The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-09

Ccl Morgan IN R1s ioto snN& ycIouGu Kentucky
~as accompanied BY ssiselph operator named
q. l. Ellsworth. whose feass intsrcsptins Fsds.
raj messages seem to BE- mone llliart than any yet
rseerdsd They show that. = . bold active foe.
tie telegraph oan be made Various rather than
beneficial to those who employit. The Louisville
and Nashvills line was arss tA1ed by the operator
near Bowling Green, thns
took down the telegraph Nirs and connected
ny pocket instrument. for ~ purpose OF taking
Off all dispatches as they paeeod through. Owing
to heavy stornl prevailing eQqth the atmospheric
electricity prsvsated me efron1Sommunieatipg with
Bowling Green or Nashville The f.st heard
was LoaizTiiie calling BowHp9 tffeen ! immedi-
atsly put on my ground wirs southwark, noticing
particularly Rt the same time Uhat Change 1t would
make IN the circnit. 1t did make u stronger; hut
the storm mentioned affecting selegraphs more Or
less LouisTi,le did not suspicion anything wrong,
and snswarsd for Bowling Green, when received
tbs following message
!" To s. u B7oxs. Bowling 01esn
the force 1f Col IL Ia TOO smai 10 venture to 0les
gov. The whole force should move together. as ths
enemy sre mounted. We cannot venture to leave
the road too far, as they may pass round aud ruin
1t. ]. T. BOYLE,
"Brigadier-Generai Comdg."
Ireturned the usual signal, 90. e." after re.
ceiving the message.
Louisville Immediately called Nashville and
answered for Nashville, receiving business for two
hours This business was mostly OF private ma
ture and took copies. 1t could be piainiy per-
ceived from the tenor OF the messages tnat Morgan
was in the country, aud all orders TO send mouey
and vaiusbles by railroad, were countsrmsutec---
As they supposed Little did the operator st Louis
vile think all his work would have to be Repeated
the next day. Louisville aiao scut the news OF the
day, and thus were furnished with New ko1a
and Washington dates of tnst day. During the
whole of th.s time 1t was raining heavily, aud my
situation was anything but an agreeable one-sit'
ting In the mud with my feet In the water up 10 my
knees. At IL O'Clock z. H., the General beng sat
ishe that we had drained Louisville OF news, con-
cdsd to close for the night, and gave me the ioi-
lowing message TO send dating and signing as be-
low:
NASHVILLE July TO- 3D.
80 Hesyy Denf. Provoat MsrshaI. Louisville
Gen. Forrest, comm anding brigade, attacked
Murfreesboro, routed forces. and IL now moving
Nashville. Morgan is reported TO be between
scoitsville and Gallatin, and viii act in concert
with Forrest, /. il believed Inform the 0sneral
commanding.
STANLEY MATHEWS, Provost Marshal"
I SIN no; aware that Cen Morgan claims to be a
prophet Or the son Of prophet, but Forrest did
sttsek Narfreesboro', aud rout the enemy
On arriving at Lebanon. July l2.h accompanied
Of the telegraph ofIics Immediately. THIS, ss you
know, vvss $50 A. u I adjusted the instrument
and examined tho circuit No other operator On
shs line appesrea to be on hand this asrly then
SASillHSa hti tiA- sAsfGNuCs oX tUS A6S pfcftSu5
Among them found the fo!ovi1xi
LEBANON. Jaiy Il. i:ss.
Gen. ;. z. 6pi.s, Lo-;s.sl.s, KY,
II have positive information that there ers 40
.iads:s IN 80 miles of this place, on the old Leg
ington road. approaching Lebanon, Send rein
Lieut. Col sndins"
At 7e0 en operator signing e." commenced
calling "B." which had a8certained by the books
in the Office, was the signal fer the Lebanon office
I auawered the call, when the following converse
ton between - ai:l iny self ensusd:
TO Lebanon What news any more skirIntsh-
ing a:ter your las. msssase9 e.
"To Q: No We drove what Itt!e cavalry there
T-ss ssvev u"
''To B, Has the train arrived yeti &"
"To q NJ. Abcus how many rocps on the
10 r: oc-eth Indians. eommandea by Col
My curiosity being exi.ed as to what station "z7
was, and to ascerta ain without creating any suspi
cion, adopted ths following plan
ITO T. A gentleman here IN the Office bets me-
the cigars you cannot spell the name ri ycur sta
tion correctly q"
"To B. Take the bat: Lreb anon Jun c.
t-i-o-n Is thar not fights How did he think I
would spell Ill; -
"ro u He gives it up. He thought you would
put two Bs in Lebanon b
ITO 3 Hin! Ha' lie is green" %"
ITO z - Yes; that's so "B."
10 z What time did the train with soldiers
pass, u" "B."
ITO b. ESQ las. night" Z"
ITO Z; Very Singular whezs the train is
d"
"To b. Yes. it Is: let me know v7henit arrives
"Z"
At $40 Lebanon junction called ,zs up ani said
"To"B, The train has returned Thev had
6gt with the rebels at New Hope. Ths COM
.nsnding officer awaits orders here" "a"
80 .Z,' Give us the particulars of tie fight
Colonel johnson Is anxious to know all about it"
b"
"To b Here Is i1oorss usesses. TO as,erAi
Eoyls
This message. sent by the conadiag operator. wes
IF 70 importance. merely describing skrmish- -
The ne xt day the party moved on to Midway OF
The Louisville and Lexington road. The cperator
says
At this place surprised the operator, who was
quietly sitting on the platform Of the depot enjoy
ug himself hugely. Little did he suspicion that
!he much dresded Morgan wss IN his vicinity. !
demanded Of him TO call Lexington and inquire tn,
.i1ae OF day. which he did This did for the pur-
pose OF getting bis style Of handling the key" in
writing dispatches. Ny first Impressions Of bis
styie, from noticing the paper In the instrument,
were confirmed. He wss to use telegraphic tern,
a plug" operator. adopted his style of writing.
and commenced operations In this office found
a signal book, which proved to be very useful 1t
contained the calls for sn the offices. Dispatch
after dispatch was going to and from Lexington.
Paris, and Frankfort, al containing
someth hing iLGreference to Morgan.
On commencing operations at this place, discov.
Fred tha. there were two wires on the lire along
This railroad. One was what we term through
w!re" running direct from Lexington to Frankfort,
and not entering any of tbs way offices found
tha. all military business was sent over ha. wire
As il did enter tbs Midway Office ordered it 10
be cut, thus forcing Lexington on 10 the wire that
did run through the ohsce.
Itepted the line and found that, by applying my
ground wire 1t made no difference with the cireut
ana Lexington was Eeadqnarters, cut Frank.
fort oil Midway called. answered and re
rsiyed the following
LEXINGTON. July Is
ITO J. " Woolams, Operator Midway;
"Wiu there be any danger in coming to Midway? |
Is everything right TAYLOR, Conductor."
inquired of my prisoner uhe operator) if he |
znew man by the name Of Taylor. He said Tsy.
ollowing reply;
To Taylor, Lexington:
"An nght-coms OHIO signs Of any rebels here
"WooLuMs."
The operator in Cincinnati then called Frankfort
answered, and received about dozen uni1npor |
ant dispatches. He had no sooner flushed, when |
lexington called Frankfort. Again answered aud |
,eceived the following message:
"Llxrsoror. July Is
To Gen. Fianeu, Frankfort:
II wish yen to move the forces at Frankfort on |
he line OF ths Lexington railroad Immediately, |
md hav., the cars follow and take them up soon
,s possible Further orders will await them At |
Midway. will, In three or four hour, move for |
ward on the GEORGETOWN Pike; will have NEST of |
ny men mounted Morgan left Versailles this
morning at g o'clock, with $50 men, on the Midway
.oad. moving in the direction Of Georgetown
"Brigadi-r.Gcnera WARD"
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