New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-04

ssEissins was exIellsDtiy laIai.
The military authorities are growing weary OF
.b.ae cowardy attempts IT mur,er; and should not
be surprised il the first tcouDdreis discovered III
these eideayors were samnsrily hanged as they de-
serve 20 be, at the first convenient lainp-pott
Gen. Grant fn Memphis.
sTom Oar Special Correspondent
MaspBI, Tenn. Friday Jgns ~, 1857.
THE CITY ELECTION.
At the municipsl election yesterday 200 votes
were polled--rsthsr moro thsn wac expected, ne
.verv vo,er was required 50 take the oath of ail"-
glance About one third Of tho citizens voted. In
her most palmy days, Memphis polled neary 1000
votes but the refugees from Rebel rule tho soldiers
aud the ruu aways since arrival have diminished
tue number more than one half. A good many clti-
yens who scouiesce cheerfay in tbe restoration OF
tie F-dersl suihonty not quite ready TO take
tho osh-perhsls frou considersions o; Consistency
AID psde---bn. they will SON fall IN.
JOHN PARK, MAYOR"
You obserye tha; TIE Old municipal ticket 10 IT,
elected with Mayor John Park at ito bead. What
ever MY be .a:d Of Others, he does no, permii any
dread Of falsfying his psst professions 70 govern
him. He has taken the oath Of allegiance In my
ne1t. will give you some extracts from bis Official
uttersnces during the pa. year, that you may Judge
what bis record hss beer.
INTENSE HEAT.
Tho weather Is intensely hot, and tie CITIZENS
apparently sui.er under il quite ss much rs toe
Northerners- At p. NJ, yesterday. ihe mercury
Indicated 81 in the sbacei and al ~, 1t had no,
fallen more than two or three degrees.
GEN. LEW. WALLACE.
The lepartur. Of Msjor-GeD. Lew. Wallace, who
mas gone home fnrlOugh - very generally regret
Ted. His brief administration war excellent. IN 'pe
Of tie fruress and decision commanding tne reffec'
al the people and wss only condemned BY those
who are determined be diplessed with the Union
authority.
Msior-(,cn. Grant viii make this tire permanent
headquarters Of the District OF West tennessee
whirb hss inst been placed in his charge nv Gen.
VaIecs He has taken posseesion OF the dwelling
Of prominent; Rebel and will resds in IT With hlT
family who are now on the way here from Their
home in Covng.on, Ny.
Coz. J. ID. Webster, who is sppointed Comnandsnt
Of the port 10 also looking ont for Rebel resdtnce
r. establish his quarters IN.
THE ARGUS WARNED.
After Gen. Grants arrival, the prorretors OF me
dreus waited on him and requested that, rs a
roiop organ The RsD,,Hs, had been established The
/ lace uja1t be relieved. Gen. Grant scquiesced.
/ They ssked him II censorship would be estao
/ l,.bed over them. 90, no." Wa. his reply. "Go
Oh and manage your paper A. you pleatei ont inc
fret time anything disoyal appears IN II shall IN,
r,ediately snppfess il and place you under arrest
1 'rlev eae,p 90 think tlst on the whole the former
arrangement which relieved them OF lheir rospoo-
sibty. was preferable.
TEE AVALANCHE ADsOsIsHFD.
/ The hpalancAe continues 70 reflect upon the uiii'
law authorities In daily editorials, censuring every
thjrg which u CALI severity snd uEging the wisdom
,tat nrno-,iit "A IA rlnIlv' policy. Inc fetf
thal tbs ,eyefies Of war viii be visited upon citi-
;yer," ,seme 10 haunt It.. This is ali very well the.
orsticaly bu. it Is noteworthy that unoer the oid
yko,ne the tone Of the paper %as quite diiieTent-in
many csses tending 10 inRams the military anthori-
ties 10 the severest measures toward Union c'nens'
Tbi. morning, Col. HiilseI the new PIoy0s'-ad'
I sh.l addrossed Dotc 20 the editors OF Jhs IRA
Lache informing them that some o. their recent ar
tcIes " ere bletha no reflection Whatever
/ upoa tho military suthori les would be toiefaveu'
MORE TROOPS COMING.
ce, " T. Sberrnsn division Is within twenty
tyvo miles of the city, on the Memphis aud CnaIies-
,on Rail,osd and is moving in this direction Ten.
! Grant brought no troops with HIN.
NAVAL OFFICERS.
Elso.Oiaser Foote, whose health If still inhrpi;
- fro-n CIayeland thst he has been detached
rom The ao,i,ls. with tire. mouths leave oil sb-
seDce. 80, r.-f.: Z, ..;,I
a, hone out OF danger and convllescing slowly
Cant. A. NJ. PsuuOfk, tho BHtb Soi'~'hj ."
fined 10 his room III Celro by rheunia. I'm. IAe
,lo,est attention for many months 10 his arduous
dns;,s IL telling upon his health. Capt Pennoess
ro,tioD has not permitted bin to be with DIS gallant
brother Officer Ia lighting the enemy bot toe heeny
10 rromptres. with which lie has lsboied ut Caro-
10 ssror. aud increase tho efficiency OF the entie
gs,t are worthy of tie highest praise lie mas
worked by day and b. night IN ,eason sno OUT OF
ca,1r ny few men work, on behalf OF the doVsin'
oeuf. - lie deserves well OF has country
THE TN THOUSAND PRISONERS.
Tb.re arc ropogs ~ circulation that one molIve %
tho 1;ovsrnment IN calling Gen. Pope 70 wasning
ION was 10 ascertain the exact bhsis oI uoa iis.
Iecl's dispatch, announcing that he had lhAen zen
Thousand prisonors OF Besuregards Ietts1ihg nIhy'
Th,. dsts,tch LN beer, tho sofJec' o. nucn e.I-
meDt After diiigent inquiry among rssiu a,l'
hrio.de and diyisOn commanders, ahd 81 ~ onoel'
hsye BEEN unable TO find anybody VINO s. . any
,hiug ebont ten thousand prisoners, or hsi 'uas nun
her All the testimony agrees that inoiuolns I,'a
era ,trsVglers, legitimate pria0neib, ano "s
an aber of sniegard's sick left behind a,a
tnre TWO or three thousand men. there 10 e''u'ny
soros mistake IL the matter. IL Gen. ha,'eon
i.in formed or the figures OF bis dtpien seo'u.
tsljy changed IN trs nsmiting 1t, 1t should DC ProSp
| iv corrected We hsvs denounced Beauiosa.u -
ssyerely and 90 Justly for false bulletins tns' oyo
| jovai man here fees embarrassed when inc Icoe,