The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-03-27
NEWS By LAST NIGHTS MAIL
special to the Cincinnati Gazette


CAIRO, March 25th-A gentleman Just
from Mamphia brings tho following tutor
nation:
Memphis is in q state of agitation and
terror The fair grounds are used for
camp. Every one capable of bearing arms
are being impressed into service. Men are
even dragged from their beds. The procla-
nation of the Mayor in regard to burning
the city has no influence. A majority of
the Aldermen, in connection with the lead
ing military officers decided, at a meeting
held fortnight ago, to burn the city when
they evacuate, in spite of the Mayor.
There are no Notifications at Memphis. The
news of the battle at Pea Ridge caused
great depression. The Federal gunboats
were expected daily. Two hundred and
Eve Union prisoners are in the city, who
are made victims of much abuse at the
hands of guards. One of them was shot
at for looking out of the window.
Three gunboats are on the ways at Mem
phis, but it will take long time to finish
| them.
| At Randolph only four guns are mounted /;
at Fort Pillow, however, there is a strong
| fertilization, mounting twenty-five CAS- and
| 32's. There are about 1000 troops here.
At Union City there are only 45O troops.
| Generals Beauregard, Oheatham, Polk
/ anu WSub W OOklntbf AAoS.4 a AOEl-
night ago. The rebels have force of 49,
600 there, and expect to make stand either
/ at Corinth or Bethel 1t was the general
impression that this battle would be the
/ decisive one of the campaign, and that the
fortunes of the South would hinge upon its
| result.
At Memphis, and at other large points,
even at New Orleans, there is considerable
| Union feeling. Southern papers do not
represent the feelings of the mass of the
! people they, as well as everything else,
are under the control of the politicians and
military.
At New Orleans thirteen gunboats are on
the ways to be plated with railroad iron.
The report that the South is well supplied
with provisions is absurd. They have not
stock enough on hand to last a MONTH
Clothing, shoes, ETC., are also very difficult
to obtain. No cegnflaoneo 10 fSi. IN 0ouEn-
/ cru CURRENCY, Southern politicians, or
Southern military leaders. JEFF. Davis was
1 universally denounced as incompetent.
| Mrs. Buckner, had arrived at Memphis.
She complained of not bein allowed to go
farther North than Cairo. In the parlor of
the Gayoso House she attracted universal
attention by her bitter denuneiation of Pill
low and Floyd. The former is reported to
have said that he would shoot Floyd when
ever he met him.
1t was the general impression at Men,
preston that no stand would be made at
Island No. 10, but that battle would be
risked at Fort Pillow. At the latter place,
however, retreat is cut off by land, as the
country in the rear is inundated and
swampy.
A detachment from JEFF. Thompson's
band, under command of the rebel Kitche-
ner, made a demonstration in the vicinity
of Bloomfield, Mo-, and succeeded in arrest
ing two ladies residing there, the wives OF
Lieut.. Mitchell, of Rowelps battery, and
Mr. s. D. Beauforth of Bloomfield. The
ladies have been taken to Holcombs, an
island seventy miles below Bloomfield, near
! the Arkansas line, where Jetf's camp is To-
Gated.
Col Michael Lawler, of the 18th Illinois
who was wounded at Fort Donelson, ar.
!, rived to-day, en- route for Pittsburg.
J, The gunboat Conestega has just arrived
There is no change in the position of al
!, fairs at Island No. TO-
The mOrtars are firing lrregularly and
: very moderately, about once an hour. Tht
rebels do not reply.
There are no signs of an evacuation o
p the island. The enemy, so far as can be
= discovered, are in full force both on th,
island and on the mainland.
The river is rising. We have nothing o
importance from the Tennessee