New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-13
PROM MEMPHIS AND BELOW.
The Expedition TO Napoleon, Ark'-Fias
of Truce for Little Rock.-s'en. Curtis
Not superseded-Reason Of the "LAo"F
-Emancipa,ion in Arknnsns.

Standardization IN BrAnusnss
From Our Own Correspondent. . G., 1861
The regular packet from Helena brought Ou' "''''
Intelligence Of general interest.
The expedition which left Helena on the 4'h 'oi
Napoleon. Ark, returned-having successiu'Iy ac-
compljsbed its mission. A magnificent whaiI-oos''
fitted M with great care as hotel, was one Vi tne
.phstsniI fruits of the enterprise III Wiii oe osed
as a hospital for Gen. Seele's late Gen. Curtis o.
army. .o.. % ,o,..
Avery general impression somehow seems 10 nave
O. C,r,;s has been recalled. am enabled au-
.bor.eiyeI TO say that this is untrue. Gen. Curtis
asked for leave OF absence for C0 days, and the De-
nerrment in confederation of his services cheerfuy
Granted his Request. The General will resume the
command of the army at Heleoa, / venture 10 as
sert long before bis leave CT absence has expired
From the Precedent, the Secretary of War, and Gen.
Haleck, happen 10 know, he has received nothing
bnt the kindest and most satisfactory treatment.
A gentleman, an officer IN the Army OF the South
Wes;, lately passed through Cairo, WITH as he said
chsrges which he was going to Washington TO prefer
against the General. If this is true, venture TO
predict that he will return with flea IN his ear.
The howl raised In certain localities Imagine
will be found TO have originated ameng cotton
epeculators and vampires who infect and are curse
10 our army, and thus vent their disappointment IN
snshgning General whom they cannot bend 10
their mercenary wishes.
gratitude of the nation for removing the chains OF
bondage from over three thousand slaves. The Rev.
Major Gen. Bishop Polk and Gen. Pillow will have
cause TO remember the Union commander TO their
diving day--the latter certainly viii have five hun
dred good and substantial reasons for objurgation
and regret, since fully that number Of his human
chattels are now breathing the air OF freedom In
loyal Ilh0ois alone.
A flag of truce left Helena about the lst of Sep
TENDER for Little Rock with thirty prisoners for
change. The party returned, bringing only three
Union soldiers. The Rebels have now in confne-
ment at Little Rock sixtynine Union prisoners, but
upon some frivolous pretext, refused TO make tho
exchange.
One OF those brought back is Sergt.-Msjor Ste
phens, Of the Sd Illinois Cavalry who was captured
while lying sick at the house of citizen at La
grange, twenty miles from Helena. He represents
the treatment of prisoners as horrible. Every species
of indignity and outrage is heaped upon them
beaten filthy, insulted. and haf-stsryed. death is
courted as a welcome relief 10 their suiierings. The
Rebel General explains that this treatment Is in re-
taliaton Of Gen. Popes plan OF conducting the wa.
That policy don't suit the Rebels and therefore they
are guilty of deeds which would bring the blush Of
shame to the cheek of savage.
copy Of The GRENADA hppeal Of the Sd inst.
hes before me, from which am able to CLEAN inter
sstng items of intelligence. An official dispatch
from Richmond dated the ID SAYS that President
Davis caused to he read in both houses Of Congress
the dispatches of Gen. Lee announcing brilliant
victory. As usual that august funconary is full Of
pious zeal, and running over with gratitude 10 that
kind Providence who, by sort OF figure Of speech,
b supposed to have the Confederacy in his holy
keeping. Hear him:
From these dispatches II VIII be that God has again
cause Of the Cofederscy with signal victory. the field
already rendered immortal by the gallant schevnent Of our
troops"
In the Senate, the bin concerning partisan rangers
was rejected. after a lengthy debate, bv 3 Yeas to
II Nays. What were the features Of the bill which
rendered it Objectionable to the hgb-ninded and
chivalric Southrons, The Appeal is strangely re,
cent il is Of course impossible for 10 determine
Very likely some infatuated Confederate, in a mo-
inert of semi-unacy, may have thought that partisan
warfare was hardly the thing fora nation deriving
IT. patent iron God Almighty, and conducting lie
operations entirely upon high-pressnre spiritual
humane intentions were defeated, and hereafter
shooting unarrned men behind tree or under cover
of the thieket, robbng Union men, and burning aud
firing into steamboats, all legitimate, and included
within the Southern scheme Of salvation.
The appeal contains extracts from NewOrlesns
papers of the 2th. The process Of disarning the in
hsbitsnts is going on brlsky, the soldiers being
stimulated 10 increased exertious to the very liberal
rewards offered by the authorities for the produc-
ton of arms, whose owners cannot show written
permits Tor holding the same. The following Is the
tariff:
For each servicesbls gun. musket or rihe.....slo
For each .sbsr OF officers swOrd...............
For For e sseh Rasrer bowie ine or .worios6:
These arms, when found concealed, are to he con-
fscated, and the parties 30 coneesing them are to
be punished by Improvement.
III there is any one thing in which Gen. Butler
excels, it is in the publication Of " orders" No
matter how difficult the undertaking, how ire
mediable the abuse, forthwith be issues an order
and the undertaking ID accomplished and the abuse
done away. BY the stroke Of bis pen he makes and
snrnakes. If he wished IN dam the mouths OF the
Mississippi, he would require his Aojutant- General
70 write o. be dictated. The Delta would publish
the order" and the thing would be an }dit &C.
eompli.
At the Union meeting held here last night, Gen.
Sherman made great speech. He discussed Slav-
cry and other delicate issues, and made a good
impression.
Judge Sharp has been appointed TO 60 to Nash
vile TO request Judge Csirou TO organize Courts
here.
The Grenada appeal Of the 9th inst. confirms the
Union evacuation Of Huntsville, and says the
Union soldiers passed through Winchester, desolatDg
The country.
Bragg Moving by Lexington, Ky, with
10000 men-Rueii also Moving-A
Battle Expected Momcntariiy-f0,0 900
Riae,nen Arrived i'm One Day.
Special Di,pateh to The Philsdelphis Inquirer
CIscGsSArI o., Thursday, Sept. IL, 1852.
There has been skrInIsbiDg between our pickets
and the enemy's this afternoon. Two men were
wounded and several killed Of tho enemy. John A.
Coleman, wealthy citizen Of Cincinnati, was taken
prisoner by the Rebels They are at Laona Spring.,
six miles out Heavy rains have stopped the Skin
nishing. The city is greatly excited.
Gen. Bragg ia coming up from Sparta, Tenn, by