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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-08
The Texas

On Thursday morning, the first division Of a
Texas regiment, under the command of Col. B.
r. Terry, arrived in our eity. They have come
fTofn the far Off South. and, alt0gsther. we rc-
gnrd them as one al the finest regiments we vet
have seen is their purpose to provide them
selves with horses at this point. and then to
await orders or-SerN5ee- ia kentHekE. Some OF
thrfiRe-l horsemsH in tbr world are IN this regi-
ment. The son of Col. Terry who, undoubted-
", is the hest rider we have ever seen, can pick
up from the ground, any small object while bis
horse shall be going at fulIspeed-a feat pecu-
liar 10 Texas hoTsennrn.
The colonel c0mmanding-Wh0 wasat the bat
tlG.0f Manassas, ggeaty distinguished himself
by his heroic daIinc-is looked 10 with the fond
est devotion by his men-bTGye and experienced
as he is. Ne predict that this regiment, armed
as they Gre-to exult as v%ict0rs, oT. in drath to
be laid low-wil perform a part which shall be
marked in the history al th:s revolution.
There are, at pFfsait. four companies encamped
81 tie aiT grounds Rear this city, each contain
ing one hundred and sixteen mcn-allarmed with
six-shooters, double barreled ~shot-guns, and
b~owie-kniycs. They are also provided with
brides, and horse e~quipage geneTaly.
The remaining six companies are now on their
route, and viii arrive at this city in o few days.
When such e regiment a. this, armed and
squipped as it Is, shall enter the fnld, the uu~
myTmidOns OF Albanian Lincon will
Ike grain lai0re She rsaper'5 seythe. We
these sons Of the far West, TO the hos
pihable soil of Tennessee, and we shall bid them
God speed to their destiny in Old Kentucky.
NashciHs Banner.
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FRou

Correspondence Mon . Ad ertisrr snd Register
PENSACOLA, October 3.-The papers come 70
Ms hurdcned with accounts Of the selling, sever
ally OF formidable fleets from New York and
Fortress Monroe. Neither Of them have made
their appearance OF this point, but it Is believed
by many that November will find santa Rosa
Island settled from end to eud with the tents OF
hostile troops. From the presumed Intentions OF
our foes, the Importance to them Of this island
can hardly be appreciated by those not intimate
ly connected with the geography Of the Cult
coast. FRONTS great stOTehouscs they can draw
provisions for their intended columns against
our cities by land, and their fleets in our waters.
Their own accounts represent 1t As ~aburdantiy
supplied with hospital stores and nccommoda-
tions for the sick, " lille its sandy but firm beach
affords ample territory for the instruction Of Their
raw b1ttllions.
learn that several army designations have been
rendered within the las, week, by those whose
scr ices tho CoufedeTucy eau Ills spare. Insults
by the VIM Department 90 the officers Of Gen.
Bragg's army, have been foo cross and uumcr-
Gus 10 De longer tolerated, and forced them from
their %soldicrly pride and honor to surrender com
missions which but a few months ago were ten
dercd with assurances Of consideration and res
poet. How well these promises have been kept
Is evidenced by the every day appointment to
high commands OF those their inferior in rank
and date of service. Ii is to he hoped the feel
iugs OF these brave soldiers will yet be respected
when their complaints and commissions arr laid
at the feet Of President Davis.
Alarge class higatr arrived at the anchorage
this morning and near Fort Pickcus. She came
from the eastward. There are now two large
one small steamer, snd two transports,
N view. The enemy ave still Increasing heir
cloth houses on thf island
Postmaster REAGAN must have travelled over
de mail Inc hrtyfcen this place and Mobile late
ma5ls haven't failed for q week.
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La,cr from Virginia

Special to 'ho Knoxville I-eis..ri
LYNCHBJRG, October IA battle took place
on GTcenhTicr river on Thursday, between ON
forces under Gen. jackson, and the ledcralEi,
Cen. Reynolds. which resulted in tho complete
defeat Of the enemy.
Cur loss in killed and wounded does not ex-
eecd hfy, while that OF Che enemy = estimated
10 hatwren one thousand snd twelve hundred.
Intelligence from Lss's command, at BIZ
Sewell represents no material change, and no
ha,tI" has taken place betWeen ibc opposing
forces.
lee has now under his command o sufficient
number OF troops 20 holi his position should the
enemy make al attack, though il IS supposed
that be viii await future endorsements before
undertaking an advance movement.
The Richmond papers bring reports that the
enemy had crossed the Potomac At OccoGuan,
IN strong force, FOR the purpose Of capturing one
Of our batteries but! a dispatch just received
saws that the report Is ascertsined to be false.
Spec.al 10 the Charle.toa Mercury
RICHMOND, October A-Presideut Davis yes
terday reviewed the Confederate forces at Fair
fax. Among the troops in the line were the
brigades Of Generals Walker, Longstrect, Cooke
and Jones, besides the Washington Artillery, of
New Orleans. The review lasted three and n
half hours, aud is said TO have been quite a bril-
liant affair. immediately afterwards tho Presi-
dent left for Richmond.
The enemy has made no further Gdyance, and
everything is quiet along the lines Of the Poto-
mac.
Col. A. G. Blanchard, Of Louisiana, has been
nominated to q brigedier-geneTalshiP in the pro
visional army.
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A highly important trial Of fhe etfect Of shot
from q one hundred Founder Armstrong gun, on
Mr.. Jones improved system Of iron plating for
vessels, recently took place at Portsmouth, Eng
land The target was fixed on the deck of an
old Arctic vessel, the Griper, and represented Is
nearly as practicable the actual side of an iron
plated ship. Ii consisted Of four pletes. two a
inches aud two . inches, laid on Twelve inches
Of pine backing, which again Is bolted to a Eve
cights inch plate, and presents angles to the
aSsaIlant guns OF about itty degrees. The Dhtes
are nof tongu"d or er00ved az he cdr,s, as in the
Warrior, and other iron elad ships, bur are laid
Together square with eacli other, as Mr. Jones'
considers tho effect Of the former plan 10 be in
UITinus Ia their strength. Tho whole is so hgpc
that, eycnif the plates themselves wers DESTROYED
the real huil OF the ship would be injured in no
way whatever
Tho practice was made with the Stork pun-
boat, with an Armstrong gun carrying q east
non bolt seven inches long by twelve in diane
ter, weighing one hundred and ten p0unIs, pro-
PEELED by a charge Of fourteen pounds OF pow
der, 20 distance of two hundred yardS, and the
resisting power Of the target was unprecedented
Ont Of twenty-five shots, the majority merely
made iHdentatioHs OF = depth varying from one
to three inches, without seriously starting any
Of the bolts, and only one shot, which hit a spos
previously damaged by seveTal Others, passed
through the plates, but even then did not touch
or mjure tlE' hull OF the vessel ia the slightest
legree. Il must be barne in mind tha5 all the
shots we're concentrated un a very small area,
and also that tie target had never been IN aav
way repaired since its trial against an Arm
strong 6~S-pOUndeT, in AugilSt, 1850, two cireum-
stances which make its power Of resistance aa-
pear perfectly wonderful.
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La,est from PcnsncoIn.

Special Dispatch 10 rhs Mobile Adyerise and r. sister
PENSACOLA, October 5.-An rfr0m
Fort Pickens has arrived among The whites on
or side Of the bay. IL states that in the cut
ting-oat atIairin which the Confederate schooner
Nm. II. Judah was burned by tho Lincolniles,
they lost four men killed ard fourteen w~oundedin
The little fight for iha possession Of the vessel,
their launches.
Among the wounded was the ely nutrous
commanding officer Of The expedition
Ga their = turn TO Fort Pickane they reported
sixty killed on 0ur side-iuSt sixty too many!
Oar ic7grters have heen sent Norh.
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News from she BO-der.

: rom tLe Na5HFlAe tGtrlOf.i
We are informed by a gentleman directly from
Oyerton county, who reached this eitvy Yesterday.
that q deplorable state of affairs exist on u bor-
der in that region. Since the little atfair at Al
bany, in which a company Of COnfrderates dis
persed the Lincolnites aud seized some euns. they
have been concentrating their forces at that point
and now have 2200 men at that place. They
have been sending scouts into Tennessee aud
committing Expectations upon the people. Last
Sunday a squad entered Fentress county, Kin
ed 4 peaccable eidzen, and alterward robbed the
corpse Of q crnvat, shirt-buttons, a few pieces Of
silver, etc. Theyalso appreheudrd another, who
seeing they were for plundeT, threw of his coat
ami told them 10 scarch bin and take althe had
Th"y did 50, snd tbtn turned him bose. he.
however, had six hundred dollars in his coat
pocitet, which they Etiied to grt, for the reason
that he had pulled of bis coat and threw It
down before the search commenced. There is,
IN consequence Of these and like deprrdations,
great excitement, indignation and alarm among
tic paople. There is an eneampment Of Com
tedcratc soldiers in OveTt0n county, but they
have not the strength to meet and drive the Lin
colnites away.
Our informant, who was the late Representa-
from OvtrtOu, IN the state Lngislatur~. alzo
informs Us that the avowcd object Of the Federal
force at Albany, is to march through that portion
"a ou Ftdtc' ANU tdhe Iro-"~NtOu OF tue fdllfO1d
TO Virginia, and thus cut off the commu-
H%ieation. This they win not be abIe to accom-
plish; but it is a matter that deserves our atfen-
ton. The latest adyiccs from Albany state that
they were certifying the place by entrcnching,
telling trees with the tops southwark, and form
stOckades.
Prom another gentleman, also a late Represent
tative in the State Legislature, from Jackson
VIC learn that the enemy are collecting a
lorce in Monroe county, kentucky, have gone
into camp on Spring Greek, and slready have
700 men under arms. They have Dot COM
nenced their deprrdations; bat the people o.
constantly expect raids similar to thos- |
being perpetTfted in 0verton and Fentrpss. The
l'niou men in that region, we ore glad to
say, have determined to arquirsc In The action 0t
he Stale, and all those who take ap arms in he
laf Of the babboon drspoiism AZ Washington,
left the state already. They win get nc
more recruits from those counties.
While giving publicity 10 these facts we desire
10 call the attention Of the Confederate authori- .
les to them, aud to suggest that they should b. !
after. Tha asscmjlage Of so large a /
ofce 80 near Our border Is not without signif-
anne ." 1
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FOnErGs orrIcrRs-Tbe Lncolnis

FOREIGN oFFIcERs-The Lincolnibe jour
nss, says the Richmond Dispatch. boast Of the
great number Of foreign officers in their seryicc.
II they had tle m dezt Eoiisgm Of n~lgional,
q even s~ectioneI pride or =li-ne~pect, they xeuld
5sin from glorying in what, properly con-
sidered, is their shame. u speaks poorly Sos
their Wanted military superiority over the South
tlat they mast scosu the whole earth not oaly
FOR materials 70 FL their ranks, bal ofceIs to
iesd t4eir armies. The south has 20 more.
reason 70 fear de imported than ibc native obi
car Of he Lincoln army. Tnev are in geurrsl
mere military advcntH1ers, Dugald Dalgptt
rho caa never gtaud against the oQrse and the
ass Of the southern r public. No RESPECTABLE
European officer, who has ben slcoassfnl and
considered . valuable man at home, IS eoihg TO
embark his forssnes IN surh a cnzy ,essel as
"The Grand ANY,"
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The Trenton Standard OF the 9Th inst, has
the following items:
The weather has been very pleasant tlis week;
. slight shower on Wednesday evening laid the
dust, and produced quit q change in the atmos-
phere. We aus blessed rih glorious weather,
and our farmers VII! h. enabled to garner their
various crops.
Trenton Is the theatre Of noise and hustle; a
general stir is the order OF the day the soldier
folks are very nImcTOus-ihe CRY is " still they
come We observe on the t-horuurhfares every
day some as fine looking officers and Inru a.
ever wore military CLOTHES. Trenton and Camp
Trenton anc institutions" and no mistake.
The volunteers a! Camp Trenton are getting
on rcmarbably well in tn way Of drilling. They
seem to take o deep inteTas. ia tho natter and arc
determined to b. prepared 10 combat with the
enemy. Tennessee can well boast Of her chiy-
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Passengers from Fairfax Yesterday report
everything qui,t in that vicinity. We still adj
here to orr opinion that there will he 10 battle
before ih" middle Of the month, though events
might happen 10 prccipitate an engagement
Should tine Fcderals take he Initiative, thy win
doubtless find our army ready to receive them.
We learn from northern journals that the Fed
tial forrcs made another 'Bcthel' mistake on
their recent march toward Aunsan's Hill, and
fired into each other with considerable effect.
These little episodes " The campaign viii per
hsps teach the Yankees thas war IS no childish
amusement, and a iew more defeats like those oe
Manassas and Lexington Any convince them Of
the hopelessn-ss of their caase. They are now
much exercised in regard to the navigation of
the Potomac, having become impressed with the
belief that any passing vessel Is in danger of
being sent to the bottom by welLdireeted shots.
from tn Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
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LATKR FRoM KENTUCKY.

Passengers, who came down from Bowling
Green On yesterday, report that Information had
been obtained there that the enemy had received
hesvy reinforcencnts at Louisville and other
points, mostly along the railroGd lines. Their
force between Elizabethtosn and the Ohio river
is nog estimated as high as 20,000-he late &C
QUESTION having, IS Is supposed, come from
the East. We cannot say that great credit
should Be attached 10 the runor.
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,ATRsT NEWS FROM THE NOnTn

~
A special dispatch 10 the Charleston COarert
from Richmond, bearing date the 4th inst. says
"Ten thousand United States troops have
landed at OccaQuan on the Potomac, This indt
Gates a general advance Of Mcclellan on eul
lines. r-
The New York Times Of Monday, received
here, reports the United States forces occupying
the points abandoned by the Confederates. Il
thinks these movements of the Confederstei
very mysterious, and fears an advance into Mary
land.
Two regiments Of United States troops, by
mistake, fred into each other on Sunday, killing
ten and wounding sixteen.
Gov. Morgan, of New York, has been made a
mGior-general Of volunteers.
The TINES fears that A. Sidney Johnston will
triumph in Kentucky and winter in Cincinnati
OF Louisville. 1t complains That recruiting in
the North is a dead failure.
Prince Napoleon has departed for EuroPe.
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SIGNS ar TIEE THIS.

Til New York Tins. Of lhe3oth inst, ha.
the fOllyyirs The recruiting returns for tn.
week @Te moss unsatisfactory. There has not
ben such \ luck Of business during any period
within TIE last i've years. Tho difficulty IS 10
- men Of any kind The standerio of nights
has been lowered, ami The next step VIII probably
- the suspension Of he regulation prohibiting
TIE enlistment eg married men. Apparently.
there was nothing done ct Boston and PhiladeL
phia, and no detschments arrived from those
cities during the week, nor yet from Rochester or
ufsLa"
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Closing she Ps.sm.,.

Z II he telegraph from Richmond 70 Wssbing-
ton can he relied on, the Confederate hatieres ar
the Potomac have YEP efocuallv closed a.
Navigation Of that uvcr up tn q point Int q f-
miles from MouuR ern0R. This i q rarv f-n.r
tdnt event IN the camPaign-8ns whiels h. NJ.
toi0fe been regarded as a condition ureedent b.
any advancc 0l our armies across he pafa4.m.
lue battery which camnaRds the navisafio, ~
ihe rIFer consists OF several guns Of o. I4rsesf
eadhef, and IS manned BY exferieaead rsysf
erfs' VINO VII rendfr q good accom- ~ w,r
tsinPt Of the enemy 90 pass them.
ne steamers below this point. and betvs.,
ana the batteries at Aqua Crerk and 8lgrborouyb
WIN have an uneasy time Of H. They c,n1o+
move up OF down Tltey ill have 10 sirE 80
10 the Potomac shore. Eveutuallv tl,sv viH H.
burned, - prevent Iheir telling into orr ba75.
1 mere arc soma malt dozen 0f fhos boaf7 NJ.
brigade which covers end rrofacis onr h,ss-
= a Splendid one. and Commanded 81 oue NJ N.
ADDS and m9st sagaci9us 81 0gr bnaaIers- Cen
Hoimes' Of The famous Old Taxed S.ates III Ia
ianIy- II Is composed of q dozen r.gfosn,s
equal TO the best in our serYre-a1 IA ! 80
state Of discipline.
Inc enemy being shut OF by water. # Is only
mSesSaIy Tor our AMY to occupy the road 10
baltimore and Annapolis 70 place Waqh;pp4o,
e7ty IN a condition which wil compeI lie IN.
cohfiteseithsr to fight onour own teTsor -
Nar OdeaHs Deta.
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1t is almost reduced 70 a Certainty that
Ex-presideDt John Tyler, now over seventy years
of aye, intends 10 re-eptar political life as d mem
bar Of Congress from tbc Richmond (Ya.) dis
t.i.L Other gentlemen whose names have been
presented, have All, 81 far, withdrawn in favor Of
Inc venerable Ex-Tlesident. 81 L Is all over the
South. the people are calling luto our councils
the most experienced statesmen. regardless Of
former uarty lies We still believe Mississippi
viii not prove an exception. Young politicians
that ought to be in the army, who remain at
home to run for office, should be allowed to staF
at that home, from Which the Invasion of their
country cannot allure them, while men Of expe-
renee, OF judgment and dignity Of character
should be commissioned to compose the first
Copgfoss Of orr young nation.-E iekSbprs Hkie.
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FROM BRUSsWICK-Wc hear, verballv. that
strong efforts are being put forth, under the per
s0nal supervision Of General Wayne. 10 make IN
hg lost Eiuas and give tho enemy a reception.
lie is expected confidently. Strong assurances
have been received from Richmond that Bruins
wick Is the destined point Of assault, and the hos
tlo feet Is looked for only too sOon-say in about
u week. Meanwhile, the most iudicious DISPOSE
ton possible is being made Of the means Of de-
tense at hand. Gen. Wayne has, probably. go
superior in the country - an engineer, artillerist.
on a scientific acldier generally and there arc
fer lsiu equal 10 him ia executive tact snd aner.
lie viii do what can be dcgn IA tAe limited
time aud with the scany meal4s and he Is also
by two experienced ci}il engineers from
his plaee. They aro all hooking for lively times
aqd hat work at Rr3nswick-goeoR Telegraph.
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Corre.panicnec OF the Nashville Union sad American
CUMBERLAND FORD, Ky, September 60
| Learning that there was an eacaupucnt OF tht
! enemy az Laurel Bridge, about thirty-5ix miles
| from here, in Laurel county, and that there was
a large amount Of salt TO be had at the Goose
J Creek salt works, IN Clay county, about thesame
distance, Cen. Zoliicofer SEM OF Rains regiment,
8 battalion of the Mississippi regiment and
McNairy's cavalry, to dislodse the Lineolnites at
the bridge, and at the same time Col. Cummings
regiment and Brazeltou's cavalry, with q train on
Wagons 10 get salt
The first named detachment drove in the en-
emy's pickefs some distance ibis side Of the
bridge, captured part Of their baggage, consisting
Of 5000 cartridges, $4,000 caps, some guns. a
lot Of shoes, two wagons and teams, three other
horses and three prisoucc', ana pursued the IN
emy, varion>ly estimated u from G9 to 1909,
through London. and q .rw mics beyond about
f0Hv-fve miles from here.
The second expedition sot some 1--WE huniryd
barrels ct sofia vcy scarce commodity in the
C%ouf-lcnltr States, and, therefore, q valuable ac-
QUESTION.
The FIRST detachment advanced half way 90
Camp Dick Robinson, and may draw outa strong
force vi the encny this way.
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80 Gen. Reuben Davis, in a card published
in the Aberdeen Sunny South, ~pronounces the
charge Of his having been instrumental in re
disuietiHg the State at the last session Of the
legislature as being utterly false. He says it
was mentioned to him by TWO scnstors, and thai
h. advised against II.
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CoSGRATuLAToRY.-We are much gratifsd
70 learn, foh q Priyatc telegram to Cot Coleman,
That our young friend FRANC. " Paul, late Of
ms ohIee was yesterday rleeted, unanilnousIF,
principal clerk Of The Senate, at Nashville. We
regard his election as a strong indoTsemrnt Of
his neiits, anathat AZ tho end cf his tenn, it
wia- he sgia. "Wcl denc, COED and faithful
servsnt"
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:. The appointment Of generals ia the Con
federate army are full, having reached the Imi-
talon Of FIVE general officers, provided by
existing laws OF the CONFEDERATE States. The
distinction between the Provisional and Conftd-
efate, or regular equalization is, that the former
cxniIes with the ternination q The var.
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EETWo ere obliged to our contemporary Of the
Trenton Seadand fr De following handsome
notice
The Memphis AFEALsFpeaIed IA q new dress
tod Nrt-ins -~lsy mornire and is now one Of the
49, t~sar+iF1l na-H = II tie southern Confede-
So Tf. rrgpTirtoYs deserve ggeat cIdit for
ft4r onerQg sid zeal IN presenting to 'he public
ca, ef the bczt papers this side Of Mason and
DiKor's line. Success attend the APPEAL.
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The CRISIS GATHERING on TIE Poro,

IHE CRISIS GATHERING on TUE PoToyAC
We have been careful IN oar statements Of the
movements OF the army on the Potomac. not 70
the uuthof the meraly popular and vagne
reports that reach us-Ye Yesterday, however we
acknowledgements that puts beyond al reason-
able doubt OF speculation, the ~imminence of On
early general action on tn line Of tbe Potomac
Our readers may rely upon the absolute truth Of
the statement that the enemy has crossed the
Potomac with the bulk Of his forces. and that
there are, II present. BY an estimate which puts
the matter out Of doubt, one bundled thousand
FEDERAL troops on toe Virginia side Of the Poto-
mac.-RIcamOHd Dispafch. Al ms.
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FRoM GEN. LEES CoMIASD.-Itwould 5

fR0MGfEN. LEES C0MIAND,-itw0uld seem
tom the following paragraph, which We copy
from the Richmond Dispaich Of the 5th inst,
that there has been 10 engagement between
Gems. Lee eud Eosencrsnz, as reported by tele-
.graph. The Dispatch says;
We have late intelligence from the West BY
passengers arrived last evening. Affairs at Biz
Sewell Mountain presented no material change,
and no battle had takenp!ace between the oppos-
ing forces. Gen Lee has now undrr his com
maud u sufficient force TO hold his position, should
The enemy make an attack, though il is the opin-
ion OF some that nc viii await further reinforce
meHts before undertaking an advance MONUMENT.