The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-10
TIE LATEST NEWS:
BIZ LAST NIGHTS MAIh

Gangs of desperadoes yesterday com
nitted depredations on the Louisville
and Frankfort and the Central Ken
lucky railroads, destroying bridges and
the track between Cynthiana and Par
is, and burning three cars in the Eicin-
ity of Smithland At the same time il
announced that a rebel force has en-
tered our State and captured the town
of Mt Sterling We regard the latter
report as a fiction, for we cannot be
lieve that Gen Burbridge, who has
with Gen. Hobson, been watching de-
velopments for some time, has permit
ted himselfto be deceived as TO the
force and intentions of the rebels
Were it not that we have been assured
that there was a force in the State com
petent to repel any raid, we might be-
lieVe that the impediments placed on
the railroads had some connection
with the movements of an invading
force. The outrages ofyesterday were
not intended for purposes of robbery,
although at Smithfeld there was some
little transfer Of property from the
pockets of passengers to those of the
assailants, for generally the passengers
were treated with considerable lenity,
and private baggage was not destroyed.
This looks as if the attacks might
have been a diversion in the interest of
some other movements Of which we
have not yet heard But whatever may
have been the motive Of those scoun-
drels. it is shameful to reflect that no
precautions have been taken to guard
against their attacks The citizens Of
the interior have for two or three weeks
past been Of the opinion that the
bridges on the Lebanon branch road
would be destroyed How they obtain
ed their information we do not know,
but such rumOrs have gained extensive
currency, and were reported TO US
week ago, though we paid no attention
to them, having entire confidence in the
disposition of forces made by the mill
tary authorities Nothing, however,
seems to have been done. A guard
upon the trains to protect them would
seem to us to have been the very first
step necessary; but there has been
an unaccountable feeling of security,
which, IN this, as in many other preyi-
Gus cases, has led to disastrous results
The force which appeared yesterday
between Paris and Cynthiana number
ed about two hundred, it is said. There
is possibility that such force may
have made wide detour, and come in
on the rear Of our outlying troops, and
il would unquestiOnably have been
strong enough to surprise Mount Stel-
ling, but it cannot hold it, We, how
ever cannot venture upon any specu-
lation. There is something going on in
Eastern Kentucky, but the military
authorities choose to be reticent on the
subject, and we must therefore await
future developments In the mean
time, we would ask why the various
well known rendezyOuses of rebel re-
cruiting officers are not broken up
Everybody says there is one in Nelson
county-the fact of there being a gang
somewhere in the viyinity of Shelby
vile has been reported again and again;
and Spencer county, q gentleman told
us yesterday, was totally sWarming
with rebels, who had it all their own
way there. Is is possible that the
United States forces cannot burn out
these hornets nests2 It's indeed NOR
tifying to reflect that depredatioAs can
be committed within an hour and
halls ride of our city, while there is not
the least evidence Of any preparation
to prevent them Something must be
done, and done quickly, or we shall
find ourselves beleaguered in our good
town without daring to 60 beyond its
municipal limits for fear Of being COB
bled up by guerillas-LomSgNs Journal