Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-27
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Prom the louisville JourIsi, Taursfayl
Tie expedition which left tie city vesterdsy
Ct daylight, consisting Of about seven bum
cred Home GasFds under Col. johnson. stf
Gen. f 'assesu's brigade, The whole under con.
msHd Of Brig Gen So. T ShrTn n. REACHED
Lebanon JUre ion at bout O'Clock YESTERDAY
morning, leaving be CTitteBdeB Uuion Gusr5s
and TO other companies OF the Home Guard
detailed % guard TIE read. Although eariv in
the morning, tbs people were OUT at all points
si0UE the road and enthusiastically chesFed tbe
trains, waving their f sgs Tue meh were IN
tie hHes5 sPirits and eager for & fight
Oa reaching Lebanon Juucton, II yvaH dis-
covered ihat the town was almost deserted. the
city having lied Of lba approach OF our
troops. II. K Wells, the keeper Of the hotel.
and who WIS implicated N tbo teIegTaph wires
vas ia the van OF the fging citizens. and vas
not caught, although sLgict search had been
Instituted for him. Tue telegraph wires s1,l
operating Instruments had been DESTROYED, and
Further examination showed also that Roll
* Fork bridge, Hiie 10 t'e south, had been
burned SD was total wreck.
TBs eouBtTymen, who locked into town
after its occupation BY tie Union tToops,
stzts3, tba. OF Tus-day afternoon. a hundred
men or 80, uGdeT Emmet Garpin, Of this city,
Lsa seized ibe train bound South. end after
destroying the bridge over Rolling Fork. Rad
retired 70 Muldraugh's Hat, which they we're
occupying, several hundred strong, immediately
commanding tie high tresssl work over Clear
Creek.
After few houEs delay an advance guard
Of housssau's brigade, under Capt. Prime Of
th7 engineer corps were thrown f0rHsFd, ha7-
ing fo7asd tie river and began sR exploration
Of Muidrsugh's Hill. L vas discovered that
az tie approach Of the Union Toops the rebels
had aed With the train captured at Lebanon
Junction and the other taken et Elizabeth
town, and Wss then beyond EiizabetbtoWn
The lat'7r place was reported deserted ard It
vas understood when our reporter let, that
Csp'. T. ime's pickets would oecHpy the town
/. was also understood that tue Unioa men Of
Noiin had, on learning Of the approach Of the
trains seZed by the rebels, burned the bridge
over tbat creek, and that, ia consequence, The
trains are new safely between that point and
EliZabethtown a fight had occurred, it was
also said, between the Febsls and the Union
men Of NOiln, in which the -sbe!s are said 10
have suffered severely. We cannot vouch for
the truth OF the latter part Of the statement.
but the destruction OF the NoIin bridge is prob
ably true: The traisis Felsn will probably be
recovered.
Capt. Bowmsn's company Of home guards, |
IN searching f5T provisions, made a seizure Of |
contTsband, consisting OF pistols, medicines 4
and various kinds Of merchandise, amounting 1
70 valus, it is thought, to 5000, and filling an
entire car.
F yr he -sne O; Tuss5sy.l
We learned, last evening, what part tie p9is- 4
0Hous little Res' 0f Sscessioaiets az Elizabeth /
tagn bavs been playing IN the passing drama. /
% Tuesday the Two O'Clock passenger IFaia /
ans the 2=22 freight train from below, both ar
irving AZ Euzshsthtown upwards Of an hour
behind time, we're stoBped t"eTs by Gen. Reed,
acting under the order Of Gen. Backner. Reed
who was aided ia bis work By Gov Helm.
DicE utersmth, and two or bres officers ID
CoHfsdsrste uniforms. took possession Of the
depot and telegraph Office. He then took The
locomotive, and, with several a-hers, pFocssded
q the Lebanon JarciloB. Whether it was
they Ebo seized a. the JHnctien the cars going
from this city szd burned the bridges over
Rolling Fork We sTe not Informed.
shortly previous 70 the departure OF cur re.
porter from the Lebanon Junction, a rg1oTt
came bF tgo ssv-T-l messengers from Lewis
burg and Boston anRcgRClag that about 400 ,
Beeessicn cavalry were engaged in TovIpg ! !
around the country and seizing the arms Of ali ,
the Union men and impFessiAg horsss sE,d men
lnto tneif service great zeal Of reliability {
CaBHof be attached to he Bistement, although +
= wss understood an expedition would be dls- A.,
Matched 70 Legisburg Immediately. !
Tn4 command - g be reinforced to-day bv !
> --0i EN- Of 600 IndiaaiaRs, when the Home
GusFds viii be relieved.
Guards were stationed al afound EliZabeth-
town oB FHes sy night 10 prevent persons !
bripgns Louisville intelligence Of what lad I
been done there. Mr. GFiasF. ef Bowling I
Green, and two or three oilers, passengers on
the cars, we're kept prisoners until yesterday e
morning az uine o'clock. Tie S c5ssion mill-
lia around Eiizshetht0wn were ordered 0ot 20 3
rend zvoas a Mui rsngh's Hill / was per- :
fsctIy we'll understood there that Gen. Rsus- {
Fcsuss brigade would go TO Muldraugb's HILL {
o. hearing Of what bad been done at Eliza {
bethtoEn. and their confidence was that tie I
.roops from Camp Boone would anticipate
hose from Camp Joe Holt, IN Tie occupation b
lf tbs hii-
From the fact thab Gen. Buckner ordered
be stopping Of he passenger and fralgat {
.refng at ElZabetht0Wns on Tuesday, q sseIns Q
,srfeetlF evident that an Immediate invasion
'renl Tennessee sB Ear a. least as MuldFsggh's c
Bill, Il net 10 Louisville, was INTENDED. L {
yivss as pleasure to state, however, that some B
,easious Ualon men destroyed the Eoln f.
.riege, tbas subseF7iBg the double purpose OF
sIsvsng TIE arrival Of troOps from TeHBesses,
I'd If preventing tie trains seized a. Eiisa- :
ls. aloVa ffou ding taken az once 70 TenRes. .
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