The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-13
Newspaper Accounts.
From the Memphis Avalanche. June Z

From the Memphis Avalanche, June IL
The felerals have reached and now possess Memphis
six gunboats OF most excellent proof frown upon It,
and from its Post once floats tho federal flag, o.
bolc OF their presence and present power The flagship
ing within y yards Of the shore and In close proxim
ty floats her ave lcss powerful and destructive
companions. Mortar boats are on tho Arkansas side,
with their massive engines 0, desructon the Dckey,
their commssary boat, and the Platte Valley trans
port, moored at wharf, and contain two Illinois
regiments the Forty and Forty sixth under the
command OF Colonel Fitch whilc afar on rcposs tho
"swift and stiff rams Of Colonel Elc As all outbreak
provocaton to anger by our people OF such foco
this, but wanton irritation To destructive anger
will have IT, would be ausibe excuse to t.
trust indeed little doubt that citizens will be
wary, calm and careful, attending to their civic
tons, af they choose to resume them IN such way
neither TO provoke harsh measures norIpanful hau
tours. Tho immediate command OF the city itself, will,
we Judge, devoe upon Colonel Fitch now actag Br-
gadier General Tie ~ reported . brave and efficient
soldier the government he serves, has beon In the
prs pds, q strong Brscklnridss democrat, and in
privae lue bears the reputation OF OF high and
sensitive hohor In the exchange OF one military rule
for another however dill rent the merits Of tho respec
tive central governments which the officers serve tho
municipal Affairs Of the city vll be little Affected and
the individual citizen In such must be prudent 70 be
wse aud in this uncture he IL mnst truly valorous
%n Whso men spe a.sed .Se n1Snsns are
foremost to the fray to Its TO it, cre.on and
the Of the boiling pot will eesr be uppcrmos. The
Mayor and the present military commander Of the city
will we trust see 10 tho rapid establishments OF sum.
cisnt and reliable police, whose waehfuncss may be
needed TO prevent all useless and epuitious o(
feelings as much to he deprecated by the Civilians Of
Memphis as BY those aho aso now It's posssgse.s
VINO LIVES IN MkNprsis,
[Erom tho Memphis Avalanche June ~
Tho question which forus the caption OF our ar,,o
much more oasi answered II II wore tho mega.
tive-who does net live in MemphisY Many ef The
strongest advocates of the cohfodeacy have left us
where tbeir circumstances were such to permit their
leaving Hundreds have left Memphis for more South
ern localities advance OF the approach or the federal
feet among those we're many who though Indifferent
potca revusiens feared the coming power, and among
those many Of the best aud most useful citizens oi
Memphis All soldiers or attaches OF the Confederate
army have lett Memphis. All the banking installations
with psdeuts, teers, cashiers and accountants have
Lett Memphis, with a very few exceptions. Our lats
ruler the commander OF the post, Colonel Rosser, than
whom there Is no more a'ablc, gsntlemanly, able
or kind hearted officer, has left Memphis. Co
lons McKsick, our late Provost Marshal, who
discharged the onerous and often unpleasant
dutes imposed upon him with ardent
desire uto do rghtpa as 10 have earned for himself tho
hearty commeudatons Of large majority Of those ever
having 'tto do with hun, has lett Memphis. The tele
graph oaeraors 9TH heir popular chief. COLONEL Cole
man have Al! LEFT Memphis. The Postmaster has isf