, 1864-12-06

atoms for peace, the right TO do SO natural,
inhcrcs in each one, aud providing for con
vention Of Delegates from each State to dc
wise measures for the vigorous prosecution Q
the war, in order to secure IN early cessation
Of hostilities.
FROM CAIRO AND bBLow
Memphis, Kentucky, .Arkansa~, Mis-
atssipPi, and Down the River Militia
~ and GENERAL News.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tr!bune.1
| CAIRO, MondaE, Dec. s.
By the arrival of tha- steamer Mem
plain, Captain Larry Hames, Clerks c. c. Jqr:
] dan and J. H. Blood, VIC have Memphis dates
| to the Sd, In the afternoon. The Mcuephau
| brought up so bales cotton
The Memphis Democrat states that General
N. B. Bulord has ordered all lines around
Helena closed toeyerybody. Strangersarrly-
inE at Helena, as soon Us discovered, aro fur
nished with passes aud required to leave:
The same paper publishes the annexed COT
! respondcnce from c. a. Foster, Clerk in the
Treasury Department, who was sent by Geo.
Elleroy, U. s. purchasing agent at Helcna, to
Investigate and cause the arrest Of certain
citizens Of Memphis, to the number Of nearly
fifty, By General Buford. It seems that the
Memphis men we're charged with attempting
to purchase cotton, having permits to do the
same from Alr. E1leroy. Foster Was properly
instructed, proceeded upon his mission, and
upon his return makes the following written
report:
TREASURY DErAn1AHHT, OFFICE or
ASSISTANT SPECIAL AaKST, IlEfxNA,
To G.o, n Eutroy and Us 5. Pare1astaag 1gtnt,
the mouth Of White river, Ark, and there make
sons who have been put under surveillance tot at
from your department lien Memphis On The soth
tion: Upon my arrival Il Helena, Ark, under
report 10 Brig: Gen. Baiord; Commanding that po-
sttion. In obedience to orders / reported to that
officer and delivered to him for his inspection the
letter given ne for the commanding officer at the
south Of White river, Ark, which embraced The
emptozily ordered me to do nothing, md refused
10 10 nitoM any On ny Pat and refused
arrest OF parties at Helena and mouth OF White
str, there confined a. alle ged for attempting to.
move cotton under authur1ty OF the IT, S. furchts
psfea'ptaFiy refused aso to aow nc 4i to proceed I
on my trip to White river, as directed By you, aud
was ordered by him to return to Memphis By the
returned without the accomplishment Of The object
1et forth in your Instructions.
INN, respectfully, yoar obedi:at servant,
c. a. FOSTER
Buturd exceeded his authority in thus de-
tainiug the agent Of the Treasury Department
while upon official business. There does not
appear to exist any good reason for the
Treasury Department. and military authori-
tics to come in collision.
The steamer John B; Dickey was fired on
By guernlas on White River, last Thursday,
willie coming down. The 18th Illinois regi-
mcnt was on board, and two men were
wounded. One man walked overheard in lis<
sleep and WAS drowned. !.
The Schuy1erwas fired into about six miles
below Memphis, bnt nobody WIS hurt. On
Thursday, gang Of Adams guerlllas made
descent npon the plantation of Ben. Hardin,
at Hardfn's Landing, on the Arkansas side Of
the river, and, after plunder1ng the house Of
what valuable they could find, collected all
the live stock on the firm and decampcd;;
taking a1r: Hardin, also, prisoner, who wns
northerly direction before succeeding in effect
Ing his release. His property they retained.
The gang numbered seventeen men- They
also visited the Berry plantation, two miles
ab"ve Hardins, and made large haul. The
oyeTseer of the pIace, whose name NC were
unable to learn. Offered some resistance and
Wns shot dead by the ruflans. Most of
Bcrry's family we're in Memphis at the tic:E.
The steamer James Watson is still detained
at Helena under arrest, her officers being
charged with illegal. operations in cotton.
saltcr Wilson, IN fncendiary caught in the
act Of firing the Memphis and Charleston De-
pot lately, has made full and free confession
OF his guilt betare tie Military Commission.
Gen. Dennis md staff have reached Mem.
pills, and Gen. Dana md staff were hourly cx-
The fnllnvipo doof},s of n1;nofs eo1a;o-, ~,
Cured in the United States General Hospital
in Memphis during the last two weeks:
Mathew Furress, Co. II, a5th Illinois infantry.
Reuben Wenger' Co: a, Sd illinois cavalry.
Plantations are being robbed almost every
% s 11a a aa oas Sp GpPei eS
At the same time the work goes on Of con.
scrlpting old and young into tho Confederate
service. Many residents are fleeing to Mem
ph7s to escape Involuntary muster. The Bud.
htin says the rebel Richardson is operating
heavily in conscription north Of Wolf River.
On Thursday night, q detachment Of his men,
under the notorious horse thief Bob Norris,
crossed ths Loose Hatchic at Shelby Station,
ana came III this direction as far Us Morning
sun, conscIlptlns along the route every man
they could lind, hetwegn the ages Of eighteen, |
on their own horses and mules. No man,
however influential, can offer auy resistance
without grc0t peril of his life, and ut this |
time all are treated alike; nll arc wanted, |
and excuses of no kind are accepted. TO bet |
ter insure success in his rascally operations,
Richardson causes his conscriptins raids to |
be made at night, when people are in he'd. |
and thus very few arc able to escape the
clutches of the man.stealers. Ahout |
twenty men and bows were conscrfpted on |
the 1oad from Shelby Statiou to Worninp |
The folloving is from the Fredonia (hiiss.) |
Piekst Of MY. %:
MACON, Nov. 2o-The enemy left Mflledgc-
vile and Gordon on Friday morning. Both !
columns were moving in the direction Of |
3lIllcn, destroying tic railroad rs they |
proceeded. At Millcdgeyillc they de- |
stroycd the depot md penftentiary and |
bridges. No private property was burned. |
It is feared that the bridge over the Biz
Black has been destroyed; but their stay
will probably be of short duration, as we hear
that they have Is empty wagons, and are re-
ported TO have accompanied the expedition
as far as Yazoo City, from which we infer that
It is only Stealing expcdition.
Our Gorces were moytnr FINN RAYMOND to
them. and frnn what we know Of |
General Gardner, NC are of opinion that the
expedition vii come to cricf, We learn that
. body Of tue cncmy's cavalry, numbering
the Mississippi Central Railroad yesterday,
about o'clock, and cut the telegraph lines.
Intelligence Of reliable character was re-
,civcd here yesterday that the enemy, several
thousand strong, had reached the Big Black,
Ind were preparing to cross tbat stream. II
has created quite IN excitement in jackson,
Ind train was sent down at once to take of
Ill Government property in case the Yankees
advanced on the place: It is quite likely thnt
Jackson will be Visited By them again and the
roads destroyed, but we do not concur in the
prevailing opinion that they will venture
last Of the Pearl river Since writing the
lboye, learn that that evening after burning