The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-04-25
NO 4.


Correspondence ofthe Cincinnati Commercial.
Letter from Kentucky---uow the Kena
iuck'nus Hear Of the Ssfge Of sumter.
PARIS HOTEL. Paris, KY, April 16.
Ems Coa-Thc war fever runs high
here, but it is matter Of congratulation
to know that the Union men Of Kentucky
and firm FOR the Union aud the sustain.
ing Of the Stars and s fipes. They stern.
ly derrcra'a the action ofthe Sece sionists
in firing upon Fort Sumter The Tn
ion sentiment is thousand fold stronger
10. day 10 KeD.usky than it was before
tn. first gun was fred upon Sumter.
There is considerable fuss and fury"
among the Secessionsts here, but they
are strongly repelled by the Ution men
who are greatly .in The majority, and l
bsllese Kentucky viii stand loyal to the
Onion and the Constitution. However
murh they are opposed to the policy of
Mr. Lincoln, they say hey are for sus.
tanning our glorious Old tanner.
The idea cf the Confederate States de-
claring war against the Uritpd States.
touches ender feeling in their hearts for
they still consider they are one OF TIE
later They think that Kentucky should
stand neutral, as well as the other Border
Stses.
Tie firing upon Fort Sumter is consid-
cred as cowardly and dastardly outrage
and should be resented.
On my arrival here. was informed
tha. one hundr.d and fifty men would be
ready in few days 10 aid JEFF. Davis.
But Gu enquiry eatned that half the
number could not be found VITO, would
10 Oh such a mission. ' q to toe
Enquirer's account Of Secession flags be
ling placed upon the cars Of tie Ken
lucky Central Lai'road, it was all conard
!or could fnd no one VII" saw such
Thing tesides nobody believed it any
how.
As passed through Cynthiana, ! no.
tice1 trsitorous looking Sc ession flag
waving from a poll, and noticed several
signal fags st a Numbers of the stations on
the railroad we're of the Secession stripe.
They make a splendid signal Of distress
and an engineer who would not stop
train at The sight Of one, should be dis
cl arsei Immediately. These flags are
gotten up by he BreckInridge Postmas-
tprs. who lave not yet been ouIsied.
LIDO not think there is any danger of
Kentucky plonging into the vortex Of
disunion. but will stand by that banner
under whick SO many Of her brave and
gallant sons fought and fell on the battle
, fields Of ll.eir country.
. A'Ioss the creek in East Paris waves
seces.inn flag over the house Of a white
man, while opposite the stars and stripes
$ flicker proudly 10 the breeze over ne
y. gro's grocery So mash for contrast"
rumor prevailed in town yesterday
n that General Scott had resigned. This
suited the secessionists, and it was "Bul-
ly for Scott, t,-he's all right" This
7 mo- ming when they saw the Commercial s
special dispatch that General S Ott had
raised the stars and stripes over The War
Department, rs Gommantrr-inC Chieftkey
q cl anged their tune and, scott was q
g ID old traitor
The eagerness with which the Cinci-
nnai papers are sought on the arrival OF
trains, is intense, and ona would suppose
that the newspaper business paid.
, II was rumored here to-day that Gen.
eral Jo. Desa, Of Cynthiana. would soon
have his "Floaring Battery" ready to
transfer his company and the one from
4 his place, to Charleston. visStoner Creek
j liking, Ohio aud tie Mississippi rivers,
. &c,
The family Of the Hon. Cassius NJ.
!. Clay came down on the train today, en-
/, route for Washing'on-thence to S.. Fe'
e tersburg, 10 which place he goes as Min
= lister. Yours truly, SUMTER