Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-23
From Kentucky.
Camp Nelson, Jessamine, Co, KY I
July Is, 1868.


the passengers were waiting for the wa
con " at Nicholasvile the terminus OF the
g Central railroad about thirty of Nor
gaus men, who had been taken prisoners
Somewhere, came along, The officer who
had them in charge was not remarkably
polite to them, and the citizens and paroled
Union soldiers present showed that they
had not forgotten Lebanon. One Union
soldier recognized fellow who had robbed
him of nice pair of boots, which identl-
cal boots he then had on. Thereupon Mr..
Union politely enqured of Mr.. Secesh II
it would be convenient TO let him have
those boots now, aud Mr.. S. concluded
that, all things considered, it wonld be,
and, without further ceremony, returned
the boots, and went on his way barefoot.
The Baptist Church in Nicholasville has
been occupied by soldiers. The doors are
defaced by dirt and vile scrawls, the seats,
similar to those in some. country town
halls, have all been removed, the floors are
covered with camp equipage, the plaster
ing is broken off, and altogether, as
man said, it is in very collapidoted
state.
Camp Nelson is about eighteen miles
south of Lexington, in a bend formed by
the Kentucky river; on one side of the
place, however, is Hickman Greek, which
empties into the river at Hickman Bridge,
where the Danville turnpike crosses, The
banks of these two streams on all sides OF
the enclosure, except the north, are Of sol
id limestone, and more than two hundred
feet high-higher than the precipices be
low Niagara Falls. A line of earthworks
is being extended on the north side from
one stream to the other, mile long the
distance by the pike from these works
to the southern point Or toe of the horse
shoe is two miles. The space included,
and called by the general name of Camp
Nelson, cannot be less than two thousand
acres. 1t was owned principally by TWO
rebels by the name Of Scott and Perry,
the former of whom is an old bachelor,
and if alive, is, what there Is left of him,
in the rebel army. Mr., Perry is a man
of family, had good two story house
which he was ordered to leave, and which
is now occupied as Gen. Hartsuf's head
quarters. The government allowed him
to cut his wheat, and to-day the govern
rnent teams are hauling it TO the steam
threshing machine. which, as the owners
claim, threshes out at the rate of thous-
and bushels day. The government per-
form the service of hauling as a considera-
ton for the straw, and because they wish
to use the ground. The woebegone looks
of this rebellious Perry were truly pitiful
He eagerly enquired for the news, but the
best we could do for him was to tell him
Port Hudson had gone up, Sherman wa,
whipping Johnston, Bragg was out o
Tennessee, Gilmore had possession of Nor
rls Island, and John Morgan's men wert
getting scattered, tired, sleepy, and yer,
much In the condition of the boys calf -
Bob" said he, "poke that straw away
dye hear ?"
General Speed S Fry, who is recruiting
a cavalry regiment of Tennesseans, has
his headquarters in one part of thes'
grounds. He will be recolected as tbs
Colonel Fry, who shot General zolhcoffel
at Mill Springs. He is of the opinion
that the rebellion is crumbling to pieces
'sbut," said he, they won't give up. They
will break into guerrilla parties, and w
shall have to 60 and hold the country-an'
am for doing tiff we destroy ever.
J State constitution of the South" w
ventured to mention two reasons why the.
could not long succeed in guerrilla prac
tiec. FIRST. The people themselves wer
already sick of it. Second. The noun
tain districts, where alone this system
could be advantageously practlced, wer
the most intensely loyal of any part OF tn
United States. A person can hardly I'm
derstand what loyalty means, till he ha
seen and heard an East Tennessean.
: The appearance of things at Camp Mel
son resembles that Of an incipient CITY,
As Virgil would say, ter'Uet opus. Th
/, forest trees consist principally of lare
: white oaks, which the ''woodmau's axe
does not "spare." The "redoublin
strokes and the crashing thundt