, 1864-08-19
FROM CAa.sa, AND rEAOEy.
Especial p,epatch to the Chicago Tribunel
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Cairo, Thurs tay, August IS:
Tie etramer Liberty No. Q, Capt. Connor,
clerk, Edw. J. Judge, arrived ra.ly this
morning from Memphis, evening 10th. The
i.guS has mysterious allus on to the capture
and pluEder by guerilias Of some place, Of
the steamtr Lady, Tut gives no dates er
robbed tbs boat, exhibited to the crew great
quantities OF srecnbacka, which ther agerred
they Ind taken from the steamers Olive
Branch and Edward Walsh. with a great
quantity of plun3er the day. before.
We give this as rnaor, rs we have been
unablc, after di'igcnt inquiry, to trace i. to
a1y reliable source.
Fasterge on board the steamer Lady
Frank1ip, ipforms tue i'yas reporter that re-
si=tapce or refusal to obey the ordt rs Of thu
Lieutenant or Cartain and his guerilla baud
to steam to shore; WAS out Of the question,
60 adroitly Was the plan that officer carried
,Lto effect. Nothing was left on the boat By
the captnrers which they thought. could be
of service to them, 40 thorough was their
search.
= We eba]l probably hear more Of the affair
by the next steamer from below:
Two men, FAMED Crsmm and Robinson, Of
the 37th Iowa {Gray regiment, vere
crushed ard killed In 'Mcmpbts, ut the
Charleston depot, on the 18th inst, and
seven others Of the came command were
tadlS wounded. The men were. drawn up
IN line In the centre OF the track, near the
north end Of the passenger house, when two
box cars We're sent adrift from an engine and
rolled down upon them. The officers did not
see it in time to order them to tall back close
to the wall. Their knapsacks prevented
them from getting close to the wall, aud the
| uccldent resulted Us stated. Sergeant Sweat
was killed. Your readers will be able to
to,m some iasA of the terrible crushing force
| with y hich the car operated upon the poor
I I'D men when We tell them that the upper
part of Robinson's ba; ouet shoath was made
| 70 il dtnt the wood work at least qu1rter Of
| IN incl. As soon as the cars had passed tue
Wounded men were picked up. and imme1f~
| ately sent to hospital for treatment-the two
! men mentioned above being shortly after
! relieved by DEATH The others, except the
Sergeant, it is thought will he abuut in a
90, or TWO.
| C1amm and Sergeant Sweat belong to
/! coupa1y r, and Robinson to company B.
] Alderman Bruce Of Memphis, 5th ward,
has bee1 removed by Gen. Washburn, md
DR.. ]. B.. WeathcEeu has been appointed to
! fill bis placesin the City Council. ',
The Eu'lttfu baa received Mobile papers oi
The eSth and the Grenada {A1lss.) Rs3ez P.ek<i
| Of Aug 9Th. Most of tue news from Mobile
hiss been anticipated The Selma (A1a.) r.
7,o, ter is informed that up to Saturday, July
s0tb, ?, $50 Yankee prisoners, captured in the
battle Of the e9th, had been registered at the
Provost Marshal's office.
Gen. Hood estimated bis Losses On july
25th at 5000 men, and that Of the Federal
forces ut 1900 men.
The latest dispatches report all quiet at
Atlanta and Petersburg, aud m attack which
1nay mean a great deal or very little, on Mo
bile, and an estimate Of 10000 Yankees al
Holly Springs.
Bya dispatch received here (Grenada) yes
terday evening, we hear that GOV. Clara
calls upon all men In the State of Mississippi
;.tle to carry arms to assemble at Grenada
and Brandon, to 1epel invasion.
This undoubtedly alludes to Gen. a. J.
| Smiths expedition, last heard from e. boil,
/ Sprirgs- :? .:::-.s:
The Bulletin also saJe the steamer Kinton,
from MorEanzia, reports that Oh the f2tt
inst she was met and stopped at Aspise4s''
Landing By the 1ron.clad No. 8, who report
cd dancer ahead. The No. bad been. tree
upon By rebel battery at Gaines Landing
; and was struck 50 times, sustaining no yer.
severe damage, end no loss Of life. 'fh
|. Keuton was retained until the appearance
the gunboati louisville, by which she va
: enfely conyc+ed up. She saw no eigns Q
| Tat