The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
NEWS FROM KENTUCKY

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LOUISVILLE, Oct 4-ColOnel S. D.
Bruce, son-in-law of General Leslie Combs
receives the highest commentator of mil
itary circles here, for his operations at
Bowling Green. The rebels burned the
bridge near Auburn, Monday night Bruce
Immediately sent thither the 10th Indiana
and part of the 9th Kentucky, to rebuild
the bridge, and routed the enemy at Bees
seville, killing and wounding fifty, taking
fifteen prisoners, and forty horses and sad
dies. He also routed party at Glasgow,
Kentucky, yesterday, taking ten prisoners,
including Lieutenant Colonel Crews, Capt.
Brown, and Lieutenant Thomas.
A Portsmouth, Ohio, despatch to Gov.
Robinson says, that John Morgan with 1000
men yesterday attacked the Carter Co
Home Guards, near Olive Hill, and after
several hours severe skirmishing Morgan
was repulsed, and twenty of his men killed.
Morgan then retreated towards Licking
River, burning thirty-five houses on his
way. Last night Morgan returned to
Olive Hill. Meanwhile Col. Leiferts went
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the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio.
Bardstown advices say the rebels have
from 10000 to $4,000 men within a circle
of eight miles in diameter around Bards-
town. Our central advance was, this af-
ternoon, four miles this side of Bards-
town. They have been skirmishing and
driving the rebels before them for the last
three days. We captured six hundred
prisoners.
1t is said that Kirby Smith arrived with
10000 men at Frankfort, and Humphrey
Marshall is on his way thither with 1000
rebels, they evidently mean to stand at
Frankfort, and battle at Bardstown
seems inevitable.
Bragg, in speech at Danville, Monday,
threatened to send every man who would
not join the rebel army north of the Ohio.
The rebels are cutting new roads from
Bardstown to Springfield and Lexington
The leading rebels and officers circulate the
most absurd stories in places occupied by
them for instance, that General Nelson
was killed because he supported Lincoln's
recent emancipation proclamation that
Buell. resigned because of that proclama-
ton, but concluded to hold his position six
days longer, in the hope that Lincoln
would annul that document.
A Louisville dispatch of the End, con-
corning the taking of five hundred rebels
by Roussean's division, was incorrect. 1t
doubtless was based upon the fact that one
entire regiment of Georgia cavalry, three
hundred and sixty strong, was captured in
the early part of last week, by Lieut.. Col.
Steward, of the Second Indiana Cavalry,
commanding his own and the Second and
Third Kentucky, which surrounded and
completely surprised the rebels at break
fast, who surrendered without the slightest
resistance. Col. Crawford commanding
the captured regiment, is an Ex-Congress-
man and one of the Confederate Peace
Commissioners to Washington. These
prisoners reached here last evening. The
rebels in large force evacuated Bardstown
yesterday morning. Brig. Gen. Van Cleve,
of Minnesota, leading the advance of Crit
tenden's corps, entered Bardstown last
evening at six O'Clock, eight hours after
the evacuation by the rebels, and was to
pursue them this morning.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 6-P. photographic
COMMUNICATIONS Will DdIuSGOWH HIS
Just been re-established The wires will
keep pace with our army as it proceeds
Southwark.
LOUISVILLE, Oct 6.-Saturday the reb-
els inaugurated Richard Halves governor
of Kentucky, at Frankfort. Bragg and
Humphrey Marshal made bitter anti I'm
ion speeches. Kirby Smith was there.
Buckner was expected, but was not pres
ent.
At five or six O'Clock that afternoon the
rebels burned the railroad bridge, where
upon all their infantry left for the South,
SCOTS cavalry remaining.
On Sunday, at one O'Clock in the after
noon, the rebels cut one span of the bridge
to South Frankfort, and soon thereafter
SCOTS cavalry departed. The rebels took
all the printing paper and ink belonging to
the State printer. Great numbers of reb
els were left at Frankfort sick, and the
mortality among them has been very great
The enemy have not obtained more than
five recruits in Frankfort and Frankfort
county Our informant met the federal
around to Frankfort. At Frankfort, Bar
STOW anu OlISOn were arrested Cnfeo times
because they would not take confederate
scrip for goods. Storekeepers were fined
twenty-five dollars per day for closing their
stores. Macklin, the senior of the firm of
ham notoriety, was compelled to take con-
federate scrip for large quantities of meat
John Watson & Co., manufacturers of
jeans, linsey and cotton, lost large stock.
The rebels took away vast quantities of
edibles of various kinds. leaving provisions
very scarce, and many necessaries of life
unattainable by citizens
At Camp Bloomfield, eleven miles south
east of Bardstown, at II o'clock yester-
day, Rosseau's division received orders to
fill canteens and be ready to march on one
minutes notice.
Col. Bruce, commanding at Bowling
Green, yesterday, six miles north of Glas-
gov, attacked another party Of rebels,
killing few and capturing several, toge-
ther with fifty horses and some cattle.
Federal loss none. ID