New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-04
THE REBEL CAMP IN OWEN COUNTY, KY.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEN. ANDERSON
AND LII MPHEEY MARsIlALL.

Fyo.l me Ciseiraad Ea3si,ey
The following correspondence relative to the robe
camp in Owen County, which camp has attracted
much attention in this vicinity hes been handed us
for publication. 10 will be seen that Humphrey
MaThall, ia replyt the Kind and eoncatoFy letter
by Gen. Anderson, returned very saUCy and insO
lent reply, seeking 20 Justify bis acton, and thai
LIBERAL offers to him Is clencucy thrown away We
presume Humphrey will soon ioin Breckenridge 10
Virginia ii lie is not taken b. ,he United States au'
thorlties.
HsADQuLRTERs DrPsRrvENr or T'ry CC'aERrsyB,l
LoUIsyILIR, Ky, Tuesday, sept. rs, l.tl. :
Hon. JCdgo JANIS Pryor: inlegetandinS that
q camp, or persons with arms in their hands, has
been iorIosdGt Liberty, Owen County, KY, whose
presence is causing much uneasIess IN tuit part OF
the State and anxious 20 prevent ulsebls snd per-
hapl the shedding Of blood do hereby authorize
and urge you TO appeal 10 the niisgnided persons
there assembled, and call upon them 10 disperEo and
return to thcir homes quiet and pescoa5e citizens,
and TO them, iumy uame, n they 60 go that no
action shall DO taken against them for their present
illegal proceedings. ROBERT ASDsBssy,
Big Zen. T. 8. A, Commanding
CREyT September .. 1901.
Cor. II. MARsHALL-Dc 0r ST.: | met with Gen.
Anderson yesterday at Louisville. lie handed mo
the inclOsed letter, with request tngt i woald
cary out Lis suggestions. determined 90 visit you
II liberty and this morning, with MAJ. Thomas l..
Batter lcf Carroton for that purpose. But before
reaching this place, we were Informed that yOu
we're rot at Liberty, and that wo could not reach
you so a 70 onstl0 no " 70 home toneht, which i
Iscesslry for n o 10 do. [ tad heard that you and
othcrs wore apprctcnsve that yonulgh; he GTSstcd,
aud supposed, perhaps, that your present proceed.
inls were intended only 70 prevent the arrest OF
yourself aud friends. l. this sappOlis.on - true,
am authorized .by Con. Anderson, in addition to
what Is contained in The iucosed letter, to say that
% slrasts will Dc made or attempted OF yOurecf or
any one connected in this enterprise with you, OF
aetornt of any act or q.ts heretofore committed,
provided yOuF camp J. broken ~. nay DC at'icB
ohiciously, but permit ne 20 assure You that
SIN dong this solely on tie opposition asabove
sugQesod, and for The high re-4ee, and affection
which have for many persons engaged with you
aad II this letter does no good, nope 10 MH 90 no
harm. and that you VII zee nothing on my lut but
good and kind ntentiona.
j send this by Mr. &. Ellis and you will please
acingvledpe is receipt, and relieve NE BY ssyipg,
IL true Tint you look upon what an dong III this
matter ~ least with feelings Of kindncss
Rememher me to such persons os are with You,
and who may wish TO hear from me.
LrsBY's NI,11, Owen Co. KY, sert l6 1901.
Hon. JAMES PRY0R-Do7r Siy! had the honor
70 receive last evening, through Mr. Robor Els of
Carroll County, your letter OF the 18th, inCloaing
note 10 you from Gen. Robert Anderson, dated at
headduarters, nj Louisville on the 2i,h inst.
ten. Anderson evidently labor under total mis-
conception OF this whole affair." ard has been msled,
doubtless by the sensational paragraphs u press
Which seems bent upon mischief, or by the lying re-
ports Of evldh5rosed persons, who desire 20 set IN
mo ion collisions ri arms in which they will never
be participants. Gen. Anderson treats this Assem-
blage of men ia Owen, with arms in their hands,
as an unhwfnl ptoceedirg. cannot SO regard IL.
II they have no uulawftl object in WOW, the mon
Of Kentucky have constitutional right 10 assemble
With anna in their bands. TO bear them IN their own
defense, snd TO parade with them 80 az TO acquire
efficiency AZ Auxiliary body in the use a arms His
memory must DO tTeacherous indeed who does not
recollect that this right Insisted upon as basis
of holding Camp Dick Robinson together, before
Mr.. Lincoln ayowed the fact that they Were called
together under his auspices sat the urgent ,ocils-
ton of eminent Union men Of this State III Gen.
Anderson may establish camps in Kentucky, 50 ,aay
l. or others, IL We may uot, he II I1as'ef, anu VIC