, 1861-11-20

4H6 hcaUGlES OIL E&eDG1E0n&
Take the following pictures Of the cocdi-
tion Of affairs in Missouri and Kentucky, both |
which States deliberately invited rebellion |
and civil var, With what result is set doWn as |
below:
Correspondence Of the Missouri Democrat.1 /
The sutferipgs and eutrages heaped upon
the large Union population in the neighoor-
hood Of Springfield the 10Th Of August, while |
,he country has been st the mercy OF the re-
bel hordes, would, If adequately described,
torn one Of the sad3est pages ever written.
Homes have not only been rendered deso1ate
and families robbed Of their dearest treasures,
but fathers, brothers and husbands have BEEN
Fersecuted, pursued, and When found, SHOT
down with cruelty and vindicitiveness charac-
teristic of the days Of the Huguenots and
WslGenRes. Hardly Union citizen OF the ri
c;nit7, and fcur-fiths ofthe entire populasion
sre such, had, before the srrival Of our troops,
two weeks since, been able to attend to sin
gle matter connected with their usual aYoca
ticrs. They had either lsd outright TO Rolla,
St. Louis, CT the fee States, Or hau lived life
of continual peril and hardship, hidden away
among the surrounding forests or pTairiss,
only now and then selzlng au cccas ional op-
p21tuni'y-aId then at the risk CT their lives
ct visiting their homes and families. Ever
since the arrival CT our troops, these exilcs
have been Hooking in. do net know that
have ever seen more real heartfelt feeling ex-
pressed than I have witnessed on the part OF
the people OF Springfield on the appearance Of
the Federal army which has 30 long been
locked for, and the advent Ct which it WAS
supposed would end all their troubles.
LONDON, Laurel Co., Ky., Nov. 5, 1861.
We viii leave this place in 8 fe1 days: 1900
! men were selected yesterday morning, twenty
| tIon each company, as an advance picket.
| They entered BaFbou1sville yesterday evening,
| took possession of the place, and hoisted tie
Stars and Stripes, saw Dr.. Stanford this
| morning fUr the tirst time since I left your
city; shall present him the suit sent by Mr.
| Bull to-day. The rebels hare ruined all the
people from Barboureville to Wild Cat-tnose
I living on and near the road; burnt all the rasIs,
! ueed ell their cord, hay and oats, built their
| camp fires agsirst their fruit trees Killed ali
| tLeir cattle, hogs AID sheep, and those not fat
| enough to eat were shot down and skinned
| robbed them cf every thing in houses a1d
kitcheRe-5ed clothcs, wearing appar-l
! -four, nealand cupboa7d ware, in short.
| everything they could cat or carry off,
even the very bottom rail WAS burnt There
is nat fence standing along the road for
| five miles east and WEST Of the place, never,
in ny life, saW or dreamed OF such Fanton
ard nncalled fer destruction. The people
are ali poor, and are in suffering condition.
# such party caR triumph, shal almost
ceIy the e2seteHce of jusI God. They msae
| no distinction between Union men and sece5
sionisfs-al alike we're objects OF their ven
secessionists that they could not deceive
them by their lying. Notwithstanding this,
come ct these men are yet Southern rights
Eaep. They arc the most God foraakea set Of
locking men ever saw in my life God help
| thin.