, 1863-01-01
.!<om the Louisville journal, 10th uit.

4$fom tic Louisville Journal, 10th uit.
~: Morgan mid into our State has be-
come nore serious and destructive than even
1noet Who :, tnduiEed thu greatest eonadsnce lit
tlon represents him ut 6 o'clock lust eve.
ming N possession Of the tunnel 1t Mul-
droughs I'LL And the trestlc-work In that
vicinity. The Quartcrmastcr Of the list 1n-
diana infantry, Which cOrps hal been dctach.
Cd - guard tue tunnel and trcstlc.work, man.
yesterday morning, and arrived here last eve
gazaca as lellaablc. 1880 '''''' ''' ~
The history of the fight at'Elizabcthtown on
Saturday, and the surrender Of tn 9lst Illinois
inlaEtry, Lieut.. Col. Smith, commanding, IS
men occupied the stockadcs where the de-
1nand was made By Morgan for the surrender,
and refusing to lay down their arms, the reb.
els opened upon them with two six-pounders
aud t''o t'Telye.pound cannon, destroying the
dcfenses III short time. Having no artillery
wl.ercwith to reply, Lieut. Col. Smiths men
fled to the public square, occupying tle court
house and adjoining buildings. Thus covered
they naAde sharp Resistance, hut were over
powered. surrendered and parolcd. Lieut..
Coi. Smiths command embraced 500 men.
The rebels tired no less than forty rounds at
the stockades before they were abandoned by
our troops. 1t is said that the surrender was
made by Lieut.. Seilbock, without The know}-
edge Of the commanding officer, and that sub
sequently Capt: James fought the rebels
from his position for three hours. In recos-
milton OF his gallant conduct, John Morgan
permitted Capt. James to retain his side-arms.
Ihe heavy cannonading heard in this yiciu-
ity on Saturday was at Elizabethtown.
The dearest object Of Morgan's dash into
Kentucky Was, no doubt, the destruction Of
the immense trestle-work In the vicinity Of
Muldrough's Hill, all improvement that it will
rrnnirp n coFf
to replace. This object he has fully accom-.
plished.
This important work, it seems, was cusrd.
| cd BY the list 1udiana regiment, numbering
! in its present condition about GOO men. They
were supplied with earthworks on the hill in
the vicinity and with stockades ut the foot Of
| the hill. There we're also two pices Of artil-
lery there Of small ca.ibre, bnt, as they had
no supplies Of ammunition for them, the guns
Morgan, witt: his forces, arrived at the Hill
| ut an early hour yesterday morniug-onc ac-
! o'clock. One company Of Federal troops who
| were doing picket duty were captured, and
the remainder of the force made a rapid move
nlent for their earthworks. At this jnncturc,
o flag of truce was sent In by the rebels, de-
n1andlng an unconditional surrender. This
demand was refused and Morgan opened upon
them with his cannon. A fight at long range,
| in Which few if any cana1ties occurred, was
| kept up until O'Clock last evening, when
the firing ceased, the Federals surrendering TO
tue superior rebel force. The surrender forced,
| the destruction Of the trestlc-work Was easily
| accomplished.
! The Colonel Of the list Indiana who had
been In this city, left by the train at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning to join his regiment, aud
commanded his men during thc fight.
| Of course the townwaa more or less excited
last night Mt the recital Of the various rumors
I S.ot cofA hat ~,
peArcd with his command at the Rolling Fork
Bridge at an early hour yesterday morning;
that the Federal troops there had surrendered.
and that the bridge over that stream had been
destroyed; that The rebel advance had made
| their appearance at Shepherdsyi1le, having
! fight was imminent at the Salt River Bridge,
Ali these rumors we're untrue.