New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-27
FROM MEMPHIS
The Memphians Witness the Evoiuiions Of
One Yankee Regiment--What they
Think Of It-Fiag Presentatfon-Loyai-
~ beeoming Popular--Frightcned Wo.
men-Hew Sincere the Rebel Leaders

Were.
From Our Special Correspondent
MExpHIs Tenn. Friday. June TO- 1879.
When the war broke out, Majcr-Genera Lew Wal
lace, now in command Of this post, entered the ser
vice as Colonel of the llth Indiana ZouaveD Req.
ment. He was lot d West Pointer, but he was some
thing better-a born General. From his quiet law
yers Office in Charlottesville, and his chair in the
Senate Of Indiana, be brought into the fed special
aptitude Tor military life. The lith soon became
famous for drill and discipline and :ts dashng CAM
aign in Western Virginia exhibited splendid lighting
qualities.
At the end Of tire thIeenonihs campaign the regl-
ment was. disbandcd; but in recognizing for the
war much of It's bcs: material was retained. Last
August Il took the field for the tLree-years service
still commanded by Col Wallace, and after his pro-
luotsOn, by anoIher exceleas oiseD CoL ~ diuuis.
Sine, Il has done good deal Of Lard drilling, hard
nsrchiag and hard fighting and has been universally
recognized ~ second TO no other regiment in our
Western arIaies. .l..
II - now ercanped on tte levee IN front Of the
Gayoso House. Wednesday evening was iis frat
dress parade. The General, with his staff and sew
orsl Other gen lemen looked on from one of the bal
comics score or two of ladies from the windows,
aud 800 Memphisns from the sidewalk. The latter
were especially interested, for IL was their frat op-
poriunity of seeing regiment OF the Lincoln
Lorde:' the Yankee vs,ndss," drawn up in line.
There was nothing snowy or imposing in their ap-
pearsnce. Their campaigning has been too arduous
TO preserve any bright trappings or holiday attIe
Their well kept arma shone in the fading sunjah-a
perfect lice Of polished steelbut their worn, soiled
Uniforms had left their brightness behind, at Fort
Donelson and Shiloh, in the mud OF Piitsburg Land
ing, the trenches before Conth and the dusty roads
10 Memphis.
But II their dress did not challenge admiration,
their eyoluious di. They moved, not Ike men, but
like usrts of great machine. They steppsdtorwa
like shuttles in vast factory They grounded arms
in such perfect time tina, i sounded bu one gun
struck the sidewalk. They went through the man
ual in marvel Of perfect drill, which would DO
credit TO any regiment OF regulars, aud which drew
from an English gentleman beside me, who has seen
much Of the armies Of Great Britain, France, Austria
and Russia, expressions Of enthusiastic admiration.
The Mempbians, with riveted attention, looked on
In wondering brea,hless silence. But when the pa-
rsde was ended, aud the charm broken, they nearly
al Joined in the vigorous clapping OF hands, trlo-
ute fairly wrung from them. And IN the remarks,
afterw ard, even of the btce Rebel syiopathizers,
could be detected certain feeling Of pride, that these
soldiers were their own countrymen-Americaus,
ike themselves. Two, who were standing near fne,
exchanged ideas thus: "Weli John, how many
regiments like that do you think one Of oar regiments
could whipl" 81 think if they whipped one they'd
be doing pretty id wellF'
erners are cowards-that one southron can whip i've
or six Yankeeshave entirely ceased during the last
ak months At first the Southern head was little
confused on that point, but now some valuable nior-
nation has been beaten into il. The resdlt Is worth
al least five hundred millions
Yesterday morning there was another demons,ra-
ton. A young lady named Major presented beau
tfu silk ilag 10 Col. Slack behalf of the Union
ladies' of Memphis There were brieT, pertinent
spesches on both sides and the novelty of the
son drew crowd which filled the adjoining squares.
And at the conclusion the crowd expressed its sais-
faction in three rousing cheers. Last evening too,
we had more hearty cheering from the citizens; first,
nj the second dress parade OF the lth Indiana, and
afteryard ut the music of its excellent band. In
deed, it is becoming quite the mode TO treat the IN
vaders' not merely with complacency, but with
hearty welcome.
OF course this i. not universal There is a good
deal of hostile feeling which would manifest itself il
"the vandals." One Union lady in the city stil has
at her house Thousands of dollars worth Of the Jew
elry of her Secession friends carried TO her upon the
arrival of our army, the superstition that Rebel
residences would be plundered, while those Of 10y
alsts would be protected. The owners still refuse 10
take il home on the supp0sion that the good disci
pline of our rodiers Is mdtely ruse-tbat one OF
these fine mornings the plndeIing, if not the rayish-
ing, will begin.
Ii is noteworthy illustration Of the insinceTity of
the leaders that the prominent Rebels, those who
have continually announced the stump aud through
the press that the Northern soldiers would desolao
homes and outrage women, have run away, leaving
their own wives aud daughters here quite unpro-
tected, at the mercy OF those same soldiers What
higher evidence could be afforded OF their deliberate,