Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-05

From the Memphis Bulletin, July 81
We have already given some account of the
proceedings Of the rebel guerrillas at Browns
vile on Friday last The arrival in this city OF
several gentlemen from the locality OF the attack
enables US to give further PARTICULARS:
Ga Friday morning last band OF cavalry,
under command Of Capt. Faulkner, of Ken
tucky, entered Brownsville, on the Memphis
and Ohio railway, about daybreak They in
stantly surrounded the hotel and proceeded to
make prisoners Of every gentleman who was
there buying cotton. Among them was mr.
French, resident Of Denmark, Madison county;
Mr. Ware. a Kentuckian, and Nathan Green
wall. ESQ, of this city The latter gentleman
had with him three thousand dollars IN gold, and
other money to the amount OF twelve Thousand
dollars Il is stated that another Memphis cot
ton buyer was taken, but hs name was not
known After taking their prisoners, the band
proceeded to burn the cotton that was in the
place, amounting to about four hundred bales
Several drays engaged in hauling were also
burned and q number of mules employed in the
same business were seized and taken away by
the rebels, kho left after they had set FIRE to al
the cotton they could fnd
At about FIVE o'clock, on the same evening,
five hundred of the Federal cavalry, under COM
msnd Of Major Wallace.' entered Brownsville,
and on receiving information of the movements
of the rebels, they set If in pursuit Near the
Hatchie an engagement took place, the precise
resuls (which was not known when our Informant
left The Federals returned to Jackson, taking
with them g number of prisoners, destroying a
ferry and bridges on the Hatchie and Fo1ked
Deer rivers. The effects of these visitations on
the inhabitants varied with their sentiments
When the rebels came ths Union men of the
neighborhood fed or became invisible; when
they were followed by the appearance of the
Federal troops, the Union men reappeared, and
the sccessionists were missing.
On Saturday Col. jackson was at Denmark
with three hundred cavalry; they reported that
Villepigue, with his command, was marching
on Bolivar. Jackson crossed the Forked Deer
on a sort Of pontoon bridge built Sunday, by
negroes furnished by the planters of that neigh
borhood. On Saturday night, and especially on
Sunday, heavy cann0nading was heard IN the |
direction of Bolivar.
On Sunday, a large number of men from |
JacksOn's command went toward Humboldt, |
destroying telegraph lines and portions of the |
Mobile ard Ohio railroad. They were said to |
be on their way TO jackson. Before going |
there, It IS reported, they seized or Humboldt |
and took several psymasters and their funds, /
and destroyed q large amount Of commissary |
stores. The loss in money and stores by their |
IS stated to be very large, the gener-
Al estimate makes it nearly a million dollars. |
This report needs confirmation
The Federals had been fortifying Bolivar
aigl ten days before this raid, ,snd it is stated
hat not less then fifteen thousand troops were
IN duty at that place. The rebels, when at
Brownsville, stated that Gen Bagg's orders
were that ell cotton sold, or sent from the plan
ationS for shipment, should be destroyed, but /
.otion on the plantations was not to be inter
cred with. The cotton in the nsighborhocd of
be above described raid, ready for shipment, is
stimated to amount to four thousand bales 4
quantity Of cotton lying at Fulton for shipment
8 protected by a gunboat, and a force has been
ent to Fort Pillow to protect what is lying
here