Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-11-23

ArrArRs IN KENTUCKY the Lod1svfrle
Journal Of the 18th and 10th, we extract the foi-
lowing:
The only channel of uninterrupted communi.
cation at present between the loyal and rebel
States, 10 through Henderson,, Ky. There 10 quite
q local trade between Henderson and Hopkins
vile, and the citizens Of each place pess and re
pass daily without obstruction. Its well under
itood that Senator Powell and Henry Dallam, Of
Henderson, sympathise with the rebellion, and
that they are IN daily communicstion with the
IL IL rumored that the Kentucky regiments
under Gen. Nelson are ordered to various points
In Kentucky TO recruit, while the Ohio regimenn,
comprising the ID, Col. Len: Harris, 2ist, Col.
together wish Konkle's 4th Ohio Battery. are Of
defed and are now en- route fof Lexington, Ky.
They are expected in Catletsburg nett THURSDAY
morning. A correspondent, writing from Nolfn,
Ny SAYS That reports from Bowling Green and
below continue conflicting. Parties recently e.
capped from the rebel Zines, Represent Buckner's
force al somewhat smaller than hss been latterly
supposed In what are denominated ssmilitsfy cir
cles, !" and confirm nav often expressed suspicion,
that the numbers Of the rebels have usual been
exaggerated. Among recent refugee arrivals 10 q
gentleman direct from New Orleans, who states
| that the reoels have concentrated from thirty to
nfty thousand troops there always take the
| smaller 6gure) to repel an expected attack from
| q naval expedition He sgrees with the other ar
ssnting the rebels at Bowling Green a. enjoying
| q sort Of Forward TO Richmond" excitement
| The general cry Of the camps 10 Forward to
Louisville !" Meanwhile suspicious begin to be
entertained here that their generals contemplate
| different plan; that their forward movement
| will diyefge more TO the eastward az IL come at
ALL and that they desire TO profit by the aid and
and comfort the Blue Grass" affords them. The
| writer add:
| "Mrantvne we have four distinct columns Of
| national troops In Gen. Buel's departms nt-those
/ OF Gen, Nelson, somewhere on the Big Sandy;
Gen. Thomas, at camp Dick Robinson and be-
yond; Gen McCook, at Nolin; and Gen Critten-
i den. in the lower Green River valley. There
| NAV. Of course, be little skirRishes almost any
| where through the state, where secessionists and
/ Union men become warm enough TO proye their
faith by their works; but there 10 OF
| any important collision in Kentucky, excepting
| on the Bowling Green line. When That collision
shall come would seem, thus far, to rest with onr
/ Generals to determine.
Such is the condition In which General Buell.
finds matters In Kentucky. He has plenty OF
troops to sweep down the railroad to Nashville;
| or plenty to seize the Cumberland Gap, and break
| the connection on the East Tennessee & Lynch.
| burg Railroad; or he may, perhaps, have plenty
| for simultaneous movements TO attain both these
| desirable ends. Assuredly, he has not enough 10
| keep one column opposite the Bowling Green
| force, another lying mscellaneously around the
| country toward Cumberland Gap, another on the
| lower Green River valley, or two or three more
| at points where the rebels may find IL conveaien,
to create diversions. In other words, the play IL
up In Kentucky, the game Is all in our own
| hands"