New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-31
Guerrilla Warfare in Kentucky.
We find the following items in The Loui,.


rifle Journal Of saturday:
GUERRILLAs At SIZE BYvILLE--M RTly AND HIS
GANG FOR, I'D 10 sgEDAIDLE.
The eltizsns II Shetyo o1ii0t tue right spirit.
They have organized thersCycs into company for
homo defense. The CouIt-Aonse BIS been selected as
place II general rendezvous aaa It She Erst sound OK
tie alarm bel, the ciu1ei aJ al the place. arm them
selves, and Slnd prepared 70 irotect their homes
Regular details are iaGe AID The town Is thoroughly
pioaeed every night Itese nmendaD.e precautions
n, doubt have saved Slelbyylile from may guerrilla
ids Tn pickels around the town abandon their
p Is about an hour ter daylight, and the citizens
daring the day dc .0t .letaseYTs 10 tier various EN-
p'oyments. \ lOut Allt-Past seven O'clock yesterday
morning, when the guards bad been Withdrawn, ani
no danger Was aufobendcd from hostile bands the no
tjnous e. Mar %. % tie head Of gang 81 twenty
gnerr 9s. dashed into TIE town, anu TOOK lhe cltl
Tbcs.o. III IS hoped to gain an easy victory and as
they down tie street. Lrel upon everybody that
N r.e lis importance. They dism0unted snoIt dir
tan r. ine COlathouse ara pressed seyeralnagroes
In service ana handed aelr horses ever to them
They then advanced toward tie bulldog WITH the Ell
dent INT nton Of capturir me aIls soedtleFe Two
ol the czens o. the t0gn, Ar NcNraph ana Mr.. hs"
son however, became aware 81 the presence OF the
eucnlss and rushing to the Ceurhouse, took refuge
In he hu Ding und commenced firing upon the thieves,
with lie v TIa1s ron tie windows. The shots were
po r,d into tho scound'cs 80 last and the hrlnS
40 sing the citizens sacrll conc ntralon was CON.
lnensmg, ard Martin ana DIS cuttsioat taous9t IL
". d NJ prgient 10 sael1ldle from the town, WHOA
er did In a style more hurried tlan elegant. Inc
rusrrillg were closely pressed that many ol them
"A &
bo-see b. one of the negro men holding the horses,
sac OF MIR. James Hickman. was Killed b! the nring,
ami i've h0r shot down, and nlc captured. IL wasa
blilirnt exl .ut and a dear lesson to the thicylAS
a.ounares Martin viii scarcely attempt another raid
ini6 Shelbyyi'ie.
Jrssv-A RAID or TIE FRANKFORT RAILROAD.
Jesse IS still olereIn- N Oxen county. HIS three
hsndred have become sadly dcclniaieL, and Ioitaue
refuses 10 smile aud give cheer 70 TIE dark prospects of
tie raider 80 more hO assemblies lis command, with
the flourish ui drums and irumpets and assumes n
r. al tfp kuii a as
he was ashamed 70 show his face Ia honest people.
Misery loves company. and from twenty 10 thirty cut
threat soondrcls still follow the fallen fortunes OF the
cuelrila cflef On Thursday .ht raid was made On
FeasurcVi!e AID BJgdGd on tie Frankfort Railroad.
ASIDE from the stealing Of few horses from Boyle.
Jones aud Roberts, but little damage was done. Jesse
did not tarry IN le region long. lie quietly departed
from the road and sought the Seclusion OF his camp
among the Wild hills OF sweet Owen. Alas poor Jes.
60 we fear that Jon are fast coming 10 grief. Cook
b,--Gogs viii have their day.
GUERILLA RAID INTO WHIT COUNTY-HEAVY ROB.
berries.
The Wheeling InfriigsHer is Informed that early on
Friday morning last gang OF fDriy.two gucrlas en-
tered the town o newark IN WIT county; Ihey rob,
bed the store Of Mr.. Stewart taking about five hundred
dollars worth of dry goods, boots, shoes and notions.
They also took nom the store OF Mr. Foster formerly
delegate in the Legislature from Writ County about
thousand dollars worth " goods Of all descriptions
Tloy then robbed the pos'-oiice taking about eight
hundred postage stamps and al the letteis
and papers they could find. They went about the
goods and ,ie, them with bed cordng upon the backs
OF the horses : he Rebels were commanded by one
John Burner. formerly citizen OF Wirt county. ann
were wei armed. Many Of them wore blue onses ana
were mistaken for Union soldiers. They stole from ma
neighborhood of Newark eighteen horses one OF which
was valued at ~. 100 MI stewart says the feOci CIT
gens stood by and laughed while the guerras were pe
petrating The robbcries aud that In some Instances tha
goods and horses Of Union were pointed out by th
svmpatIigers. The Rebels came from the forks Of
Hughes river, and took their punder in an opposite d.
rection.
WHEELER REPORTED MOVING FOR KENTUCKY.
plspaches received at Nashville says the Nash, lie
Tsmes of Yesterday that Wheeler has crossed
the Holson River in the igborhood Of strawberry
Plains lie cut the road in several places, but de-
stroyed no import mt bridges restles. Our scouts
leai ned that he intended moving imu edlatoly
into Kentucky. No doubt he will try to avoid COL
son with our troops in East Tennessee. Another re-
pert said that his purpose was to make descent upon
The railroad between Chattanooga and Nashville. a.,
not believed he W. make tie experiment II he shon
he ii lind III costly one. The guerrilla bpsnors 10
net = pay lag one this seasos