The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-16
SECOND DISPATCH.

LOUISVILLE. Oct. 13-Midnight.
Little or nothing was known here OF
the battle of PerryvilIe ill the arrival Of
the Gazette at noon today. with your spe
cial correspondents account. which has
since monopolized public attention, and
been the theme Of general COMMENT
Scarcely anything can yet be added to the
particulars in that account. Stories of
subsequent fighting have been chiefly
the products Of frightened imagination.
If there was any action at ali on Sat
urday it was simply skiImish with the
rebe rear guard, and not general rn
gagement as was believed here last even
ing. 1t is still more probable lhst the
firing. out of which all the reports Of a
battle grew. arose simply from shelling
the woods as our columns advanced, to
prevent the possibility Of ambush by the
rebels. Meantime the rebels have no,
only retired from Perryvile but all o from
Danyille and Harrodssurg Of which pla.
YES we are once more in possession.
The whole rebel army in Kentucky is
understood to lie now concentrated al
Camp Dick Robinson, ten miles east Of
Dsnvlle, where it is now believed they
will make a final stand, if they do any.
where in the Stale. The position there
gives them good opportunities for retreat
toward some Of the Gaps into Eastern
Tennessee. whore it also affords good
hne of defense along the prycipitous
banks Of small stream against any ad
vance from the region of Danville or Har-
rodsburg. They can thus fight rs they
wish on ground Of their own selection
and with their whole force, or il deemed
desirable, can still probably make good
their retreat. The larger portion OF the
bluegrass country is already practically
redeemed from the rebels. ....
Communication from here to Frauk
fort is now uninterrupted, as well as from
Frankfort to Lexington, and thence back
10 Coviagion. Ths telegraph is already
working to Frankfort, Louisville and
Harrodsburg direct, aud will be in day
or two 10 Lexington, aud thence direct
to Cincinnati The railroad is working
10 within three miles Of Frankfort.
A few struggling parties of gurrriIlas
mostly made up Of native rebels, may yet
infest this portion of The State. but prsct
ically, il is cleared. Union ,itizens are
beginning 10 return 10 Frankfort and the
surrounding reyiun There is general
confidence that any successful contest
with Bragg and Kirby Smith at Camp
Dick Robinson will practically end the
invasion Of Kentucky. All stuff, how
ever, about having them bemmed in, dri
wing them up 10 the Ohio river and the
like, is nonsense.
| Col LytlS's Adjutant has arrived and
the Col himself is hourly expected.
Yesterday some Federal forces inclu.
ding the OH Pennsylvania cavalry, uu.
der Col Bruce, attacked rebel force at
Red SIOning, utterly routing and caplur
ing them. Col. Brucss force got posses
sion Of 1000 barrels Of -four aud 400
bushels OF wheat, a quantity oI Enfield
rifles aud some eight horses. He took 3
captsins, Q lieutenants and 106 privates
and non commissioned officers prisoners.
Col. Bruce afterward distributed 95 bar.
rels Of -four to Col Orders regiment.
Big Spring is near the Tennessee line.
/ Il is stated here that John Morgan evac-
ua.ed Lexington Tuesday night, taking
his force Of 1000 or 5000 directly down
to Camp Dick Robinson. Two cOmpa-
MES Of rowing cavalry at Bardstown, cut
of 80 Of our cavalrymen from support,