Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-23
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From the Little Rock Ueu.OcratI
The reliable gentleman who came down tie
river on the magnificent steamer Ben. CouTs!1,
reported that the EtLeTais were az Van BuIen.
/ Subsequent arrivals from the West prove that
( the reliable gentlemen was mis taken. Rumor
{ places the EedeTas az different points In circle
{ Of two or three hundred miles. Oas asserts that
/ the main body +, at Springfield; another says
! they are at Keat's7ie, and sliil another tells us
( they are at BsutouviLls. We d0uOt believe lhey
l are or have been south Of Boston Mountain,
/ though scouting parties may ride over the cOJn-
try and visit the smaller tows. IL Is said and be
/ lieved tbat party was at Huntsville. We DO
( not see what they eau gain BY going 20 Van BIZ
ren or Fort Smith. There is nothing left for
/ them 10 steal
I We have been aware for some time that gang
/ Of tories and iayhavkers, numbering some two
( or three Thousand, were up IN Fulton county,
( and other counties, doing great damage, murder
I ing and desr0y ing. II may not be improper to
say now that by this time, these gentry have
I been attended 90. They have Deeu made to test
Z the quality Of Texas rangers and are either cut
! to pieces or in full eight through Missouri. We
/ are ssVgUine that the most impatient among US
VIII be satisfied in a few days that our forces are
not idle az are striking effective blows.
The reliable gentlemen, and Madsmes Rumor
and Gossip are constantly in c0uiaJ, and talk
gems, all Of which may or may not turn out to
be true In fact, what movements, if any, are
or foot are known only to the commanders,
and if known to Us we certainly would not tell
Let Us possess our souls in patience, and trust
that all viii yet come out right
The telegraph line was completed and in
working order 10 Fort Smith, but as the main
army has let. that region of country, it has been
or.wiA BE- taken down to Ciarksville and per-
hap5 to LeNIs0urg, and the wire taken to build
q line to PJcahOEtas. The Yankees in theI ad-
vance on the latter place built a telegraph line
as they advanced It's to be hoped when Price
and Van Dom march on to st. Louis that they
will capture some Of these lines and give US
communication with Missouri
In the Federal stealings in the ncrtwest, when
they took prisoner they robbed him Of bis
money. They kept the bank notes, State funds
and specie, but tore up the shHplasters. The
men who issue shioplssteTs will be glad to hear
this, as every QUE torn up is eieaT gain to the
one who issues them.
When the Federals came to Fayetteville, seven
negroes, Belonging t. Mr. Allen and Mr Con-
ner runaway TO the enemy. After staying three
OF four weeks they fapswsy again, but to their
masters this time, aud begged TO be taken
charge Of They bear the marks of hard treat
meHt, and say they weA harder worked and
worse fed than ever before IN their lives
In letter from Mr. Fry, he requests US to state,
for the benefit of the relatives Of the persons
named, that three young men named Shirley,
Wilson aud Pope, were taken prisoners on the
3lst Of March, Ia Washington county They
were from northern Texas Shirley was a mem
Der Of Stones regiment and SO, perhaps wsTe the
others.
Gen. Churchill, with five regiments, went by
way of Forsyth, in Missouri. and were within
thirty miles Of Springfield. He ascegtained
that there were 4 lot Of Federal wagons and
stores there, guarded by about thousand Hes
sians. Everything was in readiness to march
upon Springfield and capture the train when an
order came directing the brigade TO march at
once to another point
A letter received from friend in Van Buren,
dated April D, has the following:
DR. Dunlap, who Is connected with the army, |
srrived here this noon in charge OF the sick and
wounded from BeEtOuviHe. He left Fayetie-
vile Monday evening. No Fedora We're there
then, nor were there any on the road this side.
Some two hundred went into Fayetteville on
Saturday, and 20 the farm Of Judge Walker, for
the purpose Of ihre8hiug out his wheat and car
ryifg 1t Of buT learning that regiment Of our
troops were st Huntsville, they beat nasty re-
treat on Sunday morning. Ina Federal army,
he says, are sli at keattsviie and in the neigh
bOrh0Od"