Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-27
our ROwIIng Green Correspondence.


III, LcHsrng cloud Of wLrAdTancs Of the
relt Of The ooaisdeFates TIE result OF the to be bate
feizure Of the barkirS house at GsgoWIngsnce from
imminent, &C &C -- ~ E--1
Special Correspondence o, the Nashville Union and Americans
Bovine GREEN, KY, Dec. 25.-The lowering
cloud of war that has been threatening and sinking
towards the horizon has not yet settled. The
and counternoves of the enemy menacing our lines
are as inexpEcable as they are varied To-day the
FederaIs are reported as having retreated in the
| direction of Nolin and presto are again near our
front with an immense force, moving on their way
to Bowling Green and the tomb. What is intended
to be accomplished by the series of mGneuverings,
which the Yankee army is being put through in the
| Green river valley cannot be knowingly conceived
/ Time, however, will develop.
Reports direct from Gen. HIND MANS headquarters
have it that the enemy advanced to Cave City, yes
terday, in large force and that G IN. HINDNAN has
evacua.ed that position and fallen back to Bells
Tavern, four miles south. Gen. BRECKNmDGE has
again occupied Oakland, and an unbroken military
line now extends from this point nineteen miles
north of the line of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad and within distance of four miles of the
reported locality and postionef the opposing force
Should another advance be made and retrograde
movement follow this week, it viii be, for the
present at least, the last forward march Of the
enemy in this direction and retreat Of our forces
Another move, and both armies ,wiH find them~
selves on chosen battle ground, where, should
contest ensue, the humiliating defeat suffered By
the mOngrel mass at Bull Ran, and since repeated
on more occasions than one, viii be followed by
rout of the Hessians whose discomforture will be
eclipsed by additional shame and slau ghter.
The branch banking house Of the NOrthern Bank
of kentucky at Glasgow, was taken-Psssession Of
By the Confederate authorities yesterday but III
specie had been removed TO Louisville several
weeks since and bus s., 200 In Kentucky paper
was found in the VaulI.
Reliable intelligence from HopkinIvills was re-
ceived here last evening, from which the following
summary is colIated The recent reports as to the
movements of CRrrrESDEN upon Hopkinsville are
confirmed. An advance Ia to be made from three
points: on the right from Clinton, the left frsm
Greenville, and IN front from jacksonville. The
Federal force of II 900, has been distributed as
above, in columns of 900 each. CEITTESDENs !
pickets were at jacksonville, Hopkins county last
Friday, and when last heard from were only forty
miles from HopkinsYille and thirty-eight miles from
Henderson, which latter place they had left Wednes
day, the 18th inst.
Colonel FORREST in command Of q Mississippi |
cavalry regiment, was within three miles of the
enemys pickets, two of whom were taken prison |
ers, last Sunday. The Federal congressional Col |
oneI jackson, who has united his co mmand with /
that of CRTTENDENs and acting in conjunction with,
him in the move upon Hopkins vile, wrote letter
which was intercepted, to 4 uniOnist of that place
in which among other doubtful assertions made, he
stated that he would "take Christmas dinner in /
Eopkinsville Or helln The repast prepared and
awaiting him in either place viii be warn enough,
Our available force at HOpkinsyille does not ex
coed 8 500 men, who are unentrenehed. General
CLARK however, will give fight to CRITTENDEN as GER
tain as he approaches, which he is now doing with
largely superior force. Citizens from Hopkins,
Christian and the adjacent counties, are rush
ing to our standard armed with Kentucky rifles,
shot guns, pitchforks and pixies.
Southern Rights citizens of Kentucky, in the vi
einity of Hopkinsville, moving all their stock
South. and have evacuated their farms. In autici-
patton of an attack, our artillery horses are kept
harnessed, in readiness, day and night. Hopkins
vile is certainly menaced and about to be attacked
and will be defended.
Hon. JOHN G. DAVIS, member of Congress from
the Seventh Indiana District, has arrived at Hop
kinsville, on his way to Richmond.
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