Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-03

60 Ne soats hsya been fred into below Vicks-
burg for some time.
FROM TIA NORTH AND RUE0PE.
The Petersburg Express has seen a copy of
she New York Hsraid of the 2slh Of October,
from which the following itsns Of Intelligence
ara conated:
CINCINNATI, Oct GA Knoxville dispatch
dated tho 18th inst, says
The engagement to-day was a hand to hand
affair, lasting over four hours.
The rebel fOrcs is estimated al Eve thousand.
They lost 10 killed, wounded aud prisoneyg oyer
three hundred. Gen Wolford rscaptnred his
wagon train, but lost his battery.
Oar loss is nearly three hundred.
Gen. Ssnders advanced yesterday. and drove
the rebels below Philadelphia. Arunning fight
was kept up until dark.
We have not received any account of shis
fght from Confederate sources, but if We svsr
do We venture the opinion that it will disclose
the fsct, thst We whipped the Yankees az badly
on this occasion rs we did on the 2lat in the
same neiehborhoOd
Col Crawford has returned from his expedi-
lion to distribute arms through Virginia and
North Carolina, and TO receive recruits. He was
perfectly guccegsfulin both States. The people
are rising everywhere against the rebels.
This is a lie manufactured from the whole
elOth.l
PEARSON" Brownlow and Representative May
nsrd vera addressing the people of East Ten
nessee. AT Knoxville, they spoke TO % 900
people, and were received with enthusiasm.
SHARP FIGHT YEAR C0RHETH.
CAmo, Ill, Oct 26-on the 2ist, the sd
vance Of The Union forces eastward from Cor
nth, met with resistance near Cherokee station,
siehty-Rins miles Rom T~uscumbia.
Gen. O8teIhsus was in the advance, and had
net moved far when he encountered two bri-
gades Of rebel cavalry under Generals Lea and
Forrest, estimated at four to six thousand men.
The fight lasted an hour, when the rebels were
driven back with severe loss.
Oar loss was seven killed ard thirty-seven
wounded, most ct which was caused by mistak-
ing Lees cavalry, who we're dressed in blue
OvercOsts, for our own forces.
The rebels are sad % have very strong foTti6-
cations this side Of Tuscumbia on the raiiresd.
Rebel prisoners report that the enemy expect
to make = stout resistance there.
They say they bad 4000 men there on Thurs
day, and received rsinforcsments Of 1000 cav
airy on Wednesday, and that 1000 more were
expected from Gen. BTHgg'g forces.
ANOTHER sTEAMER BURNT.
The steamer Mist, Bound from Helena to
Memphis, while making q landing on the Missis-
sippi side Of tao river, hfteen miles below Hels.
"a, on the Dist inst, was boarded by ten or FL
teen gUeIillas, who robbed the boat of $50, 600
and ether vsluables, and then set the boat on
Ere, which was entirely consumed, with q large
number Of bales of cotton. One of the parties
was shot, and, three others were captured in the
vicinity next day. Tn boat was owned in Pa
ducEh, and cost $40, 600.
Reports from New Orleans show receipts Of
nesrly four thousand bales Of cotton in one day.
FROM CHATTANOOGA-RALROAD COMMUHICA-
TON THREATENED.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, October al left Chat
tanooga four days ago. At that time nothing Of
especial Importance az regards 6eld operations
WIS transpring at that point. Our officers and
the enemy communicated almost every day via
the picket lines. Reports reaching US through
rebel coUriers represented lbs Unisn movements
at several points in a favorable light.
When L left Bridgeport, Ala, reports came il
that the rebel Gen. Wheeler was again about to
threaten our lines Of railroad communication be-
tween here snd Bridgeport. Later roperts seam
to confirm this.
It is evident there is z force Of rebels attempt
ing TO interrupt cur railrosd line Of communi-
eaton with the front. a short time since q 1
train was thrown rom the track ia consequence
OF the displacement of new rails, by which seg- /
persons were inj1Tsd-some seriously. Il
is 70 be hoped that by far lie worst Of ths plot
hEs DEVELOPED Itself.
About twelve O'Clock last night q very IN.
usual s8a;r occurred. l. seems a torpedo was
uuE iu the ground ct a point three miles TINS
OF Ia.a,on Several freight and passenger
cars, veil loaded, passed over the torpedo.
As the locomotive which mad been acting as
luBhar up tie mountain, was going back, the
exploded il, throwing the tender of the
tearing it Almost 20 pieces. Fortunately, /
10 one was seriously injured. During this
afternoon The same train vas brown off the
rack between here aud L~sysTzEe. Many Of tue
passengers jumped pal OF he cars, but none,
t1r5unasely sustained injuries that will lay
hem up.
Two DAYS ago three regiments from General
division, Of the IIth army corps. were
snt out on an expedition by direction Of Major
General Howard. They were emineutiy sue
e7siui. took some prisoners, gained Important
military intogmstiOn, (0veT the lef), and cap.
urea three cars and 3 loo motive.
Do uOt think cur forces are inactive at the
rent Although the roads are very bad you
7il hear favorable Jews before long. The
anne old song
We tOsk 0Hc prisoner, who, It was evident. ]
-as engaged in throwing cars from the track.
he passengers wanted 70 hang him on the
pot. The prisoner is now in Nashville.
FROM MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS, October ga dispatch received :
headquarters, represents that al Of JJe Shell
? S force had been driven beyond the boundary {
the State, and that Gen. Mcneil had crossed !
e Boston mOuntsin in pursuit OF the fleeing I
bells. !
SPEECH OF GEN. R~OsECRANs. =
CINCINNATI, October 27-Gsu. Reseerans. :
= spoech At the Merchants exchange, yester-
", where he was most enthusiastically re- &
lived, said it was Lis firm relief that If the !.
recently sent to Chattanooga had been !
deTed there bsfore, as they ought to have /,
en-. the backbone OF the rebellion, ere this, r
)uld have been broken. =
general left for his home at Yellow Z.
last evening. =
sIeEL AT ROCHESTER. a
ROCHESTER, October 27.-This evening Mai Y
IN. Sigel addressed, in the city hall, in his ma c.
% Dutch idiom, one of the largest audiences K
Garmans ever assembled in the city. His n
eeeb elected an immense amount Of enthusi- "
"A. Tonight he is entertained 1T bsu0ust Il
Yen by bis German friends. 4
H SITUATION. 81
The Herald, in is article on "The Situation" p
S the following: #
No dght has taken place, or is likely TO occur q
Virginia, the TumoTs circulated in Washing G
. yesterday to the contrary Notwithstanding. in
FINISHING, however, continues as usual. bl
avy cannonading was heard yesterday b. re
sen Boalston station and Stafford Courthouse. Vi
IN Monday night a supply Isin, consisting SD
twenty or thirty wagons, is said TO have hean all
scked and captured or destroyed by The rebels 90
WaTenten aud New Baltimore, on the
melville road.
yesterday evening, at four o'clock, a parry Of
rebels anne within fourteen miles Of Alexsn- So
and within a half mile of Burke's station. Va
carried off some thirty mules and the wagon ms
ter. Approaching toward the guard. how hi