, 1865-03-03
Two thousand do1lAsa WAS invested In the 80
bonds By the Saugamon County Lodge Of Odd Fell
Important from ocklnE
CruelGlcA Of Gnertliax-tsrent IklHe
In the Rivers NJ Cairo.

tSpecia1 Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnne1
CAIRO, Wednesday, March 2.--The steamer G.
W Grnhhm furnishes Memphis daiee OF the 2Sta
Guerillas were on tho rampage about Memphis.
The Bulletin has the following batch Of news
concerning their recent dcpredauons:
"a lhw1ess band Of between forty and fifty have
been Tor several days doing much damage and
just beyond our lines. On Sunday evening they
whipped numerically two men named Stone and
Dunktrk, who were suspected Of being Unionista.
and another named Vine, whom they declared to
hase 1So mncm o. aac s II MN 70 ss Ley
who declares they mean to be harder On unlonists
than they have bccn- The parties Killed and
whipped we're ~ coming into Memphis With cot
"1he g1ssil'as balned on the Raleigh road last
Sunday. fhy-two bales Of cotton. Troops were
eppc. On the fernando road there were tlYe OF
sir black soldiers on picket. when ten or twelve
guer1las came m and desired to come into the
they had good vouchers in the city. The blacks
couldn't zee It, and the gn:rillas, pulling out re-
vo1ye1s. fred, but fortunately llit no one. The
Sonae % @ as On sanday # va. lot e1peciei M there theFe
would be any persons passing, 80 before they
eou1d eet them the guerillas were ont Of range.
The vidcttes fred at them. but whether any one
4 store on the Pigeon Roost Road, about mile
and half outelde Of the town, kept by John
wtacr ~ weS s1sS 1eeps wagon xs5d Was a!so
las eamc to bis honse, broke It open, pn1led him
out Of bed. robbed him Of Ill the money he had,
lien baqed t t te t0 an
rtncd allen, who keeps wagon yard and store
on the State Line Rosd, abont seyen miles from
thc CRY, Il sqspeeted by the rebels Of being
gIerill+B ca1ne to his house. and were trying to
break open his stable when Allen and bis eon
ae nssss & 'Ra e9t cut :, a{s h
Enerii1as nred At Allen, but did not t
came a 10 the aasis'snee Of their comrades. Ailen
hc1ng overpowcred declared they didn't know 1t
was gucrillaa they shot but supposed 1t WIS mere
isaed the gueriilas, hnt they p!undered Aliens
store Of everything it contained md earned Of
four mules and three horses, and placing the
wounded guerilla On one Of the horses, LETT the
s.On the Arkansas shore, about two miles above
The point, the Cuet1l1ns conscriptcd one Saturday
niGht two men E.med 5aeo9 Miller , and Il Ge9tee 3t
lett for parts unknown. Tae guerilas are con-
scripung rcmoseeless'y e!l persons at to be In
nrns whom they find outside o<. our armT lines;
"t0n Saturday party OF. .ab0ut forty Gueri1!As
rode up to the v1dettes on the fernando road,
representing themselves as peaeeabie citizens
who de: ired to enter the city. The videttes con-
iarce i body, and refused 10 let them pass. The
cucrilla., who had their guns concealed, repre-
tepted that they knew the Ieutcuant who COM
aded he pele I'D h9psa they f1 night oe a.
with their Corporal ell rtfused to let them pass.
Two OF the vldcttes finally started to brin. the
lieutenant, leaving two yidettes and the Corporal
in front The gueFillas finding that their strat-
cEy would not avail, ut once commenced trtng On
the yidcttcs. who prombug returned the shots.
anee M ebes Of the s m oss wsFs Of ed e ydees %asa
Who belunced to the S7th Wisconsin regiment
wounded. The wounded were Joseph Tnlnbul1.
tho' s IN the leg. and Alex. Walker. shot in the
On lust Sunday len desertsrs from the rebel
army army atEived II Memphis. They expressed them
seiyes 3ntenssls Erathcd at reaching place where
eon1d ehd9 & ne g9t plenty to cat One Q! them.
feoe! e eommss,aznt officer, sad to bis coupan
}ectcd to suffering and starvation" This !. the
common eenument. DeserterH are constantly
coming INTO MS9%pph,, G9 pa. They are generally very
ishcd when they learn th.t kinuness i. extended
10 all who ara3l themselves Of the amnesty procia
nation"
sipce the Fcdsrs ossnp3taon thers have been
authorities In Memphis tosnkc the oath Of nliegi-
ance. Among those who recently took the oath
syerc Eve or Eix old gentlemen who were formtrly
among the most respected wealthy and inauen-
Of he large number Of deserters whe have
come within the ,incs at Memphis about 1'oss be-
lopc to Shelby county.
the rebei dese,ters who belong to that vicinity
fsnd al.o q woman. who haVlng gwen hesiFe sie
~ fhr rebellion, have taken the amnesty oath
and, consequently, will save their pTopes.5 ,IIn
fsafuc tie oath Of allegiance and rebel desertes5
| werc induced to return to tho support OF N,
| t}nion Through female influence In one case !
| Memphis GID visited her brother IN tao 1eoe