Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-04
INVASION OF Krrrunny.
Mount Stirling and Daa1ils TaEea-THs IN
habitantS Flying.

Mount Stirling and Daagils Takea- The m
habitantS Flying.
The following information respecting the in
yaaiOn Of Kentucky we copy from the Louis
vile Journal of the 25th nit
CAPTURE or MoURr STERLING
We commented yesterday on the importance
of having an adequate force placed at Mount
Sterling, so that in ease Of attack from the
rebels it would not be necessary for them Au
back on Paris aud Lexington. Even when wo
wrote, the mischief which we feared and
prophesied had been accomplished On Sunday
morning the guerilla Cluke reinforced BY Jack
May, attacked the place with eight hundred men.
Our force there, If we may use that word, in
stead OF our weakness, was two hundred. in
eluding sick, who maintained a stout fight
against the rebels for four or Eve hours
but were finally defeated and taken prison
eTs. It IS stated that the rebels subsequently,
burned the town, but We do not credit this. IS
the accommodations there are very convenient
for them in their periodical and apparently un-
checked visits. A fortnight since Cluke, with
his fellow horse thieves, had been driven Ia re-
treat to Hazel Green, and We expressed the
hope that detachment might be sent from the
Sandy valley to cut him off and place him be
tween two fires, but this was not done, and We
have now tue result of the oversight. He has
returned TO Mount Sterling unOppOsed, while
we have hsd sufficient numbers inactive AZ Lex
ingtcn to have crushed him at any moment Of
course, when Mount Sterling was attacked
Paris was in futter, and CiuEe wss expe sted
there also. but we think the Psrisians are safe,
for be will not penetrate the Blue Grass region
any further than he can see his way out sgain
safely.
A dispatch from Lexington, dated March "a,
says Of the Mount Sterling affair:
Colonel Walker, of the 10Th Kentucky esval-
~, had been ordered from Mount Sterling to
Hazel Green, in pursuit of Cluke, and left be-
hind bis baggage and about two hundred dis
mounted and Ineffective men, under Captain
Radclif, of his regiment When Brigslier Cen
eral Gilmore, ia command here, heard of this be
ordered Radeliff to pack up his baggage aud Be
ready to retire on the force situated at Winches-
ter, upon the approach OF Ciuke, As he was too
weak 10 fight him. He, however, made up his
mind to stay there, and ssnt to Winchester for
reinfOTcements, but before they arrived he sur
rendered, on the importantly of the citizens to
save the town from destruction. He was strong
ly posted in the buildings, and could have held
out until relief came. His FIRST mistake was his
disobedience to the orders Of General Gilmore,
and his second Yves in not persisting in the
course he had adopted for himself
OCCUPATION OF DANvMLE.
Respecting the reported occupation of Dan
vile, KY by the Confederstes, the Journal
says:
We are aware that dispatch was received
10 this city yesterday morning, from General
Mason who is in command at Lebanon, con-
veying the information that rebel force Of ten
thousand had crossed the Cumberland, in the
Vicinity of Mill Spring and that that foree was
advancing upon Somerset General Mason OBJ
L a.
Tennessee, who assured him that fully ten
thousand more rebel soldiers were following this
advance guard, and the information which we
received from passengers by the train from
Lexington last evening, leads Us to believe that
Gen. Mason was not altogether misinformed.
Gentlemen who arrived in this city last even
ing by Tsirosd, informed Us that Danville was
occupied by the rebels yesterday, and that the
enemy contemplate an immediate advance upon
Lexington Frankfort, and this city.
A report from Stanford, Lincoln county, rep
Tesents that force of two thousand five hun
dred cavalry, fourteen regiments Of infantry,
and twenty pieces Of cannon passed through
that village yesterday, and we presume that
this is the rebel force, or portion Of the force,
that occupied Danville last evening. 1t is
known here that Genersl Carter's command,
which had been in tAe Vicinity of Somerset,
had fallen back toward Danville, and that the
gallant Wolford had been skirmishing with the
enemy's advance for two or three days holding
them in check until the government stores could
be removed from Danviils 20 point of safety.
These reports may be greatly exaggerated,
but we know that fears were entertsined at
Lexington, Frankfort and Lebanon, yesterday,
of an Immediate rebel invasion as the stages
did not leave Lexington yesterday for Danville,
and the loyal residents Of Boyle and the sd
joining counties were seeking safety in flight.
We learn from the last sources that there is
no rebel force near any point on the line Of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.