pleasure of examining last evening a beautiful
offering from some ladies, intended for the brave soldiers of Col. Kershaw's
regiment. This token of appreciation is a box containing a large number of
Palmetto stars, from the genuine Palmetto, designed and braided by a family of
ladies, principally from Columbia, now at their summer residence at Pendleton.
They are of beautiful workmanship, and the Palmetto tree, intended for
the colonel himself, is one of the prettiest ornamental badges we ever saw.
Accompanying these are a large number of needle pouches, containing
needles, pins, buttons, etc., and in each is a pretty piece of poetry and
scripture text (in manuscript) by the fair ladies who present it.
This
is the neatest, most appropriate, and at the same time useful tokens of woman's
appreciation of brave deeds, that we have seen. It reflects great credit on the patriotism and taste of the
fair donors.—Columbia (S. C.) Guardian, 21st.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 1, 1861, p.
1, c. 2
The
New York Tribune says "the rebel women of Baltimore are said to be
very busy in working clothing and knitting socks for Jeff Davis' soldiery."
This is a good omen for Baltimore, for whenever the "crinoline"
begins to secede, the men will follow as certainly as night follows day.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 1, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Southern
Mothers.—These ladies are now kindly attending to the wants of a hundred and
four sick soldiers.
Army
Hospital.—Dr. Keller, the physician of the army hospital, had one day last
week three hundred and thirteen patients under his charge. The proportion of deaths thus far has been exceedingly small
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 1, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Blankets
for the Army.—The governor has called upon the citizens for contributions of
blankets for the army. We have been
informed that many stand ready to respond to the call, but there being no
appointed place to which the blankets are to be sent, the intended contributions
have not yet been made. We beg to
suggest that it would be well for the committee on entertainments for patriotic
purposes—Messrs. Dr. Merrill, Dr. Shanks and Col. Munford—to take the matter
in hand and name a place or places where the blankets will be received, and
arrange for their reaching those for whose comfort they are contributed.
A correspondent suggests in this connection that comforts may be made for
family use, and the material for them is plentiful in this city, as Green &
Co., of the Chelsea mills are manufacturing large quantities of cotton batting
and glazed wadding. The suggestion
merits attention.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 1, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
To the Ladies of
Memphis and
of Shelby County.
In response to the call of the Governor of the State, a large number of
ladies met, and formed a "Military Aid Society."
The officers were elected as follows:
Mrs. E. H. Porter, President, Mrs. Laura Hays, Treasurer, Mrs. Grace
Woodson, Corresponding Secretary, Miss Lou. Trout, Recording Secretary.
It is
intended that this shall be the Parent Society, to take in work for the
soldiers, and give it out to the auxiliary societies, which may be formed
throughout the city. What we need
is systematic and united action and effort, which can only be obtained by
forming societies in each ward of the city.
The representative, or manager of such ward societies, will apply for
work to the parent society; will state the quantity of work desired, how much of
it is to be done gratuitously, and what part of it is to be paid for, such
manager being responsible for the return of the clothing in good order, and well
done.
Those
who need the money for their work will be promptly paid, and those who give
their work will have the satisfaction of knowing that each suit, so made, will
add two dollars, or whatever is paid for making the suit, to the fund of the
society. The fund so made is to be
used for the purchase of flannel for underclothing for the soldiers, for
materials for knitting socks, for clothing for the sick and wounded, and other
necessary expenses. All
contributions to this fund to be used exclusively for the soldiers' benefit.
The
first sewing to be done by the ladies is for Col. Forrest's regiment and for the
Sumter Grays. We expect to begin on
these this week, and hope to have a great many applications for work.
Ladies,
let us form our branch societies, and begin on this work without delay.
Unless you move speedily in the matter our soldiers will have to undergo
all that the heroes of our first revolution suffered.
Shall our brave defenders leave their bloody foot-prints in the ice and
snow! Shall they perish for the want of clothing which we, by a
little self-sacrifice and industry can supply?
Ladies
of Memphis, and Shelby county! rise
at once, and let your actions give the answer.
Some will tell you that such sacrifice is not necessary—that the
soldiers do not need the fund raised in this way. If you wish to see why such a fund is necessary, go to
the Southern Mother's Association, or the City Hospital, and see the sick
soldiers there. The doctors and
nurses will tell you that the soldier who leaves their care enfeebled by
illness, and returns to camp with insufficient clothing, is risking his life
more surely than when he bares his breast to the enemy's bullets.
Let each soldier, on leaving his sick bed, be provided with a couple of
flannel shirts, drawers, and good stockings—then, if his outer clothing happen
to be thin or worn, he will at least have some protection against the changes of
the weather. The garments provided
by your care may prevent his having a relapse, and thus be the means of saving
his life—so valuable to his country. Let
us, then, do our very best to increase the fund of our society, and prepare our
soldiers to encounter the first keen blasts of autumn.
Each one of you can do something, and let us all make one grand effort.
We know that ladies are weary and have done much; but do our soldiers
complain of fatigue while defending us?
"Our
children need our care." We
know they do not receive the attention usually bestowed upon them, but are they
not better cared for than the poor soldier?
Imagine the hardships of a soldier's life, their daily
privations—contrast their condition with that of your children, or even of
your servants, and then talk of our children's wants. Oh, where will our children be should the threats of northern
invaders be executed? They have
exultingly prophesied the time when southern women shall be weeping in
desolation—their children in rags. Should
their heartless prophesy be fulfilled, what comfort will it bring our aching
hearts to remember that our children were neatly kept and carefully tended,
while brave men, who were laying down their lives for us, struggled on without
comforts—without the necessaries of life; nay, without even the boon of
woman's sympathy to cheer them. Women
of the South, delay not one hour; every moment is precious.
Let us begin, heart and soul, at once.
All
blankets, socks, shirts, yarn for knitting—bandages, lint—any article
whatever, which would add to the comfort of the soldier, if sent to the society,
will be carefully forwarded by trustworthy agents to those for whom they are
intended. Those donating blankets
will save the society some work by lining them with colored cotton, or domestic
or any material not too heavy; though of course unlined blankets are also very
acceptable.
Persons
wishing work or any information respecting the society can apply at the house so
generously furnished for the use of the society, by Mr. Kirtland, on Adams
street, two doors east of Female College, or at the residence of the president,
Mrs. E. H. Porter, corner Exchange and Third streets.
Mrs. E. H. Porter, President.
Mrs.
Grace Woodson, Cor. Sec'ry.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 3, 1861, p.
2, c. 4-6
Summary: Map of the Battle of Oak
Hills, Missouri.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 3, 1861, p.
3, c. 5
Sick
Soldiers.—The Southern Mothers' house is overflowing with sick soldiers, and
citizens willing to take any of the sufferers in their own house are earnestly
requested to inform the association.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 3, 1861, p.
3, c. 6
Great
Victory!—The ladies of Somerville and vicinity will give a musical concert
with tableaux vivants, on Friday evening (September 6) at the Female Institute,
at early candlelight, for the benefit of the soldiers. Every one, old and young, who feels any interest in fine
sights and sounds, in good eating or the southern cause, will please be present.
Admittance fifty cents, under twelve years, twenty-five cents.
Elegant supper free of charge.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 3, 1861, p.
3, c. 5
The
Tableaux.—The interesting exhibit of tableaux by young ladies, will take place
at the theater this evening; a full audience will be present, and the efforts of
the ladies to entertain, we have no doubt, will be most successful, and result
in a valuable addition to the funds raising for patriotic and benevolent
purposes.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
1, c. 1-8, also p. 4
Summary: First Annual Statement of
the Trade and Commerce of Memphis for the Year Ending Aug. 31, 1861, Reported to
the Memphis Chamber of Commerce by Jno. S. Toof, Secretary.
"Added to this, the peculiar circumstances of the times have given rise to
the manufacture in our city of military goods and implements of war, on a most
gigantic scale, and the increase in the value of productions thus created, will
go far toward counterbalancing the loss sustained in other departments, if
indeed it does not exceed it. From
official sources, we learn that during the past two or three months from twelve
to fifteen hundred persons, male and female, have been actively engaged in the
production of clothing, camp equippage, cartridges, percussion caps, knapsacks,
cavalry equipments, etc., to say nothing of the very considerably force employed
at the various foundries and machine shops in turning out field pieces of
various descriptions, shot and shell, swords, knives, and warlike implements
generally. The quantities and
values of the articles thus produced cannot at this time, from obvious reasons,
be stated, but, with a knowledge of the force thus employed, the reader will be
able to draw his own conclusions."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
Liberal.—A
patriotic lady of Savannah has sent to the editor of the News a handsome
cameo set, consisting of bracelet, pin and earrings, and a beautiful diamond
ring, which she requests him to raffle and devote the proceeds to the soldiers'
fund. Not content with this liberal
and patriotic gift, she also sends one dollar to pay for a chance in the raffle.
Such acts as these show how universal is the feeling of patriotism among
our people. It gives us pleasure to
record so admirable and praiseworthy an example.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
Gen.
Prentiss, who has been commanding the Cairo suckers, it seems, has become tired
of fighting those ferocious gallinippers that sport in that delicious region,
and has accordingly thrown up the sponge and quit his trade.
He is succeeded by some unknown Hessian, responding to the name of Grant.
We are sorry that Prentiss left before taking that promised dinner with
us in Memphis.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
The
ladies of Mobile, like those of Memphis, are exhibiting their patriotism by
holding tableaux in the city theater for the benefit of the soldiers'
fund.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
An
Example for the Little Girls.—Will the little girls please consider the fact
we are about to state for their benefit:
One of
their number, a lassie of nine or ten summers, was offered at the beginning of
the present school vacation, fifty cents a pair if she would knit two pair of
socks for the two old negro men, and one pair of stockings for an old negro
woman to help them through the coming winter. She undertook the work readily,
and has accomplished it—having received the promised reward.
But the best part of it is to come yet.
That
clever little girl has brought the one dollar and fifty cents, thus earned, and
contributed it to the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid association at this place, and along
with the money still another pair of socks to warm some brave soldier's feet.
Now,
among the one thousand bright and sweet little girls in Edgefield district, are
there not many, very many, who will rival this pretty example?—Edgefield (S.
C.) Advertiser, August 28th.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Feminine
Nuisances.—Officer Sullivan arrested Moll Rose, Mary Daniels, Jo. Moore, and
Mary Cole, who were yesterday fined by Recorder Moore on the charge of being a
nuisance to their neighborhood in various ways, but especially by occasionally
appearing in the street in a single garment, and that one not a gown.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
A
Curious Case.—It will be remembered that a few weeks ago Mrs. Mary Ray was
arrested for officiating as manager of Wetmore's stable in man's dress.
She and Mr. N. D. Wetmore, the proprietor of the stable, were arrested by
officers Winter and Wilson, on Monday evening, in the stable opposite the
Overton hotel, on the charge of fighting. Yesterday
morning Wetmore appeared at the Recorder's court, for himself and Mrs. Ray, who
was absent. Mr. Wetmore was
discharged, but paid six dollars, the fine and costs of the lady, who was found
guilty of being the assaulting party.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
The
Entertainment Last Night.—The tableaux as exhibited at the theater last
night were very beautiful, and excited the hearty and frequent applause of the
largest audience we have ever seen in the building. For the attendance to be so vast as to make it necessary for
ladies to take seats in the pit, has been the case on a few occasions; but last
night transcended this. Not only
boxes and parterre were crowded—principally with ladies—but the gallery
above, was also filled. The
exhibition of the tableaux was a triumph, and the young ladies and
gentlemen who took part in it, have reason to be proud of their brilliant
success.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Katzenbach's
Concert.—We saw, yesterday, a communication from F. Katzenbach, Esq., to the
Entertainment committee, Messrs. Dr. Merrill, Dr. Shanks and Col. Munford, in
which he says: In the name of the
ladies and gentlemen assisting me in our late entertainment, I hand you the sum
of three hundred and forty-six dollars and forty cents, as the net proceeds of
our first concert on Thursday last, for the benefit of the widows and orphans of
soldiers. Mr. Katzenbach also
states that in about two weeks another entertainment for the same object will be
given.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
Taylor &
McEwen.
Only for Cash.
Wool Cards,
Cotton
Cards,
Spinning Wheels,
Knitting Needles,
Cotton Yarns,
Carpet
Warps,
Brogans and Hats!
Kentucky Twills and Linseys,
Country Jeans and Linseys,
Bleached and Brown Shirtings,
Best Half-Pound Osnaburgs,
Calicoes and Delaines,
Coats' Spool Cotton, all sizes.
To
arrive
Wool Rolls,
Country Socks, Jeans, Linseys, etc.
We
will take Wheat, Flour, Wool, Dry Hides, Socks, Jeans, Linseys, Dried Fruit,
etc., for goods, or in settlement of accounts.
Taylor & M'Ewen.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 4, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
Fine Boots!
To the Trade!
We have just received per steamer Gen. Quitman, a consignment of New
Orleans made Boots, comprising
Cavalry
Boots,
Alligator
Skin Boots,
" "
Congress Gaiters,
--And—
Double
Soled Calf Boots.
Call
and examine.
A. S. Levy & Co.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 5, 1861, p.
1, c. 3
Summary: Article from the Richmond Examiner
on the Clothing Bureau of the Confederate Army., dated August 24.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 5, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Southern
Rights Festival.—The young people give an exhibition to-night at the theater
for the benefit of the Southern Mothers. The
programme is very extensive; the pantheon will be there—Venus, Jupiter, Diana,
the nine muses, grace, beauty, Flora's band and many others.
There are also duets, dialogues, dances and recitations.
If variety is an attraction no entertainment of the season can equal
this.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 5, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
Council Proceedings.. . .
Impressing Women.
By permission Dr. Keller was allowed to state to the Board, that the
washing of the sick soldiers had not been done for two weeks; the cleanliness of
the hospital and consequently the lives of the soldiers was involved.
Fifteen dollars a month each woman would be paid, but no effort had been
able to procure women, either black or white, who would remain more than a day
or two. Dr. Keller called upon
Council to order the police to compel women to do the work.
Ald. Kortrecht offered a resolution to grant the request.
Ald. Merrill said the request deserved attention, if it was only from the
fact that it was the first the military power had made of the city authorities.
That power had hitherto paid little attention to the officers and laws of
the city. Ald. Vollintine doubted the power of the city to use
compulsion in the case. Ald. Morgan
denied that the Board had any power to compel, especially in reference to the
hospital, which is not within the city limits.
Ald. Kortrecht, in times so exigent as the present, would take the power.
Ald. Morgan questioned the justice of making those who could earn a
dollar a day by making soldiers' garments, work at the hospital for fifty cents
a day. The Board had no military power; let the authority that
created the hospital procure such labor as it required. The Board refused to assume authority to coerce persons to
labor in the military hospital, and the request of Dr. Keller was not granted.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 6, 1861, p.
2, c. 7
Bless
the Little Girls.—On Saturday afternoon last, a large number of little girls
convened at the residence of Dr. Parker, on Whitehall street, and formed a
knitting club—both for improvement and to furnish the soldiers with good warm
woolen socks, to keep Jack Frost off their toes.—Atlanta Confederacy.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p.
2, c. 5
We
learn that the young ladies residing in the vicinity of Porter's Chapel seven
miles from here, have formed themselves into a military company, and parade
every other Saturday, commencing next Saturday.
They are mounted on horseback, and armed with revolvers and bowie-knives,
and, from what we hear of them, are excellent shots. They have not as yet adopted a name, a common failing among
all young ladies, as they are always ready to change their own.
How we
should like to be captain of that company.
We would have them presenting arms and saluting us with all their darling
might and main. We have not learned
whether they intend going into camp, but presume that if they do they will soon
present the most formidable array of breastworks ever seen by any of our
southern military men.—Vicksburg Sun.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Summary: Editorial on the need for
an organization to supervise the patriotic entertainments, schedule them, and
oversee the funds raised.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Tableaux
at LaGrange.—We have received a note from one of the lady managers desiring us
to state that at LaGrange, on Wednesday evening next, the ladies of that place
will give a supper and a series of tableaux, the proceeds to be appropriated to
purchasing winter clothing for the provincial army of Tennessee.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Tableaux
Vivants.—In reply to inquiries we state that the phrase "tableaux
vivant," so plentifully posted about the city recently, is incorrect;
the first word is in the plural and the second should be the same, that is vivants,
not vivant. In French, the
adjective must vary for singular or plural, to agree with the noun.
The words mean "living pictures," and we know no reason why the
English phrase should be used in preference to the French, it is equally
descriptive of the kind of scenes it indicates.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Southern
Rights Festival.—A crowded house greeted the young ladies and gents of
Memphis, on Thursday evening, upon the occasion of their festival for the
benefit of the Southern Mothers' association.
The theater was filled to overflowing, by an appreciative audience, who
gave frequent evidences of their enjoyment on the occasion.
Those who managed the affair deserve all praise, and we are pleased to
learn that their labors will be rewarded by being able to make a handsome
addition to the funds of the association. Another
exhibition will soon be given under the same auspices, we understand.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Women
Convicts.—Men convicted of offenses against the city ordinances are set to
work in the streets; women so convicted are kept within the walls of the city
prison and no especial labor is provided for them, but they are set to do
various jobs of washing and so on, that there may be about the jail.
On Tuesday evening the surgeon of the army hospital, Dr. Keller, applied
to council to provide him with washerwomen, as will be seen in our report of
"Council Proceeding" in another place; this council were unable to do.
The city charter gives council the power, "as soon as practicable
after the passage of this charter, to erect and organize a workhouse."
The workhouse has never yet been erected.
It appears to us that the city might organize a temporary workhouse in
the neighborhood of the hospital, and send them all the women convicts, these
might be overlooked in the grounds where they wash, iron, and hang out clothes,
with as much or more facility as the men who work in the streets.
The hospital would pay for the work done, thus indemnifying the city for
expenses incurred, and the city would have an excellent way of disposing of the
female convicts. There is also
washing to be done for the jail, and we presume for the city hospital, and other
work adapted for women, for which, we should suppose, with a little management
these women's services could be made available.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Military Goods.
Just received and for sale 80 dozen the best quality home knit
Wool Socks!
Also, a considerable lot of Middle Tennessee home made Jeans, the best
quality and of various colors.
Also,
a lot of Cassimere, Blue Cloth and Satinets.
Beard & McAnally,
298 Main street.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 7, 1861, p. 4, c. 1-2
The Women of
Tennessee—Appeal
for Aid for our Army.
There is as much need for blankets and socks for our army, at this time,
as there is for ammunitions of war. Without
the former the latter will be of little value.
Our army must be fed, clothed and equipped well.
For the present, their blankets and socks must be supplied by the
munificent bounty of the women of the South.
Having
the agency of this service for the State of Tennessee, I make an earnest appeal
to the mothers, wives and daughters of the State to come forward with united
hearts and hands to meet this necessity.
I
submit the following as a safe and prompt system by which every family in our
cities, towns, and country places may make their contributions at once, viz:
First.
Let every family resolve to give whatever can be spared in money,
blankets, socks (wool or cotton), wool, whether spun or unspun, linseys or
cotton goods.
Second.
Let those donations be delivered to agents (say the postmasters) in every
town and country district in the State, who shall make a memorandum of each
article and its value, when delivered to them.
Third.
Let these agents deposit the articles donated, in the hands of the county
court clerk of each county, and take his receipt for the same.
Let this be done once a week for four weeks.
Fourth.
Let the county clerks make their shipments weekly to the nearest
quartermaster's office, and take his receipt for the same.
The cost of transportations may be charged to the government.
This
system, carried out promptly and in good faith, will supply the wants of our
sons and brothers who have nobly gone forth to defend our homes, our property,
our independence, our ALL. A prompt
and liberal response to this appeal will give a more eloquent and real
expression of patriotism than can be given by words that glow and tears that
burn.
The
war of invasion now upon us was unsought and earnestly deprecated by the South.
Every negotiation and compromise for peace, compatible with duty and
honor was offered in good faith by the South.
It is therefore a war of necessity on our part—a war of self-defense.
We have gone into it with an intelligent conviction of duty, and an
unwavering trust that "the Lord of Hosts is with us, and that the God of
Jacob is our refuge." There is
also a conviction, almost universal, in the minds of our people, that we will
come out of this baptism of suffering and blood, a purified, homogenious [sic] and
happy nation. Let all who have
either property or constitutional liberty come forward at once, with willing
hearts, to make their offerings upon their country's altar. If we do our duty, the struggle will soon be over, and in
five years we will be the most united and prosperous people on the globe.
Our mothers, wives and daughters are with us in this struggle, showing by
their zeal, their labors and their prayers, a devotion, not less earnest, deep
and real, than their brave brothers, who have charged upon the cannon's mouth.
We, therefore, assign to them the agency of this noble and needed
charity, with entire confidence that it will succeed.
We
should be pleased to see this or a better system adopted in every State of the
South.
Newspapers
of the State and of the South will please copy.
John P. Campbell,
Assistant Com., C. S. A.
Nashville,
September 2, 1861.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 8, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
At the
Quartermaster's Department in Richmond there have been received there 5,000 of a
new kind of shoes, of a rather curious description, that promises to answer well
in a great scarcity of shoe leather. The
upper portions of the shoe are made of canvas instead of leather.
The canvas is prepared so as to make it impervious to the weather, and
is said to be equal in comfort, durability and in all respects of wear the best
of shoe leather.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 8, 1861, p.
3, c. 3
Sewing
Society Removed.—The South Memphis Ladies' Sewing Society have removed their
headquarters from the Baptist church to the house formerly occupied by J. D.
Goff, on the west side of DeSoto street, near Linden.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 8, 1861, p.
3, c. 3
Musical
Soiree—A musical soiree will be given on Tuesday evening next at the
theater; the Culprit Fay, and the Floral Festival will be the pieces.
Solos, duets, quartettes, and fine choruses will give variety and spirit
to the performance, which is for the benefit of the Missouri soldiers.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
1, c. 2
Summary: Organization of the
Soldier's Aid Society of the third ward, Memphis
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Wife
Whipper.—George Welaner was yesterday arrested by officers Sullivan and Irby,
on the charge of whipping his wife. He
had a cowhide hid under his coat when the officers arrested him.
He was fined $20 by Recorder Moore.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Dr.
Currey.—This gentleman, physician at the Southern Mother's Hospital, has been
made Assistant Surgeon of the Confederate army, and detailed to that hospital
for duty. We shall have something
to say to-morrow of a visit we have made to this institution.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Memphis
Lace.—We were yesterday shown a specimen of lace, of the kind known as pointe
applique, which was worked by a lady of this city and will be presented to
the lady of President Davis. It
contains twenty-two different patterns and will compare favorably with the best
European production of the kind.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Generous.—Messrs.
Quinby and Robinson have undertaken to donate $50 monthly to the Southern
Mother's Home. That society now
occupy two of the stores and houses in the Irving block, and a portion of a
third, the proprietors, Messrs. Cook & Co. letting them have the tenements
rent free, the society paying only taxes and insurance.
The society acknowledge a donation of $250, made by the county court of
Phillips county, Arkansas.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Tableau
Vivants.—This most successful performance resulted in the receipt of $656 50.
The expenses were $64 50, leaving for patriotic and benevolent purposes
the handsome sum of $592, of which $200 were appropriated to Jeff. Thompson's
Missouri volunteers, $192 to the Southern Mother's Home, and $200 to the City
Orphan Asylum. In many instances the dresses of the ladies and gentlemen
engaged, cost heavy sums, but their money and toil are cheerfully put in tribute
for their country's need and the
sacred claims of charity.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
In
Pants.—Yesterday, the police arrested Ellen Bosquis, a fine, tall woman of
five feet ten inches, on the charge of being in man's clothing.
She had on pants that were full made and tied at the ankle, and a
handsome uniform of the Confederate army. It
proved that she was a vivandiere of the army, and had accompanied her regiment
from New Orleans to Richmond, Va., at which place she obtained a furlough to
come and see her friends in this city. Of
course she was set at liberty.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 3
Summary: Report of the Southern
Mothers' Home for August, 1861
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 3
Two
Bodies Found.—On Sunday the bodies of two children were found in a sand pit,
on the bluff between Beal and Union streets.
Esq. Mallory held an inquest, when a verdict of death from abortion was
rendered.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p.
1, c. 3
A
Southern Merchant in New York.—The following, from the New York Herald,
shows what befel [sic] a southern merchant who wanted to buy goods in that corrupt
city:
Detective Wilson arrested John Sleight, of Galveston, Texas, yesterday afternoon,
on the suspicion of being a Secessionist. The
prisoner, on being brought to police headquarters, stated that he was a member
of the firm of William Hendley [sic] & Co., of Galveston, and that he was here to
buy goods in the event of the blockade being removed.
He was in the habit of spending about eight months of the year North, but
had never come on to buy goods before. In
the possession of the prisoner was found a letter from his business partner
which referred to the purchase of some goods, but nothing else of any interest
or importance was discovered upon his person.
Superintendent Kennedy discharged Mr. Sleight on the condition that the
latter would drop in and see him occasionally.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
A
correspondent, in a lengthy communication, suggests that in addition to the
articles of wearing apparel, such as winter coats, shirts, socks and blankets,
which the patriotic women of the South are preparing to make their brave
defenders as comfortable as possible during the coming winter, there should be
added the item of woolen mittens. The idea is a good one, as the article is one
that will be found indispensable to the comfort and health, and a prompt
discharge of the arduous duties that will devolve upon our soldiery in a more
northerly clime than that to which they have been accustomed.
We feel confident that the suggestion will be promptly responded to as
possible. Southern ladies will not
be found remiss.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Mountain Riflemen—Honor to Old Warren.
A mountain rifle regiment of Tennessee volunteers, for the Confederate
service, was organized at Camp Smart, near McMinville [sic], on Saturday, 7th
inst., by the election of the following officers, viz:
B. J. Hill, Colonel; J. D. Spurlock, Lieutenant-Colonel; Jo. Brown,
Major. . . In this connection, we may be permitted to refer to the noble and
patriotic part that Warren county is playing in this war for independence,
liberty and existence. Her women
are all engaged in weaving cloth, knitting socks or spinning yarn. She
has already furnished ten full companies and fragments of other companies for
the service, out of a voting population of 1600 men, and many of those remaining
at home are engaged in working the saltpeter caves in the mountain, four of
which are within the limits of Warren.
We
thus have the noble example of a whole county, men and women, giving
their time and services to the glorious cause of the South.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
Large
Business.—General Dix has ordered the vice police of Baltimore to stop the
sale of Confederate flags, badges and envelopes, and also the likenesses of
President Davis, Generals Beauregard, Lee, Johnston, and all persons citizens of
the Confederate States. Persons wearing red and white neckties have been
compelled to take them off, under the threat that if they refused they would be
taken to the station house. One
gentleman had exposed in the show case of his store a pair of infant's socks,
knit of red and white yarn. He was
compelled to remove them, the vice policemen asserting that the colors were
those of the Confederates. The
exchange says:
All
day Thursday the police were busily doing this dirty work.
Some of them felt that they were engaged in a low business, and in some
few instances apologized for their conduct, remarking that want of bread alone
compelled them to be the tools of their superiors.
The little boys on the street, who have been earning a living for their
widowed mothers and destitute brothers and sisters, were stopped and warned that
if they continued to sell the songs they would be arrested.
Accordingly, "Abe's Lament" will no longer be heard on the
streets.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
To the Ladies!
Fashionable
and
Elegant
Dress Making,
In All Its Varieties!
Ladies furnishing their rich and costly materials may rely on being
artistically fitted, and their work finished in the most prompt and efficient
manner, at the lowest possible prices.
Mantillas,
Waists and Children's Clothing, cut and basted at the shortest notice, from the
latest Paris designs.
M. Carter,
No. 327 Main street,
Over Messrs. Jones & Tagg's
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Speed, Donoho
& Strange
314 Main Street, Memphis,
September 7th, 1861.
Another addition to our stock.
300
Gross Military Buttons,
Best
Quality Staff Buttons,
50
Pounds Black Sewing Silk,
150
doz. Spool Flax Thread,
4-4
Georgia Brown Shirtings,
Unbleached
Canton Flannels,
Fine
Gray Broadcloth,
Colored
Hoop Shirts, [sic?]
Fancy
Traveling Blankets.
We Are Still Having Manufactured
Enameled
Cloths, All Widths,
for
Knapsacks,
Etc.
Also Manufacturing Continually Large
Quantities of
Waterproof
Camp Rugs,
Waterproof
Mexican Blankets,
Waterproof
Military Cloaks.
We are
also prepared to have any amount of Tent, Knapsacks and Haversacks made at short
notice. Shall soon receive 2000
yards "Southern made" Gray Flannels of superior quality.
Speed,
Donoho & Strange,
214 Main street.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Mothers'
Hospital.—This institution, now located in the Irving block, has grown from a
little effort, with thirty beds to start on, to the dignity of a Confederate
States hospital, whose walls on Sunday last, inclosed [sic] no less than 497
patients. This success, in a great
measure, is due to the exertions of Dr. Currey, the physician of the hospital.
Of the above patients 181 were allowed furloughs to go to their friends;
75 were taken into private families; 2 died, one of them from the effects of an
overdose of opium administered to him in camp.
In the hospital there are now 300 beds, and room for 150 more.
No money from the Confederate States has hitherto been used; volunteer
efforts having, so far, met all demands. We
passed over the hospital on Monday and found it well arranged, and the men
attended to with unremitting kindness. It
is fortunate for the sick soldier that such care is ready for him in his need.
The unselfish philanthropy of those good women who take the convalescent
patient and nurse him to health at their own homes, is admirable, and worthy of
all praise.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 12, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
A
Great Crime.—There are some crimes so shameful in their nature, the result of
depravity so polluted and degrading, that every one hates to think, much more to
speak about them; the consequence is, that those who commit them often get off
unpunished, when criminals of far less deep a dye have to endure severe
penalties. This is not just, and
where the crime obtains some degree of prevalence, it is not politic.
Our readers will remember that on Sunday last, in a sand hole on the
bluff opposite the Gayoso House, the bodies of twin babes were found, and that
the coroner and jury returned a verdict to the effect that death in the case was
the result of abortion. Our
detective police, aided by Capt. Klink, have been engaged ascertaining the
particulars of this infamous affair. We
learn that their investigations have led to the knowledge of most atrocious and
revolting particulars, implicating close and allied members of the same family,
and that family one of respectability and standing.
What course is to be taken in such a case as this?
Is the blackness of the guilt, and the disgrace than an amiable family
must suffer for [fold in paper] faults of some of its erring members, to ba[fold
in paper] the interference of law; or is "justice to be [fold in paper]
though the heavens fall?" In a
late instance, an attempt was made to bring a notorious individual to justice
for engaging in the murderous business of abortion, but a very heavy amount of
money—we speak on the authority of the police—removed the principal
witnesses and defrauded justice of its due.
The numerous instances of finding the dead bodies of infants in or near
this city, as recorded in the books of the coroner, intimate that if the law has
been lax toward this class of crime, it is time the day of indulgence were past.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
True
Patriotism.—The following interesting incident has been handed us for
publication: "Among the
numerous instances of patriotism I must not fail to mention that which was
displayed by our little Tipton boy, Billie Irvin.
He was very anxious to do something to relieve some of the suffering
soldiers during their winter campaign, but being only ten years of age, he was
at a great loss to know what to do.
"As
he and his companion, Wallace, were earnestly conversing on the subject,
Billie's countenance brightened, and he exclaimed, "Wally, I have it now;
we will catch my little lambs and shear them and then get some kind lady to knit
the socks," so they went to work immediately and soon had the lambs
sheared. Billie took the wool and
burred and scoured it ready for use. Two
little girls have volunteered to "knit the socks for the soldiers."
Is not this true patriotism?
Cheer up, noble soldiers, if all down to children nine years old take
such deep interest in your welfare, you'll never suffer as long as one is left
on southern soil."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p. 2. c. 5
Health of the Soldier.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
Of all
subjects, that which relates to the comfort and health of the soldier, is of
paramount importance. The following
letter, from a planter in North Carolina, is of the first interest, as
disclosing a fact which, though differing from the established usage of the
bureau of clothing—whose regulations, like the laws of the Medes and Persians,
never change—is well known to many in the South; and has been acted on for
years past with the best results. We
need add nothing to the argument of the writer, backed, as he is, by that best
of all principles—experience.
The
factories of the South, and the nimble and willing fingers of our southern
women, can, in one month, in their hours of leisure from other pursuits, furnish
a sufficient number of socks for the whole campaign. We
would only add, that the article should be manufactured long enough to come well
up above the ankle, and from a size of yarn sufficiently large to form a
material bed for the foot to rest on.
We
hope this letter will have general circulation given to it by the patriotic
press of the South—with the benefit of such comments as will call especial
attention to it:
Warren Co., N. C., Sept. 4, 1861.
Dear
Express: All the circulars which I
have seen, both from Governors and societies, in relation to clothing for the
army, call for wool instead of cotton socks for our soldiers—an unintentional
error, which I wish to correct. Cotton
socks are decidedly warmer, cheaper and more durable than wool.
Cotton is cheap and abundant; wool is scarce, dear, and should be
appropriated to clothing and blankets for the army.
Woolen socks are warmest when first put on, but they excite an unnatural
amount of perspiration, which cannot be evaporated by animal heat, and therefore
soon becomes saturated and cold. Cotton
ones invite a uniform and continued glow, and no more moisture than they can
absorb while clean. The truth and
philosophy of this will be manifest to those in the habit of wearing India
rubber shoes, which create undue warmth, and prevent the escape of moisture. I am subject to cold feet in winter, and for many years have
given both kind of socks an impartial trial, and shall send cotton socks to my
sons in the army, although we have three years clipping of wool.
To those who will not be convinced, I would respectfully suggest that
they have the yarn mixed with equal parts of both material in carding, or a
strand of each, as such will be more durable and less subject to sweat.
To
keep the soldiers' feet warm, and prevent them from taking cold, they should
change their socks three times a week; bathe their feet and necks in cold water
every morning; and their feet should be bathed again, or rubbed with snow just
before standing guard.
Macon.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
A
German Effort.—A portion of the German population met on Wednesday
evening—Dr. Laski president, Mr. Steinkuhl vice-president, and Mr. Mahler
secretary—when it was resolved that it was the duty of that part of our
citizens to help forward the patriotic and benevolent efforts of the day.
It was also resolved that an entertainment of a musical and dramatical
character should be given by them—to aid which Mr. Boetner offered his
services as manager and those of his family as performers—the proceeds of
which should go to the assistance of the destitute families of Memphis
volunteers. The meeting was
adjourned until to-morrow evening, at Mr. Steinkuhl's.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
A
Presentation and a Baptism.—Yesterday afternoon the Garde Civile, the popular
French company, accompanied by the City Guard, marched to the house of Madame
Simon, on Shelby street, where they were presented by that lady with a handsome
flag. The two companies then, on
the invitation of Adolphe Bernard, Esq., of the Gayoso House, proceeded to the
residence of J. C. Rodner, Esq., at Fort Pickering. Arrived there the two companies formed a circle, and beneath
the waving folds of the Confederate flag—opposite which floated the
tri-colored flag of France—the infant son of Mrs. Bernard, a fine boy of two
days old, received the rite of baptism, administered by the Rev. Mr. White.
The occasion was a striking and interesting one, and our friend Adolphe
vows that his young son, if spared to him, shall be the devoted defender of the
flag beneath which he received his baptismal name.
Ainsi-soitil.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p. 3, c. 1
The Twin Children.
Editor Appeal: I almost
regret to destroy the various romances I see founded on a very simple but
unfortunate occurrence—and reduce to common mundane matter—the stories
"horrible and awful" at the present moment exciting the newspaper
world of Memphis. I think, however,
I may as well clear up the mystery concerning the foeil [?] found in the sand
pit in front of the Gayoso house, by stating that I was present professionally
at the miscarriage of the mother, a married woman, whose husband was also
present on the occasion, and to both of whom the misfortune seemed to be a
source of much grief. The foeil [?]
were of about four month's growth, and of course required no regular funeral
preparation. I suggested to the
father placing them in a box and burying it, but from the thoughtlessness in the
person entrusted with the charge, they were, I have since ascertained, wrapped
in a paper, with a brick attached, and sunk in a deep sand pit, at that time
full of water. As soon as the water destroyed the envelopes and decomposition
began to take place, the bodies of course rose to the surface and were
discovered.
While
I appreciate the endeavors of the police and others to ferret out all such
supposed crimes, (happily of comparatively rare occurrence in our city,) which
should under all circumstances be strictly investigated—I am glad in this
instance to clear up a matter in which circumstances seemed to justify suspicion
of guilt and crime.
W. T. Irwin, M. D.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 14, 1861, p. 1, c. 3
Medicines for the Army.
An experienced army surgeon in Virginia, gives the following list of
articles much needed by the sick and the wounded.
He says:
Such
persons as are inclined to do so, can contribute to the necessities of the sick
and wounded, should we get into a battle, by making up a box of bandages, and
furnishing any amount of any kind of medicines. A package of bandages might be made up as follows:
Take a piece of coarse, unbleached sheeting from eight to ten yards long,
and tear into stripes:
1
dozen,
½ inch wide.
2
"
2 inches wide.
3
"
2½ " "
4
"
3 " "
4
"
4 " "
These
should be rolled tightly and the loose end pinned.
Several
pounds of tow.
Curved
splints of all sorts.
Oil
cloths, 20 dozen.
Pillow
cases, 2 dozen.
Sheets,
4 dozen.
Flannel,
a bolt. All are needed.
Should
any one take a notion to fit out a box of medicine and hospital stores, the
annexed is a list of the articles most needed:
For a Regiment.
Simple cerate, 10 pounds; basilicon ointment, 5 pounds; chloroform, 2
pounds; creosote, 6 ounces; liquor ammoniae, 5 pounds; blue mass, 1 pound;
morphine, 5 drahms; spirits turpentine, 5 gallons; sugar of lead, 2 pounds; powd.
gum arabic, 4 pounds; powd. cayenne pepper, 1½ pound; powd. ipicac, 1 pound;
Dover's powder, 1 pound; powd. opium, 2 pounds; powd. mustard 12 pounds; crushed
sugar, 2[illegible] pounds; spirits of nitre, 1½ gallon; brandy, (good), 24
bottles; wine—port, madeira or sherry—24 bottles; Bourbon whisky, 24
bottles; opium gum, 2 pounds; Sabaraque's disinfectant, 3 bottles; chloride of
lime, 5 pounds; Seidlitz powders, laudanum, paregoric, es. peppermint, tinc.
capsicum, liniments, cathartic pills, any quantity.
The
foregoing is an imperfect list, but may serve as a sort of guide for any person
who may be moved by feelings of benevolence or duty to get up supplies for a
regiment.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
1, c. 3
Mosquitoes.—Our
citizens are generally complaining of great annoyance of those little pests.
Some assert that they cannot sleep at all, on account of their little
hungry "cousins" singing around their ears the live-long night, and
preying upon them. We have heard of
various remedies to keep them off—one is to place a piece of raw, fresh beef
near your bed—they will all be attracted to it, and forget you.
Another infallible mode of preventing their bites is to divest yourself
of all clothing, and give yourself a thick coating of tar, from head to foot,
then lie down—not a single mosquito will annoy you. You can wash off the tar, at your leisure, with strong ley
and turpentine. By the way, we have
been informed by a bachelor friend that it is only the female mosquito that is
at all a pest. This is
characteristic of the whole female race.—Oxford Intelligencer.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
The
Franklin (Tenn.) Review says that the young ladies of the Tennessee
female college, in that place, knit socks for the soldiers one hour in each day.
This is done at the suggestion of the esteemed president, C. W.
Callender, than whom, the Review adds, there is not a more accomplished
gentleman and efficient educator in the Southern Confederacy.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
The
Franklin Review states that Mrs. McFadden, residing in Williamson county,
has knit fifteen pair of socks for our volunteers already, and is still
engaged in knitting. If all of the
gentle sex would evince this spirit of practical patriotism, there will be no
complaint of our soldiers, being badly clothed the coming winter.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
2, c. 5
The
West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter, of the 7th inst., says:
One of
the committee appointed to collect blankets, etc., in this parish, for the
volunteers, says that in his tour, he received from several slaves, and that
too, without hesitation or without being asked, the new blankets given them by
their masters for winter use. Are
not such donations more patriotic than those of the richest white men?
As soon as this fact became known, the "poor down-trodden
slaves" were doubly compensated for their temporary deprivation.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Red
Peppers.—We have received a communication signed "Many Soldiers,"
desiring us to make known to the good ladies of the country that the soldiers
need very much a supply of red pepper, dried, powdered, and put up in bottles,
and that such an article would be conducive to their health and comfort.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Summary: Presentation and
acceptance speeches of the Guard Civile Francaise of Memphis, flag presented by
Mrs. Simon.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 13, 1861, p.
4, c. 1
Summary: Description of the Augusta
Arsenal, as reported by the Savannah Republican.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 15, 1861, p. 2, c. 2
Patriotic.
The ladies, in the back country around Memphis, in every direction, are
working for the soldiers night and day. Such
sewing and knitting was never seen since the world began.
Ladies—young, middle-aged and old—who never worked before, are now
engaged "from early morn to dewy eve," and from that to "the wee
sma' hours" of the night, sewing and knitting, and in every way working to
shield their brave brothers and friends in the field from the cold blasts and
the wet marches of the ensuing winter. All
honor to them. They are entitled to as much honor and glory as those who bare
their bosoms to the leaden hail, and march along the perilous tides of battle
upon the open field.
Three
young ladies, of Carmel church neighborhood, in Marshall county, Mississippi,
sent down yesterday, by the hands of Col. J. P. Pryor, for Gen. Jeff. Thompson's
brigade, the following articles, all "raised" and manufactured by
their own fair hands: Twenty pairs
of pantaloons, fifty-three pairs of drawers, and eleven pairs of socks.
All this was done by only three young ladies, in a few days, and on short
notice; and this is but a sample of what the ladies are doing for the
Confederate soldiers all over Tennessee and Mississippi.
Only a
few nights ago, the patriotic ladies of La Grange, Tennessee, gave a series of tableaux
vivants, charades and chansons, by which they raised over two hundred
dollars to supply their gallant defenders who are now in the field in Missouri
and Kentucky.
The
truth is, if this good work goes on at this rate all over the South (as we hope
it will) our soldiers will be better supplied during the coming winter, than
many of us who are compelled to stay at home.
And this is right. "The
brave deserve the fair."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 15, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
The Health of Our Army.
Editors Appeal: In preparing
clothing for the use of the army, there may be some doubt as to the relative
value and proper uses of wool and cotton. It
should therefore be understood that woolen goods conduct off the heat of the
body more slowly than cotton, and are, as a general rule, to be preferred.
They are also more porous, and permit a freer evaporation from the
surface, thus making a single thin covering of woolen more comfortable in summer
than one of cotton goods. Woolens,
however, by their greater stimulation of the skin, excite more perspiration than
cottons, and if corresponding evaporation be prevented by impervious covering,
the body is kept too moist, and liable to become chilled whenever evaporation is
permitted. If the feet are covered
with water-proof shoes or boots, therefore, cotton socks are found to be warmer
than woolen; and if woolen socks be worn, thin cotton socks should be worn under
them, to lessen the amount of perspiration.
So, if woolen shirts be worn, great comfort is secured and health
preserved, provided free evaporation be permitted through the outer clothing,
but if a close tunic of rubber-cloth be worn over the clothing, the body soon
becomes wet, and liable to be chilled whenever free evaporation is permitted.
As a
general rule it is better that soldiers be supplied with cotton socks; but they
should be thick, and if possible, the bottom should be thicker than the rest.
Blankets are preferable to comforts, because they permit a gradual
evaporation of perspiration, rendered the more necessary with soldiers from
their sleeping sometimes in their clothes worn during the day.
Wrapped in an impervious quilt, they may sleep warm, but they rise from
their slumbers bathed in perspiration, and on being exposed to the cool air of
the morning they become chilled by the rapid evaporation, and this is at that
that time more injurious because the stomach is likely to be empty. As a precaution against sickness, however, soldiers should,
on going to rest, throw of the clothing worn during the day, and this can
generally be done except when sleeping on their arms in presence of the enemy.
A. P. Merrill.
Memphis,
September 14, 1861.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 15, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Tableaux
and Music.—On Tuesday night, at the theater, a benefit will be given for the
society of the Home for the Homeless, by young ladies of Memphis.
A beautiful and varied entertainment has been prepared, consisting of
splendid tableaux and charming music.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 15, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Concert
for the Soldiers' Widows and Orphans.—A second concert for the benefit of the
soldiers' widows and orphans, is in course of preparation, and will be given, we
are informed by Professor Katzenbach, on Thursday next.
The programme promises to be unusually varied and entertaining.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 15, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Military
Aid Society.—We are requested by Mrs. E. H. Porter, president, and Miss L. W.
Trout, secretary of the Military Aid Society, to ask all managers of auxiliary
societies to report themselves on Monday evening at 8½ o'clock, at the
headquarters in Adams' block, Second street, bringing with them all the work
they have belonging to Col. Forrest, who is about to leave the city.
The society earnestly calls upon the ladies of Memphis to assist them in
sewing for destitute soldiers, as they have much work on hand and greatly need
assistance.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 15, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
With
grateful feelings I acknowledge receipt of the following donations, for the
benefit of Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson's command of Missouri troops: . . .
Received
by W. Howard & Co., from "Aid Association" of Oxford, Miss., 4
boxes supplies, containing. . . . ; by C. E. W. Miller and Miss Isadora Miller,
the making of 3 banners, 1 bottle of ointment for soldier's feet.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 15, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Summary: Article, partly concealed
in fold, on supplying New Testaments for soldiers
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 17, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Speed, Donoho
& Strange
314 Main Street, Memphis,
September 17, 1861.
Are this day in receipt of
3,000
doz. Wadding for Tailors' use.
5,000
pounds Batting for Quilts and Comforts.
5,000
yds. Georgia Shirtings.
100,000
yards Osnaburgs, to arrive.
500
Gross Military Buttons.
1,000
yds. Hickory Shirting.
50
pounds Best Bl'k Sewing Silk.
Have Also,
600
yds. Superior Gray Satinett,
Gents'
Shawls and Shawl Blankets,
1,200
yds. French Merinos,
120
pairs Bed Blankets.
Still Manufacturing Large Amounts of
Waterproof
Camp Rugs,
Waterproof
Camp Cloaks,
Waterproof
Military Cloaks,
Enamelled
Cloth for Haversacks, etc.
Speed, Donoho & Strange
314 Main street.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 18, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
All
Honor to the Ladies.—The Bolivar (Miss.) Times, of the 14th
inst., says:
Only
last week we mentioned the fact of over one hundred suits of winter clothing
having been sent in charge of Capt. Wilson, to the Miles McGehee Rifles, now in
Virginia. These were all made by
the ladies—friends of the absent soldiers—several young ladies in the
vicinity of Concordia, making as many as twelve and fifteen suits, and we are
credibly informed that they were exceedingly well made.
Others have been busy in various ways as circumstances permitted, all
seeming anxious to do everything in their power. Many of our planter's wives have donated the blankets from
their own household goods, and supplying their place with comforts.
Already over forty pair of warm woolen socks have been sent on; more wool
has been procured, carded, spun, and now many busy fingers are daily at work in
this benevolent undertaking. We venture that the ladies of few counties
throughout the State have done more for the relief of the soldier's wants than
have those of Bolivar county.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 18, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Military Hats.
We are now receiving and have in store:
15,000
Gray and Brown Hats.
5,000
Black Hats, made expressly for the army.
Black
and Brown Planters' Hats
do
do Low Crown Soft
French.
do
do Medium
do do
do
do Hungarian
Pearl and Brown French Ventilators, etc.
Military Goods.
Gold Lace, Gold Cords,
Gold
Tassels, Gold Bullion,
Gold
Stars, Silver Stars,
Black,
White, Blue and Red Plumes, etc.
Military
Ornaments.
Crossed
Cannon, Crossed Swords, Bugles, Worsted Hat Cords, etc. etc.
Miler & Dunn [?]
Memphis,
September 18, 1861.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 18, 1861, p. 2, c. 6
A Brave Woman.
A friend has communicated to us the following particulars, showing the
heroism of a lady (Mrs. Julia H. Waugh) in Johnson county, East Tennessee, which
entitles her to a place among the bravest of the brave:
About
the 10th of August a mob of about 150 men in all, led by Johnson,
Grayson, Locke, and others, commenced their depredations and insults in the
county above named, near the North Carolina line, hunting down the friends of
the Confederate government, and forcing the weak and defenseless to take the
oath of allegiance to Lincoln.
A
portion of this mob, some fifty or sixty in number, visited the house of Major
McQueen, and demanded of his wife to know where he was.
She refused, at the peril of her life, to tell them; and after a sound
cursing, which they received from an old negro woman, who had no respect for
Lincoln's minions, they left, and soon after visited the storehouse of Mr. Wm.
R. Waugh, who was absent at the time. Their
Captain marched his men up and surrounded the house, and demanded of Mrs. Waugh
all the arms and ammunition which her husband had.
She told them her husband was absent, and had left her to take care of
the store and defend the family.
They
assured her that if she would quietly surrender the arms, she and the family
would not be hurt. She refused to
comply with the demand, and gathering an ax, placed herself in the door of the
building, and told them she would split the head of the first man who attempted
to enter. She had with her her
step-son, about 14 years of age, armed with a double-barreled gun and
pistol—her daughter about 18, armed with a repeater and a knife, and a young
man who had volunteered to defend the building, was also armed.
They could and would have killed a dozen or so of the mob if the attack
had been made.
They
endeavored to intimidate Mrs. W., but she defied them, and taunted them with the
sight of a Confederate flag; which they had threatened to take from her; but she
told them that before they took that flag they would have to take her, and that
while they were doing that, she would be certain to have her prize in the shape
of a dead tory. And there she
stood, the impersonation of collected courage, defying that large, angry, and
desperate crowd, until at last, cowed, chagrined, and mortified, they slowly
retired, and soon afterward disbanded. The courage and iron nerve of one
woman—on other occasions tender and gentle as a child—had met and turned
back from their purpose some fifty or sixty desperate men.—Raleigh Standard.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 18, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Clothing for the Soldiers.
To the People of Arkansas:
Heretofore,
whenever I have had occasion to address you, it has been as a politician,
discussing questions arising from differences of opinion upon the policy of our
civil government—questions of a character making such differences allowable,
and admitting of delay in their settlement.
But the times have changed; and I—nay, all of us—have changed with
them. Our country is involved in
war. I am a politician no
longer—haven not been since the war begun, and shall never be again; for
should I survive the contest, which I do not expect, I shall, at least, be too
old for the wearing toils of political life, (of which I have long since had
sufficient, if not satisfactory experience)—even if "the fiery
ordeal" we will have passed, shall not (as I trust it will) have purified
my patriotism enough to forbid my giving up, again, to party, what belongs to
our country.
I
appear before you, now, in another character, and for a widely different
purpose. I come as a soldier, and
as the representative of soldiers—of that band of devoted volunteers—your
own sons, brothers, friends and relations, who have left all the comforts and
endearments of home, to stand, as they are now standing, on your northern line,
to defend and protect your State from invasion by a cruel and implacable enemy,
who, but for this defense, would, even now, be polluting your soil with the
tread of mercenary legions, and desecrating your firesides and domestic altars
with fire and slaughter. I come to
ask your co-operation and assistance in the work of making good this, your own
defense. Not that you, yourselves,
should take up arms and enter the service, but that you will contribute, what
you can easily and without inconvenience spare, from your supplies means, and
appliances, in the way of clothing, to protect and defend your own
volunteers—not against the arms of the enemy, but against the inclement
weather of autumn, already upon us,
and the cold of winter, now rapidly approaching—which defense and protection
against the elements are indispensable to enable us to make good your defense
against the enemy; for we are made of flesh, and blood, and nerves, like
yourselves (a little ruder and sterner, it may be); and while we shrink from no
required exposure and complain of no necessary hardships, we are so far human as
to need some seasonable clothing, to shield us from the winds and rains through
the day, and something to cover us when we lie down upon the cold wet ground at
night—if we are to preserve our health, and keep in a condition to perform our
duties with effect.
Let it
be remembered that these volunteers entered the service and left home, early in
the summer, and with only summer clothes—in many instances with only a single
suit. This was under the promise
that the government would, in due time, furnish an abundant supply of suitable
and seasonable clothing. This
promise has failed. Not an article
of clothing has been furnished by the government (either State or Confederate,)
and not a dollar of pay or commutation has been given to the soldier, wherewith
to furnish himself, while his duty to defend and protect you in the safety and
comfort of your homes and firesides—keeps him where nothing of the kind is to
be had. We do not complain of this,
nor blame the government. Doubtless,
the reasons for this failure are good ones, and blame justly attaches to no one.
But the facts remain—the soldiers are without clothing, or the means or
opportunity for obtaining it—they are in a climate several degrees farther
north than they have been accustomed to—a large portion of them (nearly
one-half) have been prostrated and are still feeble from the effects of fever,
measles, and other debilitating diseases—and will perish if exposed, without
the protection of clothing and blankets, to the bad weather of fall and winter.
These
are not questions for politicians, allowing of differences of opinion, and
admitting of delay in their settlement. They
are stern and solemn facts, which challenge the assent of all, and demand
immediate attention. They make up
business which must be done at once, for every citizen, who cherishes the
sentiment of patriotism or humanity, or has a due regard for his own interest.
Who will disregard—who will neglect it?
I am
here, by order of Gen. Hardee, to aid, as far as may be in my power, in giving
effect tot he efforts which I know are already on foot, and, I doubt not, will
be actively continued, for the accomplishment of the object I have set forth.
The following is his letter of instructions, under which I am acting:
Headquarters Upper Dist., Arks. }
Pittman's Ferry, September 3, 1861.}
Colonel:
You will proceed to Little Rock and concert, with the Military Board of
Arkansas, measures necessary to secure clothing for the troops under my command.
The men are destitute of everything—shoes, hats, shirts, socks, drawers,
pantaloons and coats. Unless
clothing is obtained, it will be impossible to make a campaign this winter.
But, independent of this consideration, it is due to the gallant men who
have volunteered in the service of their country, that they should be supplied
with clothing to protect them from the inclemency of the weather, and the rigors
of winter.
The
patriotic citizens of Arkansas, I feel well assured, will respond promptly to
the call made on them by the Military Board.
But it is necessary that they should be made acquainted with the actual
condition of the troops; and it is for this purpose that you have been selected
to go to Little Rock. The people
who are appealed to should be informed that their aid is invoked as the only
means, within our reach, by which the troops can be supplied.
By an
agreement made with me, by the military board, the State of Arkansas agreed to
furnish the troops of that State with clothing, and the State was to receive
from the Confederate States the commutation allowed in lieu thereof.
The military board, I am credibly informed, took proper measures to
procure clothing, beyond the limits of the State—but failed.
The failure was beyond their control.
It was not their fault. They
did all within their power. The
only thing now left is to aid the military board in getting the clothing within
the State. Accordingly, officers
have been sent by me, to the different counties from which troops have been
raised, to inform the people of our wants, and to urge their co-operation and
assistance. It is presumed that
each family in the State has something to spare, which it can give without
inconvenience. The smallest
offering will be acceptable; a pair of socks, a shirt, a blanket—everything
and anything which would keep the soldier warm, and contribute to his health and
comfort. Very respectfully,
W. J. Hardee
Brigadier-General Commanding
To Col. Solon Borland, 1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry.
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That the people, throughout the State, will promptly and cheerfully
respond to this appeal, I cannot and do not entertain a doubt; nor do I deem it
necessary to add anything further than the following brief suggestions of a
practical character, to enable those who desire to contribute, to do so with the
greatest facility and usefulness.
If
practicable, each soldier should have two good substantial suits of winter
clothing—less than this will not enable him to keep clean as well as
comfortable,--more would encumber him on the march. In addition, he should have a good overcoat, and at least one
good blanket! The shirt and drawers
may be of soft cotton; but all the other articles (of clothing, socks and
undershirts) should be of wool. Shoes,
coming well up round the ankles, are better than boots.
Two good pair are needed. Let
all the articles be well made. The
soldier has a poor chance to mend rips and rents.
Where
a lot of clothing for the whole, or a part of a company, shall be contributed in
any neighborhood from which the road to Pocahontas or Pittman's Ferry, goes by a
route nearer than by Little Rock, let it be packed up, properly marked,
forwarded at once to either of the former places, and delivered to the
quartermaster, who will properly receipt for and distribute it.
All that is sent by way of Little Rock should be put in charge of the
Military Board, who will duly forward it.
I have
one suggestion to make here, which, it seems to me, appeals with peculiar force,
not only to the humanity, but to the sense of justice in every citizen.
It is in reference to those individual volunteers (and I know there are
several) in the several companies, who left no relations behind them. Let not
those men be neglected. It is
natural that, in making contributions, we should all think first of our
relations in the army, and provide first for them.
Shall those who have no relations, and are yet defending our homes, which
are not their own, go uncared for? Justice,
humanity, decency, forbid it! Let a
supply of clothing be sent to all. Let
not the mortification that he is forgotten and neglected be the portion of any
one in our ranks. Let not the
disgrace fall upon our state, that those who had least of their own to fight
for, and were the least selfish in volunteering, and were yet among the first to
volunteer, have no place in our remembrance, and receive no portion of the
comfort we prepare for our defenders.
In
order that I may be kept informed of the progress of the work I am here to
superintend, and know when it is accomplished, the company officers who have
been sent into the several counties, in aid of the same, will report to me as
speedily as practicable, at this place, the success which has attended their
efforts.
Respectfully,
Solon
Borland.
Col. 1st reg't Arkansas volunteers.
Little
Rock, September 14, 1861.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 18, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
News
Boys' Cries.—The Mayor gives notice in our paper this morning that the news
boys must either stop shouting their news on the Sunday, or he will entirely
stop their sale on that day.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 18, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Last
Night's Entertainment at the Theater.—The entertainment for the benefit of the
Home for the Homeless Association, consisting of songs and tableaux, attracted a
large audience last night at the New Memphis Theater. The performances were as
good as we have ever seen from amateurs, and the music, both vocal and
instrumental, was excellent. We
cannot comment too highly that self sacrificing spirit of patriotism which has
animated the ladies of Memphis in projecting these praiseworthy and benevolent
enterprises. It is a part of the
public duty to patronize them, and we earnestly wish to see them crowned with
eminent success.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 18, 1861, p.
3, c. 3
Southern
Mothers.—We are desired by Dr. Curry to request all members of the Southern
Mothers Association to send as many servants as they can spare this morning
after breakfast to clean the Home from cellar to garret.
He wishes to hire four or five negro men.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
An Insolent
Proclamation from
Gen. Dix.
From the Baltimore South.]
Know
all men by these presents, that I, John A. Dix (no relation to the rebel
"Dix-ie,") knowing the feeling excited in the breasts of our brave
Union army by the combination of colors, known as red, white and red, are by no
means agreeable, do hereby, by virtue of the authority vested in me, by his
majesty, Abraham the First, require and command all police officers of the city
of Baltimore, in the pay of his majesty's government, to suppress and cause to
disappear all substances, whether in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath,
or in the waters under the earth, bearing the said combination of rebel colors.
All babies, having red and white stockings on, will be sent to Fort
Lafayette. All houses built of red
brick and white mortar, must be removed, or painted red, white and blue, in
alternate stripes. All watermelons
must be painted blue on the rind; and all mint candy and barber's poles so
colored are forbidden. All red and
white cows are required to change their spots or take the oath of allegiance.
Red and white variegated flowers must be altered to include blue.
All white persons having red hair and moustaches or whiskers, are hereby
warned to have one or the other dyed blue.
No sunrises or sunsets which exhibit such combinations will be permitted,
on the pain of suppression. Persons
are forbidden to drink red and white wines alternately.
His majesty is, however, graciously pleased to make an exception in favor
of red noses, these last being greatly in vogue among the Federal officers, and
additional luster having been recently been shed upon such noses, by one of my
former predecessors in this command.
Done
at the Baltimore Bastile [sic], this, 4th day of September, the first
year of Abraham's glorious and peaceful reign.
[Signed]
John A. Dix, Maj.-Gen.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Memphis
Novelty Works!
Thos. Leech & Co.,
Corner Main and M'Call Streets,
Memphis, Tennessee,
Manufacturers of
Army Cutlery
and
Brass Castings
of All Kinds.
We are now prepared to receive and fill orders for the following articles, viz:
Infantry Swords,
Cavalry Swords and Sabers,
Artillery Cutlasses and Knives!
Bowie Knives
Of every description.
Bayonets for Shot Guns or Rifles,
Artillery Ames,
Stirrups and Spurs of the latest and most approved patterns, Mullet
Moulds of all kinds, Brass Mountings for Gunsmiths, Brass Mountings for Saddlery
Special
attention paid to repairs of
Printing Presses,
Light Machinery and Machine
Blacksmithing Generally.
We have engaged the services of competent workmen and will warrant our
work to give complete satisfaction. All
orders will meet with prompt attention.
We
will pay a high price for all the old Copper and Brass you can send.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Wanted,
Good Seamstresses,
To Make
3000 Double Breasted Coats,
200 Round Jackets,
2000 pairs Pants,
3000 pairs Draws,
2000 Hickory Shirts!
Also,
Eight good Cutters at the Tent and Military Clothing Manufactory, Ayres'
Block.
J. C. McAllister.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
A
Chronic "Case."—Mary Ryan was yesterday one of the "cases"
brought before Recorder Moore. She
was sent to the calaboose for—it was stated—the forty-ninth time within the
past two years. For one of the
softer sex, Mary has proved "a hard case;" her constancy to the
calaboose releases her from the charge of changeableness usually brought against
lovely woman, and entitles her to be called "an inveterate case," and
that she should be so is "a sad case."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Soap—A
Suggestion.—Mr. Prescott, soap maker, informs us that manufacturers are
obliged to decline large orders of soap, owing to the scarcity of a chemical
ingredient necessary to its composition. He
suggest that country people would to a good work to manufacture for home
consumption and also for camp use for which country made soap is well adapted.
In districts where wood is plenty the manufacture of potash would now
prove very profitable.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Women
on a Bender.—Officer Sullivan yesterday arrested Sallie Smith, Jane Mortes,
and Lizzie Taylor, and Bob, the slave of Wm. Warren, who was driving them in a
hack. They were proceeding along
Main street near Court Square, giving vent to filthy and obscene language.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Memphis
Made Starch—Peres & Co. had a sample of the starch made at their
manufactory, just established in this city, on 'change yesterday.
It was pronounced a fair article and many more orders were offered to the
makers than they could possibly take.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
A
Precious Half Dollar.—We were shown a half dollar yesterday with a dent in it
deep enough to lay the end of the little finger in.
At the battle of Manassas it was in the vest pocket of private M. Cane,
of the New Orleans Tiger Rifles, and its presence there undoubtedly saved his
life.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
There
will be a flag presentation to the Ninth Arkansas Regiment, at 10 o'clock this
morning, near the Fair Grounds.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 19, 1861, p.
4, c. 1
From the Boston Herald.]
The Civilians at
Bull's Run.
By H. R. Tracy.
Have you heard of the story so lacking in glory,
About
the Civilians who went to the fight,
With everything handy, from sandwich to brandy,
To
fill their broad stomachs and make them all tight.
There were bulls from our State street, and cattle from
Wall street,
And
members of Congress, to see the great fun;
Newspaper reporters (some regular shorters)
On a
beautiful Sunday went out to Bull Run.
Provided with passes as far as Manassas,
The
portly Civilians rode jolly along,
Till the sound of the battle, the roar and the rattle
Of
cannon and musketry, drowned laughter and song.
Their hearts were all willing to witness the killing,
When
the jolly Civilians had chosen their ground;
They drank and they nibbled—reporters they scribbled,
While
the shot from the cannon were flying around.
But nearer the rattle and storm of the battle
Approached
the Civilians, who came to a show;
The terrible thunder filled them with a wonder
And
trembling, and quaking with fear of the foe.
The hell's egg shells flying, the groans of the dying,
Soon
banished their pleasure and ruined their fun.
There was terrible slaughter—blood ran like water—
When
Civilians were pic-nicking down at Bull Run.
Their forms aldermanic were shaken with panic,
When
the Black Horse sweep down like a cloud on the plain;
They ran helter skelter, their fat bodies swelter—
They
fly from the field thickly strewn with the slain.
Oh, save me from their rage!
oh, give me my carriage!
The
Civilians cry out at the sound of each gun;
No longer they're frisky, with brandy and whisky,
No
longer they seek for a fight at Bull Run!
Did they come down there balmy, to stampede the army?
It
would seem so, for how like a Jehu they drive!
O'er the dead and the wounded their vehicles bounded,
They
caring for naught but to get home alive.
For the sharp desolation that struck thro' the nation,
We
hold to account of Civilians and—Rum!
When our soldiers next go to battle the foe,
May
our portly Civilians be kept here at home.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Flag
Presentation.—The ladies of Kentucky, residing in this city, will to-morrow
morning, in Court Square, present a flag to the Kentucky cavalry company, now
forming in this place. The occasion
will be an interesting one, and citizens, especially those of Kentucky birth,
are invited to be present.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Council
Proceedings.—Council met in extra session yesterday. Alderman Morgan, from the Ordinance Committee, first had the
floor.
Apple
Tax.—Ald. Morgan reported favorably on an ordinance to charge a license of $15
a year, on boys and others who sell apples, berries, melons and fruits generally
on the streets. He said the present
rate of license was too high for boys who would sell fruit in the streets, but
they might be able to pay $15 a year. Ald. Robinson
said such boys had no right to pay a license, and the ordinance would prevent
the sale of such fruits in the streets after market hours, as was now the case.
Ald. Morgan remarked that the market ordinance was so mysterious a
document that he had never been able to understand it.
Council wished to leave this street traffic free, and laid the ordinance
on the table.
City
Hospital Physician.—Ald. Morgan reported an ordnance to appoint a hospital
physician. He stated that he has
visited the hospital, which was professedly attended by physicians from the city
without pay. To rely on such
assistance was to rely on a broken reed. The
attendance of physicians was neither prompt nor punctual, and sick persons were
sometimes three or four days without attendance, and it was necessary to appoint
a regular physician. Ald. Merrill
said the attendance, on the voluntary system, had secured as good an attendance
as had been usual when a hospital physician was appointed.
Ald. Morgan said, his own observation had made him acquainted with the
undeniable fact that under the present system the sick in the hospital were not
properly attended to. They had
unfit food, corn bread of unsifted meal with half grains of corn in it.
He doubted not that one half of the deaths there since the first of July,
were the result of improper treatment. Ald.
Robinson said if the hospital steward furnished such food, he ought to be
dismissed. He knew from the Mayor
that, although the city pays ice bills for the hospital, the patients in the
hottest weather are now allowed ice water.
He would move to remove him. The
Mayor suggested that he would probably do better and it would be well to make no
change until the hospital was moved to the navy yard. Ald. Merrill said he was chairman of the trustees of the
hospital. He must acknowledge there
had been abuses and neglect, but he thought not sufficient to make a removal
necessary. He knew when the bad
corn bread was furnished, and the cause of the neglect that led to it being
furnished. He had a specimen of it
sent him, and on its receipt, he had at once driven to the hospital. He himself had shown the woman how to make the bread, and
better corn bread than she makes cannot be found.
He was of opinion that corn bread was better for patients than baker's
bread. Ice was furnished only in
cases ordered by the physicians. He
knew the hospital had cost the city large sums of money; that the rent had been
too high, and bills for medicines shamefully extravagant. He hoped a better state of things would be established in the
new hospital. . .
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Patriotic
Effort of the Ladies. We are
gratified to learn that the ladies of the Christian church, corner of Mulberry
and Linden streets, have completed the organization of an efficient sewing
society, and for some time have been engaged in the patriotic work of preparing
garments for the comfort of the soldiers in camp.
They meet daily in the church, and busy hands are fast turning out well
made articles that cannot fail to be acceptable. The Hunt Guards are indebted
for the making up of their uniforms to this society, and the members, we are
assured, are ready and willing to continue their labors so long as may be
necessary.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
Punch on the War.
From the London Punch's Special Correspondence.]
Charleston, July 26, 1861.
Mr.
Punch—Dear Sir: I have a
proposition to make. Your valuable
journal, world wide reputation, great influence ought to have, like other
papers, special correspondent at the seat of war.
I am the man. In short, was
correspondent by nature. If you
will accept my offer I will telegraph my letters to St. Johns. N. B., whence
they will be forwarded to you via steamers—thus you will obtain details ahead
of all arrivals. Of course, in
sending communications over wires, I must be a concise as possible, to save time
and expense, which may [illegible] a certain twitchness of style; to this,
however, you may not object. Accompanying
letter specimen of my style:
Am now
in Charleston, very center of secessionism.
Was told in North I should be able to get neither lodging nor food in
this city. How absurdly these
things are exaggerated at distance. Found
little or no difficulty in securing fair portion of billiard table on which I
sleep quite comfortably; a little inconvenience in the morning, to be sure, when
they commence for although they have no right to play at my end before seven
o'clock, still it is almost impossible to prevent balls flying about
occasionally. Gentlemen this
morning made winning hazard of back of my head, but they would not let it count,
which I was not sorry for on whole, stroke unintentional I know, but billiard
balls hard, and human nature weak, particularly about lower part back of head.
As for food, live on cover, or something confoundedly like it.
Call it gumbo, have it three times a day.
Yesterday dined off split chicken, looked like arms of Austria broiled.
For breakfast they serve us species of vulcanized pan cake, known I think
(mind, only think, so if mistaken do not set me down as another Mr. Arrowroot,
of Times' correspondence notoriety,) known I think, as corn dodgers, or
flap Jack. One elastic substance
served up with treackle [sic], so as to resemble blister, is I know, called buckwheat
cake.
To-day
witnessed one of institutions of country in its most striking aspect.
Public bar-room at free lunch time.
Most drinking saloons of any eminence spread lunch table from eleven to
one o'clock. Every one who choose
come in, eats as much as he likes and pays nothing.
About 12 o'clock dropt into "Gem;" great crowd people there,
eating, drinking, smoking, talking. Large
table set out, boiled beef, oyster soup, gumbo, dried fish, cheese, crackers,
and bread. Gentlemanly barkeeper
mixing drinks in highly artistic manner, pouring liquor from one tumble to
another in parabolic curve over his head. General
hum of conversation, in which the words "Secession," "Southern
Confederation," "No how you can fix it," "That long,
slab-sided nigger-stealing son of a gun, Abe Lincoln," "No sir ree,
boss," most frequently heard. Shuffling
of feet, clinking of ice in huge pitchers, etc.
Works of art adorn walls—female figures in high style undress most
patronized. Spittoons as large as
bushel baskets generously distributed over marble floors; easy chairs in all
directions—gentlemen sitting on shoulder blades.
Charleston
picturesque old city—quite classic ground—has a ruin somewhere—powder mill
blown up several years ago. People
of Charleston talk about their antiquities—one house eighty years old.
Several fine hotels, two or three excellent churches, and very nice
arsenal. Voluminous market place,
well supplied with okra, squash, pumpkins, peanuts, popcorn, yams, squirrels,
robbins [sic], clams, etc. Mutton
and beef not very abundant. South
Carolina having seceded from butcher's meat.
City Hall a neat little edifice. Postoffice
somewhere in church. There is a
good deal of sea, and bay, and water of one kind and another round about, with
several forts in it and on it. Good
esplanade, called White Point Garden—walks macadamized with peppermint
lozenges, or shells, don't know which; and anyway beautiful effect.
State
of society, generally, very much disorganized.
Bodies armed men patrol streets all night. Every one armed to teeth, if they have teeth; very often have
not in this country in which case, armed to upper lip or organ of
philoprogenitiveness. Have been
arrested five times, brought before vigilance committee; suspicious character,
who was I? where did I come from?
etc., etc. Stated was a personal
friend of Mr. Punch, special correspondent.
All right, let off immediately. Mr.
Punch greatly respected here, next to General
Washington.
Attended
grand caucus last night—great demonstration.
Principal speaker burst all buttons off shirt front, said if Northern
States would only contract to carry the mails as usual, and supply them with
ice, poultry, hay and firearms, South Carolina would never surrender, rather
peris[illegible]. Patriot's grave
better [illegible] something else—patriot's everything better than everything
else, nothing like patriots, in fact, every man not patriot ought to have his
head punched (or words to that effect.) Agreeably
surprised at dignity and decorum with which meeting was conducted—only one
fight, and that attended with no fatal results—wounded man walked down street
next day, expected to recover. Southerners certainly very gentlemanly men, should feel more
at ease in their society if they didn't carry so many bowie knives about, don't
see how they manage it. I only wear
two, one up my back, other down leg of my pants, and small revolver in breast
pocket, still find it inconvenient in sitting down—feel as if I had received
ticket to Orthpedic [sic] Institution, and been very thoroughly treated.
However,
I hope to avoid my unpleasant feeling by carefully conforming to customs of
country, am conforming continually, consequence is, am becoming very
popular—great number of distinguished persons already call me Jim—drink with
every one; this morning took two "stone walls" and a "Gen.
Jackson" before breakfast. After
breakfast met Judge King, invited me to "smile" and we smiled;
presently joined by Deacon Mason, smiled again (in this land, you can smile and
smile, and not be a villain,) result was, I drank three "brandy
cocktails," two "gin slings," one "buttered rum," and a
"moral suasion" by lunch time; obliged to do it in order to maintain
social position. Find I'm getting
very popular; met Gov. Pickens to-day, offered me post of Judge of the Supreme
Court, "when things get fixed up a bit;" informed him I knew nothing
of law; replied it was of "no consequence;" "had I common
sense?" I thought I had; he
considered that quite sufficient; I was "just the man they wanted."
Negroes
less prevalent than I anticipated, and very industrious class of people, seem to
occupy themselves chiefly sitting on barrels, corroding large ears of boiled
corn, exhibiting rows of teeth that look like keys of piano.
Dreadful fall in negroes recently (will rise by-and-by, I suspect).
"Niggers aint worth half what they wos," general sentiment.
Head waiter at hotel weeping bitterly at breakfast, inquired cause; told
he had suffered severe pecuniary loss, three months ago was worth fifteen
hundred dollars, now would not sell for more than seven hundred.
Free niggers go about streets trying to sell themselves in order to
realize before civil war breaks out. My
opinion is, there will be no secession for long.
North will cut off supply of ice, southerners will have none to make mint
juleps, whole South in a state of Ancient Mariner, have to cave in, and there
will be no end of this estrapede. Once
more eagle will soar about prostrate body of defeated anarchy.
Lion will lie down with lamb, everything O. K.
Talking
of customs of country, I wish you would publish accompanying portrait of Colonel
Bronze, gentlemanly proprietor of Pavilion Hotel. Also, portraits of Jim Shookenback, gentlemanly barkeeper,
and Mr. Kelly, gentlemanly porter of hotel.
These little attentions quite usual, I assure you, custom of country.
Hope you will not allow yourself to be influenced by any absurd
preconceived prejudice against puffing; if so, it will seriously embarrass
private arrangements of
Yours,
Gorilla.
[We
have received 1376 applications from gentlemen residing in America, each
applicant offering to become our war correspondent.
We shall see about it; but at the same time it is doubtful whether we
shall want any war correspondent until there is a war.—Eds. Punch.]
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
The
Concert To-Night.—The concert to-night, under the direction of Mr. Katzenbach,
will be a recherche affair. The
orchestra will play the overture from "Strodella." Besides the
selections from "Trovatore," including the Misirere and Anvil Chorus,
the latter in costume, there will be some good popular ballads, such as Home
Sweet Home and other excellent pieces.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Sick
Soldiers.—The surgeon of the Southern Mothers' Hospital, Dr. Currey, desires
us to say that sick soldiers in the city, whether in charge of the Southern
Mothers or not, will be furnished with medicines free of cost by sending their
prescriptions to the office of the Southern Mothers. Physicians in writing prescriptions, will please give names
of patients, company and regiment to which they belong.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Flag
Presentation.—The flag presentation to the Kentucky company forming here, took
place in Court Square yesterday morning. A
great number of ladies and spectators were present.
The presentation was made by Mr. Blackburn in behalf of the Kentucky
ladies residing in Memphis, in a stirring speech.
The flag—a very handsome one with the Kentucky motto, "United we
stand, divided we fall"—was received in appropriate terms by L. W.
Talbott, Esq., a member of the company.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 20, 1861, p.
4, c. 1
Spunky
Woman.—The Asheville, North Carolina News, says that a fellow named
Wiglas, up in Yancey county, was expressing his sympathy for Lincoln, and
venting his treason in abuse of the Southern Confederacy, when Mrs. Medley
knocked him down with a chair, and pummelled him well, and would probably have
pounded his life out of him, had not some one interfered.
The News thinks that a company of such women would whip all the
tories in the South.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 22, 1861, p.
1, c. 4
Commendable.—We
have information that the daughters of James Smith, Esq., of this county, with
the assistance of their cousin Lulie S., have made for the volunteers eight
jeans coats, eight tweed coats, six flannel shirts, six linsey shirts, fifteen
pair of pants, besides a large number of pairs of socks, all of which have been
forwarded, and twenty yards of cloth is now held in reserve for the same
purpose. with such gallant hearted men to defend, and cheered and encouraged by
the fair ones at home, who are ever appreciative and ready to provide for their
comfort, we cannot be crushed out.—Franklin (Ten.) Reporter.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 22, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Wanted!
We wish to contract for one thousand first-rate
Spinning Wheels!
To be delivered in lots of one to five dozen at a time. A good opportunity for country manufacturers.
Taylor & McEwen.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 22, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Hospitable.—On
Friday evening the people in the neighborhood of Main street, where the Ohio
railroad crosses it, turned out spontaneously and generously gave food, fruits
and other refreshments to an Arkansas regiment that was halted there, and wine
and delicacies to those who were sick. The
good Samaritans on this occasion were generally working people, not overflowing
with wealth. Among them were Widow
Knapp, Obers, brothers Cooper, and Peres & Co.
A couple of ladies passing in a carriage from Chelsea emptied their
purses in purchases for them. They
left on the train declaring they should never forget the good folks of Memphis.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 22, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
The
Army Clothing and the Poor.—We regret to learn that information has reached
this city, from authority, that it is contemplated to remove from Memphis the
business of making up soldier's clothing, and having the work of making clothing
for the Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi troops all taken to Nashville.
Mr. Peters commenced in this city, the plan of having the clothing made
by soldier's wives and needy women, paying them a fair price for their labor and
giving the families of the absent an opportunity of obtaining, by their
industry, the necessaries of life. At
this time over three hundred women are employed at this work, two-thirds of whom
are of the families of soldiers now in the service of their country.
The want and destitution that would be the consequence of the threatened
change, just as winter is close upon us, it is perfectly frightful to
contemplate. Even with this work
sad cases of destitution occur. What
will be the condition of those who are left dependent if it be taken from them?
Memphis has been behind none in the devotion of her citizens to the cause
that has called our armies into the field; her sons are among the most ardent,
and a very large proportion of her eligible population have actively engaged in
their country's cause. Her claims
are great, and we hope that those who have influence and power, will not fail to
urge them in the proper quarter, so that the sphere of industry now opened to
the necessitous may not be withdrawn.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 22, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Oh,
Susannah, Don't You Cry!—Whereas,
a proclamation having been issued by the commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy
of this City of Memphis, that little boys with newspapers under their arms shall
not CRY on a Sunday, on pain of calaboose fixins and the stoppage of the sale of
all newspapers on a Sunday:
Be it
ordained by the Honorable Body—which according to the law in such cases made
and provided is destitute of any soul or bowels of compassion—that in
accordance with the proclamation issued by the Supreme Authority aforesaid,
little boys with newspapers under their arms shall not CRY on the first day of
the week, commonly called Sunday. In
its regard for the feelings of soreness, distress, and affliction, which may
trouble any of said little boys, it is further ordained and provided, that each
of said little boys shall carry one pocket handkerchief—either with or without
holes in it—with which to swab up their tears, and choke down their sobs when
they want to CRY on the first day of the week as aforesaid.
Said handkerchief shall not be white, out of regard to the tender
sex of whom the washerwomen form an integral part; neither shall it be green
for said little boys see as much green as is good for their eyes among their
work-day afternoon customers; neither shall it be blue, that color being
reserved for their own noses on cold mornings; neither shall it be red,
it being sufficient that their newspapers be read; but said handkerchief
shall be yellow, that being the signal color of the plague and distress
in all civilized countries, and said little boys are a plague all the week, and
will be in distress on Sundays when they want to CRY and this ordinance wont
allow them to. But said little
boys, when they meet citizens in the streets on Sundays, and want to make said
citizens their customers, are allowed to wave their yellow handkerchiefs, as a
signal that they are in distress and ain't allowed to CRY.
Be it
further ordained by this Honorable Body without a soul, that when said little
boys want to make known what paper they have under their arms, they shall
proceed as follows:
Having
given the signal of wanting to CRY, by waving the aforesaid yellow handkerchief,
they shall indicate what paper they have under their arms, by blowing their
little noses on the aforesaid handkerchief, in the manner and way following,
to-wit: For a Louisville paper, one
snort; for a New Orleans paper, two snorts; for that high toned and well
conducted paper, the Memphis APPEAL, they shall snort as often as they
lie and as loud as they can.
[rest of column torn off]
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 24, 1861, p.
1, c. 3
The
Dog River Factory at Mobile was destroyed by fire on Wednesday last.
Three or four hundred hands are thrown out of employment by the loss of
the factory. There was some
insurance on the property. Mr. Peck, the owner, is a political prisoner at the North.
The
Carrollton Alabamian says Mrs. Lucy Howard, of that place, eighty-seven
years old, has knit three pair of socks for the soldiers.
She has seven grandsons in the Confederate army.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 24, 1861, p.
2, c. 7
Gen.
Wm. H. Carroll.—This gentleman, whose rifle regiment is at Camp Ramsey, has so
rapidly filed up, returned yesterday from a brief visit to Memphis.
He brings with him the arms for the regiment here a specimen of which has
been submitted for our inspection. It
is the ordinary country rifle, altered to carry the minnie ball.
The pieces have all been cut down to a uniform length, and provided with
the saber bayonet, making them at once the lightest, most effective and
beautiful weapon with which any of our Tennessee troops have been furnished.
The regiment here has been actively drilling for some weeks past, under
competent drill-masters.—Knoxville Register.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 24, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Fine Troops.—The
steamboat Prince of Wales, of which Captain James Lee is commander, and
our excellent good friend A. G. Folger is clerk, arrived on Sunday with one of
the finest artillery companies we have seen since the war commenced, being the
Donaldsonville Cannoneers, a company of wealthy and intelligent gentlemen, which
has existed twenty-four years, numbering a hundred and four men.
They brought up with them ninety-two horses and mules, three brass
cannon, three caissons. The fifer
is a tall yellow boy, who weighs three hundred pounds, and has been attached to
the company fourteen years; the drummer is his brother; the two are splendid
musicians. The officers are Victor
Maurin, captain; W. C. Laws, 1st sr. lieutenant; D. Fortier, 1st
jr. lieutenant; M. Cozan, 2d sr. lieutenant; R. P. Landry, 2d jr. lieutenant; P.
Ramires, orderly sergeant. The
parish priest of Ascension, a gentleman highly respected for his worth and
piety, accompanies them as chaplain. Among
their guns is one that was cast in Paris in 1792, bearing the motto "Liberte
et Egalite" (Liberty and Equality.)
It was captured from the French by the English, and from them it was
taken by General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. It was never in the hands of more determined patriots than
those who hold it now. The good
citizens of Bayou Lafourche and of the Confederacy may expect deeds of arms to
be boasted of from such gentlemen and brave fellows as the Donaldsonville
cannoneers.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 25, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
From
the Little Rock Gazette, of the 21st, we learn that Col. S. C.
Faulkner, military store keeper at the Little Rock arsenal, in obedience to
orders received from the War Department, will proceed immediately to establish
an armory, with ample machinery for the making and repairing of all kinds of
arms. Col. F. is instructed to
purchase all the good arms which can be procured, either infantry, cavalry, or
ordnance. It is to be hoped that
every man in the State who has any arms of the kind wanted, will bring them
forward promptly.
The
same paper states that the whole of the lady population of Arkansas seemed to be
engaged in making clothing for our soldiers.
Regiments of ladies are at work. Thimbles
and needles are kept moving. Spinning
wheels which had lain by as useless for years are again strung, and the houses
in the country cheered, night and day, by their music.
The looms are kept busy. No
lady is now prepared to receive her friends without her knitting work in her
hands.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 25, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
We are
badly in need of wool from all accounts to make clothing this winter for our
soldiers. It can be bought in
abundance and at low prices, we notice from the Texas papers, in that State.
Why does not the government make arrangements to get a supply?
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 25, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Woman's Sceptre, the Needle.
There is something extremely pleasant, and even touching—at least, of
very sweet, soft and winning effect—in this peculiarity of needlework,
distinguishing women from men. Our
own sex is incapable of such by play aside from the business of life; but
women—be of what earthly rank they may, however gifted with intellect or
genius, or endowed with earthly beauty—have always some handiwork ready to
fill the tiny gap of every vacant moment. A
needle is familiar to the fingers of them all.
A queen no doubt, plies it on occasions; the woman-poet can use it as
adroitly as her pen; the woman's eye that has discovered a new star, turns from
its glory to send the polished little instrument gleaming along the hem of her
kerchief, or to darn a casual fray in her dress.
And they have greatly the advantage of us in this respect.
The slender thread of silk or cotton keeps them united with the small,
familiar, gentle interests of life, the continually operating influences of
which do so much for the health of the character, and carry off what would
otherwise be a dangerous accumulation of morbid sensibility.
A vast deal of human sympathy runs along their electric line, stretching
from the throne to the wicker chair of the humblest seamstress, and keeping high
and low in a species of communion with their kindred beings.
Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristic, when women
of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never
more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied.
And when the work falls in a woman's lap of its own accord, and the
needle involuntarily ceases to fly, it is a sign of trouble, quite as
trustworthy as the throb of the heart itself.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 25, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
The
Tableaux Vivants.—The entertainment last night, given for the benefit of the
soldiers was decidedly the one of the season, excelling anything of the
kind that we have yet seen, and drawing one of the largest and most brilliant
audiences ever congregated in the theater.
So crowded was the house, that many of the ladies were forced to sit in
the galleries. The "Wreath of
Beauty," consisting of a felicitous interblending of beautiful flowers and
beautiful girls, presented one of the most magnificent pictures of the evening's
panorama, and was second to none, perhaps, except "Jacob's Dream,"
which cannot be spoken of as regards the elegance and taste with which it was
designed, in terms too complimentary. "The Brigand's Watch and Prayer", the
"Literature and the Arts," and the "Scene from Hamlet," were
also excellent. We think the
entertainment will well bear repetition, and draw a full house another time.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 26, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
The
rifle manufactory of Cook & Bro., at New Orleans, seems to have proved a
complete success. Last week they
shipped fifty rifles to the Sunflower Guards, in Virginia, with sword bayonet
attachment, which were pronounced by competent judges to be far superior in
strength, accuracy and range to the original Enfield pattern, after which they
are made. They are making
arrangements which will enable them to turn out twenty rifles per day.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 26, 1861, p.
2, c. 8
Summary: New Memphis
Theater—"Intrigue and Love"; concert of piano by Katzenbach, dance
by ladies, concert by the German Brass band; "Workmen's
Feast"—benefit for the wives and children of our volunteer soldiers in
the field
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 26, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
The
Laboratory.—Under the able management of superintendent Wurzbach and Jesse
Tait, Esq., this establishment is turning out a vast quantity of pills and
powders, made on a prescription considered by physicians to be of great efficacy
in the cases of unacclimated northerners visiting the South without invitation.
We went over the place and found all in beautiful order.
A new furnace is being put up by our friend Brown, which will afford the
means of extending the pill manufacturing part of the business.
The pills are made on a principle that enables them to enter the stomach
without the disagreeable operation of swallowing—they are considered
indigestible, and therefore permanent in their effect.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 26, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
The
Tableaux Again.—We learn that the net proceeds of the tableaux entertainment
given on night before last, show a clear profit of about four hundred dollars.
The patriotic ladies who originated this laudable enterprise, and who
have carried it out with such brilliant success, deserve the thanks of the
entire community. And to none, we
believe, is more credit due than to the Misses Kirk, who, as is universally
conceded, have been behind no others in their prompt and energetic attention to
everything in the conduct of the affair, where their services could be rendered
at all available.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 27, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
The
Israelites.—The Israelites of this city have been behind none in showing their
devotion to the South both by liberal contributions, and by taking up arms in
her defense. The New Orleans Crescent
in speaking of the Israelites says: "They
can be found in considerable numbers in the army of Virginia.
Scarce a regiment but can number from twenty to fifty of them in the
ranks, some more or less, and are well regarded by their officers as cheerful
and active soldiers. Among the 1300
Federal prisoners confined in Richmond, every nationality is represented except
the Israelites. There is no Jew
among them. Besides men, they have
contributed money to the cause and with no sparing hand at that."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 28, 1861, p.
3, c. 1
Cotton
Manufactory.—We hear it confidently stated in the city that energetic parties
have taken in hand the Memphis cotton factory, which they will soon have in good
working order. Hands are at work
arranging the machinery, which is not surpassed by any in the North, and getting
it ready for commencing operations at an early day.
It is expected that well qualified work people can readily be procured,
who have hitherto been employed at the Dog river cotton factory in Alabama,
which was recently burned down. This is a very important movement, and should
meet with every encouragement.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], September 28, 1861, p.
4, c. 2
One of
our writers says that the American ladies, if their services were needed,
"would make brave soldiers." If
they have to take the field, let them by all means wear their fashionable
dresses. The dress worn by day
would serve the wearer as a tent at night.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
The
San Antonio Ledger has the following:
Our
friend, Mr. J. C. A. Navarro, was this morning before Justice Rosenheimier on
charge of an assault, committed on the person of Mr. Narcisso Leal, one of our
prominent merchants. The charge was
sustained by the evidence, which was that Mr. Navarro slapped Leal's face amply
and completely, for saying that the Confederate government was a d__n humbug,
that it had not and ever would pay the troops, etc., etc.
Mr.
Justice Rosenheimier, after wading through the testimony with the utmost
patience, fined Mr. Navarro five cents for the assault; and which he immediately
remitted, as the motive that prompted it was laudable and patriotic.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 6
Stocking
Yarn.—We learn from the Augusta Constitutionalist that the Graniteville
factory has commenced the manufacture of cotton yarn for the making of socks and
stockings—the machinery for the purpose having been recently imported from
England. The yarn is said, by those
who know, to be of the best quality, and it will be sold at reasonable prices.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 1, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
"Charity Begins at Home."
Editors Appeal: I wish,
through your columns, to call the attention of those who are desirous to aid and
assist the soldiers who have enlisted from Tennessee, to the fact that a great
many articles of clothing, provisions, etc., sent to them from home, never reach
them. I would suggest that some
person be selected to whom all such things can be given, and who can go in
person and deliver them. A great
many Tennessee soldiers are suffering for clothing and blankets, and yet,
while this is the case, Tennessee folks are sending clothing, blankets, etc., out
of the State to soldiers who volunteered from other States. It seems to me that the brave relative and friends who have
taken the field for your defense should first be the objects of your care and
attention. They are suffering now
for those comforts at Columbus, Ky., the winter is approaching, and they soon
will march farther northward, and you cannot do them a greater kindness than
to immediately send each one of them blankets and clothing.
I do not wish to thrust myself before the public unceremoniously, but I
am just from Columbus and know what the Tennessee soldiers are in need of and
entitled to receive at your hands. Let
"charity begin at home" is the best motto that can be adopted in this
case.
T. H. Logwood.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 1, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Jewish
Liberality.—On the 22d inst., a meeting of the Israelite ladies of this city
was held at the home of Mr. Strauss, dry goods merchant, where a society was
formed under the name of "The Hebrew Ladies' Association for the aid of the
Volunteers," for the purpose of giving aid and comfort to the Confederate
army. Mesdames Simon and Strauss
were appointed a committee to call upon the Hebrew ladies of this city and
solicit contributions. The Rev. S.
Tuska was elected secretary. The
donations will be sent to the regiment serving under General Jeff. Thompson.
All ladies who have not been called upon and have subscribed, are asked
to send their donations to the houses of Mrs. Strauss or of Mrs. Simons, and
those ladies of the Hebrew faith whose residences are not known, wishing to
contribute will please do the same. Blankets,
drawers, socks, etc., will be gladly accepted.
Already sixty-six persons have contributed to the amount of 108 blankets,
344 pairs of socks, 175 under shirts, 206 pairs of drawers, three pairs of
pantaloons, and one jacket. Some
twenty other subscribers have not yet sent in their donations.
The contributions indicate a very honorable spirit of patriotism and
kindness among the Hebrew ladies.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 1, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Fire
Last Night.—A fire broke out last night, at half-past eight o'clock, in the
engine room, which is entirely of brick, of Messrs. Quinby & Robinson,
machinists and founders, on Poplar street, below Front Row. The flames could readily have been got under, but there was
no water at hand. The seam fire
engine succeeded at last in getting a stream from a pond at a considerable
distance, near the navy yard. Notwithstanding
every effort, the delay in getting water proved fatal to the building.
The engine house was situated in the basement, and from thence the fire
spread in patterns in another part of the basement, and they communicated with a
stock of a thousand barrels of coal.
Above
this was the machine shop containing twelve lathes, a planing machine and three
drill presses. Over that was the
pattern makers shop containing many valuable patterns, the pattern tools, a gear
cutting machine, a valuable piece of machinery and the only good one in the
city, two circular saws, and other valuable articles.
The firm have for some time been turning out several cannon each week,
which were much prized for their superiority.
All the finished cannon were got out except one which was there for
re-boring.
When
the pattern shop got on fire the flames were to a great hight [sic], roaring and
leaping like a monster of prey. The
foundry adjoining was in great danger—the windows all caught fire.
Two Irish boarding house shanties below caught fire, and the large frame
flouring mill of Beattie & Elliott was in great danger.
They and the foundry were, however, saved by the rapid falling in of the
walls, which threw the fire on the ground and prevented it spreading.
The
various fire companies were present, and worked with praiseworthy diligence.
The strong stream of the fire steamer, undoubtedly saved the foundry; the
men threw the stream on the blazing windows while themselves exposed to great
danger from the falling walls. While
Mr. W. Latham and Mr. Welsh, were getting out various articles, a drill press
fell and knocked them down. Latham
was taken up insensible, but by the aid of water was revived.
He had some wounds, but nothing serious.
Welsh was badly hurt, a portion of the heavy press striking his legs.
The
loss, owing to the value of the machinery, was very great. It is a loss to the Confederacy as well as to the
proprietors, for the cannon made at this establishment was the best work of the
kind turned out in the South. There
was an insurance of $20,000 in the Hartford company, Mr. Chadwick, agent, but if
it is ever got it will not nearly cover the loss.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 1, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Fire
on Monday Night.—At half past twelve o'clock on Saturday night a fire, the
cause of which is unknown, broke out in the picture-frame and mathematical
instrument store of M. A. Tiench, on Washington
street, between Front Row and Main street.
Mr. Tiench had just finished about eight hundred brass "sights"
for rifled cannon, all of which, together with his stock of instruments,
pictures, frames, etc., were lost. A barber's shop kept by the negro, Frank; Solomon Crook's
drum manufactory, at the corner of Front Row; Reate & Burr's clothing store,
Cheralli's saloon, and John Shelby's provision store, with nearly all their
contents, were consumed. Mr. Levy,
whose store was near the fire, is reported to have had $3,800 taken from his
safe, from which he was removing the articles it contained.
Mrs. Messenger was saved from a blazing house by the window.
Most of the walls of the buildings, which were old, fell in.
There was little insurance except one sum of $[blank]0,000 in a
Louisville office. The whole loss
was about $40,000.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 1, c. 1
Texas Items.
Cass.—The Jefferson Herald and Gazette of the 19th
ult., says: We are informed that
Mr. J. S. Nash will soon commence the manufacture of rifles at his iron foundery
[sic] in this county. Mr. Nash is
also prepared should it become necessary, to cast improved rifled cannon and
shot and shell."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 1, c. 3
Quinine.
Speaking of quinine, there is nothing that the Yankees have chuckled over
more than our supposed want of this article, the monopoly in this country being
in the city of brother love, and its importation interdicted by the blockade.
They forget in this sunny South, this land of flowers, where fields smile
everywhere with waving corn and the promise of an abundant harvest, we have a
dozen substitutes, and from the herbaria of almost any country housewife its
place may be supplied.
It is
worth a ten years' war to get back to the good old days of hoarhound [sic], boneset
and snakeroot. Did you ever take it
for the ague? Why my dear friend,
though per se it may be a little bitter to the taste, yet dashed with a
little spirits of revolution and a few drops of the blockade, it is excellent,
and the nose of a gay, joyous and wine-loving Frenchman was never more
titillated by the aroma, the bauquet [sic] of his own choice Bergundy [sic],
than yours would be, prejudice aside, by the sweet smell of this self same
snakeroot. Oh!
how I long for the practice of the olden time—to see again some stately
granddam, after hours of begging, coaxing and expostulating, armed with a bowl
in one hand and a switch in the other, plant herself in front of an incorrigible
urchin, with an emphatic "Now take it," from which there is no appeal.
To see him wriggle and twist, with contortions of face and limb so
ludicrous as to make me laugh at this distance of time—to hear him declare, in
the presence of the most orthodox of all grand-mothers, that he would rather get
his catechism than to take it—to see the switch come down kerwhack upon
his irreverent shoulders—all these things afford me the retrospect of a happy
boyhood, and carry me back to the whispering pines, the rippling streams and
purling brook of my own dear Cape Fear land.
To
behold, in after years, this self-same lad, cured of the ague, a man of promise
in the world, the pride of his grand-mother's heart, furnishes a case in
point—as the lawyers say, a strong circumstance to go to the jury—in favor
of the practice; and who blames me for saying, "All honor to the blockade,
snake-root and southern independence."—North Carolina Presbyterian.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
New Dress of the Appeal.
As will readily be observed by our constant readers, the Appeal appears
this morning in a full dress of new type. Its
typographical execution is now quite as good, perhaps, as that of any other
journal in the South, being quite an improvement on what it has been for several
months past. The impression will
become even more distinct than at present in the course of a few days time.
The
liberal patronage bestowed upon us by the public, and the rapid increase of our
daily edition—which fluctuates between nine and thirteen thousand—are
circumstances that fully justify us in the expense incurred by this slight
exhibition of journalistic enterprise.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3
Under
Clothing for the Soldiers.—We have been urged, now that the cold winds of
winter are expected, to request that the ladies of the different parts of the
county turn their attention to the making of under clothing for the soldiers, in
which it is said they stand most in need. All
are aware that the ladies have been untiring in their efforts, and it is only
desired that they should turn their efforts in the direction stated, doing as
they have done, to continue to merit and receive the warm and heartfelt thanks
of the absent soldiers and the approbation of the entire community.—Bolivar
(Miss.) Times.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
The Right Spirit.
From the Raleigh (N. C.) Standard.]
We
conversed with a gentleman a day or two since, who informed us that as soon as
the war had fully commenced he had a loom made, procured a bale of cotton, wool,
cards, spinning wheels, etc., and the females in his family, under the
superintendence of his wife, went to work making cloth of different kinds for
clothing for his family, which numbers about fifty persons, white and black.
His wife and daughters now wear homespun, though he is a gentleman of
good estate.
We saw
Mrs. J. Parker Jordan, whose stirring appeal to the ladies of the State we
publish today, in the ball room at Kittrell's a few evenings since, very neatly
dressed in domestic checks.
This
is the right spirit. We must learn
to live within ourselves, but above all must we incur sacrifices in order that
our brave troops may be comfortably clothed during the coming winter.
Let every woman emulate, especially at this time, the example so
beautifully portrayed by Solomon:
"She
layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hands to the poor; yea, she reacheth out her hands
to the needy. She is not afraid of
the snow for her household for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
*
*
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of
the land. *
*
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread
of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband
also, and he praiseth her."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
Coffee.—This
luxury—esteemed the greater from its present scarcity—is retailing at 38 to
40 cents per pound for Rio in this city; Java has about "ginout."
Rye and barley are being adopted as a substitute, in many families; and
sweet potatoes, beets and ground peas are also brought into requisition.
All these, people say, make a very palatable drink; and we have no doubt,
if we try, we can bring ourselves to believe that each and all make a beverage
equal to the best Java or Mocho [sic].—Augusta Chronicle.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Pic
Nic.—We learn that the ladies living in the vicinity of Collierville and Camp
Abington, which is the location of Col. Looney's regiment, propose giving a pic
nic at the camp on next Wednesday the 9th instant.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Entertainment—The Supper.—The young gentlemen who do not take crinoline to
the entertainment at the theater to-night, and to that recherche, which
has cost fair ladies so much thought and toil, must not be surprised if they
find themselves sent to Coventry before the week is out. Every effort has been made to get up something, both at the
theater and Odd Fellows' Hall, which will contribute to the amusement and
enjoyment of the public. A grand
success is looked for, and the "beauty and fashion" of the city will
be present in force. They like the kindly and patriotic object of the occasion,
and intend to patronize it.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 3,
c. 5
Exhibition
at Germantown.—The ladies of Germantown and vicinity will give a concert with
tableaux, at the Presbyterian church, Thursday evening, the 3d inst., for the
benefit of our volunteers.
Miss Adie Plunkett.
Germantown,
Tenn., Oct. 1, 1861.
Sec'y.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 2, 1861, p. 4,
c. 3
Summary: Pastoral Letter of the
Bishop of Natchitoches, Right Reverend Aug. M. Martin, published in the Catholic
Standard of the 17th ult., in New Orleans.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 3, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
Enfield Rifle.—Col. Lamar's regiment, in camp near Savannah, were armed with
the English Enfield rifle, a few days since.
They were undoubtedly a part of the recent heavy importation.
The News of the 30th, says:
"Great curiosity was evinced by our people to see this new weapon,
and a large concourse of people visited the camp ground yesterday to inspect it.
The regiment comprises a fine body of men, and we have no doubt when an
opportunity presents they will distinguish themselves."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 3, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
The
Richmond Enquirer states that a lady who gave her name as Mrs. Mary Ann
Keith, of Memphis, was arrested in Lynchburg on Wednesday.
When arrested she was rigged out in a full suit of soldiers' clothes, and
had registered her name at the Piedmont House as Lieutenant Buford.
She declared that she was all right on the southern question, and scouted
the idea of being a spy. She said
her reason for dressing in soldier clothes was, that she had determined to fight
the battles of her country, and thought such disguise more likely to enable her
to accomplish her object. She was
sent on to Richmond for a further hearing.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 3, 1861, p. 3, c. 8
October 1, 1861.
Just Received By
Speed, Donoho & Strange,
314 Main Street,
Memphis, Tennessee.
60 bales Heavy Osnaburgs,
300
yds. Heavy Gray Broad Cloth,
4000
yds. Plaid Linseys,
200
doz. Coats' Spool Thread,
200
yds. Blue Broad Cloth,
A few
Choice Hoop Skirts,
Extra
fine 4-4 White Flannels,
600
lbs. Cotton Batting for Comforts,
200
gross Military Buttons,
Best
quality of French Merinos.
Heavy
stock of Carpets!
Still
Manufacturing
Enameled Cloths,
Camp Rugs, Military Cloaks,
Etc.
Shall receive each week 500 to 1000 yds. of
Southern Made Flannels!
Speed, Donoho & Strange.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 3, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Beauregard
Society.—The ladies of the Beauregard Society are requested to meet at the
house of Mr. Hines, next to St. Mary's church, on Poplar street, this morning,
the 3d inst., at 9 o'clock. A full
attendance is desired, as business of importance will be transacted.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 4, 1861, p. 1, c. 1
Texas Items.
The citizens of Smith county, learning that their fellow soldiers in
McCulloch's army are in need of winter clothing, at once held a public meeting,
at which the necessary steps were taken to furnish the articles needed and send
them on promptly.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 4, 1861, p. 3,
c. 3
Summary: "Extension of the
Augusta Arsenal—Erection of Powder Mills," from the Savannah Republican.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 4, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
An
oil-cloth factory has been established in Wilkes county, Georgia.
The cloth is furnished at a low rate, and is said to be a very good
substitute for the enameled cloth.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 4, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
New Southern
Styles!
Miss M. Perdue,
326 Main Street,
Is now prepared to present to the ladies of Memphis and vicinity the Southern styles gotten up expressly for Southern wear. We no longer will (or can) depend upon New York for our styles and fashions, which never did suit our climate or our people. We will have our opening of
Fall Millinery,
On Saturday, October 5th.
We ask you, ladies, one and all, to call and examine our goods, and then
decide for yourselves if Memphis has not outdone anything New York could ever
present to the South.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 4, 1861, p. 2,
c. 8
Summary: Market Ordinance for City
of Memphis.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 4, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Public
Lamps.—The number of gas-lamps in the streets of Memphis is one hundred and
ninety.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 5, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Arkansas Items.
The Washington Telegraph says that Col. Gantt's regiment has been
ordered to New Madrid to join Gen. Pillow's command.
The
same paper has the following:
Lieut.
Col. Williams left this place last week with four wagons, each drawn by four
mules, loaded with clothing, contributed by the citizens to the volunteers from
this county in McNair's regiment, and Capt. Gamble's company of Hempstead
cavalry. In portions of the county
the ladies, God bless them, are still busy weaving, sewing and knitting for the
soldiers, and in a few days another wagon load or two of clothing will be
started to our volunteers. The
ladies of Hempstead are nobly doing their duty.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 1, c. 4
Texas News.
The Henderson Times has the following paragraph:
J. W.
Harris has shown us a sample of thick cloth, for overcoats, made by Mrs. Chas.
Young, of this county. It is of a
gray color, with a very long nap, and as heavy as any cloth of that character
made in the North. It is gratifying
to see the people engaged in such enterprises.
Texas is becoming a considerable manufacturing State.
It now makes all kinds of fire-arms, from a 20-pound cannon down to a
six-shooter, powder and caps, as well as the finest bowie-knives and swords;
salt, oil, wine, whisky, brandy, leather, shoes and boots, hats, caps, saddles,
harness, carriages, wagons—in fact, everything but tea and coffee.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 1,
c. 3
From the Nashville Union, 5th.]
. . .
There are about fifteen hundred refugees encamped in the vicinity of Green
river, and one thousand at Bowling Green, embracing men of every age and
condition of life. These men have
been compelled to flee to save their lives or to escape an imprisonment little
less intolerable than death itself. They
represent that a perfect reign of terror exists wherever the minions of Lincoln
are in the majority or have the power through the intervention of troops sent to
overawe them.
So far
we have heard of no ladies being arrested, but we know of ladies who have been
compelled to flee the State in order to prevent arrest.
The mother and sister of a Kentucky gentleman high in authority in the
southern army now in Kentucky, are now refugees in this city, having arrived
here a day or two since, and they escaped a posse sent by Gen. Anderson,
it is presumed to arrest them, by only a few hours.
The petty tool of a petty tyrant cannot stop with arresting brave and
patriotic men, but he must needs arrest and imprison defenseless women if he
can, because their sons, and brothers, and husbands dare to be freemen.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
Confederate Flag.—An Alabama correspondent of the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer
says he never liked the present Confederate flag, borrowing, as he thinks it
does, too much from the North. He
proposes instead, for the flag and seal, the white eagle on a blue field.
The white eagle, he says, was the emblem of the noble Kosciusko, when he
fell for the liberty of Poland, resisting a despotism like that we are
contending against. The blue field
in which the white eagle rests, is his native skies, five from clouds.
It is simple and expressive—can be determined at a great distance, and
is unlike any standard known. It
will not alone identify us, but revive gratefully, the memory of the brave Pole,
who, after fighting for freedom with Washington, raised the same standard in
Poland. Russia has extinguished it,
let us resume it.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Female
Recruits.—During the past week no less than four female recruits have been
discovered in companies enlisted for the war at Cleveland.
They will probably be placed in the infantry.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
recent report of the Military Aid Society of Mobile shows that they disbursed
over $2400 to the poor during the month of September.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
A
Tribute to the Memphis Ladies.—A correspondent of the Houston (Miss.) Petrel
writes to that paper as follows, in reference to the fair ladies of our city.
The tribute is well deserved:
We are
happy, as a redeeming trait, to hear testimony to the noble patriotism of the
ladies of Memphis, who have and are bending all their energies of mind and body
to meeting the wants of their brave countrymen in the field.
The needle and the loom are constantly plied by fingers hitherto unused
to labor, and the elegant accomplishment of the fair and cultivated daughters of
Memphis are employed in soirees, tableaux, and amateur theatricals, to the
delight of their fellow-citizens, and the material aid of the soldiers.
We attended several of these intellectual and delectable performances,
and were entertained beyond our most ardent expectations.
The drama in Memphis will receive a desirable impetus from these
patriotic amusements. Esto
perpetua!
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 2, c. 6
The Texas Rangers.
On Thursday morning, the first division of a Texas regiment, under the
command of Col. B. F. Terry, arrived in our city.
They have come from the far off South, and, altogether, we regard them as
one of the finest regiments we yet have seen.
It is their purpose to provide themselves with horses at this point, and
then to await orders for service in Kentucky.
Some of the finest horsemen in the world are in this regiment.
The son of Col. Terry, who, undoubtedly, is the best rider we have ever
seen, can pick up from the ground, any small object while his horse shall be
going at full speed—a feat peculiar to Texas horsemen.
The
colonel commanding—who was at the battle of Manassas, greatly distinguished
himself by his heroic daring—is looked to with the fondest devotion by his
men—brave and experienced as he is. We
predict that this regiment, armed as they are—to exult as victors, or, in
death to be laid low—will perform a part which shall be marked in the history
of this revolution.
There
are, at present, four companies encamped at the fair grounds near this city,
each containing one hundred and sixteen men—all armed with six-shooters,
double barreled shot-guns, and bowie-knives.
They are also provided with saddles, bridles, and horse equipage
generally.
The
remaining six companies are now on their route, and will arrive at this city in
a few days. When such a regiment as
this, armed and equipped as it is, shall enter the field, the unprincipled
myrmidons of Abraham Lincoln will fall like grain before the reaper's scythe.
We welcome these sons of the far West, to the hospitable soil of
Tennessee, and we shall bid them God speed to their destiny in Old
Kentucky.—Nashville Banner.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 2,
c. 8
Home
Manufacture of Guns.—The contractors are advancing rapidly with their work
upon the new buildings, which Messrs. Jones, McElwane & Co. are adding to their
foundry, and which are intended to be supplied with the machinery requisite for
the manufacture of every description of small arms. We have been informed that three hundred hands will be
employed by the firm in this new department of their foundry. We rejoice to see such a work progressing in our midst, for
its completion and successful operation will not only serve to furnish a large
portion of the arms needed to achieve our national independence, but will also
bring an amount of labor and capital into our midst which will add greatly to
the prosperity of our happy city of flowers.—Holly Springs Herald.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Blankets
Wanted.—Our people have given as many blankets as they can well afford to our
soldiers, but more are wanted, and we are authorized to state that the
purchasing agent of the Confederate government will give a liberal price for all
that may be carried to the room at the north east corner of Second and Madison
streets.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Market
Stalls.—The seventy-six stalls in each of the two markets were sold yesterday
for one year. In north market they
brought a total of $4,320; in south market, of $4,205—total, $8525, $500 more
than they produced last year.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 4, c. 2
Wheat a Substitute for Coffee.
Editors Dispatch: Being on a
visit to the county of Mechlenburg, a short time since, I was told by one of my
female acquaintances, near Clarksville, that she had found an excellent
substitute for that very popular and indispensable article called
"coffee." It consists in
wheat parched, ground, and prepared in the same manner you do coffee.
Experienced and devoted lovers of coffee have tried the wheat and report
it equally as good as the genuine article.
The grains being of different sizes, they should be parched separately,
and afterwards ground together, when the coffee imparts to the wheat its genuine
aromatic properties. Two-thirds wheat and the remainder coffee makes a most
excellent drink.
Truly
"necessity is the mother of invention." Let those who disbelieve but make the experiment.
We have plenty of wheat; who cares for the blockade!
Pro Bono Publico.
Charlotte
county, Va., Sept. 28, 1861.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 8, 1861, p. 4,
c. 2
Wooden
Shoes.—The shoe question has come to a consideration of much importance, since
the manufacturers experience great difficulty in procuring the "raw
material," and charge for their work in proportion to their outlay.
We would not intimate that they reap undue profits, although we have
heard this broadly hinted at. We
have always believed that there was "nothing like leather," and
supposed it impossible to substitute anything for it in the manufacture of
shoes; but we find that a good and comfortable covering for the feet can be made
of wood, and so closely in imitation of leather that the eye can not readily
detect the difference. Mr. Phillip
Thiem, of Raleigh, North Carolina, has shown us some specimens of wooden shoes
very handsomely finished, and we are convinced that they can be made to answer
very well as a substitute for leather, while in durability they will far surpass
it. Servants' brogans can be furnished at a dollar a pair, and will possess the
advantage of more comfort than the cowhide, shoes generally worn on plantations,
and equal, if not greater pliability. Mr.
Theim is about to apply for a patent.—Richmond Dispatch.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 9, 1861, p. 1, c. 2
Arkansas Items.
The Helena Shield gives a statement of the number of garments made
by the Sewing Society of Helena, from the 20th April to the 3d inst.,
which exhibits a most commendable spirit of industry on the part of the ladies
composing that society. Number of
pairs of pants, 579; coats, 295; shirts, 378; drawers, 120 pairs; sheets, 60;
pairs of blankets lined, 58; musquito [sic] bars, 30; pillow cases, 20, and six
dozen haversacks. In addition to
this there were a large number of garments made by ladies of the town and
vicinity who were not members of the society.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 9, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Arkansas Items.
From the Jacksonport Herald.]
Our
streets during the past two weeks, on several occasions, have been filled with
Missouri migrants who are fleeing their native State with their movable
property. They appear to be persons
of wealth, judging from the number of slaves accompanying them.
What a sad spectacle to behold, when it is remembered that it is the work
of one poor, besotted, ignorant and tyrannical old fool.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 9, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Soldiers'
Families.—The County Court met at Raleigh on Monday, when an appropriation was
made of $20,000, to be applied from the 1st of October, 1861, to the
1st of January, 1862, to the relief of the destitute wives and
children of soldiers absent in the field. It
was provided that a committee should be appointed in each ward of the city to
dispense the relief only to those who needed it, at the rate of seven dollars a
month for the wife, three dollars for each child from one to six years old, and
four dollars for each child from six to twelve years old, for each month.
The committee who before performed that duty were reappointed to
negotiate with the banks to advance the money for these allowances.
It was, also, provided that no new taxation should be imposed, but that
the amount of $20,000 should be appropriated from the fund intended for building
a new county court house. This
arrangement will secure for the magistrates of the county the hearty approbation
of the citizens.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 9, 1861, p. 3,
c. 3
Memphis, Oct. 8, 1861.
Editors
Appeal: We find in our Confederacy
a great want of oil suited for lights and machinery. Knowing this fact, I have made some inquiries about means of
supply. We find a number of
cotton-seed oil mills doing all they can, and yet they fall far short of a
supply. I am satisfied the Castor
oil bean will serve an excellent purpose for both the above objects, and
especially lights. This oil is used
in China very generally for lights, and is found a very excellent article for
that purpose. The bean can be raised on our lands very profusely, and so as to
be a matter of good profit to our farmers; and thus we can achieve independence
in one more article. It is all
important that every class of our community should do what and all they can to
produce necessaries for our consumption during our present condition; and,
starting, we hope the ball will ever roll until we have full and ample
agricultural, manufacturing, mercantile and commercial independence.
I may
add, that the Castor oil bean is raised with little labor, is a hardy plant, and
yields very abundantly.
R.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 9, 1861, p. 4, c. 1-2
Fall Fashions.
Ladies' and Children's Wearing Apparel.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.]
This
year ladies' thoughts run in a more exalted and sadder channel than they have
during the preceding years, and they have less time to think of fashion, of
whims and fancies, than of old, still, they and the children must be clothed,
and the love of the beautiful and of harmony in colors as well as in sound,
sends their fancy in search of pretty things.
But the 'opening day" of the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one is quite different from the "opening days" of former and
more prosperous years, and there is but a little display this season. Still, taste reigns supreme.
Inventive brains have not been idle.
Women, driven by stern necessity, have to study to adorn the gifted, the
favored, the beautiful; and the gay, the thoughtless and the flattered little
dream to whom they owe their success in captivating.
This
year the Court of France, being in mourning, black forms the groundwork for the
display of every other color, setting all colors off to great advantage, and
making the style of goods generally becoming.
The
predominant color just now is Garibaldi, a bright deep orange color, but it will
undoubtedly be superseded by the different shades of red, the shade "la
rose sublimne" taking the lead, as almost every one can wear red.
Garibaldi is, however, mixed with every color.
Ladies
show great taste now-a-days, in following nature, that true and faithful guide,
and adopt hues in accordance with the different seasons. Pale colors are chosen for summer wear, when to look upon
anything bright exhausts us, bright beautiful tints are selected for autumn,
while warm, rich colors are preferred for winter. In the spring, green and violet speak modestly for
themselves.
A new
shade of purple has come up this fall, of a bluish cast, particularly adapted to
the blonde, a very trying color, however, to a dark or shallow complexion.
Thus brunettes and blondes as usual divide the day.
But green, a bright emerald green, is now a favorite, and may yet be the
color, for everybody can wear green.
The
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth of this month being days fixed upon by milliners
for their openings, they must be the first on the tapis of fashion.
"Opening days" are going out of fashion.
Milliners and their customers are alike disgusted with them.
They are toilsome to visitors, and very wearisome to milliners, and they
are at last voted down. Probably
this very meager opening is the last we shall ever have.
Bonnets.
Shapes of bonnets are but little changed.
They recede still more at the sides, and project much more over the top,
though some ladies wear regular old fashioned cottage bonnets, with the face
trimmings set very far inside the hat. This
fashion is both English and American, the other is exclusively French.
American
ladies decidedly object to a bonnet that sits up so high on the top.
Their faces are too long and thin for that style, and it makes
"perfect frights" of some otherwise pretty ladies.
A
thin, long face, with a large bunch of flowers over the forehead and a perfect
garden on the top of the bonnet looks strangely ugly, and thus disgusted many
ladies walk Broadway.
But
most American ladies rebel against this very trying bonnet, so milliners strike
out for themselves, exercise their own inventive powers and combine the two
fashions, thus hitting upon a medium shape that is very pretty and very
becoming. Madame Ferrero is very
happy in this particular, and has a beautiful shape out this fall, as have our
other leading milliners.
The
bonnet most worn this fall will be of black hair trimmed with gay colors, in
fruits, flowers, ribbons and feathers. Orange
color is mixed with every other color, and few bonnets are without some shade of
yellow blended with other colors. All
the colors of the rainbow are combined upon some bonnets, and they are so
tastefully blended that almost any lady will find them becoming.
Madam
Ferrero has two very unique bonnets. One,
a white quilted silk with a blue velvet crown, so made as to be perfectly
simple, yet elegant in the extreme, and lovely for a blonde.
Another, a rich dahlia colored velvet, with floating ostrich plume and
velvet braid looped gracefully up at the side.
Flowers of black velvet, frosted with steel mixed with black lace, and
side tape, ornament the inside. White
strings will be universally used for all dress occasions.
An elegant black velvet mixed with orange color hung at the side of this recherche
dahlia bonnet. But the trimming of
these hats cannot be described, so great is the simplicity and elegance of the
manner of putting it on.
Capes
or bonnets are deeper than ever; some are circular, thick and thin, all sorts.
Lace veils are all the rage; black and white lace veils, black thread
lace, gauze and illusion are all worn, and lace to fall over the front of the
bonnet is particularly admired.
Velvet
and silk combined will be the material most used for white bonnets.
At
present, heavy straws, all black, black and white, and black embroidered with
bright colors are used for traveling and shopping.
A few
Leghorn and white bonnets are called for, and some grey are said, but black ones
are most fashionable.
Black
velvet is mixed with every sort of trimming.
The
feathers this season are particularly elegant, consequently they are used
extensively. For dress, a new style
of feather is made, partly ostrich, partly marabout, with a heading of velvet
flowers and feather leaves; leaves made to imitate lace, tied together with
delicate, skillful fingers, the feather fibers tied into a net-work, and most
ingeniously woven into the shape of a leaf.
Then there is a little stiff feather used, which we see on military hats,
called the aigrette. No evening
bonnets are exhibited this fall, as prudence bids ladies be careful of their
means, and they will only be made to order.
Misses
and children will wear round hats, beaver, felt and velvet, of the boulevard,
Union, turban and Zouave forms, variously trimmed with velvet feathers, flowers
and ribbon. Ruche head dresses and
a Turkish head dress, made of black velvet, will be the chosen style of head
gear for dinner, dress and home toilet.
Cloaks.
Cloth will be the material most used for cloaks, velvets for those who
can afford to buy it. Basques,
sacks and circulars, will each be worn. The
most fashionable establishments exhibit quite new patterns.
One
pattern has an immense sleeve plaited on the cloak, square at the bottom, and
falling to the edge of the cloak.
Another
has three plaits in the back, and was each shaped in front, with trimming
running over the shoulder.
The
leading pattern, however, is the Adaline, a black cloth cloak, very long and
full, and circular in shape, with a circular cape inserted just below the
shoulders. The back has a tripple
[sic] plait ornamented with a novel crotchet ornament which falls below the
waist in a most elegant and stylish garment.
Dresses.
The fabrics used are mostly thick, heavy goods, that stand off from the
form. The soft, floating delaines
are chiefly sold for children's wear. Poplins,
thick "rep" goods and [illegible] silks and French cloth are now worn
by ladies.
Crinoline
still maintains her sway, and ample flowing skirts require heavy goods to
preserve the bell shape. Gores are
yet worn, but they are not admired. Skirts
are cut long and very full, plaited on to the waist in large box plaits as of
old. Waists are long and finished
with a belt or zone, made square in the neck, surplus, Grecian, plain, almost
any way to suit the fancy. The zone
or peasant belt is a great favorite, and is chiefly made of velvet.
Skirts
are trimmed up the sides, around the bottom, and up the front.
Velvet will be the trimming most admired.
Broad black velvet is necessarily costly, and therefore will not become
common. In all the different
departments of dress the antique predominate.
Capes
of every shape, both for morning and street dresses, are extremely fashionable.
One
dinner dress of rich green "rep" silk, skirt cut goring, pompadour
waist and half short sleeves, with black silk laid in hollow plaits around the
bottom of the skirt and half way up each gore, was very elegant, particularly
adapted to some queenly beauty.
Sashes for Evening Wear.
Scarfs [sic] of silk, fringed on the ends, have replaced sashes. Sometimes,
also, a boddice [sic] of velvet or silk is worn, with wide ends floating on the
side; and if of velvet, fringed with gold.
Silks
are in demand for evening dresses, white brocaded with crimson, and black and
Garibaldi.
Stewart
has a superb bridal dress of point lace of great value and rare beauty, but we
must wait till another time to describe it minutely, and pass on to
Youths' and Children's Clothes, etc.
Boys still wear the cutaway and sack jackets.
Little boys wear a Zouave costume, and imagine themselves soldiers, and
are very happy in the delusion. This
dress does not admit of much variety; all the change noticeable is in this
Zouave costume, and in bright colors being adopted by little boys.
One
important change in ladies' dress is of such benefit that it must not pass by
without remark, and it is in the adoption of heavy English shoes.
Balmoral boots and fur-lined shoes insure good health and happiness to
ladies, and they begin to enjoy the benefit of wearing them.
A dainty foot is by no means disgraced by an elegant fitting Balmoral.
Furs
were less used last winter than in former years; they are too expensive, and are
not indispensable. But there are such elegant furs imported this fall, that many
will be tempted to indulge in the luxury of a fur cape or tippet; muff and
fur-lined gloves and shoes. Velvet
hoods and some velvet bonnets will be trimmed with fur.
Ladies
will dress the front hair quite differently this next winter.
It will be crimed [sic], curled and puffed out very far at the sides, and
not worn close to the face.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 10, 1861, p. 2,
c. 7
The
Houston correspondent of the New Orleans Delta, writing under date of the
30th ult., says:
The
excitement in Houston for the past three weeks has been the rendezvous and
departure of the celebrated Terry and Lubbock regiment of Rangers.
This regiment is mostly made up of men picked for their qualities as good
riders, good shots and good with the lariat.
What they don't shoot at a distance, or get with their revolvers, and
bowie knives, with which they are armed, they expect to "rope" and
drag out. Their skill with the rope is astonishing.
There are quire a number of men in the regiment who can rope a bullock at
full run by either leg you may choose. As
for such an ordinary feat as picking up a loaded pistol from the ground while
riding at full speed, and firing it off under the horse's belly, is such that is
quite a common attainment among them.
Seven
companies of this regiment have gone forward, two leave this morning, and one,
the last, leaves on Wednesday. The
master roll of the companies show none less than ninety-six men, while four of
the companies have one hundred and sixteen, and four one hundred. The regiment
will be a powerful one. It will be
commanded by Col. B. F. Terry, and Lieut.-Col. T. S. Lubbock, both of whom
rendered valuable service at the battle of Manassas, as aids to Gen. Longstreet.
. . .
Our
people are quite busy preparing winter clothing for their troops. The
penitentiary is at present turning out a thousand yards of woolen cloth a day,
all of which is devoted to the troops. It
is thought that we shall be able to clothe the Texas troops entirely by
contributions of the people, many of whom will receive no pay from the
government, but deem it a glorious privilege to give all they have to the aid of
the Confederacy in this war.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 10, 1861, p. 3,
c. 2
Edgewood
Hospital.—We have been requested by the lady managers of this institution,
located two miles east of the city, occupying the Edgewood Methodist chapel, and
the male and female academies, on the Poplar street road, to call the attention
of the citizens of the surrounding country to the necessity of affording the
necessary aid to enable them to take proper care of the inmates, constituting an
average of one hundred from the 12th regiment of Arkansas volunteers.
The ladies of the immediate vicinity have borne the brunt of the labor
and expense of keeping the institution up, but now feel it beyond both their
means and their strength to sustain, and appeal directly to the liberality and
patriotism of the public for aid. This
noble body of men have left their homes, with all their endearments, and are
ready to bare their bosoms in the defense of our glorious Southern Confederacy,
but having been stricken down by disease, they must not be neglected by those
for whom they are willing to battle against the hosts of a despicable northern
foe. Any contributions will be
cheerfully received and acknowledged by the lady managers, consisting of Mrs. C.
D. McLean, President; Mrs. M. J. Wicks, Treasurer; Mrs. B. B. Waddel, Secretary;
Mrs. G. C. Holmes, Assistant Secretary; Mrs. G. L. Holmes, Matron; Mrs. J. C.
Jones, Assistant Matron, some one of whom will be found every day at the church.
We know that it is only necessary for the wants of this noble institution
to be known to meet with a generous response.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 10, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Southern Mothers.
We understand that Dr. J. C. Neunan, the medical director for this
military district, is highly pleased with the manner in which this excellent
institution has been conducted. It
has been in operation four months, and has increased its capacity ten-fold and
done ten times more good than was generally contemplated, and though their
expenses have been necessarily very heavy, they have never used a dollar of
Confederate money to keep it up, with the exception of about fifty comforts and
a lot of medicine, which are free to all sick soldiers of the Confederacy,
whether in their charge or not, preferring to rely upon the free will offering,
the voluntary contributors of its many friends in this and the adjoining States.
At the
request of the medical director, the commutations for rations to which they are
entitled, will be set apart for the purpose of aiding the hospitals at Columbus,
Ky., and wherever else there may be need of the funds, while the managers of the
Southern Mothers will rely as heretofore upon the voluntary contributions from
its friends to maintain the institution.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 11, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
Huntsville Advocate learns that Gov. Moore has promised to send to the
Ladies' Aid Society there cloth enough to make 300 overcoats for our soldiers,
and that the society will make them up. These
coats are to be given to the destitute soldiers in the service who have no one
at home to provide for their wants. Those who are able to buy overcoats for their sons or
relatives in the army are expected to do so.
It is only the destitute ones that the State authorities are now trying
to provide for against the severity of winter.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 11, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Arkansas Items.
We find the following notice from Maj. Clark, Quartermaster of the
Arkansas forces, in the Fort Smith Herald, and copy for the information
of our readers in that State, who should promptly respond to the call:
Clothing
for the Army.—Capt. James H. Sparks, of Fort Smith, and Samuel Martin, of Van
Buren, have been appointed agents to purchase blankets and clothing for the
army. The former will conduct the
agency for Fort Smith and the south side of Arkansas river, at the Army clothing
depot, on Garrison avenue. The
latter for the north side of the river for the present at Messrs. Ward &
Southmayd's, Main street, in Van Buren.
Materials
for making clothing will be purchased to the extent of our ability to make them
up. Employment will be given to cutters and seamstresses throughout the country.
Funds
are not in hand, at present, to make payments for these purchases and for this
work. A short indulgence of a few
weeks is asked, when prompt payments will be made.
The
government expects that a spirit of patriotism and fair dealing will prevent any
attempts being made to raise the prices of articles and labor thus needed for
our soldiers as the costs will be deducted from their pay.
Payments will be made in Confederate notes, which are receivable at
par in the banks of New Orleans and other cities.
The
same officer also gives notice that all packages of blankets, clothing, socks,
boots and shoes, donated by the liberal citizens of Arkansas to the troops, will
be received at the quartermaster's office, Fort Smith, and at the store of
Messrs. Pennywit & Scott, Van Buren, and forwarded without delay to our
suffering soldiers.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
Vampires.
So outrageous and grasping have speculations recently become in the
country among tradesmen and adventurers, that the Executive of our State has
been forced to recommend stringent legislation on the subject to the General
Assembly, now convened at Nashville. The
reasons given for imposing restraint upon the custom by legal enactment, as
presented in the message we published on yesterday, are quite plausible, and
certainly deserve the most careful consideration at the hands of our public
legislators. The laws of trade,
depending solely upon supply and demand, are so simple, that in ordinary times
tampering with them by legislation would be universally regarded as impolitic,
not to say indefensible. But at a crisis like the present, when the very
existence of our young republic is at stake, and hungry vampires, unmoved by an
instinct of patriotism and bent only on the satisfaction of their own rapacious
appetites are sapping the very life-blood of the government by monopolies and
extortions, the question assumes an entirely different aspect.
If
public opinion cannot put down this infamous system, which has obtained among a
large number of unconscientious scoundrels, it is time for the strong arm of
Government to be brought to bear upon it. We
must acknowledge that the step is exceedingly dangerous at any time, unless
regulated by prudence and wisdom of rare character, and in taking it, the
Legislature should be careful to keep one distinction constantly in mind.
A difference must be made between mercantile transactions where bona
fide sales take place at market prices, and cases where professional
speculators are holding large stores of goods, merchandise and provision,
waiting for an advance in price, and refusing absolutely to make any sales at
present whatever.
We
constantly hear of these Shylocks every day hiding away under lock and key such
necessary articles of food as coffee, pork, salt, etc., used daily by our army,
with the expectation of realizing on them ten times their original cost.
Men in this city have been at this sordid and miserly work, caring little
doubtless who conquers in this war, provided only they can get ten dollars a
sack for salt which cost them one, or fifty cents for pork that cost one-sixth
of that amount. This class of gentry—we mean the dilatory kind that are
holding on with a deadly clutch, waiting like Mr. Macawber for something to
"turn up"—should receive the especial attention of the Legislature.
They are as insensible to the mortification of popular odium as a
rhinoceros hide to a stroke from an ordinary horsewhip, and, of course, cannot
be influenced in the slightest degree by a mere exposition of their infamy at
the hands of a journalist. Tufts of
grass will fail to bring them down from the tree they have climbed.
Missiles of a heavier character must be used.
But
there is another view of the subject, which will do well to attract the
attention of the General Assembly, involving the adoption of an entirely
different policy towards these bloated vampires.
It is to let them quietly continue to hoard and hold on to their
accumulated stores, in the capacity of trustees for the government. When the army shall stand in want of these necessaries, and
find it impossible to obtain them elsewhere, government can order them to be
seized and appropriated to its own use, paying the owners a reasonable price for
the labors of their agency, and a profit that falls considerably short of their
own unconscionable calculations. There
can be no doubt about the fact that this course, on the part of the government,
will be fully justified by public opinion, for if resorted to at all, it will be
done with great reluctance. But
grasping monopolists, who are dissatisfied with any profit on investments,
falling short of five or six hundred per cent., had better take warning in time,
and "save their bacon."
The
policy of the Confederate authorities thus far, in scrupulously observing every
little constitutional technicality however insignificant, shows their laudable
spirit of forbearance and conciliation towards conspirators of all kinds,
mercantile, financial and political. But
if the promptings of patriotism fail, self-interest will induce these parties
not to go beyond their tether lines, remembering that there is a limit beyond
which this forbearance will cease to be a virtue.
The establishment of our national liberty upon a safe and permanent basis
is the goal towards which we direct our concentrated energies, and no dishonest
schemes of speculators and extortionists can be allowed for one moment to
circumvent or frustrate this great and glorious consummation.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 12, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
The
editor of the Savannah News has been shown a sample ball of sewing cotton
manufactured at the Sweet Water Factory, in Campbell county, Ga.
The cotton used in making the thread is of the finest kind, costing 23
cents per pound, and the thread is of a very superior quality, strong, even and
free from knots, and adapted for use on sewing machines.
The ladies will undoubtedly find it preferable to the cheating Yankee
spools with which they have heretofore been supplied, as a consequence of our
unnecessary dependence upon the North.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Just Received!
540 lbs. Kentucky Mustard, in six pound cans.
200 dozen Kentucky Mustard, in half and quarter pound cans.
Wiggs Brothers & Co.
Druggist.
298 Main street, Memphis.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Fall and Winter Opening!
Mrs. Robinson, having returned from New Orleans, will have her opening of Fall and Winter Millinery, on
Tuesday, October 15th.
She has some very handsome French Bonnets, Velvets, Silk
and Straw hats of every description. Ladies
will please call and examine for themselves.
The Dress making department is complete under the supervision of Mrs.
Gogen.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 12, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Eldorado Saloon.
Among the many "institutions" of Memphis, I know of none where
a more agreeable hour can be passed than the "Eldorado Saloon."
The game of billiards is healthful, exhilarating, innocent, scientific,
and one of the best recreations for the overworked business or professional man.
Managed, as the Eldorado is, such a saloon is a public benefit, and is a
prime necessity. I vote the
Eldorado to be the place which comes nearer filling the bill than any other in
the knowledge of a
Viator.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 12, 1861, p. 4,
c. 2
The
Goliad Messenger, speaking of the Durango humbug, says:
Last
week four of the Durango emigrants passed through our city on their way home.
Mr. Spindle, formerly agent for the State Gazette, gave us a call,
from whom we obtained information regarding Capt. Box's scheme of humbuggery.
Mr. Spindle states that the entire party who went out with Box are
heartily sick of the expedition, and those of them who have the means to get
back will return to their old homes. They
are perfectly disgusted with the man who deceived them—his rich gold regions
being yet undiscovered.
Mr.
Angie's family who went from this place, when Mr. Spindle left, were afflicted
with the smallpox; but so soon as they should recover, the intended to start for
Goliad. Others of the emigrants are
unfortunately without the means to bring them back to their homes.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 12, 1861, p. 4,
c. 2
Home
Made Letter Paper.—We have seen a fine specimen of letter paper made at the
new paper mill established at Knoxville, Tennessee, which is very creditable to
the manufacturers. Whatever may be
the great detriment to our country in the way of commerce, occasioned by the
present war, there is no denying that so far as manufacturers are concerned, it
is doing more to call forth the enterprise and energy of our people than whole
years would have done under the system of dependence upon the North, which had
already made us too subservient and dependent upon their people.—Picayune.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 13, 1861, p. 1, c. 4
Affairs in Wheeling—Arrest of Ladies.
Five refugees from Wheeling arrived in this city on Saturday, by a
circuitous route, for the purpose of joining the Schriver Grays, Capt. D. M.
Schriver, stationed at Fairfax. The
company was formed at Wheeling on the commencement of hostilities, and its
organization was effected under the most disadvantageous circumstances.
Its ranks have, however, received large accessions since its entrance
into active service, and it did noble duty in the recent battles on Manassas
plains. The gentlemen above alluded
to bring accounts from Wheeling which prove that Pierpont is determined, if
possible, to emulate Lincoln in his shameless enormities.
Not
only are men thrown into prison or forced to swear allegiance to the
"Union," but even ladies, belonging to the most respectable families
in the place, some very young, are arrested, paraded before a court, and
imprisoned or held to bail to answer charges of treason.
Our informant mentioned to us the names of thirteen, the most prominent
among whom were Miss Dora Dunbar, Miss Annie Wilson, and Miss Meyston, who,
perhaps imprudently, but none the less nobly, have never concealed their
sympathy for the South. Miss Dunbar was one of the earliest "spotted" by
the Hessian detectives. She had
appeared upon the streets wearing a Secession badge.
She was one of the foremost in Secession receptions—but still one of
the most modest and amiable young ladies in Wheeling.
She
assisted in making the uniforms for the Schriver Grays, and in the broad day
smuggled them into their rendezvous under the skirts of her dress.
After the Grays had slipped away, other enterprises were begun; secret
recruiting was carried on, and the ladies—mothers and daughters—many in
number, assisted in every way they could. A
few days ago, three hundred and ninety men were drilling in a sealed rendezvous,
but a spy at length found his way into the organization, and broke it up. Many members escaped into Virginia by various routes, others
were compelled to remain for want of funds sufficient to pay the expenses of a
prudently conducted escape, and from among them many were arrested and forced to
take the oaths of allegiance. Then
the arrest of the ladies commenced, and is doubtless still carried on with all
the perseverance of which the pretended governor is capable.—Richmond
Dispatch.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 13, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
New Goods!
Just Received!
Opening Thursday, October 17th. We will be ready to show a splendid stock of latest style
Bonnets,
Ribbons
Feathers,
Hats,
Turbans and Head Dresses!
Lately received.
We
respectfully invite our customers and ladies generally to call.
L. Kremer, Agent
223 Main street.
Also, late style of Cloth Cloaks just received at
L. Kremer's.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 13, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
October 12, 1861.
Speed, Donoho & Strange,
314 Main Street,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Have Now on Hand
1200
yds. Homespun Brown Jeans,
100
bales Louisiana Osnaburgs,
10
" Alabama
"
2
cases Plaid Linseys.
20
bales Glazed Wadding.
150
doz. Georgia Sewing Thread,
5
bales Shelbyville Cotton Plaids,
30 prs.
Extra Fine Bed Blankets,
350
doz. Cotton and Wool Hose,
5000
yards Superior Carpets,
1000
yards Bleached Sheetings,
100
Marseilles Quilts—best!
A few
Ladies' Black Cloth Cloaks—New styles!
A few
choice Velvet Cloaks,
Curtain
Materials and Trimmings,
2700
yds. Best and Pure Irish Linens,
2000
yds. Best French Merino,
Scotch
Plaids, Poplins, Plain Silks,
Fancy Silks,
Lace
Setts,
Embroideries,
Embroidered Skirts,
Chemises,
Drawers,
Furs! Furs! Furs!
Still
manufacturing Camp Rugs, Camp Cloaks, Oil Cloths, etc.
Have also Gray Cloths, Blue Cloths, Buttons, etc., suitable for military
purposes.
Speed, Donoho & Strange.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 13, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
At
Work.—We are gratified to learn that the ladies of the Soldiers Aid Society of
our city are actively engaged in providing many winter garments for the
volunteers. They have now on hand a
large quantity of flannel and other materials, which they intend to manufacture
into shirts and drawers, and we understand they need assistance to accomplish
the work at as early a day as may be necessary.
In this labor of love, we believe our ladies will gladly participate as
soon as the announcement that help is needed is made public. The same association also ask contribution of clothing—new
or half-worn—or material to make up, socks, blankets, shoes, provisions, etc.
Donations should be sent to the Adams' Block, or to the rooms of any of
the Ward Sewing Societies.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 13, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Latest from Texas.
The LaGrange True Issue reads the citizens of Fayette county a
lecture on dilatoriness: Wake up,
ye men of Fayette! You boast that
within your borders lie entombed the bones of heroes.
Let it not be said that the stock is all beneath the soil.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 13, 1861, p. 3,
c. 3
Clothing
for the Army.—It is absolutely necessary that something be done immediately by
the authorities to cause the speedy forwarding of clothes, stores, etc.,
contributed by the patriotic people to the army, or else there will be suffering
in the ranks this winter. We learn
at the passport office that from three to four hundred car loads of clothing,
etc., have accumulated at Chattanooga and Knoxville, and that there is a
deficiency of locomotives between Knoxville and Bristol.
Could not some be transferred from the Mississippi Central railroad,
where we understand there is a superabundance?
On the
31st of August Congress passed the following act:
"That the Secretary of War be authorized and required to make all
necessary arrangements for the reception and forwarding of clothes, shoes,
blankets, and other articles of necessity that may be sent to the army by
private contribution."—Richmond Dispatch.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 15, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
A San
Antonio correspondent wrote to the Galveston Civilian on the 26th
as follows: "Coming from San
Antonio, I passed about thirty carts, laden with cotton for Mexico.
They carry six bales each. Nine
cents in cash, and from nine to ten cents in goods and on account, is being paid
for cotton as far east as San Marcos, fifty miles east of San Antonio.
The crop raised is light, however, and but a few hundred bales have thus
far gone forward."
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 15, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3
Generous.—We
learn from the Bolivar (Miss.) Times, of the 5th, that Mrs. F.
M. Tarrey, wife of Major Tarrey, of that county, has recently purchased and
shipped between one and two hundred pairs of blankets to the Confederate troops
in Missouri.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 15, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
Families
of Soldiers.—In order to extend the relief needed by the families of soldiers
in the army with as little delay as possible, Esquire Richards has gone to the
army to have the necessary forms filled up without delay.
We are pleased to learn from him that not only the wives and children,
but also the mothers, of absent soldiers, when in destitute
circumstances, will receive relief. This is as it should be.
Esquire Richards has been untiring in his efforts to make the mean
provided by the county available for those who require aid.
The distressed have in him a good friend.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 15, 1861, p. 4,
c. 2
The
San Antonio (Texas) Ledger informs us that fifty-six men are employed in
the arsenal there, in making cartridges, caissons and gun carriages for the
cannon that have been in the arsenal unmounted for years, among them a splendid
18-pounder brass piece, taken from the Mexicans at San Jacinto, which is to be
tried, and in repairing and cleaning guns.
The Ledger adds:
["]
Resources rise up in every direction, and also of late accumulate on their
hands: for casting ordnance they
have the copper of Santa Rita, they have lead in measureless quantities, they
have iron, and foundries already engaged in casting 6-pounders and shells, with
material in the greatest profusion, and at the lowest prices, for making
gunpowder; mills can be erected with the most limited outlay, which will make
the supply inexhaustible.
A
number of old United States muskets, condemned and thrown aside as irreparable
and worthless by the old government, were reappearing as perfect and elegant
specimens of the rifled muskets, furnished with Minnie sights, and the most
improved percussion locks. We also
examined a beautiful specimen of a brass 12-pound howitzer, that had just been
supplied with a percussion lock, and a brass 6-pounder in juxtaposition,
presented the same recent completion.
Coffee
is brought from Mexico to San Antonio.
Several
thousand rifle and musket cartridges, and several tuns [sic] of lead, have
arrived at Indianola from the Rio Grande.["]
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 1,
c. 1
The
Virginia correspondent of the New Orleans Delta, in describing his trip
from Richmond to Manassas on the cars, says he was accompanied a portion of the
way by two young ladies, refugees from Baltimore. Their ardent attachment to the southern cause, and their
undisguised avowals of sympathy made them, at a very early day, objects of
suspicion to the minions of the Lincoln despotism.
A
singular circumstance, says the correspondent, finally precipitated their
departure from their natal city. One
of them was one day walking in the street, when a Federal officer approached her
and seized her bonnet strings, at the same time looking impudently in her face,
remarked, "You are a very pretty rebel."
The undaunted girl raised her clenched hand, and struck the fellow a blow
in the face, which sent him reeling from the pavement, and gave him a lesson in
manners which may prove of service to him hereafter.
The Misses ------ did not remain in Baltimore a long time after this
occurrence. They came to Virginia,
where they were received with cordiality by a host of relations and friends.
They have spent the last three months in this State, and have become
known to a multitude of our officers and soldiers for their beauty, intelligence
and amiability. As to their
identity, I will simply state that they are grand nieces of the illustrious
Jefferson.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Manufacturers.—The
manufactures of Fredericksburg, Va., for the war, in the way of cottons,
woolens, grape and canister, harness, leather, swords, sabres, shoes, clothing,
etc., etc., have been greater, according to the Herald, than those of any
place of the same size in the Confederate States. Another want is now being supplied by Mr. Clark, at his
factory, who has already furnished about five hundred hospital bedsteads,
besides about three hundred camp bedsteads for the camps contiguous.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3-4
Richmond, October 11, 1861.
. . . Richmond is just now heavily visited by another curse as intolerable as
bad money. What the shinplasters
are to the shops and the markets, the gamblers are to the streets and the
hotels. In old times, when Brutus,
Procion and Caton the Censor used to be writing essays in the Enquirer,
before the antique repose and respectability of Shockoe Hill had been disturbed
by the advent of the second families of Virginia, when John Randolph used to
drive out to Tree Hill race course with half a dozen bags of gold in his sulky,
and the only importance the town had was derived from political influence
exerted through State politicians, even then gambling houses were numerous where
large sums were won and lost, and where a full quorum of both Houses of the
General Assembly might be found on almost any evening during the session.
And down to the dissolution of the Union, these establishments were
maintained with more or less of elegance, working out more or less of private
ruin. But since the transfer of the
seat of government of the Confederate States from Montgomery to Richmond, these
provincial heels have blazed out into metropolitan magnificence, and gamblers
enough may be met in an afternoon stroll up and down Main street to form a
regiment for the army. Immediately
opposite the western wing of the Exchange Hotel there stood six months ago a
dingy three-story building, the first story of which was occupied as a tailor's
shop, the second and third being shut out from public observation by
heavily-curtained windows, and known only to the initiated as the "Crockford's"
of the capital of Virginia. This
building has suddenly shot up to the stars by the addition of three lofty
stories, and has assumed architectural airs which make it one of the most
conspicuous houses in the city. The
inquiry is almost forced upon the stranger as to purposes to which it is
devoted, and the answer is ready, for everybody now knows that it is the leading
faro-bank, enlarged and improved, to adapt itself to the increased indulgence in
play in Richmond. Near the
Spottswood House is another splendid Tiger jungle, the appointments of which are
said to rival the finest houses of the northern cities.
If
this open, and ostentatious gambling is to go on unchecked by the authorities,
the citizens of Richmond may well pray to be spared the honor of having the
permanent seat of the Confederate government fixed here.
One of the most potent causes of the great demoralization of Washington
was the gambling which was carried on all along the avenue during the session of
Congress, and which has known no cessation since Lincoln's term of office began.
Pendleton and Prindle have both lost the great hazard of life within a
few years past, but the recent revelation of Purser Gallagher's losses shows
that the race has not been run out. It
is refreshing to hear that Carlisle, the traitor swindler of the Northwest, lost
in a hell of Washington city all
the money he had raised in a recent begging expedition to New York, but for the
sake of the purity of the Confederate government, of good morals, and of
national decency, let us hope that stringent measures will be adopted for the
suppression of this vice at our Capital. . .
Dixie.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Richmond Items.
From the Dispatch.]
The
Star Bangled Spanner.—A Federal flag of the regular star and stripe pattern,
was brought to this city yesterday. It
is one of the trophies captured after the battle at Greenbrier river.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
Tight
Times.—A Raleigh correspondent of the High Point Reporter, who is
supposed, from the initials (J. H. M.) to be the editor of that paper, says:
Times
are tight here, as indeed they seem to be everywhere. Pea-nuts have advanced fifty per cent., and
three-cents-a-drink whisky is now so diluted, I am told, that a good sized drink
would come near to bursting a five gallon demijohn.
I have noticed several who kept well soaked during the winter season,
have not been generally more than half drunk during the present, owing to the
aqueous element present in the elevating fluids, thus preventing the stomach
from holding enough to affect the head.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Southern
Emporium of Fashion!
Mrs. R. A. Fagan,
(Late of Savannah, Ga.,)
(Successor to Mrs. M. A. Atkinson.)
Fashionable
Millinery and Dress Making,
No. 329 Main Street,
Between Union and Gayoso streets, Memphis, Tenn.
Having just received a large and well selected stock of goods from New Orleans, with also the latest French and Paris styles of
Bonnets, Hats, Caps, Head Dresses, etc,
And her goods having been selected with great care, from
the best houses in New Orleans, and having purchased for cash, will sell at her
former low prices, and will take great pleasure in showing one of the finest
stocks of Millinery in the Southern market.
Those
wishing to purchase will do well to call and examine for themselves before
buying elsewhere. Orders from the
country will receive prompt attention.
Thankful
for past liberal patronage bestowed on her, she would respectfully solicit its
continuance. In the execution of
orders it will be her purpose faithfully to reflect the wishes of parties
confiding to her taste and discretion.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
The
Proceeds.—The proceeds of the late concert and supper given by the ladies was
divided between Tennessee volunteers in need and the orphan girl mentioned in
the programme of the concert.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 3,
c. 1
A Case
for Charity.—We learn that at the last house but two, on Monroe street, east
of Washington, there is a family in deep distress and requiring aid; it consists
of a widow woman, crippled with rheumatism, and six children.
We are sure that there are feeling hearts to whom this statement of a
case of sorrow will be sufficient to lead them to the abode of the widow and the
fatherless, with kind sympathy and substantial assistance.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 16, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
The Texas Rangers—Horsemanship, Manners, etc.
From the Nashville Daily Gazette]
The
gallant regiment of Texas Rangers, under Col. Benj. Franklin Terry, now encamped
at the Nashville fair grounds, is drawing largely upon the confidence and
admiration of our city, and the hundreds of spectators who daily call to witness
the wonderful exploits. Each grand
performance excites new wonder. The
lasso, made of horse hair, is of great strength, is thrown with great exactness
a distance of ten to twenty yards, and greater the speed of the horse the
greater is the distance it is thrown, and the more certainty in taking the
object sought. This will be an
object of terror to the running enemy, whether on foot or horse.
Another
performance is the taking up of an object from the ground by the rider, when the
horse is at full speed. Another is
the springing from the saddle to the ground and into the saddle again, the horse
at full speed. Another is the
hanging on the side of the horse, hiding the vital parts of the rider from the
deadly weapons of the enemy.
A
still more exciting performance is the breaking of wild horses to the
saddle—horses known to be so wild and unmanageable to be unfit for use; horses
which Rarey, the great horse tamer, had failed to break, were blindfolded,
saddled and rode, both single and double, in an incredible short time.
I was
most agreeably surprised to find in this regiment many men of fine intelligence,
polished manners, excellent moral character and good fortune. This was not a
matter of so great surprise, when we learned that these were picked men, and
picked, too, by a man so facile in the judgment of human character as their
commander.
This
is, indeed, a model regiment, in reference to physical, military and moral
cultivation. We hope soon to see
them on the best horses in our State, flying with their lassos, sabers, and
double barrel shot guns after Lincoln's invaders upon southern soil.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 17, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
News
for the Soldiers.—It is stated that a large number of bales of soldiers'
blankets (each bale numbering about 600 blankets) have arrived at Richmond, and
will be at once distributed through the camps.
They are understood to be a part of a foreign importation of clothing and
stores effected for the South some time ago.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 18, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
Desperate
Affray.—The McNairy Whig Banner gives the particulars of an affray that
recently occurred in Savannah, Hardin county, in which several men were shot and
one killed. The circumstances, as
stated by the Banner, are as follows:
A quarrel commenced near Maxwell's grocery, and the crowd commenced
throwing rocks at the grocery, upon which Alex. Maxwell commenced firing into
the crowd. The names of the persons
killed and seriously wounded are ------ Hussey, shot accidentally—not by
Maxwell—dead. Elijah Grant, Bobo
Grant, and Burton, seriously wounded, and four others, names not known, slightly
wounded.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], October 18, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
Why Do Citizens
Visit the Soldiers
at Columbus?
Editors Appeal: Notwithstanding
the order of Maj. Gen. Polk, forbidding citizens visiting at this post, they
continue to do so as much now as before the order was published. Laying aside all other reasons why no visiting should be
allowed, there is one along sufficient why people who do not belong to the army,
should stay outside the lines, to-wit: it destroys all military ardor, and
almost wholly saps whatever military discipline we have. The 4th regiment Tennessee volunteers, Col. R. P.
Neeley, has suffered, and continues to suffer, by visiting.
The fathers, brothers, or other kinsmen of the soldiers, are constantly
among us, and have done more to demoralize all military virtues of this
regiment, than all other things combined.
The
father of a son will tell him that his hardships are great—his duties
laborious—that the soldier's life is "awful."
"If you get sick, my son, you must come home."
Oh! how much do I desire you
at home with your mother, sister, brothers.
Then this guard duty, up all night!
Then your officers have so many more privileges and rights!
These officers are tyrannical, too!
A part have all the work to do! Should
his son get the least ill the father strait way makes his appearance in camp,
demands that his son shall go home—and his son becomes home-sick—can't get
well any where but home, etc. Fathers
had better let their sons be soldiers—not women.
The government is justly entitled to their services and time for the
period of their enlistment. It is a
great greviance [sic] and it ought to be got rid of.
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