, 1861-09-21

ht lde1s, AID particularly those who have re.
ceiYed their tdeas Of CUR armies from seees-
sscn documenta, than the general good be-
haVieur Of our troops. For the psat four
months their praise has been IN every mouth,
but I am sony to say that in one instance |
aimee our arrival here cur COED name has been |
su1lied by the lan1ess conduct Of squad be- |
longing to the Illinois Hob, in plunderlng the |
house Of Paducah citizen by the name Of |
Grace, on his fa1E just outside the city umita. |
Il seems that they were helping themselves !
to fruit In the orrhard, and finding the house |
empty Of Its inhabitants and literally full
Of the "good thirgs Of this ufe," they
entered, aud stumbling upon some twen-
ty gallons Of wines, braEdies, de-, &c,
jmbibed until they were in good condition
for exhibiting their destrrctiVeness, which
they accordingly did to their hearts content.
to the great damage Of the material interests
Of friend Grace, to the utter ruin of their
own characters SIS soldiers, and to the serious
damage Of the reputation Of all Of US. Stern
justice, however, Is about TO be meted ont to
tie offending rastlee, to the delight of every
the 40ih in particular. l never have seen a Get
Of men more mortified thaa the rsst OF their
! own regiment seem to be, and nothing but
| the 6everest punishment will satisfy them. Il
is matt.. of great, qualification to be able
to say that this il the sole instance in which
our men have been 60 forgetful Of their repu.
| taticn as soldiers.
! The action Of the Legislsture Of Kentucky
has fallen upon the rebels here like clap OF
thunder In clear eky. They fal]y calculated
tntit raj sublime Neutrality policy. under
which THEY have been 80 effectively aiding the
rebels and killing ont the loyalty Of Kentucky
Union meA- They are taken "all aback," and
| tie w.eer among them are "taking to their
heels" while yet there is time afforded them
morning gentleman living some Il aailes
fre N here, seeing q lot Of his neighbors who
have been loud mouthed aud blatant seces-
sfo1iets, with their "tralR" packed up and
marching with their faces toward the land
Of cotton" he hai1ed them to know what they
meant-in reply to which they swore that they
could stand Lineolns'5 proclamation, Grants
proclamation, Fremont'a proclamation, and
all other black Republican stuff" but the
action Of the id Abozif:om legislature Of tseir
on's Std&e' Was more than they could stand, or
would stand. And so they shook the dust
from their feet as testimony against Ken.
tuclJ, that che had disgraced herself by be,
conirg abo1t;on;aed.
; The ".neotrsuty men, who were sincerely
so are "tryiEg to be resigned" Hope they ii
succeed, for they seemed to have gotten the
IDEA inte their heads that if Kentucky would
: only command the sun to stand still, that 1t
would in great hsste obey. Notwithstanding
the fnss and fury with which the secesaienistf
| greeted Fremopt'E proclamation, It has, beyond
al douot, sdsed kentucky to the Union. Tue
want Of q vigorous policy upon our side was
!. sererg gthening the eecessionlsts aud weaken
ing tt loyal men here every day, aud teN
mentEs more Of such stupid tomfoolsry O.
}, has hitherto made us the contempt of th,
Z rebels and an annoyance to CUR friends, Wouit
have made the secession kitten in Kentuck,
! full grown ard furious cat, and the Unio1
!, cat starved kitten; but this indication Of
fixed purpose to treat the rebels, slaves an,
2 q all, according to the la.es q tear, has give
Il this good old commonwealth reaction
! which is demenEtrated and exhibited herea
bouts every day.
The rebels under the Right Reyeren
:: tEenty-e5ght miles south OF this plac;
!" where they are said to be accunu1ating tfoop
!, and fortifylEg their position, and are as usus
q recurring the country far and near, praying o;
r The people, dis arming Union men and runnin
= them CT, SO that they ara compelled to fly t
q our lines for protection. If ne had fo
. regiment Of cayal.y they could, with th
l. Union men who would join us and act 8
guides, keep the ecoundrela within the
picket linee, and make tbeir eympathisers {
Of quiet as pet lambs bu. then Gen. Scott sal
Of that We didn't need cavalry, and go the 10y,
ID men, utterly III armed, are left to their fate.
=, To-day, while write, these seems to be
n dications in and about the camp. It is pose
be bic that the rebels may march upon us her
is but am ekeptica1 about it, though it is ce
as tain that ne will move agalnst them as soe
u as We can get wagons to transport US, for Il
Ito sooner We attack them at Ma1feld tie bett
&c for ue, provided We so in sufficient force. L
If them entrench strongly there, and they ha
lat the key to this whole section Of country B
n If they are driven from there, they must
Ill treat into Tennessee and content themse1v
=; say that they will take Jackson's purchase
(which is the name giTen to all that portion
!. Kentucky lying west Of the Tennessee rive
out Of Kentucky and attach it to Tennesss
ard urless they are driven out Of here SOC
they will bold a mock convention aud decl:
it out Of Kentucky and the Union, anl
l. the Southern Confederaly. a portion
ent the force from from Birds Poixt, Cairo, a
Ill Fort Holt, just opposite Cairo in Keatuel
81 FAILED doWn the Mississippi 1sst week, a
~ are said now to be at Band7ille Ballard cot
mas y, which is about the same distance fix
to Msydeld that Paducah ia; and If this be
md they Will certainly start to-day or to morr
-. and stack the forces at Mayfeld simu1
lAn neouAly.
it The other night we had an alarm in ca,
len from the frirg Of the pickets upon II,
III man, who refused to obey the admonition
.N "halt." The result Of the firing vas, III
I'd musket balls in his horse, killing him, ant
md slight wound on the scalp Of his daught
who Was riding BY his side In the wag
He declares that be did not hear them H
aen believed by those who know him. Yet
!, In p.ckets who were 40 1odR distant say t
nto they Ila!nly heard the command to halt gi1
, IF three times aef fore the firing, am told t
egi- be was SEEDING 10 Cairo. confiscatei by
18th eecetsionists, SO that he seems to be dou
lese- unlottuEate. 11e oroef has coma to be- rel
ent, i;ks hns;ness no'4ee' 1ots : = ~
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