Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-03
ArFAIRs IN KENTUCRY.
news, I.u,nor.. ana .Llss. s.o,n sho LoaI

thiRgs in that Stats:
MsxcIEsTER TAKsN. EWe have reliable news
the tskirg Of Manchester, Clay county by ZOllicsi
fer and his men, with great destruction Of pre-
perry.
DESTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE oYRa GREEN RIvER-Th
bridge across Green kiYer, On Tho BArsstown an
Nashville turnpike, eight niles from the railroa
bridge OVER Green River. WAS destroyed by III
rebels on Thursday last. The necessity which le
TO this destruction OF vausbie property Is not known
but il Is supposed that the rsscals were suddenl.
seized with desire 10 commit some unnatural cut
rage, aud that the bridge IN question, having ~
guard about it. offered an opportunity for tn
iadugt of the peculiar rapaeiiy OF the southerl
yandsls.
/ Fxc-71No RryoRs FROM NELSON CoUNTY.-A de
tacbm,ut Of five hundred men from the Tent
Indiana Regiment left this city on Saturday ant
] proceeded at once TO BErdstown, occupying this
! place 1t is understood that party of six hundred
| rebess were eBtrenched on the farm of Arch
Wilson. about hslf way between Bardstown ant
Bio nifed and it was rUmOred last evening that sr
| engags ment had taken place setweea the five hun
| drpd Fenth Iudianians and the rebels, with what
result " were not informed. Arrangements were
made at once to reinforce the Federal troops.
AFFAEss Up GREEN RIyTR-We learn by letter
from E,ansy lie. Ind thst FIVE hundred troops
from Terre Haute Ind, have gone up Green river
! Ky AID taken possession Of locks NoE. and A.
The eIped ton fred uponion Sci the boat az
they were ascending the stream by one man. who
]
ever ard the rebel who made the assault was Psrc-
ed by seFen Minnie ball and fell dead.
o. There are many Union families in Evansville
from the Green river country, who have fed froE4
| oppression.
| and large numbers of troops were arriving daily
from tbs camp at Terre Haute and various portions
OF Kentucky Col Hawkins, of Bowling Green, ar
! rived at Evansville on Wednesday with three or
! four hundred men, who are making preparations
F,- nm Groom nj
RETURN OF The HOME GUARDS. Our gallant citizen
soldiery who responded promptly to the call to
arms the 10Th inst, when it was known that our
city in danger of assault from the rebel forces
under Blckuer's command, al returned to the city
on Saturday evening having served one day beyond
the ten days for which they were called into the
fsld.
AFrIIss IN BARREN CoUNrY-We have letters from
Glasgow, Ky. to the lG,h instant from which we
learn that the intentions of the rebels in that vich
ity are taking such shape may well excite the
Indignation of every tIus kentuekIsn. Joseph H.
Lewis the recently defeated candidate for Congress
ia that district is organizing regiment Of infantry
to be mustered into the service of the COME derscy
on Kentucky soil. The National Blues. Captain
Clark from Louisville, with the Lewis Guards Of
Glasgow, went into camp on the l6th. Our CORES
pendent has it from the lips Of several of the sol
di,rs that they expect 10 remain in Barren county.
They evidently mean mischief, and, though their
officers cry out against cOwardly attack upon an
u0aFfDeQ a0OFEdnlZsO lle hflGF u 1uAh -
Union loving citzens of the adjoining counties will
be violently opposed to the presence of such an
enemy at the very threshold of their DWELLINGS,.
Carr. G. BsoN's ExPEDiTIoN.-We have our usual
letters from Capt. 7. W. Gibson's command at the
mouth of Salt river. The Independent National
Guards, Capt. Semple, returned from the mouth of
Salt river, at which point they had been encamped
FOR the last week, in connection with other compa-
MES Of our Home Guards and several companies
from Indiana, in throwing up intrenchments. build
arsdp dyNlp hat he Tprka
are now nearly completed and the Guards have
been relieved from further duty fer the present
AREIvIL OF PRISONERS following persons
from the interior Of the State who were charged
with aiding the rebellion. brought to this city
on Saturday evening over the Louisville and Lex
ington Railroad in charge of Capt Samuel Mckee,
from CaHp Dick Robinson: James B Clay. W Car
ney, Rsbsrt Lawrence. Simeon SheroT, ThomIs
Scott, VIZ Emerson. Squire Hughes + NJ Rreck, An
drew EcCerd Vim BreCk. G Lyle, A Wood,
Vaughn James Muir, Col h q Harris. Geo Upton.
VIM Grrbbs. and son Of Brutus Clay of Bourbon
cOuaty. Capt Taylor placed the rear car on the
train at the disposal of ta5 prisoners, and their
guard Of twenty five men giving them every atten-
tiou necessary 10 insure their comfort The prison
ers have been guartared at the hall of the Board OF
Aldermen, at the corner of Sixth and jefferson
streets. where they are carefully guarded. We arc
not advised as to thsir future movements.
MORE GUts ABDUCTED.-The Lexington Observer
ID Reporter saws the State arms in possession Of
"a from that city Friday night last. and takcG.
il is presumed 20 headquarters OF Gen Buckner in
the lower part Of the STATE 1t IS said that they
were sent eff in the direction of Lebanon, through
Versailles, and their passage through Mercer COun-
ty, st So visa, early en- Saturday morning, is res
FRAnzsozr Gcssl7.-The Frankfort cOrrespon-
DENT Of ne Cincinnati Enquirer, unlcr date of the
25th. Say:
Hon. Js,Ges 3. Clay, ex member Of Congress from
the AsL'enl District. Kentucky. was arrested last
evsning I Madison county and brought to Camp
Dick Robinson this morning; and John G. BreCkin-
ridge, VII was in company with hin, was so hotly
pursued Z 81, finding he would be taken he jumped
from his horse and ran in a corEf=ld, where they
haa him corned' and cornered, and doubtless he
is prisoner by this time; if So he will regard his
arrest 50 a military necessity
John II. Harvey. Jhe talented editor Of the Louis
vile Demo rat or Hen Garrett Davis, will be elected
by the legislature, to succeed Breckenridge, WhO
has forfeited his seat IN the United States Senate
HuHPAEKr MARsHlLLs FoRCE DIsElIDED We
have tie best authority for stating that the rebel
force under Hump rsy Marshall has been disbGn-
ded and it is believed that the sc lnteAt-d Ipjrit5
under bis command have returned to their homes
in Henry county. The force consisted of two hun.
dred and fifty foot and hundred and fifty cRVal-
rymen. They were all badly armed, and for the
most part nisersbly clad
AEREsTs At EvlxsvnLs-Capt Mclean. Of
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together with two Kentuckians, whOse names are
not given, were arrested at Evansville on Thursday
on a charge Of conspiring against the Government
or some thing equivalent The Journal Gays that let
ters were found on tie latter showing the compile
ity of Captain Mclean ia their Operstious and a
close watch kept upon them proved that all was not
right. On an examination, however, full legal proof
was wanting to warrant trial for reasonable con-
quest and the parties released. An exsmina-
ton of the letters alluded 70 indicates that
something mysterious and not very creditable
has been going on, rendering the loyalty CT Capt.
Mclean to the Government which protects him
very doubtful.
AKREsTs.-Judge Ventress, of Hardin county,
Ky. was brought up to the city on Saturday and
committed to prison on the charge of aiding thu
rebellion
On Thursday night, between II and II o'clock
L. S. Deputy Marshal Alunt, of COVington srreEted
ex Sheriff II D. Helm and Robert Maddox of New
port, and crossed with them 10 Cincinnati. and
lodged them at the Broadway Hotel. There
were warrants out for Albert s. Berry and Colonel
Thomas L. Jones. The srreSt at the instgation
OF General 0. N. Mitchell, whose jurisdiction ex-
tends fifteen miles in the interior of Centucky.
ne have slready stated that Capt McLan had
been arrested at Evansville Oa charge Of aiding
the Southern rebellion. The Evansville Journal
of Saturday says that the authorities, having sp-
pretended, Thursday, that some violence would be
done Cast. McLlin BY = msb ordered the Evans
vile Rifles TO guard his reIdsnce, and guard Of
ten men was placed arOand the building. On Fri
day Capt. McLain was removed TO Indianapolis
App0ntmeEtS.-The Lexington Observer and Re-
paTtsr il grAtified to hear that Charles s. Hanson
En- of CLARK has received the aDDOntment Of