The sun., 1864-10-04

A military court martial convened . abort time
since at Paducah. Kentucky, TO inquire into the
charges advanced asaiTs: Brlgadier General z. A.
PAISA late military cC,Iinander Of the western
part Of that State, haa 1t 10 stated, ELECTED the
following facts:
Some time since, the attention Of Gen. Burbridge,
Of Lexington, was directed to the alleged illegal
acts Of his subordinate, General Paine in the west
ern part a the state, and be thereto instituted
quirles, which resulted In his formally Appointing,
the 9th OF september last, General Fry and Col
onel Brown Us commission 10 proceed to Paducsh,
to collect evidence md investigate tho case
The evidence, II 10 stated, disclosed y shocking
abuse Of power. CitiEens had been arrested and
thrown into prison without a show Of trial, and
with statement Of the chs rges preferred against
them on the official record. P.isoner, iS was
charged, were executed with out hearing, and
son.etmes without charge having been preferred
against them. Forty-three graves, said to be those
Of executed prisoners, were counted at Psducah.
Amongst this number were two men named NOn
aud Taylor ot well-known loyalty, who, by some
act, offended the general in power, and q tragic
death was their doom To show the manner in
which the executions were made We have a state
ment from the evidence given by Hiram X Enoch,
Quartermaster Of the One Hundred and Thirty-
second regiment Illinois volunteer iniantry. lie
says that he hoard u four citizens being executed
without shadow Of uial-kesteIton, Taylor,
hathey and Hess Col. kcChcsney, ding
ut Aayfeld, by the appointment and aeting under
the instructions " General Paine, told hiu, about
the LIST of September, 1854, that he had shot seven
men at Nay field, and had one more in tho quart.
house thai be intended to execute she next day. He
said that he gave them trial and boasted that
OF the prisoners was shot and covered up in his
grave in u minutes from the ume that he was
first reported by scout At his headQu uartery
Among other extortions . box was found Of Mays
vile TILED with goods taken from ciGIens- and di-
rectoi to the Illinois friends Of . Colonel MuChes.
ney, OF Plne's sgents 1t Is estimated that the
citizens were assesscd by kcChcsncy to the
amount Of 49,, wv, but ~ o0O which went to the
Government. General Paine s estimated ~ have
swinded the Government and people out OF hund-
| red and hity thousand dollars He used Govern-
mem transportation IN convey ing cotton and other
elects stolen from the people, and Appropriated.
II 10 sii''. to his own use. Well known Union msn
were Obliged TO brlbe Paine's agents so escape i'm
prIsoninenl and loss of property A. the com
ntnceInent " ns Inquiry, General Paine was
ordered by General Durbridge " remain NJ Pa
nu'Ah' and meot the charges preferred against
hIn' This, for some roassn he refused 70 do, and
reur"i, II is supposed, W Illinois. Ii the charge,
nsMhs. General Paine really true, set forth
II Is astonishing how he could have been induce
to~ beuay his Goyernnient sad its cause. Th'
oihe'M report OF tho Commission has, however, no
sN uteh pthlishcd and when 1t In, II may u
iouhd mat the charges untrue, least highl.
colored Tor political purposes