Newbern weekly progress., 1861-10-29
VANDALISM OF THE FEDEl;ALs IN


The Bowling Green (Ky) correspondent of
the Nashville Union writes
If additional proof were wanting to fasten
upon the authorities at Washington the stigma
of having inaugurated and prosecuted war of
unparrelled barbarity and atrocity, the evi-
lence daily accommodating in this State, if
properly presented would consigI the instiga-
tors of this unholy and unchristlan crusade To
a bed of infamy, in which the uncaged furies
would be 10th to lay down. Not day but re-
ports reach here OF Federal inroads, followed by
unlicensed pillage and the unnecessary destruc-
ton of the property of private citizens, who,
for no other CRIME than that Of entertaining
opinions hostile to the usurpers government,
and DARING to think that this war Is being car
ried On for the sole purpose OF the total aooll-
ton of slavery AID the subjugation of the clti
zens of the South to the condition of serfs.
\ few days since a maraudiug party, num-
bering about forty Lncolnites, made their ap-
pearance short distance from E.izabethtown,
and after plundering the houses Of two gentle
men, supposed to be in sympathy with the
Southern cause they fired the dwellings an.
fled The ashes of barns, cabins and doml-
Giles 70 which the incentliarieS torch has been
applied near ModGough's Ill., attest the char
acter Of the horde with which kentucky Is be
ing overrun, and at the same time the cvl'!en-
ccs of destruction presented at every furlong for
Tolerate lines will but serve as remembrances
of the destroyer's hand, and accelerate, If not
a terrible rctribution, a speedy advance and
dispersion of the invading outlaws.
Another correspondent writes:
When the Federals marched into Kentucky
they assured the citizens that they had come
to protect them and their property and not to
destroy Instead of giving this protection,
they take what provisions, etc, they want
without paying for it; they go to the private
residence and quarter their soldiers upon the
citiZeI.S and if he murnurs his life is threaten
cd, his cattle and horses carried away, and 1t
is often the case that his barn is burned
They gave assurances to the citizens, on
their advent that no one would be harmed on
account of his political opinions, but they al c
arrest!ng,cvery man in and around Paducah who
| cntertains the opinion that State has right
| to secede; and if the lnen escape and come to
the Confederate camps for protection they ar
rest the women. The widest excitement and
confusion pervades the country around Padu-
cab for twenty miles. Old men, whose locks
are whith with the frosts of many winters, have
! been captured and sent into the Northern
States prisoners.
The wife of Mr. Phil Wallace, who resided
in Paducah, learned that order had been
made for her arrest-she daringly made hel
way through the guard lines and picket guards
and started to this post; the Federals gave
! chase, and like bloodhounds on the track, pur
sued her until their cowardly hearts prompted
them to return she safely made her way t
Columbus, where she joined her husband whe
is one of the best soldiers and most gallant mr.
in kentucky. They took possession of Mr.
Wallace's house, and one Of their Generals
therein makes his headquarters. But the bes
of this affair is they took possession of hi:
slaves, and offered them their freedom, but th'
slaves ran away and came and joined thei
master. The yoke of tyranny is being placee
upon the necks of many in Kentucky, through
the instrumentallity of the Union tories Of tn
State.