, 1862-01-14

The Charges Made Against him In the
Louisville Joufnal---E1Is Severity
towards Onion lien and Lenfency
to sFTaffpFH.


FrcM tie Louisville Journal OF Saturday
ttEN- SNlTu.-Wc publish to-day letter in
relation to the conduct Of this officer from one
Of the most prominent and influential Union
men in the First District. We ourselves know
nothing Of the facts stated by our correspond
cnt, but certainly statements Of so grave a ma
turc from such A source are entitled to imue-
diate and respectful consideration By the prop
er authorities. We trust 1t will be given
PApCcAH, Januarr5.
To Tic Editors IF Tie LouisviNe Journal:
GENT1EMEs; Things arc dragging along
slowly in this part Of the State, s. far as the
At this point, by Gen. Smith, towards the
Of doing all in his pow,r to give them
protection, lie. is absolutely making
war on some Of the most prominent. As
R. z. Williams, who had been driven from his
home, and is not permitted to hold his court
throughout the district on account of his 10y
atty to the Government; who undertook to
raise regiment to sustain the Government in
this part Of the State, and partially succeeded
spite and malice Of Gen. Smith, who, a fcW
days since, told one Of the men who Joined
tle Judges regiment that Judge Williams
would not do, that he had made secession
speech in Paducah, and threatened to put the
Judge in the guard house and iron him.
tuusG ~ us WHO nave peeH WILL LIE Judge
during tic struggle know that the charge Of
having made a secession, speech is without
foundation. Not satisfied with pursuing and
hunting Judge Williams down, the Cen
cral here, on the I'd inst, directed his Pro-
vost Marshal not to permit any goods, &C.,
mcndcd or endorsed ly J. 7. Bolingcr, WHO
is merchant here, doing business, having
been driven, as Gen. Smith well knows, from
his former home (Mayie1d, &c miles south Of
this) for no other reason than loyalty to the
Government. The General further knows
that Bolinger was arrested by the scccsh Of
this county, taken to Columbus aud confined
in prison ten or twelve days, al for his deyo-
tion to The Government. After lis arrest and
confinement at Columbus, the General well
knows that Bolingcr was robbed by the secesh
army Of about one thousand dollars worth Of
goods in his store, at ;lyfcld, for Which he
After his relcase from Columbus, Bolinger
came to this place, commenced business as
i merchant, believing that ne would be
protected by the Federal troops; but it
seems that he is doomed to disappointment.
To the credit Of the forces here bu it spoken,
that, outside Of the General and those few who
Bolinger. No longer ago than yesterday, Bolin-
ger 10 whom your journal, aud in fact Ill the
papers from all points, are sent for persons ut
Mayhc11, Went to the Provost Marshal to get
1heIu I'asscd Out by Cn1on man, and the
pass was refused Bo1Inger also sent letter
to the Provost Marshal to have it pissed, lii
rectcd to his wife, twenty-siS miles distant,
ard they refused to permit him to seud the
letter to lis wife. On the other hand, low
has the General treated the secesh here? lie.
short time since, permitted John Shields, d
r1.bid secessionist, to leaHc the city and 60 to
Lexington, and gave him pass without re-
quirin!s him to take the oath prescribed and ap-
! piled to all Union men when they leave; and
t Shields, when the Fedcral troops came here, had
scccsh flag floating over Lis hotel, and since
the Federal troops have been here he has been
TO McrDphis and Columbus, yet no oath ad-
ministered to linn by order OF General Smith.
You know that this place was one among the
worst seccsh holes in the United States before
the troops came. Well, sirs, to-day treason
stalks abroad here and is as daring as the devil
himself, and all right il the lap Of the Fedora
army. How long arc these things to be borne
and submitted to BY Kentuckiaus9 If the
| Union mcn in Kentucky only knew the way
| the Union men have been treated by Genera
! Smith, they would raise one long cry whicl
| would reach the proper department ut Wash
ington, and carry with it such force as to cffec
t his Immediate removal. We don't care who
| else the Government may appoint to fill hl
| place; all We ask and demand is justice at tn
| hands Of the Government, and that VIC vii
| have. McCRACEES.