, 1862-08-21
THE WAR IN THE; WEST.
THREATENING GUERRILLA 0P-
ERATI0MS.
A Steamer Burned on the
Mississippi.
ClarkSYllle Taken Fort Don
eIS0n In Danger.
MATTERS IN MEMPHIS kND
VICINITY.

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Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
cA1Ro, August Is. 1862.
The following dispatch has been received at
headquarters: -~~---t
PaDucAHs August 10. 1s62.
To Brlgadier General Tuttle. Cairo:
have just received the following dispatch
from Fort Henry: !:
We have Just reeeiyedi reliable fnforma-
lion that two boats, the Sky Lark and the |
Callie,, were burned last night by the gusrll1s |
Mt the mouth Of Duck River, hfry mlles abo7e !
here. ..~'
j.. The Steamer II. B. Leroy is reported LOST.
She cut her bargcs loose and they were
picked mp by the Lancaster No. 4, which has
just CONE down the river.
Great excitement in Padueah.
{Signed) SrnLNAN sEeLE1, Operator
The following dispatch has been received:
TResCoK, AUGUST Is, 1885,.
a portion Of Gen. Dodge's forces, under
Capt, Lynch, attacked band Of rebels on the
obion River, near Ladsinger's Ferry, COM
plete]y routing them, taking all their horses,
ammunition, &c.
The number Of killed and wounded is not
ret asccrtainea. The re3,e1s abanaoosd eve,1.
thing.
Negroes guided our cavalry.
LATER.
nave JUST mel S:e@ .-1stso.s. o1 heokuk,
Iowa, one Of the persons captured on tue Sky
lark. At the time Of her burning, as men
toned in former dispatch, the Skylark WAS
heavily 1o1ded with government stores, aud
Aoo got ag1oana On naf az the mouth Of
DUCK RlVer. Inc Objects had unload5d q DOT
ton Of the stores upon the bank, and had just
crossed the bar, when they w:re attacked by
party Of guerillas numbering thirty, under
command Of T. a. Napier, prisoner taken
at Fort Done1son and confined in Camp Doug
Las, whence he escaped. The rascaIs fired four
times at the crew, wounding two seriously,
when, as they had no arms, they we're COM
PEELED to surrender. The officers and passco-
eers ut the two boa7s exceeded A h7n3red in
nnmher Refore the ca1tie and skv1ar1. 1qere
hnrne5 the thieves sto;e the f,n1,;tnra and
silver ware. ana carried them IA Notters
1ana;no ghe Terry sncceeded IN esranino
9TH tba 1oga rs bar 7,;,o+ rha, f,11oo,7,(,
7x.an;,;,e aocnvoart ,uaa a;uan tn ~ c;11;s'
p;a.
Ro,rp,,,,. Tom Anona+ 10 1890
shasg G511esnfe vaa thfs day cantnred hv nv
command Of confederate troops, and wss released
'P'fi 1sipntn 1 "Ae "a ~ y a. N.rrrn Tint r. a.
T. u, Cook, special correspondent of the
Chicseo Times, supposed to be the author Of a
| Ibel1ous letter from Cairo, which apucared in
! the Times of the 18th, over the signature Of
"K.,'' was this afternoon ordered to appear
before Gen. Tutt1e, and required to substan-
+:-+-.a--'...r=es. Observation-Disclosures zsz'
thorship Of the letter in question, and an IN
formal examination was had, resulting in the
failure to prove single charge adduced. The
| upshot OF the investigation WAS that Mr. Cook
| is ordered to produce the name OF the party
psjng his signature, and in the meantime to
rsmain IN Cairo till the further orders Of the
general.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tti5une.3
CAIRO, August 10 1862.
The correspondent OF the Times, L. IL
coos. A, whose arrest Is noteo ABOVE
to-day acknowledged Inc autno1smp
tie article IN Question: "nefeapon ten. ia1u'
gave him thealtefnataVe order elthef TO fetfac
l
main under arrest until the Eessac1lon appesse'
in the columns Of the 1inaes, and afterWard
| to leave the military district, or to go to pris
On. Mr., Cook was allowed two hours il
which to announce his decision. He vii
| probably accept the former ALTERNATIVE
A band OF tguerlnas numbering @oo arc torn
ing near New Madrid, under Capts. Lee al
Taylor, formerly Of JEFF. Thompson's band
| They are stealing horses and committing othe
ou.rages upon Union people.
Capt. J. G. Damn, aid-de.camp to Gen. Tut
! lie, has received the appointment Of proves
. marshal Of Paduca1.
The steamer Dickey arrived this moruiu
direct from Helena, She reports all quiet j
that vicinity.
: There was g slight skirmish on the 18t
thirteen miles from Memphis, on the old He
, nando road, The forces engaged were part {
JEFF: Thompson's cavalry. Rebels ran leavin
: one killed aud two wounded on the field.
have seen the following dispatches b
| telegraph:
su1ru1AHp, August 19th.-I learn tbs
Clarksyille, is taken BY q rebel force. II
same force, about GOO strong, are advancing Q
Fort Hensy. They ask reinforcements. r,
E more Of guerilla bands 1ear this place. II
: lines wire cut between here and Paduca
D about O'Clock this afternoon.
r FoRr DosE1s Aueust 19th.-Clarksyil
! ia taken 1,v pueri,1as- from GOO to 500 etron,
s and moving on this plaee. Send me tsi