New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-15
'royryRn suCCEssFUL RAID EY
MORGAN.
.s Train Captured in Kentnchy--
eight Cars and N Locomotive
...,rcysd-Gcn. Mitchell Reported ir
Danger.
- 80 Loni,rille JourrcI u lNndav.

~, "a The LoE,ri!e Journal ef lNndov
.,-,.rSay at about Il! or O'Clock, when the cars
''' ,,;s eli for NasAyi le lad got 10 Woodland,
W. w. niles this side of Cave City, they were stopped
Cl We" John Morgan and Lis men, Numbering about
70 hundred: ,.., e,.oa .. .ho p.h.,c
hsyw n considerable number Of shots were
visS' 'o,gv hy the Rebels, who seemed TO be aiin.
teo, -,irslly at the engineer, but nobody was
blso tcok pc.sesiou os The train, which passed
W W Gave CIV. where at0ut ID freight care, three
e CIV crs aud oue locomotive were destroyed.
s,sssseueer car aud the express car were per
Os W 70 return 10 Louisville. Major Coffee and
EE;H, VelycG were G. g2tUred ard Carried of, aud
s,,0)msi0, 900 taken from tie express AGENT.
TIE special o ieCt Of Morgan was TO recapture the
,SImcn, includng lis brother, who were taken tie
i,e5 DIV by Gen. II imont. The prisoners, how
.ssr were not Oh beard being sii detained in Nash
vile. Morgan swore to sore gentlemen On the carr
,,,t he would have tho prisoners al all hazards
d., nv Saturday, next he would, If necessary, have
100 men together Tor that purpose. -.
We are told tust, bnt for he earnest lnterpostion
# Nr. Moses Il. Morrison, the rQute agent, and oar
f,llos citizen, DR.. Bush, both Of whom have been
f.rcw.lownsmen ana intimate acqudntsnces OF
sbn Morgan, tle Iensiping locomotive, pas
.oncer car and express car, w9nid have been
ssstroved. The mails were spared, and tbs
Trbesrspce. We have 10 doubt, was due to Mr.
Norrisons influence. Mr. NJ. speaks CT Nor
r,n's deporiment in veIy favorable terms. The
Re6eb lid MT FIRE till after Mai Coffee had fired,
ard even then 20 v. stated, without his oroer.
No-g,n's intended raid. we told, was kGewn
., Ehssbethtown yesterday morning. A cllzeu ~
hat place was about starting the cars for Naob-
vile but TREND or acquaintance warned BIN DOt
10 %. ~, if he did, lie would be captured Morgan
informed the raiho DAD passengers that Gen. y. VI.
NKchel had been cut off by the Rebels, but We
earnestly hope ard trust that this was mistake.
Wien the passengers returned from Cave Wy,
Morgan Was there, the oQ.oat for the train from
Nashville. but our ijorrsht wss able to send dis
paeh to Bowling Green, AID thus prevent ihe cars
coming this sile Of that place. We shall know
toon
Ho,e much longer are these raids of Morgan to be
sontpued Can no way be devised TO put m end
10 taemi Must all communication between LOUIS
vile AMI Nashville be broken up by them Ii TINS
l,l1 partisau leader can come with sOo men from
forieth oluost TO she bank Of Green River, what e
70 prevent bis gathering 200O men, cutting The iele-
cysnh wires ana making dash some night into
Louisville
4 passenger writes;
Tie Union soders were taken prisoners, but such
vfs the confusion that l could not learn how many.
thiuk however, iLere were only i've or slX on the
irain lDd one OF that number was permitted 10 re-
tura In virtue Of the rleaoincs Of his wte, who hap
teped TO be on board. Among the nun ber taken
heard the names Of Major Coffee and Major helveti.
Co.. Morgan spared tie mails for the SAKE OF al oio
friend, tie carrier, Mr. Morrison.
Ii il said that among those who were seen and
recognized in tire ranks of John Morgan's Rebel
cavalry at Cave City, yesterday, Sere laos. Brent,
James iahaD, and Greenherry Roberts, well known
ia Loaisyjle. Morgen informed passengers on the
train that returned here lst evening that lie would
ray Louisville g visit by Wednesday next.