, 1864-12-23
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW
Memphis NcvTR-Tle Cotton supply
From New Orleans and the Western
Gsulf.

Memphis NGvTB-TAe Cotton Supply
FROM New Orleans and the Western
Gulf.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tibune.l
CAIRO, Thursday, Dec. =.
By the steamer Marble City we have Memphis
dates to the s0th. N4s expected tha. great acdv-
ity will soon be inaugurated IN the cotton busi-
ness. That staple Ia now pouring into the city.
The Magenta brought up one hundred bales from
New Orleans on Sunday. The DIlfgcnt, from
Helena, brought sixtyfnnr bales, and reportslarge
amounts waiting shipment below. On the ArEan-
SIS shore large Quantities are ready to come, md
tbe different roads leading to the city arc reported
lined with the staple, Ill Whiting issuing Of ueces~
sary orders to be brought In.
Gen. Dana has issued the following order:
HEADQUARTERS DEP'r or TIE MISSISSIPPI
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. II, 1851 {
EXTRACT, PARAoRApH t2.-The militia force Of
largely tncreaaed, and the revenue by which tho
Gent, and the fund is exhausted. To the
forcd for he trsnssction @ 81 iii BUSINESS, nom
and after this date, all cotton now In Memphis, Or
that may be brought into the post of Memphis,
ahal pay tax Of two dollars on each osle and AZ
This tax will be paid to Col. Vim. E: Young. Pro-
yost Marshal General, Department Of the MiesfE-
stppi. and By him Turned over 70 Goi: + =. Clary,
and shall be held by him % fund for lhc expenses
of he @ en;oled militia Of he District payable On
proper vouchers. as ordered by the General COM
% col. Young mi viii endorse upon each shipping per.
nit his Acknowledgement, and will give such
orders as will prevent any cotton or tobacco leay
nE MsRes o9afR4 If until the as asn DANA
T. III. Iii HARRIS, m AdJutanE >A' 1'' 1>1&-''''
81 De steamers Henry A1nes and Pauline Car
The Marble City brought up $50 bales Of cotton.
aud 1G hogsheads Of tobacco. Ex-Gov. Edward
salomon, Of Wisconsin, had arrived in New Or
Mobile news Il no later than the 9Th. A gentle
man from that city reports the people gloomy and
desperate, and two-thirds Of them longing for enr
sppont%eaf ] n felt Because tho aeet I'D not push On
to The city immediately after the capture Of the
forts. Akont 1000 troops are at Mobile. Ill mill
Se.as @ oF men ia hs is eenfsaelne
cavalry, Forests command. There are two iron
clads md neither ofthea ofmrch use: owing to the
our informant that tic detenscs Of the eity can b.
taken without much fighting By tho land force,
hut thinks the gunboats would experience great
% ret within shel,ing distance of ,he eity:.
Dushwhackers had entered Donaldsonyllle and
taken several horses Of value.
oas rseess Rays Gpssn %oe,ey oe
Chocura, Captain Richard Meade, Jr., captured SIX
4 *biockade running schooners On the Texas coast,
Wlteln tGG week GQGlUn LIE 1LQ 1nSL- FUuE FFGFH
inward bound to yelasco, with nails, cigars wiaes
and war material. and two outward bound with
cotton. Five were prizes Of tho ChocuEa and one
to hePtinccss Royal The latteEs prize bad cargo
schooner had 231 bales. The Chocura'e men will
be wealthy when their time expires Il their pres
ent good fortune continues to attend them.
was captured by rebels and run into Confederate
port COPIED fsom the he R Houston 1x.tgrGTh OF the
.a,ln fno1 1nnl+ Ia lar chi nff
ton, 10 the 9Th, md no mention Is made OF the
Gen. Hur1but has issued good order. Having
New Orleans had ordered the Americon flag to be
directed to Provost Garshal General, Col. II. Rob.
iuson:
= HEADQUARTERS DEr'T CT THE GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IL 166A
1learn that loyal Indy WAS directed by some Of
the managers o. ialr for the benefit OF & VIM
CENTS Asylum to take down Ut, az AmeElcan dag, a.
that the American flag is a symbol Of the sover-
eiguy Of the nation undo. whose protection
they are: A. az apptopEIGfste viaaleatsoa Of
~ Mifhn i1 Is tse s hs tSs Mansssrs of he Far o.:
ject this, the Fair will be closed. Ifnny person
shall show any disregpecr TO the national co1ota,
when displayed, such persons will at once be ar
reeted. Your prompt attention to this mattet is
s. A. Hur1nU7, Eaj. Gen. Commanding.
Its given IN explanation by one Of the city pa:
pere, that the flag had teen ordered displayed
from the first, but by come neglect had not been
Arrangements had been nade By C. T. Chase,
Esq. acting as agent for the Peoria branch Of the
road eating keepers on the different lines Of
railroad to furnish all soldiers travelling without
money, With their meals, upon tickets 10 be issued
Commission. Almost every esting.honss ksspsr
came readily into the arrangement. Thers Ia
much expectation at Matamoras Of risit to that
bay bis respects to Vera Cruz and 1t ts thought he
Will take voyage to Tanplco and Matamesas.
; The Monitor In speaking Of the contemplated
st It @ T EfSs e s. 1soae'
uniting Bar Jesus Aaria with Aatamoraa BY rail-
road, and to make such Improvements In anchor.
ground there as ay be fsanird Thls ~ II
Gull, we'll for Its amplitude and It's great depth
: Ksinforeensents had arrived at Brasos Santiago
swelling the Union sorces there to 900 mon. o
whom 1850 were negroes and so0 ,shlto4; The
Conlederates make frequent sallies from Browns
willie which ls not fortified. They have Numerous
small fights with u1ion troops which do not resul
in anything decisive.
The Monitor thinks that with man of the energy
g iii thcre ce not q u B1own
villo being abandoned the second time aR readily
.as it was the hrst-
lne 11EHy171e q k1E 43tu HAa n ACCOUNT QI LIE
arrival at New Orleans Of the United Sia'es trans
port Clinton, with 342 exchanged prisoners from
Camp Grnce, near Galveston. The Clinton Henl
into Galveston Boy on the afternoon Of the llth
and proceeded under a nag Of truce TO point be-
tween Fort Stevens and Fort Point, within mfle
Of the wharf when she'Was brought to By q sllo!
by Captafn Scott, Of General Ho9's stat
md cai1t. Bnrche,t, Assistant Agent Of Exchange
Of the e. S. A, who stated TINT It was negligence
on the part Of the officer In commander Of For1
Point that Ind permitted the vessel 10 approach sc
near. In consequence of the severity Of the welt
et outside the Clinton WIS a1oWe to remain Unit
the next morning, whenat9 O'Clock the steamer
I Francis, blocEaue runner, chartered for the oe
ca1ion, cnme alongside with the prisoners, accom-
panied by hand OF musfc-
Besides the prisoners the Clinton brings tht
families OF Gen. hamilton, Judge Duyaii, Col
Stencil, and others, numbering about fifteen. Tht
necessities OF the prisoners, Who were tn mos
miserable condition, were amply provided for b.
D-. Geo. A. Blake, Agent Of the q. $. Saultar,
Commission, assisted 6y Dr.. E, C. BldWe1l, Of tht
CA1no, Dec ea-1'he steamer Harry Ames from
New Orleans 18th, has arrived. Cotton unchsng
cd. The steamer Marble City, from Memphis
The Memphis Bulltttn says :: The recent order
respecting The cotton trade had reriviug cfec
on business In that city, and that the cotton trad
will be proeecnted energetcally. The Govern
ment purchasing agent there has had $500 90
p1aced to his credit 600 bales already arrive
by steamers from below, awaiting shipment an
4 large quantity also waiting beyond onr liaes
arc waiting the issuc OF the necessary orders /
bring 1t to Memphis.