The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-09-26
Condition OF Paducah.

From the regular Cairo correspondent
OF the st. Louis Republican W, copy the
following picture Of the presrnt condition of
Paducah, now in the possession OF Yankee
troops. This is the condition that the vc-
nal press and tory representatives in the Le-
gislature have brought Kentucky to by
"loyal neutrality" An outraged peo--
pie will remember the authors of the
evils:
"Herc in Paducah considerable terror
has arisen among thc inhabitants and thou
sands would leave if they could. House
hold furniture is being constantly removed
IN skitfs; aud what other conveyances can
be got to safer points. Ifaffairs in Kentuc.
ky continue in their present state three
weeks longer, the town will be almost de-
populated. Numberless eligant residences
are deserted and stand silent monuments
OF bligLting secession among the clustering
vines and trees. Society seems to have al
ready fled, and gloom and horror taken
possession. Not u carriage is seen upon
the streets, or lady upon the beautiful
walks.
1.-The stores are many Of them closin :,
and wagons with boxed up goods standing
instead of customers before the doors. In
no place yet have L seen so bitterly hostile
feeling existing against the union as
here Scowling, angry glances watch with
what seems an intense hatred, every move
ment OF passing solder. Some of the
wells have been poisoned where the camps
get their water and many similcr acts per-
petrated. Secession is the rule and Union
the rare exception. Whether Uncle Sam
hasany medicine as strong US the complaint
Is still an open question. On the streets
people wear secession caps, and boast
that before the week closes every federal
will be driven out. The telegraph wires
have been cut through the town and lie
across the sidewalk or are twined around
trees"
Another correspondent writing from Pa
ducah, says:
"Thc hostile feeling is not at all hidden,
and Uncle Sam need not expect either aid
or comfort from them. The stampede of
citizens with their goods still continues.
and Paducah bids fair in short time, to
rani among the thousands o her deserted
places that exist In once happy America
The effect that late affairs will have on the
neutrality OF Kentucky, and the action of
her Lcgisl 'ture, is anxiouSly awaited by
both friend aud foe. Owing to the prcvi-
Gus occupancy OF Paducah by the secession
forces, provisions, and everything that
could be Of material use, are very
scarce
Two dollars per day at hotel buys in-
terior fare and little OF it; and of the two.
camp crackers and bacon is equally rs good
aud much cheaper. La consequence Of
this, the officers will be at little expense
while remaining here The gunboart still
lies opposite the town, its cannon th,usting
their uSI mouths through the port holes,
aud limiting certain contingencies to the
inhabitants. he soldiers generally stay
in camp, and DO not lounge about the
streets, as their officers do not wish them
to fall into secession liic-tnps, and become
forever absent from roll-call Pillows
whereabouts may be set down, as before,
10 be s. lmcwhere-where that somewhere
is none can tcil--between Columbus and
Paducah'