Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-14
Affairs at Cincinnati-The two Ken
lucky Regiments.

| from private letter receiver Dy gehtleinau
of this city, from his friend in Cincinnati
The writer is gentleman of ability and We
racity, and his statements can be relied on
al have made some inquiries. and find that
at Camp Harrison, miles from the city, on
the Hamilton road, there are about 1000
troops; at Camp Clay. 4 miles on the river
road above the city, there are about 1900; at
| Camp Dennison, Is miles on the Batavia
road, about 1000.
| l suppose you have seen an account of the
stoppage of produce shipped to the South, al
the Cincinnati wharf. The authorities first
commenced this game; they took into posses
| sion some barges laden with bacon, &C., for
Southern ports, refused 10 let steamers take
anything South which hey God help the
markD considered contraband of war. Well,
the consequence was. that such articles were
shipped from other cities, and the Cincinnati
merchants found their trade diminished, and
that this whole system was iujuring them
| selves and hurting nobody else. Forthwith
Gov. DennisOn and Mayor Hatch desire to
| open the trade, but, alas! the mob says no.
| A lot of bacon was taken from one steamboat
last week and placed upon the wharf. At
| tempts have been made to ship it upon an
| other boat. bat all the power of the Mayor,
with all his threats, cannot have it shipped
There it lies, and there it probably will lie
| for some time to come. MObs are convenient
things sometimes, especially when band OF
scoundrels are caught in their own traps, and
e.. hi to ha
fidence of those whom they have injured. 1t
is very convenient to make scape-goat OF
tie mob. Oh the mob! the mob!
l suppose you have seen some account OF
the two Kentucky Regiments being reported
as ready to be muster ed into service for the
U. S., under Coils Guthrie and Terrill. Now,
that you and our good friends in Tennessee,
may understand this matter and not be de-
ceived, will try and give you true &C.
count of the whole. And first, as to Col.
hrie, be not deceived. He is none of
''Our GuthrieS." He is citizen of Ohio; he
settled in Newport sometime last fall or win
ter; became a rabid secessionist, "bloviated"
about there sometime, got himself appointed
Colonel of the Kentucky Militia; got scared;
run back to Ohio; went to Washington; got
some sort of commission from Abe Lincoln;
enlists set of wharf rats, scoundrels, Jail
birds and loafers in Cincinnati. with few
German Turner'S and vagabonds in Newport,
and 10! this turns up Kentucky Regiment
No. L. This is no fancy sketch. / will ven
ture to assert that, in the whole two regi-
ments, there are not fifty true Kentuckians.
l mean Kentuckians born OF Kentucky pa
rents, and who, from infancy, have been
taught to speak the English language. As
to Col. Terrill, he was for number of years
the editor of vile abolition sheet at La
Fayette, Indiana. Some ill wind blew him
to Cincinnati, thence, believe, to Newport
as a resident for few months. Sometime
last winter he returned to Cincinnati, where
he became the "roper'' for a faro-bank, and
is sort of dead-head pensioner to coffee
house in Cincinnati. His business is to
lounge about the Spencer House and catch
"gulls" and seduee them to the aforesaid
coffee-house, where the faro-bank is kept, and
stranger gentlemen are relieved of their cash.
His regiment is of the same character of
that of Guthrie's. If the honor of proud,
chiValrous old Kentucy is to be entrusted to
the keeping of such men, then fear that
and Others will have to do that which we
never expected to do-blush for our good
old Commonwealth and proclaim in anguish
of heart "How are the mighty fallen?"
The facts here set forth are true, and the
statements here made are not the result of
prejudice. / have them from those who
know, and who intend, through the medium
of the ''press," that the public shall know.
As to Kentucky my own opinion is, in fact,
l have no doubt of it, that if forced to take
position, she will go with the South. There
is, as you know, a strong, fraternal feeling
for Tennessee. Kentuckians love Tennes-
scans; in fact, they are more attached to Ten
nessee than they are even to Virginia. Ken
lucky will never consent to see an armed foe
march through her territory to make war
on Tennessee and the South. They NAV
permit them to enter the State and go some
distance into the interior; but they would
never reach the line, nor would they ever
return.
You may rely upon it. in no eptni, in no con-
| tingency will Kentuckians ever fight against
Tennesseans.
have thus endeavored, hastily, to give
you my views of the case; and in SO doing, /
have not been Influenced altogether by my
feelings; though / confess do feel and feel
strongly ia relation to this matter. There
may be some few Kentuckians that would 90
with the North; but of the native population
the number is very limited.
p. S. Independent of other outrages per-
petrated at Cincinnati, they assume the right
to open all packages addressed South, and
even to Kentucky, which is yet the in Union.
They opened few days since some packages
addressed LOUISVILLE" and.took some ere
volvers' and detained them. This they call
.'levying;" If done in the South, even with
regard TO public property, it woud have been
stealing" They even opened the boxes of
Mr. Charles Helm. late U. s. Consul to Ha-
vana, and had them inspected before they
would permit them to be sent to Newport,
his residence. They refuse to sell TO Ken
tuckians even pound of powder or lead.
Truly are they brave and chivalrous set Of
men to talk of oyerruhaing the South.
They make their boasts, some of them,
that they will destroy the South, externinate
the whole white male race and leave the
females 10 be taken possession Of by the ne
groes. You have no idea, no conception Of
the Ruthless vandalism which enters into the
minds OF the elucipnstjaus, spd ppfortppsts,