Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-25
The situaiiOu in Front Of Cincinnati.


From the Cincinnati Commercial 17th.l
There was nothing exciting along our INES in
front Yesterday and last night. The reported
advance Of the enemy this week is couTadlctsd-
They are understood TO be restiBg and t0rag1ng
about sixteen miles distaat. Persons residing
in the vicinity Of Florence report that they have
not seen any rebel soldiers there since Friday
last. The report circulated yesterday that the
rebels had attempted TO blockade the OHIO az
Hamilton. was uul0unded From Mr.. Lew T.
Hicks. formerly a merchant Of Cincinnati who
resides five miles and halt from C0yington, on
the Florence pike, We learn some interesting
facts in regard 20 the rebel army. The advance
guard Of the army reached his house about
o'clock IN the morning. General Haath anu
staff rode up and dism0un'ed- They appeared
I to be fstgued and the staff officers threw them
/ selves up0n the ground, while the general as-
cendsd to the top OF the house 70 reconnoilef-
| They bad copies Of the Cincinnati Tunes, issued
/ the previous afternoon, and other Cincinnati
| daily papers Of the same dste. Heath remarked
/ to Mr. Hicks that the Fsdersls had between
90 600 snd 10000 men defending Covlngt0n,
including those at work on the iOrtihcatlons. lie
/ said that the Pesrl street clerks Of Cincinnati
l and the Home Guard companies would not De-
/ much in bis way-tbat the more there were OF
/ them. the more would be killed. Mr. Hicks
4 stated that the rebels numbered about u OOUs
l with thirty six pieces Of artillery. They CONT
/ dently expected to be attacked by our troops IS
1 soon as they passed Florence. On Thursday
evening orders were issued for two days rstions
/ TO be cooked for the men, which the latter
/ supposed to indicate that q battle was 20 De
/ fought Thursday night, however, their scouts
brought in news that Curtis army was
/ coming up the Ohio and Mississippi railroad,
| and General Heath fearing that it would be
/ thrown across the river somewhere N MS rear,
| commenced falling back. After Fetreaune' 70 3
! point six miles beyond Florence, they ha1
! further information, and called halt General
Heath had maps showing very accurately al oi
our fortifcations, and every road and by-path
leading into the city. They received many let
ters from Cynthiana, Paris, Lexington, and
other points Those from the hrst named place
were inclosed IN envelopes bearing the Adams
express compsny's stamps General Heath
placed guard around Mr.. Hicks property, ou
notwithstanding this the injured his farm very
much feeding nearly all bis corn, oats and haJ
10 their horses Mr. Hicks says that on Friday
morning. while on his way from Florence 70 his
, home. be met about Eve hundred rebel strsg
I plers who had Ovsrslept themselves III out-ot
the-way places and were endeavOring 20 catci
up with the main body Of the srmy, then 6v'
niles ahead He thinks a few companies o
cavalry might have captured all Of them, a
, they were trndging along rather slowly, an
, many Of them apparently Indifferent IS 6
/ whether they caught up with their comrades o
! fell into the hands of our troops The Fedora
( picksts, Mr. Hicks informs us, did not know
that the rebel army had gone until he informe
: them Of the fact.
& MORE GUERRILLA WORK.
Correspondents Cincinnati Gazette. l7th-I
Ga Sunday force Of rebel guerillas, nun
+ beTing ninety men, visited Vanceburgh, KsI
lucky, thirty miles above Maysvills, for the pun
, pose Of recruiting. On Monday, thirty Uni0
B home guards, from Concord, went in pursuH
? aud overlook the guerrillas as they were leavin
] the place Oar boys lay in ambush, and, 1t
a reported, killed seven Of the secesh. We gleal
= the shove from passenger by the steamer Lin
b den.
q NEW GOLD Discoveries IN AUSTRALIA
d Recent accounts from Australia state that cor
70 siderable sxcitsmsnt prevailed st Ballarat q
g consequences of the Great Republic compan
s. having struck very large and Important lea
z, Of roid in their claim. Il is said to BE- th
y richest yet found, even on Bilarat One ms
S chine and a half of wash dirt washed cut o
4 the 18Th ult gave no less than $50 ounces (
N gold Shares, which in the morning weT
o scarcely ssleabIe at / $50, rose before night (
70 fIlO0 and el200 Others Of the deep miae
in the same district have been yielding well
- and it may saf5y be said that the district
BallaTat was never more prosperous than it
70 at present. In the Great Western company
II claim at Smythesdale as much as 433 ouncl
have been got in two days