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Till ’.VAR AND EVASION ill LINTUSKY:_ ... w —X X. S. *The Excitement in the Stnte.CnciNNATi, March 27.—The Rebel lorco in Kentucky is behoved tot/o' about six thousand strong, under Feouam. f~-I: is reported that Wolford’s cavalry coptnred tire*' burn;red rebels yesterday. CLArK’agucrrillas still liuver around Mount Sterling. Over two hundred ol his.men have own captured since unday. No apprehensions are fcit tor the sntetyof J^exington. Tlie wagon trains. stores and camp equipments from Danville a,nd hichmond readied Lexingtouin safety. Among the Rebel prisoners taken, were two Majors and-one l’aymaster, with §15,000 in Rebel money. Telegraphic despatches in late Rebel papers, indicate that a large army, under Loxgstoeet, is pushing.into Kentucky. Uhe hundred Rebel prisoners at Camp Chase, have si mined their willingness to take the oath of allegiance.Reported Retreat of the Rebels.lonsviLi.K, March 27.—The trail) from Frankfort, driclast night, was delayed by a locomotive being thrown lrom the track, w liich required some t me to remove. The tuiin brought news of the retreat of the lv t*els trom Danville towards Somerset, but as the military authorities had not been advised thereof by telegraph, they consider the report premature. Refugees liotn Danville arc eomitftr in, and some excitement exists at Lexington, but the popular op.nion gains ground that the recent invasion of Keutucky was merely a cavalry raid.I 11 o’clock A. M.—The Frankfort train is in. The'passengers disagree in their report1* concerning the evacuation of Danville. Some atbrming and others denying the ialt; t. No telegraj^hic intelligence has been received from that quartetThe Rebels Still nr Danyillo,Ixtnevn.LE, March 27.—A special despatch to the Louisville Journal suvs that eighty nu n of the N inth_ . « CmKentucky Cavalry surprised tlie Rebel pickets hear Danville last evening, when they retreated into Danville in great confusion. They learuod that the Rebel force in Danville was 2600 m n, including the First Georgia Regiment. This proves that the rumors of the Rebel abandonment of Danville are incorrect, Lexington, Ky., March 27.— 1‘assengers by the Fain say that our force.’ had recrossed Duck River in puisuit of the Rebels.Other accounts insist that the Rebels* have leftDanville. ' \Passengers from Mount Sterling, just arrived, report all quiet there.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Mar 28, 1863
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