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- o,1 ~ Of Which be wished to return. II
brig, ss ee was not able to Bring them 1asa
Nm ftat trip, but not 3 word could he get ous
of Gen. Smith until Wednesday mcIn1ng,
fn,ce frcn Celumbas thot Right TO take the
property, and 1t was not Morth whne TO PAY
an1 more altertion to it. This Was Just Whit
Cen: Paine had calculated on, ana expsctea4
Of course, that 1orce Woui9 ns sFms 1iv snd
take them and The property teo. e.. PIT ~ -
are low 4hat he saH the hsh ntt.ns, W. va
not permitted to pull the hook, Ae scafce
he @ trsp. d. thc game had ralke d in, and neither
h. ror anv one else was permitted to spTi7g I
the trigger. So the enemy have leave 70 take
Il r!eht from under our noses. Inc !o3aI Hen
Il tGt1 district had hoped for protection from
dured = Nsreat fight Of sfliction' for many
morrhs. and when our tro opg landed on Ken
fucEv FOIL and raised the stars and stripes,
thetr 10Y knew 70 bouuds; and while Gen.
Paine remained In co-anaRd here their joy
Gep. Paine :was superseded, and bis bolicy,- ,-bJ
:. Which the Government was becoming
sasfe11or to evil doeTs " Was soon changed, and
now they say that the traitors are better pro-
teeted tba1 they are. The passes which are
printed ca the back OF them, and the Tecipi-
eAts are required to sign the oath, but one or
t4o ct the leading seceaaioniss4 ~here get the
pa.ses 1eitho7A signing the oath, when the best
Unisn men In the place have to Sign the oath
TO get them, aId one man hers who is gen
ersI]y believed to be secession spy, and is
known to be rabid secesaionl1t got the pass
with signing the cath. Gentlemen OF the first
stand1r here, And loyal men, are often treated
at headQuarte1s With Tudenesa which would
disgrace Turk or IN Indian chief, and known
seceat ionista At the 1ame time treated with
Hhfsfirprf4heH consideration
Our toldie1s are still kept At Irurk on the
| huge Notifications around the Marine Hospi.
! tai, ard one regiment 1ss buried nineteen in
| two Heekr, and within twenty miles around,
| hundreds Of able bodied loyal s1scka arc kept
| at work BY secession s1aveholcefs, raisicg stnf
ney, and ths money to 60 to tons in the 1ebsl
| Salt and bacon are getng ont Of Paaueaa,
| under special permits from Headquarters, In
quantities that render it morally Ger
down to Columbus or farther Souta.
But thanks to the Ruler OF the Uni7erhc, the
zco42d does move ard Paducah has to move
with it. The "koyb" are progressing finely On
the contraba1d question. - illustrations we
the seekers after patriArchal ciattels to GO to
Nj. Smiths headquarters for permits to search
the campB, and they alEays get them. Armed
with these tley march boldly into the camps,
ge all through Il EN-, and Talk a. imp psrvi onsly
TO the soldieH a Though they belonged to
autu orc or TIVE Of the aforesaid patriarcha
had to trust to their heels for safety. After
tbst they ckanged tactics, and would get al
"o7der' t. psss u1,no|tsttd through b the camp.
The ctAer d6y one Of these gentlemen pre-
sen:ed tiutelf to oIe Of the sentilels Of the
tcok him in charge, passed him a'org tne line
Of ct1iee1e' tents :. d sy the shortest possible
1sute aczces and oastoTtte camp. While pass
Eg, the patriarch essaJed to look into faH
1eLts, but met with such q greeting in excl
ore thai he eoon gave it up, and when "bouRi
out" On The other .ide ~ Capt E., he com
planned that he had not been permitted t
lock for his !" uiggcr." Capt K. Terg blandl,
informed him that Ais e permit" didn't cal
fer any sue: privilege; it simply said, "pas
the bearer un1nolested Y through the camp Q
the 9th Ill.," and SAID the Captain, :" hav'
passed yen unne1ested clear through from on
side to The other, and this il ali yoa can d
I upon that e1der."
Another patriarch who H.s put through i
: similar manner on the" air line" comelsir
; ed to Gen Paine that tie ofticerA seouldnt he!
him lock for hia niger. The General, dr2H
ing himself up and looking sternly at hin
said:
"sir, die ysu suppos. that wished Mt oflcez
: to help ysu hunt ysu1 n5gger.s I'd be very eozs
e1e1 IL: e:rty ~ ro1E II The ~ % are gent5emen I'D 81
dier.; but they did1'f enllst f6r bigger catcher
r they had helped you would have repr1mA1de
; them. fsntnlnat do yonf oWn Work in The "aJ
i | hurting ana catching 1lceers. I've done too NUT
for you, more than ous sht to have done; 1enc
!. {ssth !ou mpst keep your nigseEs from r1antr
Q a1ay. Well not c&tch them {01 yon-"
> F1iGay last was TIE set day foz presenting
! tet Of co1ors to the 18th Illinois, Col. McA
. thur. TAurrday Was very beautiful II
. ha3my day, sna We Here III OF Us aniicipatlI
: good time Of 1t, but On Thursday night t
windows OF heaven we're opened, and Il
= rain dtecended and the floods CAME" II
: Friday morning Was nboNt ~ '&isagreeable
l. I tiki days get to be'' down here, from CONT
y | EatiL OF wind and rain, but after midday Il
:. a,u7 Of clouds disptraed, and tbs sun shoV
!" cut, an{ the "preaentAtion" came of, as SUI
~ =; till s. paral:J Do, ip perfectly satj4taeeo
- style. Dnrias the " "e1ercikes," Cspt. Villa
le made fiery speech, In which be gave vent
- nard the management At Headquarters, to t
= srsat delight oi most Of his hearerb. He II
le spplau6ed tito the echo" Ga Saturday G1o1
:. isg IN old gentleman came to Gen Pain
~ leadquarters, and sad be had conc to 8
~ u, permission to go through the camps, snd 10
he hr nigge1 boy that had run away Ths =,
ee eral questioned him for sometime, sna elicit
=, the Sou:teTn arlu5, pnt Va. himself enttrs
he neutral. Tho General then informed him Il
W he would be neutral between hin and his
u. gro, that if be found him 10 the streets .
n n took him, he would not tzke him from hl
.is but that he could not have feE1ni.sson TO
% into his canps nor receive any assistance TT
:es him in ary shape. The weather here is
hs coming uncertain, dilsgreeably 80, and
~ time Tor overland movements il fat eIpp
70 Away, snd the men arc fxing up thar tents
a. for n.nter occupa,isn. PADUCN