Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-12-16
Cincinnati and Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 3, ]

have been found in the tent Of Geo
Buckner. 1t is plate Of iron, large
enough to shield the chest and stomach
covered with buckskin, and weighing
thirty five pounds. 1t must have been Q
serious weight to carry. | have seen q
Newbern, vests, made like our ordinary
military vests, in which were cases o!
iron, said to be bullet proof, which were
not near so heavy, and more convenient
1t seems useless, however, to wear thom,
when there are so many places where one
can be mortally hit. Some officers have
been found dead with them. | do not
know whether it is false sentiment OF
honor, but it always seemed to me not ex-
actly right to use them, though | see nc
reason why man should not protect as
much Of his person as is possible. joni
nj, in his Art of War-(he wrote after
the days of Napoleon, and was considered
the greatest master Of the science, next
to Napoleon speaking of the improve
neuts made in the means of destruction,
says that "af governments do not combine
in a congress to prescribe these inventions
OF destruction, there will be no course
left but to make the half Of an army con.
siss of cavalry with cuirasses, in order to
capture with great rapidity these ma
chimes; and the Infantry, even, will be
obliged to resume It's armor of the mid.
die ages, without which battalion will be
destroyed before engaging the enemy.
We may then see again the famous men-at-
arms, all arrayed with armor, and horses
will also require the same protection"
A brother officer suggests that We haven't
got the men big enough to carry such
armor. But saw some astonishing men
in the west-very many over six feet,
and we'll built in proportion. Since the
days Of Jomini's writing, implements Of
destruction have been greatly increased
in destructiveness, and it is yet subject
of discussion whether we will come to the
iron armor Of our ancestors.
There is Museum in c incinnati, that
afforded US some hours Of amusement.
We were attracted by a sign of the
"horned horse" but it wasn't there.
Three lions, bear, two monkeys, an ant.
eater, and a barrel organ, and two very
Dutch Dutchmen, were all the live ami
male 1t occupied three or four stories.
One department was chapter of horrors.
Prof. Webster killing DR.. Parkman, and
Cowan killing his wife and two children,
wax figures, large as life, together with
all the halters, caps, and ropes with which
people had been hung, the bloody knifes,
and axes used in the murder, the clothes
and shoes they wore, the bonnet Of Mrs.
Cowan, aud, worse, the head Of one Of the
murderers, in lass case, on whose neck
you could see the mark Of the rope, bis
hand and his beart-ihdeed, any one who
has a morbid taste of that kind, can have
it gra,ifed. Up in the garret is a room
fitted up as a representation Of He'll.
Death in his skeleton form, Lucifer with
q great rum nose, Cerberus, Minos, Rha-
and all the ill-shapcd monsters
that we read about, in darkened vault,
weird light flashing around them-really,
take the whole museum, one could imsg.
iue wha. qser old cove he must have
been who got it all together.
We reached Louisville, at two o'clock
on Tuesday. 1t is very beautiful city
broadway, wide street of private
houses, being one of the finest l have
ever seen. Prince do Joinville, in his
"Army of the Potomac" says, "Ccmpare
the destinies Of two great neighboriDg
cities, Louisville and Cincinnati; COM
pare the fate of the first, notwithstanding
It's immense natural advantages, under
The cuervating influence of slavery, with
he development which its rival owes to
Liberty. The fate of Louisvill wonld be
he fate of slave holding Union" Gin
,innati does as much business in one street
.lmost, as the whole of Louisville. There !
$ tho u,mos. jealousy and bitterness Of
ceiling between the inhabitants Of these
.ities. l found it a frequent subject Of
discussion as to the relative advantages
# slavery and freedom. All Union peo'
lie wish Slavery abolished, and tho senti-
nent of the French Prince l heard fire.
Iuen,ly expressed in various shapes. But
t must be admitted that the majority Of
lentuckians are pro-slavery, and disloyal,
nd wondered, when l found it SO, that
was not on the side of the Rebels, and
o q way felt that it could not have the
pirit it once had The nth, 18th, and
9th, and the 7.h and 9th cavalry, from
sylvania, are in Kentucky and Ten.
essee. met many Of the officers, and
hen they knew was from Penn'a, they
rasped my hand with an impression that
needed only to be from the came State