The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-08

purposes contemplated by the resolutions Of the gis
iature in reference the expulsion of I'll lnvaers ana
General Or ittcndcn ordered ta military forth
with into service. Hamilton Pore Brglic- General Of
the Home Guard (Unon), called the people Of each
ward in louisville meet aud organize into companies
for the protection Of the city
AT the same tno the Governor of Iteiana went Into
Kentucky by way OF louisville, with guns and anranni-
tion, 70 all the Union cause and ordered a The troops
on the frontier 70 hold Themselves in readiness to fellow
slight skirmsh TOOK place Wednesday, the 1sta,
between OF the Home Guard tIJi,D) Rarboirs-
vile and General Zoic)ir's men, without any serious
damage either side Zolicoers cavalry secured the
country il The vicinity Of hs camp, arresing prominent
Union men, destroying their property. aud running or
their slaves TO Tennessee. They took poss o,
the small towns in the vicinity, including the Isve
Clay County Works.
General Anderson appointed Provost Marshal in Louis
vile The City Council contirsacd the appointment and
requested the citizens clos their places OF bus ness
four O'Clock every Afternoon order allow sufficient
time for drilling
The rebels committed all kinds of nitrascs along tho
southern border d Kentucky somr 200 Of Their cavalry
took possession Of Albany, the county seat Of Clinton
county, eighteen miles from EursesvIlc
The rebel General BuclSncr was next beard from
at Owenshoro, Kentucky, tho Ohio river, and
only nine miles from Maucport, Indiana. The Ken
trh.ans and Tennesseeans, under lns com
mand had aiken possession Of the Nashville and
Louisville Railroad and advanced to Elizabothtown "a
Hard county, about forty five miles from Louisville His
purpec was the immediate occupation OF that city The
hoped, II hc succeeded that besides capturing the
anc' military located there. victory would
compromise Paducah, threatened by Folk and Camp
Gerard, threatened BY 2oico1er
The Union RcntucSy now fully arosed and
all they want is sufficient number Of cxre tho
invaders from state.
Oh ths 25,h, wnlle Jancs u. Clay {and degenerate
o. the |uetrou fenr5) sirren other rebels were
making their way t. Join The Under General 2o-
coGor hey were arrested and sea % the Union camp
Dick Robinson, at Banvtlle. John G. Breclnrdge who
had been gealously spreading treason throughout ia,
State, effected h escape the Other sido o tho Union
lines.
some days afterwards Goacfai zMcoYer entered Nan
chester, Clay county, in the vicinity Of tue Cnmbsrnnd
mornans, ard destroyed It, Rochester. Grecr river
tni'tY-ave ules below Bowling Greco eighteen mites
sout Of Hartford and about forty ave mics from Owens
boo was takoa posession Of The 2C by rebel troops
uudcr the command OF Haraiu Helm General zocoicr
is now IN possession or thc Cumberland Cap nios; in,
,ortant point Tie camp commands the Two great roads
ha meet thcrc-oae down the Big saudy and Tho o,har
down tie Ken,ucy river. u is about osiy miles ON
ihr Tescessne Railroad
The headquarters OF General Baarer, he LIST October
wero a. Woodsorylc, with about 900 mon That point
s not indicated the map n is \ small town IN
Hart county, on the railroad Inc. in the Vi.
cintv o Mumfords. Next day we hear that he
he'd gone wah portion d his roors through Hop
kinsvs; Grceuviiic and other places, taking arrne
wherever they could be fnund while -four hundred Union
troops, under Captain Jackson falling hack 10 Hen
dcfson Reports were also in circulation that General
Buckner, with 5000 rebel trcors would attack spottsv