, 1863-04-08
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW.
Affairs on the Cuulber-
land River.
SUMMARY JUSTICE TO A
REBEL TOWN.
Latest from Helena and
the South.
FROM OUR ARMY BEFORE
VlCKSBURG,
Guerilla Movements In West Ten
nesSee.
isAp5RTAaT faoha Y0UNG's p0Ia7,
LOUISIANA,
IMp1RTAaT faoh7 Y0UKG'5 polHT.
LOUISIANA,

LOUISIANA.
lspeeia, Dispatch to The Chicaso Tsihunc]
YoCSG's POINT, La. April1.
via CAIRO. April I. 1853
4 movement, both military and naval, is on
foot today. Several transports with troops,
arrived from above last night, received orders
and steamed up the river this morning. An |
expedition Of gunboats went up the {azoo
to day, and it is evident that the next few |
days will be fraught with interest. It is |
known that the rebels are preparing fleet Of |
gunboats aud transports, protected with cot |
ton, at Shreveport, La, 500 miles IN the Rcd |
River. Positive evidence of the truth Of this |
has been given to Admiral Porter, with whom
the entire responsibility rests Of allowing !
tlis formidable fleet to be prepared. One
iton-c1ad and ram would be sufficient to de. |
stfoy it now: Yet Admiral Farragut's re-
quest that one should be furnished him, Was
not complied with. The Red River is too
narrow for Farragut's vessels. Tic ram
Switzerland, having been fally repaired,
started for that stream yesterday, under
orders from, Farragut, to Gen. Ellet.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tsibune.l
CAIRO, April !, 1863
By the arrival Of the steamer Grey Eagle,
We hare Memphis dates to the 4.h. The
Grey Eagle is also late from Ycung's Point.
She left there on tie I'd. Ostcrhaus' entire
division was moving towards the Red River
country. By what route it Is not stated.
Nothing Of interest was transpiring on Thurs
day last at Young's Point. The army was
quiet.
Several heats have srriged at Helena from
the Yazoo Pass expedition, and brought news
Of the attack Of rebel guerillas upun the
STEAMERS Empire City, ChccscEnan and l. D,
Hines, last week.
While they we're passing down the Cold
watur, gucrillas concealed in cane brake
fired on the boats, and the Captain Of the 4.
D, Hines WAS 1uortally wounded, and two or
| tl.ec deck hands and IN engineer Of one Of
| the boats were killed.
| Soldiers have been sent to guard the steam
! CT Citizen, which lost wheel in the Cold
water. Rerogts arc circulating at Helena
that the Yazoo Pass expedition is abandoned.
The Captain Of The Grey Eagle doubts
! them all.
Memphis papers Of the 5th have accounts
Of another skir,Hish Of the 18th Illinois cay
airy with Bly1hc's Euerillas, which took place
on Saturday morning at daylight, west Of
Noucon2h. Ten or fifteen of our men, who
were out on picket duty, were surrounded
! and fired upon. Two men we're wounded aud
one horse crippled. The remainder Of our
men we're without sabfcs, and charged upon
the rebels, repulsiug them. The rebels re-
treated beyond Nonconah. Two members OF
thc-l5 h were captured and carried off. The
Confederate loss is unknown. The 18th ILL.,
nois cavalry, under Col. James Grant VIII
son, Of Chicago, has been on duty near Mcm-
phis for thu past three months. Coloncl,D. C..
Anthony, Provost Marshal ut Memphis, is
about to return to his regiment, the Gjtt In
diana. Hc is succeeded by Col. Malancthon
Smith.
{snecIal Dfspatch 70 the CHICAGO Ttihuuc,1
CA1no, April 7, 1858
information has just arrived, brought by
The passengers on the steamer Davenport, oI
: rttributiye justice wreaked upon the town o1
Palmyra, Tenn, where 4 transport and thu
gunboat St. Clair, lad skirMish with ths
rebels, On the I'd inst.
: Capt. Fitch, in command, with a portion o
, his light draft feet, passed up the Cumber
t lapd river OH Saturday last, as fir rs Palmyra
a anl found but small part Of the rebel fore
> making the former attack there. He lnle'
Q and learned that the Inhabitants had encour
y aged, if not assisted in the outrage. lie there
n upon gave them specified time in which t
S take their departure, and then fired ever
: building and burned it to tho GROUND
PALMYRA 1xns a small town of nerhar6 20
q ;.1,.t.;ta,ts I'M :, - wv ,,,,,,,c-oa anon
IS ii'au't'n'7' ou' - - ~" nutnoe'~" @A'A0A
&c the things that were and are not.
T, Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tsthuue.]
st cAtno' Apr;l :. 1ss3
J. c.,, Tar, ro,r,,no,t ,rr;,,n3 III. o,,n;n
% 1nc ctn Ao"A s'"eA' -. '4'7 ~ ~A1N
or Provost Marshall, Capt. Keller, informs
.h.t aosa-+o-a ,onra1csoorts md f,r1ongbt
I'd euaI oee''Sea'' WI '"'-s-.D'e 'Ao '"4
il. soldiers arc reporting daily TO hlm IN gre
RS numbers, for transportation to their regimen
be !, the south. They will ayerare nearly q
a III ,ne Sou'n' Lucy NAL '''''' n'' ~
a. aans'
I'd The steamer =. T.. Eillman has just q
riyed-haying made the trip from Mempl
us u. .tvcntv.f,nr .,ours-ahout t,,c fastest tin
st !" l"." or4 ~ SIT" =,
&c On record uen' yesrs ~ sa''':.n - '. W..
GO her passengers. From Je"ett WILCOX, VIC
ur Of the IIil]man, We learn that another raid
,ln t,,roo+ened hv Chalmers 1,nnn the MernnH
ne ~ n-,
ch and Charleston 1'a1lroad
or CAIRO, April 7.-The steamer Grey Eas
1th has arrived from Memphis, with Sund
MORNINGS papers. From passengers we he
ed Of two iinp.,, mt expeditions from Milikcl
bis Bend, but particulars may not be given. :
~e shall certainly hear from them in 4 few da1
me We are assured that the health of the army
the rood and getting better, its spirits are 20
TIL ind no one thinEs Of failinc in the capture
By Vicksbnrg. We have Conflicting repo1
nit again from Yazoo Pass, but the prepona
er- c9ce of evidence ia that it is not ret ab:
doned,
nlJ Last week. while the steamers Empire CT
ons Chcescman aud j. D. Hines were passi
sal- down Coldwatcr, they we're attacked By !.
ON riilas who fired upon them from tho ca1
the brakes and bushes. The Captain of the i.
eau eau Hines was mortolly Wonndcd. Several de-
aao ano hands aud one engineer we're silled.
W III steamer Citizen lad broken q wheel IN %
ws water ano "as ioleeu ~ ~ ~ 1oi iela4is
~ Saturday morning II daFtgat.
Nv nt Some OF the rebel C1almafs men attae;
s pus picket often men oelonglnG 70 me loth
anu nois cavalry, = lew miles tontn ~ Memp
Two Of the tcdsI71ss were "ouhaea the
mainder charged on the rebels and Or
them back. The rebels, however, succee
III capturing two oftacm.