The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-17
FROM KENTUCKY.
Vigorous Movements OH foot to Repef the
Rebels--SeiZHre of Railroads, &c.


The Nashville Union, of Sunday last con-
tains the following items from Kentucky:
The Louisville Journai, in noticing the inva-
sion of Kentucky by the Confederate troops
SAYS:
The reason why the States along and
near our southern border are preparing TO
send promptly all the forces they can into
kentucky, Is obvious. They want TO keep the
war away from themselves. They desire to
preserve their own fields and fresdes from
its ravaees. They are anxious 10 keep it in
our State, or else to push it through our State
into Illinois, indiana, Ohio and Western Viz
einia. For the accomplishment of this work
neeessarT,l IN their opinion, to their very exist
ence, they are resolved on sending their
whole strength Immediately forward to the
dark and bloody ground, TO render it darker
and bloodier. But the true policy of Ken
lucky, ONO, Indiana, and Illinois must ne
cessarily be to counteTact and defeat this
policy OF the States on our Southern border.
And Kentucky herself knows that, unless the
tide now surging over her from the South
shall be rolled back she herself will soon be
rendered morally and physically a desert.
Then let kentucky and the friendly States
upon her border, prepare with ali possible
dispatch to repel the hosts that have come
and are coming from the South for the pur-
pose OF conquest. A tremendously vigorous
effort TO sweep over Kentucky is about being
made, and II must be met with tremendous
vigor. We have little fear that it Will not be-
our own State understands the crisis that is
upon her, and Ohio, Indiana and Illinois ap.
preciate the dangers that threatens them We
confidently believe that within six weeks
Tennessee, and not kentucky, will be the
theatre of the war;
In this conneXioD we learn from q passen-
ger who came through from Kentucky yes
terday, that the Lincoln Government had
taken possession OF all the railroads from
Louisville east, and Government shipme nts
only are permitted. 1t was rumored that
$4,000 additional troops We're to be thrown
into Louisville.
The Louisville journal says MCssrs J. T
Speed, OF Louisville, and j. Z. Boyle of Dam
vile, had reached Louisville, having been
successful in procuring arms for Kentucky,
among them six batteries of artillery The
Journal says they have plenty of arms now to
supply all the Kentucky volunteers, and San
indefinit lie number besides"
A letter to the Louisville Journal from
Rumsey Ky, dated the lst inst, says: 1--WE
have lots OF soldiers here-about coo Union
men-and we expect more. They are from
Hartford, Ky, Col. Hawkins's regiment
We are expecting 600 TO 6, 0G0 Son thern SOL
diers here in few days. They Were in
GreenYille on Sunday
The stockholders OF the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad have gone through the
fares of eleeting Directors. Among those
chosen, we notice the names of James Guth-
RE, Ii ID. Newcomb, J. B. Wilder, and w.
+. Cooper.
The Frankfort Commonwealth charges Col
Bianton Duncan with being a rascal, and the
Louisville Journal endorses it. That is sun
Gent to make any decent man endorse the
Colonel's integrity.