, 1864-10-06

NE mphis and River nIatters-Attnck
on Federal Plantations in Louisiana
Affairs In Western kenkuckY.

Especial Dispatch to The Chicago Ttibune.l
CAIRO, Wednesday, Oct. s.
The eseameE c. E. Hillman, Capt. Hopkins, Clerk
Stanley Ry!and, has just arrived from below
Bringing Memphis tatea oi the I'd.
The Bulletin has the following: detachment Of
the I'd battalion sd o. 8. G. A. T., under Mai j, s.
Atwood, Capt. Baker, Lieut.. Thompson, and Berst
NcFall, while on the other side Of the river, yes.
terdny, opposite tho fort. engaged In getting ont
Iogs for tho erection Of bar1ack. were sudds sn!y
attacked by force Of about IS euerlllas, who
c1ue npon them from this woods. Our men had
stacked arms and h1ug their accoutrements on
trees when the pickets ran in. followed by the
rebels cloeelY. They gathered up thets muake1s
and retreated to position behind a temporary
fort and were at once ready for action. The rebe17
got behind stumps and trees, and light Of about
an hours duration eneucd when tte rebeIa retreat
cd, untble to stand the IRE from the breaatworks.
The casualties on our aide we're trltfne-three men
sliehtly wounded The loss Of the gnes1llas IL nit
positively known, but boy who came tn from the
woods after the enRsse@eat@ @ ss,d ;Sar were W9und-
The attack was sudden and entirely unexpected By
our troops. They have been engaged there for the
past TWO weeks. They knew there were Ruesll as
terony.
The detachment returned to Fort Pickering after
the engagement, about O'Clock, and Rnnboat No.
wsie dspstened to the scene of aetiop, hut On af.
rival found the gue1illas had entirely Disappeared
A. Mcfarland, Special Agent Of the Treasury
par;ment, sends the following, under date Of the
Goopn1cu LAsDrso. La, Sept pa rebel mid
was mace tonight, about IL o'clock, upon the back
Of Rslelgh plantation, three miles southwest OF
this post, occupied b7 Ma. John Lynch as lessee.
MU LyEcb. John Lawn aud Charles E. Dnddrldge
Msj. Lyach. The raoels toia tie M;;jor they weTe M
al
and started foE The Conlederscy. Mi Lynch man.
aged to eip Of big horse in fey minutes. and
escaped by G1E In the ICED iced, H. LaTn T. 1e
here. Mr. Doddridseis Chief Clerk Of the Trea.
eury Department fof this district. Bo.h arc from
The Memphis Times fayp, in reference TO the
cotton crop: We were shown very hue sample Of
good mlddlfng cotton, last evening, raieed only
szsa s Sf L R shasy eoay s s ~ i x
Estimated, and, II We are not misinfo.mcd, will be
large. Several Government plantattons have
Mempbis ma1ket could possibly receive a. a. the he
present time Is a few bales OF the staple, and We
tres, it will not be long before 1t is forthcoming
WIS fred INTO at Whiteoak I.la1d, while on her
why to Johnsonvillc. About fifty sho.s were fred
at her. As room as the drtog commenced, the
rels. Af,er the fring was over, the clerk was
found sitting in his Office coatr, dead. ball hay-
lug struck him IN the back OF the hesd, killing
him tnetantly.
Our CORRESPONDENT At Msydeld. ~, sends ns
the following; We stlll keep up a little guerilla
excitement here The iitt.e town Of Murray. Cal
loNay county, % miles southeast from III 4yaeld,
is the headquarters Of two companies OF reoc's.
one company commanded By Brothers Ward, and
the other oy Bowlin Wards, men generally run
away from the Fedetal draft and COMPOSE the hard
casea Of teve1a1 counties, while Bowllas are gen.
nine Guer1ias, and become 60 solely from their
natural love for murder and robbery. They forme.-
" levied their contributions eolely upon the few
Onion men IN the country, but having cleaned
them ont most efftcsuallY. now pay thelr respects
to the wealthy rebels IN thets range. ~.
They formerly had the whole country from
Unfontown to. Linn line under rule. swimming
both the Cumberland aud Tennessee rivers during
their expeditions, but the water becoming too cold
for comfort they now CONNIE operations sonth Of
the Tennessee.
On Sunday last one OF the Ward. With four men
WAS surprised while at meeting house niue miles
from Murray. bat. the women PR sent threw the1-
selves between the Federal soldiers and gueril-
La and enabled tie latter to escape.
Nine fine hprees and several reVoiyeEs were cap
tu1ed. The gueril1as were well mounted, much
better than The Federa1s. but their armies very
inferior, consisting OF lew reyolvers and shot-
guns. One Of the horses captured on Sunday WAS
stolen in Union County.