, 1862-07-12
FROM CAIRO AND below.
THE SITUATION AT
VICKSBURG.
FHE WAR III ARKANSAS.
ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT ON
TIE MISSISSIPPI.


tSpcclaf D1spalc1 10 LQe t0lcI5o 1flouae.l
MEMPHIS, July 9, 1se3--1o q. II.
Thc ram Mingo arrived last evening from
Vicksburs, which place she left on Sunday
last. NJ Important movements st Ficksburr.
Tie hombardment was kept up at irregular
intervals, tie rebel batteries replying only oe~
casionally. Nothing Of importance can be
done until tic arrival Of a land force sufficient
to support the two fleets, When it will come
20 orc etems to know. The 3fisgo brought
up two or three wounded and several sick
scamen from Commodore Fa7lagut's feet,
who will be taken to Cairo on the steamer
S:i;Dges this afternoon.
Late news from Arkansas, obtaiacd from
ge,lt1. 1.,nan who left Madison Oh Monday, says
Gin Curtis command was last heard from
nc:.r JackeenporE, aud endeavoring to Work
their way to the river. They were reported
US suffering terribly from lack Of supplies
and fcragc.
The r.ilroad bridge at Madison, which cost
-cyel4,l thousand dollars and was 2 tinc st7ac~
lure, Eas burned By Hindman's orders, Oh
Sunday the 29th ult,, creating the utmost in~
aisnaiion among the citizens. Hindman
feared the bridge might be used By Curtis to
reach tie Mississippi, Or By troops from this
direction going to meet him.
The out7ages of guerrilla5 and Hiadman's
troops are doing more for creating an Union
feeling about Madison than anything else
could. Hundreds there pray for the ADVANCE
OF sufficient Union force to back them in
raising State troops in their own defense. Ny
| informant travelled extensively in the State,
! and knows whereof lie speaks.
Gen. Grant yesterday afternoon received
| dispat cnes from Ualleck confirming the report
| lhat McClel1on was holding his own at Rich
| mold, and had bevp fully reinforced South
| tfn papers have it, on tho contrary, that No
| Clelan was entirely routed and half his army
made prisoners.
| Communication with the enemE by crossing
10 Hopefeld, opposite the city. in skitt5, Is
becoming too frequent. Gen. Grant yesterday
| issued III order PROHIBITING such fcrriage, and
o1dering the arTtst and turning over Of boats
to qualterusas+er Fiicn-al1 passengers ar
rested to take the oath Of allegiance or ht
placed on the Arkansas shore; if caught agai1
inside Of the lines, to be treated IS spies. Til,
navy is cal1@a upon 10 co-ope.Ite III the en-
fo1cy1ncnt Of Ills order. Two arrests wer,
made Yesterday. Mr.. Morgan, agent Of tt,
Memphis and Charleston road, was taken, III,
aith his fa1iily conveyed outside the lines
Arrest was u1aAe also of Geo Warren, lat
telegraph operator OF Cincinnati, later Of tn
Mississippi aud TcuncsSce railroad. He had jus
returned from the South, There is no irfol
,naticn at present as to charges against I'll
| gentlemen arrested.
Tic attempt to convene the new board {
, aldermen last evening, WAs Il failure. The
informally adjourned to try again tonight.
Gov Andy Johllson, it is said, will yisi
Memphis in q few days
MEM1 HIS, July ., via CAIRO, July 1l.-Br
! ~incss continues to revive. Merchants fro.
| Nortllrin citits, with new stocks Of goodt
are opening stores, and the people Of the cit
;rc pa1ronizing them more freely than her:
| tlfurc.
Nearly G, 900 letters we're sent North fro1
the post otlice on Monday. Mails arc sna
North daily, but are received irra5ularls
owing to delay at the Cairo post oll,e.
Several citizens sympathizing with the r
bellicn were yesterday arrested and passe
| South.
4 negro was arrested on Sunday with
. !urse 1nal from Jersous in the rebel army t
friends here.
The provost marshal las issued an orde
prohibiting parsons from crossing the riyi
in yawls, under penalty Of arrest Of the pa
scngtrs and coD1iscaton Of the boats.
WASHINGTON, July 10, lS.'2-The recent
published dispatch from Capt. CrAyen t
Commodore FarraEut mention the prepar
| tions OF the rebels to annoy Our fleet by
+ battery in the vicinity Of Ellis Cliffs and Ro
: ney, Miss. Acting Master Crocker comm
= nicatcs the particulars Of an encounter c
Il TIC morning Of the .6th-'' -''when," hc say
5 | ttwe were attacked by a battery Of up,>1rent
j. two or tour 6round4rs, concealed in IL
= ihickct under th= bluff. Their first sho
. frtm dist2ucc of not more thna 200 yard
took effect in the Sarah Bruin, iaiuring tn
II of her crew severely"
!, Three other shots fired at almost the san
distance fell short, when 4 rouud of graz
from the Sarah Bruln and shell from Il
IT | kensington, both Of which were drops
With great accuracy into the midst Of Il
smoke Of their guns, si1cnced them c0mplet
> Is. Both the Sarah Bruin and the Ktnsin
II ton, together with tue riileIuan from all Il
t1seturu brought them out OF range, and t
ut1ed the Hof:,c: Bea's to opcu are wi h h
Is battery, which sue did with sroat ani1natio
O. and the 1hcket was shcll:d until all vesst
were out Of range.
~ TlcRsHrRG, July !, via CAIRO, July Ii.
= The bo1nbardmcnt OF the city still contiau
from the mortar boats above and below t
t city.
q: The rebels baye recently made attempts
"a | strengthen their eartflworks on the blu1t,
have been driven away by SHELLS flon our Tx
ta7E,
r Most of the houses in the city are riddlcd
~ Small squads Of rebels occasionally appt
49, On the upper batteries in front Of the city, I
N have fed as soon as the guus from the IL
ST. | opened on thcm.
:, Work on the canal is still progressing.