Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-11
NORTHERN NEWS, RUm0Rs AND LIES
A Battle Expected ut Padacah. and what
the COnfederafes are Doing.

NORTHERN NEWS, RUMORS AND LIES
A Battle Expected ut Padacah. and what
the COnfederases are Doing.
| Correspondence OF the Missouri Republican.
CAIRO, Sept. 500 day has been an exciting one
here and sconhiet is, think, rapidly approaching.
At Norfolk the enemy lay tonight within e " hun
dred yards of the place. and it is generally expected
| an attack viii be made by them before morning OF
| the skirmish that occurred this forenoon | tale
graphed you almost az full particulars as can be
| furnished in letter. A mile below Norfolk and
half the distance from the river, is bridge ever
! which, should any force move from the place the
| wagons would have to pass A party of Col Smith 3
rebel cavalry, one hundred and eighty strong fr IN
the forces in the vicinity attempted to destroy the
| structure, bat were discovered and attacked by
| company of CentralIa cavalry from Illinois under
| Captain Noeman. The Unionists fred twice the
first time emptying two and the next three saddles
| among the enemy, who, after diseharRing their
pieces wheeled and fed Several more were
wounded. and with difficulty clung to their horses
| as they passed out of sight One, who seemed to
be an officer, fell from his animal, but his feet
catching in the stirrups, he wa, dragged away by
the frantic beast. the body dashng against trees
and stumps, mangling it horribly.
One man, shot TIN Ough the body, and lying in
terrible agony upon the ground was picked up and
carried to house, where his wound was dressed
and his suffering relieved as much as possible by
/ an army physician. When told that his wound was
mortal and that only few hours more Of life were
his, he seemed fully to appreciate his situation and
without asking, communicated ell he knew in re-
gard to rebel plans He said that last night he saw
Gen. Pillow. and left him with thirty thousand msn
| at Marysville, Kentucky, and Just preparing to
N Irch in an hour toward Paducah To conceal this
movement he detached four regiments to act
against Norfolk, or even threaten Birds Point
These are the troops from whom an attack on the
former place is expected. He also said that about
twenty thousand of the soldiers were well armed
but the balance had only shot guns and similar Wea-
pons. The seemed sincere. and advices recent
ly received apparently confirm his statements. A.
though Paducah would be pretty feather in eide.
ons hat and jewel in the Confederate crown it
dOes not ct all follow that the G. s. A. or its nota
bic defender will ever possess the fair city. Perhaps
Paducah ~ ny yet become the bait that chokes the
southern pelican in this quarter. aal sends him
minus his Missouri leg back to tie kingdom of DA
Wis and poverty.
When once sufficiently far from his stronghold at
Columbus, force can easily be thrown from this
point 10 cut bin on, while the brave, and very re-
specially formidable body at PadUcah can opposa
an advance and with co-acting force ID the rear
soon assume the offensive This will be the result
think, il Pillow does, what there ia small doubt
he intends to do. attack P&ducah There is but little
question that Cape Girardeau WAS lately honOred
by the loHgng of the Confederate general aud has
only been given up to strike at still more import
ant poAt although it is the belief among all both
civil and u[illiaIy that battle will now occur
speedily, the prophecy has been 90 often made that
the feaQEg puDAc are as SICK OF IL tho soldiers
themselves and III therefore haye theiE Syn opin
ion on the present movements. To morrow if by J
the past the present may be judged the Coafederaes
likely to retreat as rapidly as they ave ad- !
vanced, and. nst9a1 of attacking safely house them
selves in Columbus. If they do not ssme Union |
strategy, capable Of opening even Pillows eyes,
vii take place.
were + ct contraband, could off r some cuesses
i'll regard to GeEtaia preparations now going for
ward here and sn important demonstration that
will Ia pIaao bofoPk ,,,;Vk
agreeable at least, and undoubtedly sensible as
what use, month after month, troops can Ee oeou- |
plying without moving, two such remarkably uuin.
tersslng places as Cairo and Birds Point is getting
to be aprSEles2 worthy of solving. As general
thing. the soldiers EFs zen who have been used To
the comforts of homie Anq 1t - 20 wonder that il
noE, after living for months in these 9reS=y local
tiles, and still doomed to inacton. they lose their
old spritg and ask to be led forth to fght for their
country. ipstesg Of cOmbatiBg nature by defying
tie agas end living on the cosrgest possible fare.
FiRFs Wss TGmer 70 day that COMPANY guard
ing bridge on tie Charleston road had been sur
rounded by SecessiOnists. fhis, however, proved
untrue Another report since then hEs arrived |
and by source which entities it to credit, thst a
bridge nesr Charleston has been burned. Probably
the forge guarding il found retreat necessary,
ahe the SeeessoHists thea st GBae resumed their
old Occupation.
tiEie very quiet Most Of tie inha tants he retrsa-
ed, but fac FeW MOFeWent of Plow's 6ill prbBh
bly, cause sH0tbeF stampede, az people do not like
the idea of houses being knocked to pieces oyer
their heads The floating bridge over the Chic an
swerE every purpose required of 1t, and does not
obstruct navigation. The telegraph line from Pa
ducah to this point through Illinois, works admira-
big, onG Is great convenience. Offices are estab-
lished 1t GoSls City, Caledonia and Fort Massac at
each of which points tLsfe ago troops The wire
CROSSES ON the Kentucky side b&riY o. tie bri5ge
and partly undsF water by cable. = r
Reliable gentlemen iron. the Mound City state |
that considerable body of rebel caVzIFy made I
their appearance on the Kentucky shore opposite /
that place, on Saturday evening" and went through
sitTe soEr 6 drill or pa ads.
The siEe 6f cad Sort Jefferson, on the Kentucky {
shore, opposite Norfolk Hss ksep evacuated. There
was no military necessity" for Zoe eegRpRton Of
this point, and troops were already toe much
scattered in small bodies. The soldiers stationed
heFe have been removed to Norfolk and Bids !
3oilt. I
Fort Holt s stili o9clpied by a small detachment I
' tut is OF very sPAF lFPGffFss Sc military 9
There was report last night thss soa,e three
hundred men who went over from Birds Point to | B
'hsrleston on scout had met large force of the d
nemy and ha{ been whipped, with & loss of one i
hundred prisoners but yc have no reliable infor-
nation on the subject, and have no good reason to
elieve that any fight occurred. - Y q
The Padueah and Cairo packet Tom Scott has a
isc9BHBked Der trips indefinitely. There is now v
Q boat running up ts Qhio from here except the Il
Evansville packet, Charley Bowen. b
The B. p. CheReyfwhich was seized by Tsnnes- q
cans at Columbus, is nov running between Men;- y
his and 0OtubRs, iR charge Of Mr. Sleicker, Ter pr
JrmBr clerk and part oEGsF, pI
The weather has been quite cool here during
ie past few days, and coal tres are really cola-
,rt
The Ohio and Mississippi rivers are beth falling
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