Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-14

anu "iH Il Jew ueciueu, vigorous movements,
always pushing forward, never back, my word
for it, the soil Of Virginia will be swept of the
vandas who are now pollutng its atmosphere.
UNION MEETING FIRED UpoN BY REBEL
TRooPs.-The Knoxville (Ky.) Wing gives
the following vivid account of a dastardly out
rage committed by party of rebel troops from
ALABAMA I'VE have never witnessed such
a scene as we beheld on the 9Th inst, at
Strawberry Plains. The procession of Union
men on horseback, about four feet deep, was
halt mile long, varously estimated to con-
tam from 500 to 1900 men. AT the head of
each division the stars and stripes were float
ing. Marching by the plains, there was Il
tram OF cars having on board some Alabama
troops, who remained there with steam up for
three hours. After our procession had march
! ed INTO the gap OF Mr.. Meek's enclosure, lead
] ing to his grove, where the stand and seats
! were erected, and whore a much larger assem-
! blage, among whom, were several hundred la
dies and children, were seated awaiting the
arrival OF the procession, the train started to-
! wards us ut very slow rate. Col. Thorn
! hurg was making some preliminary remarks,
/ as the remnant the vast crowd were coming
/ IN and erowding around the stand. AT the
suggestion of MIR. Meek, an old man who had
! served in the war of 1872. and who owned
the premises, the few scattering persons
/ sun at the gap were urged to come
| IN, and they did so quietly disturb
eng no one On the top Of one of the cars
were two men in uniform, each having re-
volver, and one of them stones, which lie
threw at the venerable Mr. Meek, following it
with charge from his reyolynr The bnllpts
whistlea over the heads of our crowd around
the stand, cutting off leaves and sprips TO the
CONSERVATION of the ladies and men. The
fire was returned by the Irninn mon who
fired some thirty to forty rifles beside rovol
vers, into the cars. which passed ON without
hating
But wild and terrific scene occurred in
stautly, by the rush of one thonsand men in.
suited and Infatuated. upon the track with
threats to tear up the track. and TO bnrn tbe
bridge over the Holston. Col. Thornburo
and the editor of this paper. repaired TO the
track, made short appeals to the crowd and
implored them not to disturb the road With
difficulty they were uuieted We are now
satisfied that the peopie can't lonoer he held
off these railroads and bridges. If thew CON
tinue to bring men armed and Infatuated into
the country, stop them in onr towns and
along the line of the roads. to fire into crowds
of women and children, the peope will rise
up in their might and demolish th,. roads In
deed we now have but little hone that civil
war will be averted."
D. O..
n, nhhG ~ NlHEN'Ih On TIE MlsslssiPPi,--
- M" LEI oN DIG SCALE - J. ne
Hou's'i"e oouihai VI journal OF June loth
Ewes sou'e authentic Information on The con-
Ieuera'e forces below Galro The number OF
troops at ohloh Chy, Tenn, few miles irom
Columbus, was, two or three days ago, little
! short of 5000; at Randolph, 5000; at Cor
| NTH, few miles out of Memphis, upon the
| railroad, 1000; at a point six miles below
Randolph, on the Tennessee side, l 200; at
Fort Harris six miles above Memphis, 300;
TT Mound City, on the Arkansas side, nearly
| opposite Fort Harris, 100 AT Randolph there
are fifty cannon, mostly 32-pounders the rest
larger, AIS and Cts. rliirty-two of them are
mounted, and ten or twelve ready to mount
AT Memphis, there were, two or three days
ago. thlrty cannon OF large calibre lying on
the wharf, some OF them Dahlgrens, and
large huhoef OF balls The people there
nave just oeen hauling ont two thousand bales
OF COTTON Tor oreastworks, expecting Cairo to
oe aio''g every aay.
p, Ono niue lhclueht may be worth relating
zen OF we've Gays ago, Gen. Bradley OF Ar
KANSAS VINO was then at Memphis, heard
ru1ior mat all CAIRO had broken loose. He
| ~ "a heu instantly OH DoarG Inc ONO Belle, the
Clhclhhatl BOAT seized at Helena, and steamed
away WIN gu possible speed to the encamp-
nleHt OF MS men at Bearheld Point, about
hundred miles above on the Arkansas side
upon reaching the Point, he leaped ashore,
anu, hastehlng breathlessiy among tine men,
uaue 'heh ny 10 the boat Tor their lives
| Ahefe were loOO or lIOO OF them; but
as incredible as 1t may seem, they
were az on board In less than twenty minutes
" itl s,, ieauy 70 start the taci occur
/ - .i.: t.a. in men Piecip.tt Ioh'
o. ~ a. p1NS' u' 10 Uc'iiu 'aeui;
brner Tho Sau .'te ana
o, pioNe' NJ I'm oii siioot' ioI you
S'ASj N~ANi0iHlHu l'idulS uU uOuUl the
,ln,ym no rita H., vi US nc ooal started
oil , I,iIo .ine cry aiounu' tne sener"'
r. ,I ''i,iisen Ioi wary 70 master,
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-" ~ u.s. >, '" ~ Oh t'e tennessee sue SIC
'''U'' "'' 1 e'''eSe'e e"oI'S ~ A''t"ootp"'
HE LATE JOHN Z. GREBLE.-Ihe cores
| Po"ucnt u the new York Herald, writing
iTo'h iliiaueiphla alter the announcement of
:.ie "cton "t Efea' hethet says Il nave
Just returned rom the residence Of Edwin
Grebie' Esq, father OF lieutenant John G.
Oreole' VINO was siam at the unsuccessful
assault upon the masked battery at Great
bet1ei, near fortress Monroe The dwelling
OF MT Vreoie Is OF prncsly dimensions, with
interior arrangements to correspond with It's
exterior appearance When at West Point,
1.e"'e ''%Iileu uaushter OF heV'
-, I f'i"l pam ~ mat iasututloh' ny
"e i,"N wv onitu'eT' INC oeTeaVed
,I,or az nv no" T''S lls |!t Lieut. GreD,e Ia
~. i,ie "l1ie ldill'iy are ueePiy aHlcleu'
tL "o9e wiz" ,i,; Wlloul we conVerSed narrated
'aiei' EARS te virtues ana courage of
al 'I' auu t.lV Iuso'nu' lie nad been IN
u"liy t nun Vi "Ii'l"s 10 t"eh ana during the
p ;, ', 4 'nol'"S ti,Gre was no single ar
tnsat ,I I"ttIeSs monroe when letter
MI G sne i,eutellai' Iontu 10 reach them.
WIS. uteoe remained win her husband at
''e M iieSs u'I.li 'ie certainty 81 approaching
nos'il'iIs Pecessa'eu ile order Tor the reno