Show THE WAR IN KENTUCKY AA rai ait Alt although bough but little has been pub published lielie d in r lation to the war movements in kentucky oe or late there are good reasons for believing b t that neither the federal nor the confederate for forces ces there have been idle and extensive preparation preparations have been made on the north side aide of the ohio river to prevent the confider ates from making ft incursions into the states of orf indiana and ohio which wag greatly f feard feared eared eard reared fearel especially in the vicinity of cincinnati at which point a large concentration ct of broo troops P s including regu ars volunteers and militia or b home p me guards guard 9 wab waa ordered but baw many thousands of combatants have thereas there Is unknown to abe the coniry country the num I 1 bir lir beao leAo however wever must be great as it was some time ume since deemed sufficient for the defence of the city without the assistance of the ohio home guards which were discharged oah oab onafae oth of septem september er it was announced t ha va en bra braggs 0 s forces were crossing the re cumberland with a view of invading the nor lor northern corthern thern part of the state and also that the confederates had burn barn burned d all the bridge eslon s on the all louisville and Frank franl frankfort foit railroads railroad excepting I 1 the ibe on one over the keritu kentucky river there nere here was as per report considerable exi in Cincin patti on the loth busine bubines bu sines a I 1 was wa s suspended us and all military organizations were upon to be in readiness to meet th the e foe foa who was reported to be advancing in strong fore force in two divisions at noon all t the eltro troops 0 ps on the kentucky I 1 side of the river bere were were drawn up in line of battle about the saine baine sarae samme time the federal forcas corcas evacuated ie L et banon bacon which was occupied shortly after by the confederates grates I 1 1 k l diany many skirmishes were announced to have taken place from the ath to the loh loh of sept in various parts of the state stale but no particulars were given it was alao stated that gen bueil buell with his entire army of ot forty two thousand men bad had arrived at nashville on his tsay way to een Ken kentucky ticky to counteract the movements of kirby smith bragg and other confederate generale who were moving northward anthe loth gen smith ia is reported to have made a speech to his bis troops assuring 0 them that be he mould would quarter them in cincinnati in a rew few days shortly afterwards it is said the ghim enemy fell back from before cincinnati to forence florence ten miles southwest of that city it was supposed to await reinforcements gen buell with fifteen thousand men left nashville on the evening L of the as stated with the intention of falln fall fail ng 0 upon kirby smiths rear gen duncan with some bome five or oc six thousand meny men was waa reported to have attacked the federal forces stationed at mudford Munford stille ille lile two thousand five hundred in number cumber early in the morning on the was repulsed with great slaughter their dead number numbering irig as per statement four hundred the tha federal loss trifling it was reported at louisville on the tbt that gen bragg with hs forces was at tomp kinsville and that buckner was on his bis way from sparta tennessee to Ken kentucky ticky on that day it was announced from cincinnati enemy had advanced from flounce otence driven in the federal picket pickets sl and man tested I 1 a disposition to occupy their former camping a g gound aund within sight of the federal I 1 ments OH the tho it was represented that t hy they were we resti ati sti 1 l in position near florence throwing up p entrenchments that flump humphrey hrey brey marshal marshai Mar shai ls forces foice iliad had arrived there and they were still awaiting the coming of other troops A con coc federate force appeared the same day on the bank ank of the ryer river nirie nire miles below cincinnati 11 butlett on the approach of the gunboats gun boats which went down to pay them a yia vis t maysville was reported to have been captured by the confederates confederate the union citizens fled taking u mith nith ith them most valuable property liro lito perty the immense a of troops on the ri right bt bank ot ol the ohio ohl it was supposed would soon work the ejectment of the confederates from stucky K but bettt etwas was not expected 4 they would quit the state till they were compelled to by force foree and arm arin |