, 1864-03-08

hook and all, and the Democracy has caught
He most filthy and besotted Of the papers
IN the south. singing daily the praises Of Hing
moved from Springfield to this point. 1t
out-Herods Hcrod. Each day does it spew
forth its libe1s upon our soldiers, upon the
loyo1 men Of the State. upon the President,
upon all the officers Of the Government, upon
private citizens, and upon almost everybody,
their bands, are fighting for. the destruction
of the country. For these the so-called Dem.
ocrat has no harsh word, no lash, no sting:
It can cali honorable mon towards, the Pres
ideut liar, but for the common enemy, 1t
Inns but silence, or covert word OF commen.
is charged BY the daily Nfses, paper OF very
opposite political and social character, that
before leaving the State Capital, the Democrat
vas at least pretended Republican sheet,
and supported the Government. That was
perhaps because It was In loyal city. Cairo
IS also loyal city, but the. Democrat thinks It
sees speck OF disloyalty in this Congressional
District, and it lahors to fun that speck into
blaze. But the bellows are all to weak and
insignificant. The Democrat Will hardly
"makt the rifle" unless aided by more
liberal supply of Copperhead currency.
With al these aids, the CoPperhcads have
not been satisfied. They still fear for their sta
new branch Of the Knights OF the Golden Cir
Gle, and In the organization Of these secret po-
litical societies the lenders are men now most
fndust1iously and pers1steutly employed
There is no doubt that d number Of such as
socIations hare been inaugurated along the
prescribed Is similar to TINT Of the old E. G.
C.'s, but the secret work is widely different,
from the fact that the exposition of the old
ritual two years ago by your correspondent
BoD,n made such change absolutely
necessary for safety. ! hare some hopes that
Of the Copperheads. The new society Is OF
ganized upon the basis Of perpetual opposi-
rabid pursuit ii abolitionism, tic assassina.
ton Of enancipationists, and, finally, should
their hcllish work fail, the murder Of the
votes. At least such have been the purport
Of the only revelations upon the subject
made to me- 1t stands the Union Leagues In
hand to look to these new societies.
From Copperheads to small pox the tran.
sitlon is easy. This latter pestilential dis.
Memphis aud other points below. So preva-
lent had it become at Memphis that General
Buckland caused the following order to be
issued ana enforced:
HEAnquA91ERz, DIST; Or \ MEMna1s, EMna
srpc1AI onpEns 10: 81 .
VII. In consequence Of the Increasing .preya-
lencc Of slnh1 pox. through the influx Of foreign
popnlst.oa and contrabands IN the city 1t ia here
That pbyafcians be appointed in each ward BY
the city authorities, whose duty It eha be 70 visit
yaccinate Ill found without we'll marked sears.
Every enntraband ehaIl have the certificate Of
oPe ,hoss physc'snss thus apRoi9ts tnat
eca1, otherwise be liable to arreet, until he has
been properly vaccinated. The city authorities
@ hat 15s be established u
cases cent ty the yard physicians thus appointed.
Surgeon Geo. u. Mayos, "a Iowa cavalry, ana
Sit6 he snpervisLen and execution q this order.
+ AR: q. Tu1uEn, 4. a. A. Gen.
The country seems literally swarming with
the disease, and although I am told that few
cases exist here, am lead to believe the con-
says that q party OF refugees were landed ut
Able 81 Co.'s wharfboat a few nights since,
and one Of the party soon after died. 1t was
teljtexd by many that 1t was Of small pox he
died, and 1t was kno,cn that he lad been re-
Gently afflicted with that loathsone disease.
Others Of the party were also sick. The dead
man was permitted to Jay on the wharf boat
for about twenty -four hours. The refugees
made application to Superintendent Sawyer
to be passed over the /. c. Railroad, but Mr.
Sawyer very properly declined TO do so m
less they would bring q certificate from O
ply sician that they had no contagious dis.
ease about them, as he did not wish to aid In
spreading the small pox through the State.
The Superintendent Of the Pest House was
|; called, and said that although they might be
free from small pox physically, he could not
certify that they might not communicate
small pox from their clothes. Thus the mat
ter rests. The refugees arc still in town,
Ixr3- kA~n 4hn%@T nav nor in.
fected q hundred Of our citizens with small
pox. Something win have to be done here
Eoon to prevent the spread Of the disease OF
Cairo win become one grand pest hospital.
Since the breaking out OF the war theatri-
cal matters have begun to flourish. We have
vicksburg, Memphis, and at Cairo. In New
Orleans, Ben De Ban, Of St. Louis, has just
opened the st. Charles, with fine company.
At V1cksburE, 7. 8. Holland, late Of Cairo, Ia
running the Temple Of the Muses. with sue:
cess. 1t Memphis, Messrs Mcdonald and
1t 3he new Memphis Theatre, being good
sock company, frequently aided by stars.
At the eane plnce Tom Coney has opened .
Horse Opera in the old amphitheater. At
Cairo We have the Defiance Theater, under
the management Of Miss Mary McNllliams,
tresses. During the past week theatcr goera
have-bcen treated to come novelties. First,
we had "Fanchon, the Cricket,'' b
permission of Miss Maggie Mitchell,
In which Miss McWilliams made
many new fffends and surprised he,
old ones By her able representation Of thai
peculiarly difficult character, Fanchon. The
rest Of the stock acquitted themselves witt
credit. Then We had the Sea Of Ice, with
Miss Marietta, ayoung actress Of much prom
isc, as the leading lady. We then, had ths
Carpenter Of Rouen, and now other new
pieces arc in preparation. Last night Mr.
| Ed Marble; son Of the illustrious Dan and
| your excellent Mrs. Mary Marble, made asuc
! ceeefnl first appearance" upon our boards
| having become attached to the dramatic
corps Of Defiance. He was well received.
] see that Mrs. Thos. R. Hann, late Of Chi
cago, is engaging theatrical company Il
| go to Knoxville, Tenn. He has already OBJ
famed the services Of some excellent people
and is in search Of more. At Huntsville
Ala MIR. Il. s, Higgins has company, con
Tenn, they have ssBilly :Marble,'' the fat bo,
and his comical troupe. Who shall say tha
the army is not amused,
Since the district headquarters have been
removed to Cairo, and the name Of the dis
| t1ict been changed from that Of Columbus Il
Cairo, several mutations have taken placl
which have not get noticed: Gen. Hugh
Reid is still commandant Of the district, will
headquarters here. He has as Adjutant Capt
j. h Odlin US Adjutant Of the Post, Capt
Monroe; Capt Voolfolk Is Q1artermaster
and very efficient officer too. Lieut.. Curr1e
late QuarteYno6tcr at Columbus, has beel
transferred to this Post, where he divides til
lAbors and responsibilities of the department
n ith Capt. Voolfolk, the duties Of quarter
master being quite nrduous and probahl
| heavier than any one man could easily carry