, 1862-07-11

REBEL DEsPERADoE5 Gagged.


&C canlnTGl Ttpct steamer Ec4- bragg
made trial trip TO Mound City yesterday utter
1oc1.
The narolcd prisoners left yesterday on the |
steamer Southwestern for st. Louis.
& notorious secession dcspcrado, Major
Horace Bell, seEt 10 Gen. Halleck to-day, was
employed somc time since by Gen, Ialleck as
aFry, a1,d being suspected Of furnishing more
iutornl.tio:: to the enemy than to tic fcd=rals,
he fled and was shot 1T By Halck's superin-
tenaent Of railroads, and another man.
Nothing had been hts:l OF him till he
turned up on thc night Of the It'll Of July
in a ball roonl IT Metropolis, ten miles below
Paducah. H. insustvd the ladies' and dis.
charged pistol il the hall room. Tie was
arrested and confined in Jail. Gen. ual9eck
ordered him sent. TO CoriHth, De there got q
bowie knife and sworc nc would no. be taken
cut Of the cell alira. Capt. Rogers went
there to-day with thirtesa .neu to take him
out, and he is nov under strong guard on his
way to Corinth.
Capt. Rogers also arrcsted i man named
Henderson, VITO had offered money for Bells
release and tried to raise money to take him
out Of the jail. He is now in the
guard house here, heavily ironed.
Bell has committed money dcpredations
along the Tennessee River. The people all
feared him. No neWs from below.
MEMPHIS. July s, 10 a. H., via CA1no,9
| The work upon the Memphis aud Ohio and
| Memphis and Charleston railroads, is nearly
| completed on the bridge over the Big Hatchie.
| On the Memphis and Ohio railroad some work
| is yet to be doac, otherwise the road could be
in running order in a day or two. The run
ming stock viii be her. directly.
Arkansas is in q dreadful state Of fcrmcnt
Gentlemen from Napoleon who fled from con-
| scrIptlon, says there is some Union feeling
there, sufficient to induce citizens to guard its
marine hospital nightly, to prevent the
| rebels from burning it. There is not q
store open in town and not more than half the
| housts occupied. Six union ulcn 1aye been
hanged at Little Rock during the past t9o
| weeks md ouc put in jail at Helena foE speak
ing to federal officer on transport.
A woman has been jroncd aud sent to Littlt
Rock charged with being Spy.
Capt J. Il. Gould, late provost marsha
at Memphis, has been promoted to
majorship in the 4Gth Indians, we'll deserves
compliment to IN able and gentlcm July Off
| Ger.
i Provost Marshal Col. Hillyer, occupie
! yesterday The house Of Wlllia1
Galloway, the abscondcd and defau1tin
r postmaster Of Memphis. just yacated by Ari
Galloway, sent outside tie lines as spy.
| i Soldiers Home was to-day established .
the navy gard, in charge Of Lieut.. Jennings {
| the 47th Indiana regiment.
DR.. Holston, in charge Of 0yerton Hospita
: reports Eayorably as to the sanitary condltio
of the Western department. $50 patients al
in the hospital, twenty per cent. OF them on
! needing attendance, tile remainder cat fu
/ ra,ioDs and are recovering rapidly. The II
? Indiana regiment has just been paid of
, | Major Terrell. They send $4,000 home
4 | Indiana.
- Nothing is heard from Col. Fitch's col
.el maEd.
- Er to this evening the commission has al
ed upon over I 200 claims. The order closi'
il up the Mound City hospital has been annu
1t Ct. It has met with considerable disfayor,
r this is considered one Of the best conduct
2 and arranged hospitals in use, and immet
II atcly upon thc receipt Of the order 4 reno
II Ftrance, signed by Gen. Strong, the war clai
~ commissioners, and many army and navy O.
Gers, was forwarded to the Secretary Of vi
=, resulting in an order to remain.
III Arrivals from Boonvillc. Miss, report Ct
IS siderable skitnlishing in that vicinity, and
. battle is daily expected. Our forces are ?
or pared for them, with cooked rltions CT
he rta,tls provided,
m On Tuesday night our pickets were dris
nc ! in by considerable force OF the enemy.
r. around was Eetaken the next day by three
our regiments, and occupied. Grn. Bra.:
az force in the vicinity is reported at from .5
ate to SU,c Coo.
pie No one seems to know what has bccc
nt- Of Gen. Curtis army.
Lsh MEMPHIS, July S.-There is no import
=, | news from Nlcksburg. The bombardnl
40" continues, and the fleet is waiting land +
non ! f,re>lueIts.
.ast The rebels hung an old woman near l
Il lew day since for expressing Union SC
) Is nen's and denouncing 1hs consumption,
oc- The town will be demolished by cur mo
-. shells.
'rS' Gen. Van Dom is seven or eight mills in
the | rear with Ills forces.
thr ylcKsBuRG July :, via MEMPHIS, july
TIE uluztaTs from above and below cont
/ 10 sHcll LAc CITY. LQc FeDGlS nave nun
pest af siege guns, mounted on field carrll
,>o which they transfer from point to poin
oe their previous position is made uutcuabit
WI the fire Of our guns.
Gen, Williams has planted field batter
POINT opposite the city, which caused
I siderable annoyance to the rebel gunucrs.
Work OIL the canal is progressing, rap
A l.rge addition las been made to the /
Der OF "contrabands' employed.
HIS PHILADELPHIA, June 9.-The special
respontls nee Of Forney's Press, dated Il
Safes steam sloop Brooklyn, June 2Stn, S
and "Al hands were called carly his NOR
th;s to attack the batteries and the city Of Y
ntar, turg. The first gun tired was at one o 'cl
1;rss The firing was intense. The Hartford
nod Richmond, and the gunhoats, have passe
=. ~ latt. RIGS and city without silencing t
d.. TIE Brooklyn received orders not to p
,r.1v battery without eilvncing it, aud she ren
:, ~ below. The loss on the Hartford
~, Ian killed aud eleven wounded. On
corn Richmond the mAster's mate was killed
~ n six wounded.
'stnr NEW YORK, July 10.-A corresponds
, h'r | the Hos'd from aboard the flagship q ,rs
rs r. above Nicksburg, June 29th, says aug Q
nnoa Farragut was wounded in the he.d duriu
nsfsr @ engagement, but his injuries are not CO