, 1862-05-15
LATE SOUTHERN News,
Rebel Reports from Corinth,
Little Rock, Fort isilloW,
ETC., Etc., Etc.
JEFF. Thompson's Grand
Snort.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.7

Especial 0lspalcn 10 tne thlcAgo Tribune.1
CAIRO, May II, 1S12
Memphis papers Of the 9th, 10th, and 18th
inst. have just been received by special ex-
press.
They state, on the authority Of dispatch
from Natchez, that the Federal feet had
returned down the river to New Orleans.
The appeal, commenting upon the growing
disposition on the part of the citizens Of
Memphis to refuse Confederate notes. char
aeterizes the parties as traitors, and threatens
to publish their names in its columns.
The same Journal says that the only condi-
tion upon which the South VIII accept peace
is the recognition Of the independence, not
only Of the cotton States, but Of every border
State whose people desire an alliance with t1,a
Confederscy.
The AEpsal contains an account of the aur,
prise and capture Of the Federal cavalry BIZ
Col. Claiborne, with Il, 900 cavalry, nearDres-
den, substantially as I hare before tele-
graphed. The prisoners we're taken TO Jack-
fon, Tenn. It also has the following telc-
graphic dispatch from. Corinth:
!Coa1STH, May 8.-The anniversary of Pa1o
Alto opened with skirmishing between Cen
Popc's forces and Gen. Prices troops on fhe
Pennington and Rienzi roads. Al O'Clock
the firing Of artillery WAS brisk Cox's A1ah1-
ma Cavalry had several wounded. There wa
heavy infantry firing late in the evening in
loss: Surgeon ". R. Thrall, OF the eth Ohio.
ard Major Aplington, Of the 4od Illinois, were
killed.. A flag Of truce was sent by the enemy
yesterday, asking for an exchange Of IIeuf.
Col Adamt9 Of Missouri, and was refused.
The Federal telegraph office at Pennington,
rT1f1$a Il; natl
City, Vas captured.
The deu1anche Of the 10Th says that it has
learned that from reliable sources that the
aetual Federal loss at Shiloh exceeds 10000.
The Provost Marshal Ct Memphis has Or
dercd the arrest Of all persons refusing to &c.
cept Confederate money in payment OF debts,
or for goods purchased Nothing in the least
degree calculated to discredit the operations
Of the Government will be tolerated,
The Appeal OF the 11th says we have certain
intelligence that Gen. Ha1leeE has lost over
$500 Of his army by de<ertion. The country
between the Tennessee river and Kentucky is
full Of them. The whole Of the Goth Ohio de-
serted and disbardel after tie battle Of the
18th, and numbers of kentuckians and Mis-
sourians have followed their example. In
consequence of disafeetion produced by the
late anti-E1ayery movement in Congress one
entire Kentucky regiment had uncerenloni-
ously quit Halleek's army and gone home.
Five hundred Federal cavalry and one thou-
sand Infantry have occupied Paris, Tenn, in
consequence Of IT, attack made By our {rebel
cavalry On the Federal Camp at Dresden a feg
days ago.
4 report is brought from Little Rock that
Gen. Catiss' division Of the Federal army
have commenced to march upon the capital
Of Arkausas Gen. Steele is marching upen
the same point from Pocahontas.
The Appea' Of the 1lth has the folio wing
| special dispatches:
are reported to have been at Augusta, Jack
eon county. They took possession of all tho
| cotton IN the neighborhood. They are re-
| ported to be in considerable forge nt Jackson
| port and Batcsyille. Their destination is un-
| knoWn. Some of tile Federa1s in disguise
entered This place to-day, and after recon
| noitering, returned. They were pursued by
| thu citizens Seventeen hundred bales Of
| cotton "Here offered upon "thc shrine of lib
er'y to-day, by the citizens Of this place.
command Of Curtis. His forces arc reported
| to be between eight and ten thousand
CoR1NTH, May 13.-Sincc the terrible thrash
Ing administered to Pope'6 command on yes
| teTday, By Price and Van Dorm, we have had
| no further demonstrations. Matters are ac-
cordinely quiet this morning.
The Appeal Of the same date contains the
following characteristic message from JEFF.
Thompson, relative to the great naval fight
Of Saturday:
FORT PILLOW, RIVER DEFENCE FLEET.
| GUNBoAT LITTLE REBEL, MAY 10.
EDITORS APPEAL: We A[issouriaus con-
| cluded TO celebrate to-day, the anniversary Of
/ the Camp Jackson Massacre. We have shown
| the enemy We still OWN the Mississippi river
| ard can run the blockade whenever ne choose.
We gaye them few bullets this morning to
| show them our power, and after handsome
| little skrimoge OF 80 minutes, wc backed down
| the river with two men killed and eight
| slightly wounded. The officers arc all safe,
| with more confidence than ever, and our boats
/ are uninjured. The Van Dorm, Capt. FQlken-
son, has covered our tleet with glory, and all,
from Commodore Montgomery down to the
powder boys, behaved like soldiers and gen
tlemep, and proved themselves as good men
| as ever feathered an car round o quarter deck,
| or butted Yankee.
| [Signed] JEFF. THOMPSON.
| The Appeal publishes this message without
| editorial comments.