, 1865-02-21
FROM CAIRO AMI HEIDw.
Important Statement Of a Refugee
HOODS Army and tts Condition..

Important statement Of Refugee
HOODS Army and 1ts Condition.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.l
CA1no. MondaJ. Feb. 20.
By the steamers Graham and City Of Alton,
have Memphis dates Of the 18Th and 10th. The
Memphis Bulletin says soakheru gentleman who
LETT Selma, Alabama, on January 28th, because. as
he expressed it, the Southern Confedtracy, In bis
opinion, wa. about played out has Just arrived He
passed through Demopolia, Meridian, Jackson,
Grenada, Scnatobia. and Herna1do. and fur
nishes some interesting items Of informs
ton. Many soldiers from Hoods army
were being sent East to opera:e against Sherman
They we're generally ragged and dispiritod. They
have lost all hope Of successful resistance to the
Federal authority A number were barefooted.
They state that orer ten thousand men IN Hoods
army. had their feet frost bitten during the terri
Bile retreat frem Nashville, in which some say
there ~aR more suffering than during the whole
Of the previous three years Of war. The fnfor-
,nant eays the defeat Of Hood has done more 10
most desperate fighting wall be in vain, than any
other e7ent atnce the rebellion broke out
To restore the confidence Of these fsoldiers, a
ssff pe4eSs namSer Of have been 'ur0ughsa for
The informant found many Of them On the cars.
They were in many caRes almost mixed Rnd almoat
non Of iostlfiics. With The e1ep1kn Of r1ch
Shareholders this was the common sentiment Of
tfs people. The h.. slaveholaefs ars sntsted
boaed s Slaves as'e and fFse blacks as5e ioe
service as leamsters md other iaborious work IL
The rebel army, bnt this Is actively going On and
He docs not believe an attempt will be made to
he!r tsbe aSs ms;tefs 1hs5e + pretty sgs teEss
and = considerable body of troops were
asss.;ss. sad !ssiosshsa nea 5aee: une n1a; =
near Senalobia. and rebel force was sent there
md teae4 ,9'oq ago1t 100 o he who
Jackson. and. Is collecting. a force which
he Et4tcs Is to be used against F1ckehurg Colonel
Forrest is at Senatohfa with email force.
are kept fcn.eiy At work, and throw ont great
numbers Of cannon balls, shells and other NUM-
lions Of waE. The takin. Of Selma wou1d be
Whole tonteseraey viii many articles. Therc are are
fortIfcauons all around Selma bnt not Of fornfd-
ibe character. The loss Of the arsenal and foua-
ee' '1a afaand T Selma ;Ss
supplies are largely sent hence to the rebel a.
uales in Georgia.
CA1no, Monday, Feb. ao.-one thousand and
to-dsy, TOD for &c Cincinnati md s. Iouss, s' p'''0 NJ
The Mempht. BMlettn learns from parties be-
you'd The lines, that Gen. Forrest II exercising a
reign Of Terror ancng the bushwhackng. gentry,
Heretofore they have been, when captured, placed
in rcG1uents In h1a command. hut opportunities
beng numerous, they generally escaped soon
after, and resumed their old occupation. Now,
when captured, they are sent, under guard, to
Richmond, 4nd there mustered into the army of
Virginia. The result OF this policy Is general
scarcity OF the bushWhacklng fsaternity In tho
vicinity OF the command ADORE mentioned. Near
the Union lines, where they Iun less risk, the
guerillss are most numerous.
In calling attention to recent order OF Gen.
Forrest, relative to guetillas, the lHssIsstpptdn
a rebel psper says:
!" onr country, and especially that portion or it
numerpus men aesinC under pretended orders,
who hare murdered, robbed, and done all other
kind Of deE11ment General Forrest, who now
takes command Of nll the cavalry forces in this
part of the country, talks in plain language to
these bands Of jnyhawkers* Who have done .Ipore
to mike enemies ofgooa men to the country than
The Federals themselves. He tells these chspa
they must quit their stealing and numbering, re-
turn to their commands, or fee the country. It
Ia earnestly hoped every good citizen throughout
the country will cooperate with the General in
his noble efforts 10 restore Law and order TO the
people"
made on the Central Road, md that cafa will soon
IT'D through to Grenada.
The Memphis Ba1letfa FAYE deserters from the
enemy were coming to that city at the rate Of f.om
ten to fifteen per day. Three citizens Of Ballard
county, charged with 1sesson, had arrived at
Memphis under guard. They we're committed to
Irving Block.
puring The last term of the United States Cir.
cult rnd District Cour: for West Tennessee, a
Drnber of persons were indicted for treason.
They we're lodged in Irving PRISON.