New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-28
The following was Gen. Grants reply:
The Vandals in Kentucky.

The announcement of the burning of Mayfeld,
Kentucky, by the Lincolnites which was tsle.
graphed from Nashville and published by the city
press few days since, proves to be incorrect. We.
had the pleasure OF meeting yesterday with Capt.
J. Fl. Nelson, of the Kentucky army, formerly of
Nashville, who has been in Maytield since the re-
ported burning, aud subsequently made very mar
row escape from falling into the enemys hands.
From him we learn that a Confederate force had
been occupying Mayfeld for some time, but fell
back about week since, and encamped at Mo-
bley's camp ground. The IIncolnites getting wind,
somehow, of the evacuation OF the place, on We'd.
nesday morning sent q detachment Of 800 cavalry
from PaduCah, who arrived about daylight, and i'm
mediately placed guards around the village at
every point of egress while detail was made for
the purpose Of arresting all persons Of known
| cesson proclivities in the place -.F-
These, Capt. Nelson says, were evidently arrested
only to prevent them from making any resistance
to the vanials in the work of pillage which they
came to perform. One of their first acts after
securing the men, was to proceed to the house of
Mrs. ,Carville, whose husband is absent in Gen.
Buckner's army. They placed loaded pistol to
her head and threatened to shoot her, using all
kinds of obscene and abusive epihets, They con-
cluded their visit by pllaging the house of every
thing valuable which they could carry off, and
breaking up and destroying the remainder of its
contents '
| Among other things they found at the house of
| Mrs. c. was Capt. Nelson's trunk, which he had
left there for safe keeping the previous day. on his
| departure for Columbus on duty They appro-
priated the contents Of the trunk including sword
| belt, sword, SASH and all of Captain N.'s military
| wardrobe, even to the soed linen, tore up his
private papers and scattered them about the yard,
and when they could DO othng further, took their
J leave. ..e.- ."f y
| They proceeded through the village subjecting
| the inhabitants to all kinds Of outrages and in
| dignites, and plundering them of everything of
value. DR.. Disnlukes, Irving Anderson, aud num-
| ber of others, were robbed of their horses and
mules, of which the marauders carried of q large
number. es- .
They took their departure about P, NJ, first re-
leasing their prisoners and retired to Viola, eight
| miles from Mayfeld. To this point during the
night the Lncolnites out q force oil, 5000 men
| who are still there. ,... s., .... 8
| Capt. Nelson returned to Mayfeld, Wednesday
| afternoon, to behold the evidences of their bru-
| special detestatlon to the Federals, who have
sworn they will hang him up 10 the first tree, il
| they catch him. He will look to that.
| On Wednesday night Capt. Nelson, thinking it
probable they might return, and being alone, his
| company having been ordered forward to Bowling
Green left May ield, and went out to the residence
of Major Pryor, five miles in the country where he
| spent the evening.
| : Twice during the night was the honse searched
by the blood thirsty villains, but he eluded them,
| and escaped into the garden upon their approach,
| which he was enabled to hear by the rafting OF
their sabres and the noise of their horses hoofs.
Next morning, Capt. Nicely came ap with a de-
tachmeut of his horse, and followed them to within
sight of their pickets near Viola. He did not at
tack them as he had only thirty men; 80 they es.
caped with their booty. We trust the day is near
when they will longer be permitted thus to ira,
verse the country, upon marauding expeditions
and escape with impunity.