Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-28

Froz the RleAmszd Exzziaer, 24th.I
From private latter, from highly respsytz-
sls and Trustworthy citiz zsR Of En5ts, dated Al
issdsn, October 49, we have the only astksaGe
account Of the last rsid Of tae Yaakees upoa
Bristol aad tse Virginia and Tannssse railrsad.
Al the time Of the incursioR Of the enemy the
telegraph srsaght rs the most alarming aeeoaAts,
stating the enemy 10 be upwards Of tea Thousand
tkst tssy were sweeping everything beters thezs,
and were making der way tc~ I'd the sat-
ks, which, it was very stron intizlased,
sar trseps woald not be able TO piy.eet, IS thay
had not bees able, BY reason OF tie evsIwRoira-
ing iorcs 81 the enemy, 10 pEetect Bzistoi snd
The railroad. In two days sftsr these first Sc
counts, etBers were received giving information
that ths eneHay hs3 fallen back te Bristol AID
were believed to be Tstresting. This movement
81 the enemy il was dI&cult to understand, as
we had been tsught - believe their force was 50
superior te oars IS 10 make il next to H-aduess
Tor rs 70 attempt 70 check their career
Ths exsrscs we give from the letter shove Een-
toned viii explain " by the enenay retreatsa-
Why We lssreatsd TO Abingdon csuset, we fear,
be SO satisfactorily explained. We qUose from
the letter:
4 returned from Bristol yesterday evening.
Tire eEsray 6Id very lttle damage there, ard lett
CT Frioay evening slier q soj9urn OF tweaty-
four hours. Their army marched through the
tewz, ia pursuit Of cur men, ard to within
seven miles Of Abingdon. They lea q provost
guard Ia BasLsi to prevent plllsging. They
.a0k ca All the horses ard males they could Ea5
along their rUHte, sad bgrnt several smsl
sIi5ges besUesa tbs place and Bristol. Ia STis-
tsi they bu-uE twenty Eve freight ears, injured
tkres crippled locomotives, ana teTs IN q coz
siderable extent Of railroad. Taeir force, ss
stated by slrsgqlers who were captured, was
sboat three thousand men. This statement Is
e0uErmed By the scusl ceEnt Of two citizens Of
Bgis,oi. Cur force was near four thoasaDd l
leave yoB TO draw your own conclusions. Fhs
enemy hare gone beyoRd Zoilieofsr, sa-EiDg
ths rsiroad bridge ana tearing up the track aE
that place
Threugh another source ws ere inforHsd that
Ger forces ia taat quarter, having heard Of tse
blew Inflicted upon TIA enemy At Philsdsiphia
~ Gea. Carter Stevenson, have pluckad Bp
hesrt and veRturss Sgain into tennessee
Oar GsvsTnmsnt do not seem alive to the I'm
PoTtsnes-o Of retaining this country. The pee
sis Of tAs COnfedefsey were s5rely cast down
o. the loss Of Vickssurg. The value Of Yielss-
baEg wss nothing compared With that OF East
Tennessee. sVicksbUrg afsrded US nothing I;
from East Tennessee and the s3jseens eeuntiss
of N0Eth Carolina and Virginia We are to draw
the Ress Rpo0 which ths army IS to BE- fed dur
ing tAe carrent and the coming years.
1HE COTTON FRAUDS IN IEXAS---We o nave
information from gentleman in whom we have
every confidence, 70 the effect that if q thorough
/ and impartial investigation Of the enoImous
saindiag operations prscticed up0R the Gov
I erHneat, ia the purchase, transportation snd
sale Ell eottoD in shis Ssass, should be Instituted
/ tie pro0fs that would most certainly be dsvsl
oped, would disclose the fact that these sEin'
/ dies have been peTpetrstsd by Government con
/ tractors AID Goyernmeat agents, over whoG
Major Hart, instead Of aiding or participating il
/ these sWindes, 81 receiving any benefit tron
shem has actually been defeated by ihem Ia
the discharge Of his own duties ss Goveramen
agent, and has, from time to tine, WaTzed shs
| Governments sgaiHsE them. All ne desire 1
thst ths Investigation shall be had, sad th'
/ guilty parties made to suffer, but We fssr nos
OF shem are already beyoHd the reach CT pun
ishmaRs, Sld that the GoyegonaaDt, or rs her thi
people, viii have 70 pocket the loss Of milions
We are glad to learn that Gen. Z. KIRBY Snliti
has appointed commissioners to institute som
preliminary inquiries into these matters
We have iEst bsen informed thai in Aadsrsol