Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-22

THE CUAFEDERATES DON'T LIKETHENEys
FROM KENTUCKY

We have the Richmond Fhiq OF the 10Th,
containing the following article, from which
il will bc seen thai the Confrderaies have got
later news from Kentucky than that anmounc-
ing Bragg TO b. in victorious possession of
Louisville.
''Our news from Kentucky does not, by any
ms ans, Justify the expectations which had
b-en founded on The Geographic intelligence Of
the previous few days. BY the tenor of the
/: legrams II Ceiyed from the West. We .d
bc, u led 10 briiryr thar Gen. Bragg had gained
a brillIant victory. and that the cneuiy-s ARMY
WHS tturCu. hly beaten, If not cCinpietalv
dt moruiiZ,d q. We can scarcely conceive how
-HcH REPORTS get INTO circulation. Battles
here. battles therr, battles every " here, were
described all OF them being Confederate yicto-
liz :. anu resulting IN the capture OF M IltituiI.
nous prison, r. and inIini;e artillery. To h.
siiIe IL Was rather difficult to comprehend The
strategy Of these complicated movements, and
;hr tactic OF these mum, fields: but H. YER
thtlcss, the reports CAM from 50 man sources
and red so well in their general features,
that WIRE inc lined 10 credit them with ut
least a basis of truth.
.slrt il turns that, after the battle al Pr
rksTill' on The -th instant, no general ac tim
wis fought. Kirby Smith encountered Crit
trnd, n : forces near frankfort, and defeat ID
them, and this il the last We hear urany fight
nag. FoT some days nothing Il Known of the
movements OF our army. We had amac,ncd
IL advancing on Louisville: or. perhaps, cross
ing Il q ht ntu. Ky river. and threatening Gin
cfHlitttl. We EIu CDtTl>teu me upllslOn tfiat
Wa. at lea>t, holding a commanding sition
III the midst OF the Il rifle and ming r q on of
central Kentucky. But, all this time. II was
notwithstanding baC h II tine polite [ rIn-from
the nt ighbUriIood of Louisville to the extreme
Sof thwrsts I'll corner of the Stat: from the pro-
ductl'c BlUr-erLS country. 10 the mountain
counties, " here life IL a buOheu TO grass.
hopper. Our last ad vices render il certain that
Braggs amy Is abandoning kentucky aud
that II - now in position in the neigh oraoo I
OF Cumberland Crap We do not know and
do not pretend 10 divine, the causes of this re-
trograde movement.
We do know that il has profoundly disap.
pointed and mortified orr people, aud dashed
the fond hopes they had formed of Hbera:iny
kentucky and Tennessee. We had expected.
and reasonably expected. from Gen. Rragy's
magnificent army something more than a mere
mcursion 10 the neirhborhood OF the Ohio ri yer:
something more than fruiihss murchps and
barren battles. We had anticipated from Gen
Bragg something more than boastful orders 10
his troops and sounding prorlamaucns 10 the
people beyond Inc Ohio. We had formed ex-
allied hopes of the great expedition which he
led across The Tennessee river. and nearly IN
10 the suburbs of Louisville. His long DELAY
AT Tupelc, his hesifancy At Chattanooga his
tardy advance into Kentucky. had shaken pub.
hc confidence; but few We're willing to con-
d' NH SO long as opportunity yet remained for
Il consume alton of the grand objects OF the
campaign. 1t is all over now. The Kentucky
NOV mcnt in the hands of General Bragg has
turned out to BE- simply a hZzIe. Noother word
can 80 appropriately describe il. 1t has been,
from beginning TO end, brilliant blunder AVID
magniiicsnt failure" -. =