The sun., 1862-06-12


oc United e4asss which have the honor 70 repre-
, sent I am, Mr. Mayor, with high respect,
. G. DAVIS Flag -Oficer commanding, etc.
The answer Of the Mayor, who Ia, and always has
| been, Unionist, was ~ follows;
| MAYORS Ovvfcn, MsnrBfs, June q, 1882.
Sin; Your note Of this date is received, and con.
t,fas noted. In reply have ly to say thst as the
civil authorities have no means Of defsuse, By the
force y R.,ax e.,sasnc'' The c'y , P Pax & n.vor
To c. n. DAVIS, Flag ofhccr Commanding. DC.
Commander Davis also wrote this noto 10 she
UsrrxD srAr,s PLAo STEAMER Bssror,(
| orr MENruiB, June 8, 1902.
SIR; The unl, rsiened, commanding the Naya
military fofces of the United States In front Of Mem
This las the hosnpr 10 say to uo Msyr AMI the cty
that Col. fitch, commanding the Indisns brigade,
will take military possession Immediately.
Col: Pitch Will 10 happy 70 rec.iye the coopera-
ties In maintaining peace and order. T. tis end
he will be pleased g. confer with Ills Honor tie
Mayo, % a, the Military Headquarters, q. It : S,.'h
| Flag Offcer Cominanling, &c.
To his Honor the Mayor Of the city of Memphis
Ait.r the naval snsagencnt, Apart Of the ertn
came 10 oil their places and the number WA hard
| ly decreased.
Tho stores In From, Row, Main, Second, Poplar,
| Washington, Adams M'Groc, and al the principal
streets, were closed, and the city bore most Sab
| bstl-lke semblanoe Iriecd, during u walk of
| several bOurs thrOubn tbe Town, nhfuly remcfnDtr
| TO have n dozen stores open, and I arm quite
ssrs have known Sundays much less quiet than
this day has Teen.
Tho only secession colors flying In public places
were one from the pos,-ofice. aud the other from
large msrtlke pole standing Oh thc Buif In front
Of the city The first was removed by Lieuten-
! ant Of the Indiana Brigade, with squad OF men,
| who were followed by large crowd. who seemed
excited, hut offered neither Insult nor opros tion
| There were . few weak sporadic cries for JEFF
| DAVIS lut they awoko no rympathy apparently,
and tie fragile cropping out of Rebellion died be
| furc vas fairly born. Tho stars and bars were
hanging on, OF tie Office Of the Memphis AvALAs-
cilE On Jefferson street. and the Lieutenant. enter
tng the establishments ordered the symbol Of trea-
-,i h. bo taken down, which was done accord
insly, AMI the squad marched quietly away.
| Tho Memphis Ar0us displayed no tlR., and the
| Memphis ArrsAL, which | mentioned ia q former
! kuar had become the organ Of the st ultra
| s-lcol " Scccssioui-ts has been removed ~ Ore
| uNa, Miss, and was not Of course tangible These
the only daily jouiusls IN tho city, and 'h'y s,c
mot mharrs.s.-I .-,, oa $50. ~ t,s',,
7 many months.
r., a,g 90 the blur had been nailed 70 fhc pole.
and could NOT be removed without cutting DOWN the
| pole. This ~as not done until O'Clock this ancr-
| noon, squad ot infantry having been placed there
T. guard the lag or prevent any disturbance, The
rebels sd nailed tie solors ~ tie pole that our
! Cu,n soldiers might not pull 70 the ground, hut
t,d hardly anticipated TIE 81 wing Of the post IL
two
A large crowd .t,cd srour, the r,he Ga, all the
afternoon when they learned i would ie cast = the
earth. thinking there ui.-tt be tra Ib,c, though ~
me ,n.,v exEty how Or Why. The pole fe. siI
the crowd eheered loudly, bui ~ one hisssd, and
/ ne one srInu@a.
Dou ress Secession Gags hsI been fyirs = IN
numerous uul diugs before the Hrtra. u the H.
u l. ut ttey hst been removed yui 9t cors.irrs-
ton 'or intss glnp"w'ier. NC Yankee loyalty.
i.if-i tae people Of Memphis. especially tie -
.,s-. r.rt. were greatly s.aru'ed ts'tc = at".ts
w. SIZE. I,.i .cs'-,y t.e city 1.4 several 3 80
-e'. oils gentry ,.sei the my 3i!ulor 1u toe -..a-
.ect. ,.l see % :" tse. ma e,seT waeu i.e l4eA
Nss - perfectly s.rurd.
4 .. .,vr! Of. est p ? tie eNtguteof the Union
sen r.. , = Ion IS las been "a. sni iu i
-. -. .-L Il,re g.. s..etorly t-an LaI s4ti-.-
a., men are r1t in force, bu, n =, q them arc
! u that ,i4,,' Lich Memphis has ever had i,r
more 4 ala her Just u pat On. sill, ere are noi
few women abroad, AMI number. whom have
sct sit,irs Ia thsir i"rlors o. on tie drcr-sters
, are ,mln.Lty correct Ia conduct AID respects. !c
1 IN Pc iion No dark looks, no rll. scsi ires, no
>, Iei iu-u,t from them. They conduct them
sely,slu t c ms, l,dy-.ke manner, aud even tie
lor,ite class arc s.liled and r,ser..l.
! M,rrihia las vastly improved within three years
-tnauy of IT, largest aud fIe-t buildings having
been erected iurius that r. sriodani II - paitiul
T. the c,,2eN to uink hgw efsctla.ly rebellion
has msrrcd the growth and prosperity OF TIE city,
aud checked its advancement for tae neHtten wears.
, For six months Memphis has been Ike grave.
yard. AID businer, mere pretence and commerce
.hsllow make believe. The Oyerton House, bui!t
especially for 4 hotel, has long been occupied
, military hospital, AMI the Gsyoso, worsham and
c ,mmercislhs been nearly as fiee from guests
= / n
have nut pretended " keep hotel, because they
could not purchase the necdi,l supplies. -Four oi
, US B,h.inians going 10 the Gayoso 10 obtain n
: late hreakfss, nbout eleven tNs morning, but a
Memphisn assured us that there was nothing b. eat
Ia this house. slightly exaggerated statement =.
ucAy; - we VISITED Restaurant and consumed
ediblcs worth twenty-five dollars in Confederate
Touching the much-talkod-of destruction Of cot.
ton and sugar, have made diligent inquiry, and
have the best reasons for stating the amount has
been greatly exaggerated Very Little sugar has
been destroyed, though god deal has been
wasted. and certainly nos more than five Hundred
? ha,cs of cotton The In a large quantity of both
those staples now ia the city, but they hidden
"a as 70 prevent the cmissGrisH of JET Davis from
s,izng upon il under the miserable process of Con
Tolerate law.
Many Memphians told me they bad lost faith n
Beaurcgnrd, who WAS now In Columbus, Miss, and
=, would hereafter adopt the guerilla system Of hglt
e ing exclusively, believing that they tthe Rebels.
: could oI'y stan their cause Ia that wy. Basu
regard IL generally believed by men OF culture IL
. Mcoph.st5 be an entirely yer-rated peiso who ob
} | tanned bis reputation merely by the ascdcnt al
~ Mauassas lie has made himself odious to Mem
" | phla, AID n many portions OF Tennessee, Alabama
~ | Arkaus,-, Mis,ssippi Louisiana and TeAss; anC
Lis prestige and influence are gone foreve' on ac
count his recent failures in the field, AM his ty
rannical assures In the direction Of civil az iis.
f A corr ,spondent Of tho World thus sliudc
to Fort Pillow, and gives the following addition
: al particulars of the naval battle and tho takinI
|
. 1t Is impossible for any one who Is At oil &C
i quaintcd with military engineering TO pass th
"a works tfult Pillow, without arriving at the i'm
a PRECISION that, both 10y natural conf. .rrntion an
scientific AID, they are the most formidable wof X
Of their kind In the country. Never Lefore, probs
4 bly,, was there any place containing 80 many natu
!. . raj advantages for purposes Of defense. The diff.
cut.es OF storning Tho place are absolutely incredi
= biz. Nothing but the most reckless aud thought
" less bravery could ever have made entry into thes
, line. II defended by FIVE thousand determined men
:, The capabilities Of the work. facing the river a.
q enormous not only mounting the most formdsbl
guns, but also sui jec,ing the enemy 10 the mos
=, conical FIRE IN approaching the place stronge
=, than Columbus Is nature. II was equally well for
tilted by art. Twice stronger than Island No 1C
ior the ross1n that the approach was barred W
p, could not even see the enemy, while he could loo
= down upon our decks from bis high bluff. Tn
a evacuation Of ~ strong place s evidence thai th
y att ,mlt o. hold the river Is relinquished.
:, y The State Of Tennessee 10 abandoned. In les
" " than n week we shall have no enemy in the State
= All the labor expended upon the works become
~ ufeleis. For tue huudrcth time the rebels hay
- fallen beck matter OF pure strategy, abandur
Z ing ,una ammunition and stores. Tho gain is n,
~ much 10 VS. lut tic loss Is great 10 the rebels. Mo
AZ Of the guns they have LEFT behind they can ney,
. repl,ee All the guns which they took away az
70 supposed t. have been put on board the guntosts
those which burst are, Of course, dead loss ~ Ii
~ enemy,
:. Tht Confederate army, In nt andoning the ctizer
> aud planters, ha3 I forgotten 10 call upon Il
planters, and ast their cOtt, into the stream, ~
aT by any chance II sac ia fall into our hal.ds.