Buoyed up by their successes in the east the Confederacy is going to make an effort to secure that state.

Bragg with a powerful force is already on his way toward Louisville, and we fear that he has slipped away from Buell." "So I've heard.

I found here a letter from my mother, and she told me all the reports from that section." "And is Mrs.Mason well?
She has not been troubled by guerillas, or in any other way ?" "Not at all.

Mother's health is always good, and she has not been molested." "Dick, it's possible that we may see Kentucky again soon." "Can that be true, and how is it so, sir ?" "The administration is greatly alarmed about Kentucky and the west.

This movement of Bragg's army is formidable, and it would be a great blow for us if he took Louisville.