Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-03

news:
Fo=reat In Ksaaueky.
CAIRO, March "a Yesterday afternoon, Ger Forrest
with 1000 nen aud ssveEl pisces Of artillery arrived At
obion river, near Union city drivIag In our piekets
subsequently they destroyed porou OF sLs railroad
and burned bridge about eight sl.Is4 fron Colum.
bus
. This mOrniss or fosess al Columbus wen. cut TO
meet the enemy, and firing heard ia the direction
Of U1ion City. Gen. Brsymsn. with several resi-
msnts sft here this morning. fer Union City buteould
get only eight miles beyond Columbus by rarosd on
secount Of the burning OF the bridges
The garrison at Hickman was 1ilhd-aTn to-day.
CAIRo, March 26.-Gen. Brsymsn, with two thou
sand men and battery Of Grery proceeded to witbia
six miles Of Union City, when he learned that Col
Hawkins. with four hundredenf the Tth Tennessee
cavalry had been surrounded and s1rreDdsred with bis
whole command altar destroying The forsifcaionz The
rebels rstreated South taking their prisoners with sm
Gen Gerson has strong forcs Of cavalry in pur.
suit Gen. Brsyman proposes the abandonment Of
s1ch OuipoSiE as Hickman and Union City, ss Of
TO the Fsdersls And value the rebels Al present
THE published report CT the burning Of Plduesh Is
OF the morning Of Saturday the 26;h that tie sbOvs
Yankee story Of Forrsst having retrsaisd southwsrd
after eapsaripg Union, City KY, with four hundred
Yankee cavalry, seems 20 eonaiei with the seeount
from Psdueah
Operations In LoaisIann.
NEw oRIEASs. March I9-P4Tt Of Admiral Portsrs
feet appeared OF AlexAndris, La, and demanded lis
surrender, which complied with without opposI-
ilon.
Banks wOald take the Hsld The army Of Western
louisiana Is moving.
Gen- Lees Federal cavalry advance had occupied
New IBERIA Two OF gunb 5sts had dscendsd Grand
u - n.Na-
rebel camp and equippsgs, and captured the arms
and summation Of the entire fores. The rebels fed.
GueuillAs appeared In the vicinity Of Baton Rouge,
and had several skrmlshss with the 9Th Wisconsin
mounted infantry which resulted Invariably in our favor
Several prisoners were taken.
CAIRO, March s5.Red river sdviess report our fleet
Of AlsKsndria.
Nothing definite from Banks and Steele, bui it Is re-
ported that Banks is receiving considerable oppoaon
from the forces Of Dick Taylor.
The WhOIe Yankee militia an Arms.
NEw YORK, March 26-Ths Worlds Washington
spscisl has rumor that the en'Ire organized mits
Of ths North s to be called into active services for az
months, to hold certain points during the eampsisn
sgainst Richmond, which is about to begin.
Geld and CorIou.
Nav YORK, March 26.-Cotton, 7jc. Gold, 6gs.
Later frsm HIexieo.
NEW ORLEANS, kArch 70 -BroWnsVins adFices re-
port no prospects Of fighting. feet Of nine Fr,mch
rgates appeared of tbs mouth Of the Rio Grands and
IN attack on MAtAmorOs was expected
Vidsuu haI positively declared for the French sud
Cotsnas and DObIEdo with strong forces are march
ing TO oppose hiu-ths former from Matamoros, End
the latter from sAltiHo The liberal sau5s & bright.
ening.
HIeade whitewnshed.
NAsHINGTON, March 25.-Ths COMMITTEES on ths
conduct of the war fad evidence sgalnst General
Msadsfn their Investigations.
Dismissal Of Gel. WsIfsrd-
wAsHISsToN, March 25.--The President today di.
missed Col WOlford, of Kentucky, from the service
Hanger in EasI Tennessee.
KS0xVILLE, March 23.-The Government is nDW Il
suing thousand raaons daily to adigsut citizens
They offered free transportation and required to &
North within fourteen days, cease to draw rstfsns
There now in store here large quantities. Of ration
10 excess.
Eleven inches OF snow fell here yesterday.
Tbs rebels still continue the active preparations
for their sapPOssd raid int Kentucky They are ssz-
iss horses IN every quarter ThsrS is no doubt their
cavalry Is in good condition. MeLsw's division and
VAugha's brigade are being rapidly mO1nted Others
will follow suit horses can be procured One
thousand have been furoughsd under the promise
that esch man will return with horse.
LoBgstrest is expected nom Richmond soon
AbeIIfisH CoaventIsa in CafIfarnfa.
SAE FRANCISCO, March 25.-Tis Union STATE con
vsntion was organized at Sscramento yesterday, BY
ssetng Wm. H Sssrs chairman, by forty FIVE nz-
iority over W. II. Parks The latter Was the anti.
Conne1s candidate. The whole number Of votes cast
was two hundred and twenty-five
To-day the convention unsnimcusly adopted rsso-
luton, praiaing the national AdminIsirston declaring
Lincoln heir first choice for the next President and
lndorsirg CoHnsss Highly, shannon, and Cole, Of Cal
| ifornls, the congressional delegates.
Asepssats resolution, in honor Of the memory Of the
late Rev. Thos sg4rr King, was adopted By a slsnf
vote. Delegates 70 the Buffalo convention not ys
| elected.
sn0W stsFm "a RIehmsnd.
RIcHHOsD, April 2-snOu fen this morning to II.
depth Of ave to sx inches aud was followed BY rain
The riVer Is again rising.