, 1863-02-24

MEMFHlet CEuIudE5 4tO3s
AL general LICENCES TO buy and ship cotton In
the States Of Tennessee, Arkansas, mississippi,
Louisiana and Alabama, in or from places o~sec-
tione therein, with which commerce has not been
regularly opened, have been is.ned by the Baryey-
ors Of Customs, under misapprchenston of their
duty aud authority, under regulations Of the Sec
retary Of the Treasury, and his instructions there
under.
All parties holding such licenses can returQ them
to the respective Surveyors who issued them, and
the fees and assessments paid will be refunded.
ANY purchases or shipments made under such
licenses, after this notice, will be considered as
made in violation Of the regulations Of the Sccre
taE Of the Treasury, and liable to forfeiture to the
United States.
Permits can only be granted By Surveyors Of
Customa to ship to and from places regularly
opened to trade with loyal States and each permit
granted under such regulations must be for spc-
ciac shipment to or from place named In the up.
p1cation for tuch permit.
The 18th army corps, encampcd two miles
up Pigeon Roost Road, is commanded by Gen.
]. B. MCPHERSON, who has within the last day
or two arranged his stnfr as follows:
Ma}or rs! =: T: Clark, Assistant Adjutant General
Major 4. Hickcnlooper, Chief Of Artillery.
Capt. Y, D. Cav, Engineer Officer.
Lieutenant Colonel j. c. Coz, Cbmmissary OF
L!satenants L. S, Willard, G. B. Steele, and D.
Dr.. ). Il. Boucher, Medical Director
Dr.. Il. L. Warriner, agent Of the United
States Sanitary Commission, at Memphis, dis
bursed over !, 900 boxes Of stores during the
| past mouth, for the comfort OF soldiers at
| Vicksburg.
On Tuesday last, the lst Tennessee Union
Longstrcet's gucri11as, eight Of whom Ind
taken the oath Of allegiance, and had the
!! documents upon t1eir persons. They 60 10
Alton.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]
| CA1no, Feb. 20, 1868.
Gen. Tutt1e has to-day received the follow
ing dispatch from Memphis:
MEArH1s, Feb. q, 1861
To General Tuttle:
Gen. Prcntiss reports from Helena that on
the 18th accommodating party from the Ya-
ZOO Pass to- Coldwatcr, under command Of
Lieut.. Col Wood, 1st Indiana cavalry sur
prised 200 Of the encmy's cavalry, and routed
them, killing six, mortally wounding three,
and capturing fifteen Of their number. No
loss on our sidc.f
(slgned) "A. HrRIprr, Maj. Gen.
Ii s1Gur or V1cKsBuna, Feb. 10.
VIA CAI1o, Feb. q, 1853.
Gen. B. N. PrentIss has been assigned to
command the Eastern District Of Arkansas
with headquarters at Helena. Maj. B. B
. Hatch has been appointed Quartermaster.
4 large force is at work On the canal, among
them i, 900 negroes from Helena and Mem
{ phis.
". Churchill, brother Of Prof. Churchill 0
! ! the nth Illinois reg iment, died last Saturday
e Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
CAlRo, Feb. %, 1868.
= By the steamer Planet we hare Mcmphi
:. dates Of the afternoon Of the 20th. There
IS another movement going on from Meulphl
it BY which Logan and Quimby's Division
change their location to one further south
If This commenced on Monday last.
n When the dispatch boat "B'' passed Cy
prus Bend, on Wednesday, no rebels were
~ ~ sight; on the contrary, their battery ha
again flown.
e 4 regiment or more of Union troops wei
~ in the yicinity, anxious to find that battery.
r. The "B' experienced no difficulty In NAL
Il, ing the passage on Thursday.
E. When the steamer Ruth was at Island n
~ n, Is she met the wreck Of small steam
floating down the river, only her smoke stacl
nd and part Of her upper works being yisibl
= The mate Of the Ruth went in yawlto 81
what it might be, but no name or other int
cation was found, by which to Judge what s.
70 WIS. IT is supposed some boat has be-
W. | 80 IL e4o