Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-19

TmE NEWS.
We make copious extracts to-day from North
ern journals Of the I3th-one day later tha-
heretofore received Ii viii be seen that tn
movements Of or forces in Maryland are s
prompt, aud ths future policy Of our general
kept so quiet, That the Federals are completely
puzzled. They can only guess where q strokt
VIII be made, and Aence their forces are divided
MCCLELLAN watches the approaches to Wash
ington, and incidentally those to Baltimore
while the authorities Of Pennsylvania are en-.
deaToring to mass an army If raw Malta tc
head cur veterans in that quarter. A pretty
stroke Of policy would be to capture Harrisburg
with one column Of Coniederates, while another
invests Baltimore. The occupation of the former
would prevent the latter from being shelled By
the Yankee forts in its neighborhood, should the
people rise. Promised retaliatiou would put a
quistus upon Yankee gunpowder in Fort Nc
Henry, etc.
Oar friends in Missouri continue active. The
STAIR at Palmyra was one Of considerable mag-
Hisu5s in It's results.
From Cincinnati we learn that .the Confsdsr-
ates have rstreatcd." This IS well. and is. we
believe, 8 part of tbe plans of our generals. It
seems to as that tie appearances of q small force
Of cur army in front Of the Federal lines near
Coviugton, has caused what was desired-the
r-ns OF al The Federal troops that could
possibly be Fsise5 TO defend PorkopoH5, while
some other points we're left exposed, and toward
which the main body of our army was probably
moving. THIS is guess work on cur paft-But
Louisville a-yald De a valuable prize. We think
IL viii turn .h-t somebody has been made a fool
Of
Our information from the Confederacy is ex-
treme'y limited, 50 far as intelligence by mail is
concerned. We are without any exchanges
from Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, etc.
letter hom Dixie, seven days old, struggled
through, which vil be found interesting.
FREEEoS DISCARDED AGAIN.
Il will be seen by the correspondence, which
we publish, lLst the aspirations of FREMONT
and bis friends, that the thrice dismissed gen.
eTai should be placed at the head Of an indie
pendent corps Of fifty thousand men, have been
curtly nippsd by the positive refusal Of the Sec
rotary Of War TO allow any such organization to
be completed. It was a bold attempt Of tie
Pathfinder to place himself a. the head Of an
strong enough to enable him to force his
government to comply with his wishes; and
knowing the anxiety Of the Federal government
to increase its armies, be had reason to expect
that The cfsr would be accepted. But STANTON.
Notwithstanding his necessities, vetoes the pro-
jsct, and Fremont is LET'S q maior-generaI with
ont o command.
Fremont evidently understands the ten
isncy Of the North toward a military dsspotism
dictatorship, and was anxious 20 be in as IA
v7ra5Ie q position IS any Of The other aspiraats.
But he Is lsN5 out in the cold" IN the grand
for power which seems to be inevitable,
be now stands no chance, whatever, and has
his weakness. His ambition has
3'erlesped itself" and he must remain content
see his more fortunate rivals parcel on. the
polls to suit thamsaIvo7
FATAL DUEL-A duel was fought near
on the Oh instant, between Colonel
~ Ransom Calhoun, commanding at Fort Sum
and a nephew Of the great John c., and
MAJOR Rlett, son of Bsnwell Rhett, which re.
in the death Of the former. This is the
seCnd duel Major Rhett has fought lately; the
Of both difficulties, it is said, growing
rat Of remarks made himself concerning Colo
lsl Calhoun. The latter graduated at West
POINT in 1850 and ranked high as q military
asder. Major Rlett is much esteemed and
hou'd be continue in the army, arises to the place
made vacant by the death of Colonel Calhoun,
being 10 the same regiment.
C-oUNTERFErTsR CAUGHT.-The Mobile NeSs
{ the 18th says that on the 9Th a man by the
.sme Of Samuel Lyons, lately a resident of ST
49uis, was arrested under a warrant from q
commissioner, on a charge Of pass
lg several thousand dollars Of counterfeit treas
~ notes in July last, in Mobile, in exchange
Or gold The examination commenced on the
lth inst before the Hon. J. r. Cuthbert, Con
commissioner for this district. and was
10. concluded until the 10Th, thus occupying
early five days. The commissioner decided
bat the testimony was sufficient to hold the
ocused fr Trial before the district court, and
snanded him g j2l unless be entered into bond
suraties in the sum Of twenty thousand
GLARS, conditioned to appear at the next term
{ ssid court. The penalty for the offense is
sath. B..
x~-PREIDEST TvLER's WIFE-The wife
Z President Tyler, WHO has gone North, is q
Tortbern lady, daughter Of the late Colonel
lardner, Of Long Island, owner Of she island
now By BIZ name. Miss Gardner was one Of
be- bellies Of New York fashionable life aud Der (
sarnage with the thsn President Of tie United