Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-03

! Prom the latest number OF TIE Louisville Jour
nal received, we CLEAN number OF Blaek-Repub-
Ecan statements as to the shape Of affairs. A
letter from Camp Anderson, Lebanon Junction,
has the following:
/ We have no news Of special interest to commu-
nicate from the advance, The actual position at
present is not known though the main body Is
| supposed to be at and beyond Elizabethtown.
Great efforts, and IN the main successful 0nes
are being made 10 forward the necessary supplies,
and cofamissaTies iunumeTable aro plying be-
tween this point and the advance camp beyond
Ms. A wagon was loade6 with proysio and
hand-car on Monday, aud taken across the Tiver
by detachment Of the Cnttenden Union Zou-
ayes The haud-car was placed on the track and
loaded with the contents of the wagon and an at
tempt was male ly the zouaycs 70 work the ear
to EIisahethf0wn. But the grade and load were
too heavy. An expedition believed 10 be for the
same destination was undertaken by a portion of
the Marion Rifles yesterday. They took twenty
foJ,r hours Tations but have not yet returned.
Wagons have been put into service, the Union
men bringing them out quite in force, and il IS
hoped sufficient supply viii be kept on hand at
EEzabethtoUn
Tie letter Of Gen. s. B. Buckner to Hon. Jas
Guthrie, published in tbs mornings Journal, has
created considerable amusement here. We gX-
pcctrd 10 behold at once the fruits Of the -groat
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trains Of contra5and, as ii days Of y0re.
Arrivals by the Lebanon train bring reliable
information OF the whereabouts Of Gen Buckner.
! 4 gentleman from Bowling Green says he has
established his headquarters at the residence Of
/ John Sharp, Esq, near Bowling Green, and
thence dictates 90 the free people Of Kentucky in
per diem pTocl8matons, and thence issues his
| edicts making presidents (of railroads. and an
/ nulling Legislative eIactments. His command,
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headguarters, she advance having been with
! drawn from Nolin, aud amounts 10 fully 10000
I men, recruits having been DumeroUsy obtained
/ in the country around. The rUmors and un-
founded lies which are floating ebout the country
1 la regard 20 Federal defeats have been made sub
/ ssrvicBt to the purposes Of obtaining recruits.
The most impudent story which has been SET
afoat detais IN glowing terms the full and disas-
/ trous defeat of General R0sCncTanz by Lee,
I Buckner's intention was 10 have advanced on
/ Louisville simultaneously with the escapade at
| Rolling Fork and this point week or more since,
but the destruction Of the railroad at or near No
I lin bridge lv Il rumber Of God-fraring aad law
abiding Union men, prevented bis reaching Eliza
/ bethto.sn, and the expedition ended ia the Dc
/ siructon OF the bridge here.
1 Ny informant says the Union men are much
4 IN want OF ammunition. Arms are plenty, though
/ of a miscellaneous character the kentucky rife
/ They want some leader around whom 10 rally
/ ana shom 10 FOLLOW. Uniil these are provided,
little can be hoped for from the Green river men
/ when il Is, they viii rally IN their strength and
/ thus let the invader beware
The following are condensations sent from Lou
isyille TO the northern press
Reports are prevalent Of the blowing up Of tue
/ iron bridge over Green river, probably arising
/ from the burning Of the bridge over -- creek,
near Muulordsville.
I II IS reported th8t 9gokneT with 1d,G00 troops
/ is a few miles north Of Bowling Green
4 A Frankfort dispatch saws ZoIlicoffcr's cavalry
! are securing the country ID the vicinity OF bis
camp, alTeslius prominent tHionlsts, destroying
tbeiT properly, and running Of their slaves to
! Tennessee
! They have taken possession Of the small towns
! intending the extensive Clay County Salt Works
! A l3e,, oamp il about being farmed in Laurel
county from mountain Unionists 70 rally against
Tha Rslletin says Col, NcIIenry with GOO
men from Davies and Ohio counties, was ea-
pected 30 take possession Of Owensboro. Tues
The Frankfort Tsomaa saws Humphrey Mar
shal IS quietly az home, meditating no military
scheme
1t is r11mored here that Gen ". T. Ward, G,
T. Wood and Warner l.. Underwood, have been
taken prisoners By the rebels.
The Journal spaculatas about The condition Of
/ things up the river as iollows
! 4 pontOon bridge has been thrown across the
river near Cairo, and strong force has been, or
viii be thrown forward into Kentucky from Cairo
and Birds Point, which viii cut of eonlmuuica-
ton between the commands OF Gen. Polk and
4 sen. Pillow. Indeed, at the present writing we
are right well pleased with the general situation
I in southern kentucky, and more especially graf
lfied with rarehce 10 the state of affairs IN the
valley Of the Mississippi.
A letter from Bowling Greoa TO the Journal,
dated tho 18th says;
i Yesterday, about ten o'clock, tho cars began 10
arrive with the soldiers OF our very kind sister
State Tennessee, and up 70 this morning eleven
regiments have entered our town.
Some two thousand Of the fTst that eane
passed cn, as wac supposed, to occupy Null
drough's BID, but, from some unexplained cause
they came back last night, bringing their artillery