Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
Con. pRiteh.l Talinr the x.i.ld.

This week Brigadicr General Mitchell takes
the field at the head Of the forces which arc
to march upon the Cumberland Gap. This
command is said to have been assigned to him
by Secretary Cameron, whilst here last week.
and meets with the entire concurrence of Gen.
Sherman. Thus at length we shall have =
step forward AMI the whole country win bo
refreshed with this much Of the Sccretary's
western mission. 1t is well that he has selec-
ted leS,ler, whose zeal, energy and ability
are undoubted, and who is unfaltering in tbs
presence Of difficulty.
Little more than month ago he was placed
in command of this department. The sOdden
and alarming iBroads into Kentucky by ZoIli
Golfer and BuckDeT disclosed nothing but weak
ness aud want Of preparation on the Ohio.
Gen mitchell, at the instance Of tho GJV ernor
and citizens, had 5scn ordered to the comruA nd
of this Department, aud in the midst Of the co.
ritem"nt dropped down upon as, with nothing
imdiatcly available at his disposition. R.gi-
nents. which the Governor had engaged tePlacS
at Camp Dcnni a our defense, had been sent
Of under the most urgent necessity 10 West
ern Virginia. Not regiment or a battery
was at hand
A change has conc, and with little noise or
or confusion. Sustained by GOveGnor Denni-
son and his Stiff, whose efforts in this regard
have been drs,.rving consderAte approval,
Gtn. Mitchell has armed all the commanding
pnin'S in this vicinity, and thrown into Cen
tai Kentucky ton regiments Of Ohio infantry,
three full batteries of light artillery, and one
or two Indiana regiments, besides organizing
a vast transportation train Of wagons and hor-
- camp equirpagc, stores and ammunition,
uow being sent forward. T'hus by bold and
timely array of Ohio and Indiana, RhouldSr to
| shoulder with Kentucky at Camp Robinson,
ZIlicnffer has been checked. and our turn is
now ia COM. Gen. Mi chrl has befsre him q
! EsOble field. East Tennessee Is 20 be olsen
sthEAElesl. Ills path leads to the very heart Of
the sebclhon. nifisultics will expand. but
the Importance and intercst Of the enterprise
gains, and re4ults Of the most vital effect viii
! attend his success CiRcinndii CoBlH,srciak
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SzAKp FIerIT II KKx4EexY.-John e. Ba1-
ter writes 70 the CosDmeSeAl the following nc.
eount Of sharp fsh, h. was in on the sth.
HIS hstter Is dated, Flcmingsburg, Ky, Oct.
9TH
Oar town was the tE1patTO Of great excite
mcnt, yesterday evening, tEpoD the arrival Of a
messenger from IIillzboro, Stating that cOm-
pany of rebels 900 stEongl unEArr command OI
/ Capt Halliday, of Nich4ss cOsRRtyy were al-
rsHeIng sf'on ETllsboaO'r kF he purpose, il is
supposed, of burning tse- Plaee Ssu5 aIsa Of Al
| tacking this place. Lieut.. Sstaer sDA Scr
/ gcan; Dadey we're dispatched Immediately, at
tlR hep&,of fay Klonae GNartIs, TO intercept
Them. FE@e fppnta sse- errrzg encsnepc3 about
TWO miles beyond IiilIshOro' = I~ sb~Ea bsIong-
ing to GUl Davis, q leading tF~i8oT in tbiG
county, Oar men ogeasvb fse upon them
easssinls IheTE TO fly irs.al dirses5Ons. The en-
gAgeHAsnt las 81 about twenty nin4atsHy ii
which they lost II. killcS+ 29' woundrtr and 2;
q pEESeners:- We tesk, aAsa,. l27 Enfield viaRs
bssi'sas u Asge usmberof sabr' p pistols bowie
knives sRd cavalry nccoatrements. OsE les
vas .thsee killed and two wounded.