Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-12
REEL puSrsAL AZ Lr1Iseros.


Under this caption the s. Louis Republican publishes
the following letter, dates frankfort, ~, - Ill!
BONE DAYS s!nSe the body Of rebel soldier Who was
killed at Fort DOnSlsoU, by the name Of Kgene, was
brought 10 LsIiGg o. Ky, TO be buried H!a friends
live in Lexington, and he went from that pce into the
rebel army, under the Influence no doubt, Of John
Breckenridge and John Morgan. As Ksene Was young
nan Of respectfully about Lexington, the rebels sc that
pEoe CONCEIVED the idea Of making capital for their dy
log cause by getting up rohe deIlonstrs.ion the
body Of the Gesd mau so they conc1d,d TO msde his
burial grand occasion for the EXPIRE sion OF Sosthern
sympathy, aud the dissemination Of reasonable sen
me1,s aud designs thronghou, the Saa. Those who
laid thes. psrs ssot Oug 'ssr sGs,ios iuo al zoe ei
,orinz ccL4iiss 10 lofty all Rtbeldoul IN Central
Kentucky TO come to Lexington and participate, aud
make full shoving Of s etTongth. They thought the
Unoa 1sn you'd think It was 70 De ONLY funeral made
rt1er bTge on account AZ tho popularity OF tho yourg
man, and that Uader this impression they c:d assemble
ons or two thousand traitors together aud have g-ol
tine generally wi.hou; being detected Tue c. sa was
kept tor several days With the body Of the dead rebel In
it. at length the great day arrived, and shout enc
thousand irRiiors led the streets Of Lexington TO join
in the grand procession. Confederate hlg vas pr =
pared Ind de prdcesson way seins reaoy TO lose 10
the CEN terry and deposit the body Of the us'er pader
the eolorJ Of the Eses SoTprnmsFG yes ell th- vas to
bs DONE and that too 10 The centre OF one Of ths
loyal States 10 the Union.
About the time that the clan gathering 10 execute
their reasonable desgns and give public Jesuit to the
State sad Nation by hosting foreign H,g and march
log under il in open DAY, the tap Of drug ard the
whistle Of hfe Was heard the ouskrts Of tie City
Tie hearts Of the rebela qlaked With esr-tbey looked
plls-they trembled-they looked into es6h others
faces In confusion aud despirther trick bad been dis
covered, and Indiana regiment OF Union troops had
been sent or TO come TO Lexington and prevent the Of
ering Of gross nsul. TO whole loyal popula.
ton. This regiment was qusrttTed within few miles
&c the city and Il well that Il The soldiers
entered Lsyingtcp In the most respectful manner the
officer in oomar stSerta,neG the naTes q all the rels
tvts and Immediate friends OF the deceased, allowed
twenty carriages be fled with these relatives and
friends and follow the hearse 10 the cemetery and psy
the last sad rites to the dead The great crowd Of eight
nine hundred rebels that had assembled hero for the
purpose Of raising and marching under the Confederate
9g, vero oomnAnsed y retire TO their refpecare
homes, which they did, matter ofcqErse Toe sais
and stripes raised BY the soldiers ana toe dead
rebel vAs conducted bis grave undo: the hg .; ne
had dsgced instead Of the new dag In the defence OF
which he lost his life.
TEE AHoLIrIos Amy IN TEE SOUTH.
AT Fort Pulaski the day sftsr the surrender, General
Hunter Issued the following order
HIArouAKrERs DIP'I OF TER souTH,
EoET PULASKI GKoRGIA,
April IL 1852.
AL persons of coIer lately held TO involuntary service
BY the enemies Of the United States In Fort Pulaski and