The Des Arc weekly citizen., 1861-09-25
FROM MEMrHIs.

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 l FROM MEMPHIS.
 l MEMPHIS, Sept. 19.-The Appeal has reIi- 1 able intelligence, received here last night. . that interesting military movements ale ta-
 king place near Eizabethtown, Ky. on the Nashville & Louisville railroad, forty three miles from the latter city.
 1 The railroad bridge over Rolling Fork creek several miies north of Mufdrouph's Hill, has been burned by the friends of the 1 South. All telegrRIhie communication with the enemy ctt off It was suppcsea Rors- seau's division of federal troops were pressing forward rapidly to occupy Muldroagh's Hili, but would be prevented by the destruction of the bridge
 Confederate troops from Middle Tennessee. were also moving up the railroad with like | purposes. They reached Bowling Green early yesterday in considerable force, where 1 they were reinforced by large body of Een- tuckians. Ash
 l We learn that Gen A. s,,Johnston passed from Nashville np to the headquarters of the army at Columbus, yesterday.
 ] We learn from passengers from Columbus 1 yesterday, that excitement exists there in con seqnenee of reaivng intelligence, reliably authenticated, that 1000 federal troops had l landed nine miles above, on the Kentucky ] side They came down Jus.day morning and were reinforced on the following night, but Dy what nufDDef Is HffknoWn.
 l The Jackson Mississippian of day before 1 yesterday. says that on Saturday last, Gen.
 Johnston telegraphed Gov pettus to forward all troops he could spare to Kentucky Gov. l P, ordered all brigades under the command of 1 Generals West and Alcorn to rendezvous .t Corinth, to be sent on to join Geh Johnston. l MEMPHIS, Sept. 19.--The following IS the closing paragraph of a proclamation issued by Gen. Buckner to the people of Kentucky, on | tba re
 stand by our own lovely land. Jon with M in expeling from our hFesides the armies
 which an insane despotisla sends amongst us3 l to subjugate us to the iron rule Of puritalrcal
 New England. Letthe sons of Kentucky. the descendants of those gallant men whose names
 adorn the blight pages of oui history, decide
 the fate of our own State Our banner has 1 floated proudly wherever it has been display l cd Under 1t we have fought the battles of
 the country, in the North and in the South. Under its folds our fathers drove back the savage from the homes of infant Indiana and Ohio The ingratitude of the sons of those
 whose fathers were rescued by ours from the
 tomahawk and the scalping knife, return to
 drag us in chains at the feet of relentless
 despotsm which Is now pressing heavily upon themselves. When in the hourfof our coun- l trys peril the extreme North sunk away from the raging contest, thousands of Keetuckians poured into the frozen North to fight on Brit l ish soil the battles of New England In re-
 turn she sends us hosts of fanatics to despoil
 us of our homes and of onr liberties and l through Wm. H. Seward she invites the out
 casts of all nations to join in the carnival of
 blood. Let us once more fling to the breeze
 the proud standard of Kentucky in every val- l ley and on every hill top--lct it be kissed by
 the breezes of heayen--let our lone star shine
 an emblem of hope from the deep sky blue of
 our banner, over the brothers who join in
 the grasp of Friendship. Let the soldiers
 motto of our State bespeak, under the proyi- dence of God, the strength of the cause which
 he commits to our hands.' Ffs l FROM VIRGINIA. a l RICHMOND, Sept. 18.--Gen. Reynolds com
 manding a Division of federal forces in Wes-
 tern Virginia, in recent engagement with Confederates, was taken prisoner by Gen. | Lee. The latter has advanced within a few
 miles of Huttonsviile. Gen. Lee attacked fed
 eral forces under Reynolds. encamped near 1 Hettonsvilie, and after a hard fought battle,
 defeated them with a loss of 300 killed and
 wounded of his own men, and 800 killed and
 wounded and 1500 prisoners on the federal side. H | FROM RIcHMoND, VIA. NEW ORLEANS RICHMOND, Sept. 19.-The Minnesota, Wa bash, Potomac corvette and several gum
 boats are now lying at Hampton Roads | Despatches announce that Gen. Lee had ta-
 ken Gen. Reynolds prisoner at place called l Cypress. ten miles from Cheat Mountain. It lis belle ed Reynolds and bis Aids were re-
 connoitreing when taken. 4 messenger from l Reynolds was also taken. A letter found on his person stated that the federal force on l Cheat Mountain had only one days proyi-
 sions, and urgently demanding prompt relief.
 Four thousand federals probably prisoners ere this. Federal force in Western Virginia is in Ipeculiarly perplexing prsdicament. FROM ALABAMA.
 MOBILE, Sept 19.--The Dog river cotton factory took fire accidentally yesterday and
 was totally destroyed. Loss, not less than
 Sl00,000. Insurance SAP ,000. W