, 1864-01-21
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tr1bunc.l

| FROM CAIRO AND BELOW.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tr1bunc.l
/ C4Eo, January 20.
! Information reached here to-day from My
field Of the re.capture Of all the prisoners
tuken by rebel guerillas from the 5Sth Illinois
on Wednesday last. The men wcro taken to
the vicinity Of Mnrry, Ky., 4 here they were
delivered up to Lieut. Murphy, Of the 5sth,
who was sent out by Capt. Lynch, with de-
taehment Of forty men, with orders to burn
and destroy Ill the propcrty Of rebels in that
vicinity unless they produced the prisoners.
Lieut. Murphy would have complied with his
orders had the vi1lage.s not thought best to
deliver up the captives. Thus our loss by
tAo fight Of Wednesday Was Hood {scout)
killed and sergt. 7. Rowe, Of the 58th, badly
wounded. = ~
The following regiments have re-enllsted
Us veterans, and are now en- route tor home
On furlough :. 18th Iowa, Gen! Hugh T. Reid's
old regimentr now commanded by Col Bel
Ennp; Goth Illinois; 18th Illinois infantry,
Col. Rogers; 18th Illinois, Col. Dornblaser.,
This Last named command arrived here to
day On the steamer Planet, in; first rate health
and spirits, four hundred strong. They arc
bearers Of a strong letter FROM Gen. McPhcr-
son, commanding the 18th Army Corps ut
Vicksburg, recommending them to the hos
pitalities of the citizens and Governor of
Illinois. '+''" ''' sri
This regiment served at Donelson, Shiloh,
Corfnth, Hatchie,. and during the memorable
siege of Vicksburg.. It will leave for Spring
field tomorrow morning. ::
Bottoms Chicago Battery has also re-enlIst-
cd as vetcrans, and Captain Bolton, who is to
command, is low here, having been sent
North by General MOI Pherson pn business con-
nected with artillery matters in that Generals
corps.
The steamer Commercial, Captain Kinds,
arrived this evening, bringing Memphis dis
patches to the evening d the 18th. Your
correspondent says there Ia very little news
from Memphis. At present the mud prevents
all mintay movements, On the evening Of
the 18th, a band of gueri1las were discovered
on the Arkansas shore, opposite the city.
Our gunboats fired few shots among them
md dispersed them. It was not ascertained
how many were injured. !
a man named Grif1iths wa{cruelly murder
ed by negroes, between Hernando and Horn
Like roads. six miles from tho city, on Fri
day last, the cause was G411th's supposed
possession of large FUN of money. Tho
murderers did not ind the honey
The Little Rock corresporden Of the Jour
nal brings out Judge 1saac Murphy as can
didate fer Military Governdr Of tho State.
a wealthy gentleman residing at Porterville,
Tenn, a s1hve owner, says, in . communfca-
tion to the same paper. With regard to the
prevailing sentiment: IA large proportion
OF our more Intelligent, citizens arc for re-
construction Of the State Government, even
at the expense Of the destruction Of slavery.
! which they regard rs virtf fally dead. There
are many, however, who lave not yet reach
cd that conclusion, but they, are principally
men whose minds can sc:Icely comprehend
anything beyond the limits Of theis OWN
plantation, or the precincts Of their own
pockets. For myself, 1 nt1st say that the
only salvation, the only ny OF hope that
beams from the dark h{rizon before us, is
found in the probable destruction Of an instl-
tuition which has kept tnr, own beautiful
South fifty years behind the age In all that
constitutes true md substantial progress.
For my part, 1 nm mon than willing that
wbat few slaves have should have their
freedom, for believe that an entire abandon
ment Of slavery would prove the most speedy
way Of re-adjustment Of our difficulties, and
cventuate in good to the country" ?
The Bulletin gives the fSllowing particulars
Of the guerilla operations briefly alluded to
yesterday:
A gentleman who has inst arrived from the
lower river says, that while At New Carthage
he heard rapid cannonading. for two whole
days. a steamboat while coming up the
| river the day previous TO the firing was
brought to by heavy battery located on the
Mississippi shore. The steamer landed on
| the opposite Rhore and the crew tled into the
! forest. 4 large purity Of Confederates had
Just embarked in dug-onts and canoes to
CROSS over and take possession, when the
gunboat made Its appearance and tossed q
bushel or SO Of canister and. grippe into
them. They turned buck aud scattered into
the bushes more prccipitately If possible than
| tua1ly captured. The attaches Of the latter
| craft returned as soon as thetr enemies were
silenced, and In few minutes showed their
| heels for up the river, The boat fired into
was tie Delta. 1t was reported TINT Qnan-
trell was at this point with 500 men and
| Coco stand of arms, desirous Of crossing over
to the Mississippi side for the purpose of CO.
| operating with Forrest s. Co. The imptes.
sion in TINT portion Of the country is, that It
is the intention Of the Condolences If hotly
pressed On the west side of the Mississippi
to give up the country and direct their whole
1 attention to the defense Of the remainder ot
the territory on the cast side.
CA1Ro, Jan. 20.-The steamer Glendale has
arrived from Memphis with crowd Of pas,
eengers and nine hundred and ninety bales oi
cotton, all for Cincinnati, except 90 bales
discharged here. -.
| The steamer olive Branch, from New Or
leans on tho 9th, arrived with G93 cabin and
deck passengers, 1000 hogsheads Of sugar
and 100 barrels Of molasses, about half fol
st. Louis and tho remainder for up the Ohio
River. Her officers report meeting floating
Ice six to eight inches thick as far down q;
Natchcz.
The following order WAS lately issued By
Gen. MCPHERSON. It Inns the ring Of Gen
Butler about it,: -
HEADQUARTERS 17rn ARMr Conps.
+ PEorosT HAHsHAL's 0FFl0E, =
V1cKeruno. Miss., Dec. Fl, 1868. J
The following 1,amed ic,1s persons, Miss Kate Bar
nett, Mics Ella Barnett, Miss Laura Latham, Mis-
Ellen Martin, and 4zs; Moore, hasipg acted dis
| respectfully towards the President and Govern
| ment Of the United 9tntes, and having
iu.nlted officers, soldiers and loyal -citizen
Of the United States who had assembled At lth'
Episcopal Church in Vlc1shurg On Christmas da!
at that point In the SERVICE where the President
the United States and all others In authority ar
Ges hoars
atty Of imprisonment.
Hereafter all persons, male OF female, who b.
word or deed Of BY implication do insult OF sho7
fierespect to the President, tho Government 0
the flag Of the United States, or to any officer 0
soldier OF tho United States upon matters Of nj
pnsoned, according to the arossness of the ofance
Il JAMES WILSON,
It. Col. and Pro, Mar, 17th A. Q.
FROM the. SOUTH. j..
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tsibnne,}
HAII1xanF ian. ta. 1864.