The New York herald., 1862-08-24

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have some Two your neighbors employed TO
give Information OF what you ana otie near Ne do
shall you and your rich rebel neghbors 70 pay
those menmy spes-their salar les Mr ffl-rson Went
away convinced that no had better BEHAVE hiilseh.
Another fellow apoog liny tor not having given lnfor
uatin band OF gaer Iid he vas airaid o theh
"Oh, then, you are rot R'fah o. mef asAeu 'no
mo" said .he man. "yoa Won't destroy my house
s,Yes, / wit' said the General "lbdeIsian9 from
ths tiIne ot h fear me han you 10 ihsm. since
you WON'T tho government Tor love, you sAaii
through tear"
man named Sterng Porter, his wife and sister-in-
law ordered day - take this morning train
for Nashville, and thensg make their way 70 ArA1hss
They accused OF bang Connected win guefla pdnds
General Sesey has bcen suslecng them Tor some time
past and laid plot 10 catch them The women were IN
constant With sonels OF war a. Chicago
and Indianapolis on Of them mvarisoy CAME WIN tue
letters 70 General Nesey Tor approval he approved TWO
three Of them in her presence without examining
them, after which he gave them 10 her. Yes.
teraay she WAS detected General Nesley examined
her letters in ner preseuss, found the contraband
correspondence he had sus rected. and had the two
others arrested Iney all lett on the morning train or
Arkansas.
ARRIVALS FROM AaKAssAs
On the train Thursday lady who had Just come
frsm Arkansas, and accompanied only oy her ser
wants twenty in number. An opportunity oiefng
introduced myself and found her to be quite Pleasant
s,Ya,kee Lncolnite,,' and INDUCED with several
pretty strongly drawn phrases Indicative OF her opin-
ticular. She w4s exceedingly handsome quito young,
but very adyllke and elegaAt IN her manners
She Is The wife Of Colonel Tappan, of Helena Ark,
the commanding officer Of the Thirteenth Arkansas rsgi
tie rebel army. She Is the daughter OF Judge
VIM Anderson OF this state, and the niece OF Brigadier
General Samus Anderson, now commanding 10 the Army
OF The Potomac. Her husbands place adJoins that oil
Gideon J. Pillow at Helena, Ark and Is now occupied oy
Mrs Tappan SAYS that she supposss all the
has remaining are those her thsse nvns
been gwen her BY her alher had requested " remain
with her. and had been allowed by General Curtis
The huse The plantation OF COLONEL Faplan are
An OF Pillows negroes some three hundred IN number,
are the employ OF Uncle sam She says General
Curtis viii burn Helena, II be has not already done So
Bragxs army is saia to be at Tupelo, Miss When she
heard rom Colonel Tappan that position being
held by Bragg.
DEcHERD, Franklin Co.. Tenn. August II, 1862.
IMPORTANT POINTS DxFgScx.
Tullahoma and Decherc appear to bs points of promi
the defensive plans of General Buell. at least
they strongly guarded The former is the point o the
Junction Nashville and Chattanooga and Manches-
tor and hcMinnville railroads. The latter commands
the important road TO Jasper from Manchester, road
which, understand, Is not guarded by our Battle creek
forces. short march Of these forces at these two
points would bring centre line with right q;
Battle creek and simultaneous mefement on the part
OF Nelson would bring the whole ol Baells army into
lire Of pattle of the Sequatche river The right
wing would not, however, gain position the So
the right wing This contraband. say
nothing which the rebels beyond Battle creek and the
Tennessee river do not know.
BRIGADE COMMANDERS.
General Speed s. Fry, OF Kentucky is In command at
this place. General Fry is the who killed Zocofer
the unreliable OF battle 10 be believed.
hrgaiier General B. Seadrnan ,ate Colonel of the
Fourteenth Ohio infantry to-day assumed command Of
the late General Robert L McCook's brigade, which
uTk.-
General Thomas First division. General Steadman's
command consists Of the Second Minnesota Ninth Ohio
Gsrman) and the Eighteenth reguars-three battaons.
The late confirmation Of Colonel Seadmar tardy jus
done a gallant ofcar who will ill the place Of
amented Bob. McCook AS Colonel OF the Fourteenth,
Colonel Steadman yicd with Colonel Harlan of Teeth
zoiiconer at s Spring He will lead his in Tho fu.
tue with the caring gaantry he displayed
that occasion aGd Afterwards AZ Cornth.
AvExGiSG GENERAL McooKs MURDER.
am told that the Ninth Ohio regiment has fcarfuiy
avenged the murder Of General McCuok 1t is generally
conceded mrrderors were citizons living bo-
tween Winchester and Salem and that he led into
ambush by the with whom ne General Mctook)
had halted the night previous The house OF this
burned bu he could not be found Thirteen citi-
der, ,are reported have been hung the Ninth Ohio
but d. not state this fact II is certain however,
that large number of houses in the vicinity Of the
der have been destroyed and men, women and children
have lied rom the avengers II appears to have been
Impossible to restrain the Of the Ninth Ohio. The
cowardiy and inhunan murder s characterized by
exsauating circGmsI ances, and there be
found who appear 70 regret that the fury Of these
DEATH OF CAPTAIN DAVIDSON rSSrH KENTUCKY
Other no less cowardy guerilla raids have lately boon
committed Ia this vicinity, and the Fourteenth Ohio,
Tenth kentucky Second Maine hate been
10 such degree that they declare they will take
sQeras risones An account has already been seat YOU
OF the capture companies Of The Tenth Kentucky b.
you'd Iuscumba week since. Gen Buell. has made 1t the
subject Of general order, which has doubtless reached
you, and which, think, uiJusty condemns CAPTAIN
Dayidson's command Tor cowardce. painful sequel
this raid has Just been developed in account Of
death OF captain Davidson. A wounded and paroed
prisoner OF the Tenth henuk reported yesterday that
Captain davidson attempted 70 make his his
captofs, and shot, Dine balls entering his body aad
instantly killing him Captain Davidson
trensiy gallant young officer Previous the raid ol
Bucsner INTO hentuSy young Dayasn, strong states
right man was thought 70 DC sscessicnst bCt he de-
carcd ihAs he condemned tie fathless B4CSner
aud volunteered drive niI from His acah
viii be cited by macy warm persona. friends,
avenged b. the gaiaut men Of his company and reg-
ment
GUERiLLA RAID SEAR px,ArrR
On Thursday last abo i two hundred and twenty
valcscents Of yArioas esneuts Thomas div
catrsd by oaud ., guorrliss three miles from Deca-
tai, Aabami. inoy ~ese stopping oyor nighs at the
house Of named Eliot. Turing night Elliott
seen 70 mount his horse AID rice ua uspecting
something wrong the Convaescents moved forward
but were attacked and capsred at the house Of a
nsmei Isle wh.n within three miles Of Lecatur A
BIZ but short night took place. but the few armed sol
diers Overfowefed Lieutenant Ggrsago ol \
the Thirty eighth Ono fought desperately killing
two Of the gderriias. He last compelled
10 surrender after his sword had been taken
from hm lie Shot AMI severely wounded IL the snoui
der BY oi he gusrlias Thomas bayis Company u,
fourteenth JniJ, was killed smith Clark OF the same,
severely wounded ia both legs Ihe lhiriy.eshtn
Ono lost one killed and two wounded The second Mn
nesota, Tenth hsntueSy AMI Eighteenth regulars
resented a5lg those taken Ii IhorneT, the sltler
Of tho Fourteenth OHIO lod BY taking 70 his hees.
All The par led, Lieutenant Go9sAge among
rest: this IA CsasderatiJn o his .oand Ihc que
ril!as commanded By Patio son, lawyer,
houiton, Ala person who despite his Infamous calling,
is described very much a gentleman named
klrphy, Ok the Fourteenth ono, recognized by the
guerilla5 desefter from Alabama regiment, aud
was retained, the .ebels promising to parole him With