Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-04
FROM WEST TENNESSEE.
Retire .uoren.ents Of she E9arissn,,

CAIRO, July ga dispatch has Just beef
received here from headquarters stating that th
Mobile and Ohio railroad is again in running
order The rebels did very little damage
A party of rebels made their appearance in th,
vicinity of Charleston. A large force of cavalry
is in pursuit of them.
The number of rebels engaged yesterday il
the skirmish near Humboldt wss about $50 We
had ten killed, and they fourteen. We als'
took few prisoners,
The Humboldt affair, like several sthers o
late turns out TO be another scare. The road j,
again in running order, and the telegraph Is
again working through to Counth. All the dam
age done 70 the road was repaired in half az
hour,
The report that twelve of our men were killed
in the skirmish near Humboldt needs conirma
ton.
CAIRO, July 90 Yesterday the telegraph op.
orator at Columbus, Ky, unexpectedly received
the following dispatch from Humboldt:
'HOlloa, York Huuah for jeff Davis"
To which he replied;
''Get out, you rebel son Of a b-hn
A conversational sparring match then took
place, but no information of importance was
| ELECTED.
The repert is that the rebels made dash at
Humboldt yesterday morning that our cavalry
~ ANONYMOUSLY fed without firinr 8 shot; that
the rebel cavaly attacked cur infantry, instantly
killing fifteen OF them, taking some prisoners,
and getting possession of the town.
Il is also said that the rebels burned a rail-
road bridge south of Humboldt, snd the rebel
teegrapher said it was their intention to attack
jackson last night.
JACKSON, Tenn, July 2S.-Btownsville,
| twenty-six miles west of here, was entered by
| eighty mounted rebels on Friday morning; one
hundred and sixty bales Of cotton were burned,
aud twenty thousand dollars in gold and two
| citizens were carried off.
| Yesterday Capt Dollins, with fifty cavalry,
had skirmish with two hundred rebels on the
Hatchie river, at the mouth of Clover creek, ten
miles north Of Bolivar, killing and wounding
| seventeen of the enemy, driving them across
the river, and securing fifteen prisoners. The
captain Was wounded in the foot and lost three
men.
JACKSON, Tenn, July 2s.-The report of
the fighting north of Bolivar, toward Jackson
yesterday about noon, created considerable Of
stir
1t appears that Capt James J. Dollins, chief
of cavalry en- Gen Logan's staff, with about
fifty men, came upon band of rebel cavalry at
the mouth of Glover creek, and, attacking them
furiousy drove them into and across Hatchie
river, killing and woundiug seventeen and secu-
ring about fifteen prisoners, who are On their
way to this place.
Capt Dollins was wounded in the foot, and
lost three of his men killed, whose names l will
secure as soon as possible.
The rebel force was about 200 strong.
The place of the fight is about halt way be-
tween Bolivar and jackson, and about eight
miles west of the railroad between the two
points.
These are the facts out Of which thousand
rum0rs have been manufactured.
AL was quiet at Bolivar this morning, and
quiet here.
To give you an idea of the rumors set shOat
by the seeessionists the report is this morning
made that Gen. Bragg himself is in command,
and has Bolivar nearly surrounded with an
army of twenty thousand men. Of course there
can be no truth in this report.
If the railroad companies of the North are
patriotic-and nobody doubts that fact-and il
they wish to serve the country, there is a most
splendid opportunity to do so by contributing
some reliable engines and cars TO run on these
roads and, if they would send the men to con
duct the roads, they would do another patriotic
service.
JACKSON, Tenn, July % The following
dispatch was sent to Gen QIimby:
To Brigader-Gen. J. F. Quimby, Trenton:
The man whe guided the rebels to the bridge !
that was burned, was hung He had taken the /
oath. The houses of four others, who aided, |
were burned to the ground
CSisnedJ G. NJ. DODGE, Brig.-Gen.
FROM JACKsON-GUERRILLA DEPREDATIONs-
HANGING OF A CITiZEN OF JACKSON.
From the Cairo Gazette, July 3lsLl
The guerrilla depredstons on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, near Humboldt, consi sted, as we
stated Tuesday, in the destruction merely of
small bridge. This bridge was guarded by fifty
Uaion troops, from Jackson. The guerrilla foCce
was two thousand strong. Three or four men
were shot dead in thC If tracks, half dozen were
taken prisoners, and the balance escaped.
Citizens of Jackson, Tenn, who had taken the |
path of allegiance, piloted the Rebels to the
BRIDGE and then returning to their homes put on
an unusual show of Unionism Gen. Logan
earning of their dupHcity, caused the srrest Of
ifteen of them. In their houses were found the
nuskets and accoutrements of three soldiers who
we're killed. These houses were burned to the
ground
On Tuesday one of the parties arrested a Mr..
Whipple, wealthy and influential man, was
ried and found guilty He was sentenced to be
hanged at the bridge he had been instrumental
n destroying. Gen. Logan approved the SEN
ence, and Yesterday, at three o'clock, it was
,arried into execution.
Two others under arrest will undoubtedly be
convicted and executed.
General Logan is determined to resort to ex-
rene measures for the protection of the lines of
uppIy for his army. He published sometime
ince his order, wherein he declared his intention
o hang citizens guilty of bridge-burning, etc,
md yesterday carried it into effect against
wealthy and prominent citizen Of Jackson, Ten (
lessee, who assisted in destroying the railroad
ridge near Humboldt few days ago. Il
The wife and two daughters, said to DO very |
Intelligent and prepossessiDg women, visited the t
eeneral and prayed for mercy for the doomed c
nan Logan, fearing that his sympsthies might t
1ogt{ hem hot ha / .
ould not relent that the convicted man had 7
aussd the slaughter of three of his men, and
ought, contrary to his most sacred obligations, 7
0 encompass the destruction Of his army.
Bridge-burners in Logan's command will un- ]
oubtedly hang.
FROM JACKSOH-BRAGG AND BUELL..
There will be no fight at Bolivar This is
he opinion of gentlemen just from that quarter,
Who have studied the position and the distribu-
ion Of the rebel forces. Bragg is not iu that
,icinity, and has not been.
Ross brigade was menaeed by cavalry only, e
he same force that destroyed the railroad bridge @
lear Humboldt.
The belief is entertained that the rebels held g
mt the idea that Bolivar would be attacked bya /
srge force, in order that Bragg might march on z
Buell. at Chattanooga before Federal reinforce '
nents could be sent from Jackson. Persons {
Who claim to be advised are in constant expec- s
alton of such movement. Buell. beaten at a
chattanooga and driven from East Tennessee, S
Nashville would fall into rebel hands almost q
Without struggle.
QUEER IDEA OF AN OATH-At the criminal :,
erm of the Supreme Court lately held in Law !
ence, Mass, a little boy six years old, was :
allied as a witness in an assault case. The :
istrict attorney, having some doubts whether 2