Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-11
oUK CORRESPONDENTS.
From, Kentucky.

LtAlhStoh, NlN f"N' II
Enron RUTLAND HERALD: A drive
through the Suburbs of this city in any
direction at present is most delightful a
gentle rain has washed all the dust lrom
the grass and foliage, and caused Vege'a-
ton to start up with new vigor' rode
ont tn morning on the Harrodsburg turn
pike, in southerlv direction, two or three
miles. This is a MoAdamized road I
(conmou roads are called "dirt roads y !
it is WIDE, we'll graded, and IN every res
pect as good as any in New England
The country residences are magnificent,
Large areas are enclosed by high sub !
stantial wall, containing fifty or hundred |
acres, and some of them having gate
way, with a porter's lodge, in English
style. Many of the trees are two feet in
diameter; a rich earpeting of blue grass
covers the ground, and the walks and
drives in the immediate vicinity OF the
palatal mansions are adorned with roses,
svringas, and fringe trees, (chionaathuS
girqiaica), all in blaze of glory.
Ashland, however, looks neglected.
The hedges are untrmmed, the walks and
drives are overgrown with weeds, and
washed out by the rains Its owner JAS
B. Clay, is far away in the rebel service,
or, as | have Just heard, in Canada, and
his wife is expecting to join him soon. 1t
may seem pity to spoil or modify cur
rent and popular story, but | have been
assured by those who claim to know, that
there is very little truth in the statement
about his cane speculation. When he tore
down the old house, which was so old as
to be dangerous, some of his fathers ad-
mirers begged pieces of the wood for canes,
and he had few made for their grati6ca-
ton. Whether he sold or gave them away
| know not.
, One of the most interesting and lovely
places of resort is the Cemetery, the most
promnet object of which is Henry Clay's
monument, built of Kentucky marble,
which rises to the height of l39 feet. A
colossal statue at the top gives the features
, and figure OF the great orator so accurate
u ly that no one who ever saw the original
could fail to recognize it.
Here, too, are soldiers graves, The
Federals and Confederates have each their
spot. The latter are but few in number,
q as the rebels were here only about siz
!, weeks, while the former are numerous AMI
: constantly increasing. The graves are al
> arranged in circular form. Imagine :
: central circular grass plat of a few feet II
70 diameter, around this a belt or ring II
" made, as wide as the graves are long, anc
in this belt the graves are dug so that thu
- foot of each points to the centre. Whei
> this is filled another is prepared outside
u concentrc with the first, and so on. Very
=; few, not one in twenty, had stone o.
Is board to mark the name of the sleeper
IL One, however, that of a drummer boy
= stated that he was born in 1850, and dick
- in 1862, aged tweJre gears ! Fresh rose
~ and other flowers in abundance lay IN tn
'" central plat, and on the graves OF the con
!. federates, and some rather ungrammauca
A0 and limping verses had been written on
u board or single at the head of one grave
VI There were flowers, also, on the graves G
!. the Union soldiers
n ln The Kentucky Central Railroad extend
W Wa at present from Covington in southern
a. direction through this place to Nich 1Ias
w VIC vile, and ii is proposed by government t
IA complete the unfinished part to panvlllt
Ss about twenty miles further, For this pun
~ pose the military authorities have made
NV reqnisiton upon the Southern Rlgh
~, va Men, for from five to ten hands, or
ns pay instead thirty dollars each, Tor
~. ~. month. This you may be assured Gu
7A' close, but there is no lodging it. Som
IL body gives information TO General Wick
. Ia of all those of southern rroclivities
Wy and no matter how peaceable they ms
s S9 be, they are pretty sure to be waited {
..0 whenever money or help is wanted,
~. ,ho know negro man who is print
'ap1 by trade, who is hired out to work
~a an office that was seized by government
lp He is a good printer but is not ablebodi'
% and his master preferred to hire him o
=. rather than have him made to dig.
Az press-gang of soldiers once attempted
NO. NO. catch him, (before he was hired out )
' 'h' he disappeared, The soldiers asked eyel
Nv, body on the place where he was, bu, 1t
VI happened that none of them knew, al
r after considerable threaten nc about ii
"a e. niger" went off. The next NOR
YOU inc he came to the door and said, Mi
-, -. sus. will you please give me some mont
'''' to buy watch glass ? | broke MI
h when crawled under the hog-house." -
- Incidents of a similar character are n
~ infrequent, but from one, learn all.
i'S' M. B.