The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-10-11
Important from the south.

lhy ulOTuinp, W. Sdtuot oOuic thtet
esting particulars relative to the
and condition Of the rebel
forces, aud the general "si,uation"
in South Western secessia.
DIR. Morgan left this city shortly
after the battle Of Bull run, to collect
some money due him in Memphis,
where he had boon working in the
hook and job establishment Of Hut
ton & Freleigh for more than year
prior to the breaking out Of hostili
ties between the North and South.
The morning after his arrival in that
city, an anonymous communication
appeared in the Avalanche, calling
the attention Of the Vigilance Com
mittee to his presence in the city.
ami suggesting that it might be well
enough to look after him. His form
er employers, Messrs. Hutton & Ere,
leigh, promptly came to his aid, and
in q card to the Argus, which the
Editors Of that paper indorsed. vouch,
ed for his soundncss on the Southern
question. This served him every
purpose, and instead Of being arrcst'
cd as a Spy, he was taken by tho
hand and treated kindly.
Mr.. Morgan's extensive acquaint'
ance in the city, and daily intercourse
with newspaper men and others who
would be likely to know something
about the condition Of affairs, eu-
abled him to Obtain much valuable
Information. lie represents that the
slaves are deeply interested in the
struggle now going on between the
two sections, but that their sympa'
thies are wholly and entirely with
the South. More confidence is now
placed in them than ever before, and
no fears OF instructions are enter
tanned.
The precipitation Of Kentucky ia
regarded as disastrous, most persons
believing that, like an apple, she
would have dropped into their gar,
den when ripe. In the meantime
she would have answered their pur.
pose better by remaining neutral.--
Few persons in the North, says our
informant, have any idea of the
amount Of goods aud provisions sent
South over the Louisville and Nash.
vile railroad the past Summer.
Buckner's rashness is roundly de-
nounced, and the stoppage Of supplies
from the North, which they attribute
mainly to his course, is regarded rs
more disastrous than the loss Of a
baltic. Coffee in Memphis is sixty
cents a pound, and tea two dollars.
Boots, which formerly sold for five
dollars, now readily command fifteen
dollars, and nearly everything else
is in the same proportion. Gold is
at a premium of sixteen per centuln,
and scarce at that.
Polk. who succeeded Pillow in tho
command Of the rebel troops in the
West, has, as ia generally known,
been himself succeeded by General
Johnston, of Utah memory. Polk
and Pillow had quarreled, and at one
time the hero of Mexican bitches
vas on the point Of being placed
under arr, at. All the rebel forces in
South Eastern Missouri have been
withdrawn, and are concentrated at
Columbus, where Johnston now has
sixty thousand men, in addition to a
force of fifteen or twenty thousand
believed to be mo acing Paducah.
There are no intrenchments or bat
teries at Memphis, but short dis.
tance back of the city there is camp
OF instruction, containing five or six
regiments. These would be sent of
Immediately but for the fact that
they are unarmed, and no arms can
be procured TOR them. Mr.. Morgan
says he saw but abont four hundred
men in uniform; the rest W re clad il
citizens dress. The troops aro arm
ed with ilint-lock muskets, old rifles
and shut'guns, and many go into the
field with nothing but large knives
hoping to provide themselves with
good arms in case of fight. Not
withstanding the disadvantages they
labor under, all seem confident o
the ultimate triumph Of their cause
Some time ago, u company calling
themselves the Memphis guerrillas,
was formed to act rs spies. These
men, our informant says, arc scatter
en- throughout the border free ststei
of the West, travelling on steamboat
and railroads, stopping in cities, and
gathering information of our move
ments and intentions wherever they
can. Through the influence and by
the help of ono OF these men no wal
enabled to return North withou
much trouble. He lett Memphis, il
company with his friend, last Sun
day, arriving at tho state line Mon
day morning. Here he took a pri
vaie conveyance to Ilopkinsville
Kentucky, twenty-five miles distant
Thence by the Same means to Hen
derson, and thence to Evansville
Indiana, crossing the Ohio river il
a skitf. .
Last Sunday night. a camp Il
about eight hundred Union troop
or home guards, which had bee
formed at Hopkinsville, was fire
! upon by two hundred rebel cavalry
and broken up, the Union men fea
ing that they were attacked in fore
= by General Buckner. The next do
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