, 1862-07-02
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW.
Bad News from Arkansas.
GEN, CURTIs' COLUMN TN A
TIGHT PLACE. ::
Col, Fitch Retreats from st.
Charles -.
RUM0RED FIGHTING At. HOLLY
SPRINGS. -.


Mr. gcoyille of Chicago, who Afd7iaf last
night, brings a. report that Gen: Bindplan is :,
back st st. Charles with I, 600 men ana has 400 ;
more at Helena. The federal bosts: s:bre all out
Of the river. Col Fitch abandoned ssTtharlee !,
and spiked his guns. tEt
There is bad state Of affairs ii Aikanses.
Union men are terribly fpeMssecsted = k4ssst:: ]
Whem4 he Mound city tty'eeIsfe,
two Un1oIi refugees aboard :Went, at
Helena ia Get the i families. The fSb25e.p--
tr4sd then aud Vsonld. moi give thern up until
the Mound City laid before the to IN aud
threatened to bombard it. They art -hsuging t.
and shooting unionists all over the State.
CTR. Cults ie in tight place. Hs has Only
half to- iona for ten days, and must light out.
Tic bcdy Of young scovi1le has npe been re-
.rteovtred. =:
s. NJ Cu1lom, Of Springfield, is appointed
special commissioner III plac7 # Judge Logan,
resigned. Ex-Gov. Boutwell, Of Aass., as
suues the presidency Of The commission
The gunboat Little Rebel, which was sunk
at Memphis, arrived last night for repairs.
Br1gadier. General T5ler arrived to-day from
St. Louis fer Memphis. T..
It is reported. here to-day that Commodore
Farragut gave YickEnurg til Monday morn-
ing last to surrender:
The dispatch boat from Memphis tonight |
brought no news. She is waiting in tue stream |
there for dispatches and returned without let |
ters or papers. There was no other boat up
today.
From Columbus there arc reports Of heavy
fighting by Bue1l's division at Holly Springs.
and twelve hours' engagement at Ficksburg.
| The Sumter, Capt. Irvine, thoroughly re-
! paired, left to join the fleet tonight.
I The Federal flagboat Hartford passed 8
| number Of mortar and gunboats at Bayou
t Sara on the Goth Of June, coming up. It is
| stated that captain Of the boat brought Gen.
Prenties.. and other Yankee prisoners up the
let he prisoners est st The first table to the
exclusion Of passengers, there not being rosm
for both, wbereupon Prentiss became indig-
| nant and Threatened 10 starTe himself TO
| death. When he succeeds, one ration Of corn
and bacon will be saved to the Southern Con-
federaey."
The Appeal of the 25th contains an Interest,"
ing Letter from the South. Gen Van Dorm
advises all families to move eight miles back
from the river. He avoWs his intention to
defend the department to the Last extremity.
1t also says that t'on Saturday last the federal
mortar fleet, in tow Of tug boats,
from below was repu1sed at Grand
Gulf by our battery Of six and twelTe-pouud-
ers and fell back down the river. On the
same day about midday, the gunboats at
, Vicksburg opened q brisk fire on the bate
; | RES It was continued over an hour without
, doing any injury. The feet from above has
not made its appearance" X
; Gen, NJ. JEFF. Thompson has iss11ed itrocla
nation to the people Of Mississippi, calling
5 upon the people to form guerilla parties 10
a the harrasement Of our forces, and to conye.
e Information Of our movements.
c "Eyery foot and yard In Mississippi shou1
e be disputed. Every stump form r1ne-Iess
d and every cane break camp. Your brother
8 are not in northern ranks, they are truly lnss
&c ders, ard should be met with resistance i
every shape.''
lie advises the removal Of cotton from per
and gin-houses that it may be speedily burne
without endaDgering their property. It Is
y y long winded article IN Jef's peculiar style.
"a The reported loss OF the railroad train on Il
y Charleston and Memphis road on Wednesda
ID is confirmed. Pride and Kinney escaped
=. they bore dispatches, and left on horsehac
Is t not waiting to get tile train back on the trae
'e. it having run of. In an hour after they le
y it was attacked by Jackson's cavalry, who b
H. cut the wires Of the telegraph, and made ca
he ture as stated Gen. Grant has received ot
Is cial report Of the affair, but it is not yet ma
rs public.
for II is vet uncertain about the fate of t
ase mule train. The telegraph is not get repaire
tS 1ss There is nothing new from the White Rl'
fer fleet.
t4,a r1ae4 nf f111J3n n ~
ng nothing new On James Island. i fede
a., an euuboat shclled detachment Of the Mari
&C. artillery on Johns Island, and made them
1en tire.
,sIt ar. st Richmond, Juue 2ad, there Was fir
by and ekirmisbing along the line daily.
= Gen. j. E. Johnston was rapidly reeoFeri
aeW The 4pped says of afElirs in Arkansas:
The rapid and energetic movements Of G
;ns ! Hindman's forces in Arkansas have almost
ion the State Of the Invading army under Gur
nch The LITTER had been some weeks maraudinE
d.. | the ueigEboshood Of JacksonpoEt and
re Arc. ppdisturbed By their unlnterrnp
not raids, The country has been plundered Of {
ace ton and other produce almost entirely,
nnts | Drese1ce Of troops so recently ofEan1zeG
S41s ~ enscee them, however, has effected not 0
cc,. tbe check Of all advance of the invaders,
.tol thew hnre also been driven back to their ?
-saE tion within short distance Of tile Misst
for | line, When 0UT lniofAttsEt ASAb, aaS3 HSsVs
the retreating.
pose CAIRO. July 1.-The intelligence from
and aotila Is highly interesting, but for the
now sent contraband.
may The Sumter is fully repaired, and will e.
orces into commission to-day.
,aign Capt. Hatch is here, and the court OF cta
'cent | has commenced the examination OF the ch
right against him. 1t is thought he will have &
torres difficulty in clearing himself fully.
e, for The Illinois Central railroad brought II
le for claim this morning. It amounts to S1,0O0
zened The number of claims now fled is 925. &
Id be I cIajms for work are allowed st once,
.e OF those Of larger dimensions will be care1
would scrutinfzed before they arc passed upon
A slave owner from Point Pleasant, :
1doah caused the United States Marshal to arrt
Of the | Iegro here yesterday, whom he Claimed
70 no | elaTe, The negro was on the Red RoV
them | the time Of his capture, and was dresst
. four | confederate uniform. He is said to have
,erals, | The ioiut property OF 3 widow aud her
rG to Sons. one Of whom is a lieutenant in the
aking fedetate army. Capt Merrill, the Pr
will marshal, in whose employ the negro had
n case denied the validity Of the claim Ihe u
quar- | 1Yas referred to Gen. Strong, who dectdet
z him; | the negro Was entitled to bis freedom,
mock that the claimant had better skedaudle,
re the | he did
ent in Capt. Merrill and Gen. Strong. are {
benrted men, who will not easily be Ma
lity be play part III the dirty business Of rstu
Is have | Slaves 10 accession mssters.
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