New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-20


hat Important sHbject-Fortifyius-
Operations in tbe Upper Cumberland
Iaiiey-Sseu. Thomus's whole Division
Marching 10 the Hear OF The Eebcls-
Gen. Criiteudcu superssdcs ZolIicSGcr-
True position OF Gen. Fioyds Brigade
-Dcinss of the Rebels in sonfLeru
HcnfucLy. etc.
From our Specisl Cor. sp0ndeut
MrsI0RDsvnIr Ky. Jan. 70, lSe2
In one respect, tie Generals commanding in this
Department have been more fortunate than their
colleagues in other parts Of the Union. The trouble
some negro that is n source Of 30 much peTleYiiy
to tie managers Of the war elsewhere, has az yet
lauuted them but little in THE State. The General
iu.Chief l believe, has far not been called upon
in 81 ee instance 10 demonstrate bis views on tte
,ontraueud question: and even the division con-
uandeis under lin have not yet found themselves
obliged TO add & new solution of the embarrassing
problem to the yarcgaed attack in THE direction
upon other portions Of tie llea'er Of war. 4 very
aw fuitiyes from the control 81 rebel masters have
D. lar ! can learn made THEN appearance W e
tnis lime, and they quietly di-losed Of by giving
! them employment u coosf. icamsiers etc. TIE
small number Of rauawsys from loyal owners wee
returned in every IA which they could be traced
/ bv Tie a',er 10 their former status with as nu,'
promIiro.s ne the mott sensitive Of slayel o. .fa
could well e. peci under tie Circumstances.
Bu; ii must not be presumed that matters ~ I'D cone
tinue ~ favorable they have heretofore. The
universal Afrisan viii surely yet give the Gsn
eras Of The army Of the Ohio IL much anroylnee a-
those in comm ld IN Masouu, Virgins, nnd South
Carolina He viii inevitably bring on the same dit
Gcul.,. here ils, he has r,isod there. A. ,oon O..
the Union columns in this State move from loyal to
disloyal col. he will begin 20 engage In the "tug
Of war, and force himself una, odably uron the no
tee Of IL conductors. Nor will hs treatment ~ ihu
latitude be any easier than in other sections Of slaS.
territory On the contrary. in the insnrreciior sry
southern counties of TIN State it will be more DIFF
lcult. The glaye-owIing UDonists Of Eentuck, o.,
extremely iender.fOoted upon the Slavery question
The slightest push at emancipation moves them
core spoudng distance toward tic rebel ri1e. Yield
ing TO their decided prcjuices, the Government la,
not yet attempted an enforcement Of the conia
cation act Of as' Summer with regard 4
the human clnitels Of tie citizens Of The
State now errayed 10 arms against il. r.,
slaytholdng sO,-da0d loyalists entertain a loly
horror Of the very idea o, freeing any negroes {,
which ooufsoaiion by the Government virtually
amounts. But they V ~ have 70 face tls unpleasant
emergency nevertheless after the rebels are driven
from the toutherI counties. For what viii be,om,
Of the thousands Of slaves that Will be dc t1cio ibor
Grated BY the expulsion Of their disloyal matter,
from the State II il the fayorite plan OF the slave
owners protesting Union sympathies in tits State u
have the human property OF rebels Appropriated fo
the Naturalization OF such citizens ~ suffer from
the depredations Of the COufedemtes. But, however
great the asceudancy Of so.called conservative Ken
lucky influence may at present lie in Washington,
do not deem il possible that the Government vii
thus indirectly engage in veiitahle traffic in human
fesh The Northern soldery will also be found li,ls
disposed 10 be employed in lennine up tie sayes il
question, Tor the benefit Of injured Unonists
Perhaps the twenty thousand additional troops, the
raising Of which Congress has been asked author
i've, may be intended Tor this special service.
Should the rebels he forced out OF the State before
the collection Of the war tax as I am confident hey
will be- the amounts as.sssed upon absent Secession
lists will have to be levied by meals Of executions
and sales Of their property. Az, under the State
laws slaves are liable 10 be sold for unpaid taxes il
will doGbtessy happen that negroes Of rebelt will
he made 10 yield the war dues OF their owners 20 the
Federal Government. That the loyal North will not
relish the suppy Of the sinews Of war by euoh
means may well be expected. But there will be
very little hesitation shown upon the subject by the
Unioniss" OF Kentucky.
Whatever the developments OF the future in this
connection may be, regret TO say that the negro
will receive very little consideration on the part Of
the Union commanders OF this department. With
few exceptions, Generals have all more or leas
intense and long-conceived pejudces against the
Pariahs Of North America. "D--n the ngger," ca.
presses The pith Of their feelings toward them and
with this preconcepton, their handling of the coming
oontrabands will agree. Possibly the necessities Of
war may enlarge their views, and render their
measures more humane. Until then, however, very
little mercy car be expected by the colored bondnen
a, their hands.
Dwelling upon the condition Of the weather is
Usually Deither profitable TO the writer Dor agreeable