, 1862-05-23
Capt: MoFgansk GnerrfIlns Quit Rem
tueky-SOme Account Of their Moso-
meDLR.

From the Louisville journal, 2fBt.7
We prasume our State is for the present
nd Of Morgan and his narauntling gang,
after his exploit Mt Oakland on the 11fh inst,
town he entered the next day, and thence
proceeded to Burks7iile, KY, and Sparta,
Tenn, reaching the latter place on Tuesday
night Upon Ills arrival there he released
Majtr Helveu On parold, and furnished horses
for hin and his seEvant, but they were such
further than McAiinnVille, where the Major
obtained buggy and reached Murfreesboro,
aitAr journey Of no little danger to Federal
officer in uniform, the country being infested
with Texan rangers, jayhawkers, and bush
whackcrs Margans entire Journey to Sparta
guides, who avoided all frcquented roads, and
a. night they quaztered at farmers honses.
Hc : as accom- panied by two companies of
Tennessee treebooters at time of h1s attack
on the Nashville train, but he sent them of
imnedia,ely afterwards: The notorious
Champ Ferguson Eas with the party, bucca-
netrlDg On his own hook. He declares he
ELL never be taken alive: he acknowledges
no mllitarJ alle95a hut his atrocities are
specuiations Of his own. 4 large number Of
the men who were with Morgan aud Fer
gnson we're heartily sick and tired Of the
rebellion, and many Of thcm would desc IT
if they here satisfied that conciliasory
tha Government. Obliged to fy from place to
place, secure nowhere, without tent equlpaye
or Amy ra:ions, their Life is certainly most
UNPLEASANT one. Morgan himself il worn out
and presents very haggard appearance His
legs are terribly sTe1led from severe riding,
and his health is said to be utterly under
mined from fatigue and exposure. H his
tried very hard to lngratiate himself with the
people of the country through which he passes
AID has generally succeeded in leaving very
favorable Impression SO far as his pcrsopa1 COG
duct is concerned. He has treated ali his pris-
oners kindly, and he refased to coatlsca.c Mi
Hc1vetfs servant, because he belonged to an
old Lexington acquaintance He docs not
allow his men to steal horses, but permit them
70 exchange tfrsd and broken do IN animals
for those fresh and sound, wherever they can
be found, and bis rapld Journeys ara very hard
and seventy miles from Oakland, on the Nash-
vllle Railroad, to Sparta, White county, Tenn,
by the cifcu1tous route he took. If there Ii
any difference claimed as t'boot'' iu the5c
compulsory exchanges Of: equine prop.
efty: he pays promptly In ConfeGrrate
bonds, With which he is. well sup
T1ied; and If he purchases anFthing, Or has
f7n5er work performed, be settles iu q eimi.
llr manner sud magnauimously refuses any
change: He hes plenty OF Treasury 'sgreen
backs" but he very prudent1y never spends
leaving Sparta, Morgan Intended to make his
way to Knoxville, and thence go down the
Georgia railroad, and, DETECTING from the vi
rinity Of Chattanooga, attempt to reach Besiu-
rcgnrd's forces at Corinth-
There is no doubt that Morgap's command
Was completely cut up by General Dumont at
Lebanon, ard that those who escaped our
troops "skedaddled' to their homes or the
mountain fastnesaes, there to conceal them-
ee1ves for : while. From al the information
We have: been able to obtain he had not zn1ro
T. tan ten or twelve Of his original band with
him at Cave City, and they are mostly well
known characters from tie vicinity of Leg
jngtop, who areof esperate character. There
arr. however, numerous companies Of baa-
ditti occurring. the fronsf-r counties Of
Kentucky and Tennessee who need looking
af.er. Aa every Individual is"we1l acquainted
with The country 1t is extremely difficult to
make arrests. or even to identify them. for
they are prolific In resorts and dissuises,
and have no uniforms hy which they can bt,
d'sting guniehed Tho formation OF local com-
Pauies Of Home Guards, composed of persons
who kno~ the aggressors aud have suffered 5y
their depredatious, lis the great specific to root
out these pests from the State, and restore
pesce and quiet to. the honcs In our frontier
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