, 1862-08-30
The Arrest of the Chicago Times man
at Hem pfb1e-A dangerous Character
and a D1stoynl Paper.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press,1

at III TN pn1A-A AAAEtEOuG character
and a D1stoynl Paper.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press1
MEMPHIS. August 20, 1862.
The arrest Of 1slam, correspondent OF the
Chicago 1ls,tts, took place during my absence
at Helena. Some sympathy is tt1t tor this
gentleman By his personal friends and By the
eeccfsiouists, but little, I apprehtnd, in any
other quarters. lsham is = secessionist, aud
hsrdly careB to conceal bis sentiments. La
Memphis he has associated almost exclusively
with SET etessicnists, and his room at the Gayoso
is their common resort. be has had regular
communication with the rebel army ever
since Gen. Sher1nan threw open the lines. and
gets the Grenada Appeal 4 day ahead Of any
one else. All the sensation stuff that keeps
the rebels in Memphis in 3 continual fermsnt
If excitement fines is way regularly to him,
ard his correspondence has been from the be-
ginning, simply 2 !eproduetion Of rebel
views in general. BE sees everything
just as his in!ormerB do, from q rebel
stand point. There is not q loyal senti-
men1 il al his letters. The editors OF the
Tines Try to eonceal their disloyalty by noisy
| nent to the Union. They have certain stereo-
1yp.d phrases which they print every day as
| suTt OF standing advertisement. But 1sham
| never did even this. His letters are tissue
| Of lies and rebel gossip. When the army Was
! at Pistsburg Landing, Isham used to go to
| Savannah to inform the Misses Irwin Of the
| number and disposition of our troops, aud
tlis ort thing was kept up until the eyacu-
| alton of Corinth. These ladies had brother
| in Beauregard's army who used to come over
! twice or three times week for his budget,
! via lsham, and take it back to Beauregard.
This was publickly known, and WAS stated By
t Gen. Ha1leck, without mentioning the names,
| but designating the informant as q neWspa-
| PER correspondent, as the ground of bis order
| ejt tctjrg Newspaper correspondents. Yet
| Isham was not arrested. Long impuuity made
him bold. He made himself the conduit OF
secession 1umors and gossip to the North.
His paper cold in Memphis At one time more
than ell others put together. He was reminded
more than once that he was putting military
forbearance to pretty severe test, but LIE said
| he "dtd't care d-n; he would write what
he chose" Now he has been arrested on &C.
CT unit Of his letter announcing the arrival ol
ten gunhoats in Mobile bay Before bis ar
rest he claimed the letter, and thought he had
choice item Of news. Since his arrest ht
denies its authorship, and wants very muct
to get out Of Jail. I don't think be vii
| Go it. If cur government is foolish enough
to let him run, I shall be surprised. He ID
| rebel 1T heart; bis newspaper has been as
avowed secession organ, aud Is 50 now, SO fa
IS it dares to be. The editors are ali seces
eio1ists; and if Isham is let to 20, it won'
be five minutes before he will agaia be plot
ting agailet the government. He il one g
the still SORT has mild blue eye, pleasan
t face; lis mouth always wears a secret, craft
emile, and he a}Ways looks very knowing, u
though his head we're the repository Of man
ard Weighty secrets, which no one sharel
Nov that he is shelvcd, hope the Times vi
be suppressed. II it were in Gen. Grant
| district, think it would. CAsso.