New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-30

cars will DO running regularly over the kentucfy
Central Railway. An iupromptu sort OF train leaves
soon will be again. Supplies Of various kinds are
sin wanting ss the stores and hotels Indicate; but
with Cincinnati will speedily remedy
this defect.
There il much complaint Of a scarcity Of provis.
ions and nearly all the luxures OF life, with not
few Of its necessities are, al present wrtDg lnP0s-
sible of Obtsinmeat.
There 10 not the least danger. now. OF the enemy
,eQaipinQ possession Of Lexington, as National
troops are daily arriving and encampng at the Fair
grounds, mile or two from the city. The advance
of Gen. A. j. Smiths army arrived only yesterday
morning, when il should have been here moro than
week AGO. This portion Of the Union forces has
moved with a sowness that ought TO commend itself
20 Don Carlos Buell., and excite the emulation OF the
whole race of military fnals.
What Gen. Smith has been doing for the past six
teen or eighteen days is profound mystery TO every
one. There has been no foe between bin aud Gin
cinnati; and vet he has moved with such extreme
caution "a to average little more than four or live
miles day. Probably he expected to find Rebel
in every bush, and Secession horde at every turn
OF The road.
uendable under different circumstances but in this
instance there was no occasion for its exuberant
djsplay lie has been slow as a tortoise, and has
reached here too Ia to do any good; Though bad he
come when he should have come, no might have
effected important results.
Lexington is now safe enough at all events, though
Gen. A. j. Smith has had nothing 10 90 III securing
liz safety.
1t i. Gen. Smith, believe who talked SO foolishly
in Lexington of hanging any newslaier correspond.
ent he should find in his army. sui n seems fond
and very capable OF hanging, though ali " hanging
consists in hanging back.
TIE Kerfscky Siatcsman, the Rebel organ,
which was revived daring the few weeks Kirby
Smiths forces were here, II, oi course, dead AGAIN
az Darius. Its conductors talked very confidently
of ts permanent rcsurre elton, and no doubt believed
what they said. They let Lexington Tor rankiot
at the time of Dick lIawess inauguration ard there
became 50 alarmed at the approach OF the Union
forces that they never repaid v-it 10 their Office or
their sanCtum. Much Of the material used IN the
pubhcatin of Tie Sfaiesmdn was obtained,
understand from Tie Observer office, but has been
recovered. -, :.
Tue old Union paper, Tie ObsTrer, will mako i's
reo,pearance in week or two Col. Wickiiife, i's
proDiletor, having returned home from his various
iouineyings Us q refugee. His paper IN bis absence
WA given to some Rebel in tie service, and tie
traitors were soon to issue il &c ultra Secession
sheet and would have done 20 had not circumstances
over which they had no contIol-i. e. their supple
lower hmbs-prevented them from executing their
design.
A large amount Of the Confederate scrip was cir
culaed in this city, though number OF the holders
contriyed to get of what they had In dealings with
citizens are in possession Of Je. DAVIS promises
to-rav and regard them AZ utterly worthless The
firm from which the large amount OF Jeans was taAen
come weeks ago hold 800, 600 Of the scrip. aud
would be glad doubt to sell it at ten cents ON the
do lar.
Here. as elsewhere in Kentucky, tie merchants
and all tradesmen were compelled to receive the
scrip in payment Of their goods or 90 to PRISON. and
"A number OF persons who refused the Confederate
ssues were arrested and forcsd to take them BY the
military authorities. -
larger number OF recruits was obtained in this
FayeileD county, l understand, than IN any Other
county OF the Blue Gnlss region most oil these Gu
llsling under the Rebel flag being fact young men,
and many Of them belonging TO tho mo't respeeISe
families.
II has leen the mode, a' you know, In all the
Border States 10 affect Secession, and the young
reople Of 10th sexes have taken particular pride
in being Rebels. Many OF tie strongest Unoniiis
in tits county have disioyal children. not few Of
whom, Of tie masculine gcnder. are now In bf"Ss
army. -
Tho Kentucldans were told the " Confedcrai e
would hold the State beyond any doubt, aud tlhit
that they would have occasion 10 leave the con-
fines of the old Commonwealth. when the hepei
forocs were compelled TO retreat, many OF the I1iw
recruits were unwilling TO 80 South; tayng tiey
had becu told they need not leave the State. Hut
they were threatened with death II they dii rot
march 'und ~ the deladcd traitors were driven Nj
The post OF the bay Onet toward the mountains. ~
endure the hard-hips Of revere Winter campaign.
Tue notorious John n. Morgan, ar eI-oi'izen OF
ths D ace i. regarded here by the loyal people v1ih
the dcepest degree Of hatred, and by tue Southern
symlaiLizers with tie greatest admiration. By
some means or other, this fellow Morgm-who ia
brave enough presume, aud n capital thief but
who has few other qualities ~ recommend him M a
Rebel leader-has obtained an extended reputation,
and is thought by great many people TO be q won
derfuliy daring and accomplished commander.
The truth IL, Morgan has done very LITTLE IN THIS
-, ,Iar .pI INIT mt Ia a
made sudden dcsccnts upon places unoccuped Oy our
troops or at least slenderly parrsoncd; hrs stolen
n vast number OF hortes; shot old and deieuseless
men, and burned their houser; but these seem 10 be
the extent Of his performances and Their principal
characteristics He has shown nc particular yalor;
has had 10 pitched battle; has made no desperate
attack.
lie has, however, gained q reputation for a GER
tain sort Of obliquiy, the source OF which Is that he
and his men have excellent horses, and that a soon
aB one or moro Of them give out from overriding.
others are stolen from the first field or the frs, barn
10 supply their place.
In this way Morgans band moves about with
much CELEBRITY which, compared to the slow marches
OF our army, seem little less than miraculous.
Morgan was by profession a negro-,rdder-a
in the Free States-and in practice gambler and
Uterine, in all OF which be Is raid to have had
considerable success.
Until the war began Morgan was regarded here
as low-brcd fellow, whom few gentlemen would,
and 10 lady could, recognize. lie had no petition
in society, was esteemed by no one, and LIS reluis
ton was such that no woman could have been seen
with him without seriously endangering her fair
fame. lie had gained considerable notoiicty, how.
ever, IN the times OF Peace by two three stree,
fgh.s IN which bis conduct is reported to have been
rather that Of assassin than hero, and by sundsy
ou,ragcs upon poor and uLliended women whom be
has betray cd.
Now ali this is changed. lie has suddenly become,
in Secession estimation, sn honorable knight aud
chivaFic cavalier. The women in particular are his
admirers. They have grown Morsan-nad-eyen
those Of cultivation and refinement.
The very danes aud Daidens who would have
held their g,rmants Carefully aNnY from Inhn Nor.