Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-02
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
AFFAsRs AT PADUCAEI. NORFOLK,
FORT .gEFFERsON AND CAIRO.

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( almost approaches fact ono dgy, becomes a
- EIonstrous improbability the next; and if the
G ( COntederates devote one week tc maxim" a huT-
ried advance, il is proof positive that double the
time will be- mm sdiatelv occupied by carefully
/ retrOrradiug over the same ground, the laSt
j movement being accompanied with flourish Of
I rumpets, and publicity more remarkable than
p their former silence What their object can be,
unless by constant marching to prevent disband-
ing, and by forsging to keep from starving, is
Unknown. and none are more h0pe.essly mysti
bed than the Secession portion Of the citizens OF
I fatUCEb. One day ,hyy are in rap-url5, and the
next iu despair, being correct walking harume-
/ t,rs o. vh.-Ia- the rebel element is rising and
sur-iuE glis way, or falling hack 'rgD points az
ready reached.
Only t-.- days ego swarm eaEe forth l-Cm
the hive at Columbus. aut lied down Ike a
black cloud iu Navfel5 and v!riuirv. Only
twenty miles distant, and with the Feisrsl
7 force here inferior IA numbers, without fortii-
. cations aud comparatively d-truscl-~- they
( waited unit, more batteries and additional troops
E had arr ve3. and car-hworks been thrown up.
. when they ar once retTeGted. without order and
in excellent confusion this hast reversing of the
Usual styl- being highly in vogue Hith the Mis-
I 5curi and Kentucky invader. Day before YES
/ tcrdav an tie Confederate troops at Mavfield
! iru back lrcH that place, and are now in1rench-
/ inc thcuSelrc- with the balance OF the forces
I Jt Columbus and vicinity. At first the move
/ men, WAS thought to be 3 ieiut and 70 have
! hi3deR behind il some uRlookcd-ior GomOnstra-
zion. or an attack upon an exposed paint of the
Union lines So long had q battle at HadUcah
( seemed imminent. so near had il apparently be-
come certainty. that sl, both in military and
/ private life. were slow to believe chat The invad
ing tide bad paused and turned backward
/ Bat such has proved TO be the case; the pros
/ pect Of a battle, for the present az least, has
! disappeared and weeks OF quiet and military
mouotouy bid fair 70 succeed. At any moment
! however, the but partly curbed elements OF
| war may break forth, and hattle, with iJs car
mage and horrors, sweep over this portion OF
Kentucky.
/ The Confederateg evidently entertain no de-
| sign Of obeyiuE the request Of the State
/ Legislature, and if they leave Kentucky it viii
( only be- when obliged 20. Locusts, when they
| light upon rich repast ore 10th 90 leave Il, and
the great resources of this State offer too tempt
/ ing Inducements 70 a starving srmy, 70 be will
/ linelv thrown aside. Dav before Yesterday,
! Mai Mcdonald, 9Th regiment, and Mai. Phillips.
rode out TO within four miles Of Aayhtld, obtain
! ing thereby some valuable Information. The
7 feat was q daring one, and the escape from death
| OF capture most fortunate At one house where
/ they stopped, larcH party Of Tennessee cavalry
/ had dine9 but few hours previously The
I landlord represented them 90 he well auned, ba-
I wing two navy reyolvers each, besides Il patent
six shootiugriie, bowie knife aud sword. Every
thing had been taken iu tst vicinity that would
satisfy hunger and future want but knowing the
spirit Of Kentuckans, the spoilers dared not IN
suit them by offering State scrip in pay nrnt, and
accordingly requested Wa. things they wanted. |
~ many Of the houses women were the only !
I occupants, the men being in the secession |
ranks. What the secession portions of Missouri |
were @ few weeks ago, thr par @. Kentucky |
along their route seemed, with the shifting hand
Of desolat.Qn jest visible upon it, aud before ruin
had us1Uped the place ot prosperity. One thing |
has been ascertaincd through scouts and refu-
gees in rcgsrd 10 the force lately occupying /
Mavheld That IT, taey had with them bUt few |
piece of artillery. aud those Of su exceedingly
light description, mostly six Founders. They |!
weTt also sbor ot ammunition, and it ], asserted /
that fear Of az attack from the forces here was
the cause Of their retreat. II SO, the reason /
prompting them To Gu advance ia ihe first place !
becomes deeper mystery, unless explained by /
the desire Of foragiug and brayado. Nov that !
sanger o. attack has disappeared, preparations /
wil 20 rapidly forward 70 make Paducah what 1
il ourif % have been long since--sCcoHd only /
10 Cairo as bass Of operations for the Hi>sis- /
siTpi Valley and States adjoining I'd.
The harges, Ior bridging at any point the NV 4
ers have arrived here from Cincinnati. and ere
being rapidly iaetfpcd together, making float
ing bridge 0l cprat sustaining power. Thes
are laid side by side, and a platform, giving |
mach the appearance Of plankToad, passes
OyUg tie middle In q few DAYS the Ohio here
win De crossed By q highway, which, While
sffurdiug passage for any number Of soldiers
and the heaviest artillery. can be moved TT
pleasure, or as the eXigenCes of che day require
10 points above or below Now that govern
m-nt has wakened 70 the importance Of Padu-
cab as post for future operations, IT becomes
wonder that the perceptI,o faculties OF those 10
power have on this subject go long remained
dormant. Commanding entirely the Tennessee
river tributary navirable for hundreds Of
miles. an avenue OF boundless wealth. and
who's course is through bitterly hostile Coun-
try vtl the mouth Of the Cumberland but
short distance above, and ,ht Ohio entirely un-
der control, Faducah, easy Of access from sll
points for Union purpose, becomes al once q
center OF great military interest aud power.
Ever since the commencement Of The war,
until very lately, boats loaded with con,Tahand
goods have piled without interruption up the
Cumberland and Tennessee carrying aid and |
comfort Of the mOs5 acceptable Kind 10 the king
dom a. the C.. : 4. This is now Impossible,
and tho occupation Of Paducah viii have The
same effect and almost as great one, a7 that ot
Fort Hartaras. PaCucah is the key 10 the enemy's
territory here iu the West, and over Kentucky
soil tba armies viii have 10 march tina. effect /
and some move Is already on fcot that is expected
% bring with lis important results. Steamers
n0w lying at the levee, leave, il is understood,
this evening, for Evansville and viii bring down
from here six thousand Indiana troops 10 this |
point. Activity prevails in every department.,
and evidently something up ANY conjec-
ture Il under embargo, rs there is one chance in
a dozen that guess might hit the truth. Two /
ur three steamers are constantly husy towing the /
bargcs for the bridge into place, while others ply /
mysteiously of 20 points IP sad down the /
river.
Among the soldiers here, the principal event |
of interest has been the arrival of the psymaa-
ter and discussing of bis coin and treasury
notes. To spend the hard earned dollars seems
the chief anxiety, and bat few soldiers wiz see
the end Of Inc month with auv part Of their 4
wages remaining The reflections, when this
becomes the ease, are anything bus consoling
and / noticed a member Of Capt. Jameson's |
Zousyes, who had evidently got rid Of bis little
all this morning mailing a board TO a tree. On /
IT, chalbed iu large letters, was the following
sarcastic conclusion: There was q time when
men without brains died, but now they 60 to /
WAY
The health Of the troops Is generally good, a. 4
leest not many are confined at the hospital. The l
change Of climate and other causes, however, /
/ have had their effect. and while but few are /
really sick the number really well are still less.
As the more hracinr weather Of FIJI comes on. !
how veyer, the indispositiou win disappear.
The order 10 the different camps Is excellent /
and the citizens caE have no ground of complaint /
against the soldiers Theft hes been so far uu- !
( known.
As TtiutOrCemculs aru now on the way hlTe, il /
viii not he tansgTassing % say ihat The number /
of trOops in Paducah is .000 with three batteries
besides the heavy guns mounted on the lately /
erected eartbworkS in the suburbs The spot I
where tine floating bridge is thrown across the /
river is from the shore a short distance below the
Marine Hospital The telegraph line between /
bcrp and Cairo is being rapidly completed and /
win soon BE- in working order.
FROM CAIRO
When left this morning affairs were quiet, /
and no excitement IN prospect. Last evening |
an expedition of three steamers, each carrying /
a regiment and escorted by the guuboats Tyler
and Lexington, proceeded down the river toward /
Two Nile Island Here it was reported bat |
terry had been erected, and the object was to
capture it. Several shell were thrown by the |
guuboats but no answer elected, and ~ bat |
terry found Tie troops from the steamers were
LANDED on the Kentucky shore aud forming into |
order marched down within four miles OF 20 |
| lumbus. Not an enemy w5s seen, but as they |
were known TO bo there, and th-ir batteries ex-
/ teusive, the Fe6erals fell back again 20 the |
| river aud embarked on III steame.s g. The ad- /