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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-10


Fram she west Penserton CoBGd~nt.
JAcKsoS, Jans 9.-Ons Yankee gutboat lsf Red
river owing to the 10 y water.
Psn5sron hasssut word that lie can hold V1ksbars,
and tells Johnston to take his time organizing and dis
e~iplLing bis forces.
Late Federal reports via Memphis.
JACKSON. june "a special dispatch TO he Mssis
sRpian from Pamela today states hat he Yankees ami
Unionisas celebrated the anniversary Of tbs occupation
Of Memphis on she 6sh.
Tbs Caicag1 Tiues seyt Grant admits heav7 loss,
autitfsIHg back to B g B ek, whars be is NV WEr
ing ri ~flFosmzue from Banks
r zee antieia'o cd Grant via Louisville
Al The bcsts at Louisville sut Memphis lave besn
press d
-Four th-u.aad I've haair,d Co-eds-atss rsaeasd
Msnphis Tbs officers 90 90 sandasky aul tha men 70
IasisnaprIs
Gst Harlburt ordered them - prepare h1spi ais il
N mph' for 3]090 wouu ed
The French osptursd Pa-bla with aassa thousand
prisoners and tweuiy-four generals
Graat axis Hurlbar for hty thousand rsinforesmsnr,
aud HuhbuH replies that he did not know Were they
were 10 CONE from.
Their OWE figures foot up q lossof hltythousand
GrIerson Defeated.
WoODELLF. June -Grisrsons eaya ", one ihou-
sand ste ng, with sght pieces Of artillery, attacked
Col Lo an Of Clinton, Lolhians, yesterday. Logan.
with four hundred men and several pieces Of artillery,
drove them back six miles, capturing t~a pieces Of ar.
Hllevy and thirty i've prisoners.
Our loss va two killed sud several wounded
Tie enemy the ssr SERIAL she'll into the town. killing
one man named Coleman
Erom FicksbnrE.
JACKSON, June a. scout just in from Eieks5uTg
reports all working well, The men are soneWhst Wea-
risa wiihlyiug IN the enctes exposed TO the sun, bit
are IL god spir-s. HIS arrival was hailed With cheers
for Joe johnston. and they say he viii make al right
Grant Is slowly advane ng By 5uiidug PARALLEL which
are four hundred yards from eur outer works. There
has b en- no general assault for ten days past
There are plenty Of ammusl,ioa and provisions, sud
the ssldIery and ehizsns feel perfectly confident Of ths
resalt Omsnurs loss during the assaults does not ez-
esed six hundred. Heavy firing Of muskeuy and artii-
Isry was heard all day yes,o aay and artillery firing to-
day.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-10

The Prussian conflict between the Chsmbers
and the ministers is not yet adjusted The
house has resolved TO support the P asident
against the 'hinet, and was praparing an sd-
dress TO the King, praying him to set aside per
sons and policy which threaten TO bring ruin
upon hem and the country, and declaring that
the house will use every constitutional means
70 .uark mar
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-10

An Imperial decree states that, in order to
throw into oblivion the events in ~TransylVsnia
between Is44 and 1868 the Emperor r~slipves
those who hsvB passed their term Of imprson-
ment for high treason from ulterior legal oonse-
oueuee
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-10

The Paris journals announce that NJ Theirs,
yielding to the opportunities Of electors, hiss re-
solved to become a candidate for representative
for the second district of Paris, and also for two
provincial districts.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-10

The next two days-Wed lesday and Thurs-
day-were, IN the maia, qlist, except in the
case Of he batteries Not loss than fifty guns,
of siass varying from six to hiftY-pounders,
were mounted in the rear Of the city, at short
distances from the eusmy's works, and these,
frsm daylight I'LL dark, and many Of them from
dark till daylight, kept up a ceaseiess pound
erine" against the rebel deisnses On III river
side the gun aBd mortar boats wers alsr busy,
thus fairly enciraling the rebels with thunder
and fop but hey seemed 10 care very little fer
II, rarely replying 20 our hn, aud seemingly
paving US no other attention than keeping q
fsHtry
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-10

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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-10

WAsHUseroN, June 2-Dspafches from
Conceal Grant, Ga ed Nay 29th, hive been re-
oeivsd y Gsnral HAilstk The 81 uation Of
.Haus al V.cEsbuTg Was IA c aHged, but IA
yorsbs results w,Te confidently predicted.
CMCaGO, June 2 "A special Dispatch from
Men puis, csled tns Is INST furnishes the iol-
yang intelligence
The steamer Luminary auived en- Saturday
u CHS from below, with news tn0m Vleksbuig
10 las 2ssh Of Nay.
The gua5oat Cincinnati was sunk BY he f. 3
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
East trennessee is Redeemed.

The deliverance so long and so ardently
looked for, by her loyal people has fully
come. The well appointed army of Gen.
Burnside after rapid and trying mar:h en-
tered Knoxville on the 4th inst, amidst the
greatest enthusiasm. The march of this ar
my after it entered Tennessee seems to have
been continuous ovation. The greeting it
received from the people of that section was
such as is only extended to cherished friends.
From private letter from an officer in the
1O4th 0. V. L, from this county, written soon
after the army entered Tennessee, We are
allowed to make the following extract:
ave are now after a weeks hard march
1o5 miles from our starting place, well but
tired and pretty much worn out, for you will
remember that we have not had smooth turn
pixies to march on, but rough mountain roads
and bride paths. Gen. Burnside is here and
we expect to move on tomorrow. This is
emphatical a loyal country, the hatred to its
rebels is intense. ell boys you have come
at last'' is the common remark of the citizens.
No conscription has been made for fear of
bushwhackers who are very active. Scott lost
some SO men killed and wounded by citizens
in this county alone, on his passing through
returning from his last raid into Kentucky
Large numbers of citizens will go with the
army We are on the most favorable terms
with them, and are welcome to all they
have
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
Arrest Of she supposed Medina 1rur.

0CECLs
The dreadful tragedy in Medina is still
fresh in the memory of our readers. In the
Akron Beacon we find an account of the ar
rest of the supposed murderer of the Coy
family.
A young man named Fred F. Streeter, who
came to Medina as recruiting officer some
thing more than year ago, but who, not
succeeding in raising company, has since re-
manned there without any visible means of
support, having in the meantime married
Miss Whitmore of that village, has been ar
rested on suspicion of having murdered Mr..
h bel Coy, wife and child, some two months
ago. The circumstances which led to Lis ar
rest are briefly these. Streeter, up to the time
funds, being unable to meet many small bills
existing against him, and borrowing small
sums of money from various persons. Soon
after the murder he suddenly became flush,
expending considerable sums for clothing
&C., and soon afterwards, with his wife started
on trip west. Prosecuting Attorney Wood
ward, and officer Burlison, and other persons
interested in the detection of the perpetrator
or perpetrators of the horrible crime, have
kept an eye upon Streeter. and some ten days
since Burlison accompanied Prosecutor Wood
ward, started upon his track They first pro-
ceeded to Woodstock, ILL.,. where cousin of
Mrs. Streeter resides, and there learned that
they had been there, but had started for Wy
mona, Mimi, he having in the meantime visi-
ted Chicago, Springfield, &C., where he had
been very lavish of his money, stopping at
first class hotels, purchasing SIS boots, &c,
&c. At Wynona, they found that Streetel
had operated some two weeks as a steamboat
runner, or ticket agent, for which he was paid
$14, paying during that time, SIS for hi:
board, being at the same time very free with
his money, purchasing another pair of fancy
boots, $50 dollar watch, &C., &c. On leav.
ing Wynona he purchased tickets for self anc
wife to McGregor, but stopped off the boat a
Prairie Du Chen and took the cars for Mil
waukie, and from thence started for Chicago
The officers learning that an uncle of Mrs. S
lived at Kenosha and thinking that perhaps
IhSg lHdhS llGIH flSlG, SdNO Ihd6 l)ltaC'
call, and found them there. On searching
Streeter $64 in greenbacks were found upol
his person, together with through tickets t.
Boston, Mass, for himself and wife. From
information obtained as to articles purchased
and careful estimate of their expenses 0
travel, hotel bills, &C., the fellow has paid on
from $3.50 to $500, during his erratic jour
neyings. There ares some other circumstance
connected with the affair which it would moi
) perhaps, at this stage of the proceeding
against the accused, be proper to publish
which go to form pretty strong chain of cir
, cumstantial evidence against him. His state
ment, however, in regard to being in posses
sion of so large an amount of money, is tina
he obtained it in Cleveland, by gambling
though he cannot state the name of the hous
! or the person from whom he won it. At tn
: time of this writing, the preliminary exam
nation has not taken place.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
restitution at the south !.

letter received in Boston from Natchez,
Mississippi, gives vivid impression of the
situation of the peoplein that city and neigh
borhood. The writer, referring to one of the
wealthiest families of the place, says:
ssMr B. has lost twenty of his best hands,
and will not be able to make more than forty
bales of cotton, as the land is overfowed.-
Cenfederates notes are almost worthless, and
we are in a weeping way Contrabands are
focking to the Federalists by thousands.
aSomesof our rich friends are obliged to do
their own cooking, washing, &c. and would
not be surprised if all the negroes were to
leave their masters in this part of the world
The men and women in the Confederacy are
nearly naked. Do not imagine that we need
more than other people. Ten and fifteen
cent calicos sell at $40 dress. We have been
living on cold water and clabber as beverages,
and parched meal for coffee. When the 9th
er black regiments are formed, what will be-
como Of the wretched planters ?''
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
Excitement in Kansas,

A Special to the st. Louis Democrat from
Paola, Kansas, says that between Leaven-
worth and here the most exciting reports are
in circulation of another threatened invasion
of Kansas Quantrell has at least one thou
sand men near the Kansas line. The feeling
in Johnston, Miami, Lynn and Bourbon
counties, cannot be appreciated by any one re-
moved from the seat of danger.
The recent uEobstructed entry into Kansas
and the unopposed return of Quantrell, has
created an universal feeling of insecurity in
the border counties. The citizens are organ
izing into military companies and regiments.
The towns on the border are nightly pa
trolled by citizens. Large numbers of fami-
lies will leave these counties unless something
is done for their protection. The condition
of the women and children is the most pain
full of this border panic.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16

friends for maintaining by abundant proofs
ihe assertions have made above. appeal
TO the citizens of Ohio TO vindicate the honor
of our State and the loyalty of our people
against the designs of party headed by a
man who not only stands convicted as the
public enemy Of his country, but, after hav-
ing " lef his country for his country's good
joined himself with pirates and smugglers to
throw contempt upon the laws of the book
ade which his Government had established
for her protection, how stands ON a foreign
shore, and with a knot of admiripg traitors
around him, looks on the Republic engaged
in deadly struggle for its life, and tries to
give cheer to our enemies by declaring eur
cause hopeless
I answer his craven words of despair by
the stout facts of July under which the
whole rebel framework is reeling and totteT-
ing to its fall. / answer them by the fact
that even in this most rebel portion of rebe'
Tennessee, thousands are focking to oar
headquarters repentant declaring that their
cause is hopeless and begging to come back
under the shield Of the Union. Let all true
men take new heart and new hope.
Let the Republic but once more display the
majesty of its strength and the work will be
ended. If our drafted force were now in the
field it would need no prophetic voice to say
with authority, Yet sixty days and this
rebel Nineveh shall be overthrown."
I am, ETC., J. A. GARFIELD.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
Evacuation of Morris 1s,and.


The following is from the Richmond
Whig:
CHARLESTON, Sept. THE bombardment
was kept up without intermission all day yes
terday and far into the night. About $50 of
our men were killed and wounded at batteries
Wagner and Gregg.
The attempt to assault Battery Gregg were
repulsed before the enemy had completed
their landing. Great havoc is supposed to be
made in the enemy's boats by our grape and
canister.
At dark on Wednesday, the enemy having
advanced their sappers up the very moat of
Wagner, and it being impossible to hold the
Island longer, Gen. Beauregard ordered its
evacuation, which was executed between s
P. M. and 1 A. NJ, with success.
We spiked the guns of Wagner and Gregg
and withdrew noiselessly in forty barges. On
ly one barge containing II men was captured.
All quiet this morning.
CHARLESTON, 7th-Noon.-A dispatch
from Major Stephen Elliott, commanding at
| rpIt CulnIcI, ailHOuuCeS GHdI d uaS VI IIuCc,
demanding the immediate surrender of that
| Fort, has just been received from Admiral
Dahlgren by Lieut.. Brown, of the steamer
Palmetto State. Gen. Beauregard has tele-
graphed to Major Elliott to reply to Dahlgren
that he can have Fort Sumter when he takes
it and holds it, and that in the meantime such
demands are puerile and unbecoming.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
Marching on!

Giant strides have been made toward put
ting down the rebellion during the week past.
Chattanooga, the stronghold of Bragg, has
been given up.
East Tennessee, with its important railroad
lines, and its hots of loyal people is ours.
Gen. Gilmore has taken Forts Wagner and
Gregg. and now holds Morris Island the key
to Charleston harbor, into which our Iron
Clads are slowly and surely making their
way.
In the West, Gen. Blunt, the fighting man
of the border, has gained another victory,
completely dispensing the rebels in that quar-
ter and re-possessing the whole Indian Ter
ritory.
Steel has driven the enemy across Bayou
Meter and is rapidly approaching Little Rock
the Capitol of Arkansas.
Gen. Herman is moving up Red river.
Gen. Banks is organizing powerful expe
dition, but whether for Mobile or Texas does
not appear.
Thus the good work progresses rapidly
and the armies of the Union are marching
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16

The longest stage route in the world is the
one between Atchison in Kansas, and Placer
vile in California-one thousand nine hun
dred and fifteen miles. The fare is two hun
dred dollars-ten and half cents mile
Ben. Halladay is sub-contractor from Atchi-
son to Salt Lake City, and Louis Nj Lean from
that point to Placerville. The service en-
ploys two hundred stages and over three
thousand horses and mules, besides legion
of superintendents, division agents, station
keepers and messengers. The division agents
and telegraph companies have perfect IN
derstandng, SO that accidents and difficulties
are promptly remedied.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
Rebellion in San Domingo.

Another rebellion is reported to have bro
ken out in San Domingo, in consequence
whereof General Luero had been obliged to
shut himself up with the Garrison in the
Fort. abandoning the city. Troops were sub
sequently sent. which cleared the city, scat
tering the rebels with one bayonet charge, in
which there were but one killed and twelve
wounded The man killed was the COM
mander-in-chiefo of the whole expedition, who
was shotin the heart. 1t was reported there
was another battle
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
rhe Possession of East rennesse.

The Possession of East Tennessee.
A dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette, dated
Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 9th, says: The great
campaign of the war is over. We are in full
possession of East Tennessee. A great blood
less victory. The campaign was skillfully
planned and energetically executed. Such
was the rapidity of our movements that the
rebels were taken unawares, and fled before US
without destroying property.
At London, they attempted to hold the
bridge, but the impetuosity of the End Ten
nessee regiment broke them to fragments
Three steamboats,, three locomotives and a
large number of cars were captured there.
The whole march of our army was per-
feet ovation, and our entry into Knoxville an
event long to be remembered. Thousands of
people of every age, sex, color and condition
lined the way, with shouts and tears, inter-
mingled with martial music. Joy reigned
supreme.
Gen. Burnside addressed the soldiers and
people, and assured them of protection, and
that while justice should be dealt, revenge
was no part of the policy of the Government
General Carter also spoke in touching terms
of their suffering, and announced its termina
ton.
Colonel Saunders was called out amid
shouts of welcome.
Col. Gilbert is appointed Military Governor
and Gen. Carter Provost Marshal General oi
East Tennessee.
Second dispatch says our right wing is
within reach of Rosecrans' left
The rebels regarded our expedition as raid
until the last moment. The march of 2OC
miles was a hard one, but made in good order
Trains all came up in good shape.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
lFrom the New York Tribune.l

FROM the NeW ork Irlpune
The MutilatiOn of United States Cur
rency.
In further answer to the query as to mutt
lated currency in our paper of September l,
We have received the following letter:
To the Editor of the NJ z. Tribune:
$50" S1R-The principal reason for the regu-
lation in regard to the redemption of United
States notes and fractional currency, is to pro-
stect the people from frauds that would other
wise be perpetrated upon the Treasury, by
making notes from fragments torn or cut from
different parts of like notes. No notes is, or
ever has been, rejected for being aooa4a by use
or otherwise, nor for any hind of defacenseat
so that its character can be discerned, nor for
being torn, however badly, so that the pieces
returned will constitute nine-teenths of note
of the fractional currency, or nineteen-twen-
tieths of United States note. It is only
where piece, to the extent above indicated,
is torn or cut off for purposes of fraud, or
from malice or wanton carelessness, and not
returned with note for redemption, that a
proportional reduction is made under the reg
ulations of the Office
"F E. SPINNER, Treas. q. s.
Treasury Department, Washington, D. c.,
September 3, 1863"
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
Capture and Destruction of a Cow
GuerriIEas.

From the Wheeling Intelligeneer, Sept 7th.
On last Thursday week, August 81, Gov
ernment train of % wagons was captured by
rebel guerrillas, about six miles from Phillip,
on the road to Beverly. We have the par
ticulars from Mr.. Teter, the delegate from
Barbour, who resides within two miles of where
the capture took place. The train was going
from Webster to Beverly. The wagons, to
each of which six horses or mules were at
tached, contained grain and hay and provis-
IONS. There was no guard with the train
About O'Clock in the morning, much TO the
surprise of the teamsters, twelve armed men
suddenly appeared upon the road, and ordered
the teams to be unhitched, one at a time
The teamsters, taken entirely by surprise, and
being unarmed, obeyed instructions, when the
guerrillas ran thirteen of the wagons together
and set them on fire. They then started with
the horses and mules, about hundred in
number, and passed out in very hurried man.
ner by Clover Run, and brought up at the
house of an old man named Harper, where .
notorious rebel scoundrel by the name of Enos
johnson assumed the leadership of the gang
and conducted them through to Pendletor
County up the Black Fork of the Cheat river
The rebels had not gone far until the.
round they had more horses and mules thai
they could manage, and, being in considerabl
of hurry, they Were compelled to leave tn
most of them upon the road.
The teamsters were taken some fifteen o
twenty miles, when they were released Tn
rebels stole several horses of citizens whom
they met on the road. They also captures
the mail carrier, who happened to be passin
while the wagons were being arranged fo
destruction. The mail carrier threw the pouc
into wagon, and, as it happened that th
wagon was not destroy ed, the mail was after
ward 70 nd in asperfectly safe condition.
Mr.. Tieter informs us that this gang {
guerrillas was composed almost exclusively {
men who formerly resided in the vicinity, br
are now in ths army They came into th
county ono by one, and are supposed to has
been lurking in the Won Is and lying in wa
for good chance to make raid.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16
Brownlow,s Knoxville Whig and
Rebel VentiIatOr

Rebel FentilatOr
| propose to publish weekly and tri-week-
ly Journal bearing the above title, at Knox
vile, in East Tennessee; and the weekly pa
per, made up from the contents of the tri-
weeklies, I propose to send out to distant sub
scribers for Two DOLLARS per annunl, inca
7ia6ly pasd IN ad0aface. Subscriptions and
remittances will be forwarded to me at Gin
cinnat, frem which point expect to ship my
paper and materials. I expect to issue the
first number in October, as it was in that
month, two years ago, my paper was crushed
out by the God-forsaken mob at Knoxville,
called the Confederate authorities. will
commence with this hell-born and hell bound
rebellion, where the traitors forced me te
leave off, and all who wish the paper would
do well to begin with the first issue, as l in
tend that single paper shall be worth the sub
scription price to any unconditional man !
In the rule of my editorial conduct, shall
ablure that servility which destroys the inde-
pendence of the press and cast from me that
faetious opposition which gives to party what
is due to country And while the namo of
my journal indicates, in unmistakable terms,
its politics, shall, as faithful sentinel, for
get Wings, Democrats, Know Nothings and
Republicans, and remember only Government,
and the preservation of the Federal Union
as richly worth all the sacrifices of blood and
treasure their preservation may cost-even to
the determination of the present race of men,
aud the consumption all the means of the
present age!
Publishers inserting this Prospectus once,
prominently, and sending me the paper to
Cincinnati, will be favored with an exchange.
w. G. BROWNLOW.
September z. 1868.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16

Reverdy johnson made an address at Sar-
atoga at the close of the County Fair. On
the State of the Nation, he said the Govern
ment must be sustained. AS to Slavery, it
was an evil spirit, fruitful of National diff
culties, and must finally fall in the contest
with free principles. He said of the Procla-
never be re-enslaved; where they were not
liberated, the people would settle the matter
themselves when they came back to the
Union.