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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28
PursuiuE Reverse..

From the Cincinnati GazetteJ
a successful retreat in the face Of a pursuing
army, has hitherto been held to be a very diff,
cult operation. Jomini says: Retreats are
c~ertainly the most difficult operations in war
What then must be the generslship Of the pur-
suing army if the retreating enemy inficts
greater loss than it suffers After General Me
Clellan had teiegraphed a complete victory at
Yorktown, and q demoralized and panic stricken
enemy, IS usual, they turned and repulsed the
pursuing army at Williamsburg, inaicting heavy
loss. Thirty thousand men, within sound OF
tie battle, were kept back by orders of no less
an officer than the generaLin-chief, while the ad-
vance struggled against heavy odds, and was re-
pulsed.
a similar operation has been repeatedly per-
formed during the war, and the battle at Perry
vile seem to have been one of the same sort
However, we may gloss over the features of
thai affair by the descriptions of the deteTmed
fighting of the soldiers It is evident that the re-.
treating Confederate army, from an advanta-
geoUs position, fell upon one Of our divisions,
repulsed it, and then continued its retreat, so far
unmOlested. We mean by "~repulSe," what
actually occurred. Our troops were checked
with severe loss, aud the rebels held the battle
field. There subsequent withdrawal is not a
part Of the battle. There Was, as usual, plenty
Of brave fighting by the troops. Regiments
stood firm to be decimated. But the reader of
the account of the battle, looks in vain for signs
Of generalship, and naturally inquiries why this
division was left through a proIracted contest
against superior force when our whole army was
in pursuit If this was the result when our
generals expected q battle ct PorTyvills, what
would it have been If they had not had that pre-
canton
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

An Irish priest YVES standing at the corner Of
q square about the hour Ct dinner, VIXEN one Of
his cOuutrymen, observing the worthy father IN
perplexity, thus addressed him:
"Od! Father OLsary, how is your river
eucs7'
Mighty put out, Pat was the reply.
"PUto cut! who's put out your TiVirenoe7'
An. you don't understand Il; that is Jus.
it; l am invited to dine at one of the houses il
this square, and I have forgotten the name, and
1 never looked ct the number, and nowiJs seven
o'clock"
"Oh, is shat all ~ was the cry, "j:st now ba
Gisy, your riyiTence, I'll settle that for you"
So ssying,.swsy dew the good-natuTed Irish
man round the square, CHANGING at the kitchens,
and when he discovered a FIRE that denoted hos
pitslity, BE Numbered at the door and inquired.
Is Father O'Leary here r.
As might be expected, again and again he was
TePulse3. at length an angry f0otman ex-
claimed:
No; bother on Father OLeaFy, he IS not here,
bat be was 90 dine here to-day, and the cook is
in @ rage, and says the dinner viii be. fpoilt ali
is waiting for Father O'Leary."
Paddy lespsd from the door as if the steps
hao been on FIRE, rushed up to the sstonished
priest
An is right, your rivirencei you dine at
43- and a mighty good dinner you'n get"
'Oh Pat, tne blessings Of "a hungry msn Dc
upon you"
Long life and happiness 20 your iyireuoo l
hsve SGT your malady l Gully wish had your
cuga!'
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Prom Nerthwes,ern Vireinln.

By tho arrival yesterday Of two ladies from
Wheeling, We hsve obtained some information OF
the condition Of affairs in P~ierpont's dominions.
The ~demagogue, who by accident presides over
the people of Northwestern Vrginis, is exer-
cising q tyranny HoTe odious and oppressive, il
possible, than that of his master. Lincoln. A
short time since, Judge George W. Thompson,
Of the Wheeling judicial circuit, was released
from a long and tedious imprisonment at Camp
Chase, and returned to his home in Wheeling.
The day after his arrival, Plerpont had him
re-arrested, and at last accounts he WAS still in
prison. Hon. Lewis S~teanrod, another promi-
mems citizen Of Ohio county, was arrested by
order of Pierpont on the sans day. Afr. S. has
been in exceedingly delicate health for some
time, and his recovery is not regarded possible,
yet Pierpont was unfeeling enough to send him
wvrd that be intended to make him take the
oath before he died. Oher acts of oppr -ssion
are related, which have caused the loysI people
of tst section to long more earnestly than ever
for the day Of deliveTalce Richmond Dispatch,
1871 iast.
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rn1erer,inr frsrn Kentuekr.


Colonel JOHN FoRsYTH, Of Mobile, q mem-
Der of General BRACES sssf, whose capture by
the enemy was announced some time since, has
returned home, as We learn from the A.lan;e
Confsderaey. That journal, of the 24sh inst,
says:
lie left General Brsge's army mostly this side
Of Cumberland Gap. The whole army, with ell
The arms, ammunition and supplies procured,
were successfully brought of, ia the face Of q
largely superior force, which had to be kept back
by cavalry and artillery diminishing every day.
Colonel Forsyth fully confirms our views, here
tofore given in our columns (of Bragg's falling
baek), in every particular. He could ave
whipped Buell. at any time from Louisville to the
Gap, but the victory would have been 3 barren
and ~fruitless one-not worth the loss of a half
dozen lives. Il would still have been necessary
to leave Kentucky. The battle Of Perryvill-
would not have been fought bad it not been
necessary to give Buell. a d~rub5ing the better to
enable Bragg's army 70 retire without such seri-
Gus mOlestation as he would otherwise have
had.
The expedition into Kentucky is a failure for
two causes 1st. The people were not ready to
take up arms. Nearly everybody was favor
able to us, and against Lincoln, il their feelings,
but they are crushed-the manhood crushed out
of them by the car of the ab0litionism, which
has ground them to the earth. The women all
hurrabed, clapped their hands and waved their
handkerchief the boys hurrahed for JEFF D4-
Wis and the Southern Confederacy, but the men
were coy in their demonstrations They would
give US a word Of encouragement when they
could do so on the sly-snd all thai sort OF
thing but they feared We would n0t<be able TO
stay there and protect them-knowiug that in
case our army retired, certain confseation OF
property and ruin of their estates with ndig-
nifty to their families, and, perhaps, ImprisOn-
meBt awaited them. Indeed, IL is not much sur
prising that men Of families should be slow TO
act in such a case. Recruits were not obtained
in sufficient numbers to enable Bragg 20 remain
there. 21. The failure Of Van Dorm 90 carry
Prices army through to Paducah and Smith
land. as we explained yesterday. These two
causes, and none other, made Bragg tall back
Bat where is Bragg going2 The county
especially the Yankees, will find out before very
long.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

We have private letters from Murfreasboro' IS
late IS the 2lst General n. B. FORREST was
busily engaged organizing new troops, in which
he is meeting with great success. he already
has quite an army collected, composed Of Ten
nesseeans, generally, and all are anxious for q
move upon Nashville. The delay is employed
in drilling, In which the men are fast becoming
proficient The Confederate pickets on the
night Of the both, were within three miles Of
Nashville, and occupying the ground from which
the Yankee pickets were driven two days before.
The Information from the city was that AL the
free negroes, in addition to the slaves, had been
set to work On the Notifications. These have
been aeceTsained to be very extensive, and in ai-
dii9n, ali The principal streets hsve beea bsui
caded, and hsd bitches dug across them. They
were also engaged in building q pontoon bridge
acTcss the riyer. This is undoubtedly a provision
for an expected emergency, in case Of retreat
Provisions are very scarce and high, and there
is much suffering among the poor in the city.
General FORREST announces to the people
and his troops that arms are now on their way
to Murfeesboro', sufficient to arm all who VIII
enlist and also that bis pickets are in the face
Of The enemy, who are completely blocksded in
thar Notifications. He says he is sent TO Middle
Tennessee 10 restore 10 the Safe its capital,
and promises to do 50 We are rejoiced to hear
such cheering accounts from Tennessee.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

( 10 he Associated PgeA. NorJh
HUDSON, Missouri, October 20-Nsj Wood
ford, OF the ION cavalry, Missouri State militia
attacked e band OF gueui'las on Alzvsis river
diapeIsiug them killing and woUpdiug several
avd capturing arms, auicNuIiou, blankets sut
horses.
Another large camp, ia jho vicinity Of Port
land, was broken NO,
Major Gates, cI Ad,'r county. reports tia.
Csplsins Barr auj 8uiih rsmo suddenly upor
Douuis' baud OF Oh ewes, killing and woundirE
some twenty, aud capturing eleven prisoners
w 'utY hur-os, arms stc.
General GUITAR las capturej several r~usrril,a
.rlcefs near Columbia, B3ouc county. Captain
Emery, Captain Robinson and Lieutenant Nor
risoa We're taken, with a number Of p~Hvates,
and some important rebel correspondence.
Special Dispatch 70 the Chicago Timesl
ST. Louis, October 2l -Dispatches have
Icon received by General Curtis from General
MotIIl, as Hudson, stating ,hss MOTOR Wood
torL. Of tAe i0th cavalry. Missouri State miisis,
attacked q guerrilla baud on Auxvais river, in
Csllsway county, killing one, wounding two,
and capturing tbTea prisoners, sumo ANS, aD-
niunilun, blankets aud horses.
JOAN ID 5.ev,usoa, c&oaal Of the 9Th BIS
souii, has cptled Ter 8 brigeIiership. Ee has
poi-cel hacAing, end Of course viii GET 10.
4-leTGl Graham B sil yGy Gick, and TIC
couIrmartlei IS nos si.-ue.
HUDSON, missouri, OcsoIer oO-Gsuoral
Guitar has cspiU odssversl guerrilla leaders near
Ceiumbia, Boone county. Captain En5ry,
Captain Rtbinson, ard LicuieHau. EoIds0n
Wefo aiken, with . Dgub5g Vi pI,Vs.es.
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--latest from the Fight nt POcOtaIiHO-Tke
Enemy Driven TO His BCatH.

From the Charleston Mercury, 24th.l
Our accounts from the scene of the enemy:
demonstration, on Wednesday last, against III.
Charleston and Savannah railroad, are somewhat
meagre as yet, owing to the fact that no commu.
nication by railroad csn be had, for the present
with Pocotaigo-the trains being employed ioi
military purposes.
At an early hour yesterday the telegraph
brought the news that the maTsUders, repulsel
IN their advance at Old Pocotaligo, and driven
back from the railroad at Coosawhatchie, had
r~etrezted hastily to their g~unbosls but We we've
left in uncertainty as to the extent or results oil
the fighting.
At a late hour last night, however, General
Jordan received a brief dispatch from Colonel ".
S. Walker, who commanded our forces in the sc
ton at POcotaligO, stating our less 70 have been
fifteen killed and forty wounded. The enemy
left no less than forty Of his dead on the field
and road. His whole loss is estimated 10 have
been two hundred killed and wounded. This
estimate is confirmed by the accounts Of tie
prisoners taken. The force Of the enemy which
landed at Msckey's Point, consisted Of six regi-
raeuts, with one battery Of ten pound riaed guu5
and two beat howitzsrs. We have taken abcu.
eighty stand Of small arms.
We also received, last evening, a dispatch
frcm Savannah, mentioning that tweuty-ore
dead Yankees were lying near PocOtsligu; bu,
no further details had reached thai city.
OF the manner in which the enemy, efsar
gaining the railroad at Co0sawhatchie, was
driven therefrom, we have no particulars. Il
Is stated that as the train from Savannah 10
Pocota!igo approached Coosawhstchie, tie en-
envy made signals to tn engineer 20 stop.
The latter paid 10 attention to the signals, AID
determined to run the gauntlet. As be did 50.
the eramy fired, killing Major Harrison, Of the
lisa South Caroiius Iesim-u-. the fireman CE
he train, and slightly woundl8g the engineer.
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From Washington.

30 the Cincinnati CoumercisLl
WA~sHIEGTOE, October PA letter from
gfeDd On the steamer Western World, of DU.
oy Sound, North Carolina, under date of the
J7ib, says that the Day before three prisoner.
from Macon, Georgia, reached the boat. They
,7ere entirely bereft Of everything save a ragged
az Il panlalooas each, and had been seven
Teen days on their journey. All were western
saeD, one Of whom belonged to Bisseu's Mich
Ean engineer regiment.
About dusk lsss evening, sixty Of cur cavalry,
J-n5er command Of Capt. C0uger, Of Indiana,
1aet q foIca Of the rebels, numbering between
100 and 800, at Calett's station. Our troops
tharg5d upon them and routed them completely,
irving them for q mile IN great disorder. None
# our men were Injured in the ski-mish-
At midnight last night, four rebel signal lights
-tH white AID two Ted-were seen at Deco
guan. fred from Fairfax Court House. Gen.
fgel. doubtless took occasion TO rout out from
fast vicinity these wLo handled them, if still re-
Ilaiutug there. W.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

The community was greatly excited yesterday
on account of couhiciiug reports respecting Oh.
movements Of General Brerg il the West t.,
oily dispatches which have t-anspire5 at tie
War D-%psItmeTt state nothing more than th,
fact that General Bragg had fallen back tEcr
his late position, g distance Of forty miles, 70.
the purpose Of securing subsistence. The com
b]instions of the enemy, who had been strongly
reinforced, no doubt rendered such g step s6S0.
lusely necessary. It is surmised also that Reae.
Grams bad commenced p strategic movement &c
form a junction with Buell. and cut of oul
army entirely. There is but little doubt tLai
General Bragg substantially defeated Buell. il
the late engagement; the only question remain
ing to be solved, being whether or not that, vic
tory YVES a barren one.
We have nothing new from the army Of the
Potomac.
The cavalry of the enemy are rep0rted to have
made a renewal Of their raids in FaUquisr, and
on Saturday visited Bristow station, on the Or
angs and Alexandra railroad. It is also re-
ported that they had visited WsTrenton egain in
considerable force. The extent of their depre-
cations is unknown. A train, laden with rail
road stuff, narrowly escaped capture, we learn,
on Saturday, st BristOw.
Five hundred paroled prisoners were sent
down to Vsrins on yesterday, for exchange
RictmsRd Enquirer, Oct. 20.
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We learn that some time ago General Loring
vss ordered 10 report to General Jackson with
BIS command st q certain point ca the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad and by a certain route
Instead OF reporting thus be eo~untermarched
lis command back to the Red Sulphur Springs,
) tending to tske a circuit hy Lewisburg. At
these springs he was met by sn order, directing
J im to rurn his command over 10 Gen. Echols
fld report in person 70 Richmond.
This conduct Of General L9ring is said to
lave p~roducsd great CONSERVATION among the
7 eople IN The KanswbR Valley, causing hun
Sreds Of than to fee from their homes, rather
I % fall again under The rule Of lincoln. i
80 turned bach sl the wagons going after
sslt General Echols has been ordered to return
: "a his command % the valley. and commenced
lisuEca CT Saturday last He has issued .
r-oelsmston for al persons to go and obtain
s h who MY desire to do 20. Ihese seems z
1e o geneva feeling thst General Echois shonlo
: rrfSne Ia command. end that General LoriUg
: oul3 be sent somewhere else LyhehbaTs
EspnGEicaa, October p.
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To orn

Gentlemen who arrive from the United States
with late papers, viii confer a fevor by leaving
them at the counting room Of the APPEAL Office,
or At The EDITORS room, over GEO. LAKES store,
next door north Of the Collins House In these
days Of uncertain mails rom the South and a
blockade on the North, our facilities to furnish
the latest news from al quarters can be greatly
increased by s little attention on the part Of our
friends, for which we shsn ever remain grateful.
Parties from shove viii confer an especial favor
by furnishing Us shy Northern papers in the!T
Doqgessi0n-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

e Psrson Brownlow is coming to Illinois.
IL the pay Of the aboltionists, to make stump
speeches in favor Of the abolition candidates
When he came North a few months ago, his
remedy for the rebellion was to hang ali the
leaders q sece5sion and abolition upon The same
nee. TIE difficulty with the Parson now is the
same as hat vita which an ancient parson,
named JRdss I~scsriOt, was afflicted. He loves
money. T. is silver that brings hIm TO Illinois.
After be shall have received it, be should make
,he came disposition Of himself as Gid thai
other parson.
lie is aow in Michigan, in The Fay Of the
blood-lettsr Chandler.
10 what base uses DO ne come 81 last.-Ckt
c4ge Tines.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

ST LOUIS, O-to5ar ELITE fioajs oi Gen
Fremont last night welcomed his To.u-n 10 ihia
city in a grand secsnaIe- From Eu- to Eve
thousand persons were present, end tie ro
cspiion was in every respect cordial aud erthn-
siastic. In response 10 repeated calls, tb5 gen
eral appeared and made q few Tenarss referring
90 former visits 60 this ETY. stating L5-t t1a Priu-
ciaaI obisct of his visit now was 20 be present
at the trial Of his friend All isioV-5oldier, Gen
EcEinstry, believing, as he did THAI assaults
uoon him were mads solely because he fet y
an honorable duty 20 stand BY th7 side ot his
chief.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

DEATH OF CAELFyL-FoIeign journals an
nouuce the decrease of Csriui, th5 distinguishes
Italian astronomer and mathematical as &liar.
For more than half g century be Ee-d s pE0ri
nent plsca among EI-5oaaa scientists. His
researches on tie lunar theory. in connection
with Baron P.aUa. sLG bis pendulum experi-
meuts on houut Gents, 60 d-grmiUe the mean
density Of the earth, having placed his name
among the a5lest contributors Of science. lis
last labo.s were directed TO- the det1rnins ion o.
the orbit Of Tuttle's late comet. which Esi been
early observed 5y Ficse1.inc sud Roman as
trcnOmcrs.
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Matters on the Memphis and Charieston
Railroad.

From tie Memphis Argus. Oct 23I
Information deemed reliable has reached the
city that on yesterday morning Colonel John
Ballentine's regiment Of Confederate cavalry,
organized within the past two or three months,
appeared at Whites station, on the Momphia
snd Charleston railroad, ten miles from the city.
Their object was not positively known, but il
was supposed to be to prevent cotton from
being brought here by planters.
The Stste line road at that point YVES tGken
possession Of By the cavalry, and parties travel
ing were compelled to repair to Pesrson's mill,
the headquarters, before proceeding farther.
We learn that considerable cotton is being de-
stroyed by the Confederate cavalry IN that sec
ton. The report circulated in the city yss;or
day that this force was but the advance Il On
army designed to attack Memphis was of course
unfounded
The Confederate army was reported at Holly
Springs only three days sgo, but it was thought
a forward movement would be made soon. Ua-
doubtedly large reiufJrcements have reached
Holly Springs since the fights at Corinth and
4 gentleman who TeaehBd here day
before yesterday says that they consisted Of
$4,000 Texans, AID nearly as many conscTipts.
We think this an over estimate. A vigorous
winter campaign may b expected in the South
vest this winter.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

- The Louisville Democrat has the iRde-
pendence 70 condemn (mildly) the bad faith Of
the Yankee government in sending their psroled
soldiers into active special service. The Demo
Graf IS under the impression that q parOlea prise
uer Is IS nuch under the authority Of his cap
io-s ssf SIN IN their custody, and that, there
sore, the government has no right te send psreled
prisoners against the Minnesota Indians.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

4 QUIET JoKE-Tha celebrated John Wee
lev. with aI his ministerial gravity. was adlGct-
eli % king orte iB q while. HIS ~s-lval.
Michael FenwjcS, complained that his name
was never mentioned ia Sic published journal.
Wesley, I'm the uext number, seii: Il LETT E9-
worth with great satisfaction. and s5oc, olo
preached at CEyucrtb. ItAiuk none were UB-
moved but NioEael FcuWiez, vh0 fell fasi
asleep under an adjoining tHvricE"
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Vice-President Stephens Addressing tine
People.

4 friend writing to us fcom Sparta, Ca, under
date of the 18th, says:
Vice President Stephens gave us a speech here
this week. He says The North is bould to lapse
into anarchy and despotism, and tbst we have
every reason to be hopeiul-thst Lincoln WILDE
deposed Ia less than two years-if the war con
ti1ues-that we have only 10 be true to ourselves
and to n Institutional freedom and all VIII be
well.
He says the people must plant cotton next
year-that it is King-not a political, but com
mercial King-thst we cannot please Palmerstou
bstter than by not raising cotton-that it plays
into his hand in raising it in India-that they
can supply it there at from eighteen 20 twenty
FIVE cents per pound, and only need the estimates
of two or three failures Of American supply 20
demonstrate it.
He says the battle of SbarpsbuTg was The
most glorious victory Of the war for Us, aud that
General Lee accomplished just that much more
than he intended when be went into Mary land
that his sole object was to capture HarpeEs
Ferry.
The Vice-President is calling on the people
loudly TO clOthe and shoe the soldiers. The peo-
pie here are making blankets of their carpets,
and doing everything in their power 10 respond
TO the caL.-COiumbHs Times.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

- TIE Indianapolis Journal says The
ssafi1g Of ballot boxes in Bartholomew, Jen-
ui1gs, Shelby, johnson and Morgan counties
by the Knights Of the Golden Circle, on Tues
Day, was unprecedented in the annals Of cleo
lion frauds. lodges Of that secret society ez-
5st in every township in those counties"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

10 REPoRTs-We have nothing BY tele-
graph 70 day. Late Northern papers, however,
came into our possession last evening, fon
which We make coPious extracts, that viii be
~ With irta-a.L
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~ = serious revolt lately occurred in tho
vicinity Ct New Orleans. LII. Laurent Illau-
don, ovsrsser Ct 2 plantation q few miles above
Che ely, had been killed by negroes. The other
plantations close by had bsen abandoned by tie
.Inr.e
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Eg~At q bali given ia Bay0aue IN hohor Of
Louis Napoleon, six bulls ard seva1 h3rsss were
= ..ad- Pie prircp pei natelor, E Ita, received
$1,000 lcf biz days wo1a. whict Is Iiae ~-sez
taan most slaughter houses pay
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

IowA-The latest rPort from this State
places the Republican State ticket elected by 2
msjorty Of from thres to FIVE thousand, and the
Dzmecrats claim the election of their csndi-
dates in the frst and fourth districts.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

THE STEAMER MISH0.-A large part Of the
cargo Of this ship has reached the oiy in light
eIs-pherhsps as MUCH ss stlree fourths The
weather yesterday morning 1as very uniiVora-
ble-the wind blowing strong h0m the northeast,
sgd causing much sea. lne general ooinion
il that tue snip will becems a sIeck-Ckaries
ten IereNru.