The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-12
Alrfrmnltn 0ispatrb.
WEDNESDAY MGRNiNti. JUNE -. .',sj1 ,ssi
LETTER FROM KENTUCKY.
Gan Such Things he and Excite not Our
Esp~tsaI ~ oAdcr ~
CovINGrox- kY-. June 2 lseI

tovtRGToS. hy June 2, 1851
To The EfttGFs # the DtsDGLch / feel any
sous To contribute, however feebiy to the great
cause in which you are efficiently Engaged
the cause OF our glorious SoUTH' / have Just
read IN that mendactons sheet, the Cincinnati
Times, that the great Albany Bank has sig
natiy failed, and other banks oi the Me-
tTopolis OF the great Empire State are
expected n follow suit. One other has
also gone by the board-the Two Indebted
to the amount Of - 05o,o0o. This intorma-
tiou, however, you doubtless are in pos
| session ~. The writer, 4 correspondent Of
the Rochester News, quoted by the Times,
came TO the conclusion that there must have
been some thing "rotten ia Denmark"
Again IN some OF the Northern counties OF
MassachuSetts, a CORES spondert writing from
| " urceSteT, Mass says "Rusiness Is en- tireiy
| prostrated. Tho great pail aud chair dis
| tricts are almost deso!afed. Many failures
| among them, and W0Tkmen ont of employ.
| fnent' One little viii1ge in Tempieton, of
| fHo lnhabttAntSi has lost" says the same WTi-
| ter, lover SlGo 900 within three weeks"
| This he says, as sample OF their indus
trial interests everywhere"
| These facts admitted 20 exist relative to the
| North, coupled with the oft-repeatcd false
| StatpTueu IS by thOs- dirty sheets the Courier
| rGztttf, and Times, thlt in Virginia NJ sss-
| slpp', and other Southern States, there is a
| gtsat scarcity Of provisions, may well lead 10
| the inquiry Can such Things be and excite
| not our especial wonder
] perceive that there - 10 little cornrlaiut t
| among the troops quarterpd ut Clmp DeUni.
| son, 81 few miles from the S1otn iSh city of Gin
| CIuHati, On he subject OF provisions and
| CtsthIEE. The Isntes says. ''Iher. IL one
general cry al indignation asaiust the FJD5inE
yf the t.iotic iu4ds Of the different States
by officials and Contractors. II - without
parable IN tne history Of tuis country. Penn
-ylv@u5a seems to lead OF. The reports frorI
that state are really horrible. Not q single
article furnished the troops but was Of the
most inferior quality, and tor which the most
| e1orhitsnt prices were paid. The PennsyiVa-
| MIA Regiments now at tha seat OF are
.-s,, .tg.G i-R, AL vv,4ti
! EFgllnpntS.' Gov. Curtin occupies an eX-
| caedirgiy pleasant position. His admins
| :ratiuI - covered i month deep III this species
| ui corrup pIDn. tie has suffered his friends to
| speculate in the most unprecedented manner
ia the war appropriations OF the state he
has allowed Immense sums 10 9e s4uandered,"
etc etc. "Onio," the Times continues, "has
| followed close on the heels Of renns ylvania.
From the beginning 10 the present time the
military management Of Gov. DennIson has
been very strongly tiact'@red with corrUp-
| ton" Ia illustration OF this, he cites many
| instances to prove the truth ct Gis allegations
| These charges OF corruption, proven by com
| petenJ witnesses, against gubernhtOrial dig
| uittries OF Penn ylVdnia and ONO, what shai
| We say OF their master at - ashlHS ton Like
| master, like man.
| But / fear my pen is too rambling. l aavt
seen fvequentl, OF late many carloads ofmef
| badly clad, aud without arms, pass to aud fro
| on the Miami Railroad rs il their command
ers knew not whittier to send :henl. Poor lei
! lows, seeking slaughter pen Some OF tn
| red shirted boys. | hear some of them ar
D. lust out Of the Z" big ing at Columbus
ycleped the penitenttaTy.
The sheets above referred TO, speak of tn
| com mmjt tment of various O1jrages, which CCcu
daily in Cincinnati Two volunteer " Xou
| ave-'' were before the Mayor, on yesterday
for breaking open houses, and cestroyip
| property. under she influence Of rot gut.
They were fined SO each, and sent to Jail
The correspondent Of the infamous Creole,
sneGbs Cf drunken rows in Richmond, NlT
ginia. II ought TO come 0uL this way, ~her
he can write more trUthfully about rowdyIsT
and fights wlth butcher knlves among broths
soldiers.
As | remarked in a former letter, l au
| strongly OF opinion that the city OF CiuCiu
] | natl is the most vulnerable important pOin
| on the free Border States; and from the hIIi
| Of Covington II affords = splendid target f.
! Southern Ioiumbiads and Minnie rifles.
further believe, that - Gu0 or 1000 well Grille
. ! men, commanded by Davis or d ReAureg arr
| could make 1t appear any other thda ike
| Queen CITY"
- / trust the beloved old Common wealth wi
| be Hhie TO tain herself III common wit
| her sister Confederatts in the pending ieaTtC
| conflict with the WoUid-be IctatCrs, VIII
| have pulled down this gcodly fabric Of III
| best Government the world has yet seen.
. | Gf%NDPuLITE.