Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-20
Situation of AaaIrs on the NssLvIIle n.o,s:

bituation Of Affairs on the Nashville Read.
The Louisville Journal, Of yesterday, says:
The expedition which left the city yester-
day at Daylight consisting Of about seven
hundred Home Guards, under Colonel john
son, and General Rousseau's brigade the
whole under command Of Brigadier- General
W. y. Sherman, reached Lebanon Junction
az about eight o'clock yesterday morning,
ieaVlng the Orittenden Union Guards and
Two other companies of the Home Guard de-
!i tslIeo 70 guard the road. Although early in
tne morning, the people we're out at all
polnts along the road and enthusiastically
cheered the trains, waving their flags. The
men were in the finest spirits and eager for
a fight.
On reaching Lebanon junction. a wss
discovered that the townIwas almost entirely
deserted, the citizens having fled at the ap-
proach Of our troops. II. X. Wells, the
keeper of the hotel, and who was implicated
in the telegraph wires was IN the van Of the
flying citizens, and was not caught although
a strict search had been instituted for hims
The telegraph.wires and operating-instru-
animation showed also that Rolling York
Bridge, mile to the south, had been burned
and was total wreck
The countrymen who ffoeked into the
town after is occupation by the Union troops,
stated that on Tuesday afternoon O hundred
men or go, under Emmett Garvin, of this
city, had seized the train bound South, aud
after destroying the bridge ever Rolling Fork,
had retired to Muldrough's Hill, which they
we're occupying, several hundred strong, inn
mediately commanding the high tressel work
over Clear Creek.
After a few hours delay an advance guard
Of Rousseau's Brigade, under Captain Prime,
Of the Engineer Corps, were thrown forward,
having foIded the river, and began an expior-
OF nf MuII
cred that at the approach of the Union
troops the rebels had fled with the train cap
tured at Lebanon Junction and the other
taken at EliZabethtown, and was then beyond
Elizahethtown. The latter place was de-
serted and it was understood, when our re-
porter left, that Captain Primes picketa
would occupy the town.
1t was also understood that the Union
men of Nolin had, on learning of the ap-
prOach of the trains seized by the rebels,
burned the bridge over that creek, and that,
in consequence, the trains are now safely
between that point and Elizabethtown. A
fight had occurred, it was also said, between
the rebels and nion men of Nolin, in which
the rebels are said to have suffered severely.
We can not voucb for the truth of the latter
part Of this statement, but the destruction
of the Nolin bridge is probably true. The
trains stolen will probably be recovered.
Captain Bowman's company of Home
Guards, in searching for provisions made
seizure Of contraband, consisting of pistols,
medicines, and various kinds Of merchan-
die, amounting in value, it is thought, to
$5,000 and filling an entire car.
Shortly previous to the departure of our
reporter from the Lebanon Junction, a ret
port came by two several messengers from
Lewisburg and Boston, announcing that
about four hundred Secession cavalry were
engaged in rowing around the country and
seizing the arms Of all the Union men and
impressing horses and men into their service.
A great deal Of reliability can not be attached
to the statement, although it was understood
an expedition would be dispatched to Lewis
burg Immediately.
The command is to be re.enforced to-day
by a regiment of one thousand Indianians,
when the Home Guards will be relieved.