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| Murder VIII t5Et-A NfextcAn Ran
dlt-f1fn Mysterious Operations -Al
/ EEcntfE2 Lie I2uded-LoluInbia Con
scripts.
/ From 0ut Own Correspondent
| CAmo. Dec. e, 1869.
| There he's been great amount Of talk late
! y about q grand expedition that wos to moy
| from Union City within few days, rnde
tue command Of Gen. 4 j. Smith, having il
view the cleaning ont Of the gucrillas alon.
the lire Of the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
and throughout the country bordering on tn
eastern bank Of the Mississippi And en-
assured that the matter Is not al talk. Some
thing is going to be done, but as to where o.
when this something is to eyeutuate, the dc
roucnt is unable to clucldate.
I AT UNION CITY. -
The editor Of the Columbus War E47.o-,
soldier, by tho why, as well: as an excellent
printer and sharp writer-has been on yisii
to Union City; whence, 1t is said, this cxpe.
dition Of Gcn. Smiths has started Tor the
on the subject ."~>
''Last Tuesday having been delightful day.
NC made & visit to Union CITY, and found tba1
Infantry and artillery all in motion preparing
t.trc the above mentioned forces left. an5
tilc cavalry, with the General and staff: were
10 oycrt2ke them The next duy. The trnons
made inc appearance and seemed narfici,:
lariJ well pleased to commence tie cam.
nalSD. lAe infantry md artillery are unier
thc command Of Col. Mills, with whom he
aa1 tAe pleasure Of shaking hands. He Is
caral:y is commanded By Col. Warinr. an % a.
compllsled officer and strict disciplinarian.
Gapt. Moore Lad sent a 4quad Of men, unfier
Sergt. Burke, to prccede the infautrT a. far NJ
the obinn, and report the chances for cross.
ing. IAe Captain will probably take the ad-
vance. Tie troops, which remained behind.
Eaa everything ready to leavc at moments 5
1.-The 18th Tenn, Col. Bradford. is f,1,;n,-
up rapidly, aud several Lieutenants haye bcc1
mustered in. Ills rumorel that Cant. Uooro
;en1 Mas 4.Shl'y s!a' recommended By @he Board for
"The General has 1,cen making his head.
Quarters At Col. Warnings. L1cIt. Tgner.
a;cjt lasn Iowa, has been dctailcd, tempor,.
rly, 10 eet on the Generals etaif.n
We may expect to hear from this expcdi-
eon before the lapse of MANY days.
MURDER WILL OFT.
The same writer Gays that Capt, Young. of
the l'eth New York regiment, who forced
years ago, has lately been auprclendef nt
Columbus; His peculatioas amounted to
oyer @ million Of dollars. A reward Of SEQ
wv Wns once offered for his arrest, bat ho ~.
manned In obscurity until he was rccornjzeI
the other day by All old ACQUAINTANCE. 1pd ar.
Tested Gen. Smith tc1cgrlphe to the Sec
1e1sft q war, TEo ordered him to be plnced
Under close guard and sent to Washington.
ne LETT last Sunday, In charge of I4ieuf. 81:
drick, S2d Iowa, Post Adjutant. Thus- af7cr
ten years had elapsed. and the cri,nino1
thought Lis acts had been ctIncej hr thc
brush Of time, las he been at last brought to
punishment, ~
L MEXICAN BANDIT.
While reading Of the late performances of
q Mexican robber who has located li,nsclf ;n
the vicinity OF Memphis, onc is strongly re-
ian or truly b1ood-and-thundcr acc. This
imported rogue, where it was supposed there
we're those 70 the manner-born, enough. has
out-GEerllllcd the guerillas, out-Hcrodei
Hclod. His last appearance was on tic Pic
con Roost road, about ten miles from tia
city. The E.rni.g J0ur..a! Of Memphis thus
ii line: sA'A@A1'-
"lt seems That . gentleman named Allen
Rantzan, who resides some distance from TIA
city, camc to Memphis with a small load az
cotton in the beginning Of the week, and dis
posed OF the article to the best adyanfare.
when lc started again for his home. Noifinr5
happened Of Importance till the gentleman
reached the vicinity stated The shades Of
denly emerged from tie woods I've men. Mi
armed to tie teeth, and demanded Nj. Raatx-
an to halt Being oyerpowered he came fo
he conclusion that lie had better comply with
ne demand OF the robbers, who Instantly Or
oefed nm out of ilis wagon and demanded
hat he mise lis hands above his head, Thc
Mexican cooked his pistol and placed II hv
Mr.. Rantzan's head, with the threat that If
pc moEed an inch he would blow his ID
lead OF The four other other rohbrre now
came up and begun their search on ti,e m.
fortunate man, taking everything Of yalne on
a'5 person, among which was i've hundred
dollars In gTcenbacka. Here the Mexican or
After cnrsiDg MIR. Rantzan, the Mexican told
lm to 80 Oh about lis business if be wanted
70 re1aah "hole bones In his person."
TIE ROMANCE OF TIE FELLOW.
The same paper goes on to speculate upon
I've probable history Of the Greaser Banditti !
II the PIGEON Roost Road. What 4 fortune |
Forld he be to the Tomancer Sylyauus Cobb.
'r some OF this ilk! Imas,ine him done M
u yellow covers, md sold for half dollar
,er copy IN this style: The romance Of tie
Bandit, or the adventures Of q
Wagged Wufl1an' Of the Pigeon Roost.n
sut here is what the Journal says Of The Max-
can:
This Mexican has been so notorious of
ate that Old women scare their little ones bY |
he mention Of his name. We hare tried to
No ont VINO this despcrado is, and what he
ave been as numerous Us the outrages com
:llted by this foreign guerilla. There Is .
ind OF romance connected with this wretch
lat savors OF the banditE Of the old world.
ayc that he lacks the dash Of the Spanish OF
tai;an mountain robbers and has a1i the fe-
Dcity Of Mexican outlaw. There fs but one
ooni for such wandering murderers, and that
, the Ecllos7s- This nnne1css Mexican wil| !
ct be brought to it and We predict that fhe
inc ts not 1ar of The officers Of the law.
&c understand, have an eye upon him and
;oe TO his guilty soul If they chance to pounce
pom him."
AN ETESTFEL LIE ENDED,
In my dispatch to the Tn1RusE few tlovs
'nee gave the fact that the fcrry~boat Rosa
Glow Hopc1lcld and opposite Memphis. and
man named Kelly killed. 4 Memphis p.-
er gires the following summary OF the
venttul career ofthe deceased:
MT. hcll: was man Of middle aee-Aad
esided here through all the troubles, and
Us KnoT4 to bis friends Us strong md uu-
inchins Union man. Fifteen months aro
e was conscripted By Captain jim Rart6n
I'D forced into service in his company, on
4e other side Of the river. Not in love Nv
~ means with his new employment. I,e
Eanaged to desert from the guerilla busincss.
I'd, finding his way back to the city, offered
Is services to the commander of the picket
oat, Lieutenant Chubb. whose warm friend |
vas, and led several yery successful raids
10 CEitfenden county, with good results in |
'isoncrs and horses each time He was In The
VANCE with Lieut.. Chubb in the celebrated |
i'd made BY him not long since, which re-
llted In Tho capture Of two of the Rartons.
attcr1y he 'r1s engaged In the ferry business
tween this city and the Arkansas shore.
I'd as our readers were made nwarc by Us
esterday, lost his life in IN attack made nm
I Lis ferry fat By party of guerillas dis
used Us citizens, who came down the bank
If dcsirous Of crossing to Memphis. He,
'wevcr, rs if by prescience divinins thcir
Gaming, refused to take them and ordered :
&c boat showed of, which they seeing and
coming fearful that their prey wo1ld be
ST to them, they lurric1ly advanced, friue
they ran and calling to Kelly to surrender.
his he refused to do, but brayely fronting
assallants fired upon them as long a. la ,
i'd shot in his revolver, when he received
s mortal wound"
VOLUNTEER coSscR1Prs.
1t Will be seen by the following order. 1ste-
published BY Gen. Huclbut, tint Gen. Hal j
X has rcecindcd the portion Of Hurlbut's i
nscript order, as far as any part Of the State
Kentucky Is concerned: |
HEApQUARTERs 18TH 4E4r CoRps, I
MEAfH1s, Tenn, Dec. = 1863.
ecial orders, No. ass.l
EXTRACT III.
furFucnt to Instructions from the GeueraI.fn
1ef, z. S. A.. eli action. under General Orders {
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