Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-03
rnE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
.WoSe",en" Of Bragg ana .'HsrrhaH

From the Louisville Journal, 27thl
The train on the Louisville and Frankfort
railroad returned from Boards station this morn
ing, 8 distance Of eighteen miles from the city.
Conductor Jones informs US that he w2s told
that q body of four or six thousand rebel troops
encamped last night on a stream known as Bull-
skin, ten miles south Of Boards.
A reliable gentleman who arrived from Shelby
vilI3 st y o'clock last night, brings intelligence
that four OF five thousand of Kirby Smiths men
arrived at Shelbyville yesterday. The subse-
quent movements Of these two bodies OF troops
are not known to US.
We were reliably informed last evening that
the forces of General Bragg, in the vicinity Of
Bardstown, were preparing yesterday to move to
Sprinisld, Washington county, q point south
east from Bardstown.
The reports that d large rebel force had been
msssed in the vicinity Of ShelbyVille or Simp-
s%OnvIle, were no doubt erroneous, as they had
not been confirmed at a late hour last night.
1t is said that rebel piekets to the number OF
tour or five hundred made their appearance yes
terday in the vicinity Of Middletown, twelve
miles from Louisville, on the Frankfort turn
PIKE out they He'd at the appearance Of a Ike
force Of Federal troops.
Brandenburg is still occupied by a small rebel
iorce, and Union families in that vicinity are
terribly oppressed.
we nave reliable information as to Humphrey
marshall and his movements. He arrived in
mount Sterling, Kentucky, on Sunday morning
last Some Of bis troops preceded him q few
Jays. lis whole force is between four and five
thousand strong. He made a speech at Mount
Sterling on Monday, which was county court
Gay Inc point Of his remarks WAS that the
southern CONSUMPTION would be rigidly en-
forced. All able bodied men between the ages
Of eighteen and forty-five, who would not tske
the oath Of allegiance to the Southern Coufsde-
racy, should leave the State.
his troops were ordered to march for Paris on
Tuesday morning, and be had an appointment
to make a speech at OWingsville, but Monday
night he received a dispatch which changed bs
programme. It was the announcement tha4
General De COurcey, Of Morgan's Cumberland
Gap command, had arrived with his brigade at
Richmond, Kentucky. The news disturbed the
rebels, and Marshall did not keep his engage
ment. He has since proceeded to Paris with his
forces. There is no doubt Of the fact that Cen
eTsl De CUurcey has taken Richmond. but the
best informed men DO not believe Morgan has
evacuated Cumberland Gap. He is stirring Up
the rebels by a system Of raids.
We learn from a source entitled to great
credence that Captain Morris, with the Clinton
county home guards, attacked q band Of guer-
rillas a few days since and killed sixteen Of
them, among whom was the notorious Champ
Ferguson. If this be true one Of the most in
lannon's seOUndrels Of this world has met his
desert in the dominions of his satanic majesty.
Information from Cumberland Gap Of later
date than former sdviees has been received by
General Buell., but its nature has not transpired.
The papers a. the rebel capital on Saturday last
contained a dispatch from General McCown,
commanding the rebel forces in East Tennessee,
dated at Knoxville, on the 18Th inst, stating
that the Federal forces evacusted Cumberland
Gap the previous night, and that General See
vensOn was pursuing them.