Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-09

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THE TOWN q CoRINTH
Corinth is ore Of the noate5t appearing and
! best laid out towns in tie Southwest. 1t is The
capital OF IIshimingU county, Mississippi, situ-
/ ated siI miles from the Tennessee line, and more
| favorabIy located than | thought it possible for
Any place 10 be il such region as this. There
are neither hills, Tavines, or swamps in or near
1 i5r Il surrounded by thick woods, but is ca
/ SLY approached from all sides by State and
| county roads The Mobile and Ohio and Mem
! phis and Charleston railroads pass through the
/ scllsh,vcst section of it.
have called C0riuth a town, but il claims
I the more digui6ed tile Of city, and annually
1 clects mayor and board - c0Glcilmen 20 con-
1 tIol its municipal affairs Its population, before
| tic outbreak of the war, was, l believe, 1900.
The streets arc very well laid of, and handsome
/ " shaded with trees; many OF the houses UIG
! b,ick-some OF them three stories high, quite az
/ vel built as those usually found IN Northern
| towns Of similar sizo Many CT the dwellings
/ have well cultivated gardens III front, and de-
spite The sad surroundings, the flowers bloom
! full and fragrant, as if delicate hands had con-
sLauliy been near to bcsiOw upon tIemthe nour-
ishHae.lt lli-y could not get from the heIy -
| overhead The houses were found nGEriy all Dr.
] serted here and there family OF the poorer
class had remained, bat not twenty, all told.
/ Ii must not be u lderstood that the inhabitants
| fed on the approach of tho Federal army. They
commenced leaving when the Confederatet forces
| Anived, more than two months ago, and was
/ told that n any Of them would return, now that
the Fedor8l5 are in possession Of the city. Tish-
! imiagO county court house, over which tie
Union Aag now wavcs, is a three-story brick
/ building, which before ths war WAS principally
used as q secession meeting house, where two
OF three gathered together in JET. Davis name,
to coLcoct plans for the triumph Of the southern
cause When the war reached tho great Stste
OF Mississippi however, the valiant ehivalry
found it necessary 10 convert it into = hospital
4 ftrr tie issue of. Gen. Fremont's proclamation,
some excited individuals hoisttd the black flag
over this edifce; it soon gayo way, however, TO
the yellow one.
There is a hotel in the city of CoTinth. IL iI
called tho Tishimngo House, sud is very
vair specimen of its kiad. Il has not been,
however, for msny weeks, Z" 3 nap OF busy life
its fluctuations aud its vast concerns" as
Cowper expresses his idea Of : hotel. having
been converted into e hospital two months ago
The inhabitants of tho Town have been supplied
with water from an srtesia1 well, upward OF
200 feet deep bored about three years ago. The
taste Of the water drawn from this fOuIcs is not
very plr lrGsant, however wholesome Tho ey:iclc in
/ SIT may be. There IL NJ ereeSOr stream neal
ard tie Confederate army was greatly ineon-
velirnced 0 this account.
OUR TROOPS IN cORIErH.
Our iroeps marched 10 Colinih in very good
order, Tut 6Len they arrived within the city
limits" aud found themselves trcadinG the
streets of the bcased stronghold, their curiosity
vas IrrrpT7ssible, and they lelG tbs ranks IN
squads to look at houses and flower gardens, 10
AK for drinks OF winter, &c BY ono o'clock, A.
II the thorougbiaTes were hllsd with siTsg'
Cling Fcderals. Tie rage ior trophies was great
Few we're found, however, oIc-pt about half
dCz Il shot guns that had evidently been lcsl by
iheir owners Late southern papers were in
gres. demand, but wsTe not stlsinabs ct any
pl,c, This Is attributable, | suppose, 10 Tbs
To5uic i5a sgsiust reading ihs news, which
! BasUrcgtri is said to have placed on his troops
4 few Nump is dailies, threo weeks old, were
J picked up, but they contained no southern intel
| hgeuce that has net already found it's way into
the Iolu ans Of the northern papers. The reb;I
postlt.i e had been entirely cleaned Cut-nct =
vestige ci chivslrC rs c0ncspoudsl . remained.
While General Nelson was riding iato ihs
| iO~H sb5Ht-BiEo u'ciUeA n the morning ne,
WAS met by lis honor, the mayor Of Corinth,
aud his clerk. Ills honor said he felt il hiG duty
! 20 zsk of tic deral commander that the neceb-
sAry protection be ,ifIed 20 private property,
! e.c General Nelson replied thst it was the in
/ teuiion Of the Federal commander 10 offer such
protection, AID about an hour afterwards sveTy
| house iu tho town was guarded by sentinel.
WHERE HAVE THEY GosE TOI
! Whittier have the err,i:c Soutberrers weud'd
their fugitive steps This is a question which
| | fear il will require o!d folks some tins TO
answer. l have inierrogated several prisoners
aad q number of cit;z ms who resided il CoTinth,
but none seem 30 know d fiaitely the d,stinA-
| tion OF the Tunaways Mr.. Thomas Harrington,
ihs mayors clerk, says they have divided into
;hree gEmies-oEe Of thsm gonO to Grand Jan 4
,ior, enc TO Holly SPRING., and ono to ColuT-
bus. Grand Juuc ion is distsnt toTty-onc miles
| from Corinth, and ffjy-two miles from hen-
ph.s-ihe iur cion Of the Mississippi Central and
! Mobile and Charleston railroads. Holly SpTlngI
is thuty-ivo miles from Grand Junction, on th'
Mississippi Central. The troops for this pIfe'
took the S'ste rcad-ouly thefr baggage went BY
rail. The distance is not more than hity miles
scrJss the country. Columbus is about huh
drcd miles rouih of CoTin:h, near the Alsb'm'
border, on a branch of the Mobile and Ollo
railroad The largest humber have gone TO the
latter point Tho readers of the Commercial
have frequently been informed that B'auregard
| WAS MOVING his commissagy stores into tie Inte'
ri5r of Alabama to some point connecting by
livor with Columbus. Gen. Hsllsck was also
informed Of this fact number OF hnes. " hen
Memphis fails, think large army will be ell
lectod in the vicinity of Columbus TO draw Cul
|
sipai. Their retreat from there will be intt
Alabama But have not space 10 speculate OF
Eie future movements Of these gregarious waT
iiors Let II fuAic3 Tor the present to say. they
have gene from Corinth-vCry probably 10 'h'
places have named.
The rebels burned tie railroad depot, and {
number Of buildings which they had used a!
! warehouses 1t is believed that there was
guanii'y of corn in these latter, but how much
could nos ascertain. | am told they had al
abundance Of forage for their horses at oil time
) plenty Of corn and hay; but that they wer'
not wc. supplied with meat for themselves.
R:BEL FEMALE.
Amorg the few inhabitants found in Corintl
was an elderly female, decidedly rebellious il
her disposition, having al the prominent facia
, symptoms of the most abhOrcnt freak OF nature
au iil-tempered woman. Au Illinois soldier al
. vane toward her % she stood on tho door ste
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