New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-14
TuE INVASION on KENTUCKY.
sr,Ao Rnrbnrities OF Hcbcl Warfare -A''"c"s
Upon Railroad Passengers "on'e"
Fired Upon.
From The LOui vile J0nfnnI July T.. /.

FROM The LOui vile Journal July g.. ::
At last after many DAYS s-aich and uuiSeu' -"
ouiry, we have All mixing o. 'Ae Whereabouts a"u n
Mans of the iGosL mvster0us ana ubiquitous o. III III
dyiduas John Morgan. l. Is Ia possible 10 'e, ? U
bour where he will be the rext; yet We can oI'i;o
something of his plans now, as uVuiSou ;ns Le
friends aud comrades, and Dy his own yn;,,br or
himself saving very little. We Ia'e ias' 80 Win
r.ther early this morning, Tau s his clntc ga
one of his captives, who escaped non, o., :. res,
oulv Yesterday morning. The geu'einau - IL II
dent of Nashville. and tells | heso Tonda
started from Nashville on tire lrain SuI ~ I'e "y
evening and which was cap'u'0u 'n0 s"0 "'
near Snepherdsville u,, ,,,;.,,b
The train was hailed eight miles beyond Elzabetn'
.orn and the conuaetor ioi ormed that The Rebels
we're only few miles ahead, aud waiting 10 cap
ture il, Conductor Sweeney, who was III chafge'
backed TO the frs, station, aud ielegraphed 10 ths
cty for orders, aud received reply TO come on, lnal
there was no danger in the way. Jonn Morgan
OPERATOR Ellsworth, sent the respopse TO the Inquiry
for instructions. Sweeney proceeded as iaf as
Crooked Cheek, three miles BEYOND Shepherdsviiie,
where hundreds OF Rebel Cavalry stood by the sde
OF The road who tdld him 10 stop or u ey would
snoot him and throw the train of the track. lie
halted, and the tram had hardly ceased moving
when. believing the Reoels bad 10 cannon, he rang
the bell to ruu back, and the engineer reversed
steam. The cars commenced retr0!raue move,
ment, but she'll from piece oil artillery lasseu
over them, warning TIE conductor that lie must NOT
try 10 escape Reluctantly the order WIS gwen and
the train halted. There was n guard OF ABOUT
twenty men on board, " no commsnced nring al ihe
approaching Rebels, who were yelling IKE savage
demons; but, after one or two Ineffective 'oHe'e,
the soldiers ran for dear life pursued oy tne vlco-
ous Rebels, who soon captured them. lhe passen.
GERS among whom were number OF ltdies, iliu
Aat down on the floor of the 10 avoid tue balls
that we're passing aoove AZ through .he traln- .
The guerrilla thieves, after the soldiers were dis
posed Of, turned their attention to the passeneers,
robbing eyery one who had morey, clothing, or
valuabes. In some instances artloies were returned
to their rigbtiul owners through TIE 'hnuehve oi
some one among the robbers WAC had a htu
honesty left Through the lntercessi0n OF some
ladies' Rebel friends OF Morgan the Train and all the
passengers sent back 10 Nashville, aud started
IN that direction between III AID IL o cioch Mohdsy
night. Ii WAS first LIS lntentlOn 10 destroy H. ou'
he was persuaded 10 fOrego his dee mihatloh 10 90
So Morgan had with him prel ely d,uOJ men huc
two batteries of artillery part OF whico, 6y The
way. he made the male passengers pull Out OF The
mud, where ii had been left by the arIlhert lneh
His intention was to TO Loui,N lie, as oo'alheI
from bis officers aud men. lie Gil not slprehehd
much difficulty in compg-thoueht our projecting
forces very limited In humber, aDd that he Win hs
troops could disperoe them de received ninc'
valuable Information from the Rebel laules ABOVE
mentioned who exhibited unnistaks bic signs OF Joy
AT meeting him. He states that BucADer 10 III Tue
Stae with from 10000 10 i2,V0O h.en' ana lha' lie
(Bu kaerl will immediately march on tiis 'liy'
Al WAS Morgan's intention 10 burn the bridge ana
trestle-work 1t Sbepherd,yile before be lei' ihe
peisbborhood. Yesterday afternoon he was be-
tween Shepherdsville aud Le lauou Junction ui-
rectiy in tho line of the Louisviile and NASHVILLE
Railroad, and is probably now retreati.g IL lie
has not changed his position, he lss ere this Lad 10
fight. A brave aud efficient officer has been dis
PATCHED 10 meet and give hun batIie, ahd Win aiee
enough force to ceieAt him, too Morgan VIII
doubtless avoid him If possible. There is strong
evidence that not much damage has been done the
railroad.
All Rebels reported at different points east and
west Of this city are small scouting and reconnoiter
ing parties of MorgaD's baud-nothiDg more.