, 1862-10-28

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Especial Correspondence Of the Chi ago Tribune ].
:. AENrn1., Tenn, Oct. q, 1882.
There is considerable excitement in the clry
to-day, on account Of the operations. Of gasril-
las, noted with some particularly IN former
letters.
There have already been several removals
Of the relatives and friends Of men known to
Vitfops OF the folio ~ing order Of the provost
marshal, q. copy Of which was served upon
some thirty or forty persons:
OTr1cE oF TIE FRovosr MARSHALL.
AE1Fms, Tenn, Oct 1s, 1862. {
The eteameE Gladiator vas recently ared upon
By the guerillas. acting in concert with the So
called confederate army, OF Thich prominent
members Of your family arc part. Thesa wan-
toa aets, having tendency to restrict commerce.
exercise Of ordinary prudence to lessen the neces
st.y foE thoes supplies BY decreasing the popul..
Yon a1e therefore orde.ed, IN obedience to spe-
cial order No. %54. to quit the city Of Ne ophfs,
With your immediate family. within three days
from the date Of this notice, anil remove to q
city. Tou will be permitted to take with you
Jour household furniture and servants.
D C. ANTHONY.
Colonel and Provost Marshal.
sESTEScR STAYED.
The excitement hare alluded to WIS in 4
tion, iesued by Gen. Sherman this morniug.
The order vas in the shape Of . communlca.
tion to Col Anthony, the provost marshal,
and was IS follows:
uEArQuAlsTE4s 1sr An1T or TIE TEyzEs-l
SEE, AENrHIs. October Il, 1G32.
Colonel D. G. Anthony, Provost. .Ma.ehal:
S1R: You may suspend the execution OF the
whose nnmes were ascertalned BY lot. Tor the at-
tacks made on the Continental D1ckey, ,Catahoula
md Gladiator. nntn the friends Of those parties
can ascertain whether such attacks are recognized
BY the confederate generals In command. Fifteen
days will DO allowed for that purpose, Let Ill per
nno st T The
cost what it may, and that the confedsrases and
their aahcsents mast be held responsible for ths
acts 4 Ia partisan yanfsfs and gnst.s
Mnjor Gen. com'din..
Colonel Anthony, upon the receipt Of the
above, issued bis order o. follows:
The execution OF special order No. as2 will be
suspended for fifteen days. IT, at the expiration
Of 1hat time, the practice Of firing upon unarmed
oficial acts Of Generals Pembertou mud Holmes,
commanding On the east and west efdes Of the
assissippi River, then said order viii take effect
Provost Marshal, Memphis.
BOUND TO MOVE.
Some Of the families notified By Col. An
thoDy, not waiting to read tho papers, packed
up their bag and baggage and moved early
this morning. saw one or two wagon loads
Of the eecesh taking the early start In this ex-
odus. They had their colored as we'll as white
servants along, and we're accompanied by q
detachment OF the Provost Guard outside the
faHA than rlrnh Fl hnf
these hasty ones have been waiting for some
time for an excuse or opportunity to desert
Memphis, and seek climate and COMPANY
more congcnial to their souls. They now
have their wish.
REMARKS UPON TuB ORDER.
The Bulletin makes the following timely and
truthful remarks upon General Sherman'e &C.
tion in staying execution in the case Of the
families OF men known to be his enemies:
In carrying out this policy, It has been found
anguish must be inflicted. All this IS revolt
irE to the generous nature and manly tender
ness Of General Shernau's disposition, and Ia
this mornings issue Of our paper he permits
delay Of fifteen days IN the Carrying out of
his orders, in order that the persons concerned
regularly authorized military commanders OF
the confederate government, whether the acts
OF which complaint is made are recognized by
them, and have their sanction. This gives
these who advocate secession santi.
nentss opportunity to appeal to those
this matter, and to obtain from then,
q dieayowal Of sympathy with, OF participation
in the unman]y and disgracefu1 acts Of the
river brigaDds, If such an avowal can be made.
The onus Of Contemplated prosecution thus
falla upon the secession authoritfes-if thcs
sanction system Of war on the helpless and
the innocent, the child and the woman, suct
US that late1y pursued in the cases Of the boat
Continental, Dickey, Catahoula, and Gladia
tor, then they directly authorize Genera
Sherman to use such rctaliatory sets as may
be demanded by the e1igency Of the OCCASION
| These acts may be hareh; they may be des
t1uctive to the interests and agonizIng to tht
but the injury and the suffering will hay.
| been inflicted by the party friends OF tho suit
| ererH themselves, by men who 6crup1e not Il
recognize rs legitimate warfare, acts that ar
inconsistent with civilization, with the usage
| Of var, and with that sentiment Of mani.
| rectitude which burns In every honozabl
r bosom.
WILL TIE G0NFEDEHATES HEPUDATE9
The question Iew remains, will the rebe
| qaasi government repuGiate the acts of guet
| Has? They may, and they may not. At least
| it is question Of great Importance, and on
which has not yet been settled. Il is hiyl
time that It was understood, and all engage.
! OF interested in the war will be glad to knoy
that within the ensuing fifteen days there is
| probability of its solution. The persons pre-
scribed here will certainly do all they can Il
render the answer entirely satisfactory. It /
thought by some here that the CONFIDENT
| power will repudiate the acts Of their tcpute,
allies-the guerilIas-in firing upon unpro
tected steamers, and euaan gerlDg and takin,
the lives of innocent men, women and chil
dren. Gen. Sherman "has adopted the polics
long ago acted upon In Europe, Of holding til
neighbo1hoods where the guertlIas perpetrat
| their atrocities, responsible for their acts
| when the residents or property oWnera c
those nefghborhoods arc eympathiters wit
the party On behalf Of which the objection.
BILE acts were committed. BeJond this, Ger
Sherman has adopted the plan OF expe
ling from the city certain number of.pe1sou
bt longing to this party sympathizing writ
guelfllas, for each boat fired upon on the rive1
He does 10 on the ground that the effect {
the objection able nets Of brigardage on til
river is to restrict commerce aud to lesse
this city. His logic is-lf the enemy rcstrit
the amount Of proVisions, it becomes nece
eary in proportienabie manner to lcsso
the number Of consumers, by thinning OF
from the resident podu1ation that occupy q
attitude inimical to the Union" No sal
man can find fault with this policy,
Will the confederates 1epudiate! ".
End OF the Cotton Famine In Eng1ani
The statements contained In the folloWiB
article are probably reliable; aud If 10, 1t
difficult to overrate their importance. For