The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-11

TIE SITUATION IN KEHrUcKY.-The informa-
ton received from our advancing armies in
Kentuck is gratifying. We learn from Mr.. U.
P. Myers, who LETT Bardstown at . o'clock yes
terday morning, that our army arrived at Bards.
town on Saturday evening, Gen. Bnell and staff
passing through that place at half past o'clock
yesterday morning, In pursuit of Gen. Braggs
| retEesting forces.
A portion of Gen. Critteuden's Corps left the
Bardstown road In the vicinity Of Cox's Greek,
and made flank movement by way of Fairfield,
in the direction Of Bardstown, gaining the turn.
pike in the vicinity of the toll-gate, about two
miles this side Of Bardstown, OH Saturday,
| At this point q detachment from the First Ohio
Cavalry and Second Kentucky Cavalry, encoun.
| tered 1900 Texas Cavalry, and . sharp skir-
mish ensued. The loss in killed and wounded ON
both sides was about 30, the casualties being
about equally divided. Az the Federal Cavalry
| we're 0verpowered, the rebels succeeded 10 cut
ting their way through, aud made their escape
to Bardstown.
1t is said that portion of two companies of
Hobson's 18th Kentucky Infantry, who had been
| employed as skirmishers, veAtured too far from
| the main army on Friday and were captured BY
| the rebels.
We learn from Mr.. Myers and others that Gen.
Braggs forces made q movement from Bards-
town toward Louisville, on Friday morning,
Boosting that they would have possession of this
city by Saturday evening. They returned to
Bardstown, however, on Friday evening, and st
once commenced the work of evacuation The
supply train embraced about six hundred wag-
ons From the best information We can Gain,
Bragg's army, which left Bardstown on Saturday
evening, was composed OF sixty-6ve r. giments,
which averaged about three hundred men each,
numbering twenty thousand men. The rebel
army went Oh i'll the direction of Springfield,
announcing their determination to make stand
at Mill Greek, four or five miles from Bardstown
It is the impression of our commanding officers
however, that they will fall back through Spring.
field to Dsnville, and, in all probability. thence
to Camp Dick Robinson Il Louisville Journal.
A BoMBsHELL IN THE DKNocRArIc CANA
ew nights since, while Mr.. O'Neil, the Demo
cratic candidate for Prosecuting Attorney was
spoutlng in the Julien Theatre, and railing
against the Republicans and Abotionists, Mr..
Hunter, of Pittsburg, Pa, rose and asked per.
mission to utter one sentence. 1t was granted,
and he said-"There is not an Aboitionist nor
a Republican to be found in arms against the
Government, but all in the rebel army are Dem
ocrats" Before the last words had fairly drop.
ped from his lips, half of the people in the house
were on tnelr leet, sIOuting al the top OF their
voices: "Put him down." Turn him out" &c.
The stranger refused, for some time to sit down,
and did not do it till friend advised him to.
The crowd we're mad enough to eat him alive,-
The sentence he uttered was bombshell in the
treason camp.-Dubuque Times. ~
The CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH AND THE PREsI-
DENTS PRocLANATIoN.-The Catholic Telegraph
of this week says of the Presidents Procama-
ton Of Emancipation: eve think few unbiased
persons will seriously quarrel about the right OF
the President, not as President, but as Comman.
der-n Chief, to deal with the rebellion as to him
shall appear the shortest and surest mode of put.
ting it down, even to the extent of confscation
evsry species Of property employed in any way
whatever to sustain it. II certain human souls
are legislatively catalogued and defined by the
South as property, and are thus brought under
the application Of such proclamation, the South
may blame herself"