Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-08
Adyices from the United States.
rGattsred from, the Lauispille Journal, Oct Al
Kentucky Affairs.

Kentucky Affairs.
A letter from Elizabethtown to the Journal,
dated the I'd inst. says the Railroad Bridge
over Rolling Fork has been rebuilt, and the
cars are running through to Elizabethtown.
The Nolin Bridge is also being repaired.
The teams Of the Southern Rights men in
that vicinity have been impressed into the SER
vice. and are now being used in hauling
bridge timber. Col. Crittenden's Regiment
has been detailed for the protection of the
workmen at the bridge. The Confederate
pickets are said to be at Bacon Greek, some
twelve miles this side of Crittenden's posi-
ton. Buckner is represented to have $500
men at Green River Bridge.
The Marion Rifle Zouaves, of Louisville,
have offered their services to the State for
twelve months, and been mustered into ser
vice.
A letter to the Journal, dated at Evans
Vile, Indiana, the I'd, says great many of
the citizens of that place are apprehensive
of an immediate attack on that place, by
Buckuer's forces; and the Home Legion is
organizing for defence; by common consent
all business houses close at P. NJ, that all
hands may drill. The Lincoln gun boats, it
says. have been compelled to withdraw, on
account of low water, and thus Owensboro'
is left defeaceless. The letter closes with
the following item concerning the occupation
of Hopkinsyille, by Buckner:
1 have Just learned that Lieutenant Colo
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Vile KY, has arrived from that place, and
says that Buckner, with 5000 rebels, was
marching upon him. when he Immediately
struck his tents and burned them. together
with such eqGipage as he could not remove,
and dispersed his men, telling them to meet
him as soon as possible at Henderson, or this
place. Col. S. brought off some $4,000 in
specie The Z" Lue Eaves" and Matte
Cook have just started to Spottsville to the
relief of our men there, who Will give the
enemy battle unless Overpowered in numbers.
Colonel Crufts is in command and will no.
big discharge his duty. Colonel Hawkins
has also gone up. and. in all, there will be
| near 500 men, with two 6-pounders-
Another letter in the Journal, from James
town, dated the LIST inst, says:
''Some eight days since the Confederate
cayalry made q raid on Albany, Clinton
county, sacked the town, taking all the
arms. money and blankets, jeans. sugar, cof-
fee, &c, that they could find. For some six
days they were in the county, robbing the
farmers of their bed clothes, sheep, cattle and
horses. On Friday the Home Guard collect
ed in sufficient force from Russell, Casey,
Lincoln and Adair. to occupy Albany On Sat
uTday. Col. Haskins from Camp Dick Rob
insOn, reached them with some ordnance
and a detachment of cavalry. At TraveTs-
vile, some fourteen miles from Albany, they
came upon a camp of the Confederate dra-
gOons, consisting of about 112, attacked
them, completely routing them, killed seven,
took eight or ten prisoners. captured all
their camp equipage, consisting of ammuni-
ton, their papers, muster rolls, provisions,
wives, pistols, large knives, one Sharp's rifle,
one musket, (Which they had stolen from Al
bany,) with numerous blankets, shawls, &C.,
&e- The celebrated Jim S. Chrisman, form
er NJ. Co. was with them. They got his horse,
saddle-bags and shawl. There were 80 of
our boys, none of whom were hurt"
When we hear the other side we shall know
how much faith to put in this brave story.
The Journal gives the following items from
Bowling Green:
FROM BOWLING GREEN.-A gentleman,
from Bowling Green very recently, states
that the military authorities there notified
the Sheriff OF Warren county to pay no more
money into the State Treasury. Gen. Buck
ner, the selfeonstitnted dictator of our
State, is determined to seize and appropriate
to himself the public revenues wherever be
succeeds in making his way.
Buckner, at the time our informant left
Bowling Green, was not there He had gone
with portion of his troops through Hop
kinsFille. Greenville, and other places, rob-
bling the Home Guard everywhere of all the
public arms he could find in their possession.
He PROCESSES TO seize only the public arms
but he does VIGOROUSLY seize the private
arms of Union men without scruple or re-
morse.
The impression among the troops at Bow
ling Green was that thirty thousand addition
al troops are daily waiting orders to come
into Kentucky, ready to start at an hours
notice. A Mississippi regiment arrived at
Bowling Green the other day with the ex-
pectation Of coming directly on to occupy
Louisville. The members of it, when they
found that they must stop where they were,
flew into great rage, cursed terribly, threw
down their arms, and pretended that they
would AZ once return home. Finally, how
ever, they were Modified by promises, and,
after fashion, are doing military duty.
We learn that some OF the more mereena-
~ of the late Union men in and around Bow
tinS Oieen- HnulnS III tne army employment
Tor themselves or their servants and a market
Tor their produce, give unmistakable iudica-
uons Of yielding themselves up to secession
SUI having received the value of their
souls. the bargain is consummated.
REcRuITrSG.-In one article the Journal
says-"In all the counties of Kentuckv
where the presence of the Confederate forces
have net established relentless despodsm
over soul and body, our Kentuckians are raj
lying under their States and their country's
banner" But in another part of the paper
the following earnest appeal is made: II