, 1864-01-30
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW,
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnne.1

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago TFib1ne.1
CAIRO, Jan. g. 1854.
The Steamer Nightingale, Capt. Dickerson,
bringing $40 bales Of cotton and large load
Of passengers, arrived this morning with
Memphis dispatches and papers of the a0th.
The Sherman dinner at the Gayoso House,
on Monday evening, was grand affair. The
hall was dressed with national colors aud
notices and trophies Of Vicksburg. The
committee on invitation showed the guests
into the dining room at halfpast nine. The
bill Of fare was uncqualled and the supply Of
wine plentiful A perfect battery Of cham-
paign kept up running fire until the .jeae
was ended. A speech was made by the Chair
man, Mr. Hubert, Of this city, and before
the regular toastR there were calls for Gen.
Sherman.
Gen. Sherman, being the guest, would not
speak until the second regular toast.
states.r Responded to by Gen. j. 4. Hnrlbnt.
city"
dwelt upon the history Of the city; his Operations
there his residence at Baton Rouge, L., when
the state eeccded; the slidel eteaii5g Of aims in
ed by saying the hetero:encouBFacc Of the United
States will rule America: 1t Ia great people OF
creatrace. ! am thankful they are homogeneous In
ceiyed. ~ '4'~~~'' wan "''' ~
- The h to tosst The Army and Nazy," Was respond
Alettcr was received from Thomas Patterson.
Memphis. '''s4 Va
a number Of Aldermen made reeponses to the
To The toast The State Of Tennessee: may it
{S ,s pace IN the Union, Samuel Ighe made
. J. H. Tomeuy a. r,,nreaar+,+,,,o ~, a.. o1..
5ury DspsIi1ment, responded TO the sentiment ad-
a Gen % sni III iSaR9ssa l9sSesaeS q the Great
Asa representative Of the press, j, B, BINGHAM
Of tie B.aa1 saa, mads de-. toaehlnF and pertinent
Military Governor Of Tennczscc ihc i1cHh'a On
t1ot aud sasacious statesman, whether in natiopai
q sats e. ~ ,ns %Ss yasn
Gen. Griesson guye a song, addinf mneh r. +be
lulArity Of the evening. ~--e
Gen. Sherman WAS called Ipon at late hour tn
Hedid 60. and though Memphis no longer needed
any. United States tloops to guard 1t, having a
sne soSs s4aa51 r o Gen. e T. aa5 s aa
heavily upon Forrest and murderers OF thaf ana
Hc ctai1ned that there were plenty OF good Union
men In Memphis; ne was At R,est Point With
cigar with coo1ness in the midst Of dying shot
has aa1 es sa sa
everyone and fnseparabic" whtch vas drank Ia nsrt
ing glass, and the meeting broke up.
On Tuesday, the 18th, a party Of Union
troops stationed at Goodrich's Landing, cap
tnred Col Capers, Capt. John Mcneil, Lieut.
Ben kefne, and twelve privates Of guerilla
notoriety, near Like Providence, and now
hold them prisoners at that place
It Col n. 81 storr, Of the 9Th H. cavalry,
and Inspector General Of the 10th army
corps, had beautiful sword, sash, and belt,
costing two hundred and eighty dollars, pre-
scented to him at Gen Grierson's headquar-
ters, on Saturday Last. The gift was the Of
fering Of the officers Of his old regiment.
The Atlanta Con}ederaey Of the 18th says:
"Gens. Armstrong, Martin, and Davidson, Of
Cen. Whites corps, are ut Beams Station,
east Tennessee, where they are continually
having heavy skimtshes with the enemy"
From the Tennessee and Georgia lines there :,
Is general intelligence that tho enemy is