The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-11
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The War i'm Kentucky.
HEADQUARTERS 23D ARMY CORPS,
LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 8.

LEXINGTON, NY, Aug. 8.
Information received this morning
from Wolford's expedition below the
Cumberland in pursuit of Scott, nearly
concludes the history of the dashing en-
tree and inglorious finale of the last act
of the brilliant invasion so long threat
ened. The chivalric leader of the "how-
err of the South, (the 1st La. Cav. is not
elated probably with their late achieve
ments, and by this time is ready to be-
come a subscriber to the axiom that
''raids don't pay" The scattered frag-
ments of SCOTS command took refuge
among the hills along their line of flight,
from Irvine to the Cumberland river
The collected remnants numbering prob
ably 400 or 500, under Scott, effected the
crossing at Smiths Ford, taking with
them seven of their guns. Pursued by
Wolford, they again broke up with the
loss of one of Kunkle's guns. The citi-
zens of Wayne county and refugees,
blocked up the roads, infested the noun
tain passes, and resisted their advance,
till harrassed front and rear, they aban-
doned four more guns, and took to their
individual heels Our men are picking
them up at the rate of ten to twenty per
day, and those who escape will only be
able to effect it each on his private re-
sponsibility No armed band will proba-
bly, get through the mountains.
Our news from Tennessee, though
similar in tenor to what we have been
accustomed to receive any time during
the war, becomes unusually painful, in
view of the long suffering of this abused
people. The late conscription act ap-
pears to have been the only one last
piece of cruelty needed TO complete the
rum of East Tennessee. The able
bodied men had either been forced into
the rebel ranks, or made their escape.
The rebel Government now demands the
services of all between the ages of forty
FIVE and ffty-fve A requisition has
been made by Davis on Governor harris
for 5000 of this class, and as many will
escape, this number will take about all
that may be left up to fifty-five years.
The most desperate and determined
efforts to escape on the part of con-
scripts are met by the most wonton
cruelties by the rebels, who do not at
tempt to take them, but shoot them down
like Wild beasts WHENEVER anu wherever
found. The inhuman slaughter of these
poor follows taking place daily and open
~, is absolutely horrible, and would be
incredibly but for the testimony of almost
hundreds of witnesses daily.
1t is a worthy comment upon the
immitigable insolence and stupendous
hypocrisy of Vice President Stephen
pseudo to Mr. Lincoln Ito mitigate the
barbarities of war. This war, and
scarcely any other, can surpass the in
human cruelties practiced by these lying
hypocrites in East Tennessee.
Even this last conscription act is I'M
tended more as a cloak to their bar
barities than to obtain soldiers, since il
furnishes excuse to seize property, hang
kill and vent the most internal passions
with IMMUNITY. Boys under twelve year;
have been shot on their knees at theil
mothers feet; Union men, old anc
young, have been shot and hanged il
presence of their agonized wives anc
mothers; females have been brutal,
murdered for concealing their sons o
husbands, or violated in presence of thei
bound and helpless male protectors. Ra
pine, pillage, arson, rape and murder ar,