, 1864-08-26
Gsn. Paine's Expedition.
Hls BA)D after THE RAIDERS.
Baotlier Expose Of the Sons Of
lliber.y--1wo uundred Col
ored Veteran Received,



From Our special Cor1eEpo1tcot.l
CA1Go, H., Aug. q, 1851.
You have had from your Paducah corr.s-
pendent some dispatches in regard to the
latc expedition OF Gen. Paine III search Of
Adam JohpsoA's rsiding force, but have
Jet to send yor the particulars. As before
stated, Gen. Paine, with force Of about
seventeen tu5dred mco, comprising the
1921 ard 141st 1,linois-huntred day troops
the Sith New. Jtrsey ard 9Th q. s. artll-
lery, and detachment Of the 4th Kentucky
earalrr, etarted out from Paducah on
Wednesday last Col Davidson commanded
the 1et, and Lient. Col Moore the2d brigade.
The men wenc 6n)y embarked upon the
steamers Alco!a, Fisher, Gen. Anderson, and
Colossus, and steamed up the Ohio.
The expedition reached Uniontown, Ky,
Oh the eene day, iste iu the ternoon. THIS
town is incorrectly named, for more dis
Ut lou place Goes not exist In the entire Stete
at les st it was secesh to the back. bone, but
Gen Paine has giyen 1t sucn shock that
perhaps lottton OF Its residents may have
COME to th.ir senses and rill hereafter claim
10 be for the uuion4 The property seized
here w4s put upon transports ready for car.
rtsge hnck to Padueah. The propetyr con.
eltted Of whisky, cattle, tobacco, aud such
ot1er product ao could be picked up. a
guerilla nsmed Taylor wes also captured and
placed under guard and taken to PaducAh.
4 DETECTIVES VISIT TO suAwSEErowN.
While Gcn Pnine Was vt Upioutown, the
May or Of ShaWuectowp, ILL.,, came over to
| see Rim. It seems that i detective belong
Ing to the United Stats force-some say
from Cbfcaggo-h:d d been s'oppiug over a fe +
dsys in GhnwneetoWn This tetsctlse pre-.
tnted to be ap escaped rebel officer from
Fort Delaware, hsris 6 oil the necessary pa
| pcts to eubstautiate such q character, and he
acted the part to perfection. He fell into
coed hat ds. and eoru h=d tho entire nest OF
| eone of Llsersy-a fen Of whom. he fopnd,
could be started up. In Galiasin eouaty-
about him In the most confidential and s1 H.
patbizing style, and doing all they could to
a.t rehel officer pla3ed his cards well. He
formed the ultimate acquaintance Of one
| Eluett, the editor AID publisher OF the
GallatIn couIty Democrat an out and ont
Coppetbend- sheet, and after skillfol pump-
lug, was inform ed that there was lodge Of
became fully, initiated into it's
beard that there were but lev OF the 8. i.
| E. in that p1ace, but there WAS b.o1 OF 800
in the counts, fnllT armed snd prepared to
march aud aid the rebeis under adam John.
eon, then daily expected. The programme
was to gather, on the arrival OF Johnson,
| meet at ShaWne etoTn, make shop Of resist
| auc7, end then fntlIS surrender the place
and 20 over to the Confederate stdc and do
battle y ith and for them The quas rebel
officer became acquainted With Ilnemtth OF
the placss whose ns1nc Ey informant has
] forgotten, who aIto shUWed himself menl-
b.r II the secret order. They all waited for
cnmEnbds Irom johnson, Nho Was intend
{.il e au extensive raid through the State. aud
wis TO he uided hy the Knights in drstr oging
md plllastnE tht conntry wherever Untun
Il NJ, could be foutd. Ali the naues Of these
| cocep;Sators having been obtained, t1t secret
| sgeDI of the Government went to The Mayor
OF the city, diyn'g=d his character, prodpeesi
! his voucbtEf, aIrl communicated to the mt
niclEal officer all the valuable information
be had obtained relative to tbe workings Of
objects, etc. To say that the Mayor was
EurpIlEeo Ton]d hut family depict the coz
ditiun OF hls uiEd after the interview with
| the detective
1t was ut one determined upon to cross
ever 10 Uniontown, find Gen. Paine, aud
| tsk for protection for the plXces; also for q
posse to nld IN the arrest Of the cone pitators.
| The May or thus showed himself a good mud
! true Union nan. regret thAt NY inform-
ant could not furnish bis name. Gen. Paine
| was found at uDiontown, and at once fur
uithcd the Mayor sud the detect1ve force
enthtient to make the nrrest~ johnson hay
irg flsd III anothet direction, 1t was not
feared that the Sons OF Liberty would r.ee,
as they had been prepared to do had the
1ebels made stand in the vicinity. Bluett,
The tiusnith, end come others Of the con
spirators, were arrested. When taken, this
connection .ith the secesh order, but could
nut contradict the story OF. the detective
which was sustain ed py TIC tinker, who
acknowledged ali, bnr sali he hae
b.en cusSed md cocrcsd Into ths
knights BY Bluttt. Bluett eald be hat
1ns 70 Deions IT,. 70 sae o1esF Il
his Echcmss anu then report them to tht
proper snthcrities- Il lie ever had auJ euct
Intention be was Ter3 slow about noVlng
as he allowed the eupposed.to- be rebel office
i 10 rsntin In tue plac:i tor several days With
! out once n mcLti0ulpg that he Tas there. L
il pretty Telf Entstantfatcd that ne la
Iebel he, With his associates- at 1eaet, Ut.
nos in prEop ut PAdueab, awaiting I'M ex
animation. .'
Tuis is cp1Y another link In the wide
spread chain Vi tie Knights OF the Colder
Circle, lAter dubbed The order Of Amer1cs u
Knfelta. Mucu Will undoubtedly be nronsh
TO light ere many da3e.
TIE EXPEDITION NEWS.
From Unfontown the expedition Of Gen
Paine moved to CassSs!tie, On the: way
cau.e rear tie the rear of Johnson's scuuLfn!
$40 head OF cattle, bearing the U. j. brazd
Which the thieylDg Coniederates had takcl
only few ds.s previously in the vicinity 0
sallne bar. I he rebels had become SO ter
.fb1y demora1ized that they let ELL their GOV
tted prize, and sought Bafery In flight, dlyid
ing Into small squads, and hiding cut Of th'
way Of the aselg ger They knew to be cloE'
I upon their heels. At this time the mgr,
| Population OF the country caue 1ocktng II
! great numbers, desiring to be- enrolled in ths
Tauks OF the U. s. forcsB. They had waited
| long and patiently tor such time to come
anu nuw voluntarily enlisted. Two hundret
hea1tby, able bodied coiortd men, nearly al
whom Will pass must-r before the arm sur
! geon, joined in the van, and left their oil
masters and mist1esses forever.
! AT CAsEIvIILE,
Gen. Paine held public meeting, calling ali
| the Inhabitants to the ueighborhood OF his
headquarters, and made tue multitude o
sburr, etirgiug speech not unm1xed with
| dennnciation. for their conduct during the
| the 1ccept raid Of johnson, for which they
| Were In measure responsible. Informed
| tben, Of the firing by guetillas-their gueril-
! 1as-upcn steamers; the murder Of woman
| Aud chiln and the numbering Of humber oi
lcaccab1e clttzens, only u few days before,
ana Concluded by Informing them what be
| Chile for. He meant that every Union nan
/ powerful arm OF the mi1itarg law. at ail
haza.ds the gueilllas were to be driven of
/ Di4loysl c1tiZeus aud the rebel sympAthtztts
Ne1e 10 be n-ade TO pay for every Union man
killed or wouneed, and for every dollar o1
the property Of Union man bpEned, de-
| eIo. ed, Etolen or carried OF. If they, OF
their friends the guerll1as, killed another ain
gle Union citixe0, he would cone dow1
upon them literally with fire and
sword, md their punishment should
be terrible. He then asked all VIII
| were unconditional Union men to step to the
rjrbtx All wbo were cot to stay where they
were. To lis astonishment the entire GROVE
Wert over to the right. Bat the General wa.
net to be deceiyeo. He nskeI tlem how
many Of them could sxalloW the E Ea.ancipa
lion proclamation without a plin In tht
stgmtch- Several acs no wlcdged they cou1f
not, when the General gave them a 1ittlt
bistory and q scathing rebnae, and dissolved
the meeting. The leeaon had Its salutarr ef
tect- The pe0ple-among the number dele
CATION Of himor-pu1e Uniohjsts, who hal
Voluntarily hudolel together aud gone on
to meet him aud bid him wc.come-atter tnl
speech, gathered about Gen: Paine, said b
was Just tie nan they had been wanting II
their midet, aud they blessed God that h'
had come They informed him that he va
tukipg the only course that could nvatl. q,
protecttd Uhton man In his taith- If b
lost bis house, or horses, Or his money, thi
General took md de him good iron
known rebels. This was right. II he Wonlt
continue In the same way for q few month!
the whole district would be redeemed ant
purified, and would 90 IS unit for th'
Union. The General, it is hardly necessar.
| for ne to tar, gave thcm his word-and b.
DOES lot b1caE tt-that such vas hls ssten
! tim.