M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-10-10

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From t.e New York Times OF The SOth) !
The Navigationof the Ohio Threatened.
The rebel States Of Alabama, Ms,
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Aikansas
and Tennessee, according 10 the otlic. |
ial reports Of their departments, nave |
l,ul into tbo field 10000 men. Of
these troops thelo are about SO, 600
in Virginia, mostly in Gen. Beawe'
CARDS army. This is a low estimate
IL lie commands near 100000 men,
for it you'd require. that >he, s0ould
have III, 900 drawn from the States
Of Georgia, North CatolWd, SJud
Carolina, Florida, Virginia and Mary.
land--anumber they hardly yieid /
But allowing for Virginia SO, 900
non,'draw1i freniI The Statcs Of the
lower Mississippi Valley 1T VIII
leaves! 900 troops IN oHe fieId for
home defence Of the rebel States. ahG
to operate upon Missouri ard Ken,
tncky, which the Cohlederates are
striving to sever from the Union u.
Let us take off 10000 for homeiserv-
icc--for coast guard and garriso4 du
ty- and we have G1,000 retel, troops
left for offensive Operations against
Missouri and Kentucky A very
large portion Of the force was recent
ly in Missouri, under PILLOW and .Har.
dee. But these men have all been
transferred to Kentucky, leaving ia
Missouri only the regiments .hat nc
company Ben McCulloch. II is not
known how many !lo has, nor indeed
is it known where he is at present /;
ont it is, we think, an entirely reas,
enable calculation, that the Confeder-
atos have either upon Kentucky soil,
or ready to be prccipitated upon Ken.
lucky, fifty thousand troops, in the
main well drilled, equipped with ar,
tilIery, and altogether formidable in
the field. But, as the collision in
Kentucky becomes more sharp and
absorbing, all possible reinforcements
will be thrown forward by the Con.
federates. They will know that their
homes must be protected on the Ken
tucky line, or not at all; and SO every
fighting man tlat can be spared from
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
elsewhere, will he pushed forward to
Kentucky to prevent tue invasion Of
! their homes. The Confederate army
to be met and opposed in Kentucky
will amount, therefore, in very short
time to not less than $4,000 men,
1t may in an emergency be run up
easily to 100000 men. And such an
army in the hands OF Gen. A. S.
Johnston will be a powerful and dan
gerous adversary, requiring the best
strength and the ablest Generals oi
the Government to oppose it success
fully. If the invasion Of Kentucky
is not met with all piomptness ant
I with all the power of the Govern
m'nt, 10 earthly power can prevcn
the victorious march Of Gen. John
ston into the Ohio Valley, and thu
wintering of his grand army in thu
cities Of Louisville and Cincinnati.
Kentucky will bo giant in tho
fight; but Kentucky is not armed
Gen. Anderson is q hero and will 'diC
the death in the field if need be-
But Gen. Andcrson's health is excee
/ dingly infrm, and many think hin
, fatally impaired in vigor by his suffer
ing in Sumter. Under these circum
, stances it is incumbent on the admin
, istraticn to lock vigilantly into tb
! movements Of the enemy in KentuC
l ky. What impends there is not
duel between loyal Kentucky and rel
r cl Tennessee. 1t is a battle of til
litap8-- the fielcest fighting men c
Tie Confederate States, in full force
; under their very ablcst General (Bear
c regard to the contrary notwthsianc
!, ing T. against the most gallant an
r reso.ute race of men that the Uuio
can boast Of, the yccmanry Of lllino
!, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. 81
j the rebel forces are in the field, arm
: cd, drilled aud il motion. The u
ionis!a arc not. They are jus! rail-.
; ing, without arms, without discipliu
h and without leader. They need Il
Instant care and powerful aid Of ii
J Government. They must have it,
q The Ohio River will be as cfectualI
commanded by the rebels as the Loy
or Mississippi i5-and that beio