, 1862-02-15
THE KENTUCKY RUBICON.
Gen. m1tehell'R DtttR1on Of 10000
Men EfON8 Green River.


correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette.1
ACROSS GEEEs RIVER, Ky., Feb. Il, 1859.
Away from Bacon Greek at last! General
MittkclIs division is on the southern side Of
Green River, and is in advance of au other d.
visions in the march On Bowling GreenN
On Sunday evening, at about eight o'clock,
Gen. DumoDt and other commanders Of brig
AIDES, the coloneIs Of reg inlents, the colone1s
and captains Of batteries, in the third diyis-
ion, received orders to assemble ut headquar-
ters to meet General Mitchell, who had
arrived from Louisville that day. Expec-
tation was Immediately on the qui vire, and
when, at about nine q clock, the different COM
mandeFs gave orders to their respective. corps
to put themselves in readiness for marching at
seven O'Clock the next morning, wild shouts
Of exultation Tesounded throughout the camp.
TIE guards were taken in from the regimcntal
camps at various times throughout the night,
from midnight to four l. H., and shortly after
sunrise the great portion Of The troops were
ready.
The Ninth Brigade Col Sill commandiug,)
and, lastly, the magnificent Seventeenth Brig.
ale General Duniont) brought up the rear.
The morning was clear and frosty, and owing
to the somewhat unusual severity Of the cold,
Gen. Mitchell ordered the march to begin at
eight o'clock, instead Of seven, Us was designed
the previous evening.
When the ii my was fairly in motion, am
sure tlat, i'll Kentucky, The sun never looked
down upon more brilliant scene. The long
lines OF the soldiers stretched away both to-
ward the front and rear, much further than
the hills Of Hart county permitted the eye to
reach. The brightly polished 1nuskets and
bayonets glit1ercd in the sun, now finging up
the light from the bosom Of a valley, now
throwing it out from amongst the trees, and
now sending it back to the eye of the behold
CT from the crest Of distant hill Gay music
sounded at intervals along the line of tho
marching host, and the waving banners foatcd
proudly over their heads.
Tic passagc continued until fur into the
night. I rode up near the end uf tho bridge,
upon the farther side, and watched the passage
| after nightfall- The moon WIS shining, and
brightly too, except that, occasionally, y thin
| dcccy cloud Eailed across the sky, and inter
cepted portion Of the Light As there was
| nothing at the sides OF the narrow bridge but
| some Light temporary railing, q foot or two
! high it seemed in the moonlight, as if the
mass Of human beings Was suspended in air.
The long time occupied in the passage Was oc-
! casioncd by the wagons, of which only J. Ger.
| tain number was permitted to be upon the
bridge at once
As soon as the foremost platoon reaches th<
! opposite side, hear private soldier enth1,si
! astically cxesaiin, We have crossed the Ru
blcon, and now uictoTy or DEATH p Yes, ;
replied eonlrade, lit was for one Or the othel
that we enlisted!'' Such scene is Witnessed
bnt seldom in the life Of any one man.
When the time comes for moving for ware
| from this point there will be no difficulty, d
i fine macadamized, road leads portion Q
the way, and the continuance Of good wealth
cr will enable Us to pass easily over that par
which the rebels have pIowed up-
4 number Of the citizens around Rowlctt'
Station, where the Depot WAS burned not lon
since, were taken into custody yesterday, IN
Ill passing Of our front lines, for any PURPOSE
was absolutely prohibited. Ono Of the gen
tlcmen in limbo says that he was recently q
Bow ling Green, and that the rebels have onl
about three thousand men there. 1nprobab1
as was this statement, he stuck to it with til
utmost pcrtinacity.
It was reported yesterday, that in the nor1
ing about seven O clock some rebels were sec
upon distant hills in our front; but whethe
tEis be true or not, it is certain that on Sur
day night, before we arrived, their scouts al
| vanccd to within less than d mi.c OF tue bEidg'
They wcyc seen BY our pickcts, who, not b
ing attacked, were very properly forbidden
I lire.