| Show I 1 T THE H E wall WAIL IVA it JN IN K KENTUCKY E N TUCKY A AND N D TENNESSEE tel TEI ane 4 I 1 from the many reports that havet haves gained publicity it it is fully made to appear that the confederates have been for some time past dec decidedly in the ascend ency ercy in east tennessee beauregard t has been reported to have been at chattanooga operating cooperating co with bragg and their thair combined forces con constituted st an a army of over sixty thousand m men en it is not cera certain n however that beauregard beall Bean regard has again 11 taken t k en th the tha e field there was wag a fight of considerable magnitude came off at tazewell near cumberland gap on or about abort ahe the ath of augush august the forces en engaged a 0 ed wini we re gen de coerces Cour ces 1 brigade b and the kentucky regiment on 0 n one side and the confederate gen steven sons bons division on the other both sides claimed the victory but the testimony ates in favor of the federals their los ios loss S however was considerable as was also that of 0 the confederates ane the losses loises in in the aigre aigle gae were three or four hundred killed and wounded several fig fights lits are have occurred with guerrillas in various parts of tennessee tennesse e and kentucky between the loth and of august and it was said sald that several new points in kentucky had bad fallen into heir their hands of pf late and it was the policy of the civil and military authorities to keep their suc successes esses from troea bed ben being known as far as possible such was ahe excitement produced by their exploits that but little was said about them em by thoe fully acquainted with the extent of their number cumber and de depredations relations it was known however that large bands had bad entered that state from Tean tennessee essed essee that they had captured and abd held sumerset somerset set and ind that glasgow bowling green and other towns were in iu dan danger er of falling failing into their hands bands A laer report states that thit Clarks clarksville Clar kaville ville had teen leep captured by bv one of those bands and that th they ey were harbing towards forts henry and donelson the Cumb comb cumberland irland erland river was reported tobaie tol iare been completely complete lr in the hands bands of the st se ceders cedera and all communication coan with wilh nashville Nas avlUe by railroad cut 09 oft gen wright has been assigned to the command orthe new district established ex pressly for thi e suppression of the guerrillas in kentucky tennessee and missouri and called the district of ohio including onlo ollio indiana illinois Illino iq missouri and that part of Kent kelt kentucky licky ticky and of 0 tennessee most moat infested W with fth ith that class of combatants combatants to re of the new troops from the nort dort northwestern h w states are to be sent and several regi regiments ments had some two weeks since crossed the ohio into kentucky which movement did not sem seem to terrify the chiefs of guerrilla bands much and ard and the indications were that they would woula accept battle whenever offered |
