The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-06-17

lay contains "details of tIicraid upon
thc Louisville and Frankfort Rail
road When about hal q mile moth
of Smithdcld the down train was
lthrovn from tie track by The previ-
Ious removal of several rails" 4 vol
ley flop corhincs and pistols was
Jhrown into tho ars ut the same
time Among the passengers were
Twenty soldiers, six only ct whom
were armed. the rest being on theil
way to their respective regiments. 49,
/ Every one on the train was taken by
surprise, and surrendered to q mca
ger squad Of ten mcp, iu citizen.
dress, who claimed to belong &c
Mosgan's command. Their leader wa.
Iaweil known citizen living Roar Van
! Dykes Mills. The arms were takcu
| from the soldiers and broken tO
lpicces. and an oath not to hght du.
ring the war administered TO them.
/ The passengers were treated civilly;
a few only Eere robbed of small
sums Of money. The passenger car
|and two passenger toaohes were
burned. the two passenger coaches
which were filed with ladies, being
detached and saved. The express
goods end baggage were removed
from The bngg3ge cal. They robbed
ihl express messenger Of one pack
agc Of -, 0O0 q 1T other small Sums
The mail was not rifcd or destroyed,
with the exception ofa few way pack
ages. After completing the crippling
OF the train, the guerriIlas left in the
direction Of Smithield
The Louisville papers Of Yesterday.
state that tram containing State
arms while en- rout from Etanidort
to Louisville, was stopped at Pleas
urcville, in lIcury county, by guerr
ulas and taken. During the attack
Presley Sparks, member of the Leg.
islature from Henry county, fred
upon tho gurrillas from his residence,
until all his charges were expended,
when he was killed. The report was
current, Lut unconhrmed, that Gov.
Bramlctte was on the train, and that
the State archives were also on the
tratl,
Dispatches received by the militia.
" authorities from Lexington state
that on Thursday Burbridge came up
with Morgan at Mount Sterling, who
had 1900 men, and W tipped him
handsomely. Morgan's forces left in
the direction OF Lexington, Il portion
reaching there Thursday night. The
Union forces retired to the fort, Which
is glrrisonel in pa.t by the lst Ohio
Heavy Artillery, skirmishing all
night with Morgdns men, and %hell-
ing them yesterday morAing At
daylight portion of the force, under
Morgan in person, entered Lexing
ton, plundcrel the stores of Union
men. aud burned one OF the railroad
deEota. purbridge reached Lexing
ton in pursuit o. Molgan at 2:3O p.
NJ, Yesterday. Morgan changed
his base, in the most perfect NcClell.
IN style, and left in the direction Of
Franliort--perhaps to confer with
WoItorl and jacobs in reference to
rhe best mode Of resis ing the da-pot.
ism Of lincoln.
a gentleman who was in Cynthiana
Gt the time raiders charged upon the
town states that at - z. NJ, Wed
nesday, five rebel cavalry dashed in
at q furious rate, yelling and firing
tl,eir pistols, ami returned. Iu tWcn-
ty minutes, fifty others dashed
through in the same manner and IA
n few minutes were joined by twenty
or thirty more. They remained in
the place about three hours, and lett
in the direction Of Paris. They rob-
bed Delling's clothing store aud
Magee's shoe store, and the Post.
office, taking rrom the latter $ i in
clamps and $50 in silver.
Eighteen men were detailed 10 burr,
KeIlarz bridge, mile and a half
north Of Cyushiana. a guard OF ten
OF the Alta Benlucky at this bridge
surrcnlersd, and we're parolled, al
though they could have held their
stoc'lalics against ten times tlcir
number.
The force at Cynthiana was under
the command of Captain Jim Rogers
of Burbon county, and belonged to
MAJOR Clenoweth's b-tlalion. They
stated thaG Morgan was in the vi.
cinitv Of Mount Sterling, which
place he took Tuesday night, with Il
force of2 500 cavalry and 1000 infan
try, and that thGy came tLrGugl.
Pond Gap, June "a, wore they had
driven back the 10th Kentucky Cav
airy. They predicted the capture Of
Maysyille and Paris Oh "Wednesday
night. and an attack upon LeXing-
ton, The number of men in Morgan ;
command Is exaggerated, as is evil
dent from the report Of OF rebel pris-
oners and from Union officers in
Kentucky
The concert Of action in different
parts Of Kentucky shows Il perfect
understanding between Morgan and
the sccesh who claim the benefit of
the amnesty cath as cover for trea-
Bcn. Ihe sooner tic rebel element
is eXpatriltel from kentucky, under
the enforcement Of such an order as
Bnrnsides Order No. So, the hotter
will i be for the peace OF the State.
THE END OF IT.
Irs- Morgan's raid into Kentucky
hos nroVcl almost nc ligoetrouS IN