New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-11
THE WAR FOR THE UNION
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nom opr Own Correspondent.
pApucAn, Ky, Nov. =, 1861.
,-.,,.;0o ohon. 900 inhabi' ants. 1t Is
y, ,arr,;rns of ,he Mobile ard Ohio Rail-
soad TIE appearance 70 Poa,i'e ,n ,o~ros. %
49, ,...,.o,.a ,os;aepces aDdi is the largest as
'"py mos, wealthy city in the Southwest,
"0" =" fY,;1,;,le. and norpI of Memphis. IL is the
"0usn '. ,,ea, tobacco regont is properly at the
"u''s =, - e,vo great nsers which penetrate the
'," no'In so,cs. This section, south of the Ten
80 sometimes called the Purchase, contains
-, slaye populs4ion, and though it is generally
sloval find it is not so on account of the Slavery
,',o.,on but on account Of superior advantage it
xyas supposed the city wculd possess in the way Of
,,adine, with the Southern Confederaoy, while
Kentucky should retain the position of neutrality
Their plans were working very finely, everybody
Who pretended to wealth, fashion or religion, was IN
favor OF Seeeseia, asd Union wan wasdespsed, and
ibere wege few each among the best citizens,
,hough they had retired irJsn business, and ;hey
were old Wings followers of Henry Clay, and the
consequence of the neutrality was, that goods came
10 larger quantities from she North, aud BY this
railroad found their way South. ]; was too good
thipg 30 last, eur troops came up and occupied the
town and the business of the place is destroyed
Not even barrel of salt is allowed to leave the city
foT the country If bushel can do farmer any good
he can have it, and no more. Passes cannot be OBJ
tanned 20 vsi, the country, and country people bnd
ii difficult from ths strictness to go and eeme.
eaw agentleman who resides about 60 miles from
Psduoah, who informs me that they have no mails,
the stores have goods, and that they know
nothing OF what is going on. II is custom among
them when one gets hold of paper, perhaps two
weeks old for tie people to assemble 81 some public
place and hear it read.
formed the acquaintance Of an cid resident Of
paducah. He resides in the suburbs Of tho city in an
elegant mansion, surrounded by fruit and shade
trees. His lady has passion for raising strawber-
res and she has deputed TO this purpose the
Weld Of which is 80 great that she sends them TO
Cairo and other markets. Your correspondent being
interested in the same manner, easily formed an
quain,ance, but without daring to make himself
known as having scarcely ever seen The TRIBUNE,
for their idea Of it was that is sheet which is m
fvcr Of dspossessng them of the best part Of their
property.
The lady informed me that her husband gave her
five slaves TO work her strawberries, and that they
were busy al! Summer in keeping them clean, awork
which person should be able TO do in less than
half the time. But 1 mention this gentleman and
his place for the puri OF showing what effect
military occupancy has. The Notifications for the
defense of the place run through this gentleman
gyounds. deep ditch has been dug through hi
orchard aud garden, and other grounds which he ha
been improving more than twenty years, his dwar
pears are uprooted, and beautiful grove has beer
leveled to the ground. lie estimates his damages al
$4,000. Appraisers were appointed to find the dam.
age and when he was Informed il $3.50, he told
Gen. Smith he might keep the money, for he had no
for it. To satisfy him. perhaps, other appraisers
were selected, when they decided upon $ll2, the
value of the trees cut down being estimated by
their worth as cord-wood A vast number OF similar
estates are damaged in the same condition. The
Marine Hospital on the river, most elegant and
spacious erection is surrounded by earthwoks, an(
is TO be demolished and converted into fort. The
defenses of the place entirely surround the city an(
are held by about 900 troops, about 200 OF which
are cavalry. From this, one may get slight idea
of the determination of tbe Government 10 hold
Kentucky in the Union, and he can see too, that
while there is no middle ground, they who have
favored the rebels have not suffered without cause.
Upon the oppOsite shore, and stretching away north
many hundreds Of miles, not an enemy presses the
coil, aud all is at peace
deserter from the rebel army has lust come in
and give you bis story lie appears TO be a truth
fnl man. and notice that our commanding officers
consider him worthy Of credit. His name 10 j. S.
Wilson, and lie resides in Fayette County, Illinois.
He went down to Louisiana last Winter on trading
expedition, in company with two brothers, and,
when he wished to come away, he found it difficult
to collect what he had trusted to the planters and
finally they refused to pay him at all unless he would
join the Southern army, and if he would do so they
would pay him in six months. Of course, he refused
At last, he and eighty Others, many Northerners-
were mpressed-tbat is, left the choice TO enlist or
30 to the penitentiary lie says that when they
were sworn in and directed 10 bold mp their right
hands" they didso, by agreement among themselves
with falling fingers They were brought up 30 Co.
lnmbus, and worked the fortifcations there-then
were marched into Kentucky, and at last, obtaining
leave of absence one day last week, struck off
through the country for Paducah, and reached it |
safely. Having been common sol ier, he could not
be expected to know much. He found many Union /
men in West Tennessee. The soldiers in the army
were confident that they would beat the North. All |
Summer they have had plenty to eat. Now, they
have corn bread and beef coffee once In two days,
and pork twice week. Salt is scarce and their
present supply comes from the brine of the empty
pork barrels The soldiers suffer for want Of cloth.
ing, and many OF them are sck. lie mentions the
Arkansas 9Th Regiment, which has only about 80 /.
effective men. tispFoposed to get Winter clothing,
shoes, and necessities, by coming up and taking
fsdneah. lie represents that there are many North
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