Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-01

Return Ct Chl-as0 h0tsrOad man from ne
Kingdom Of DG0ts-Hot2 he ,5aS 7,Lte5ci
By Con litcholI- The Beaurecord CIPHER Dts-
patch a HWmBug
From the Chicago Post
In the Post, OF December 10, 1861, appeared
an article stating, upon the authority OF gen
tleman recently returned from the South, that
A, J. Hopper, lto. merly superintendent Of
the Allegheny Valley railroad, under Gov VIM
+. Johnson, president is now colonel Of tie ,hiId
Arkansas volunteers, in the army Of Jeit. Davis
d Co. The 6utecedent8 OF AL CHE familiar
term be was known byin Chicago and Pittsburgh
are worthy Of notice, q, setting forth the iuCOT-
Tigble logic OF the PIoyeib which says that ex-
| tIeIneB meet When Fremont was running for
President, Hopper was superintendent otthe Ale
| ghany railroad, and was the foremost leader OF
| the Republican clubs II Plbsbmg. Al that ume
! Ex-Governor johnson was president Of the road,
and then as nov q zealot IN the Republican
cause Al was his chief tuglemau, ana stIove
] 10 OUtd0 him ia organizing the clubs and mar
| shsling the professions Ia Wide Awake. Sub
sequently he was good deal in Chicago, con-
tracing and Su0-lettiDg railroad work for several
roads. In the latter part OF 1860 he became
traveller IN Arkansas The many and imposing
pictures OF the great rebellion have kept the
stout and TuDicund A. from view Of his friends,
syhIle the blockade and general obstruction Ug
trade between the North and South smut BIN en-
tirely from sight.
BY what process his ultra abolition pIiuci
pies have made him rebel colenolUe know not,
but certain it is, he now sports big feather aud
turns up at Wilson's Creek, where he led the
third Arkansas volunteers against tie lam7n.sI /
Gen Lyon ' Iis strange, passing strange;
but such is the fact
Yesterday morning the stout aul Ilbl.uud /
Ar walked into TINS office
Shape and gesture proudly eminent
Stood Ike tower
aud produced from he bottom Of his coat-tai. /
pockets news paper
SI, said Al, smiling ike "a basbol of chips |
that's a slight mistake l didn't lead tho tuIId !
Arkansas or any other regiment at the battle Of
Wilson's Creek or auy otUer battle--ln fact .
never fought battle my life, except on NJ
own hook. Aud what's ln5T5, by I.ugJ ! never
was az abolitoulst'
We wele about t5 suggest ty Al that pyss.5lY
be may have been 9 gsysSs!0u.et. bl. b. aut.ol-
paled us There. - you're il eslyE again.
NJ, slT. I'm neither ab b-ul7c --r as--ss! -
I'm u ralirOad man
Tie d
No, sr I'm no such perso- 6nce tbs h.st
day Of last September ] nave DeeL sup5rlnIe-d.
eut u the eastern division y. tBy Memphis and
Charleston railroad In ca5tvru division r4Is I
from BurUSvlle, eight miles iIOm LoTI4th, -
Chattanooga. My ytdS5 Wa5 d. Huntsville. Ala
| boarded at he huLtaYlle l5lsl, which I c--
assure Ycu l5-'t HI. s. good = lo.5- - tbs l-5-
mont Wei c45 morning 2D01L-o-r weeks lgos
tie clai- Q! tie l5I-- T -E5 IL y - Z .-lCc5s
+ -, tod NE gentleman waited g .oo nc 1t
.haJ ABSURD hour ! gCt u aud went down sta-lB
-,here found number cf military gentIsmsu
j tbs Federal =rnly-aD5LE t--Il Lu-. Mitchell
Sr said Gen 9l!-c1o! 70 NE, -ls you he ST.
Jerlntscdent Of this railroad! / informed Gen. :
iltch5l as l Iu'o-m y-u, thar was "sLis slf. |
ie continued, ! Shal Lave Il. 4sk you I5r J4s
,eys Ct your otdc5 and tie telegraph oti-y lie
aIter was IN one corA-T u my Office. I tod :
zen Mitchell that nothing wcull give uH5 greater :
esSuIe than to give MIN the koy5 aud show him :.
bout the premises, Il b wished It. l produced =
be keys Gen Altcbel als5 had the kindness 10 "
ltOrm NE thai 10 ba1 taken possession OF tn
abroad at rather early hour thai morning, :
'hlch would relieve me fgOu all other duties as "
lperiutendent lsuPpose po thought lie could Il
1n that railroad better than ! could That, SAID :
j, was the only pom! where We differed
well, sir, Gan Mitchell aud ~. along with.
ut auy trouble for o couple Of weeks, when Ae
ave me- an escort to Nashville, end os NO 60 on :,
ny way rejoicing, with his certificate OF good -
loTsl character IL my pocket. SO. to Chlcago b"
4: 5 o'clock this morning
From Mr.. Hopper 3 .-aiu soma facts IL IelU-
on TO Gen Mitchel'5 occupation Of Huntsville,
7hich furnish the GESt correct information we .
ave had upon tie subject Aud hrat In relation . .
D the dispatch IN cypheT from B5auccgsTd TO =
eff DAVIS, which G5u. Ellcle. wac reported 70 H.
ave captured il be telegraph otfce az Hunts
lille and dschipherel in ten minutes Nj Hop :
or states that the telegraph ONCE at Huntsville
ras in tue same room a. his p9.u Office, I'M the -
abroad building. About al! The tg.gErayhiug =
one there was railroad business. 1t vas not q :
epeatiDg station, consequently no through dio. :,
atches were taken of there Gen Mitchell
1Und 10 dispatch Of any kind at tno Telegraph ,
flee. dr. Hopper says be never beard any =
hing about the cipher dispatch until he saw i
0 the u0TtheTa papers, and Is confident tn
'hole story is the invention of some Imaginative
ewsPaper correspondent. AL the probabilities :
re 10 favor Of presumption