University of Texas at Tyler Scholar Works at UT Tyler By Title Civil War Newspapers 2016 Memphis Appeal [Memphis], August 1861-October 1861 Vicki Betts University of Texas at Tyler, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uttyler.edu/cw_newstitles Recommended Citation Betts, ickV i, "Memphis Appeal [Memphis], August 1861-October 1861" (2016). By Title. Paper 84. http://hdl.handle.net/10950/725 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Civil War Newspapers at Scholar Works at UT Tyler. It has been accepted for inclusion in By Title by an authorized administrator of Scholar Works at UT Tyler. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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.