Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-10-02
Affairs In KeNtuckv.

The Elizabethtown correspondent Of the Louis.
Vile Journal writes from Rousseau's Brigade near
that place, Sept. "a:
Everything 10 quiet, and promises to remain m
Tor some days at least. In the sudden ad vance
wnlch was necessary to prevent Buckner and his
Hill, our tents were left behind at LIS damon lime.
ton, and 1t has been impossible to get them mn
yet We are now living in wig vans made Of
fence-ratls set on end. Great exertions are heir
made to bring up supplies but the iact ~
wagons Is great impeachment However the
bridge across Rolling Fork will be completed in
very Few days, and then trains can be run
within quarter Of a mile Of the camp THE
railroad track will have to be repaired In several
places this side of the bridge Rails have been
loossned and one or two entirely removed What
readers the matter more noteworthy IL the fact
that this damage has been done quite lately:
showing that there are aiders and abetters of the
enemy almost within our lines A day or two
since six hundred cavalry passed down near LIB.
anon, rom Anderson and other counties above
on their way to Join Buckner. On arriving near
Munfordsville, they passed down in the direc.
ZION OF the turnpike bridge and II Is supposed
from various rumors, that they destroyed it. Par.
Ties Of rebels from Central Kentucky are constant.
ly going over to Buckner. Stragglers from these
parties are brought into camp almost every day
by our scouts ~
The position Of the enemy at Green river 1, a
very strong one, and 1t 10 not improbable that they
will bring up all their forces and make stron91
stand there. The hill beyond Green river. rsinS
TO considerable height on the north aide falls of
but few feet on the other side, and then spreads
away In high plateen. Thus formidable natu.
raj Dreastwork Ia formed. the brow OF the hill pro-
tectinR the enemy in position from which he
cap command the passage Of the river OF course.
Is useless to IRE round shot against the side of
nil, and, consequently, when we get to Green
ver we are likely to witness the spectacle STYLED
. Smelling the rebels"
The following items Of interest are also extracted
from the Journal:
The thirty nth and fourteenth Ohio regiment,
passed through Covington on Thursday en- route
for Kentucky.
1t was generally believed In this city last eve.
ming that the rebel forces under Gen. Buckner had
reueated from Munfordsvlle toward Bowling
Green, destroying the bridges behi nd them
private dispatch Was received In Cincinnati
on Thursday from Mr.. CARRIER, of NJ adison to the
effect that the rebels were ing on Carol ton
Ny, at the mouth Of the Kentucky river with the
Intention OF occupying and fortifying IL against
the advance OF the Federal forces Assistance of
troops Is asked for to drive the Confederates back
The maiiooats do not land at w arsaw or Carol.
ton, but run out their yaws
Fhe battery of ritted cannon sent to this city
from Cincinnati few days since will be sen,
BACK 10 Cincinnati as soon as It's place can be sup
piled here by the Government. One hundred and
hity-six artillerists, under Capt Golfer, arrived
by the mailbOat from Cincinnati Yesterday morn
ing to take charge Of the battery No. =, -