New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-23
JHr REBEL RAID ~ KENTUCKY.

% w. FULTON"
TIE REBEL RAID IN KENTUCKY.
From The 'fseiHHan LoImoycal a. Monday
! TIE Rebel Rand into Kentucky has reacneG us
climax j. was no chance event thai led John Nor
gen into the B1e Grass Region bat par. OF some
time contemplated plan thoroughly diges'ed and
arranged a. Richmond, 20 he pat IN operation uheu'
ever The Union arms should meet win reverse
suticien. 10 encourage and ipspre confidence among
traitors in the State. The check given 10 Mcclellan
in from. Of Richmond seemed 70 afford tbe oppor
tnnity. Emssaries had been sent - different paEit
o. the State % prepare The way Tor genera up
rising whenever Morgan, Camp Ferguson, and
Jack Allen should make thcir appearance. In
soui .Wos,ern and Central kentucky every traitor
wac advised 10 Do ready. The north-eastern coun-
tee We're zoo loyal 10 adm. ~ much beng accom-
plished there ill The revolt had become general ano
promised successful resul.s When Morgan ssped
his proclamation, be expected general rielng, and
Il was this expectation that induced him TO make
hi, bold advent lTe into the very hear, OF the State.
The failure Of his part Of che programme, and
with il the failure Of the whole en'erp.lse, 10 due 20
the perfect organization 81 me ioysl men OF Men,
tucky There were over $4,000 Of them organized
and armed for slch an emergency; and when u
came. instead Of the disloyal in Lexington and
Frankfort rislng and taking pcSefnon Of those i'm
por:snt cities, they found themselves controlled by
The authority Of resol,ie men. who would have .hot
them like dogs bad they attempted open cooperation
with John Morgan This uprising OF she .oyabsts
was so sudden and unexpected 20 them, 30 formid-
able in i.s strength, and 90 determined IN if ehGa,
ter, that the traitors were absolutely frightened
and sought 20 conciliate where hey had hoped TO
slbdue. On Monday Of latt week, no men IN Lex
inpton were in such state Of fear as the Secession
isif HAD singe Unionist been &c. upon, OF hls
life aud property endangered, they knew, and II
needed proclau alton or retoun0n 10 MORN 'nen
O. H. thu. their houses would have been rased, and
Their lives made the fofei, Of their treason aud
treachery. i. wac the irmness of the loyal men Of
The two ci,ies that saved Frankfort, and Lexington
from being seized. occupied, and pillaged ny MOI.
Qans horse thieves; and the conseq lences wOlid
have been serious indeed bad lamenablo an even.
occurred not only 10 the citizens locally, but % he
State al large.
The failure 70 seize these cities, and the determ-
| med attitude Of the UDionisis, confined Morgan
rald 10 ils trne character II horse,hieving bridge
burning, and pllndeIipg expedition, and look from
II that military iInpora which alone eould have
i1sifed .he most rabid SecessOnist IN ritiDg 10 az
sst in the attempt 70 lake The State olt Of
the Union by violence. Yet many OF them
threw OIL The mask Of neu.Tali,y In Owen and
Boone Counties and ID esyeral bordering upon 'he
river ne well 80 in he sol.h-wee. corner Of the
state they organized bemselyes into par.ifan bands
and commenced traverslng he country, peIsecltiDk
their Union neigbbor, selling then arne and prop
er.y and where hey could muster sahi lien, force
attacking ,nall towns, and capturing the de,ails
placed 10 them 10 guard Government s,ores. j. as
necessary thai these things snon:d be borne IN N nd
IL accounting 70 the sudden raids o. winch we have
7 heard
mar OF Norpan's forces with which he .avsded The
state. nor by any body Of troope regularly in he
Confederate service, but by ci,iztne who were ID
secret co0peraiion with them, and were advised Of
the time when II wac expected that they tho1ld ar
eGme the offensive.
have occurred The military authorities Of Ken
tucky in hunting out aud developing latent 'resson
viii no longer need % work IN the dark 1hey no~
know OF viii coon DO Informed, what men have Gu
couraged aiken part 10 slis bdsiness, anG .hey
nertorm their duty vigorously and promptly, hun
drede Of dangerous men, continually plo'ung and
consuming % fomen civil discord and make the col
Of Keptucky crimson with The blood OF her bes, en-,
liens will be arrested, tried and executed, OF Dan
;shed from the State. The eeenef OF The pact zen
days should never be repea,ed ~ anu ;o
only surety against their Tepelnon ~ me adoption
of q policy that will convince traitors, who disre-
os I'd all civil obligations Of the TREMENDOUS conse-
Gpences of treason 10 The State and nation. 1tey
Inus. be made 10 feel j. in person and properly
The Loui.ciRe Journal says that large force Of
cavalry and infantry left Lezingon On Thursday IN
pur.uit OF Morgan, under The command CT Col
Cicero Maxwell who fought GO ncbly tno soeeest-
fully a. For. Donelson and Shiloh;
Con.,pordence Of The Loesville Journal.
THE FIGHT AT T0MPhINs'iLLh. .,,.
TosPKIssULLF, Ky, Jny 10 ltt2
propose to furnish you few OF tn9 o;n.lheb =,
the battle that took place here on the IN lnst Az
5. o clock, Col. Morgan and Col Hunt, with aooqt
800 men and two cannon, attacked MAJOR Jordah
Sd battalion Of. Pennsylvania caValry, ABOUT ~
strong, taking them by surprise. MAJOR jordan
drew bic men up in a line Of battle, and the Rebeis
came upon them from four directions, and made q
charge within cannon and m1eketry. The fennsyt
vanians returned The fire They fought braVely ioi
twenty mnuteg when, seeing they we're Oyefpo"'
cred, q retrea. was ordered, which had 10 BE- done
through the rOughest Kind Of wOods as tho Rebel
had p}ssesseI s! al Tic yoGar The Regei pUfuee