Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-23
From Kentucky
Lexington, Ky, July 0, 1868.

lively times lately, but, ON the whole, " |
turned out TO be "great cry and little |
wool, That notorious thief and robber,
John Morgan, attacked Col, Hanson at
Lebanon, about fifty miles southwest of
this place, and after seven hours fighting
he proceeded to set fire TO some Of the
houses when Col, Ii. evacuated the place,
Thomas Morgan, brother Of John, was
shot in the heart, and Major Alston,
Morgan's Adjutant, was brought here as
a prisoner and remains here yet, He is
perfectly astonished at the surrender of
Vicksburg, which he did not suppose
could be reduced IN twice the time that
was occupied by the allied armies about
Sebastopol.
Meanwhile Morgan was reported to be
at Lawrenceburg en- route for Lexington,
AID General HartsuF issued the following
order:
"No. 2. lie persons and property OF
Union citizens, non-con, tbatants, within the
lines of this command, are uSder us spec
ial protection. For every one inJU'ed IN
his person, five rebel sympathizers will be /
arrested and punished accordingly. re" !
all injuries to the property of Union citi-
zens ample remuneration will be levied up |
on rebel sympathizers."
Now this, in the opinion of the " rebe
sympathizers," is perfectly awful; but
we may rest assured that they, at least,
will not invite John Morgan to come any
nearer. The 4Sth Pennsylvania, the 2lst |
Massachusetts, and body of Michigan
cavalry were prepared to give HIM cor
dial reception, but he declined the honor
and turned his footsteps towards the Ohio
River, below Louisville. The papers of
to-day say that he has seized two steam
boats at Brandenburg, but that certain
gunboats are on their way to salute him.
The hemp fields look splendidly all over
Kentucky at the present time, and one
cannot doubt that John Morgan expere
ences unutterable emotions as he views
the landscape Ger"
All Is quiet along the turnpike to-day
Some of the SeceShers have INDUCED IN the
use of unscriptural language, as they have
been gathering together the fragments OF
their fences which had been used to con-
struct temporary barrlcades against the
enemy. TO hear them talk, stranger
r9;~ht ennnose that these annoyanesS 'oie :,
all chargeable upon the Elncolnltes,"
and not at all upon the rebels. They
kaoao better, the miserables.
Yesterday, Judge Thomas E. Bran
lette, the Union candidate for Governor
spoke here. 1t is the first electioneering
speech have heard during my present
visit, and although it was not exactly
suited to the meridian of Vermont, it was
III wonderful contrast with those | used to
hear twenty years ago in this state. Some
of these who call themselves Union men
WINGED considerably at times for instance,
on the subject of employing negroes, he
merely asked who employed them first, and
Indians besides - and he expressed the
opinion that the reason why some people
were SO Mortified at the idea of negroes
was that they We're about to be employed
on the wrong side. He made use of one
argument which the friends of the no-more-
men-and- mo more money faction will be
likely to appreciate. " Suppose" said
he, "you succeed in electing my competi-
tol THAT everlasting Office seeking, hypo-
critical weather-cock Charles A. Wick
| Al IF lNOyar,o,,
body will know that it is a secession tri-
umph. You would Immediately have an
army here to take rebel possession. As
the National government have no idea of
giving up Kentucky, they VII send large
army to drive the rebels out as they have
twice before. Do you suppose in that
case my sympatbjzjng friend tuat you
could make any provost marshal believe
that you were for the Union You might
swear till your face was black and it
would be of no avail" Now as these
newly organized " democrats " are for the
most part set of arrant towards, they
will in all probability be convinced by
the cogency of this reasoning will; con-
clude with Falstaf that discretion is the
better part of valor, and not vote the q re-
organized democratic" ticket
Judge, Or General Bramlette organized
the first Kentucky Union regiment. When
the Government were forwarding guam
tity of guns to body of East Tennessee
ans assembled at Camp Dick Robinson a
little below here, and Breckenridge at
tempted to intercept them, Col Bran
lette with his regiment headed Brecken-
ridge off and secured the safe transporta-
ton of the arms. He is outspoken, fear
less and patriotic, and will in all proba-
bilitv be triumphantly elected in August.
NJ. B.
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