Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-24

Election. I really don't think that it is wsrth
ona. While you are hearing Of Egkhsg, ane
battles and victories in every other portion ol
tbs Confederacy, remember as here in the Dis
triet Of Arkansas, as long as " things be-" Al
ever, until the war is over, OF things change,
Qaieily and peGsefulY, yours, LoN.
Red RiBsr Defsasss- Guerillss n TeTas-Figh
IN Indian Territory General EaTmaduke SN
yersedea-A F0Tt0aT8 M0BsmeHf-L siis Rock
etc., etc.
LITTLE Rock, June s, 1858.
EDITORS MIsEIssIPPLAN The maias bssWeeE
this city a1d Jackson having long csassd 70 run
tue means Of communication betwesn the west
err and eastern shores sf ihe Eiissizsppi have
become circumseribed, and are row limitad tC
travellers whom chance msy pTossnt. Hence
you may expect no regularity, either in the
writing or in the reception Of letters As ofter
as opportunity offers I sBai write you. until tb'
lle trial Of tie rights Of property Is settled al
YichsbuYg ard tina nails resumo their Wonted
duties
We are ell senfdsnee and hope in regard "a
Vieksburg aud its dsfeases> So implicitly do
we rely upeE the favor Of an ovsrruling PrsYi-
denes, on the skill and eoHeralship Of our lead
ers and the courage and ntTspiity of eur soldiers
there that the news ef a defeat TO. TIA Coniede-
rata srras weuld scarcely be credited upon any
testimony Such news as We have fTsm there,
moagTs asd rsixss With falfo rEHoTs IS i is, h1s
given 10y to tho heart Of sYsry true man in A.
kansas Bl. our news arrives very slowly szi
very irrezulsfly The want of tslegraphis
Communication throughout tse State, and 81
railroads or any ether HeaDs Of transmitting
the mails, renders the passage of intsligsnee
from Vicks5urg ts Little Rock exceedingly fardy
and tedious. In the shgence Of reliable informs
tioa, wo i've upoR hope, which is not always
defsTrsd.
The reason given for 6sr iguoraaes o. affairs
e. FielgHbuTg, may alse be assigned fer our lack
Of information from Red river. OF what has
basn dcne and what is doing in that district si
the department We knew lttla or nothing, but
what runner sffsrdE, and even rUasor, Of late, kaI
been cherry sf her stores. That Gsgeral SmiiE
vas driving Banks OFT Of the couatry--that
both gasbOats and their eeRcomitaatF, Yankees,
were taking their departure frsm North Lsuibi-
aGa-thzt junction with Grant By Banks was
fssred-thEt we were slowly recovering lest
grouod aid preparing 70 hold it as va gain it,
that General Smith WAS confident of a complete
spcce ess--ars runors that have been circulating
90 long that ws become tired listening 20 them.
One coed hiss been accomplished in north
eastern Texas aud ths Eouthssstern portien Of
the Indisn territory. AlGTge band Of narsud-
eTB Gnd jsybawksTg had c0ngregatsd iC that
section OF country, and were robbiRg, pillsging,
burning ard destroying, wherever thsir viiiaiuy
rRet no sheok. Nsither life nor property Wss
anywhere safe, aud hundreds Of families hsd
bssn plEndersd Of their little all, while not
few met with horrible deaths at the hands Of
these outlaws. Who they were, or where th5y
eaHaa frGm. know net, but they srs supposed
te be composed OF mel who, too eOTsrdly 70
sgkt for their country, lave evsdsd tha con-
ssriPt law, banded themselves tegetber for &C.
csrity, and partly from necessity, partly fTsm
cupidi.F, and for tie eradication Of their dis-
b0.ical lus.E and FASHIONS, have been stealing,
Destroying and numbering. hostOf these men
have been captured and executed. Wherever
they were found they we're shot deWn like wild
A0sr7i or hFHg upon tie most convenient trees.
ths sFrd has beeA entirely broken up, and
travel in ihat country has ceased to be periloHs
The csmpsi-n in the Inaiaa TsTrissry has
given no issm Of interest, at last, for which q
hargsy correspondent II svlr grateful. Col
E'sl Waite, with q force ef about eight hGa-
dr55 maa left Fort Smith about the ] sl Of Hsy,
70 stack ahaut twelve huudrsd Of the enemy
of Fsdsrals, Pin Is3iazs and nsFrCcs
2cr Fort Gilf51. Although tie enemy fs7
ouin1mborsi kiE own sad were armod Wiss
superior Wc1nohs, having ssvsfal pieces Q. 2rtil-
lery. Col watts attacked thau on The llth uit.,
dove them back, k!llsd and wounded tbsut
ous hurlre3, and captured E7a bundled heai
g horses sn5 nsles and SEVEN prisoaors Fort
Gibson is On tbs ArFsnsss river, eno Auudrsd
ard 6tiy n7iles above Fort Smith, and IL the
heart Of the Indian Territory. Col Watts "a
ported 10 FoTt Smith with his pIisoaorE sRd
b7sty, on the ooh ult, having lest two men
killed and seven wounded. HIS force was cosa-
posed Of Creeks, Chsroksas and CkeciswE
It's reported here, upon what seems to BE-
good authority, that Gen EsF@sduks is TO be
snPercsd BY Gen Marsh Walker. L Is strange,
ia1ssd tbst E0ms ehEBga Of this kind hss not
long svc bssu made. We have certainly Eacri-
feed and suffered enough 20 tsst the ctPtoity of
a baby colonel, who has donnsd the dignity of
a general Of cavslry. His every enterprise has
been a failure, and has resulted only in the loss
Of good men and the discoUra gensBt Of our
trOsps. His last raid iRts Missouri world be &
good farce if it vera noi too EeTi0us TO ridic1ls
To loss fifty or sixty COED men, 10 waste time
and throw sEsy opportunity, 70 dispirit Enj dis-
hssr'sn ave thousand soldiers sad make them
TIE laughing stock of a sortsm ptible and cow
srdiy enemy, to ran from Rnd be driven out Of
5he State by e forca not one-6ttesuth of kis
strength, TO less every advsRtsgs lie hs5 gained
in rapid movement by "a igRsminiaus retreat,
render the raid too ludierous for csnsurs, snd
too serious for laughter
ThsTa we're other Een in that expedition ca
pabls Of csndBctiug Il ts a Eucessstll Issue OF
I
keresftsr. Sash were Gels Carneal, Shelby azd
others. But lhjs raid has done as real, and,
fear, permanent injury. We know no mere Of
the snony new than we knew before, We have
SGT eripplsd bis resources, nor cramped biz
have not oadsd TO the strength
nor material Of eur army--Wa have dissoaTaged
those il Missouri who would gladly coma to Us.
Wei, at last, I nay speak Of 3 forward
Eioyeme1t" Whether il is 70 strike terror TO
the hearts Of eur eneEnss, or Is only preparatory
to SONS iatEra grazd dsmonstrstios, eanzot
say. But GsR Pdcs IS sEsin OF tee war Bath,
and it is to be hoped thGt tbs vitality Itmaizing
in the army Of ArkEasss will be made apParsRt
snd avaii4bls. Gsn. Parsons, with - thou-
sand men, stTuek tents on the north baak Of ths
Arksnszz on the 3Ist. nit, and started toward
tho nortk. Gen. Price sad salt fsllewsd On the
let iust Tho quiet Of months has bsen brskan
By the soazd Of the tocsia and the SUMMONS to
The 6sl5, and naBy Missosd soldiers hsa-t
has been inside glad BY tie announcement Of
p movement toWsrd homs and aies5s It
is hoped that otker hngades viii follow sao1,
aud that ere long, 4isssud's prairiss may ss
white wii5 Tho tssts OF car advancing colulaRs.
This szaoat 5a innmedistsly, ksHoTer, sHd 70
must wait ssnteslsdly until Gen. Smith eaa
perfect BIS plaEs for 6Aa reclamation Gf that
noble Slate and the hersm5Tsl Of the fattsra frsm
ths limits Of that oges proBd aud hieh-sairited,
bat rev doWn-tTodden and oppressed people. u
Is gratifying 70 know, however, that the o'a
chief hsg seain aea bis face Zissouriward And
lhcsgh kis fsres is small at present, Ne us@-
hsFa fer large aessasiOus and tbs accomplish
neut Of the purpose 90 near his keart I shall
fellow him ia day or teo, and ThatsFer Of IN
tsrsst occurs, I VIII send geu.
Taere ar9 several brigades in and aroEns Lit
&c Rock. q. present, awaitiRg oT5srss 10 msvs
The irs0ps lrs healthy, active, and fan Of fght.
They desire 10 be led to ths field sad to eEcaPs
the asnotony AID weakness sf fixed camp.
There are very few men il The hospital. TIE
SMALLPOX which / mentioned in enc Of my fer
ner letters, las been confined to tks cases FIRST
discovered. and 70 serious danger Is apprshe1d-
"a. Tbs 5issass frst appeared il Gen. Parsons
not IN Gan MeRea's brigade, as stated
Provideneo seems % smile upon our fields.
Tie wheat has been cut, asd the yield has been
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