Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-16
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY-CON
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IB& WAR IN KENTUCKY-CON
EA&CHENG EDmDEs.
In our telegrsPhic columns we give q dispatel
from Chattanooga, dated the I4th, stating upoI
authority from two sources, that our forces il
Kentucky had gained a very decisive victor
over the Federal army. A glance at the MAJ
by the reader who is conversant with the dis
tanees necessary to be Travelled, and means o
communication, wiz enable him 10 form an opin
ion as to the correctness of the~ststements.
We slso have the Memphis Bullstia Of ths
14th, which contains the editorial announcement
of a Federal victory, upon which cur telegram
from Holly Springs published yesterday was
founded. Il viii be seen that the Bulletin gets
its information in a peculiar manner. 1t says:
The clerk of the Platte Valley, Jewett VIII
cox, ESQ, states that be was informed by su aid
20 General Tuttie, al Cairo about midnight Sat
urday. that the telegraph had Just commenced
/ working. and that q dispatch had been received
to the effect that four divisions of Buells army,
which marched ont Of Louisville by different
routes, had formed a junction, and fought and
whipped Bragg, and that the latter was in full
retreat. The telegraph il appears, WAS again
interrupted, and 10 fuller particulars could be
obtained up to the hour Of the Platte Valleys
lesving
Several features about this statement strike
US as unusual The steamer which Left Cairo
after midnight should have brought down North
ern papers Of the lIth, which would have con-
tanned information Of the battle Of the 9th. Yet
none were received by the dealers, and report
says they were suppressed at Memphis. Again
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intelligence from the Northern officials and if
General FUTILE bod received such information,
would he not have transmitted it to General S.
by the Platte Yalley,-the first boat leaving after
its reception-and if it had been favorable 70
his cause, would General s. not at once have
handed it over for immediate publication, as has
been his custom and Is not bis failure
to do 50 Significant And agsin-is not the
sudden interruption of the telegraph, at Cairo,
ominous item9
In addition to the foregoing, we this morning
had a conversation with a highly intelligent
gentleman who left Holly Springs late yesterday
evening, and who states that Memphis and
Northern papers had been received at General
Prices headquarters, fully confirming the news
contained in our Chattanooga dispatch. The
Federals acknowledge to 3 loss, in killed,
wounded and missing, Of from twenty-five to
tBeHty-eight thousand Persons who left Mem
phis Tuesday evening, arriving at Holly Springs
yesterday evening, also testify to the correctness
IF the news, and state furthermore that cur
IN Missouri has met with great success, a
which the FedeEals in Memphis were en-
l%eavoring to suppress. They also state that The
federal forces in West Tennessee are rapidly
concentrating st Memphis.
From the foregoing, which Is eli the informa
ion we have received up to this writing, our
can draw theH own conclusions. We
lay receive further information before going to
rsEs.
LATER--since the foregoing was in type, we
ave received 8 second dispatch from our core
at Holly Springs, giving the Cincin.
sti Commercially account of the engagement
is as cheering and glorious Is the heart could
ISL, and no longer leaves any doubt as to the
9mploleuess Of our victory. Three times three
General BRAGG aud his gallant army. !