, 1862-09-20
[F1om ouE own Coretpondeat.1

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tr1o@ oas UNI sosteeponuent't
tARo, sep.. II, 18Q3r
Yesterday, Gen. Tuttle and staff and a few
frysltd guests paId lyfnp yfsit tn padncah.
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Aentueky' lney embarked on the steamer
Rob Roy, and, taking Mound City in their
way, did the hospital and the celebrities at
TINT p1easant vi,i,oa do MT nronoaa n
-.s14ea s f' 'ass w ues p!opoe1 "
pitaL Everybody knows that 1t is the best
arranged and conducted institution of the
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Ano IL lae ootoo, ana 'ua. IL Is uaoei auo
supt r1ntendence OF IN Intelligent and gentle
mail " physician, Dr., franklin. The number
of ,,a+3e,ts ~ nroeant -aco7r,n9 ,ne3,c.1 .+ta,.
a.. r.o e1 ~ r. He,.- 80
uoo, Is slu. Inc nunoer usua'ly varies from
il0 to SEQ, with An average OF about I60. The
per centage1f deaths for the last quarter will
.,o+ .vcacaEsr.,, z,.,- oa,+ ,ra on1v ro,,1,a5
~ eAeeu se'en psl eea,' ano 1n'3 A1>eee ,
son and Shiloh. Twenty-Five have died since
Aha f;,st of SantemhAr
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tne go'etnmenl en'p 3ato LUG eatoo1'e'
!et, the ra1ns Switzerland, F, aad Mingo are
beirp repaired. The rebel euuboat Gen.
pr,oe ;e H. nv dov,, o,d he- no,ch,,ar7
Iee - uso W. uo"', :. .o o.sa. ns .suneiy r".
tasth OUT 10 DC pl1ceo IN anotoef ooas no#
building, r.. L. H4milton Is here construct
frg two punboats upon the Monitor pIau.
With reyolyinr turr.is. for use on westarn
waters, The work UPON these is mt 30 far
adyarced that can venture mon a dgscric-
tiop,
Lower Caledonia is the next landing Of any
inheritance above Mound Citv. This I, =
snail struggling village Of eay 100 or 500 iu-
babttapts, Which has been Occupied by few
fsderal troops Until quite recently, solely
Imagine to prevent The passage oi troops or
srits from Kentucky. Tor which it appeara
exceedingly we'll calculated. Just above
Upper Caledonia, village TWO miles above
Is what river Ier3 called the Grand
Cbsin-a: collection of rocks extenuing
across the channel nearly to the Kentucky
shore. These rocks o1e remarkable feature
Of the Ohio valley, and at 1he present stage of
water are yirwed with terror bY naylgaIurs.
TIE water here is barely three feet deep, aud
orce fsi,ly en- tie sharp pointed rocks, 4 hole
in the bottom and the loss OF the boat is al
most inevitable. At present, where they pro
ject above the surface Of the water, they are
covtred With scoNe, flat boats and coal barges,
q loss to somebody of thousands
Above the Grand Chain, there ara no land
ipes Of importance, if We except Metropolis,
until We reach Paducah- The citizens OF Pa
tucah say they numbered from s, coo to 10, 900
Inhabitants before the war. 1t is beautiful
city, well built aid regularly laid out, and has
ye1y many private buildings surrounded with
slsCe trees and Eh1ubbery, Indicative of the
refined tastes OF their propr;etors. There are
few Iublic buildings OF importance. The st.
tfsnc:s hotel. tie first and almost the only
hoIt1 in the city, is miserable, tumb1e-down,
ricEety structure, Of DO sort of account arrhi-
tecluta}lY, and conducted BY IN arrArt seces-
hio1.ist with IN eye tto ekin the Yankees
1t j. said, by visitors, that when q stranger
riyes in the town they size his pile, aud
get it all tie tlret lime If they can.
II they tail. 1t is an error of Judgment.
I cerrot dit miss this eT. ct scent+ 4 den of
rel eldom. without adding nv t.stimnnV to
that Of hundreds Of Others with whom be has
come in contact, in commcudation Of the
provost Marehal of Paducah. He appears to
he tic right man in tie right place. Loyal
nen are delighted with him and traitors hate
him as the devil is said to abomiuate holV
water His expoeilions Of the gospel accord
ing to Abraham are refreshing. IN obedience
10 an order from Col, Starring. he has IateIv
eauscd the 0fsarming of Inhabitants. The
cords of guns, pistols' knives and Yankee
Eillrrs, which havc ht.n 11nearthed md ora
Low On exhiLIiion at His otIice' wouid con.
erme the Secretary Of the Chicago Historical
Society with enyy. The immediafe cccas;nn of
moyal Of The Board or Trade raefment from Pl-
ducah 10 Cnlumhns, Eentncty
The cam, % of III. rec;mant Z NJ v,s hc,n.
titui1y located on the G5nk Of tne Ohio about
nile below The city, with all the ADVANTAGES
Of pure air, high and dry location and an
atnndance If ui1re water. hut notwithsfani. i.
irp nj this. ttt regiment has suffered cnns;d
erah]v from sickness. 1t nresent ahout sixtE
arr cne The SICK iist, none of them. however.
tt1iorsly i'll The diseases are generally those
il cidtnt TO change Of ct. climate or water.
comnany Ri resident. 7 nm fo1d of Cn;caoo.
inst 6efore the departure Of The regiment
fer Csito. Fist Iitut. Gro. " Colbv a6d Ssc.