Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-13

C~LARKsvILLE. Txs Nov 1s, rs.
EnET6R T~ELEGRAPH Having just returned
from sae Arkansas river, I have concluded to
drBp ysu q few lines which maj be intgneBtinR
both to yourself and readers Of your estimablo
psper, as am aware tbat you have bn little
Information Of what is going en- in the noFth-
west.
Gen shelby has Just come ouE 81 Missouri.
having been up thoTs On 3 raid. Hs says In go
ing mp he INST with nc resistance. Though he
Rad but twelve hundred embellishments
from AsrmAdake's cEvaIry-bo captured every
town that lay upon bis route from the Arkansas
liae Is Bonneville, On the Missouri uVer, which
place he entered without resistance, as tbs Fed
erals who were holding post there, on hearing
Of his spproaca fed acrOss TIC river,
He then proceeded from sksra up the river to
FArrsw Rock, and thence % Msrlhail, county
ssat Of Saline county, where be fought q Haost
desperate battle, being entirely surrounded BY
tan times bis ewn numbers. Shelby cfvided hia
meA into two divisions, taking command Of one
himself and Hunter the other, and sus taoiT
wsy oct. Tie AEht lasted several hours. The
snsrsv Is said to have lost in killed 40 many
as Shabby had men. Oar loss is small. From
Marshall Shelby started for Arkansas, and By
tbe most desperate fighting only did they sue
eeed il Getting southsof the Arkansas river.
His mea iooh hearty. All anne sat completely
rie1ad in Federal Uniform, and sgEst to the
teeth and 5upsTbly mounted.
Tbsro are said to be from eight 70 ten thou
sand euerHillas slong the line Of Arkansas and
Missouri who intend to come South 70 wintar
The most conspicuous among themis the young
dara-devikeuerTilla shiafsain. VIII Campbell, Of
Texas. He has but a small company Of alan-
not over forsy-but they are trus and brave, al
Misgourisns, the heroes Of Grand Guif,{Port Hud-
son and Vichsharg. For daredevil bravery,
hax-Iiks cunning, uRsrring strategy, he came
DO exesiled by Nera AcCRTty, QaansTsil, or
JOAN Morgan. Since he has bean IN Missouri,
he has been 2 source Of the greatest sanoysges
70 tie Fsderals, 6ghsiag them upon every coca
sion, frequently drawing them into an ambus-
eade, snd slAughtering them BY wholesale.
Upon several occasions he has attacked large
encsmpments by aight, causing great panic
smcag then, and killing 3 great many.
The FsserSls sleng the Arkansss river are
holding 5svsrSl posts, and ara treating Southern
citizens @sst ~inhuneElr Al Fert Smith they
have about three thousand IneH, one-ihira Of
whom are negroes. They have about enc thou
sAsd at Van Buren,. They also held pOsls st
OsATk and DaTdanelle. The troops holding The
latter place are thoas wHo AVE deserted our
army and are commanded by the notorious Bill
Hevingsoa, better known as Wild BIZ.
When I was or the Arkansas river, Steeie's df
visisH was 1t scuilyville, Ch0ctas Nation, IF
teen miles from Fert Smith, and It was thought
they intended 70 attack it. bat shies ] have got
back to Clarksville 1 have heard shas Steele had
gst back te his command from Shreveport with
SIX pieces Of artillery, aud instead ct attacking
Fcrt Smith, had fallen hack to Doakviile. Choc,
taw Nation. QQsntrell and his men have al
ready come ont from Missouri, and are az Bon
hAa. QaaatTell has tanned over 20 the ConfBd-
srAey ell bus eighty Of his msn. Those he
turned over ara very mueh down on him for it,,
snd swear they will 90 back to Missouri ia tie
spring, and guerrilla fight the Federsls. Clarks-
vile has been made q military post. Martial
Law reigns ever the sity. Oab company Of mi
litiA is 20 be kept qHsrtersd hero.