The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-04-30
NEWS BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.


CAIRO, April 2sth.
The steamer Bee arrived from Fort Pill |
low at o'clock this morning. No materi- |
al change of affairs at the Fleet. Some |
occasional firing by mortars, and some oc- |
casional reply by the enemy's batteries. !
Probably the intelligence of the fall OF New
Orleans which was last evening sent by
steamers to Com. Foote, may hasten matters
below. The Bee brought to Cairo six
refugees from Memphis, from which city
they departed week ago yesterday. They
had secured, through the conniyance of a
Union merchant, their passports to Hum
boldt, but instead of going in that direction
they procured skiff and crossed the Missis-
sippi to the Arkansas shore, about six miles
below Randolph, and taking to swamPs and
bottom lands, which are here overlooked for
an immense distance, they rowed back SIX
miles or more from the river, and after
severe trials and suferings, reached Osceola.
From here they rowed to the feet and re-
ported to Com. Foote. They say the major
ity of the people in Memphis are Union,
but compelled to advocate disunion senti-
ments to preserve their property. There
are several secret Union societies, which as
sist their members to emigrate, and are
pledged to aid in the re-establishment of
the Federal authority. Five men are
known to be on their way North by the
same route taken by these.
Gems. Price and Van Dorm recently passed
through Memphis on their way to Corinth,
leaving about six thousand troops to over
awe the city and enforce the CONSUMPTION
act.
JEFF. Thompson is in Memphis, and has
quarters at the Gayoso House.
halac IF noftOO Y Cfl0
hhds sugar aud 10000 bbls molasses, now
lying upon -" '.cee. of which the cotton
will be buf u, and the sugar and molasses
rolled into the river on the approach of the
Federal forces. The citizens and newspa-
pers are opposed to burning the city, but
| soldiers and country people favor it.
The Memphis Argus is considered the ex-
ponent OF Union sentiment, and not allow
ed to receive telegraphic dispatches. The
Safety Committee talk of suppressing it.
The Legislature passed late military laws
without quorum The more violent reb-
els of the country consider Memphis I'm
ion hole, and threaten to wipe it out
On Wednesday succeeding the battle of
Pittsburg, Gen. Prentiss and two thousand
ers passed thf sas Memphis. fh5 grH %g6
we're in good spirits, and kindly treated by
the Inhabitants, particularly the Irish and
German women. The citizens contented
themselves with waving hadkerchiefs and
looking the interest they dare not openly
express. --se-
Prentiss made Union speech to his men,
and the citizens cheered him. Provost
Marshal E. D. McKissock, babe him remain
silent. Prentiss told him that he had four
to one more friends in Memphis than be
(McKissock) and said to the citizens, keep
quiet for few weeks, and you will have
an opportunity to cheer the old flag to
your hearts content. Our soldiers sang
''The Star Spangled Banner" RED, White
and Blue" "Happy Land of Canaan" and
"Old John Brown" as they were starting
on the cars for Tuscaloosa, Ala, where
they are at present confined. There were
one hundred and fourteen Union officers
among the prisoners. Beauregard claims
to have taken 5000 prisoners.
The Memphis & Ohio, and Memphis &
Charleston, and Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroads, are connected by the Union
track to give greater facilities for moving
rolling stock and prisoners in case of q
Federal attack. All the old iron and brass
was being collected and forwarded below
The citizens think Fort Pillow will be Ia.
ken by the fotilla. Soldiers and newspa.
, pers consider it lmpregnable. The Con-
, federate loss, all told, at PlttSburg Land
ing, was about four thousand. One thou.
sand two hundred are in Memphis. Gov.
eminent machinery, Commissary and Quar-
termaster's stores are removed. 1t is
thought the fate Of the Confederacy hangs
upon the Corinth battle. If beaten they
have no resource left but the organization
of guerilla bands and predatory warfare.
Four deserters from Fort Pillow arrived
at the Aotilla Sunday morning, and report
ed 25 more in the swamps opposite. A tug
was sent for them. They say the Confed.
crate army at the fort is generally demon
allied, whole companies refusing to do or
binary military duty. A large number o
soldiers are in irons. Their term of enlist.
mont had expired, and o11cers wish TO com.
F pei them to serve two years longer. Al
the fort one men had been killed and 6
dozen wounded by the explosion of our
shells.