, 1865-01-11

Of troops at present at Little |
Rock Ark, lie seeming object being IN car
" movement upon the Red River country.
This idea Is favored by the late evacuation Of
Fort Smith by the orders Of Brig. Gen. ]. N.
Thayer, and tho removal Of all his forces to
Little Rock.
This evacuation Of Fort Smith by General
Tha5er necessita;cd tho removal Of all the
really Union people ut the Fort. They could
not expect to remain there In any safety and
the place was filled to ovcrdowing with refu-
gees i1om the adjacent country, who were
living in tents, in slanties and in the open
air, within The Fort, to escape the predatory
bands Of pa,t tizan rangers who rendered cxis~
teucc in their homes desperate and III many
cases fatal experiment. The primal cause
Of the evacuation was undoubtedly the lack
of forage for the Federal cavalry. a supply
had been cut, but the eonfederates had sue
ceeded in burning and destroying it. Anoth~
Ct reason for the act was prdS-.:n..ss !l,a nro-
mitigation Of orders to concentrate ut Little
4, ck Tor Tie new Fed River expedition.
The place Was evacuated. And now the
People Wfio are able to do so arc removing,
lag and baggage, to Memphis and further
Eo1th. Many will be unable to leave and will
Uc u4ulutISN Auu uAIa1eStu " luE pusnH0lch-
ers, who will hold unoi5puted sway over the
surrounding country. Many Of these refu-
gees we're previously dept ndant upon the U.
5. Qnartermaster for food to keep themselves
and their families from starvation. This
source having been removed it Is fcarcl they
may suffer. Among tue refugees who have
lately arrived here is Mr. G. q. Foster, from
Fort Smith, M old printer and publisher, and
educated Ecntltinan. lie arrived here day
OF two since with his family, III rather 1elucrd
circumstances, bnring been compelled to de-
sett everything he had in the world excepting
his clothing and bedding. He has left his
printing Office, dwelling house, and furniture,
to the tender mcrcies Of tic rebels, aud Is
thankful that 1e succeeded in getting away
With wife aud children unharmSd. M. Eos
trs Is Union man, usld always has been,
native Of Tie Slate Of New York. He re-
moved to Arkansas in 1850 from the North,
was eaugLt South by the opcning Of the sar
Cun:ederete1 reign. After suffering cyei ytl4ing
almost but death, he was relieved By Gen.
Dluut's OCCUPATION Of tbr place. But he had
hardly got started in business before this SUD
den evacuation OF Gen. Thayer's left him
again almost dependant. Although he has
cousaged, but will enter into business at the
North rs soon as an opening for IN frdustrl-
Obs, sober, able, energetic nlau can be found.
IIc Is printer aud publisher Of experience,
was ftr Six years connected with the Beloit
JuITna1, and Gun certainly find something to
do in a country where such men are wanted
aid always meet encouragement.
You certainly remember the st. Charles Ho-
tcls Everybody does. Well, Oh the LIST OF
Tie present month, the late psopri-tors,
Mcesrs. Beda1d g. knickcrbockcr, were suc-
ccedcd in the management Of the House By
Messrs. T. G. IaDsden and Jewett Wilcox.
gentlemen well known in the Hotel world
AafE otrA In II
nov in process Of being entirely retltted, fur
nishcd, painted, upholstered, c1eaned, repair
I'd aud improved, in all its departments, and
the proprictors promise that, as soou rs these
changes eau be aceomplished-and additions
made for t1e increase Of rooms, sope sixty or
more--the st. Charles Hotel shall rate with
the best in Chicago md st. Louis. AS Lans-
den sS Wilcox are men Of their word, We ex-
pect the thing, for which, for years, all trav-
clcss have prayed Is ut last about to ue ac-
eou,plished- good hotel III Cairo. Speed the
day.
Cairoites and travellers who hare s?joumcd
laerc over night, have for the past week been
enjoying zeal isast III the performances of
Cl1cusu's fayorits, Miss 9ennie Hight, who,
with lier father, Nr. II. \. Hight, LAS been
playing an engagement at the Athcneum Of
Messrs. Crump s. Co.. Miss Jennle-as she
always does whe;escr size gocs--has taken tho
hearts Of ,lleatcrgoers here by storm, and
IN the tsFrench spy "Wcpt Of the Wish
ton-Wish," aQuecn Of the Abruzzi'' and
'Eszaernida, tho Huncnoack Of fNoirc Darne,"
md iunumcrablc Protean 1arces, during. the
week, and has been successful iii everything
she has played. In spite Of the mud, rain,
mist ard the snow, she hasrightly been greet
cd with excellent houses. We have also a
new danseuse herc-M'lle. Victoria- who has
achieved success In pleasing critical public.
The stock company Is rather weak,
bers, but still retaining some excellent peo-
pie, including Mr.. T. r. Ham, m old Chicago
iavorite, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Noyes, md j. l.,
Mason. 7 Learn that Messrs. Crump & Co.
are negotiating with some first class tsshow
foil, ;" to fill up their troupe. 1t is necessary,
IS they propose engaging all the stars visiting
with LIZ another week, and 7 may take oeca-
sion to say word regu1ding her progress-in
which every citizen Of Chicago is Interested =
in future letter.
In dispatch sent yesterday, I alluded to
an attack upon the steamer Florence by guer-
1laE. The following facts have been devel.
landing on Saturday morning at Jollnson's
woodward, four miles below Ashport, when
some Is OF 20 guerillas made their appearance
on the shore, 1ust as the line was about being
sent out. As soon as the captain and clerk
discovered the condition Of affairs, they
l
| Florence had in tow. Capt. Archer Frame
was the pilot at the wheel, and Us soon as be
/ discovered the gue1itlas be rang the bell ia
| 70 ahead, but the bow struck SOME obstruc.
| lion. and he was compelled to back her of,
| In the meantime the guer1l1as opened fire
! upon the boat, some fifteen or more musket
| and rife balls striking her, one Of which
Passed through Capt. Frames hat, grazing
| his scalp. But he remained at his post and
brought the boat of safely, and nobody
hurt"
There are people here and at Paducah, and
tall along shore,' who seem to think that Q
colo1ed man has no right which q white 1na1
especially when backed by hayonets-ls
try, in charge of white officer, came here
yesterday-Inaking the journey from Mound
City On foot. so as to gather IN any stray per
sens who might try to escape-fom Paducah
with some sort Of authority for couscripting
! all the negroes in the vicinity into the afore
| said Padncah regiment. Col. E. T. spsague
| Of the 41d Wisconsin Infantry, now IN com
mand here, knowing that all the colored 1nei
of our city have recently been enrolled BY ths
U. 8. Provost Marshal, demurred to such pro
ceedings and stopped the officer before y
succeeded in running off many soldiers. l
would seem to be the fair thing to allow OIL
colored population at least q change to PnI
sue their ordinary asocations until the dEai
can decide whether they ARE needed In thu
service or not There are undoubtedly runa
ways here, from the State Of Kentucky.
they can be found, let the Paducah office
have them. But Illinois needs all the sol
diers, black and white, she has within ne
borders, and should be allowed to keep them
or at least have them credited to her upon II
enrolment. T. Il. ".