The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-11-16
news from Bo,v.ing Green Ky


The Louisville Journal OF Wednesday,
contains rtbe foilogipg Interesting details Of
affairs III Souebero Kentucky. The Journal
says
a gentleman arrived in this city on Sun
day last who was perfectly free TO disclose
such Information as he possessed, and we
/ have had the satisfaction 70 converge with
! him. = .5z-aiss-f
/ The gentleman alluded to has spent con-
/ siderable time in Bowling Green, and has
mingled somew hat with the Teoel authorities
lin. that vicinity He isa gentleman Of in
telligence, too, aud close observation, and
any statement that he may make may be
regarded as tree from the color of exag-
! gerstiop, ~ aFIE
b. He informs us that the advance of the
rebel army on the line of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad is at Rocky Hill, nine
miles above Bowling Green, aad tho larg-
est estimate he makes Of the force there is
two thousand. The extent Of the fortifca-
] tious and defences at Bowling Green have
.besn exaggerated. There are but three bait
teries there, aud be does not deem the works
! al all formidable. lie is clearly of the
/ opinion that the forces IN tue vicinity of
! Bowling Green, denominated here COM
monly as BGckner's army, but, IN reality,
under command of Gen. Johnston, do not
exceed fifteen thousand men, and that their
4 effectiveness mas been greatly reduced by
sickness aud death. The prevailing disease
! is II phoid fever, which has reached almost
the form of epidemic.
r Gen. BackneE bias recently taken forcible
possession OF the residence of Mr.. Joseph
! Younglove, an Bowling Green, and is now
1 Occupying the fhsusion as a residence for
his own family. PaeYiehts Of property in
aud about Bowling. Green are totally dis
regarded 81 tie rebel army, the officers
appropriating everything 10 their own use
that their fancy may deem seryiceable.
A large amount of property owned and
| held ia trust by Mr.. Joseph Qaigley at Cave
| City, was thus converted 70 the use of The
army. Phe hotel there was con6scateG cd
occupied as an army hospital and other
property there has been appropriated by
the rebel army without 50 70 Gch as q pre-
| tence Of remuneration to the owners.
A few days ago Mr.. Quigley made appli-
cation 70 the rebel authorgies for a mem
orandum or some other lega evidence that
! the property entrusted to them had been
thus appropriated, but such evidence was
withheld, and he treated to insult. Nr.
Quieley expressed himself rather warmly
i upon the subject, insisting upon being placed
4 IN possession OF some written evidence IN at
he had thus been deprived of has property,
when ne was arrested and thrown into
prison, through the viliainy and treacbery
of Col. T. @. Hindmau, of Arkansas The
prison into which Mr.. Quigley was thro wn
was OF the most Ioathsome character i'm
aginable, and he, a highly respectable citi-
zen, thus held for several days without the
least provocatiou. Col. Allison, Of Tonnes
see finally interfered, and, through threats
of Withdrawing his regiment from Ken
lucky and offering himself as a hostage for
Mr Quigley, with great difficulty procured
his release Mr. Quigley, who is brother
of Mr.. QuigIey, the banker, is now in this
Ecity. 81 l-a
Mr.. Robert Lucas, a gentleman well
known in this city, and for many years
book-keeper at the Exchange HoLel, is q
prisoner 10 the hands of the rebels. De has
been guilty of no higher crime than 10y
atty to the Union.
Our ihformaat assures us that very
strong latent Q MON sentiment prevails in
lhe region of Kentucky which has been oc-
cupied by the reOel array, and that thou
sands OF loyal citizens there look forward
with ca gerness to the hour Of deliversnce
FROM the traitorous oppression which they
have SO long and so keenly 1eit.