, 1862-09-13
From Our Own Correspondent

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MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 7, 1862
Since my last letter to you there has not
been ar, thing Of great and absorbing interest
revealed to me, in the way Of news purely
local TO Menphis.
A MOVEMENT.
On Saturday last, il accordance With orders
OF Gen. Sherman, Ger. Hurlbu:'5 division of
the army hereabouts made movement, tue
direction Of which I can only infer to haze
ilccn Bolivar, as no information can be OBJ
tanned Of the positive Eectioa Of country that
trAve corps intcuds aonoring with It's COM
reny. It made fine appearance as it raraled
through Cur strests, followed by its list. ba5-
gage wagons with ra!iors for ten dl5s, As
Merfs ior the mere - -, vu',- Of the Thing, tt1e
statement at the G1Gnada -1lpaz to ;ul cor,
ftary notwithstanding, we may expect to near
OF solncshlDg having been done brfoTe many
Gays rot lar from MemFhis. lie may hare
scrc Fert Pi'1ow-ward, nl9y llve gone to
Bolivar, or Ealf Il oozau ether l,l12es, but that
he has gone is the only rcli4ble fat / I'M At
1ltcry to state.
GrEE1LLAs
Continue to trorbl. the people in and about
Helena, as WILL as in and abouEa A1.m phi5, aud
i'll both Places badly Interfere with til. sp.cu-
laticps III co1to1. General sree1e will MOI fur
uleh guards for the use Of these spectators,
10 AID them in sWlndl,rg even Sou :nera plant
c!s, and hercc the game Of the gentlvnlec woo
follow the arnlF With pcckes full Of green
backs, Tor the accommodation Of the dear
public only, Of course, is et1ectnal!y blocked,
unless they will take the responsibility On
1lcif own shoulders and venture ont alone iu-
to The interior after the cotton, which they h.s
tate some time before doiDg. Several Of ti1=ir
number, you will recolcct. have been cap
hIv f1.,ir+ ,1+
trom them, their cotton burned, a7d th-in-
se}yc5 hurTisd off into the interior and held
prisoners. Some hare even suffered the cx-
tresne Ienalty Of their inprudcnce:
On Thursday last the steamer White Cloud
WENT down the river from uelrra for cotton
aud returned, having received thirty bales.
But it was not trip wholly w:t1out Its dan
ger. When but three miles heloT the city the
White Cloud was fired into from the Shore by
gus tritlas, but fortunately suffered no injury
and had none Of its passengers or ocrcw
wound=d, Almost every expedition Of this
lild made lately has met about the same
treatment from these numbering bushEhack-
ers.
GETTING PAID FOR IT.
Some Of tile residents below Helena arc ret
ting we'll paid for their aid aud comfort given
these guerillas, aud 4 few more doses Of the
same medicine VIII probably cure them most
tfcctua}ly. Some STEAMERS have }attly taken
the Qrecaution to carry along hoWitz r and
snail body Of fi1-nen. AS soon as tir:d
ulsen, . tcS shell are sent into the thicket
hui, s the guerillas, followed By yollcy Of
n.asl>ctry. THIS generalIc disperses the vile
I'll. my, when the steamer lan3s, puts off her
soldiers and they visit the plantations iu tie
vicinity, and nfttr questioning the owners as
10 s'e1r logs if they hnd them secesh they
tusn their houses, carry of their stock, lay
| waste property generally and then return to
the steamer. This kind Of practice has oaly
te be repeated once III a nsighborhooi.
Gueri'las suddenly disappear from these parts
ard thereafter navigation of the Mississippi is
| tree. gentleman upon the steamer PL1uet
informs me that WHEN that steamer last came
/ BY Cen1neTce be WAS informed tn at the people
I ot that ncighborhood had come to the Tesolu
sion that any party Of gucri.as coming there
| 10 tire upon s'eaulcrs would be shot doSn
criytn ott, or extermiua:c1. They art un-
! wiling to suffer themselves by having their
toIses Gurn,d and crops destroyed: ia lie
cause OF guerilla warfare. And they are sen
| s.h!e people.
l, wa= reported at Helena On Saturday that
Gen Rusccrans lad made an attack upon the
| tnnt, Il rates III Tunelo, Miss aud met With i
| decided eIulse, Tie rnnlor needs cont.u1a-
| tor, hcwtser,
{ NERSASno, MISSISSIPPI.
Rumors bave been in circulation for several
| Gays past that sr,ne Of Gen. S2e:n,an's troops
lad eutcled 1leEandn, but they Wcre undou6t,
soly falsr, aE il was not until saturliy tnn
the event actually transpired: Oa that dag
some # our troops dill W to Htrando; they
nct no torce OF co5f.derates there and
collision occurred. Tney found few citiz3n:
! and q few 1ederals in custody. Tue latter
I they released, the former not being mol lested.
oue or two stctsh soldiers fouud loittripa
G1ee1sow and 4. Woodward being A;aoNg
| the nuulDer.
On tie return Of the party from H,randc
they nct email force Of confe derates a.
\. neonah Greek. They proved 10 be portion
Of B:ythe's mounted par1issus, alas !-Uerillas
| raised nigh Nonconah, i collision . :cur7ed
in the course OF which lieutenant OF th<
federal force, whose Eame c ,u!d not learn
was killed. 4 Confederate soldier vas a'sc
aec;d.Itslly kii:ed ly number Of his OWE
| party. The liberals then fetuya4d to Mem
pisis.
rR1cE's NEGRO SHOOTING ORDER.
Gen. Price, Of the confederate command
has Iurptd his attention 10 negroes H. thus
euunciated an order setting forth that ans
cuIured man found gully of exnibitiay dis
orderly Or insuboTdiuate conduct, or Of pcin:
caught i'll the erdcavort t. III lae his e5clp: II
the fvderals, is to be published BY death by be
ing shot. \ gentlemen who has hal excel
lent opportunities for knowing the truth, sui
Hho Gould not be suspected Of rrcyarlcasioa
{ hayicg no interest In telling that which coult
tnly work detrimeut to his side Of the SUBJECT
| informs NE that he has no douet, from dates il
! LIE PNASCE11Qu tt14U d AAI WlCunC Ql Its lI4QS
p:ri1g in his immediate nci5hbo7aood, tha
OVER 100 negroes have been in this m3une
disposed OF between this city aud H-ruand,
tilce the arrival OF the federals III the Vi
cinity.
EFFECT OF REPORTS.
A report published here yesterday by tt
ArgnS, taken 1rom Cairo extra Gazette to tn
eject that the confederate General klrb,
Smith, With force OF 40,O 200 men, had m trch
| ed upon Cincinnati, demanded and received it
unconditional surrender, crested no little ex
citemeHt on all Sides The effect u2on tn
secession element was most marked, ho weyer
Men who had not for months had their com
bati7e bumps stimulated, grew suddenly yer,
bold, wanted to fight, wanted to see any d.
Yankee who would tell them that they wer
. net braves OF the first water. Men who hay
. been batting bet ween two opinions, and VIII
; did not know whether 1t Was best to get dow
I'll the fence upon one side or the other, O
rtnaln where they were, quickly decided tha
matter by declaring themselves rebels.
Men who had taken the oath OF a1egiauc
- the government Of the United States, an
| who we're but halfand-ha1t Union, bc1au t
Think they had been rather prem 2ture il 1h ii
| action, and regretted exceedingly they had nc
: deferred that act little longer, The s.ool
: stsuncb and true Union people, however, d
!. though the news vas bad, aud although the
! ( might tremhle for the futnre Immediately fa
I loving, wire not frightened, were not n mad
20 wayer in their support OF the cause. o
, tie conFrary. they put On holder fl:es. sait
"ss ptIh1ps all for tt G best, and looked 70