Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-02
BLACK REPE RLFCAN BssPATCHEs
TO gEEE NORGHERN PRESS.

I ALltlNtals udLtl LOUISVILLE E1ttuuhN hIlCIlltL
d" Information has Just reached me that Buck
uer is approaching with about 1850 men
! 300 cavalry, and n pieces or artillery
The road has been repsired and they Ar
probably at Elizabethtowu. The men are sGi,
| to be line looking and well armed.
! My informant says that there Is no troops
in Memphis. Send me all the assistance yor
/ can"
| Upon receipt Of tie above dispatch, Gov
Morton dispatched the 39th regiment, Col. Har
! rison, 90 Louisville, aud the 3lst, Col. Scott, tC
! Evansville. This was all that the Transports
7 uJn facilities could afford last night. The i0tn
/ Col. Manson, was sent 70 Louisville this after
noon, and another regiment follows tomorrow.
| This affords another evidence OF Gov. Morton 5
. promptnes7 and decision.
He has dispatched au agent to-day to the bor-
Z der counties, with general orders 10 ,hs Indiana
Legion, looking ,o tla placing of these compG-
mics on g footing sTglihl. ia amy emergency. q,
Tie orders ere 10 NEE o!.5u and agTllgry for
drill; a!l members % provide themselves With
Ech plIyste arms as n1E b. easily procured Ior
he time being. The arilornug Of the cJmua-
uies Is waived until the government furnishes
arms. III, ranks are - BE- hied Up and the
muster roll 70 be- rtjurnod 90 the adju'ant geneT-
{ ads offca On the first Ct October
Gov. Norphcad, Ear and DmTett reached here
ou Saturday on a specisl train and were sent
, through In CoiGmbus
0hocrs with WIT, Of lsbess o9PUz followed,
but arrived here 700 ls!a
4 train Of forty clrT, containing the pGivatoE Of
Col Muilig,n's commRAd passed Hudson City
Monday = - O'clock ca The way 70 Chicago
s.. Louis Republican.
pei di. g'eh 70 the Republican,
WASmSGTOS, september 23-News Of the
fall Of Lexington creates feeling Of the great
est gloom throughout all our camps.
Fremont telographs 70 Lincoln that he has left
ST. Louis with every available man and gun,
and will release MulEgau and drive Price out Of
Missouri or perish in ihs attempt
Il Is reported that q nag OF truce came in this
afternoon with a letter from jeff. Davis 70 the
President, proposing Sin a-Inisticr iOr ten days
and treaty of peace, and that the President
dismissed the flag without reply.
Geu. Mcclellan. the President and Prince De
Joinyille reviewed FIVE thousand cavalry and
twenty batteries Of field artillery near the Capt.
tol to-day.
JEFFERSON CITY, September 24-Itis thought
bv many persons here that Jackson went
through the miserable farce Of calling the Leg
islature together &c Lexington Yesterday for the
purpose oi passing the ordinance Of secession.
There are one hundred and eghty-two mem
bers OF the Legislature, and probably not more
than forty or fifty could have been present.
Ii is believed by some parties here that Ne
Cuilcch, Rains and Harris viii march on this
point, and Price on Boonvi!lo simultaneously.
4 gentleman who arrived here this evening,
from Sedalia. has many particulars OF Prices
army and the surrender of Lexington His
Information is no doubt from Secession sources,
but I give his statements rs received and for
what they are worth. lie underst TODD that there
was little general fighting az Lexington. the
3. Z.
loss OF the Federal forces he gives at $50 killed
and 56 wounded. OF ihe rebels. 81 killed and
- or 20 wounded. This IS presume. totally
Incorrect rs there j. every reason 10 believe
the Secession loss zen times as great IS that Of
tho Unionists.
Price says hr had nearly thirty Ebousand
men al lexington when she engagement began.
and that they were an well armed, having re-
ceivoj weapons from NcCalloch. who was ru-
mored 10 have been in b ton county, on the
lJlh, with twenty-five thousand men. fastening
forward 20 Join Prices force
Another report was, iih-s HIcCulloch had
eleven thousand meu. Nith twelve pieces of
artillery lie further setes that b. learned
Harris, with 5000 men, vas Inst evening eight
miles west of Georse tow 4 and eucamped there
and that Col Eads leia Sedala this morning
with forty or fifty cavalry at double quick.
Edward Magurlu was seen CA Saturday, in
Lexington, on Col MarsIaI's horse. He says
he was wen treated hv ilr I'rdvrasts
Ny informant heard a Eory which he believes
authentic, chat Gel. Moutgolne-y with SIX hun
Gred men met, near Pleasant Bin, q small band
OF 4eces-iouists, and Eilkd tea OF them, snd
that'seea sttara sTsis, Dc bct the rebel scouts
with two OF his soldiers .s prisoners; aud tbs
be shot ali five of them, and buried them IN
one grave.
1t was reported that three Thousand Of Major
StuTgi-' command, while going to reinforce
iulLgau, were surrounded by Eve thousand
of Rains men, attacked near Springfield, and
five hundred Of StIgi-' troops killed
The locality Of Maj. Sturgis' force was made
known by The interruption Of Q messenger from
him.
4 rumor is current that Sam Houston bad
entered Arkansas with twenty-2ne thousand
Tebuls--loubtcss q coaqrd.
Price, II is rumored, declared 37t he wanted
u0 more men from The Southern Confgdtvacy. |
Great activity has continued in Jefferson all
day, and 1t is supposed that general battle
the seFerest Yet fought in Aissouri-wiu occur
in 2 tgw days in Pettis county
Gen. Price is reported TO have fifteen hundred |
baggage wagons.
Some seven hundred Uuionists at Tusctimbia.
and Gen. Hunter and his command az Rolla |
have been ordered TO Jefferson and sill arrive |
ilht
i Is believed in military circles haTe thai Nc |
CuIloch and his men have made junction with |
Prices army.
Everything is aetiye at the capital and the
soldiers are burning for O fight with the rebels !
which they viii probably have IN a few dsvs
Gen. Fremont is expected here 10 take COM |
Insnd Of the Federal forces in the anticipated |
battle.
Sp c.8l tIc New York Herald
WASHINGTON, September GA close recon- !
noissance to-day Developed the fact that the reb-
els are extending their line of Notifications from
Munson's Hill toward Springfield Station and i
Alexandria. They have two large earthworbs in I
progress Of erection 40 has0us IIi!l, directly |
south Of Munson's Hill, commanding the ColuIn- |
bia turnpike, and surrounded bv deep bitches.
Recently q released prisoner from Richmond, |
represents that the Union prisoners there, who /
are wounded, are most intam0usly malTeated bv /
the rebel surgeons; who perform amputations |
and capital operations where there is not the !
slightest need, nearly ell resulting fatally The
only persons showing humanity toward the pris-
oBeTs ara Ge0rgian7 and Louisianians. The |
treatment Of the irginia UniOuist5 Is said to be /
infamous. Sixteen officers, including one Colo |
mel, and forty privates had escaped. -Four hun |
dred prisoners were TO be sent TO Baton Rouge |
this week, and IL is intended to send them all /
South, to prevent their escape. Many are suffer
ing for want Of clothing and Gen. Scott Is to |
send them some.
1t IS slated that the rebel force at Richmond Is
about lG005, and with the exception of Alaba-
mians and Mississippians all want roolen cloth |
ing and shoes.
4 lady who visited Manassas states that there |
are 10000 men under BeauTegaTd
The woods on the eastern slope of Arlington |
Rights are burning tonight.
New YORK, September 24-Ths Times |
Washington dispatch says The excitement Of |
to-day has been the news from Missouri, and |
the probability of the surrender OF Col Null |
gan's command Al. Lexington. I shall not hu !
surprised, however, 20 learn that before thi, |
reaches you Cen. Fremont had taken the field |
IN person, corucred Price aad his rebel crew |
and forced him TO surrender.
The Tyj5HHe,s dispatches say il is not uu- |
likely thst Gen Fremont viii be considered re-
spousible, and the disaster may be the iInmedi- |
ate occasion for his removal. The matter will |
be considered Ia @ Cabinet meeting tomorrow. |
= New Military EOye.
For some time past the citizens of this vicinity
have been apprehensive Of the troops under Gen. |
IIariee being ordered TO the Mississippi river |
and the order has come. On Yesterday morning |
Col. CIebUmes regiment left thrir camp at HixFs |
Ferry, fol the Mississippi riyq; and il is ex- /
pected that each succeeding daY will bring or /
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