New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-17

upon the property OF goou onion hon, w"o "io
Themselves frequently absent In the army OF ~
refugees. AZ:
Anorier and Just cause Of complaint in this sec
tion az the State 10 the misconduct OF straggers
nhcse by the by, generally the depreda'ors nave
menlioned) who have of late bee me 10 much OF
nuisance 10 our army. Ibose VINO arc III UT Ca
beusted are TO be pitisd; but hundreds OF great,
brawny fellows, either from timidity or love OF law
lessnesss, lag behind, and occupy their time III ih-
snllin0 women shooting hogs and cattle wantohy,
stealing horses, and rejecting discredit upon ana
causing odium against the National forces ana 'Ls
National cause. =, IL;
in come instances they have dragged loyal ci'i-
zens from their horses and wagons and approIn-
nted tie means OF conveyance 10 themselves, When
hey were abundantly able to keep mp with their ad'
yancing column. Such thing. have avery oad enec''
and the sooner they remedied the better ..
"A large number OF refugees ARE still Lere, aWailpS
an oDportuuity to return to Lexington, Georgetown,
Versailles, and othtr places which they are az e'
afraid TO attempt though II Is reported All these
points are now in our.possessou, OF AZ least e'a'u
a,ed by ihe enemy. h.-o
Siranq. rs IL may seem, the Rebels, when here,
A. c,or.d and believed they could not 10 driven IRON
Kentucky; that they would remain IN the state rs
lope ga they desired let the Yankees do what they
conld TO dlsodge them. "Goyernor ilawes hai
made his Arrangements to occupy ,he guoe, i
nonsion and tie family Of the late Gov. MaBoin
were prepsrng leave the premises on MS account.
When the courier entered tho Capitol during the
inaugural ceremonies, and informed BuckneI Oh Tue
arproach of Duponts forces, ard the Intelligence
was whispered around TO the choi conspiFators ana
the august assembly suddenly dispersed III great con-
fusion Richard HAYES is said TO have displayed The
Locomotive capacity Of youth in his depar no
one supposed man in the vicinity OF seventy could
nave manifested 30 much physical energy and vigor
rs he did OIL that memorable occasion.
Ii the old gentleman conld have run as well Tor,
IA he did from, the Governo shG, he would have
been Chief Executive OF Kentucky many years ago.
"A reliable centledsl" informs me that the great
mass of the Rebel eollicr5 WHO were here from the
Cotton States were extremely Ignorant, 30 much so
that not more IhaD out Oi hVe OF ELK coniu rcau
q newspaper; while tho proportion OF those VINO
could not wrc much greater lie has oh -erved.
when paper would fall into their hands, that IL
would be passed through SIX or seven or eisht, De-
fore il would reach any one fuficiently veisei III
black etter lore to translate the profound mysteries
/ Of Fauss e..
With such lamentable lack of intelligence, it IL
not strange the Southern people are 50 mirguidei
and 80 hlnd 10 their own interests rs 10 hgbt Tor
pnnciple that more and more nearly allies African
Slavery TO their own.
/ The Confederate" officers who had quarters at
the CAPITOL Hotel gave themselves mp TO good deal
of dissipation drinking champagne, with which the
house happened to be largely supplied, and gambling
from dusk until after day light. When the stock OF
wlue gave ont they bad recourse TO whisky, and as
they had coniscated nearly two hundred barrels OF
prime old bourbon, belonging TO Gen. Ihomas l.
Crittenden. for "medica, stores" rs they stated
tley kept decently drunk during their soouru here
without any particular difficulty.
Large sums Of money 1t is said. changed hands
but as the financial agency employed was - Coufed-
crate SCRIP" il mattered little who won or who lost
Gard pley ing for that kind OF currency cannot b.
very Interesting il mutt be much like the game OF
push.peDny, played a "a solitaire, with the night
hand against lne lett. The progress Of the Iecrea
ton may be entertaining, but Its results can hardly
be cons dered advantageous.
| have already mentioned the fact that large
number Of women, particularly the young onos,
came here from adjoining couutief, Oh The 9th insti
TO be present at and leud eot TO, the Inauguration.
I learn from citizens that thoee Of romsntic age
aud romantic turn were painfully disappointed IN
the appearance manner and character oi the South
err soldiers, who, they had been taught 10 believe,
were for the most part gentlemen and The cons OF
gentlemen, men Of wealth, culture, refinement and
high breeding.
The lilly girl. had fondly imagined-for many Of
them rad never secn Southern soldier-the young
gentlemen who filed the ranks were hRndsome,
gallant and poetic; that they all noble heroes
of the Sir Pklp Sidney Cheva!irr Bayard school;
that they would be able to sympaihile with the
sentimental y.arnings Of a madens heart, and
be, ONE in tie face OF all the sdmiring world Der
ideal lover and devoted worahlper.
Most thoroughly were they dissnchan,ed'
Y They found, instead Of the Admirable Cricl'ons
they had figured TO Themselves, u poor, ignorant,
coarse, squald, aud brutal cias', whose renotest
ATM sphere was oDHDtl 10 utu tfiriOll-
ities and whose appearance, Medusa-like turned
their sympnlbics to stone.
Tie romantic women wero sfectually cured OF
their natuation.
They no longer kneel at shaiowy shrines 10 wor.
ship fiilsc gods They no longer offer praysn Of he
heart for the success OF the " Confederacy."
Like the country, they have undergone q great
revolution. Rebesm more attracts them. 1b,ir
romantic notions gone, the Hover OF loyalty has
sprung mp IN their bosopsi and they are now rs
warmly the advocates OF the Government as they
were few weeks ,iDce the admirers Of traitors aid
the rympatbizers with treason.
/ From parties who held conversations with the
(" Confederate officers. learn that the Southern
Army has suffered more from sickness than we have
any idea Of and that diseasc las made fearful raw
ages in their ranks The SouLherners understand
far ess than men how 20 take care OF them
selves and have not the natural endurance yigof
of the Nortberneis, and this added 10 their exces-
sve marching and exposure 10 far greater hardships
than our troops have known, has terribly bwclled
/ their lists Of mortality.
As an instance, Col Geddis OF the lt Florida
Cavalry stated that lie left home eleven months ago
with / 100 men, and that he now commanded only
l6O men, all told; though they bad never been en-
gnged in battle or even skrmsh Of any kind.
The leading officers OF the Confederate lorces
are, or have been. prominent politicians most OF
whom are large Shareholders, and there is hardly
division brigade in the service that does not in-
clude exGoveruors. ex-Congresemen, and cx-Repio-
sentstiyes.
| Col. Perry, Colonel OF the 9TH Florida, wac Gov
enor OF the State at the time OF its secession lie ia
a Of culture and capacity, though OF violent pas
-ions and unprincidled ambition, aud hko mos. VI bis
fellowtraors, and bis prototype Satan, lpoetically
consideredl:
Would rather reign In Hell than in Heaven"
What mutations this war generates
Las; Winter the Unionists here laughed immoder-
aicly at tho idea advanced by the Secession sympa-
hzers Of the possbity Of the Rebels ever occupying
Frankfort.
Ten days ago the Rebels ridiculed the notion OF