Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-01

The Victoria ,Adg0cate mentions the sale Of
sixty-two bales Of new crop cotton there. for
the Mexican market.
The San Antonio Herald las the following :
H.. TOutant, Z q Of Pana Maria, a brother
OF Gen. ?. g. TouIant BsauTegard, Of c. S. A,
has donated to the Southern Defense Aid SOci-
ETY., Of this city, 100 head OF cattle, 1000
pounds Of wool aud 100 bushels Of corn.
IL compliance With a petition Of many of
our prominent citizens, the county court Of this
county, appointed at its recent term, subject
70 the control Of this society 5000 n cash, and
s3O.OOO In county warrants, bearing eight per
cent. interest.
The Southern Defense Aid Society has ac-
coinpiished very important results in aid Of
the southern cause 10 this city. It's Original
tors, officers and members are entitled to the
gratitude of the country.
Ihe Columbia rat mentions the arri-
val Of two schoo8399f with salt for Houston.
TIE same paper le.Atn from a Gulf prairie
planter that more rain bad fallen there within
the last month than for five years before.
Tue san Antonio ledger has the following:
Our friend, Mr.. J. c. A. Navarro, was this
morning before Justice Rnsenheimier on charge
OF an assault, committed on the person Of Mr..
NdIeisso Leaf, one Of cur prominent mer-
chants. The charge was sustained by the eyi-
dence, which was that Fir. Navarro slapped
Leafs face amply and completely, for saying
that the Confederate government was a d--n
humbug, that it had not and never would pay
the troops, etc, etc.
Mr. Justice ROssnheimier, after wading
through the testimony with the utmost pa
thence, haed Eir. Navarro five cents for the as
sault; and which be Immediately RENTED, az
the motive that prompted it was laudabiC and
patriotic.
The Dallas Herald has an account of a sword
presentation to Col Stone. Il was done by
Senator Westberford, or behalf Of the widow
and daughter Of Col. VIM. WeatheTfoTt. The
sword is a very beautiful one, ami cos 800,
It was given to Col Weatherford b. the Leg
~Islature of Illinois for gallantry in Mexico.
From ST. EOujs--AboIitIon
speciaI dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
ST. LOUIS, September 24-The work on the
Notifications cont ucs day aGd night. There
are troops at Sedaiia and Syracuse. General
5 arr is reported moving rapidly toward Glas-
Cow and Boonyille.
News from jefferson CITY report that troops
lately camped there waiting orders, have been
ordered to march to Scdsiia. This conflicts
with a report obtained from an eficer Of one
of the departments that positive advices have
been received here that StuTgis and Lane were
within five miles Of Lexington, and on Satur-
day last resolved to oppose Prices progress
northwaTd.
Military matters in town are active. All the
rolling stock available from the iron Mountain
road has been used on the Pacific road. To
prevent accidents, a piiot engine p~T5csdes all
trains, besides bridges being guarded.
Gen. Fremont will probably leave early to-
morrow in the direction of Jefferson City
Frank Blair, it is reported, will be released
Tomorrow, 10 enable hin to take the field with
bis regiment, in consequence Of a request to
that effect from Montgomery Blair.
The injunction suppressiDg The Net7s has
been removed and The editors released, salts
factory assurance having been given that they
will publish nothing hereafter detrimental TO
the interests cf government.
The story is false that express charges in
Cured by Fremont for the government are
three hundred thousand dollars. They do not
reach twenty thousand.
QUINCY, September 2t.-Reports bv tele-
gra pb say that Gen. Sigsi, with q large force,
also Gems. Lane and Hunter, had arrived at
Lexington and attacked Price. An operator
in the employ OF the government heard heavy
firing while passing Hamilton to-day, and
says it was believed that Sigel had Price in
the same position M4liigan had been placed
in. The report was brought by passengers
from the west this morning, and seems TO bear
some piausibility-
The situation in gEfsssuaI,
From The ST. Louis Republican. 24h
It is unnecessary bcrs 20 state what these
were-to recapituiate what causes operated ia
prevent the reinforcement OF Col. Mu!ii~an.
But assuming that the garrison has surrender.
ed, according 10 the tenor OF The reports, we
are not BY any means disposed to regard %,
calamity as irrepaTabie. Aside from the cap.
! tuTe Of a large body OF brave men as prisoner.
Of .wsr-if such is really the case-it NAV b,
questioned whether it is not as well to let the
ConfederateS have the advantage OF so deariy
bought a victory. We think Gen. Price ba.
got his command into a pen, and we canno.
sse how he is % escape. It il Our belief tina.
if he remains IN Lexington he will certainly
be caught and be compelled 10 capi al tie a
discretion and If we are not much mistaken
his retreat is completely cut off. Within thret
days, or theresbou., be will be surrounded OF
four sides. We VIII hot say how many troop
are in the field to operate upon him, directly
and indirectly, as it is sufficient to state tina
there are enough. The secession army il
doomed.
Gen. Price, now that be ts quartered in Lex
ingtOn, may look around him, and, viewin.
with CONSERVATION The advancing Union col
umns, must find that no assistance is at hand
Our latest advices from McCuIi0ch's CoHfede
rate division places him ia Beutonvilis, Ark.
on the 10Th inst, on which day he is TspoT' e,
as having taken up bis march TO Fort Smith
The rumors Of a probable attack from bin
upon Jefferson City, are, therefore, uneounded
az least for the present. II has been state,
that HaTdee lad Te-sppeared at G~reenvIlIe
Wayne county, meRaciug Pilot Knob an,
threatening 70 take possession OF the Irol
Mountain railroad. But, A few days ago al
expedition was sent from ~lrontoD, as far d3wi
az BiackrIveT, forty miles distant, where
small rebel camp was broken up, yet no Iarg
body Of seces ion soldiers was discovered
Hardee was not ia that neishborhood, an
nothing was heard Of him.. So any hope o
d~iverting the Federal forces in that quarter +
not now likely to be realized, the Confederate
in the southern part OF the State have as mucI
upon their hands as they can well attend to
in watching over the movements in the yieinit,
of Cairo.
ssOaARITY BEGErS AT ROME,