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River and s-,ea.nbOar Business.

The river is still slowly rising. The weather Was
cloudy but fine yesterday. The Natchez is the boat for
New Orleans this evening. The Sam Hale leftfor White
river. The Julia Roaus will leave our landing for Ar
kansas river to-day. The New Oleans Delta OF Tues
day says:
During Sunday and yesterday great coats, shawls, and
hresldes were in order. The levee still looks about As
uuA a. anybody could desire. Red river. We understand.
is still rising from Shreveport down. The John Walsh
leaves for Memphis this evening.
The Plaquemine Ua) Gazette says:
We regret to learn that a crsvasse occurred on Thurs
day morning at the late Mrs Ysughn's plantation, 10 this
parish, and that at night the channel was six feet deep.
The Baton Rouge Gazette says:
We learn from MI. Levy, who came up from Bayou
Goula yesterday, that a crevasss had taken place at
Mrs. Naughn's place, three mi IS below Bayou Gouga.
When Mr.. Levy left, the break was about twenty feet
wide and twelve deep.
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In ChancerY.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
SHELBY COUNTY.
TETHEREAs, IN . certain cause now penoing mtne
w Chaucsrv sids Of be common Law and Chaucery
Court of the citv of uemylas, wherein j. II. Morto-
and william L GihiuE are Compiainauts and George
N. Robinson and w.. ~. Wleatsy are defendants the
following order was entered therein, ola the 21th day Of
January. lsl2. the same being one OF De days Of The
November term, 7eOl. of sd d court, to-wlt
I'm tbE cause is .s suggested and proven that the de
fendanr. ". W. NEeafiey, thar he has cepar,eu tMt
life that he died iute-tsfe, and shat he lett az Dis only
heirs at lay. bis u es children. viz Niliam Lawson
Whestlsy. Eidrid Wheatl=y and Robert ssfa Wnestley,
an infants and nau residents o. the State OF Tennessee.
II ig therefore ordered by The court that the Clerk ana
Master issue wrts Of scre yacdds against said infant
heirs o. W. VI. Wheatey, notifying them Of the pend
elcv Of The said suit. and requiring than O. appear ana
show cause WY The SUIT shall nos be revived sgansi
them, and that be make publication giving notice Of the
suit and scrs J6ciGs'
THIS IS therefore % 2 axe known 20 the sad parties
the pendency Of said slit aud tie issuance OF said writ
of scare faaids, and 20 command toe said infant heirs
William Lawson WlcafI-y. Ellrd Nuearey and Rob
srt Seth Nhsgtley 20 enter her appearance here
before or within RI frs three Gays o. Tie EeZt term OF
said court 70 be he'd At the courJL0u,s, ID the y Of
Memphis. on the second Monday in May nezt, 1862, and
plead. answer OF oemur 20 cJLplsinaurs' bin or the
same will BE- SET for bearing and proceeded with accord
ing 90 law, and that copy Of this order be published
once g week for four successive weeks IN the Memphis
appeal
a copy-attcst: JOHN c. LANiEB
Geek AID Master.
james 3 Thorlt5u, solicitor for compainaHts.
u~sh2a]awiw
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RurinI OF Gen. Ren. NcCpIIOch,

The Austin Gazcle Of the 10Th says
The remains of Gen. Ben. McCuIloch, the
hero of Oak Hills, the pride and boast OF the
army OF the West, were, on Thursday, With all
usual pomp and ceremony attending such coca
sions, laid by the side Of Burleson, Hemphill
and Mcleod. The body lay in state in the Rep
resentative Hail from 4 P. NJ. on Wednesday
until > p NJ. on Thursday last At ii O'Clock,
after prayer from Rev. Mr. Phillips aud bishop
Gregg, Capt. John Henry Brown, who acted as
aid to Gen. McCulloch in the action in which he
lost his life, entertained tie large concourse OF
citizens that crowded the large Representative
Hall with an address HgTrating the thrilling IN
cidents of tie battlefield, and pGrtraying the
military accomplishments, patriotism, heroisHl
and noble single heartedness of our gallant
ranger general
Gen. Henry McCulloch being present, re.
marked, in a voice tremulous with emotion
whose accents reached the Eeayt and filled the
eyes Of all present, that his brother naa, IN his
will, commended his soul to hs God, and be
Iqueathed his body to bis State, and that he now
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In Chancery.
STATE OF TENNESSEE
E.

rs hE HNDaAaAT
SHELLEY COUSTT.
N~ETHEREAE. la a certain cause now pending in the
w Chaucsry side OF tue Common Law aud Lhancery
Court of the city of Memphis wherein R. Patrick and
j. p. Tarralt, iFm uf r. Patrick a. CO.. and others are
c8mplsina1ts. and w. W NheatIsy. Lawson NLeatiey
and Others. axe def Idauts o. the 9Th day Of January
1862. the same being one Of the days of Tie hoEembal
term 1867, of said court the Glowing order was enter
ed herein as fol o-s.
In This cause : Hs suggested aud proven that The de
PENDANTS. w W. WLeafiey and LAWSON WdHateysbsve
zntestats that ne person will administer on his estate,
a-d -lar be leIt a. as only heirs 81 law, bis three chill
dreu, viz= William Lawson MhestleY- Eidnd Wheat
lev and Robert Seth Wheetley, all infants and non resi-
dents OF the State OF Tennessee asd that KITE Whea'.
lev fs -ua eEecu- TX of the SAID defendant Lawson
Wbegrley. Il is therefore ordered by the court that the
Clerk and Master Of said court issue wrls OF sctri
frrf4s against said infant neus Of -. ". heatiey, no
rffyfrg tham Of She pend uCy q said suiti aud requir
ing hem 20 apqgsE sll s-o" cause My the SAT- shau
not be revived against them. and thai be make puOhca
tiop giving notice VI The -uit aud scrs tactGs.'
This IL therefore Co. make known 10 the said parue'
Che ueu5raev Of said sHr and tie issuance OF said witt
of sire f4-ils. and TO command The SAID infant heirs
William Lawson " lealayr E-aua Ml- alley ana h9o
or. Seth W5estlev. o. enter their appearance herein
before or within me -rst three days Of the next term 0
said clurt. 10 b. hold at the courthouse, in The C y o.
Nsmphtr. on the second Monday IN Nag next, lou@ and
Mead answer OF demur TO complainant BILL OF The
same win be 500 for hearing and proceeded with accord
ing 70 law. and tlsr q copy OF tbs order be published
once week for four successive weeks nthe hemph1
cgpv-sfssst. JOHN C. LAEIERz
Clerk and Master.
wisker-ham s. Eeechsr. solicitors Tor compiznants
mf2g Taw1w
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A letter from Columbia, Tenn, published in
the Louisville Journal, mentions the arrest Of
this gentleman by the Federal commander. 1t
says:
Gen. NegIey has arrested Brigadieg-General
Lucius J. Polk, of this county, whom you will
doubtless remember as a brother of the late
President and of W. II. Polk, Esq. Gen. Polk
has for several years past been a bngadier of the
State militia and commanded the oath brigade of
the State. He has never engaged however in
this war against the Union, but has remained in
a suppressed condition, at his country seat, six
niles from Columbia. He had appointed one
Abe Looney as his sid-de-camp, hut of late Abe
has gone to the dogs and Joined the rebel army.
When Isham G. Harris-a particular friend of
Gov. Andy johnson, and his late predecessor
was on the run from Nashville, he stopped to
take breath at Columbia, and to announce to the
people that he was about to take the field as
commander-in-chief and they were called upon
to follow him preparatory to dying in the last
ditch, pike in hand" But the people didn't
see in that light, " though he forged Gen Folks
name TO the order, aud neither Polk nor the peO-
pie followed the chivslrOus Governor. The gen
eral order to which Harris signed Folks name,
reads as follows, and is quite a curiosity
HEADQUARTERS COLUMBIA
February q, 1862.
To The Commanders Of he TusatyjOurth Brigade Teanes-
SET Nitija
You are hereby commanded TO report the strength of
your respective commands to the brigadiergeuera with
out delay. You viii take immediate steps for their
thorough organization. and hold them subject 70 the
orders Of the brigadier general.
BY command OF JUCIUS ). POLK,
Brigadier General oath Brigade.
A. N LOoyEY, ABIDE Camp.
Instead of sending a squad Of men to arrest
Gen. Polk, as that gentleman anticipated, Gen.
Negley, in a very consideTate note, requested an
interview with him, and stated that he had felt
it his duty TO require Gen. Polk to report him
self under arrest at the headquarters in Column
bia. This was on Saturday last. Gen. Polk
replied that he would present himself on Mon
day, and did so. He explained his position in a
long conversation with Gen. Negley, and was
put on parole, to appear when summoned before
the Supreme Court at Nashville by Judge
Catron. Gen. Polk is represented to have been
consistently and persistingly a Union mau, and
so processes to be at this time.
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How ri.e Rebel steamer IEerrimac is TO be
sunk,


Ia the debate in the Senate on the Stevens
floating battery, Senator Pomeroy, Of Kansas,
expressed his opinion that it viii soon be demon
strated that any wooden vessel, any large ocean
steamer, for instance, can run down such a bat
terry as the Virginia and sink her. He said If he
was captain of the Minnesota, he would Tighten
her, except in the stem, aud put her at her high
est speed, and run her upon the Virginia and
sink her. The Boston Commercial Bulletin says
on the subject:
"If the Minnesota, or any other vessel of the
same size, should run bows on with a speed Of
twelve knots al hour, striking the Merimac on
her brosdside, she would sink her. As, for in
stance, in 1899, the ship Columbian, 500 tons,
lying at Damon's wharf, Charleston, parted her
bow hawSer, and swinging with the tide, run
bows on against Charleston bridge, and cut it
through.
I'm lS4I the ship Eli Whitney, of 400 tons,
coming up the harbOr with her three tOpsails set,
run ~three-quarters Of her length into the end of
Long Wharf. In 1850 a ship, going up the
docks in Liverpool, became UnmaIageable and
run into the stone pier-head, moving the stones
some twelve or thirteen feet, and doing but com
paratively little damage to the ship. We believe
there is tact and skill enough in our navy to dis
pose of the Merrimac if she ventures out of
Norfolk"
The Springfield Republican says these saga
cious and prophetic hints are getting common,
and, sincs half thu people hereabouts already
know what the project to be tried in Hampton
Roads is, and the rebels are Unquestionably well
informed on the subject, there can be no harm in
printing the fact that the ocean steamers Van
lerbit and Arsgo have been armed with strong
iron prows and are now awaiting the appearance
of the Virginia to thy upon her the experiment
suggested. 1t is also stated that their upper
works are protected by q covering of cotton
bales, which are more imperViOus TO cannon balls
than iron. The experiment will be a novel and
exciting one, andif it shall turn out that iron
clad vessels can thus be destroyed by vessels of
superior speed and momentum, new and impor-
tant elements will be introduced into the calcula-
ton of tho value of mailed ships of war. The
Virginia is undoubtedly ready 10 come out, and
if she does not soon appear, it will indicate that
the rebels have lost confidence in her impregna.
biity.-LOmSUUe journal.
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as the executor of lbgt will, gave the body 10
the executive, and with it his own life. GOV.
Lubbock, in his own inimitable and happy way,
responded to the remarks of Gen. II. McCulloch.
It is impossible for US now to give a synopsis OF
what he said. He stirred the hearts of the au-
dience to their pcofoundest depths, and awsk-
eued or aroused a feeling of intense patriotic en-
thusiasm we have never seen e~Xcelled, which
filed the lofty chamber with the deatenIng shouts
of the thousands assembled, sufficient if aught
on earth were so, to quicken again to life the
slumbering hero, who, wrapped in the banner OF
his country, lay in state in their midst.
The concourse that attended the body to the
grave was the largest ever assembled in the State
the procession being more than a mile long.
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In Chancery.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, ;
EHFJEF COUNTY.

Is III I'll " LarmNs1.A4ar
EHELEF COUNTY
NETHEEEAS, iu @ certain cause now Fe.dlUE on me
w Chaace-v side of be Comm. Law aud Oh zuceTy
Court of tEr City of Memphis. wherein y. Gilbert s Co.
are Complainant, and w. ". Wh-atuy and 3 ewson
NLaatIgV ara defendants, on she 9Th Of Ja .uaIy lo62,
Che Same being one ui the days of The November term,
IS6I- tha f9IUWirE order was inferred h-Ieu, tU-vlt:
"Iu this cause d. is suggested and proven that he de-
-endaufs ". w. Nhsatiey sud Lawson Mheatey have
both departed life. that said W. w. Whealey died in.
testate that no person viii administer on his estate, aud
that h- left as hi oaIy heirs ar law, ms th ee chisren,
viz. William Lawson WheaHev. EldId MEgafIay aud
Robert Seth Wheatley, ali infants and nouICsideuts Of
the State Of Teuuras-e. autthar kaIe WhHaIey is The
ezecutrix of the saL defendant Lawson NheatIey.
1t is therefore ordered by the court that the Clerk and
Master issue wrts Ct ScTC FGcias ag lnst said infant
heirs Of ". w. Wlsatley, notifying them Of the pen
dency q said suit, and requiring them to show cause
why The suit shall not be revived against them and that
ne make publication giving notice of the suit and SER
FGcGS."
This is therefore 70 make known 20 the said parties
1he tendency Of SAID suit and the issuance Of said writ
William Lawson Wlearlsy, Eldrd Wheat y, and Rob
et Seth WLeatly. 60 enter their appearance herein, be
fore 1r within tie HrSt three days Of she next term %
SAID court, TO be held Al the Court House IN rAe City o
Memphis, on the second Monday in May next. la32, su0
plead. answer or damur 20 Cgmplaiuanfs bill, or III
same VIII be set for hearing and proceeded with accord
ing TO law. and tlat % copy of this order be publishe
once a week. fer t1uE successive weeks, in the Mempbi
c91y-Attesf. DHE G. LANIER,
Clerk and Master.
w1ckersham & Beecber, Solicitors Tor Complainant
mhs9laW-fW
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CARD-The undersigned has been authorized
by the Secretary of War to enlist and muster into
service companies OF volunteers, TO form a regiment or
battalion Of infantry for three years or the war. These
companies will rendezvous at Grand junction when
enlisted, Under this authority an opportunity is afford
ed to all who may prefer to volunteer under officers Of
their own choice, 10 organize a regiment or battalion
before the CONSUMPTION shall take effect To effect this,
the companies organizing must move promptly and
without delay. Arms and equipments will be furnished,
subsistence aud transportation secured, and bounty paid
to men ~enlistns, under instructions from the War
Department LEON. TROUsDALE.
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Th1lrsann, - IL, ~.

u, front of NV office. on Mein street, in the CT = o, Mem
ubis proceed 90 sell 90 the highest bidder q valuable
or on GPOTSp. on Court street, Ia he city Of
Meophis bounded and described Gs follows, to-Nlt
Fronting on she uorrh SIDE OF Court street, ID the CT :
ar Memphis. and being part Of lot or suo-cl islon No.
SOD Of @ izinal lot Ne. 40, according % the p-aa OF
Brzmuhis. e1d is bounded ~ follows tD-"it: Beginning
a the southeast corner If sad iots No 3E d d rAl nA9
tba7cz v-a.tv-srHlv with the front boundary lice Of said
lot no. 552, thirty 1--WE feet 20 a sake thence norm
wardiv and parallel v-ih the east boundary o. said lot
NJ 500. one hundred and forty-siEbr fes' six inches to 4
stake. thence essrwsrdly and parallel with tie ir0n'
bguu5a-v line 70 tie eastern boundary line OF sad lot
no. SGD lllrrv-fvs fee thaBss sou-hwardly with the
-.st bgrgFsTr lin. one hundred ald forty eight feet
six inches &c tle beginning It being the sam lot e1u
veved b. y. " aIaaks, o. the 2Jta February to5r
aud Bv Brady & Davis 10 Spivsy x CLARK, by deed r.
corded in book no 80, art % pages lo2 l%5r l4 and
L3j.
TERMS OF EALE-The above described lot viii be
ia an credit of SIX twelve AID eighteen m9uths, II
equd iHsta 1msnts. purchaser TO ezeclre note with sp
proved security for the Parchae money sale al J
o'ql,ck 4 JOHN .. LANIER
Ub5alawtds Clerk and Master.
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YANKEE RAID INTO LAUDERDALE.-0n Sat
urdsy last, a squad of some two hundred and
fifty, or three hundred Yankee cavalry came into
this county, within about eleven miles Of this
place, and arrested several of the citizens of the
vicinity of Rawhide precinct. There are vari-
Gus rumors aaoat in regard to the number of
prisoners taken by the Yankees-the estimate
ranging at from twenty to sixty men. Some say
twenty some twenty-five, and from that up to
sixty. We suppose it would be safe to put the
number at thirty. Among the number taken,
was John W. Chisholm, who lately got up a
volunteer company and was elected captain of
the same.
On Thursday night last. our cavalry scouts
captured twelve prisoners, whom they took
through this place on friday evening. Ii seems
that the arrest Of their " loyal friends 80 en-
ragged the Yankees, that they were determined
to make a stand off by taking a portion of our
cOuntrymen-EOrence Gazette.
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Nashville correspondent of the New
York HeraLd writes:

Nashville correspondent of the New
York Herald writes:
Men DO not make any demonstration publicly,
but it is plain by whom women, girls and boys
are pushed in to offer the grossest insults to Of,
fcers and men. Any one of the demonstrations
made by the ladies would appear ridiculous if
mentioned, but it is certain that, though harm
less, their actions are very aggravating to the
men, particularly as the whole army had been
careful to appear, if not in reality, polite as my
Lord Chesterfield. Let me mention an instance
Of the means employed by the fair dmes of
Nashville to Insult our officers. Some Of our
generals were standing yesterday on the side
walk in front of the 81. Cloud Hotel While
they we're conversing, a couple of ladies, in full
dress of gsudy c%OlOrs, approached them, followed
nv a great, fat. dirty and sloyenly negro wench.
A. tie ladies neared the general, they changed
from lines of battle and marched to a single file,
altbouoh there was plenty Of room. At the same
time thew carefully drew their dresses aside, to
nrevent their coming in contact with the gen
eerals-tsn feet distsut-and placed their hand
Lsrchiefs upon their diminutive nasal organs.
The negro Tench had been well drilled, and it
was with the most serious face and admirable
dalicgcv that she drew her hoOpless skirt to one
side. and put a great red bandanna to her nose.
One General scratched his pate with a puzzled
air. another swore in approved German style"
while a third appeared to ENJOY the Joke OF the
ladies and the anger and chagrin OF his fnends.
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FROM THE FORTS Up to 7 o'clock yester-
day evening the fire from the enemy was kept
up briskly, and was returned with spirit from
the forts, Fort st. Philip, as we understand,
though not yet attacked, ably supporting the
operations of Fort jackson No further casual
ties are reported on our side. The enemy takes
care to keep as much ss possible out of our
reach. The general condition of things below
looks altogether reassuring. There is no reason
to doubt that the forts, with reasonable assis-
lance, con repel the most furious assaults of the
enemy's deet.-NeU Orleans Delta, 22d.
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DAILY nErOKr or IL MARKET,
FROM THE CHA

THURSDAY EvESIss. April u.
sales, receipts or shipments
TOBACCO-Thers is nothing doing in the market
worth reporting.
WHEAT-Tbe supply and demand are limited. and
prices unchanged, prime to choice ruling at 500 ~
hushel.
FLOUR-Ligbt receipts Sales 50 brls. extraa at s157J
and so do. at SIC.
CORN-25J sacks sold at SI.IO.
O~ATS-Contuue to retail at SL2O ? busheL.
BRAN-SmaH sales at the advanced rate Of 81 y
Cwt.
PEAS-75 bushels sold at the advanced rate Of SIN
BACON-Sales 5000 pounds hog round at asc.
SLGAR-Thers is moderate demand, with small sal,s
at irregular prices.
M-OLASSES-250 baifbrIs sold at 2Oc.
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DIED.

On Friday, the i.h instant, Mrs. Lucy A. Hunt, coz.
s'rt Of Nc. Charles W. Hun, Of Coahomo county, Mise.
Petersburg Vs) papers please copy.
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Generals Buckner aud THghmau in For
Warren.

NcutEais AhS"h
Warren.
The Boston Post furnishes a column or so of
gossip about the life of Generals Buckner and
Tilghman IN Fort Warren. We make a few eI-
tracts:
Generals Buckner and Tilghman are the two
greatest lions among Us. Their residence is at
Hotel de Warren, in Boston haTbOr. They room
with Marshal Kane, and, thus far, are quite sat
isied with their accommodations. They talk
and smoke, eat and drink, and read the Boston
newspapers with great satisfaction.
The other day Gen. Tilghmsn remarked to
Marshal Keys that be should like to see Bunker
Hill, and said that if he was to be executed, be
should ike 10 be hanged from that spot. Your
request cannot be allowed" said the under-msr-
shal d" the ground upon which that monument
WIS erected has been cOnsecTated to freedom
Gen. Warren fell there-it is no place for you
The southern general did not pursue the CONVEX
sation any further.
General Tilghman has been in Boston before,
at which time he became acquainted with a lady,
upon whom he must have made an impression,
for she repaired TO the fort the other day for the
purpose OF paying her addresses to rim. As
Colonel Dimmick allows no woman kind to en-
ter his hotel, the lady aforesaid was compelled
70 postpone her devoirs for the present Re was
also acquainted with Col Dimmick at the fort,
and Marshal HANS, OF BallmOT6, VINO, ne re-
marked, was al old Il" tOwnie' Of his.
Both Buckner and Tilghman censuTe Pillow
for the loss Of the army at Fort Donelson. They
contend thst Floyd is a brave man. After the
rebels had nearly succeeded in cutting a road
through our forces out OF the fort, as they say,
Pillow recalled thea and they were followed in
with great slaughter.
Buckner is evidently a " buck, - and both to-
gether are Jolly fellows. They are also philos-
Ophers. Buekner weighs two hundred, and is
soidly built Tilghman light, and Of e nervous
temperament. One Of the most experienced Of
our policemen, who is well acquainted with
physiognOmy Of rOgues, says that on the street
he should take BuckHer for a fighting man or a
burglar; and that with his round, hard face, high
cheek bones, small gray eyes, and heavy over
brows, his face is the exact counterpart Of tina
of @ Dublin Tricks, " the well known fighting
man.
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DAILY PRAYER-The Richmond Examiner
remarks that, during the bombsrdmeut Of For Sumter,
all Charleston was sn altar. Prayer went up from every
church and from almost every house. In this city there
is prayer daily at I o'clock in the evening, at Asbury
chapel and the First Baptist church. Reader, y0u are
in-l.ad 10 %
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SUSPENDED,-The Memphis Christian Ad5O-
cate Of yesterday announces that in consequence Of the
failure Of paper and suspension Of mails, it has become
necessary to suspend the paper. If a supply Of paper,
ordered a month since, is sent on, the publication viii be
resumed The suspension will be regretted by the nu-
merous readers Of the Adr0cas. It is deservedly a gene
raj favorite, and under the able management Of the Rev.
Mr.. Watson, has sustained a high character.