Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-10-01
VOLUME ".

| OLO ME- IL v.
Buckner sent UP detachment of troops, and
! took possession of Muldrough's Hill, about
7 forty-five miles South of Louisville, and one of
! the most important strateglcal points IN the
| State It is regarded as the strongest position
! from Louisville TO Nashville The General in
commsnd captured IA Locomotives and all the
rolling stock South of Elizabehton, In Hardin
| county. on the railroad, IS stand OF arms, 125
nistolS and one brass cannon. The Memphis
! Appeal says of the occupation OF Muldroughs
Hill
The occupation of blildroughs Hill by Confed-
crate troops at once liberates Southern1hentucky
| from the domination of the usurper, breaks up
the blockade as far that fine section OF coun-'
try is concerned, opens up to the Confederate
States a country which can replenlsn their COM
missariat furnish thousands OF as brave Volun-
teere tn their cause as ever handled a bayonet,
and th.ow the LincOnltes on the tfenSlVe IN
stead of the offensive. Its importance cannot
! he over estimated at this time, Cen Buckner
| has conducted this important expedition with a
secrecy dispatch and energy which prove him to
be o7,s of the ablest soldiers of the south.
We learn further, from late Tennessee pa
pers that the people of Kentucky were hooking
! 10 the Confederate standard by thousands, armed
and eouiped. The Southern sentiment III Ken
tucky so long held in obeyance by her politicians
and the minions of the Federal Government, is
bursting for.h with unbounded enthusiasm ana
!
and chivalric State redeemed, regenerated and
| disenthralled.
these movements by the Confederates have
not originated in any desire to violate the neu-
trality Of Kentucky, or to coerce her to take
sides with US, but necessary measures OF sell,
defence and as such are entirely JuSthable. ahG
cannot be objected to by any but traitors and
sympathyZers OF Lincoln
THE VERY LATEST FROM KENTUCKT-A BATTLE
AT BARBOURSyILLE.
| The Knoxville Register, of Saturday, says
Capt John Robertson, of the Hurst Drag
oons of Union county, who came from Cum
berland Gap yesterday, informs as that there
was an engagement at Barbourss lille, on hurs-
day, between 1900 Lincolnitcs encamped there,
and $40 Confederate troops, who advanced up
on them from Cumberland Ford.
The Confederate troops consisted OF por
ton of Col. Battles regiment, and two compa-
nies of cavalry-Capt. Simpsons and Captain
| Plulnlees The Lincolnites were utterly rout-
ed. and we took 400 stand of arms, besides 9th
er euuipments The Confederate troops now
have possession of fBarboursyille The loss on our
side was two kiiIeG-Lieut Powell, of Hawkins
county, and private, name unknown. The
loss on the other side has not been ascertained.
! FIGHT NEAR FORT SCOTT BETWEEN GEMS RAINS
AHE MONTGOMERY.
The latest Northern papers give the following
| account of an engagement between Rains and
| Montgomery, in Missouri
On the Gd. 900 rebels, under Rains, ap
preached Fort Scott and seized eighty mules
| BELONGING to the Government and killing the
| teamster. A messenger was despatched to
| Nontg0ucry who had 800 men lie pursued
| Rains eleven miles, and when coming upon the
| main body Of the enemy q battle commenced,
the rebels having five cannon and Mont ntgoneIy
one howitzer only. The fight lasted two hours
! when Mont tgomcry slow Y retrcatei keeping up
f,1I Hbo -,
/ force is reported by persons at from 1900 to
! 5000.
/ REPORTED BATTLE AT LEN N:T0N, MISSOURI.
| {snecial to the St Louis Republican,
| ,JEFrEKsoN CITY, Sept. Is. Zen. Price at
| the head of 90, 900 men, attacked Lexington
! on Thursday but we have 10 particulars Of the
battle, nor do we know tie esult. The troops
| at Lexington are strongly cncamned.
| Gen Popc, at last accounts, was at lIamil-
| ton. with six or eight thousand troops.
GEN. BrCKSEE'E PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE
OF KENTUCKY.
On his arrival at Bowling Green, Gen. Buck
ncr issued the following procamation:
| To the Peopze ct' Kentucky:
| The Legislature of Kentucky have been
| faithless to the will Of the people. They have
| endeavored to make your gallant State a for
| trcss, in which, under the guise of neutrality,
| the armed forces of the United States might
securely prepare to subjugate alike the people
of Kentucky and the Southern States
1t was not until after months of covert and
omen violation of your neutrality, with large
| encampmcDts of Federal troops on your terri
tory. and a recent official declaration of the
President Of the United States not to regard
your neutral position, coupled with we'll pre-
| pared scheme to seize an additional point In
your territory, which was of vital Importance
| to the safety and defence ofTennessee, that the
| troops of the Confederacy, on the invitation OF
the Deople of Kentucky, occupied a defensive
post in YOUR State. In doing so, the cemman-
| der announced his purpose to evacuate your
erritory7simultaneouslyw with similar move
ment on the part Of the Federal forces, when
| ever the Legislature of Kentucky shall under
take to enforce against bcllgerents the ''strlct
! neutralitv'' which they have often declared.
return amongst you, citizens of Kentucky,
! at tie head of force, the advance of which
is composed entirely of Kentuckians. We do
| not como to moleSt any citizen. whatever may
be his political opinions. Unlike the agen S
| of the Northern despotism who seek to reduce
| us to the condition of dependent vassals, we
believe that the recognition Of the civil rights
of citizens is the foundation Unconstitutional hb-
| ertv and that the claim of the President of the
! T. S. to declare martial law; and to suspend
the privilege of the writ ofhG6eas corpus and to
convert every barrack and every prison in the
| land into Bastile, is nothing but the claim
other tyrants have assumed to subJuSatc a Tree
people.
The Confederate States occupy Bowling
Green as a defensive position. l renew the
pledges of the commanders of other columns
of Confederate troops to retire from the terrific
ry of Kentucky on the same conditions which
will govern their movements.
I further give you my own assurance that
the force under my command will be used to
aid the government of Kentucky in carrying
out the s'strict neutrality desired by its peo-
pie, whenever they undertake to enforce it
against the two billigerents alike.
S. B. BUCKNER, Brig General G. S. A.
Bowling Green Sept. IS, 1861.