, 1863-07-10
John Morgan Crosses the
Ohio with 5000
Cavalry.
THECAPTURE OF BRAN
DENBURGGi KY.
Interesting Particulars
Seizure Of two
Steamers.
PROBABLE PLAN OF
THE REBELS.


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Fire .ent1emrn. who were all Of them pas-
:cnocrs IN board tie steamer J. ". Me-
coomh when she was cantured bv the rebels |
!, Brapdcnbnr,r, arrived IN this city this eycn.
[rp. having come direct from the captured
|own. Thev pfye the following details of |
events IN to the time Of their derarture:
This staanuer. which Is a regular packet
running between Louisville and Henderson.
1t three o'clock on Tuesday after
noon Is they came u2 the river, at Branden-
burg, as is their usual custom, for the pnr-
pore Of putting off and taking on passengers
md freight. There was nothing unusual
about the appearance of the place, nor had
they heard TINT there WAS arr danger 10 be
from the approach of the rebels,
60 TINT without shade Of suspicion, thev
to aud drew IN at the wharf boat.
Tho instant the boat toucbed thirty or FIR.
r. Confederate soldiers. fu,1r arn,ea and
couipncd. who had been concealed on tia
,sI,rf:bcat. iuoped on board the steamer and
took pcescssion of the bont, the Captain and
crew 1cfnp unar,ucd. and consequently pow-
or,ess To mfr aov resistance. Therc warn
sor,e tortv ar t1ttr ,,oszerucr, nm roar,7 md
th,v were ordered IN ehore, while tsc enni.
nccr and pi,ot we're kent on board. guard
1tc1,e MINCED oyer Them to see that thew obey
ri .Tc-r oraor r,ran hv The rc1e1 fa1t,;, n
c,mmond.
The 1,oat still laid to ut the wharf. and at
first there vas some anxiety among the ms.
ser,,+rs +o know what the next morn of s1o
rt1,e,s would be. but their object was soon
made manifest, as in short time The steamer
a,;ca ncan- fhe f3nest h,rat nov rnnniosr IN
the Me,nntis trade cane rounding the bend.
of the river. It was eoon evident that the
A1,cc ne.n Intended rak;nr M stonn,pe ot
Brandcnburr. 60 the McCoombs was headed
out inst in time to touch her bovs. when the
rehe1s. who were still concealed On the Me.
roomha. inmned on board the Dean and ef.
fectcd tie capture of TINT boat a,so.
Her nassenpers were then uberatea. with
,cst1uct;ous that tber xere mt ia 1cayc the
town around which plcIets had been posted.
n r;rc varn,ne of anv annroach. ~ well ~
IA nTeyent the departure ofthose in the place.
Reforr letting them co. however, they assured
them that all private property would be re-
spcctcd, and they returned to theyar;ous own-
ers, about s10,0oo, which had been placed in
the safe Of the boat for saia keeping.
On going Into tho tom they passed a5out
thirty or forty men, in possession Of the
place, under command Of Capt Taylor, for
Iucr]r Of Louisville. the force under his COM
raand f,rnioe the advance guard of Morgan,s
army
aIop+ enni,ozzn n rthas 1,cn+enant came
DOW to cant R,r1ara .or the afcco1nhs AMI
r,nt psn,ar ofthe naoo and told them he
had the honor OF Informing them that Gen,
John Moyean had uxriyyd IN The city. and had
uade The Ashc,aft house his headquarters
Oar inform.nts made use of their time and
liberty which had been granted them in in.
epccting the rebel army md the equipments.
They estimate thc number of rebels under
Morgan, their estimation being grounded on
their own personal observations, from {, 900
to 7,00o mea. The men were in excellent
condition, and accompanied BY battery Of
eight 24-pounder etec1rihed guns.
The came evening Of the capture one Of the
guns was pl,cccd on the steamer J. 7. Nc
Cocmbs, and dcfsnses we're hastily constrnc