Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-12
7 FROM CoLumRus.

COLUMBUS, KY September 10.
EpIToRs APPEAL: As | have an opportunity
Of sending you this by the one O'Clock train
tonight l have concluded to give you an
inkling of our dOings in this part Of Old Abe's
vineyard. ! use the term in no offensive sense
to the good people of this part of Kentucky;
for a more generous, kind and hospitable set of
people than occupy This and Fulton county,
below here, it has never been our good fortune
to meet. They aTe a unit in favor Of Ken
lucky taking her natural position with her SIS
ter Southern States, thoroughly imbued with
true southern sentiments and ready, at any
moment, 20 take up arms in defense Of the Po-
sition they have no hesitancy in declaring.
Lincoln's bulls and FremOnt's pTOciamatioUs
have no terror for them. Prompted by a pa
triotism which knows no sacTIfCe-tOO great
for the cause in which they are wholly enlist
ed-they are ready TO meet the issue, be what
1t NAV. They bend DO knee to he Baal OF
LincOinism know no altar save their coun-
trV's honor, to which they are ready to bring
their most costly offerings. IN a word, a more
generous, brave and noble people do not live
than the Southern kentuckiaBs. Their many
acts Of kind hospitality will long be remem-
OtiEE Dl Oul Nuoic aiDgS anu WHbut ~ DAOoNN
strife shall cone, II comsi it must, TO save these
people from toe fanatiCsl rule Of an abolition
depot, there is no man heIe that will not will
ingly lay bis life down in their defense. And
the time is not far distant, in my humble opin-
ion, when Kentucky will shine as brilliantly
in cur constellation of southern stars as any
that now grace our beau ifIl Osnner.
We have had another engagement with the
g~unbOats to-day, which resulted, as usual, ia
heir retreat. The fight to dav, however, was
a little more serious than the engagement at
Hickman, and lasted much longer. Gen. JET
Thompson, of the Missouri brigade, had thrown
his whole force over the river on the Missouri
side, and had planted a battery Of four guns
some six miles above here. Tue enemy disCov-
cred his position somehow and made an attack
upon it, e' identity with the design Of diverting
his attention while they were buslly engaged
10 landing four thousand Of their troops at a
point FIVE or six miles above him, to cut him
off reinfoTcements from Us. Their scheme il a
failure, however, so far, as the gallant 4th,
commanded By Col. Nicely, and the 18th Tegj-
ment, commanded by Col. Douglas, together
with a field battery AID d large force of Caval-
~ have been ordered to cross the river imme-
diately and give Gen. Thompson all the sssis-
lance be may require. Our force, in c~Oniunc-
ton with Gen. Thompson's, will prove more
than a match for all the HeBsians they may
have, be that number small or great. II they
remain until we reach them, you may ex-
pect a good report from US. As ! AN connected
With tie 4th regiment | can give you no further
account until our regiment ret5rno, when lex
pect to give you full particulars Of the expe-
dition.
Our army is already large and is rapidly
increasing every day. Not a train comes in
that ia not freighted with soldiers, and the cry
is, "Still they come" Where they all come
from is the question:; yet the supply seems far
from being exhausted. Let them come If they
are all Of the sam material as those already
here. and The hour Of the Kangaroo desPot Is
at hand; Tskel will be bis fate an UpharsiE his
destiny.
We have but little sickness, as yet, in the
camps, and the probability is, in this healthy
region, We will be but little troubled hereafter
with chills, ~fsveTs, ETC., usually incident to
army life. What will become of KeDtucky's
neutrality, God only knows, as our troops Will
not be removed until Lincoin's are, &C
compauied with a guarantee that be will faith
fully respect the Deu rality position of The
State during the war; and you know his mes
sage, letters, and public declarations all 90 to
show be will do no such thing. The drums
are be ltiDg, | must be OF. Tomorrow ! will
write again. Y.