The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-30
AFFAIRS IN MEMPHIS.

AFFAIRS IN MEMPHIS.
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Oar Memphis Corrsspondenee.
MxxPas, Tenn, June -, 1So9.
NempAis n Cossnunicsios citA tie Rsa Of ka'sksnd-
General Wauacs asd Ne Argss Nnn.papa'-zAs Gs'se-
rsps Vios a "Restovatiow'-Hs 1rsoSs-1ssssas
lpecss IN ksmpAis-LA1r Beer = fmterSoassse-Cxt
ssns 7aksv ~ OasA 4 AHagia~os, &e
Civiixatiou and communication with the outer world
~ among the b essings vouchsafed 70 Dine through
the failure Of rebellion. On the 9Th instant the rsos
feet was destroyed front Of this city, and IN very
few days thereafter commercial relations Wsre r.
established with st. Louis and Cincinnati 10 iscie'
or freight and passenger accommodation ioowsd sns
mails those inssparablo auxiariss and sptcmssrs OF
modern fe and Of which the Msphians had long osso
deprived To-day ID announced that the telegraph y
IN operation 70 Cornth and thence through Chattanooga
10 Nashville and the North In few days smother line
70 Columbus Cairo will bs and ~ work, and Men,
phis win emerge from her sscuson Of twelvemonth,
and once more be communicative and respectable The
Stars and Stripes TO stay and the denzsps Of
the Bluff City are longer 70 be without their nourish
ing and protecting care.
This morning Mr.. Bacon, superintendent Of
this division Of the telegraph corps, entered
the Office in Memphis and attached . pocket
instrument 10 wres without any expectation Of Ind
ing the line up To his astonisment tho circuit was com
p,ete and he at once called" Corinth Cornth re-
snonded and asked, What office Is that" Mem
nhis - was Mr. Bacon's reply. Memphis, In horn,"
.ad orinth not believing that the line in working
condition. but the operator soon convinced, and
lively conyersation snsued. No one had looked for COM
| muncation between Corintn and Memphis before tho
middle Of the week; but the working parties had been
sxceedingly active and found the line in much better
order than anticipated In three four days line VIII
bs open to Columbus and Cairo, following the railroad
via Humboldt and will afford facilities for business and
news dispatches. Last week Major George H. Smith,
Superintendent Of Military Telegraphs in General Hal
leck's department, passed in hand car from Grand
Junction to Columbus He found bridges burned, track
torn up and occasional feed but who
knew telegraph man stop at any obstacesY Even the
apre.rance Of several squads Of buternut natives and
few random shots from their rifles we're no imped
ment 10 his progress Major Smith intends putting IN
all the telegraph lines Of Western Tennessee ant
kentucky as speedily possible. Whom the rebels nss
from Memphis they took nearly ever ythng from tn
toe raph Office Only battery and two carboys Of ac
were lett behind. On the Jackson, Miss, hook hung
. despatch dated and reading as follows
June 6-7K A. N.
Yankee 0eet destroyed opposite town. Rccko
| they II take Memphis. Leave immediately. ~ n.
This despatch probably the last that was sent frol
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quont TO demolition Of the aee show that the authe
Ureckoned' correctly. .
Gayoso House. where he dispenses justice 70 the neeo
Msmphans. He has not yet formally taken tne con
mand the city from Colonel Slack, though his auth
rity is supreme by virtue Of his superior rank Befol
il was generally known that he in Memphis he eel
an cficsr the pr0Yrisrs Of the Argus newspaper
inform them that designed Altering thu tone o. tb
sheet and ftr that pArposs had appointed two
TO take charge OF ts editorial supervision. Previous
: the advent u or forces the Memphis Appeal a
, m st vindictive and uacompronsing treason adyoca
! The south. The Avalanche presented only
1 mild typs q secession, and was under the ban Of
rebel LEADERS ofits editors being thrown into ps
, by order o sensral Beauregard Since our arriy nj
sslensy with IT'S antaDsdents The Appeal lied. and
Arus though greatly modified, still continued 10 AZ
: | course was apparent whsn General Waace's order "
issued The editors wsreof course indignant but pow,
before The strosg arm Of the military, the
4 conductors ~ once installed. ono OF them v
= Cairo at the time OF the occurrence and did not
= Till two days sisssrd, and the other was aw
from his lodging aud could not be- found ins
Mas neither very cereui0nclM imposing The I,o
has become loyal sheet, and will occasionally pr
sent few Northern arguments 70 it's subscrbers n
| lsbor VI ihe nesy appointed supervise $ c,s,ssts
reading this proofs cf each days issuc expanp co
trsbapd matls. and. VIII they think proper for s
hs Memphans, 10 insert article mr..
sentng the views OF I've friends OF the Onion on tho "
rious questions OF the da-. Astraightout Union pare
Is soon to be established iers, and whom thl
IL done the Argus will b. released rem the resent ar
rangemcnt and be subject only 10 the prop military
sorshif One Of the gentlemen appointed ,s 70 Iool
alter the spiritual welfare of the Anus is Mr. RI hard
SOU OF the New York Gae and the other Il one az ~,
HnuIDs correspondents in the West. Their labors h
this behalf are expected " bo neither long aduous moi
II Is not yet known how long General Wallace will rs
main in tho city; but 80 long he here the friends u
the Iaon can rest that there will be no halfv
Hoss9iss nor any attempts at ejaculation OF rctes
"na las ices VII va snihed and and
wneie'es hs siii.ss blow will be toll His
troo l,e ina adaton Of all bshoders both IN M.
senAaes a.ols ts~A sad th.ir appearance on parade
Asn! 90 .is a.. a ne dress parade u the Eleventh
lhnina, General Walaces old regiment and on. uf IN.
ost tica ny, there nearly two h,ussnd 60
ais pIesent notice Of the display having BEEN
| a Do,h tho morning papers, Ths men were rsgrsS and
dusty after their campaign near Corinth as ,s.s nLs
| march nithori but their solderly bearing and ths
performed held the beholdsrs breathless = I'M 5,
and ~ the close of the parade elected loud aud
bursts u applause Their conduct 10 every where SPOKEN
ara - n 70 'nat Of the rsbe soldiers BE-
The merchants ol 81. Louis and CT cnnat hay. bean
overdoing their business with Memphis ana some az
them have been compelled back tho guods thew
Drought hsrs while others placing them ON storays
AND putting trust in Providsncc and the future Most
| Of tho supplies brought down consisted OF buttsr
cheese hams aud other edible matter for which arce
prices were exectsd. those who dispose OF their
at retail md ttle troubles but tho wholesale dcaies
cannet obtain uslomeis Cod, svsr and other "a mo-
ney have not IN do their In H. civpt sr,unss
ior & me purchase u larse Quantities Of goods Memphis
The country IN her rear but she viii be as soon rs maj
ters become more quiet. Commerce viii regulate
ltself.
The great question whether lager beer in or IL
not intoxicating has been decided In the aflirns.
tive by our Provost Marshal, and hence tins SAFE
OF that hIid extract has been stopped. A stsaua.
boat laden with the beverage which cheers apd hther
70 besved not TO nsbrate arrived from st. Louis only
iew hours after the UNI opular edct had been ssuod
TIE crestlalen owners VI the matt liquid were com.
pslled " return with II on the following morning
The citizens arc daily coming forward TO tako the oath
pf allegiance, and display an anxiety 10 be
10y Nearly four hundred business men Of Memphis
have already subscribed to Il, and expected 70
follow their example. Much OF this display Of loyalty n
doubt simulated but by tar tins greater portion Is real
and heartfelt Recruiting Offices have been opened for
the Second Tennessee regiment and ~ Office eleven
enlisted the rst day. There Is stiI, son,o
loyalty that Tears TO come out through that
We may not stay. lmorovs people still point TO tie
di.asler a. ilsJn X, folowcd by our retreat and
subsoqusntly the withdrawal Of army from spring