New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-22

Of Union cavalry had passed his house few day.S

Of Union cavalry had passed his house few days \.
fore without Is sometimes the case when scouting
property. lie was therefore suspected Of being in
fvor with the Unonsts and this the o. bis
oen1s Many piper instances nrcsSea ?, s,ey
writing Of these two. but the popular mind has been
40 continually worked upon by the recital OF shocking
events that It has become calous and no longer seems
10 warm with sympathy for the sufferer. burn with
anger and adherence for the perpetrators
TO be these isolated exhibitions OF one way In
which this chiyerous Rebellion Is prosecuted are u
comparatively Ettle importance. There is no great
display Of either courage or strategy. The victim is
marked; an opportunity (whcn there are no uncnists
about 10 watched for and ls sure to como; two or
three dozen men proceed mis- houses the deed Is done
Union scouting party or perhaps few nelghbors. ~
they have cou age enough, bury the dead The news
writer does his Duty and turns in search OF such other
material ~ may S,pe his calling. The occurrence Is
direcfy Let i'm the maze Of events. The survivors Of
the family seek safety within our lines at refugee
depot looL ms. talking and behaving much Ike other
people and no to know or care FOR the deep
sorrow that is cankcring their hearts the deep sorrow
of rutAc.sy family ties, and the deeper anguish
OF outraged vomanhood Within tie last 6o days
these Occurrences have greatly increased, and now
snerra warfare" is the distinctive feature u the
Passib, lees inhuman, but 81 much more importance
are the operations now going on upon the rer pco1
here 1t will be remembered that last summer, wheh
The subject Of retaliation for the many outrages ooi'
aiitod by guerras, and especial. 'ha OF hI.hg lhs
uparmed steamboats, Was being discussed, Jef DAVIS
sent basket full Of blank COMMISSIONS TO Gen hnpy
Smith, lie given 10 the officers OF the different oanus
and pledged the fah of the ConiedeEacy " pf1Iect
them in all they might do by counter retaliation Ihus
encouraged these bands became much more numerous,
and at one time scarcely boat passed as lar down US
Vicksburg without being fred into. But when Steele
moved on Little Rock they were oil called IN 70 re.
enforce the main body and steamers were no longer
subject TO snnoyanee. The failure of lSaukss e1pedf
ton and tho consequent retreat Of Steele affords lneh
another Opportunity ~ scatter themselves aong .ne
river and Is thought that there are not less than Two
thousand at different points between Helena and Sicks
burg. =. T., $500.
rp or down the er below Memphis. without beng ut
tackled The principal point Of these operations Is Al
what was once Columbia, Arkansas. and opposite
Greenyi.le. Mississippi Both OF these towEs were
burned b, the Marine Brigade carly last year on &C
count of the frequent attacks made upon pa,sihg
steamers in the vicinity The river here msfes cend
In tie shape Of capital c. At the lower point Of the
letter Is Colombia and at the upper hongb mr.
Their down the rivcf) GreenvIle. A line between tle
two points runs nearly cost and vest II Is twenty-five
miles around the bond. and not more than oneiouih
tlat distance aeross the neck Of tie peninsula
II will thus be shat light battery can. after at
tnckng boat at point easily GROSS In time 70 renew
the attack at the other. 1t seems frovidenhi tuat
10 hfe aud property The battery now ut Colum0ia
comprises not lcss tan twelve aud l2pounders and
2o-pouid r4Irot eun. and Is supported by aovqs
LOO infantry Yet notwithstanding this but htIe
damage has been dose any " the many boats that
have been attacked, and not rore than dozen pr
sops have been killed and wounded. on the Long
w. X Arthur although sLe had on board aboUt ~ men
Of the Isl Kansas and many prseuferS but Two we're
\ He'd ulid one wounded Three shells burst IN her
cabin snd IA shot passed through her H. different dee.
tors A large aaan,.ty Of coal or the lower Gech
served for barIicade for those board aud i. may
have been ewing thu fact thai few were Killed or
injured.
On the Henry Amcs and Watson. howev"y, which
were both fred iIso while roing down. no one was
hurt although the Bpper works Of 10th boats were nd
died with .ell aud canister. Other boat coming up
have bsen fred into with like remarkable results Oi
those recently attacked in going down. no report has
"a yet been received. The Luninary aone ran ny In
broad day light without being attacked.
Tie Marine Biz ade !, operating in the vicinity, hnt
seems Ia be unable 70 dlsodge them The evee ahGrds
protection TO The batteries slore and our shells either
bury themselves in the EARTH pass hsrmles.ly over
lie heads Of tie Rebels and into the woods 10 their
rear OF course. o Systematic effort VIII be made 10
capture this force, bet n its nature l may lot no"
speek IL is rot probable however. that tbey v III re
ain longer than Il fakes them To learn that such an
attempt will be nsde. H.