, 1863-03-24
General Burnside Succeeds Gen
eral Wright.
PREPARATIONS FOR AN AC-
TIVE CAMPAIGN,
GEN, BURNSIDE'S OLD ARMY
CORPS COMING WEST,
THEY BURN THE PLACE AND
THREATEN PARIS.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
C:sc1ssAT1, March %.
Passengers from Lexington and Paris this |
evening confirm the report that q considera-
bic force of rebel cavalry, under the command !
of the notorious Cluke, attacked the town Of |
Mount Sterling on Saturday. The pl.ce was
defended by about two hundred Federal sol
diers. They fought determincdly for nhour
or two, but were finally compelled to surrcu-
der to superior numbers.
The rebels set fire to the court honsc which
was burned 10 the ground. The flames COM
municated to other buildings in the vicinity,
and two blocks in the business portion Of the
town we're consumed,
Clutc thrcatcncdto to march Immediately on
Paris, but be had not made his appearance in
That vicinity up to the time the train passed.
Gen. Bu1nslde's old army corps left Balti-
more last night, md arc on their way here.
Steamers are waiting at tParkersburgfor them.
tspceial DiEpatch to the Chicago Tsibune.1
WASHINGTON, March @, 1868.
In the belief that tho Government did not
desire its publication, we hare for some days
Suppressed our intelligence of General Burn
sides destination. Hints innumcrablc, how
ever, in other quarters, render it not improp-
er to state that Gen. Buraside's appointment
to the Command Of the Department of the
Ohio has been made for come days. It was
| partially prompted by a conviction Of the
growing Importance Of that Department, and
| By the belief that there was really some basis
for recent state ement sof an apprchendcdi inya-
| sion into Kentucky.
As soon as campaigning shall become pos
Eiblc this spring, Gen. Burnside will be:anp1y
supplied with troops both from his own de-
partment and from other quarters, and meats
urcs will be taken to make the campaign ae-
tive, whether tho rebels make serious inva-
sion Of the department OF not.
Efforts arc being made to hare Gen. Wright
appointed MAJOR General, in order that he
NAV be able to take command Of one Of the
corps to bc organized in Burnside's depart
ncnt, but the latter officer docs not recon-
mend the appointment, mud in the face Of ths
|
Gen. Burnside has applied to have Mnjo
Gen. Hartsuff assigned to duty under him
but it is not yet certain whether the rcqucs
will be granted.
PARsoN BRowNLow ON THE INVASION
To the Editors of tue Louisville Jo1rnal:
lam not an alarnist, nor do think an
| easily frightened by the tlre.ts or movement
Of the rebels, still oeiieve' S lnos1 slnesre.S
laugh to scorn. I believe that rebel raj
, upon large scale is now being lifted out L
+ | East Tennessee for the invasion Of Kentucky
c Ihaye looked into this matter with great des
oi interest and anxiety; I have converscd wit
u divers men, known to me to be Trustworthy
: who have recently made their way out {
u that country, and they have satisfied me tll2
q large forces are organizing at Knoxville, an
/ At Rogersville, in Upper Tennessee, and the
C will mike an assault from two or more gai
Il through the mountains, with infantry an
d cavalry, and if not met upon correspondl
l. scele, they will damage Kentucky, If they
IS not destroy Louisville and Cincinnati. II
n ATTEMPT would have been made before no'
n but for the high water and the bad conditie
70 Of the roads.
&c They are coming, however, and will be
IS the State this spring, and those who are slo
N to believe it have only to wait few week
b. and thcy will sec that am not mistaken
ID my predictions. They aim, of course, to q
~ l EIrqE IulIUAust N1l4t@f u1A lV"4os LAW %AuS
re all. they aim to exchange thousands Of stal
10 ed aud WON out horses foi the best stock
n, Kentucky. They aim to plumber all t
re stores, mcat.houses, and granaries in t
ne country.
e3 Our military authorities can't be too vi!
is liant, nor can they prepare to meet this
tented tend invasion q your State upon too }ar
rs aseale Of operations. hope the en- eneWy 1y,n
he planting aud preparing for their crops. 4
INV / hope, also, for the honor Of our army II II
en- State and escape unhurt, is they did on i
mer occasion, when their whole army sho
have been captured.
1t may bc said that I am an ofllcious in!
neddler, or that I am relating nothins: L
/ have only to repeat, let the people Of
tucky look out, and let the military be u
the watch! am. &c,
r. G. BRowSLoV
ner Nashville, March II, 1868.