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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-19
From Memphis.

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times
MEMPHIS, August 6 VIA CAIRO, August 9. -
All the information that we receive from the
South tends to confirm the report that Bragg has
gone eastward with a large detachment Of his
army Gen Price IS leis in command at Iupe-
10, with strong force.
The Union Bank opened for business yesier-
day. This is about the first that has been d0ua
IN the banking line since the city was taken.
The order prohibiting the use Of gold In buy
ing cotton precludes an excess Of banking busi-
ness.
Three hundred and seventy-fve houses have
been taken by the government officers, under the
new c2n6scatiOn arrangement The rents are %
go into the hands Of a commission.
The cotton buyers who were captured at
Brownsville were taken 70 JEFF. Thompson 5
headquarters a. SenatObis, where they were re-
leased from custody and their money restored
to them. This amounted to fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars.
The steamer Acacia from Helena, reports that
about i- hogsheads of sugar were found hid-
den in the woods and taken on board
Col. Vesche's 33 Illinois regiment, at Old
Town, about twenty three miles below Helena.
have captured about 500 bales Of cotton and
other property.
Last Friday skirmish between our cavalry
and Confederate cavalry force occurred about
twenty-nins miles below Helena. Il was quito
a brisk affair.
There was a skirIuish last Saturday at tho
mouth Of the ST. Francis river. We LOST in killed
seventeen men
When the Mark T. Cheek left Helena. heavy
firing was heard some thirty miles below. Is
was supposed that Sight on the rivsr was in
progress.
MEMPHIS, August (via CAIRO. August5 ~
From an officer who has Just retained from
scout nearly to Holly Springs, I received very
important information. He learned that Gen
Bagg's division was moving in the direction of
Nashville. The movement against Buell. wss a
feint. Rebels above Nashville boast that Bragg
would reach Nashville before Buell. could Tein-
force Nelson. and confessed Union men confirm
The report. Part Of Braggs army had reached
Grenada from Vicksburg
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SINGULAR AcemENT While two men were
at work on q bridge across the Wisconsin river,
during one Of thu recent thunder storms, they
attempted TO put in its place the telegraph wire,
which had been thrown down SO as to hang in
the river, which Of course conducted off the
electricity On taking hold of the wire, the
man received so severe a shock as to throw him
down from the top Of the bridge on the timbers
at the bottom, breaking his ribs and otherwise
severely injuriug him. His fellow workmen
went to his assistance, and became entanelsa
with the wire, when he WAS struck by lightning
so severely as to entirely paralyze him Both
men have been ia a critical condition since, but
it is hoped they viii recover -Janesgdie (HIs J
GdSeHe,
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Peril 20 Gar Troops and ships iR the De
pnrfsieEt Of ts,e souih.
From lie Kew York Times, Aug. 9l

From the New York Times, Aug. g.
Our special correspondents with the army and
navy on the coast Of South Carolina and Geor-
gia send US highly exciting accounts Of the ex-
tTeme peril of our troops and ships under COM
mand Of Gen Hunter and Admiral Dupont 1t
seems that the great rsn at Savannah, on which
the rebels have been at work for q long time, is
completed, and has Of late been frequently In
sight from the walls of Fort Pulaski, moving
about under an easy head of steam; she threat
ems to come down, run past Felt Pulaski, de-
Slroy our Hee5 as Hilton ii5ad and theresbOUts
and operate against our works and our troops On
the sea-islands. IL she succeeds in crushing
cur wooden gUnbosts-as Rll our past experience
with ilou-clad rebel rams shows she is likely
enough to do-ths rebels viii have obtained an
unmOlested crossing for the RATS which they are
known TO have been busily building of late in
every creek and bayou along the shore and
our well-posted correspondent thinks they viii
in all human probability be enabled to wrest
back from Us everyfoot of ground now under
the Union in South Carolina aud Georgia tits
the opinion Of those best informed that the Sa-
vsnn&h ram is only delaying the beginning of
her work until the large rebel land force, nassed
on the railroad at points not iar distant from
Hilton Head, is in readiness to cross over and
cooperate with her.
It appears that this ram is quite a different af-
fair from the Savannah g LaGics' GuabOat," +" of
which We have heard moro or less for a year
past 1t is the British steamer Fingal, winch
ran the blockade laden with arms in the spring,
now raced and thoroughly mailed, SO as TO be
impenetrable to shot, and mounting fourteen
guns, and before which our wooden vessels
down there viii be bu. ss playihings. She is not
mere scarecrOW; for some of cur ships have
been close enough to her 10 describe her pretty
infinitely and their observation is further con.
frmed by other equally indubitable evidence.
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rOFETCTATl
HEADQUARTERs-IsT DIS TRICT, DEPART }
MHNT No. /,

TASGIPhHO La Jsly l4ih, 1862. }
General Orders No. =.
The CO&SCRIPrs in tie parishes Of East and
i West Felcians and East Baton Rouge will Rssem-
bic without delay ~ i've Branch, near Clinton, and
report to Co. Preston Pond commanding camp Of in
stract0n-
IL The eOnserpts in the psrshss Of ST. Helena and
Washington will assemble without delay 81 Tsngipaho,
and report 10 LieGt-Col Sam Boyd commanding
III Tbs corzcrpts in the parishes Of St. Tamusny
and LiviDgston viii assemble without delay Ponchs-
tnua. a camp Of instruction ana report 10 Captain
HcRsa
~. The Commanding General is assured that many
Who come under the provisions Of the conscrpt law
have not had fhe opportunity Of compliance with its
requirements and that camps OF instruction srs
syecisllv delegated under competent commanders,
they vii repair them and place Themselves
IN The front ranks OF their country's defenders.
v r. however from unforeseen eircumsiaDc the ex-
raordnsy spectacle should present Itself 70 the eyes
of the world hat citizen soldiers Of Louisiana ft 10
rally voluntarily TO the defense II their liberties and
firesides commanders Of troops provost msrshas OF
parishes ofEc Of The militia, civil magistrates and
H other civil officers sninned 10 take prompt and
effective % s1&ble delnquents 10 reach their
respective encampmsnts.
By command Of Brg.-Ge RUGGLEs.
L d. SAkDIDGE, Z. s. A.,
iv2s 2aW4W A A A. and Inspector. General
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Partisan Orgnnizations.

There seems to be much reason to fear that
mischief to cur cause may grow cut of the par
tisan branch of the service Under some lead
eTs, and in some situations, the same number of
men could not be more prOftably employed
under any organization. Bat that the spirit and
intent of the act authorizing partisan oTganiza-
tiOns is abused, there can be no doubt, a vast
number of men who might render able service
in the regular line Of the army being shielded
from conscription by connection with partisan
compsnyS, which probably never viii 60 where
they can be OF use, unless closer and more
direct supervision and regulation of their move
ments is provided. OF course, we have refer
enee to no partisan organizations which have
done service, or axe along our coast or land from
tiers. There, they are in the field, and doing
essential service by their mere presence or ac-
tiyity.
We hear that all through the interior of the
COniedeTacy are inchoate organizations which
never seem to get any nearer completion. These
are the object of our structures. Pleasantly pic
niced near their homes themembers find the par
tisan service a delightful recreation, shielding
them from al danger of conscFiptiOn aud from
all the perils and harJships of the field.
Thus are idled away months that grow to sea
sons, and q year may pass before the onnul of
inactiOn may drive them to seek excitement in
actual service. Itwould seem that the condition
OF partisan organizations should be inquired
into. The country would be benefited if the
generals of department would despatch officers
on the special duty of visiting and inquiring into
the condition Of every partisan organization
which has not done service, and learning what
numbers of men it has, how long it has been IN
progress, how it is as to equipment, and what are
It's prospects of completion and usefulness.
They should recognize the presence of, and their
responsibility to, soma Overruing authority, and
be stimulated to activity by some more vigorous
incentive than their own convenience or pleasant
ease. The country needs men and can spare
none through the maladministrston of = branch
of the service which, while it gives scope for
great usefulness, also, furnishes occasion or pre-
text for much dereliction from the duty of every
man able or liable to DO service in the field. The
partisan service should be more under the hand
of authority for the good Of the whole, for while
some leaders need no master and no oversight,
many do-M0bic Register.
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IOFFTCIALI
HEADQUARTERS-Is DISTRICT, DEPART }
MENT 10. ],
TASGIFzHOA. Ia, July -, 1862.

A-si''rlt afilAr L. JttAF lco-- ,
General Orders No. g.
7 THE Provost Marshal Of tie county or parish
where s1y slave may be arrested, together with
tAcee resident slave owners TO be BY him eetsd and
sI-no1ed. sh al constitute special IT. buna for the
trial of slaves charged with Ofenses against military
law and for minor ofensss have power iLfct snch
coTp5resl punishment ss they may think proper.
n. Every slave who shall enter at empt 10 enter
the lines OF the enemy, wtnout special permit from
District Hea3quarters. who shall from within
the eneuys lines shall be shot receive such corpo-
Iesl pun 'shmeut s. this tribunal msy determine.
III. Where suy slave has been condemned 20 death
by tie tribunal herein established the execution OF the
1teuce, except IN where the vicinity Of she
~ may require Immediate act.0n, will be suspended
unt the sentence has been approved by the command
ing General Of the District and order for the
execution.
". in parishes OF counties, IN which no Provost
Marshal has been appointed where from other cir
cunsiansss slaves arrested cannot be brought trial
they viii b tsken before the nearest Provost Marshal
who j. authorized sud required take eoEnzanes OF
lhe cGse sud proceed in 81 sDsets though the
rest had been made IN his parish county.
Y. WheDerer il il practicable, and the
sents % IL puasmeuts Inflicted upOn slaves under the
provisions of this order viii b. inflicted upon the plan
tstiou TO which they be.ong are attsehed, and in
presence Of tbs other slaves.
VI. Provost MarshHs authorized 10 use the isls
prisons Of their respective countless par
zhes for the confinement of slaves. The keepers Of
ttese embellishments viii be Allowed the usual fees for
fhsir msintsinsnee.
VII AL persons owning slaves OF having them In
charge required read ths order them 81 least
ouce month
By command Of Br:g-Gen. RUesLEs.
l. D. SAEDlD5E, c. S. 4,
iva 2tswsT A. A. A. and InEpector-Ci eueral.
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Peril. Of Navigation on lho 1Iis.isaipp

PeriIs Of Navigation on ihe Mississippi.
The government steamer Victoria, at our
wharf Tuesday morning, presented evidences OF
decidedly rough usage at the hands OF the rebels.
She was perforated with shell, and almost nd
died by nie balls.
Her officers express the opinion that The gun
boats would run less risk in running the block
ade at VicksbuTg than any transport would IN
making trip from Memphis to the mouth OF
the Yazoo.
The rebels station their guns at abrupt bends
of the river, and open on transports as soon as
they come in range, When they pass out OF
range the guns are speedily transferred across
the neck of land, and are ready to reopen the
fire by the time the boat rams the bend. Thus
our boats are subjected to two attacks from the
same battery-Cairo Gazette, dug III
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More Of the Gun COatract--zEOyy ihe North
was sWindlesi.

From the Springfield (Mass) Republican,
The case of Samuel Norris, of this CRY, rs
the Providence Tool Company, which has been
on trial before the United States Circuit Court
at Providenee, r. l., since the 9th ult, was de-
cided on Saturday, aud resulted in = verdict Of
SI3,500 for Mr. Norris. lie had sued the COM
pany for payment of bis services in procuring a
gun contract Mr. Norris claimed that he first
suggested to the agent of the company the pos
sibility of getting contract for the manufacture
of Springfield muskets that he was chiefly in
strumentsl in getting the contract, aided by
Senators Simmons and Anthony, and that by an
agreement with the company, if he obtained a
contract for $4,000 musEets, lie should have all
he could get over $l5 each, aud If contract OF
% 600 muskets, all over Sl7. A contract for
y 600 was obtained of Secretary Cameron at
$40 each, Senator Simmons going with Mr..
Norris to the Office of the Secretary Of War, and
lending his influence for this purpose
Another contract was afterwards obtained at
the same price The agent of the company de-
MED having made any agreement with Mr. Nor
ris to give him all over 5I7 per musket and the
company asserted that if such an agreement had
been made the agent had no authority for so do
ing. Hence the suit, which has resulted in the
verdict above, which is good deal better than
nothing, though but small part of the 575, 900
sued for. 1t came out on the trial that Senator
Simmons claimed twenty cents per musket as
present, and that the company had paid him
50 600
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MISCELLANEOUS.
N0TTCE!
HEADQUARTERs 50 DISTRICT, /


NICKsBUR0, July IS lS32. :
NOTICE Il hereby given 20 AL persons who are sab
~ iect the action Of the ConEcrpt Act that those
who volunteer witbout waiting 70 be eRFslled under
the Law, VIII be allowed to select their company
and regiment from their state from smeng the several
corps Of his Brigade composed Of ihe following regi
ments viz.
First Regiment Louisisns Artllery-ColOnel c. A.
Fuller.
Eighth Baitslion LOui,isns Artillery -Lisut-OOlOne
W Pnkney.
FogTth Regiment Louisiana VOuutesrs-OOlonsl H.
Seventeenth Regiment Louisiana YOluatsers-cOl
r Rchsrdson
Twenaty-siEih Regiment Louisiana vOlunieers-Col
peeloust
Twen.y-ssvsufh Regiment LOuisisns voluntesrs-
Col. J.. D. MarkL
Tsenty- eighth Regiment LOulsiaus VOluntsers-COl
Alien Thomas
Mellon.
Sixth Battalion Mississippi VOluntssrs-IIeut. Col
J. ". Baifour
Compauy Of Ssppers and Alnsrs-Cspt D. Winter
By command Of Brig-Gen- n. L SMITH.
). +. GRIMES,
iyS2lm A. A. General
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Administrator's "a Notioe.

TETHEREAS, letters Of administration on the ate
w cf John Uonly deceased were granted TO the
dersgned the Jaly term A. D. 1862 Of the Probate
Court Of Yelohushs county, State Of Mississippi ths
the Th Of said month this 9otee Is therefore hereby
gwen reQuestiI al persons having claims against The
seua registered in the snd within the time pre-
seribed by law or they win be forever barred
9EO. W cosby,
fv1f-1ayv6a Administrator.
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N0TICR.
5vIElaws~

Il The matter Of the hns settlement Of the estate OF
Natiids Price deed. J. J. Spieer, Administrator Of
the estate Of Matilda Price deceased ths day fled and
presented his soeount Of the fee pts ana dsburssents
On behalf Of sHis estate aad moved the Court re-
oeive and slow the same 6nal account Of his ad
ruitistf aton WhsrsupoH in pursuance OF The satute
in ths behalf il l. ordered by the Court that ssd Ad
lainisraor give notice OF the presentation Of his foGi
account by publication Of tbs ssme IN the Appeal e
1ievspapsr published in the town Of Grenada IN ths
state for four successive weeks and hat citation isse
- the heirs Of said estate 70 eome forward and
show cause II any tksy can Why laid fnsl account
should not be allowed and ordered 10 record
IF. SAMPLE.
CLARK
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AdministratorIs a Notioe.

VETHEREAS, letters Of sdministrsion on the estate
w Of K. n. Fzires deceased, were grsRied 70 the
uTr5ersgneo A. the JHly term A. d 1862 oi The Pro
bate Court Of Yalobushs county State Of Mississippi,
the 7h DAY Of said month bis notice is therefore
hereby given requesting all persons having elsims
gsnat tie estste Of said deceased exhibit the same
nd have them registered Ia the manner aud within the
time prescribed BY law they will be forever barred
MARTHA FARES,
Administrative.
]. B. FARES,
fy1a1ruHw Adm nisrafor
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

4 ETTBHS Of administration upon the estate Of John
4 T. Cushu2n lais Of Lafayette eoanty, Mississippi
deceased having bson gran ed 10 the unders gned the
April term 1892 Of he Probate Court OF said county
al persons hsving claims sgsi1rt the ot Eaid do
ceased hereby n0iei 10 exhibit the and have
fhem regis cred N the manner ana within the tine pre-
scrbed By law, or the VIII be forever barrod-
r. q. SMITaER
oxford Miss July Il, 1862. AdministTHtor.
fr-.lg To.s- -n--H
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~ John Randolph Jefferson, nephew and
adopted son of the immortal Thomas Jefferson,
died on the 9th of July last, at his residence in
Todd County, Kentucky, in the seventy first
year of his age. The personal resemblance
which he bore to the great author Of the Deela-
ration of Independence is said to have been
astonishingly striking.
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THE C0NTRABANDs.-Ths number Of con
trsbands with McClellau's army is estimated st
two thousand. They are well fed, aud Sheltered
in tents. For all this, says letter ia the Phil
adelphia IagIiTsr (Rspubhcan) the manager Of
them has to deal with them as though they were
animals, to keep them in trim. They are up to
all Kind of lodges TO keep from work. Yes
terday he adds, " I saw the guard unesrth one
fellow who had hid himself away under q pile
Of old clothes. How he got along without be-
ing smothered, is a mystery to me. Hs' finally
marched to work with a shovel over his shout
der, grinning at his success in SOLDERING for a
time. This one darkey is only type Of all j
have seen here. They imagine they should 90
nothing but eat, drink, and sleep. There is no
Disgusting the fact, they want the whip badly.
The negro women seem to have more energy
than tho men, and sre very expert in carrying
heavy loads upon their head '-NortheTH Pepsr.
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WANTS TO co BACK.--Yesterday afternoon
well dressed negro woman, forty-ive years Of
age, applied to the United States Marshall's
office for pass to return back to North Caro-
lima along with her daughter. This refugee from
slavery said herself and daughter not being
able to get along at the North, wished to get
down South where they belonged, The officials
said they had no power to help her out Of the
diff pertaining TO her aspirations for
freedom, and the applicant left apparently very
diseonsolste.-N. T. Com AdUertiser Rep. }
AHgHst 7.
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u At the war meeting al BrockpoTt. New
York, the other evening, Ex-Governor Church
expostulated with the young men for not com
ing forward, and said, after q pause IN the pro
ceedings, Why [ could raise more men from
the tadjeS IN tie house ~
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MCCEELLAN'S = PERSONNEL-A misGppreben-
sion exists as to the personal appearance Of the
" Juvenile Napoleon, among the many who
have never had an opportunity of looking at
him, except on paper. Instead Of black hair
moustache and goatee, those cOpious append ages
are of the sandy order, the hsir Of the head be-
ing d shade darker than that over the liD. He
is unblessed with whiskers, except Of a path
work order, which he usually keeps out Of exist
ence for strategjcal purposes, being always
inclined TO cultivate the science Of making an
impression" His forehead Is not high and com
manding, but rather inclined to be low, yet full
and indicative Of strong mind Nor are his
eyes dark and piercing, bus blue and humorous,
emitting the expression of q go0d-natured fel-
low, fond OF his tOddy and good Joke. His
face is inclined to fullness complexion light !;
the lower part of the face expressing firmness.
His form tends to fullness, but has been hardened
somewhat by service. In hight he is about Eve
fest eight inches giving him proportion which,
on horseback especially, may, ad lbitnn, be
rendered snowy and commanding. In habits,
he keeps up the dignity Of his profession with
scrupulous propriety, having always at COM
maud an abundant supply Of the best liquors
and cigars, with which be treats his friends and
occasionally his foes. In the latter case, he is
disposed to be satiTical in his remarks, but the
expression OF quiet, careless good bumor that
accompanies the rub, satisfies the victim
that " he don't mean anything by IT, Such is
the portrait given Us by q returned Confederate
prisoner.-RteRniORd Eaq4irer
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Eg-A strange phenomens recently Occurred
at Presque Isle, Maine One morning 1t sud
denly grew so dark as to require lamps to ba
lighted There was very little thunder, and
some rain fell, which was black, smelled Ike
an old chimney burning Clothes chat wefe
hung out were covered with a fne black dust
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ESIt has often been asserted that the proper
ton Of males to females born in time of war is
greater than during the piping times ofpeaee."
This appears to be confirmed by the statistics Of
Providence, R. l., in 1861, the number Of mas
culines born Rsying been S36, against 7S6 ie-
males.
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e There has been quite a riot in Brooklyn,
between negroes and some foreigners. The pc
lice iaterfered, whica prevented the loas Of life,