The New York herald., 1862-09-26
LOUISVILLE. KY, Sept. a.. 1se2.

q nerol Buslls Reconnaissance Of as i5h fastGaThe
Rel els Erccatxe Resroerade Moremsn-lrooadsP Poli
Of ne Rstei Gencva7he LGeT frcsn 8rvgys Arcsy, &c.
twin be remembered thar late Information from Gens.
raj Bue you from this city stated that hc prosed
employing Thursday last, the 18th irst. In reconn,s
of Baggs position with tue intention Of Fastening
On engagement Ibis Reconnaissance made, and the
following are tae particulars OF IT.
neral Bue moved at an early hour on Thursday from
Cavo City towards Horse Well, point Tee mills
sas, and about Ave miles from the turnpike roal by
which pragg had marched 70 Munordsvie. BY DAY light
be had felt tho enemy, and, approaching cautiously,
had driven The pckess in with slight resistance
FOR four mlss WITHOUT nnding the enemy In force
On the right our force captured abort two
hundred siregalers and sick, who were sent
70 the rear. numbr II supply wagons were aso
taken and destroyed The rcconnc tance was persisted
In miles when 6epcral Buell., surprises and
mystined 1t finding enemy, halted, and srisd what
yirtue there u scouting.
To his astishnert aud dismay bis scouts brought
in ntslgonce that bragg had crossed Green river with
entire oce, and was marching RAPIDLY ncrshwAd By
the Bardstown pike towards Louisville This ntsyanss
who was, however, chayned ~ hm depy In discovering
the movement he Immediately pushed forward With
all haste Green river and, dividing bis force egray.
b. has crosse that stream and Is rapidly advaneingLy
ths p,sn turnpkes TO Louisville.
The policy q Bragg mcscmcns appssIs 70 navs corn
c inef o. the aggressive ssronsbio; but NOT 10 much
so when BE- thus puts hmse between two forces each
equal o. his own. book nls The movement made by
Bragg certainly forced upon HIM After his movement
In foce MunordsvLie std tho rcdrcton OF that ppt
Bragg had road 20 get south without hghtiag;
FOR while he engaged at MIR fitsye lneIi mgv u
TO tHye City, and riaie movement owasds The q 1oS
road there no longer renamed m oYrsss for HIM,
What wss more natural. then, then 70 avoid him u
push forward 10 soms Icint 81 which no could rescn
isstraI Kent cky, sd nnd the only available outlet
from the Stale east Vt f4iasgows On careful
examination OF the map it with be found that
u Is onlv by getting north of Malransh's u Ia, and
taking the turnpike road 10 DAaville, Stanford,
srd london that rpges arxc gwce cnn got out O. the
STATE II Cumberland Gap. IL u smmlse thss s..<s .
ying avail himself oi ibis outlet. aud that no FRO
sos making An effort 10 de try this army IN tho tuesr
time. should approach this city BY the na dst wn
road and fail hir atem, to aestroy ua before all
crtes up he could shy ~ BY The sheibyyils roai TO
Prank lort aud thcsco VIA lsx,gtn, Richmond ANT Low
DIN 20 as. Tennessee should BusIi and thu. army Lar
sue him few hours start II forced marches would
enable Bragg mt the gent eky river beteon him and
lis enemies and sho'd lie d that Buell. was myyins n
keep him north u the ne iuky river he coid easiiy
escaps ss Humphrey MsrshaiI entered These are con-
tigcnoes am aware, Witch have been brought ~ the
nuce " the auhoritirs this cnt and have met with
iisiierasop satisfied moreover. that dssperate
eGort Ia being ma 10 destroy 9raggs army, aud that
there are high hoIesd accomplishing II.