The sun., 1861-12-09


The Cincinnati COMMERCIAL has letter
which has been . month on the way, giving
description Of the battle of VII Cat, Kcntucky
and with It list Of tho names Of some d III,
rebels who were He'd Ia tho fight, their per
sons being identified by msny Tennessee patri.
ots in the Wilicat brigade. Adjut,ut Davis, Of
the Seventeenth Ohio was undertaken, and
made the following note at the burial, being a.
sisted by the Suggestions of hc Tenncsssc,ns:--
VIM. Ncs'hrr'y Rcarc county. Tennessee, a
tP n', S'o' through tho hos' l."
Jo'u Steph ns, Granger county. Tepnessc. a
i',mcr shot through tho hcad"
fcfy Newman, Tenn, sergeant Of bis CON.
y"hy' lie wss brother to thu eE-Liouicn,pt.
"ovetnor ct Tcnrc'eec, who WAS Culoucl Of the
regiment. 'Shot through tic hcad"
James S'cphcu-, Of Ch,rlcson McMann
county, Tennessee. Whcn tho boiy Of chi.
u'"n Wa found, Aljuant Dl,i, a,kc1 Ton
n''Sccin to de- critic him. We'll" said Ton.
see, he was politician, and ah-lI Of A
FELLOW gcnctally." lie " ,s shot in tho stomach
joel CtshW'", Lee county, virginia, - Tar.
mo. Shot iu the -. X. ."
lirniy puu,i', Htanc c,u.'v. Tennessee a
u ger lcr who iest'd near ki.gston. SGo,
Trough tie cola, hons
Ewing 81 ,uu Lee county virginia A far
m.r >hn' iLf"1'b thr breast
Johu N'AthD rlUd, Ctm ,'.,ll county. Tom
shot through he h-ra, " Thi man ~, prt
il'iIy ,,r'hii-d, some asserting that hi,
tauc Wa, VIM. VI. Long.
Tho uthgts found on uaUs,r IIill ,,r,r,,
i''uiihci. The buttons ON tn, ia.kcis of ,.c
'e'' as were all United States rrrul,tior nat
t''n. Tho r'ints Of interest in the f,-,,.oirp
ir ifr Icmtrks irt'cting the trrrilc .ho, lag
- ,h' ii'o-icts. Wherever these fellow, have
h'i chance t' draW trigger, the prominent
mortality record has hJ,n, $40. in the head
MAEiNc CoNrEAuASrs r,Frrt.
AnOi luirt orr,spoudcnt Of the n ,r,ov,.
INrSitieENCER gives tho following amusir,
d''ciir'ion Of the "coni'ilanis" at work in TIA,
vicinity:
IL - certainly very amusing 20 ols,ryo tb,sc
,ch'fnbanis engaged at what, in a measure has
h'cn miS.nlm,d work" In oder to ttau,port
balr ot hay distance of from 20 To 30 yatd,.
y tSkos about Is or % lahorcr,-mcn and
u"N who perform the operation some whore ia
'he neigh. .orhood Of - minutes. Firs,, one
VIII give II turn over, roll 'i4 body on II drop
u"Nn on hIs elbows, and have quiet grin for |
soNcrd seconds Then it will he passed to IN, |
NJ 81 one, who proves to he perfect genius in |
Tue art oi imitation aul So on 1t rscs through |
w" whole gang A. tin cs tho gangs will sud |
denly grow 'm.ll and beautifully lc,s. in c,rsc-
gu'nco of some Of the libor.Is havin, decided |
10 anus" themselves II Ia llccnau, ,oihcrs having |
started OF on foot race, and more resolved on |
getting up an impromp'u circus.
just about this junc,urc a sergeant may b, |
seen rc-collccting the scaperoat- 10y dint Of
rc.ort to summary eXpedicnts and a very power
lnl use Of His lungs. Not unirouucntly Mr. |
Contraband Is made aware of tho fact that there |
~ an AL seeing eve, 10y having a brick p1ss |
his leg with considerable rapiditv at q distance |
=, hcl too cusc for personal comfort. When / |
'"ctihc Low u balc Of hay !, unlotled. the des.
'fll ,on VIII serve as a ve~y safe criterion hy
MI u 10 judge the manner in which everything
81 '' r'mnvcd aud STORED away. II is not
h'n.u'l tc sec half dozen negroes wheeling a
Ho.Cnrt-gcncr,l with nothin ia il; a co,l |
q, hn'L'd up = heap Of lumber almost oil tho
p'k. or itto some other cart or WAGON, rather
than whc IL Is wanted; eight or ten 'larkcvs"
u stick Of lumber, while the tmc
nuhn'r are engaged in warming their feet or
iW'inH a IG little ebonica hurrthn, for some
4 ighih hlAlIkiASs shoRa Of 9a'tiGa. avrnnM5.c;om
throwing dust and wenchos staggering, grin.
ming and clpcring by the roadside, or coquot-
ing with their felloSs.
One party, with which | entered into con-
icrsation, stated that their masters hal told
hem that, in tho event of their running away,
hey would he sold TO the whto female abol-
ionists Of the North for husbands aud their
fcuchcs taken away from them anil transferred
D the men abOitiunistg for wives. On asking |
nc Of the party what he thought vi such u
tory, he rel plud that he had not as yet seen
nv one sold, but that. IL .uch should prove 10
&c q fact he dill not know but that he could
i've jus, as well North ns South. ! conyor'ed
With various other parties, both free and bond,
MI almost all oC them were well s.or,d with
,iyen above.