, 1864-01-05
FROM CAIRO And BELOW,


CAIRO, Jan 4. 1854.
By the steamer G. E. Hillmnn, Capt. Cay
ton and Clerk Jewett Wilcox, we have Mem
pills dates to the afternoon Of the ed.
The Bulletin announces the death OF Dr.. Jcp-
tia Fowlkes, an old resident Of Memphis, and
celebrated for his connection with the South
Pacific Railroad scheme, md Inter as editor
Of the Daily dsuFanehc. He filled the latter
position until u few months after the Union
troops occupied Memphis.
Union meetings are being held at Helena,
Ark, under, the management Of Ex-senator
sebastian, Judge Mcneil and Parson Butter.
Gen. N. B. Buford allowed the use Of tho
Episcopal Church, and ordered general sus-
pension Of business, whilt the first meeting
convened. Delegates were to be appointed,
On the I'd inst, to attend the State Delegate
Convention at Little Rock.
The editor ofthe Bulletin makes the follow
ing announcement US to the intentions Of
Gov. johnson regarding the reconstruction
Of Tennessee: "We have renson to believe
that Gov. Andrew johnson will make known
at IN carly day, in m Official manner, not on;
II the views and wishes Of the Government
with regard to reconstruction In Tennessee,
bnt also plan, easy and simple, by which
al1 persons who desire to participate in the
glorious work Of rc-erccting the temple Of
ciyil and religious freedom, in the restoration
Of Tennessee to the Union, can do SO with
full assurance that their labors will be sue
ccssfuL Circumstances heretofore have not
bctn very favorable to such consummation,
but now that our victorious armies have
driven the enemy beyond the limits Of the
State, and President Lincoln has made such
generous o1erturcs to our misguided people,
the long wished for opportunity seems to
have arrived, and We mag soon expect to hear
from Gov. Andrew johnson favorab1y and au~
thoritativcly, in regard to the matter. We
feel certain TINT no ayoIdable delay will be
allowed, and that active measures In the right
direction will be soon inauguratcd."
Friday was the coolest day ever known at
Memphis. The thermometer stood ten de-
grces below zero.
From Columbus learn that ut Z o'clock
New Years ere, while near Osceo1a, after In
vestigating supposed case of smuggling,
Lieut.. Edwin Alexander and seven men Of
Co. B, ed Indiana, and o citizen named
Lazer, were cast ashore on sandbar, being
unable to manage the skir In which they
were returning to Fort Pillow. Lazer and
one soldier named VIM. Bannister, succeeded
In pushing of the skid, but the wind and cur
rent bore 1t away and 1t soon becaulo unman-
ageable. Not being able to get the boat back
to land to aid their comrades, the wind sent
them across to the Arkansas shore, and they
passed the night in the woods. New Years
dag they reported to Col. Wolfe, commander
at Fort Pillow. He sent party in search Of
the missing men. They were all found frozen
to death. The following arc the names Of
the deceased: I'd Lieut.. Edwin Alexander,
Co. B, SD Indiana; prirates N. ". Palkcn-
burg, Wm. Tyler, James Hendrickson, David
Dean, George Wilson and George Horton.
Gen. Smiths expedition has been heard
from, having reached Jackson, Tenn, with
out serious difficulty.
CAIRO, jan. 1.-The steamer Duke Of Ar
gyle, from New Or1erns, Captain uillman,
from Memphis, arrived this evening.
The Memphis 1,yus Of the I'd Eays the ther-
mometer On the morning Of the list vas ten
on the same day the mercury stood IL de-
grees, and many ovcr2 degrees below zero,
A number Of persons were found frozen to
death below cairo on New YEARS. eye, besides
ten negro soldiers thus found at 1salnd No.
10. Tho bodies Of three members Of the I'd
Ind regiment were found by the steamcr
Duke Of Argyle, on the sand bar SIX miles
above Fort Pillow. AL were frozen stiff and
dead. .. e.:
Railroad trains, which have not been run
ming On the Illinois Central Railroad since the
3lft ult-, on account Of q strike BY the cngin-
to, odtn tlis morning. Tie weather has
somewhat moderated. It is still showing,
with about four inches on the ground. Boats