Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-24
AFFAIRS At FORT PILLOW
THE OANNONADING RESUMED.
A Secret Expedition! !
Special Dispatch to Cleveland Leader.l
SOUTHERN HEWs.

CAIRo, April %.
A gentleman has Iust arrived from Mem.
phis with the Memphis Appeal Of the ITth
inst, from which am allowed to extract
the following In an editorial devoted to the
needs Of the Mississippi Valley, while &C
knowledging danger Of the success Of the
Federal AOtillA. it sdvisss the employment oi
every one, black and white, to the extent Of
his ability, for the defense Of that endangered
stronghold, and advocates the Construction
Of the most approved description Of gun
Dosts. Whatever can be done With wood
and iron, aud brain, and muscle, mus. be
done, and done e1peditiOusly.
The fearful mortality Of Confederate OF.
ees in the recent battle Of the Vast is e1-
planned BY the fact that the enemy have or
ganiEsd bodies Of sharpshOOssrs, whose as
signed duty ii is to pick Of all men appearing
on the field with pIumes and epaulsttes. The
Appeal advises the organizing Of similar
bodies in rebeldom.
The Federals had made no demonstrations
on the line of the Memphis / Ohio Railroad,
between Memphis and Union City. This road
Is operated to Trenton, only about ten miles
from Humboldt
Capt. Bankhead, commanding Bsnkhead's
Confederass battery, went into the battle Of
Shiloh with ak pieces and brought ont
twelve.
A report Wss current ct Memphis, by WSy
Of Corinth, that the Federals had abandoned
the Tennessee.
Gen. Pbentis8 surrendered himself pirson.
er to private slmons, of Capt BethsPs CON-
pany Of the 22d Tennessee regiment, who
conducted him % Col. Freeman. The Colo
mel receiving his sword returned il and in
troduced him 70 his regiment When the
TegimentdisoOvered the quality Of their cap
tive, they vOciferously ehesred hin. Gen.
Prends5 graeiously acknowledged the COM
pliment By doRng his hat, and, In the POEitesi
manner possible, said, "Boys, you have 3
right to shout for you have fought Like
tigers."
The Appeal says that the Oonfederate
lOsses are enormously exaggerated. The
killed will not exceed 1000, their wounded
500, their prisoners 800, and ascribes tbeir
defeat to the whisky found IN the FedsrAl
sncampmsut on Sunday night.
Besuregard was not wounded, ss reported
BY the federal press. The remains Of Gen
A S. johnson, after lying in state two dayi
in the City Hall, were on Monday, ths l4tE
instant, placed in the vault Of the ST. L0uil
Cemetery Of New Orleans-
Our informant left Memphis the 18th, and
on pass, managed to reach Humbolt WheE
he received a safe eOnduet 70 Trenton, th'
present terminus Of the Memphis 3 Obic
Railroad. From there he walked to UnioE
City and Hickman. There are no forces O.
either bslligersnh at Union City. Prom
Hickman he came to this city on the D,
Soto. Herepresents the existence Of Unioz
sentiment ct Memphis as all bosh.
Since the passage Of the eOnscripton BIZ
by the Confederate Congress, all males be.
tween eighteen and thirty-Rve have Joined
the army. There is no imPressment Th'
people enter upon this service with zeal and
aTdor. Business is almost entirely suspend.
ed, except in that class Of goods needed fol
the army. Confederate money Is current
and readily taken at par in exchange FOL
goods. There is no other money sRoat
Three gunbos's were being constructed
ct Memphis, two Of which, the Arkansas
and Beauregard, would be finished in 8 week
The other would require q month to com.
plets it. The Arkansas is plated with two
thicknesses OF railroad iron, placed trans
Terssly, and alone is considered more than &
match for the combined Federal hotilla. The
| Besursgard is . wooden boat with thre'
inches OF compressed cotton placed between
heavy wooden timbers, ls inches thick
making q resistance 70 our shot Of over hv'
! feet of wood and cotton This they also con
slider impregnabIe. The rebels are thorough
II informed as to the construction Of oul
bosta, and think they have discovered ant
avoided their weak point Theirs are bull
upon different model-ase long end nar
row, furnished with engines Of enormou
power, with all the modern Improvements
and provided with the PROV a "a "Aerrima;.
He reports 5000 infantry in the rear Q
Ohiekaszw Bluff, and the daily building o
enrenchments to provide Against an antici
palsd attack in the rear. The county bael
Of the Bluff is now inundated. Gen. Bragg
Is at Corinth. Gen. Price is to take com
uand Of Fort Pillow.
AtNsmphis, the burning Of The city is stil
discussed. The general impression seems
, be that It will not be attempted. OOttor
tObaoco, molassaa, and sugar ars gathered !