Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-22

SaeCial CCr--5Do15 IF tie Union C-G A-l-ricJn
Tie cdUancs upon GTslaJaTg-O Occupancy If GJy Ii.
ConjsI,rssss -Le5tts to TonJ;ss .Cg!oao!- Gen.
s. B. Blclaer-AccdsaiqI 5,ra;ay Ct q 2. r
Bridge
EowL.yG GREEN, Ky, Oct %, 1851.
The.TumOr that large Cont e3erete force had
left Ca7e-City Tor the purpose OF oustng tie Fede
rsls, who 70 the number Of twelve hundred were
reported to he at Grosn5urg, has proven true
Our troops marched upon the town during the az
ternoon Of the 18Th i1st enter rg in one direction
and the LINCoLyITEs leaving By another The ez,
petition in the main miscarrisI from the fact q
the approach OF our troops having been anticipated
infoTmlt: n having undoubtedly been imported to
them Of The movement being made. When taken
possession Of the town was almost entirely deserted
by citizens no with the troops had le several
hours before.
Ills unfortunate that the entire command were
not captured as they certainly would have been had
they remained and disputed It's occupancy.
Gen. WARD wIl1 was in command theEeas reported
to have reiterated with his forces to Auldraugh's
Hill, at which point it is evident, from the recent
msneuverings of Gen RossEAU, stand will be made
An amusing incident and enc calculated to awaken
the N5rtherners to keen sense Of the inhosplta5e
reception with which they meet in their invasion q
Kentucky. occurred at Louisville a few days siEce
Z regiment from The GortheTn part Of Indiana was
bs:rC transferred from Jacksonville to Louisville
On bosrd tie ferry boat, when having reached The
KeAtuclly shore, the Colonel Of the regiment rode
W the vhsrf which was alive with young and
able-bc5fsd Klntuckians who had assembled 70 wit
ness their dsbar7g and not ys, enlisted in the Fed
ersl army The Colonel, who was surprised to
hoo
arms, remarked ha. It was ID hard for Ia1iani
ans to fgL: the battles e kentucky and
ssked in an Insulting tone why Kentuck-
isns were not engaged in this war; An
honest Irishman who was standing By and heard
the remark Ct the abolition Colonel, replied tha.
f'ir ye wait til &c meet BUcGyEa, then yen see The
Eentuckians." The resly which coGtaiaed severe
rebuke to the impertnence Of the inteTr0g2sor and
much trutn ELECTED not little merTlcent from The
crowd and impaired TO the Cclcuel information Of
a character the truth CT which viii be verified
should he ever come in contact with Gen. BUcKNERs
forces Of at the officers attached to this Division Of
the army, none are more popular or universally es-
taemed. or whose fortune is more likely to prove
more eminenty useful thar hTs o! Gen. SEzoN Boil
TyAR BUcKSER. Gen. BUCENLa * & native Ci E3rt
county, Ky, where his father Col AYLtTr H. BucE-
NsR, who for many yesrs extensively engaged 10
nlaou featuring operations, was prominent n cone
nection with the developments Of thst portion Of
the State, and was known and esteemed as man Z
bold vigorous intellect creation Of character ard
military procliyt:cs OF high order. Ills mothsr,
oae Of Ksntucky's neblest nasFons, was Ao2ES
HEAD Csad related to EJ5ov. CuAEIEs S. Nos lead,
Who Is new ea ialaa,c Of Fert lafayette IS still
q Loo
names in the Old Dominion, and ave been intmstey
connected with the early settlement. and Poitica!