, 1864-06-29
FROM CAIRO Ann BELOW.
Latest from the Lower 'MtssissIppI-
Guerilla Operations.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago T1ibunc.l
CAIRO, Tueaday, June g, 1864.
On Friday last party Of gneril1hs, SIX in
number, under command Of Lieut. Morris,
formerly Of Missouri, dashed into the town
Of biilburu, Kentucky, fifteen miles from
this city, surrounded the store Of Mr. Owens
and Frick, and provoked an alteration.
Mr.. Owens refused to comply with some Of
tho commands Of the Villains, when one Of
them drew d revolver and shot him go badly
that he d. ed on Monday. 4 remonstranco was
made by a man named Stanford, to Norris
upon his conduct, when the latter drew
pistol on him, but one OF his own command
struck the pistol up, the bullet entering the
floor. The party then left town, bnt soon
returned and surrounding Owens house, In
which number Of the neighbor.: had con-
gregnted, begun firing into the building.
The citizens being wholly unarmed fed from
tue town, seeking shelter in the woods.
Passengers by the steamer Gen. Anderson
bring the following news: On Sunday morn
ing about three o'clock party Of robbers
crossed the Ohio river to Hil1man, On the
Illinois shore, few miles below Metropolis,
and shot mnn named Humphreys, then
killing him On the spot. Two hours previous
they went to another house, put rope
around woman's neck and made her tell
where the money Vas. They robbed her
of $3.50.
Inst night q robbery was attempted
on person supposed to have large
amount Of money. The robbers wero
scared of by pistol. They are supposed to
bepart OF the same gang.
All is quiet at Mound City-thc difficulty
| between the soldiers and sailors hayin. BEEN
settled.
The steamer Liberty No. 2, arrlyed this
evening, bringing Memphis dates to the
| evening OF the eth. They contain no news
| except the following particulars from the
! White River fight Since the publication Of
| the fight ut the month Of the White River,
| between our forces and those Of the rebel
Mar1naduke, We have learned the following
| additionalparticulara: The forces engaged on
our side were two companies Of the 18th
| Iowa, numbering only 20 men, who occupi-
| ed di1apidated4stockade. The enemy's
force, as certified to by prisoners taken, was
SEQ. The following were our casualties:
Capt. Geo. T. Hunter, Co F, killed; Sergt
Isaac Cote, Co F, and private Leman Clapp,
wounded. This was one Of the most bril-
| 1anL AcHleFemen&e Oh L0e WAT
AL quiet on the river.
CAHo June 2a.-Wc lave received the
first Issue Of the Memphis We-kly Isyisg,
from which We learn the following from Ar
| kansas:
: General Shelby, Of Missouri, commands all
the Confederates between the White and the
Mississippi rivers. He took with him $500
| men from Missouri. He Is making whole
sale CONSUMPTION. No age OF condition is
exempt, if the person is able to hold weap-
obs. They are destroying the growing :crops,
| 4 poor woman whose husband fell In the
| rebel rnnEs at ChlcknInauEa, had small
I field Of wheat just ready for the reaper's
! scythe, which these fends destroyed by
turning their horses In at night They proHl
| along the river and burn all the cord wood
within hauling distance. They spare Moth
ing and nobody, ind arc laying the country
/ waste.
Lieut. Stevens, of the picket boat Elwood,
brought down to Memphis number Of de-
serters from the Confederate army. The sto-
| ries they relate Of the oppression, and the
| scenes at meeting their wives aud children
under the protecting folds of the Union flag,
are affecting and would melt heart Of ada
1nant- Lient. Stevens captured large num-
ber Of skitfs and fats, among which were
skiGs used By the gnerlllas under McGee,. In
crossing to make bis late raid Into Tennes-
| see.
| The weather at Cairo is oppressiye1y warm,
the thermometer ranging from 70 to 900 IL
i the shade.