, 1862-08-28

REPORTS FReW MEMPHIS AND
FI1kSDUKG.
An Expedition from Helena Makes
Havoc among the seeesh,

E41Bo, August y, 1852. |
4 disrateh Was received last evening from |
Col. Webster at Fort Henry, Stating that ta::
tsLt was sill in progress at Fort Donelson. |
No particulars.
A epy wss ARRESTED at Mound City, this
1acruing, BY Dr. Franklin, brigade surgeon
with bis pockets filed viii E. &. G. tracts.
The eaoac person is known to BE- jr constant
comuunica:iop with Kentucky rebels. TIa
| p:ovost marsha, has him in charge.
Passengers frcm Hslena say thst the
! guntoat l3rnton las Just returned from trip
up The Y=zoo, during which she captured lhe
rebel transport skyla1k and her loldiu::, con-
I sis1irg, an,ong other things, Of 7,G0U st1nd Of
| srns.
Lieut. Col. j. C.. Wright, Of the I'd I!linois,
left Ills ai;ernoor for Springfield, to s. &c
arr1s ior lis regiment. The members Of Ut.
P11or's company on Tuesday presented Capt |
p5ior and Lieuts. J. ". Aufnoe and Il. Stout, |
c.ca with shoulder straps The gifts we're |
lear!i ul1y executed and appropriately be- |
etu,>t d.
We hare rothirg further frorl For Do1el-
| son
p.cfa1 Dispatch tc the Chicago Tribnne.l
MEMPHIS, August IS, via CAIRO. q.
Nothing has been heard from John BeIzer,
Of the Associated Press, and his friends hive
given him up.
The vieksburg H7v of tic 2o;h says that
on the 18th nine federal guno oats ap1eared i'll
tic bend above Vicksburg. They caruc early
| in the morning and returned at IL f. N.
4 considerable force of federal cavalry
landed at Richmond, La, on Monday, aud
destroyed everything before it. Several
steamers have bceE seen going up The Yaz ao
s Their supposed destination is Haynes Bluff,
where an attack is expected By land aud wAter.
J Th,, HnfY has every confidence in the ability
of Gems, VanDorn ond Smith to drive the fed
( eras oE
= The Citizen Of the Goth reports the landing
- OF federals, apd says the contederates are pre-
< pared to meet them. A squad of federals vis-
j. tied Tallula, on Monday the 1sth, and des-
u u tosed the railroad depot on the Vicksours
a and Texas railroad The same paper says that
y the fderals captured the confederate steamer
u Fsr Pay at lfillcken's Bend. on the l7.h inst.
r. r. Tie aunboat feet before Vickshurg vas oc
curied by large land force, supposed to b.
e1 1o,c00 troops, landed ut ast=rent points, ani
~ firing was heard in the vicinity Of Richmond
ps Telegraphic news from Richmond to the
nd 10th is to the effect that vote Of thanks va
e. r3sss by the Confederate Congress to 3for
;re gan, the gueslla.
al Tie British steamer Racer had a~rised n
41s Charleston with dispatches for the Eiitis
a. ~. Consnls In the South.
10 The Grenada A1Y,eaz says that the ss9a1'o'
vas burned by aEdetachment OF Capt ShsE
.p. ~ mans gucri31as.
x The VickshuzZ Wig Of thu e1st says thri
r5s federal gunboats and two transports went 4
nd tie Yazoo to Haynes bluff, last Taesds
eo ~ {o0th) and tcck away six PIECES OF arsi!e;
M living on the road to be mounted; ali
Lat wert out iuto the country and Commute
~ ~ yaripus exccEes. The intention OF the l2dSra
Ijc- wss to go up aud attack the rebel land 5a
the terry, but it tbipks no present attack up;
der yicksburg il intended as the federa1s broug
rsr | 10 mortars
ops Southern newspapers say that four res
lme ments lave not been mustered into tle fed
~ ~ ral service in Arkansas
lck- The rebel Gen. RuEglcs has issued a. orr
Fere fran, Tore;ra!:ra, Louisiana, ordering negTq
red who give Information to the fa3era}s, CT ert
ors or attempt tc enter federal 1laes, to bc pu
al5o isle with death by sno2flrS, ID presence
'oSa the other elas,s io1n surrounding plaH
>a., .i@ns.
TerE NJ lecs' he"7'
been WA*u,sG7cS, An.us*s a:.-TL2 folowi
Official aiepatch has been received:
stou i helena, Ark August n. yia
p p ~ ~ <:A,sr, An:s"as g, --sfs22.
,a1. To 11ajor General uaieck, Generai-in-Chef.
heen Satisfactory news has been racvlve1 f.
s.nlo ,le navy and army expedition sent do in
that River. Mar Mu,le&e1's Beud the rebel ira
buy peri boat Fa1r tlay was csptuieu, viii = ~
cargo Of arns and ammunition Ihe r.
:tfon, force was pursued by our troops to Moar
hony louiszans, where there is railroad and t.
graph. the depot vas burned and tel.st:
destroyed, cutting off the communication
ccepsstio9 Of '1cksburg Tith ; l.. Lite
and Providence, Louisiana. Thirty pElS
ers were t4ken, sud q large number OF regr
wlo were IN the rebel force We orou
rfM. away eleven hogeheads Of sugar, three
gaee wagons and six trucks we're destroy
our troops not having means Of transpo
81 ti:n to brig them to the river
1861. portion Of our torce, with the rsnls,e
IL the co 'azve ta,a ss ;ae tsors 3aen the en-
ng for .1ecinc E;thout firing guu TIE he
dians. pieces were destroyed aud field pieces bret
spe Of away. me espeolsa9u ~ ~, t. ~
aAo sipri, our troops securing the shores
Gen. scatter1pe cueri,,a camps with great suc<
q, aud This is 1he substance <f Cei: ouu = - tei
+,,or, | Much credit is due tn acting nlg OF
S0S | Phelps, who commanded the uavA 1ofc3'
ported Cnl. EIlet, who commanded the ram lice:
d TINT to Col y God, Of the IAh Ohio, Wno
them nanaeo tee o5Gsoe o. ,n5 1ou.sa s n1sn,'
Gen. Curtis and Com. Davis bef;Ie aei
sigued Hele1a and it has returned to the latter
tment, after b;lvlus, accomplished its #ork Will
irol is seee~ss'