Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-06
From Gen. HaIIeck's Department and the
Lower Mississippi.

AOMcE VNASSASSAPPAs
CAIRO, June 5.-Ten Memphis refugees ar
rived to-day. They were railroad engineers,
and say that they ran three locomotives out
of Memphis on the Memphis and Ohio rail-
road to Humboldt, where they Switched
them off and brought them north to Trenton,
where they found the bridge over the Obion
river destroyed. They then ran the locomo-
tives off the track, burned two bridges behind
them and cut the telegraph wires. They bring
the Memphis Argus of the End which refers
to the so called confederate victory at Rich
mond but gives no particulars.
Vicksburg is not yet in the hands of the fed
erals. Gen. Villipique has asked for reinforce
ments at fort Wright 1t was reported at
Memphis that Gen. Halleck had taken Grand
junction.
A meeting of the citizens of Memphis was
held at the mayors Office on Sunday, at which
resolutions were adopted, that the city never
should yield to the enemy voluntarily, and
that citizens who do not take up arms are ex-
pected to give pecuniary aid to the rebellion.
CHICAGO, June Especial dispatches from
the Mississippi flotilla, dated the 4th, say the
bombardment of fort Wright commenced ear
ly yesterday, and continued all day, eliciting
a brisk cannonade from the enemy. The
shells of the latter were quite accurately
thrown, but failed to do any damage. At
six o'clock last evening, three federal
rams went down to reconnoiter, and were
fred upon several times after passing
Craighead Point, but all returned uninjured.
Subsequently the rebel boat JEFF. Thompson
came around the point, but, being fired on by
the Mound City and Cairo, retired. One shot
from the former is said to have taken effect in
the wheel house of the rebel boat On Mon
day party of our scouts captured the mate
and six seamen of the rebel gunboat Beaure-
gard nearly opposite Fulton. They made lit
tie resistance. The bombardment of the fort
commenced again on the morning of the 4th
and was going on at the time the steamer left
The rebels reply occasionally,
New York, June 5.-A special dispatch to
the New York Tribune, from Cairo June g.,
says Intelligent and apparently trustworthy
prisoners just from fort Pillow say our fiotilta
can undoubtedly take forts Pillow and Ran
dolph, and Memphis, whenever it attacks.
Col. Ellet, commanding the Uniou rams, is
impatient for permission, being entirely conf
dent of success.
The rebel commander at fort Pillow calls
for 5000 more men.
A dispatch from Grand junction of May I'd
states that there are no Union troops between
Grand Junction and Corinth.
The Little Rock Democrat of MAY goth
publishes hostile correspondence between
Gov. Rector and the editor of the Democrat
who denounced Rector for running away from
the capital, leaving the state without any gov
eminent.
Gen. Curtis is still at Batesville, He has
six Thousand Unionists between White and
Red river
The Vicksburg Evening Citizen of last Sat
urday says eleven Union gunboats have gone
back down the river, owing, it is supposed, to
INSTRUMENTATION and mutiny. Several remain
ed and on Friday evening shelled the shore
several hours. The rebel batteries were be-
ing strengthened by having additional guns
mounted.