Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-10

vile. snd throw a iew shells n Louisville by
of brsvs6o.
We Do rot know the force NJ Louisville hu,
Morgan undoubtedly dec and II IL i too strong
for him he will 'rs 10 get back by the way he
came with al speed
IL sill be seen that the Governor has ordered
military organizations Ia all the counties south
Of the National Road. ana /, is sid that martial
law has been declared ia the border tier Of coun
| ties. but OF this last not officially advised.
We append. from the New Albany Ledger Of
wednesday afternoon. statement Of the frat
news threw had Of the raid:
At about oclock this morning the Str
Grey Eagle. which left AZ her usual hour last
evening for Evansville aud Henderson, returned
10 this citv. Capt Lusk having reces Cd n, To
oaoco Landing. five miles above Brfnder,',urg,
ihe following rote sent to that place by Lieut..
Col irwin. Of tie Legion:
IT. me Capfain Of The Star Cry Eagle:
The guerrilla. or the advance Of Morgan
army have captured the Alice Dean and Nc.
C'mbs. 81 Brandenburg. They are now living
there You had better return 70 Louisville for
troops WV J IKYrS.
Lieut. Col 9Th regt Ind Legion
A copy Of This note was transmitted to Msinr
Fry here. who NJ unce proceeded - turn out tive
convseScents il the hospitals and had the fire bells
rung 10 warn the citizens Of the probable danger
The Captain Of the gunboat which has for
some time past been lying opposite the city, or
d"rcd stea m q be raised, and M soon rs possible
weighed anchor and proceeded down the river to
ascertain the exact position Of affIrs and II
possible re capture the stolen boats aud punish
the audacious captOrs
On her wav M. the Grey Eagle met the steam
ers Emma FLOYD and Shenango, loaded with
Government freight. and warned them OF the
danger when they also returned 10 port These
boits ~ere hailed az the mouth Of Salt river. but
as II feared a body of Morgan's Rebels had
got into that place. the Captain refused To- land
The McCombs. We Ieun. was the first boat
taken The Rebels ran her on, into the strea m
and. pretendiug ~ be aground, called on the
Alice Dean "a she came up. for assistance. The
Dean stopped 20 assist. when he too was seized
There are various concctures to the purpose
Of the Rebels in tkiug these boats. some be
lieving they intend 90 ferry large force over to
the Indiana side We do not believe however,
that they will do ANYTHING of this sort. but that.
after pillaging the boats OF all they can curry
away. they will burn them.
LArtR
Sinre the above wis written. courier has ar.
rived bearing letter from Col. Jordan. of the
Harrison county militia. stating that information
has been received that the Rebels we're IN force
ut Brandenburg md were attempting to cross the
river
skrmish had occurred, Ia which one man was
wounded
There are reports that il WAS the Silver Moon
which was captured instead ot the Alice Dean
Measures have been taken 20 capture or dis.
per-e these impupent raiders. which we have no
doubt will DC successful
s1iIt LArIR
BY messenger Just through from below we
learn TINT fight j. going on ri or near Brtnden
bury betw cen the Rebels aud the Home Guards
oi H,rri-on and Crawford counties.
The Guards from Leavcnworth went up 20
l'rhndenhurg Yesterday. and IN IN engagement
lost their FOUNDER 6eld piece Two men we're
killed. one whose name We learn 10 he James
Carnes, OF Hiuison county The fight. or rather
skrmish, MS still going on when The messenger
lett Tor this place for rcinlorcementa aud ammu
milton As our informant passed through Cory.
don At ~ o'clock, n messenger had Just arrived
there with sage for Col Jordan. confirming
the above particulars