, 1865-05-19
CUR: MEMPHIS CORRESPOND
=: ENCE.
!: Affairs In ,Arkansas-A Tnnxee Trick
sty MAJOR 1fnnbrid..c-1fLite 1kefu.
gees and tile Ereedinen.
Especial Correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune
MxNru1s, Tenn, May Is,

! 0su-AtAtu oI4Ge1s - LnaAL LIE Ql6ctfllue ts
coed, the efficiency marked, md the economy
In every brunch OF the service must commen,
dable. There Is ent:ra accord In the policy
Of General Reynolds, and the loyal clear.
headed Governor Murphy, and their efforts
+ for the restoration OF Law and order are Tap.
idly bringing forth good fruit. They have, in
con]unct;on, formed from returned refugees.
who were prosecuted aud driven out bY the
rebels, akind Of local, yet national, militia,
which is commanded By General Reynolds,
but whose officers are commissioned by Coy
clncr Murphy. 4 company Of such peculiar
ml!itia-men who have generally been the
victims Of gross ou.1eges and wrongs is
made up for particular locality, where
those OF them Who own lands take possession
Of them, and the others are asAgntd the
abandoned estates Of rebels. As may be
readily supposed from the elements Of Which
these companies are composed, they ore earn
esily leyoted to crushing out rebellion and ex.
terminating malignant seccsh. A letter from
one. them recently received con.
tains 4 paragraph that illustrates
the thorough manner in which
sue the var. He :ays: There we're sixty
one cuerillas present when my father was
murdered, we have rubbed cut tweuty-1ine,
two are In prison, and the rest will soon be
under the E0d.n
MILITARY COLONIES.
These military colonies have ample spac.,
since 1nore thon hulf the people OF Arkansas
were driven out by the rebels. Those colo
MICS that have been established In the North
west, where mos: of the loyal population Of
the State formerly resided, a1e under the
command ct Col. Harrison, md are most sue
ceselul. Col. Harrison has his headquarters
| at Fayetteville, in Washfngt n county. He
belongs to the 1st Arkansas Cavalry, that
was organized in Springfield. Mo-, when Price
| ske1addied southwerd.
| ro1IT1CAL MATTERS.
Tkc:c may yet be stiff political fight be-
tween the old johnson dynasty, representing
the conservative element, aud the radical
| supporters Of the national government, since
| members Of that old clique nre goin:, nb 3ui
| trying to gain position md influence by be-
ing, in some things more radical than tie
Icy Of the national, government relative to
the negroes, and keeping alive hopes
| that somehow the Upas tree may
again become green and 1ourishing.
Such contest caunot, however, result Ia
making Arkansas elaTe State. 1t caunvt
ity Of one Of the most magnificent portions
Of the American Co1tincnt. It may retard
immigration to lands of unrivaled heal ;hfu,.
mess aud fertility, for despite the prejudice
thu: exists agalnst Atkausas. there are no
lands IN the United States that are 50 Well
along The Arkansas River. the banks OF the
Kel. and Tntnhtgbee not cxcst.t+.tl, ua4l far
fruit culture and the production OF superior
vine, northwestern Arkansas has no rival
this SIDE Of California.
GLORIOUS FUTURE.
In this garden, which rivals Eden il ftrtil-
ity, the work Of State rccons ruction goes
bTaStly on, the negroes, who are now freed
NTH, being located in colonies upon the rich
est cotton lands, abandoned by their traitor
owners, and the agricultural, military, de-
fensiye colonies Of white refugees being
Ing region. Of the northwest. Everywhere
schools and churches are being established,
and loyal people are looking forward With ]
glad and hopeful hearts. OF course the re;u-
gees md the freedmen have had to be aided |
BY Government with arms end 1at!oas, but |
to be made by Col. Harrison of the nuuber |
Of acres that have been put under cultivation |
this year by refugees and freedmen, have |
no doubt 1t will be such IS to nstonIsh and |
crafty every true-hsaEted American. lnci-' |
dentaliy I may mention here that the schools |
which have been doing SO much for the i'm |
provcmsnt of Arkansas, have been under the |
tuition Of tenche:s sent out BY the North. |
western Aid Society, Of which the Rev. j. E. |
SLiphctd is Secretary.
THE INDIAN rEDEs.
The Indian tribes on the borders Of Arkaa. |
sa1 Nv ntse uteu uscH W Tue Itoets aGa1nsL
loyal people ar.d the Government, are aoan-
doniDg their hostility. Fifteen hundred of
thu m are now being fed By the Government
at Fort Gibson, where two regiments OF In
6iRas have been organized for Federal service.
Albert Pike, the renegade Yankee reb.l Chief
Justice, has lost much OF his influence with
the Indians, and it is expected that be will
emfgrate to Mexico.
EXPECTATIONS or FEDERAL EXPEDITIONS,
There Is general expectation among the |
rebels OF Arkansas. as well 1s among ioral /
PEOPLE, that Gen. Reynolds will shortly send
out sweeping expeditions to those sections of
the State where ,trattorism Is still dominant.
Preparations are being mado for something
of the sort, but it Is not likely the rebels will
gncss the place intended to be visited until it
is struck.
NAL DANBn1pGE's EXPEDITION.
Gen. Reynolds recently sent Major B1n-
bridge, his brnthcr-fn-law, with a small cav-
upon the Ouarhita river in CLARK county, aad
as some Incidents Of this matter are both
amusing and instructive, may rcAr to them
in detail. Major Banbridge and his command
were not admitted into Archadelphia, but
were required to locate themselves outside;
urgently desired to hold no interc ,urse with
citizens Or with rebel soldiers. Mai. Ban-
bridge gave the required PAROLE but wis
astcnsshcd to tlnd next morning that the reb-
els had placed q strong picket guard COM
pletely around his command; Hs rsmonstIa,
as prisoner, he Ii longer held himself bound
by hts parole Having transacted hfs busi-
1ess, which merely concerned the exchange
Of prisoners: Majof Banbrtdge and his com
Yankee sagecity, enough coffee, sugar, md
other nccessartes for ten times the number of
lts command had been taken a1opg by Major
Banbridge, and US his wagons travelled slow
y, the people, who had been led to beliege
hat the North wes as impoyertshed as their
abundance Of the supplies. They wsrc told
IN answer to their Inquiries, the prices of
sugar, coffee, and other articles in the North.
and 1t their urgent soliitude were furnished |
With limi'e ed quantities from the stores the
expedition had with it. The peot'e declared
hat they had been living for menths nnon
nothing but corn and the meat Of wild hoes.
which latter some Of them DECLARED were 81
lean and nmlshtd that il their hoses stuck
under root Of unusual strength they were
unable to draw them out, and died IN their
.,aeks. Ma5or a banbrdSsS;t eis expedition also
3f late papers, containing the news Of Gen.
Lees surrender, and documents to amuse his
soldiers, and as the Southern people whom be
net were very anxious for readias matter, he
supplied them with such IS he had. l
After the safe return Of the expedition.
/ 1AEE falk3 VI %AA(A :
md other counties through which the expe-
aition passed, came into Little Rotk aud re-
ported that everybody residing between Lit
lie Rock and the 0uachita F'as clar1orous for
peace On any terms, and attached not the I
slightest consequence to the lying assertions
IF rebel agents who were sent aTound to as
surc The peonle that the story Of Lce's sur
rendef was all humbug, end that the North
ern people were suffering terribly hom STAR 1
yation.
coLoRKD SCHOOLS.
The colo1cd schools Of Arkaoeas ale under
the supervision Of Chaplain CRAM. anq are N
a ys1y tlourishfng condition and ne United
States officer who recently inspccteo them
wrote to bis department as lolloMs: nave
mat come down from m 1n:pesiloa Of Tue
2sehools md co1oIed people OF Arkaesas, aud
cannot deny myself the pleasure o. commu.
nica1;ne to You my s;n.ere sattsact1on at
thcsr cendit;on, The freedmen a:e ven taken
care of and Wen to do, the schools are
crowded with pupils and suppl!ea mlIa nI.a. very
efficient tcachers, and the hoins aa aasns a1e
models Of excellence. Mnjor esfgent, !ae
Rev. j, Grlnt, and Captain MaaloIy ats u11og
nm admirable work. I am greatly :mistaken
If Arkaneas will not prove source u shcete
eatisfactlon 10 you and to the department: /;
1rhen Won reflect on what God has enabled
vnn f6 do for the colored race In the valley
&c the hiigsfssIppI,'' Similar testimony y
home by Col. John Eaton, Jr., the excellent
head Of the Frecdmen's bureau 10 t1e failey