The New York herald., 1862-08-26
A Curious Chapter in the His
tory Of the War.
The Intercepted Dispatches by g. A.
Ellsworth. Telegraphic Operator, At
tached to Col. Morgans Band.
HIS OFFICIAL REPORT,
&C., &cy
From the Augusta (Ga.) Southern Confedsracy.l
KNOXVILLE, July 20. 1852.


nected my pocket instrument for the parpose Of taking
or oil dispatches AZ they passed throush Owing 70
prevsutsd me from communicating with Bowling Green
or Nashville. The drst heard was Louisville calling
=, y as m w
change u would make In the circuit. It did make It
put sns ssS s mentioned ION oeonE
and answered for Bowling Green when received the
following message
TO 8 D. BsowH, Bowling Gseen:-.
Of Glasgow ss
force :ho move Together "a ss as enemy are 70 mounted We
'0una Ana rum Braaaier General commandinr.
returned the usual signal, 80 K," after receiving
Louisville Immediately called Nashville; and answered
for Nashville, receiving business for Two hours This
business mostly OF private nature, and took no
copies, 1t could be plainly perceived from the tenor
OF the that Morgan in the country and all
orders to send money or vaables BY railroad were coun
they supposed Little did the operator at
Louisville think all his work would have to be repeated
the day Louisville also the OF the day
and thus furnished with New York and Washing
ton dates Of that day. During tho whole Of this time
was raining heavily, and my situation anything but
agreeable onestng in the mud with my feet in the
General being satisfied that had drained Louisville of
news concluded to close for tho night and gave the
following message, dating and signing
To Henry DENT, Provost Marshal q IoaisviIle.1 -
rS o@
% I viii R II s e ws is ad
INFORM 'hs 0ea STANLEY M4TfHEws Provost Marshal
am not aware that General Morgan claims to be
prophet tho OF prophet but Forrest did attack
Murfreesboro, and rout the enemy.
On arriving at Lebanon July IL, accompanied the ad
guard into and took possession Of the tele
graph office Immediately. This, rs you know, was at
examined the circuit No other operator the line ap
peared to be on hand this early then examined all the
dispatches Of the day previous. Among them found
LEBANON, July II, lse3.
have positive information that there arc 900 marauders
inwsnty miles Of this place The old Le.ngon road,
pr04cH1f A. T. Johnson. Iisutensnt Colonel GommsndIns
calling OBJ" which had ascsrtaned BY the books tho
Office the signal for the Lebanon office. answered
the call, when the following conversation between "z'
and myself epsued;- .
To Lcbanon-what newsf Any more diminishing after
70 NO We drove wha. little cavalry there vas
- Bias the tr train pa arrived ysI 80, z
B-Fve hundred siatieh Indiana. commanded by Col
My curiosity being excited as to what station was,
and to ascertain without creating any suspicion,
Toz-A gentleman here the office bets me the segsrs
a1S d p you IL ns dusS wSS Soa spe nut
70 B-Ha hal hal He is green one. 2
Toz-what: time did the train with soldiers pass II
ToB-asOlast night 2
19.
TO B-Yesit Is. Let me know when it arrivea q
Al $50 Lebanon Junction called me up and said
To- ;n has ss They had sn with the
TozGi,s US the gsr.icaars Of the ashA Col johnson
x0ors' Hs:.,ss e G:n Bsys
.s.a .isSa
my command force of rebel cavalry posted on
,he county road onshsf mile south Of the rsros Aes.
aa TN II
an
ns an Ss ssr s
g The scene o. % the :srmisA NJ FoTsnan, Of Owen
Iebsliosce !. 60 unasr % c9n%and o Captain Sass Al
IOS.s S s1 wsa Ied and captured The BOOKS
were A., hs he field Blood was found 4
asuaiss on our sade Here with train awaiting orders.
Lebanon Junction being the repeating station for Louis
ve business lie Forwarded the following kilograms just
from LouisviIio--0ne O'Clock NJ
| To Colonel j Johnson, Lebanon
no delay j. T. BoYLA
BY the eotowng u VIII appear THAI Colonel Owcs must
have been ~ route FOR Leoansn:-
LouisvILLx, July 2, 1852.
sofI f e S:.ssis4 saa sss.s; Js
Up to es rsnsos onr leaving Le,aam, which ane.t
ae0s Co1se Owe,s had nOs arrived General Msatan
@ !, 49, H .son 5 Ss aao. sua 70 = am, n, % sss. es %
cs.n9ecasc wRA ISssnon, despatched the opeu6r as
1aS g. :: :. u. na Ct: "a s sse 's sS i' NJ
| 7. BxAx~Al Don't .verseep YOURSELF q
wssdw ~ dttn
We .rtved AZ Midway, between Frankfsrt and 1ssSng
s n ssS ss9 q iSs a apsa Spe@ sssas sss ss
eprasss WHO was Quietly sitting on the platform at the
ssGs Il. Nh .ssdeS MoS. was Ss a ,sny S a,''i
demanded Of hn 10 saa lxingtl and fuirs the thne
4 day, wsssh he d!d ms cid tos the purpose = get
tng hn style Of haad114 tho "kegr 10 wrhtng des.
patches NY a.st hnpreslus Of IN ayle fsssn noticing
| The paper NJ he hargnOt, were oniirncd Ec was,
Ss - : q wrsss and .,essea sssssns In t.Ax
Office OuaA sg1nd book, wi1A Tyovst to vory
aer despatch was gong aad ffsm Lexington, George.
| tswn, PSis and Ffsuken, aii coulshAg souethng IN
On canmancns opeyseio.s a tins place asnaycrod
that tncso two wifss On tn hnsskng his railroad
One was what we torn q .trysh wire : ronnms di-
ofths way Offices. / found thst al military messages
were soot oyg ssa. wso As y aid no, e.lsr h$wsy
tossed the hc, snd isuni eFs ty applying my ground
vic made dhssrencc wan cho crcait and, a. Lax
| nsfAn was hsadluarttS, oat Frankort on Midway
was called. fanswered and received the folicwhgs-
| :. IszIscro, Jst Is Isos.
ss s a1s :sss ;sSs Nss.E gs,5.s;y i
Iinqaired Of ruv prisoner one opcrstor) II hc knew
man By the name q Taylor He said that Tsyior was
| conductor immediately gave Taylor tho following
| reply
Midway, July 10, 1862.
a f1ssGs s ,sa'sse ssns $ no su. Of any rebel. h
l WOOLUMS,
The operator IN Cincinnati then called Fronksort 1
answered, and reccivcd about dozen unfnportant de-
/ spetchcs He had no finished whcn Lexington
called Frankfort Aeon l answered md received tho
following metsagp:-
LuxmosoN July is, 1s6a
| Ts General FIrNELt, ErankforI-
Il wish ron move We forces frankfort the lln-cf
the Lexington Railroad mmed dnt-iy and have the
~ "A In "a
will await them - Midway VIII. in thrc On fcur hours
move forward on the GeprPetowu pike will Lave Of
my men mounted Morgan LETT Versailles ths morning
A. eight ococh with men, Me Midway road moving
| N the direction OF Georgetown
/ Dfigadior General WARD.
| This being poeaon inentlon exactly, IL was
thought proper te throw General ward on scine ether
track So in the course Of half hour manufactured
and son tho following DESPATCH which approved By
| General Morgan
| MIDWAY, JAY is, 1862