Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-13

De OFOlguL out OIL clAcS, ana the i0fI
strength Of the nation could be brought /
to bear against the enemies Of the Gov
eminent Until some great leader shall /
arise capable of controlling all the ele-
ments and moulding all the strength Of /
the nation, they cannot hope for eom-
plete success in their righteous cause.
The question now is, what has become /
of Maximilian7 - Philadelphia IHqui-
rr.i
Rebel Movements I'm Kentucky.
The Louisville Journal Of Saturday
says:
The city was alive with rumors yester
day in relation TO rebel movements in
the State. A deep interest was felt ia
the operations along the Frankfort Rail /
road, and everybody snxiously inquired /
for the latest news from that direction. +
Reliable news informs Us that the ori- /
nance train from Frankfort TO this city |
was not captured, as Madam Ramon re-
peatsdly and confidently asserted. It
appears that a rebel band, numbering
forty men, under command Of a man
named jenkins, formerly Of Henry eoua-
ty. cut the wires at Pleasureville Station
on Thursday evening, and as soon as the
ordnance train came in sight they made
fierce attack upon il The train guard
replied to the fire, and lively liltle fight
ensued. The engine was quickly re-
verse9, and the train executed back
movement in the most satisfactory man
ner The rebels followed the backing
train for over half mile, firing into the
ears, and receiving a response TO their
shots from the guard Many obstrae-
tons we're found placed apon the track
between ChristiansbuFg and Pleasure
Vile The citizens claimed that they
were forced 10 do it BY The rebels
It was thought such proceeding would
prevent the return Of the train, and ren.
| der it an easy capture We are panied
to learn that ths rumor Of the death Of
Mr. J. Press Sparks, the present mem
/ Der Of the Kentucky Legislature from
| Henry county, is established a. a fact b
recent reports He was killed by jenkins
| at PIeasureyille, after the escape Of the
| train. There are many startling rum
ora as to the manner in which he was
| killed, but reliable news from along the
| road is very neager, and, At the hour Of
the present writing, we are unable 70
! furnish the particulars.
The death Of Mr. Sparks is much 10
be regretted, as be was a clever gentle
man, and attentive legislator; aud one
/ Of the most attentive Union men Of tie
State We did not refer to the fumor Of
his being killed yesterday morning.. be-
! cause we placed no eredenee 10 the re-
port We hoped that il was only a runs
or, and confidently waited for further ia
formation to stamp IL as such But the
worst fears, against earnest hope, have
proved true, and We, IN common wilh
| many friends, sincerely regret the death
Of 30 brave and good man.
The train arrived safely az BagdAd
during the night Yesterday lorehooa
It attempted 10 move on toward Frank
fort, but when within a short distance Of
North Benson, an open eulvert was
found destroyed, which prevented II
from proceeding further The first
bridge below North Benson was found 20
be destroyed. Another further on IA re.
ported burned. At the FIRST bridge Cur
troops had severe skirmish with the
rebels, repulsing and driving them back
There is no truth in the report Of the
capture Of Gov Bramlefte and suite
Nor was it believed yesterday evening
at headquarters that Frankfort had been
occupied by the rebels Gov. Bramlette
With the archives Of the State had taken
special train for Lexington, and ar
rived all safe Eight hundred rebels
were within eleven miles Of Lexington
Yesterday al noon. A large force was
also reported to be on Yates Creek. ten
miles from the town, engaged in forsg-
ing and stealing horses Lexington is
thought 20 be safe, as It's fort-ono OF
the strongest in the eountry--is garris
oned By veteran force, and It's excel
lent guns are manned by experienced
hands Morgsn's main command Is
said to be at Richmond, aud its strength
is vsriously estimated
LATER
| A private dispatch was received in the
city last night from Bagdad Il states
that six rebel soldiers passed through
| the town at half-past seven o'clock in tie
evening. They reported that Morgan
WAS in possession of Frankfort. and
would be in Consolation By morning..
They said his present force numbers
three regiments Of infantry and one 81
cavalry. The news is entirely from rebel
sources, and we DO not place much con
fidencs in it. Our associate dispatches
give the particulars Of fight between
Morgan and Burbridge at Mt Sterling.
II appears that after the fight at Lexing-
ton, in which Morgan was repulsed, the
rebel General divided his force into two
columns, one Of which moved toward
Georgetown and the other on Frankfort
We have no reports Of losses
4 private dispatch was received at a
late hour last night from Lexington via
Daaville. II briefly states "BurbridSe
now here-adairs unsettled. Morgan al
Franktort-6gh, going on. We scarce
, " know what opinion to express in re.
, gard to the news thus briefly stated Il
Morgan reached Frankfort before twelve
o'clock last night, he travelled more ex-
peditiously than we thought him capa
, BILE OF doing with weary force The
statement in regard 10 Frankfort nay
be correct, yet we think It rather pre-
mature. II the capital city is sBFren
dsrsd TO the rebels, they win obtain a
large amount of ordnance stores W
may obtain additional news before tbs
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