Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-29

tne SUR reftfnaht naaQo "a tppeaTauce, but not
until hey were Informed, as understood, By
Mr. Samuel Williams, that the rebels were
burning the town
REI0M CAIRO.
| GssyTllGs on As Cumserlaad-B BHsllokacksss
i frens Missosri-- Diits fsem Ksataekg aad
| Tssnassss-- Asstksf Scare st ceiembss, Ete.
Correspondents pldlAdelphia InSulrsrI a
eUERRLLLs on TIE CUMBERLAND.
CAfRo, December 4, 1ss3.-There are ruxors,
wild and staTtlinR--aa ell suck FHmors skoxl3
be to keep mp the fitness Of thinRs-feg6rding
the presence Of guerFillss on ths CumbsrIans,
rear cantoa, where the steamer Nay Duke was
burned last week. For few days we had s
comparative calm in this region, aHA gusTrilias
seened to have lost ali appetite for their calling,
| but It was the calm preceding the stOrH ] have
| furaished you the particulars ef the attempts az
classic Heg point and WetarProef point 10 de-
stToy the Emsrsld and Black Hawk, By which .
hslf doaen lives were lest and a few wounded.
This seems 10 have iRaugEfated he new cam
psign OF the gusnillas now on the rampage on
both the Tennesssa and the Cumberland. Boats
unattended By an armed convoy are not new
safe Ia either Of thsse streams, hsae0 considera-
pie delay In forwarding supply stores 10 Nash
vile, which hss osmmsnesd Il earnest, boats
~ - e-A-E aAA-cos NAAAF ~ rAAh N--EO4tgAs
BUsnwHACKERs FRoM MISSOURI.
At the fmo of its occurrence yea had the
particulars Of raid made upon Chsrles.ea, no,
Twelve miles from this plscs, BY gang Of g1sr-
riias or bushwhaekers of meat appraved style.
Yesterday, Capt Dishi, Of the esrsllsd militia,
brsught TO this place GseTgs hoElls, Jshn Bush
and john 0Ieen, thrss Of the gszg who bad
been cspture9 in ths encounter with the eitizsns
imnediHisly following ths sEtssk upsz Oharlns-
ton OEe ef the number committing she raid
was killed. TIE three msn named wsIs ssnt 10
St Louis On the train ysstsrssy, In charge Of
Capt. DsoAi, to nset sheiF trial bsfers . military
eonamissioE.
soHE OF FEa sAATB FzOx KENTUCKY AEe
TENNESSEE.
They : "a an Rttsnps By gaeniIiAs ss burn ~
the town Of Columbus the ether evening, resali-
ing Ia the destraesisn Of nearly blsek Of buila-
ings, including the military prisons. The ars
eIiginsted with prisozsrs, whs teok this Rethsd
Of paving tie way for escape. So well were
they guarded, however, that not nan get Of
Some had their clicking badly scorchee By the
eAmes theiI cwR hands had kindlsd. Captain
l. h Williams, district provost r1Arshal as Co.
lumbus, cane up On the steamer Crawford, yea
tsrday, having in charge sevsnty-sevsn rebel
prisoners, Of guerrilla species, nErSsrsrs, eie.,
ete., en- route for Indianapolis, Indiana, whore
they viii have chance to lesrn the difference
betHeeB Q stats of frsedoa and slate OF gen.
ersl inactivity. Tie latter win undoubtedly
eonaues 70 their moral, if not physical advance
NEXT. TAs prisoners were sent out en- the noon
train in the care Of 8 captain OF the I4ih Iowa
regiment Sol. Streets gang Of gusrTillAs we're
represented, through the energy Of Captain +.
Moore, st MsT1yHether's crossing, q few weeks
sincs These gTe = portion OF those who set Gre
to the town Of Columbus.
AEoTHER SCARE AT eoLUMBUs, KY.
Oclanbus, KY, is Of late becoming proven
bal for fights, bat not so notorious fsr real
fghts. TEsrs were preparations being made at
Columbus, yesterdsy, when the Crawford isft,
fer an expected attack by tke rsbels, who were
reported as advancing in force from serns I'M
known direction upon that devoted plAce. The
steIy has bean So often told to as, however, shat
we shall doubt demonstration upon cur nsigh-
boring city, Until We actually hesr the cannon,
OF see the rssults Of Rgkt.
The railroad to Paduesh Is being torn up, aud
. rairesd in another direction, fer army use, is
being pat in Tspsir as fast as lRberers can be
found to work upon il. Several regiments of
troops have arrived at the same plsco, within 5
day OF two. A PsnnsylvRniA regiment is al
ready on the spot and & Rhede Island regiment
was 10 have reported yesterday.
Tho sonscrfption erdsr of General Shsynan,
which, feE some days, has been in operation in
Columbus, as well as IN other portions Of the
district, end which hss created considerable sx-
cisemsnt amsng al classes Of citizens, hss been
80 modified that only those hangers On Of ths
array Gns army followers, gAmblelis, spseulR-
tors, sts, are subject 10 bsesne victims and
have new blae clothing pat upon their bscks,
and rev HEskets placed in their hands. Per
sons who can show that they ars sna have been
engaged in Q respectable and legitimate calling
IN Cairo, To are assured, need have no fear sf
eonscriPton anti the regular draft takes place,
Ander the suPerintandepce Of CGpt. I. H. Phil |
ips, the u S. provost marshal Of eur district. |
Those residing in Columbus must, of course,
abide by military law or the civil regulations
sxtant IN the State Of Ksntueky.
CAIRO, December 6.-Fhsrs has not been 9
great amount Of news concentrated at this point
within the Psst few days, neither has the httie
we have gathered bsen Of 9 sensational or ultra
interesting ehsrasler. The operations sf Gen.
Grant, at Chattanooga, sad the attention thak
has been rive;ed upon tho movements Of MeAds's
army of the Potomac. have absorbed and ever
shadowsd the smaller works of Cen. Hurlbut
at Memphis, and Gen. Mcpherson at Vieksburg.
FuIES UPON STEAMERS.
learn from the cfieegs Of tho stssner Fanny,
Just up from New Orleans, that she was 6Eed
into, on her tip up the river, q. Waterproof
landing, by the same party OF Dick TsyleTs
troops previously mentioned as having located 3
battery at that plses. Il was judged BY those
On board, that ct least three hundred mRsket
bullets were AreS upon the Fanny, Several OF
tho shets psaetratsd this boats sides. and two
nen weTs slightly wounded. The seesHd mate,
named Vale, had shot stTike the end of his
zose, and another clipped eff the tip Of bis esT,
which, he Eays, was smelling gaupcwder and
hear z the WhizsiRg of the bullets slightly
better than he Lad any desire A wsschnAn
was also slightly wounded in the leg. The
steamer Sultsaa was also fired INTO at The same
plaza, sn her downward trip, bat No enc was
hurt. The Wsicons, which has just arrived at
Cairo, was frs1 into going down and corning
up. Although badly cut up with bailsts ne
sersou was hurt on her aPwsTa voyage. The
Brazil was also fred uPsn going down, and enc
tsan severely, and probably mSrtslly Wsa8asd.
Ths place wksTe al this frizg has bssa dose
sppears 10 be in the vieiHity Of Waterproof
point But gaaboa. viii soon drive the rebels
sE.
such continued efforts ef the rebels demand
prompt sad efficient movements on the part OF
cur officers.
FoR FHB BEKEFTT or sUeRRILLAs.
Adiatant- General L. Thomas, hssring Of khese
operations by gusErillss, has issued an excellent
order in reference 10 these river pirstes--those
murdsreEs Of innsesRt children and feeble and
unprotected women. Il hes almost invariably
been the ease, during the past two months that
al the beats STACKED have hsd st hand no
available means Of defense Gen. Thomas or
Ser places srIns at the disposal of al the boats
plying on ihs Mississippi river.
The dcsansnt reads IS follows: ~
NAqcEEz, Mss, Nov. ESPECIAL Order
No. 9s.-.MililaFy eemmsEdars as their respect
i've pests and commands upsn the Mississippi
river will cause ordnance eaceFs Of their com
MAIDS 10 fuEnish al steamboats, ia Geyernmant
euipley tTanty-fye sand Ct arms, wi.h suiA
cant supply cf am nnitioE, to snshls tho ens-
ployees Of snsh boass to protect themselves.
Ths captains Of boats viii receipt foE The ord
nance and ordnance steTes, and viii be held re-