New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-12
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be continued until further oIaei h.l. and all other,
II Al are sold at retail will immediately be sosed on
of tits order ard not opened nni fuI,b orders
~ ~ i1 ne closed if such a,smbleges be r.rni,ted
are ordered 10 enroll theme' YES and drin &C.
o5ne 70 the orders Of Inspector eneis Gibson Persons
~ r-nllpa themselves will conhne " smselv,s to their
bonsss Dlsoys persons will coubne themselves their
ouses Any violation Of this will SUI ect the offender
test aud imprisonment The military viii enforce these
orders
These regulations strin gent enough, bat from all
can see are not very Strictly observed. This is
especially the case with No. III.
TIE Legislature adjourned sine die on yesterday.
Nothing ofimporancs was transacted by it during its
session in this city. All necessary military measures
were enacted in Frankfort.
The Military Situntiou-Thc disaster ns
Richmond-Thc Retreat Of ihe Union
Forces from Lexington 20 Louis'iic-
The Interior Of the statc abandoned 10
the Rebels by the Order OF Mnjor.Gcn'
Wriabf-Orposition and Indignation Of
lending Keutuclsinus- Heavy Conccntrn-
ton Of Troops nbout Louisvilie-Move-
ments OF the Invaders They quietly
Live upou the Fat Of the Blue Grass Re
xion-Their Number, Armament, Ac'
From Our Special Correspondent ,,oo
LOUISVILLE, sept. Q, io"<'
The details of the disastrous collision of the eight
raw Union regiments with the Rebel division Of
Gen. Kirby Smith in the vicinity Of Richmond, IN
mi. State. have undoubtedly been fully digested by
Eas,ern readers ere this. But even here the extent
of the misfortune aud its irreparabe weighty inilu-
oroas ron the course of the war in the West not
fully understood.
| OF the seven thousand men engaged on the Union
tide, comprising nine regimenal organizations, four
thousand constituted the casualties, killed, wounded,
and prsoners-he latter being the former as three
TO one. OF the remaining three thousand, not over
fifteen hundred have been collected since the rout-
the other half being scattered, nobody knows where
Two.tbir,ls of the escaped threw away their arms
and accouerments in their fight. Thus, beside the
almost entire dissolution of half dozen full regi-
menis the fruits Of the victory to the Rebels are
some six thousand sma-arms, Of the most approved
patterns In addition to these, ten pieces Of artillery
and about seventy bran new wagons and four and
six.mule teams, with their valuable loads OF pro-
Visions and munitions, fell into the hands Of the
enemy.
The immediate result of the Union defeat was the
unavoidable surrender Of the whole of Central Ken
towns, to the mercies of the invaders. From the
eastern borders of the State almost 10 the line OF the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, the Rebels have
it now their own way They can recruit among
their sympathizer, fatten upon the agricultural
wealth of the Blue Grass region, and plumber and
aidnap AZ their eisure-at least for the time being
1t is difficult to say whether this casmitous state
of affairs could have been prevented. Gen. Mellon
blames Gen. Manson for attacking the enemy with
lis Inferior unwarlike force south of the Kentucky
Yet, while tie latter was obviously guilty Of foolish
raslpess, il is by no means probable that Gen.
Nelson would have Jared much better, even though
he had awaited the attack Of the enemy with his
whole available force in his chosen position the
north bank ofthe Kentucky River. For, with the
numerical superiority Of the enemy, he would have
been certainly fianked on both sides-an operation
which the topography OF the country would have
rendered perfectly practicable, .and that his raw
troops wond have ont Of that contingency
more successful than out OF the battle near Rich
moud must be considered extremely doubtful. The
only way OF escaping disaster would have been re-
treat from Lexington without rsking battle. Bn
rs il was deemed necessary not 10 surrender th'
richest part Of. the State without fighting, tb,
1. Va
later As TO the real responsibility for it, il rests
with those that allowed tens Of thousands of sea.
soned troops to be scattered nacvely all over the
West without sending regiment to this State, nj.
though they had Il, least ten days notice of tie ap
pearance Of Kirby Smiths column upon Kentucky
soil
1t il to Do hoped that the costly lesson Of the Rich.
mond rout will not be lost 10 tho Federal authorities
and that the fatal experiment, Of bringing soldiers
that have hardly donned the Federal uniforms face to
face with old troops Of The enemy will not again be
allowed 10 be made.
| There seems TO be but little known IN the North
10 the eveJts in the interior Of the Safe subse.
quent to the memorable Saturday Of week before
lett. From official sources l have learned the fol-
lowing facts in regard to the movements of the Uuon
forces after the battle:
On tue day Of the fight, there were I've new regi-
niens in aud about Lexington, viz: 52d Ohio, Col.
McCook; 9Sth OHIO, Col Webster. 93d Ohio, Col.
Charles Anderson; 10th Ohio, Col. Hall, and 53l
Ipdiana, Col. Hathaway. Col. McCook, being rank
ing officer by seniority, had command Of tbs force
About PIP. IN. messenger reached Col. McCook
from Gen. Graft, commanding one Of the brigades
engaged with an urgent request for reinforcement.
Having orders 70 remain where lie was, Col. Nc
Cook teegraphed for further Instructions to Gen.
Wright, at Cincinnati. About p. m. lie received
an order directing him to march, with all his avail
able force, TO the Kentucky River DC miles soulh Of
lexington and 10 send messenger TO Gen. Nelson,
with orders 10 fall back likowise TO the river and
make ii joint line of defense.
Col. MeCook'o brigade bad hardly got uDJer way
when it was met by the first of The fugitises from
the battlefield. Their nunlber increased rapidly as
they advanced, ana soon perfect stream OF soldiers
from COoncls down 70 prYaien fcaDnetern nnd OWL