Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-04
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aHRiTH IL FeuRessee-e}aptEre 81 esiasEsg
A letter Tom Nashville 70 Yankee jOuTna
gives lis following particulars Of the Fecen
rebel rsid on Glasgow, TENNESSEE;
When 70 resched Munfordsgille, dispsset
from Bowling Green, informing rs that @ fore,
Of rebels had that morning STACKED and tsksr
Glafeow--sn important point, only seven N les
irom ihe railrcae-snd ordered 70 proceed VERY
cautiously, az il was expected thst they would
attempt 10 capture cur train We fslt our wsy
aloug slowly til we reached Cave City, Al
which poius we found lot Of fugisives Just il
from Glasgow
Tbe whole STAR is q most shameful one. Glss
GOV was gsrTisone1 by two hundred and twen-
ty twelve-a1oushs' men Of the 37th Kentucky
volunteers, under Gel Martin. They hsd for
tifcati0rr two pieces Of artillery, and sufficient
supplies to have held this p.ses month against
3 600 men. Ine rebels were Hounted, nun.
berad cighty-tWo and were commanded by g
Col Huehss At dsybTeak yesterday moTuing
fbav d-shed into ths town, completely surprised
he garrison, and captured i without halt a
dczen shots being fred They remained sr
hour on two, took $40 600 from the bark, sscbed
the own. took what coed horses they could GOD
and then left s0uikwsrds.
Our train reached Bowling Green and came on
without being disturbed just before Ozark We
nasg,5 q srnrii station called Frsr kin, at which
fhare are some Federal troops. We hed passed
il not more than q quaTtsr Of q mile when We
reached sn open fi5ld, in which, aud net more
than fifty yards from the track, saw 3ooy o.
mounted men draw up In hDe close TO the tiu-
Der. sat IN the doar Of the baggage car, and
was looking at lbem and wondering What sort
sof fan they found It 30 bs 70 tit cut ia such 6
cold rein. wbeH suddenly big fellew, with a
blue overcost, rsised his revolver AID took aim
at the cars. supposed he was getting of some
sort of q country OF rural Eentucky Joke, when
saw a nuf of smoke from BIS pistol, and Al
the came instant heard The crask Of s ballet
passing ihTough the car. Quicker than Thought
the balance OF the party Taissd their reVoiYers
sHd hTad into Us, and then the whole gang
wheeled into the timber and disappeared The
entire STAR did not occupy three seconds, and
was all over before I had time 70 90 the proper
do5ging uuder the circumstances. Three bal-
lets passed through the car. Several oshers
struck INTO tie wood work, and glanced of wiki
out penetrating to tbs interior. FoTtuHsteiy,
nobody vss hurt and as / was tie only one
who saw the gUerrillss, there was nobody eL-
espt myself scared
lT6esz daring movements on The part Of the
rebels show that operations with yIew to IN
segrupt The ike Of communication Between
Louisville sud B5saeFa1s are about 70 be re-
uewe6. Refugees from Glasgow informed as
that the rsbss stated that Bragg bad passed
s7Cund the left Of Rosecrsnss aEd had succce5ed
in dluking him TINS iutslhzoscs is farther
shown to bs truthful nom information lrom other
sources. If this be so, we shsl soon hsye 8
repetition of tho BIsEg and Bael campaign
whose character is still fresh IN The mind %
every person IN the North
One yesr sgo lass February, / visited Nash
vile, while tie bridge which The retrestIHg reb-
els bad free was stiH smoking. / then sac
cesded IN ta6ing cat enc Union ci-iE5u- lTuth
compeIs me 90 aud, that siEbE lspss Of nearly
t,go years, during which the people have eE-
loved II The Ehls and blessings Of Federal oe-
aupauon, there is not quite IS much Tesi1eni
Union sentiment as th-re was during my HTs'
visit
eYour Administration has dono JET. Davis
yoed service since tbst tine " said q citizen ths
morning. s.Jnst st the tims whan the whole
south vas undecided and cauVassing the oxpe-
dieney Of dase1hng the rotten Cenfederscy ana
restoring tLe old Union, the c0uEscatlon act was
gEsssd Then youT Government ieafng tlAt
The "a h0ls South might NOS yeE be united aud de-
termiue6 10 tb5ir rebellion, issued The emanci ps-
ton proclamation. After this, Tor iesr there
might possibly remain single cause oi Uuloi-
fsr1 or -57sllr Ia the South, the Federal Govern
Lncnt determined to make the tniug sure, sno
accordingly ccmmeuoed 70 arm tE1 negroes"
SCCh, lu 1-iei is the reason given by the eli
zsrs for ths absence of BuICu sentiments la ghIa
eity and other portions of the South
Like sll S1uthern subl1gsteQ cities, Nashville
runs to dirt, poor hotels, whisky shops, DaWdy
houses, faro banks, shoulder straps and general
dIIs8idation Bsrsoa can sca-calY TecDgnlz-
iH it a ST. ge feature which belonged 10 this clty
before the war began