, 1861-11-27

Bpeus battery. and IA1eimans A4u*otoA u
cavalry, at his General smith's) hea&quartets
At two O'Clock T, ~, In mlrchi1g conSit.sa.
= "r Pa5rr and HI. men veYe 1on tiuen
denera rslhe a''u ~ saea "ste .1'
most OF them. II, ,1act ahesa ol time, ana a1teS
waiting until k2lfpast tHo, General Paine re-
c-tv.d f1a IS orderx.n which Eere minute aad
80 80 .s-t -, aa~.o,a, - ". ora-a
Epee1nc e1opsl aok b o1Fo14A " sno euai-
He was ordered to take the above named
troons and march to Melvin, from thence TO |
% P,s1S,;ua .nd tb.nc. ttron.h Ta1do,v,11.
~Au .ueu~o o0sD
10 fa&ncah "1sh1n tnfee oaJs, aAo HRAe seos |
avoiding the enemy he was IN no caae to attack !
n .@*s <u.' go, y: ',-e -s.a1 % a,a.-. ..
po"d'"g jo7ee' several 7efon oraefs were
given beside the written ones, but among |
them all not one s,ord 8as said to Gsa. Paine
=. - ~. ;,+..+,o. ~ ~. .,rn.d;+io, .aa h.
as 10 Ing hteAuon u Aae eApeo4'Aon' 'nu no
attack on Belmont II the p1ivates of his CON-
,,,ra rho+ a~an5no ba ,oo,rh. ~ bis ann.
'1e1.' 80 A.1-t w.
nand some L. OF ID nAes, ana ht21'ea asa'a
the next morning On his Pi1grin&5e to Mel
Vim. At ten o'clock A, N. The roar Of the
.1' ~ - ra1n.,h1. ~ ps,n,o1+ .as.roa
cannoH ~ 1o4ualoao anu oe"n'n' "''a4eu
lin that there Waa lighting gong u, and he
determined to have hand in it. He imme-
a;o+.1v ,honraa III. d;rection If tia c,1n..na
4 +1p4 81 f1nf1, ,f.ra
ahan . ~ m;1as a;stsnt s2d f,r a;nt of farca1
s lneu ~ 1.se sIas tS;ihr-5 - ,;1a. f.as.
Hah1teuuE, H1E, lsasEsa s.a, 1.'o,aa1' - ia - ~ ~
~, ~ - hs =, foat sora a. 4saL.a
s4 I'otea th 5at" "a 10 ~ haIt 4bav 49, +hs,.
seiTes ns ~ os the rronnd' aid manT of
S sSeo 80 ~ 80 es1a.' =; faE ~,
a.eo .aso Sae,,+e ~ 80 sssrt - mi ~.
14s, IIes: nsa U.r - s.aa-+a;n NV ~ ~ .n .no
aAssn.lppl ~ ~ - ~ ~fst ~ -. W ~
6ss 6nss;hsa IL tai9h 9nr force. md irect tSsS,
tbeJ des're @ ae'p nom y; Gen. falne M 70 nae slg
nal gun. Inc sconIs, as"eFs1s sona colaau-
nleate WIN no oae sat eeme q tAe cil1tns
residing On lals E1oe VIC seemsa 70 na1e coz
tuiea ldeas 81 me lesut o. tne uEas, xna aao'
ing the battle ended, they plcheo up That H.
fo1mation they could aHd returned 1y morn-
Ing. Gen: Paine could tnen 90 nothing out
tetnTn. VI DIE way nAcX ne IVES 1o1ed ~
Col s2nde1son with LIS re8lmens ttae @5a In
| dlaIa), couple OF guns and emA4 loIce OF
| caea1ry, who had been cent oat to visit fium.
+ icy and Niola, {two stations On the railroad
south Of Paducah) and to cooperate with Gsn.
| Paine if necessary. "a hls return Gen Paine
| was ihreatened Will Legal 1nEestlgat1on as to
his diEsbtdieIce ITO orders, to which he TerJ
| promptly replied, that nothing f~ould please
| him Lalf so well, and that the sooner it VIA
| done the more acceptable to him
The above sstateHent Of facts wi1l en2b1e
| your readers to aGzwer the question that has
beer asked mere than thousand and one
l fjmeh hiICE nA+l1E ~ 4ClC TA3 oC0
Paine and the forces from Padueah that they
did not keep Polk snd Chea.ham at hons il.
steay OF permitting them to reinforce Pillow
ct Be]mont?n IN They will ROW see that Gen.
Paire:a commanding officer meier intended
Gen; Paiss to get nearer TO colna6us on the
7th tlan 23 miles, ard to make the thing aure,
he detains Gen. Paine in Fadncah Until
the middle Of the afternoon preceding the dag
Of the contemplated attack, keeps him in the
NEST profound Ignorance Of the projected e1'
pedltlo1 from Cairo, and then orders him tG
march to point away otto the left Of Colnm
bus, and 23 miles from it, knowing tAat h
cculdn's possibly reach that point before ths
. night of Inc IT'D, anu Ieiuxtd ait7 Wagons Il
carly the knaPsscks a1d RroIh1ona Of the nen
Which Gen. PAINE hao soncited IN r1e" OF tht
fact thA1 nsne o. tne men we're aecus1omeo u
marching. Ita1ks 10 zen. faines delefml
naFlon TO pake hlmsen ana commanq o. sema
: aSe, ne Fas as near Cotnmpas Hnue lae oattt'
fasec % II hA rsSs1Hs 1or alm 70 9e, ana M
tne e1EJ IL S easIas " W @ lorFe t
a on 1neat 5e tb;n nnspo, sno aiiYea o. lnIo u
d a1d ,ro1o,,.ad tha hssfis ~
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s+.r4s5 a. "a fr;nr ~ ~ ~ .;t1na1 ~ onn srd T.
ten Eo,n,nhns .r;,5o,1t as,.souf o,,,asii;o. NJ
i. 1rhn 5u Tene IN i,n1nTnhns frnm 11e hecinnio. rio
n "A the % haft1e mil y. m. affirm that of Il
a
!. 11G ,n.n ~ fnh+;nn rnn};tion ua+ a1i ~
n 1ftt were either aicf or were WANDERING ahou
! at ]aree, so that they would have amounted t
v rnef. Nothing IN iefrr1tne, ma Mars frnro
= T4pt.rous attacR
r :ihev dtc1are that ,zben thev left the tov,
=. r ~ one good REGIMENT co1id sav
& p,ar,hr5 infn and sRent syerTthinp b-fere i
il TIE canard al NJ & 0OT men fainp IN s1nhna
md @sitinp for Paine. is nuTci7 En- inventjo
. az H. ersTr. thew han M sncI; force IN Zen
~ ont hi. Wa1 without ieaTin- Piiiow md r.
= rent to fate aud~Gen. f3rant. TheY hs1
y nEyer lad more Than 1I.OO0 or II. O0O uoes
4. 1,nlnmkns vet. and On tha n,nrn,nr NJ the b.
80 thas ~ " IA oon ~ th.7 su9 "a
o. Po;re 3ad Iaen ne-,.;t,sd ~ ~ ~ F.o]n ha
- ~ ~ isstee5 - y, ~ ~ ~ =
a G,,1d h.-a La - .4.-. ga .tr;,a. 49,
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=, !ees lneie - ensneGu ~ P9'4Bs1 9 B ~ Gen1 -, !
IL 60 Iele: 10 es~aF " "au~9u wa
~ the orsadeEt OF tarces SO lar ~ cht1hhiuE Al
O1 the 5th Of this month GeA. Grant scnt
ccEm4plcatlon Which he had received fro
Col Alr1 hsm Of shsHneeto1n, to Gs
r. Smith, IN which 1t WAS clearly and uumist2l
ha by set forth that ths agents Of the ret
amy had just bought up abe
nc 2C0D head Of hogs. aad 500 hsad Of b,
ty e2tt!e IN Uaion county, ny, some sir null
nf asoye here On the Ohio River, and thsr a 70,
=. ot a Aur ared men could essilF capture q
LIB brig them to Sha~1teto7n, where tn
Ia ccul1 au be slaughtered and packed; a
~ It icre.ss it wou}a thereny sff,,rd tSen
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