The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-08
~iSk. SITUATION.


Everything was quiet along the Ines Of the po
ioHhae yesterday. gentleman who arrived in
Washington reports that the rebels had cot tba
irigate Merrmac which sunk some rnoatba
ego at Norfolk Navy Yard, iao road o,7,r
and had made trial trip with hey down Tho
river on Sunday almost as far as For.Yc,a Monroe
and That they expect to do vast amount Of Il,
mage with heg when she is in full WORKING order
for battle.
Inc POSITION OF affairs in Kentucky continues 10
increase IN Interest and Importance The beautj
inl map which NC publish his morning viii enable
our readers 10 comprehend 1T once the one,at;cns
N lhat department. Since the Invasion CT the
state from Tennessee through the western co,ner
a month ago By the rebel troops under Gencro,s
Polk and Pillow, the Union men have been uneeae
hg III their efforts TO rerc the aglcss Invasion o,
the'f homes by bands OF armed rebels The pill
lage and plumber OF the rebel General Zoieo,Ter.s
hordes Of eespeiadoes in the east In the region
the Cumberland Mountains and tie Jn,rodet;oss
committed in Tie more central part of the state by
the forces urder Generals Backner, Hanson and
other rebel commanders, including the destruction
oil the costly cnd valuable locks and Gams on Green
river, has thoroughly aroused the INDIGNATION of the
lovers OF law AID order from the southern line to
the banks OF The Ohio on tie northern boundary
AS General Anderson is to be relieved from &c.
tive duty account Of declining health after the
ma ~ Il
General W. 7. Sherman, who is likely to succeed
him in the Department Of the Cumberland. We
hope to hear that, with the aid of the Union sol
diers irom the adjacent loyal States the invaders
OF Kentucky have been driven from Ecr limits
We learn from Jefferson City that the main Lolv
Of the rebel General Prices army has positively
gone south 60 Arkansas, and that General Fremont
was determined to follow him up clio ely and force
him to battle.
We publish to-day some highly interesting ex.
tracts from the Richmond Eld,nincJ. Of the 5th
inst, showing the Southern opinion npon events
now transpirng, and containing the latest news
from different points of the South. The garblcd
accounts Of the different battles in which
the Southern journals ingenotsiy transform
defeats into splendid victories. are amusing.
Some of the extracts referred to prove the
discomfort which exists in many portions Of the
Southern States with the Confederate government
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, for instance. who is a no.
torious States rights man, and who, thoug oh a seees
sionst, has manifested considerable hostility to the
concentration Of the government under Jefferson
Davis and stood up for the integrity and prcserva.
ton of his own State some time ago, has been re-
elected by large majority against his oppo-
nent, who was nominated upon different princi-
PIES We have another example also of the
disposition in seine Of the States to preserve them
selves rather than to make sacrifices for the gene
raj good, in the prohibition OF the Governor of
North Carolina, by proclamation Of the transmtta,
of bacon and butter out Of that State into Virginia
Large quantities of both these articles have been
recently seized at different points while in transit
to Virginia.
Mr.. Breckenridge, it appears, has succeeded in
making good his escape ont Of Kentucky and has
turned up at Abingdon, Va, It ia stated that he
Intends to resign his seat in the United State.
Senate and issue an address to the people Of Ken.
lucky on the occasion. 1t is Of course out Of ,be
question that he should venture to show himself :,
Washington after the course he has pursued.
1t is reported that certain property in real estate
and bank, supposed to be owned in New Orleans
by William B. Astor and George opdyke, of this
City, is about to be confscated by the rebels, ur.
der the scquestration act Of the rebel Congress.
Our telegraphic report of the European news
pr the 25th Of September, obtained from the Ba
varia, oil Cape Race, contains very important in.