Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-05
nATKR FRorE TEE NoRTm.
GeneraE ForreIs q. Kenfacky.

| following items OF intelligence:
Official information relative to Forests oper.
stions have been received in this city. up to yes
4 teTdsy morning. He appeared eff Paducah on
| Saturday evening, threw few shells into the
town, and then demanded ; surrender from Col
/ Hicks, who commanded the place; but the
latter refused to comply, and = skirmish ensusd,
in which the rebel Gen. Thompson was killed.
| Several houses were burned By the shells but
no prisoners were taken, and mono of our men
were killed
! In the night of Saturday, Forrest withdrew
bis forces, crossed the Tennessee, passed to the
vicinity of Smithlsnd. bat did not attack ii;
/ and then crossed the Cumberland, and yesler-
| day morning reached Eddyvilie.
Troops are in pursuit, and Tee raiders win
\ find serious obstacles TO en- escape. Forests
command numbers about $500 men.-NaSh0tiis
| UEioH.
CAIRo, MsTch 27.-Rsporss were circulated
/ here this morning that the rebels, under Fer
rest, attacked PSducah, KY, yesterday, and
/ burned part of the town, but, as telsgrsphic
communication was cut off, no authentic in
| formation could be obtained. The steamer IstsH
| for Nashville, which passed Psdueah Al 5
o'clock this morning, and the Joseph Pearee,
which passed two hours later, bring the follow
| ing account of the sffsir Forrest, with en- es-
timatsd foIes Of 5000, captured The place st 2
o'clock yesterday evening, aud sacked and fred
/ the city Col. Hicks, commanding the post,
occupies the fort below the city with sbout 500
msn The rebels made four assault on the fort
and weTe repUlsed each time.
Three Of our gunbosts opened on the city du-
ring its occupation by the enemy, and much Of
which was burned, iSc,uding the Marine rail
way, the steamer Arizona and the wbsrfboAt
I About two or three hundred Inhabitants of the
city moved across The river upon leaning Of the
approach Of the rebels When the Pssfce passed
st seven o'clock this morning the enemy had
left, and tho people were returning to the city
and the 6Tes were dying out. The amount CT
public and pTivsts property captured is unknown
| al PTo,ent, bat IS supposed TO be lsrEe Oar
| loss was twelve killed and forty wounded cns
| hUndred and fifty rebels arc reported killed,
smoHg them General Thompson. twenty-five
hcusas around tho fort were destroyed by cur
troops, they being used as a screen for ihs rebel
shaIpsho1teTs. The headquarters and Govern
meni stoT2houses were burned by the enemy.
Your reporter hes gone to Psducsh, and will
| furnish correct information Rs soan as possible
The J. C. Ssoa arrived last night from Vicks-
| burg, with the veterans Of the 75th OHIO, and
| 3Ist and 4lst Illinois, homeward bound The
18th numbers four LuRdTed, Col. G. f. Wiles
commander.
CAIRO, Msrch ga dispatch from COlum-
bus, Ky, says Forrest tnd Faulkner are be-
tween this place and Msy field Their forces
are in crippled condition, and their strength is
much greater than at first estimated. The
Msyfeld NeIos says the rebel wounded from
PudUcsh, 1900 to 1900 had arrived there. One
regiment lost oBe hundred, and one company
fffy killed. The rebels were marching toward
Clinton at last accounts. Should they attack
Columbus they viii receive a still warmer Ie-
! eeption than at PSducih.
The steamer Perry was fred into while pass.
ing Hickman yesterday. q large number Of
rebels were in the town, and great number of
shots were fred, but nobody was hurt The
steamer Grshsm brought up six hundred men
from New Madrid, who charged through the
the town, but tie Tebsls had fed. They be-
longed to Fsulkner's command. Three hun
dTed rebels were killed at Padueah, and over
one Thousand wounded. Also, several citizens
Of the place were killed during the fight. The
city is nearly in ruins
Scouts reported at ClRrksville tha! Forrest,
with 600 csvslTy, crossed the CHmb eIland on
Saturday, st Ross ferry, On the Smithlsud and
EidyYille road, and that portion Of bis force
WAS in Eddyville on Sunday. Eldyville is on the
north hsuk of the Cumberland, about % miles
from Smithlsnd, and town Of bad reputation
for dislOyEliy. Il is the home of Willis B
Mschen, bogus representative of the 1st Ken
lucky Congressional district iB the Richmond
Congress. The noted rebel Col. Cobb, of Cobb's
battery, was raised in that place, where his
father now resides. The country round about
abound Ia the me&nest sort of rebel citizens
There are several defuHct iron works in the vi
cinity, sud ths large coalings adjoining these
furnish an excellent receptacle for guerrilIas,
horse thieves and scoundIels Of every descrip-
tion. The whole region round about may be
very correctly guessed from one simple fact
| that the people used 30 vote almost en- mssse for
I old Lynn Boyd for Congress.
Forrest is supposed by some to be advancing
upon Fort D0nelson, bR: il might be supposed
that the previous disasters suffered by the rebels
at that celebrated forti6cstiOn would be enough
to deter the eI-EogTO-trsdsr and black-leg Of
Memphis from asssulting it again. The UGion
soldiers have always done excellent fighting
there, bo on the outside Of the fort when the
rebels hell il, and afterwards on several occa-
sions whom the rebels attacked it.
We think livery likely that Forrest has an
eye for booty rather than fighting on this expe-
diton. North of the Cumberland lies the great
tobacco region of Kentucky. The planters hsvo
plenty Of gold and greanbEOzs, which they
have received for their last tobacco crop, Tue
most profitable one they have aFoT raised. Be
sides, the towns Of Hopkinsville, Elkton,
| Princeton, and other country towns, abound
with goods OF all kinds II not hoty pressed
| by our troops he will be able 10 carry of the
richest booty ever taken out of the S;Ate by d
guerrilla chief
WASHINGTON, March 27.-Gov. Bnmlsste
ard ex-senator Dixon, of Kentucky, are still in
Washington. Their business with the Presi-
dent is in reference TO the draft Those who
profess to be well acquainted with that subject,
confidently say that nc difficulty is spprehended
as to the execution Of the draft under the amen
datory enrolment in that Safe, and that all
proper measures win be taken by the Govern
rnent 10 prevent military excuses or any con-
traventoR of the rights Of citizens and, more
over, they ssseIt that kentucky will promptly
furuigh her full quota under the draft.
For several days past our sEoetJ hEve been
mere than ordinarily lively with the movements
of troops of sll kinds.
The following order was isyued to-day:
HELDQRs OF THE ARMY, ADJr GEN. OFFICE,
Washington, March 81 ls64.
All furloughed meu of the 9th Grmy corps
will, at the expiration Of thsiT furloughs, rem
devious at Annapolis, Nd. Department and
other comm Anders will faciiitsse the execution
Of this order.
By command Of Lieut.. Gen Grant.
+. ID. townsend, a. A. @.
NEW YORK, March 27.-Ten regiments of
Barrside's command are now al Annapolis viz /:
2lst and 9th Massachusetts, 9Th New Hsup
shire, 44lh 45th, 50lh and 5lst Peunsylvanis,
| 29ih Connecticut, lst Michigan sharpshooiers,
/ Ano ON S1lcnigan.
| A letter from Pass CsYsilo, Texas, OF the 18Th,
says nothing is done except terrifying. The
Union troops have been withdrawn from In
dianols.
A Mobile paper of the 9Th says there was no
| firing on Fort Powell yesterday. The ensmy's
| hset is three and a hall miles from the fort.
The FedeTals are said to have violated Mexi-
can territory by seizing cotton belonging to
Coaisdersie5 at MstAmoros.
| ST. LOUIS, March 27.-The circulation of the
| Heir0p0iitaa Record has been suppressed in this
! Department by order of Gen. Rosecrsns.
We'll executed counterfeit I00-dollar treasury
notes have been passed en several parties here
within day or two. The notes are Of the same
character as those which appeared at st. Joseph
and other points West.
NEW YORK, March 27-The steamer Amer