The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-07-31
From the Cincinnati Gazette.


We have already announced the Danish
ment Of all disloyal women and children
from Memphis who refused to cease COM
municating with their friends in the Rebel
army. This aroused the ire of the redoubt-
able jeff. Thompson. lie writes to the
Grenada Appeal to encourage the taking up
of contributions in behalf of the women
and children sent beyond our lines. lie
also writes to Gen. Grant by a flag OF truce
that if the order is carried out, common
humanity requires him to make some ar
rangemelts whereby the persons driven OH
can be intrusted to Rebel hands. The let
ter closes with the following words:
"While to threaten were unso! dI eriy, get
to warn is knduess, and therefore. General,
l would say, beware of the curses and oaths
of vengeance which the fifty thousand brave
Tennesseeans who are still in our army vii!
register IN heaven against the prosecutor OF
helpless old men, women and children, and
the General who cannot guard his own
| lines
John R. Thompson C'Dixe") writes to
! the Grenada appeal from Richmond Oh the
/ 18th:
! awe are not surprised, Of course. that the
/ operations of the last len days are claimed
! as victores by the Northern press. Gen.
/ Mccall. who, you know, Is a prisoner III
. lIlcu nOuI, CObNcTSluR " III an i@il'SSc pa
clergyman of this city. declared that Nc
Cellau's change of base line" 20 the James
river. was but the carry ing out of plan
some time resolved upon. "And was it a
part of the plan, sir" asked our clergyman n,
that you should be in Richmond prls-
oner?" The General was silent
Every day adds to the amount of arms,
ammunition, and stores captured by our
forces. Trenches of uncommon sizes aud
sus picious looking graves have been OPEN
ed and found to contain boxes OF fine Bel
sian rifles; large quantities OF fixed ammu-
milton and sabers have been dug up III the
same manner, and wagons with clothing and
commisSary stores in good order Ga Fri
day, Col. Thos Il. Mumford, of Jacksou's
cavalry, overhauled a wagon containing the
drawings OF McClellan's engineer depart
ment embracing plans of his earthwork5 eX-
ecuted and projected, and eXceIleuc map
of the country from actual survey. The
value of this acquisition is !ncalculab!e.
While the army has thus been winning
victories ana p.under, it was natural euoush
that the Confederate navy (what t ere Is
left of it under Mr.. Mallory should meet
with disaster and loss. The steam guuboat
Teaser has fallen in the enemy hands with
balloon on board, and its armament of two
guns aud ammunition unframed.
The Government has 50 successfully kept
from the public, all Intelligence OF the move
ments aud disposition Of our forces duriug
he last four or live days, TN It an uIAb ie
to give you any information of fairs. AL
that we know is that Mcclellan Is at Berk
lev. on the James river, where he has
tabliShed his line OF communication with
Ola Point and received large reintOrcementS
The weather is blaz ing hot-96 degrees O
Fahrenheit in the shade-aud week o
such fierce suns acting on the 'impenetrAbl,
morass' which protects his flank. will proc
ably reduce his army to one half It's actua
mum Der. But than it viii also decimate ouI
own force.
Let us hope for the best. Patience say
Sancho Panza, aud Snuff the cards