Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-31

the trestIe work i7 about twelve feet high. being
completely capsizedr aud the i~rontorn from the
track so as TO delay the train last night. I was
unable to forward sue above at the proper time
Although the car fell directly upon the top.
MASKING it I'm, and it was full Of people at the
time, fortunately, l may almost say Miraculous
ly, no one was dangerously wounded. Some two.
or three limbs were broken, and one gentleman
had his shoulder disIocated, which, together
with a few uuimportant bruises, was the sum of
personal disaster. Ihaye understood that our fell
low-citizon Col. Marcus J. Wright was roughly
treated by the falling mass, but his injuries are
not thought serious. Mr.. Tate, Of fernando,
Miss, a brother of Col. sam. Tate, Of our CITY,
who was Ola a visit to his son IN camp, received
some slight bruises, but was mogc pleased tlau
otherwise at his fortunate escape.
A scouting purity Of the Teunessce Mounted
Rifles, Capt. White, numbering twcuty-three,
under the command Of Lieut.. Moore, yesterday
visited the site of the ambuscade Of our little
band on the day previous, as detailed above, and
tracked the Federaists nom their hiding place
to a point where they crossed Nayfeld Creek,
near its mouth. From residents on the road.
they learned that the party consisted Of about two
hundred infantry, and the Indications were that
the ambassadors were scattered along the road
in such a manner that if our friends had ad-
vancod, as they evidently expected them to do,
they would have had to run a guantlet OF close
aud constant firing for fully a quarter of a mile
To the presence Of mind which prompted the
commanding officer, Sergeant W. A.. Griffin, 10
retrace his steps, may be attributed the safety Of
the whole party.
The indications now are that both Of our
seriously wounded comrades viii recover, while
the other two have nearly forgotten their wounds
in their qualification at having left no trophy on
the field Cor the enemy.
another skiir with q flag Of uuce dying at It's
masthead. landed at cur wharf on Saturday
with Two passengers, q lady and gentleman.
The lady, a Miss Leonard, q resident of Niissis-
-ippi, who has been North since the commence
ment Of hostilities, aud was compelled to make
her entrance into her native country under a
white flag, The gentleman IS a northern man,
though not an upholder of the despotie preten-
tons of King Lincoln. lie Is detained here
until such time as a means can be found Tor re-.
turning him 70 some port on the " Slough Of De
%spond.' generally d~enominated the United
States, while the lady has, after communication
with her brothers in Mississippi, been sent to
Memphis under the escort of q son Of Gen.
Polk,
/ understand Col Bo1ham's Mississippi
regiment has fallen back from Mayfeld to Camp
Breckenridge, which IS about midway from
Mayfeld to the State line, and about eight miles
from Fulton, where there is a force Of about
seven thousand Coulederates, under the com
mand.of Col, Bowen, This force is sufficiently
close TO MayheId, it IS thought, to keep any
force which Gen. Grant has TO spa-c from oe-
cupying it permanently. though the cavalry
from Paducah keep the citizens in a continual
state Of alarm from their frequent excursions in
that direction.
There has been some little TeInOdeHng Of the
organization of the army at this point, though.
few changes have been made. The FIRST bat
talon Of Teuuessoe cavalry, Lieut-CoL Log
wood, has been placed permanently in tue brig
ade commanded by Gen. Pillow. which, / pre-
sumo, settles us in Columbus for the winter.
While he is clamorous for a forward movement,
his position as commandant q. this post makes
it likely that, If move in that direction IS made.
his battalion viii be left to defend Columbus
Gen. Pillow is much more popular with the
army than formerly, anJ were il not hat this
disposition Of the brigade makes it probable that
we should, in certain contingencies, be left be-
hind, the arrangement would be agreeable to
both rank and file.
now despair Of ever dating q letter from
Paducah. NERIT&S.