The New York herald., 1862-10-25
The Chase After Bragg.


NEAR CRAB ORCHARD, Oct. l6, 1862.
Escape Of BycSy-Councit Of Nar-O9r Army Foraging-
When the Rebels Passed Through Crab O,ckard-Ihey
Steal the Sldues--7he Pyenoaderdare of Coafderote
Scrip--7he Kentucky Campaign as Disastrous as That IN
Maryland, dc.
The chase after Bragg has been virtually abandoned
and General Buell. is at halt The cavalry advance has
reached Mount Vernon but the rebels gone and re
port is sent back headquarters here that the enemy
twenty-five miles in the advance of the main army Cha
grin is marked on every countenapce
General Gbert's corps entered the town yesterday.
smuaneous with the arrival Of McCook Critonden
as General Buell. had established headquarters in the
hotel Ia town, another jam of generals witnessed
The opportunity Of this RECOMMENDATION taken adyan
tage Of and council OF war held, the corps and d
vision commanders only being present The result OF
this has fully transpred but it is reported that IL
shown to be impractcable to further pursue Bragg
The reports from the front indicated that he far be
yond reach, moving day and night II was also shown
by the same reports that If further pursuit deter
mined upon forage must be gathered in this country and
transported for the OF the horses, mposs
BILE feed them in the mountains The halt OF to day
and half of yesterday said be for the purpose gath
ering forage for the animals on the forward move
ment but two three divisions in which have been
forage has been gathered. have no ancpat ION of
any forward movement and if is. made it will be
leisurey pursued, without hope OF oyertaking Bragg
The trains Of the rebel army began passing through
Crab Orchard Saturday night and continued all the
Sabbath day and night. The citizens describe the trains
being very extensive, and by some the number Of
wagons is estimated at 500 or 1000 They are in almost
every instance impressed wagons belonging 70 farmers
United states wagons and animals but the preponde
OF wagons were furnished on compuson by the
farmers and not Uncle sam. The inen driving them
boasted that they had into the State with hundred
wagons, but were going ont with Thousand An indi-
vdua who had evidently lost his slaves asserts that they
layC besides
that firmly believes the rebels have taken away from
the state more negroes than recruits Those wagons are
loaded with all nanner Of articles Of food ana Clothing
train Of forty wagons there nothing but jeans
hnseys manufactured at the Frankfort pcniten'ary
stolen from that institution by the rebels OF Kirby
Smith. All the stores at Camp Dick Robinson have been
taken away by Kirby Smith, whose column the rebels
1 ported retreating by way OF Richmond to london.
1 REBfL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
As usual, the rebels dealt largely with the dry goods
dry goods to be found in They purchased even
black silk TO make shrts of, and employed the ladies' IN
making them for them. Tho citizens state that their
pearance has improved since they into Kentucky
but that they Stl dirty, ragged and miserable set
Of beings Confederate scrip was plenty % IL % INC ma hands OF
freedom with which IL is manufactured officers and
men aad negroes arc equally well supplied with i, and
used II as II tho supply was unlimited As il doubtless IS
HAPIDiIY or RETREAT
Ihe halt at Grab Orchard was not of long duration.
fha frst regiment entered the town at four O'Clock
Monday morning and the last lett II between and three
in the afternoon Of the same day They mevng 1T
and kept up the sirasi The men on going through
stated that they had orders without hal,ine for
night until tuesday night anu that they expected by that
time 10 get rid Of Buch.
ANOTHER spEEci.
While in Crab orchard General Bragg surrounded
by number orrcbels ana or two Jnionists, who
piled him with questions until hewas forced 10 make lit
lie speech them In this speech lie touched
upon the subject OF the campaign into kentucky He said
that he and his government had been msed by their
Kentucky friends who had represented the state ripe
for revolution. They had been deceived but the mis-
take was discovered late. Tho campaign, he said,
which they had urged had been made and been made In
vain, at great cost or and materials. Tky had
been no adequate rccompcise, and he dad icosded anil
prisoners ,chon, he had t in Kcnacly mo-, than el,c1
ihe nec recruits he had receed lie said dey hat Gatici
pd,ed oboiniag not Teas than fry thousand resrai, mnre
| Us hhcy had not received foe itoasa,d.
At this juncture Union respectfully remarked to
Gen. Bragg that there Of attempting TO lsht
Kentucky out Of the Union Bragg replied, rertaim
I kaopH NOS, sir; aud aevr intend 10 attempt again.
leasia ne Sate as fast as possible, and nersr
| intend % re-en.sr IT,
EAlT TO-DAY.
The army Is In camp three miles from the town. on
branch OF Dicks river lying in quiet, awaiting orders
What they win he II s difficult 70 decide. They may
be forward but anticipates such II such IL
the order II must be reversed for the army can
hardly exist where IL Is, and il is matter OF impos
sibty do fur her south into the mountains
Bragg London many miles In front, and 10 catch
him il impossible In the country in which he Is
IL would be hardly possible to move army in line Of
battle and Bragg at any time defend himself from
attack by the head Of single column. And IL is plain
that attempt 10 throw forward fraction OF the army
10 attack him would be 10 court destruction.