Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-18
FROJI GFN. CURTIs, COlI,IAND.

/ ST. LOUIS, July IL.
Special 10 St. Louis Democrat, Helena,
Ark, July 18th:
The advance Of Gen. Curtis army, under
/ Gen. Washburne, reached here at 9 A. NJ.
to-day, having left Clarendon, on the White
River, yesterday at A. NJ, and made a
forced march Of sixty-fve miles in q day
and night. A Quartermaster, Winslow,
will start for Memphis Immediately to
hurry down supplies.
! Gen. Curtis left Batesville on the oath
ult. with twenty days rations, and after q
halt OF five days at JacksonpOrt to concen-
trate the forces on his sutposts, took up
his line Of march. His entire command
are now en- route for this point.
From eight to twelve hundred rebels
under Matlook were on our front who
fired on forage trains from canebreaks,
and barricaded all the roads leading south
ward with trees felled by negroes, and
placed every conceivable obstacle in our
way, but we overcame them all, and the
army is safe
We had a number Of skirmishes on the
route, in all Of which the rebels were
whipped with considerable loss to them,
but with few casualties to our troops
July 9TH Col. Hovey, Of the 33d Illinois,
with parts of four companies of his regiment,
four companies of the 11th Missouri and a
battalion Of Indiana cavalry, routed two
Texas regiments at point between Cotton
Plant and Bayou COache, with loss to them
Of ITO killed. Our loss was Eve killed and
AZ wounded.
We suffered much from thirst, there being
no springs, but ratiOns were plenty, and the
/ In=u IA in hnn nj 5-sk l.,
sick and wounded were brought along.
The Inhabitants along the route were en-
bittered and urged into hostilities against the
Union by tho following proclamation
LITTLE Rock, Ark, June "a.
To the People Of Arkansas-The Yankee
| Gen. Curtis is attempting to escape. His DO
| sition is untenable. He is appalled, by the
! dangers that surround him. In his terror he
resorts to the desperate expedient Of moving
to the South along White river, trusting fol
| supplies from the Mississippi by boats. The
| supplies cannot ascend White river.
We have already blown up one Of his
iron-ciad boats, crippled another, and can
| hold the river against his feet. The uues-
tion now is: shall his army reach the fleet
below2 You can prevent it the power is
inyour hands, the plan is not secret
proclaim it to you all: if it is not ear.
ried out, the responsibility will rest OF
you. Take your gun in your hand ant
ammunition. Every man of you noun
your horse, or go a-foot. Do not wait 81
hour; lose no time in holding meetings
Move towards the enemy by the shortest
road; join the first company you oVertak'
upon the march; press upon the invader
from every direction; attack him day anC
night; kill his scouts and piekets; Kill
his pilots and troops on transports; Gu
off his wagon trains lie in ambush anC
surprise his detaehments; shoot his mount
ed officers; destroy every pound Of mea
and -four, every ear Of corn and stock o
fodder, oats and wheat that can fall int
his hands; fell trees as thickly as in raft
on all the roads before him burn every
thing, and block up the fords; hang upol
his 'front.' TANKS and rear, and make tn
ring of your rifles and shot-guns the &C
compartment of every foot of his retreat
Let every man feel that this appeal is ad
dressed to him specially, and that it is tn
appeal of a bleeding country to her son
for deliveranee. Our army in the fel
will do its part. viii you do yours?
[Signed] 7. c: HINDMAN,
Maior-General