Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11
our Trip over enc Mountains.

into Kentucky, and thence to Cincinnati
While in the latter city we granted special
permits to parties for over one hundred
thousand dollars worth Of goods, most Of
which are on the their way here.
We crossed over through Rogers Gap,
and returned via Big Creek Gap. There is
no best route over the Cumberland Noun
tains into Kentucky, Try it who will the
last route tested will prove to be the worst.
The Alps, the most remarkable range Of
mountains in Europe, over which Napoleon,
marched his army, we're first class pike
compared with any one Of the toutes ovef
the Cumberland range, The higher Alps
are covered with perpetual snow wl=the Cum
berland with its magnificent glaciers, mud
frozen so as to bear wagons and teams /; |
whilst the innumerable cascades which are |
precipitatcd from their sumrfits, equal the
most imposing and picturesque scenery in
Europe. Fts. sfgu- ,l. III
From three to five Thousand men, women
and children, some on foot, some in wagons
and carts, and others on packed mules and
horses, were pressing through the deep
gorges Of the mountains making their
escape through every possible gap from the
murderous assaults, revolving insults, and
under Longstreet's command. No adequate
idea Of the mass of Union refugees fleeing
from their more than savage pursuers to
places of safety in Kentucky. Ohio, and
Indiana can be formed, unless the sight
could have been seen. Thousands OF panic
stricken Unionists, simultaneously deserted
their homes, in the midst of indiscriminate
robberies, insult and outrage, aud more than
savage barbarities. All this distracted null
titude, from the wide area ofthrty-two coufs-
ties, on the highways and byways, hiding
now in sloughs, aud in the river hills, and
in the woods, in the rear OF plantations !;
some famishing for provisions, others SUIT
fering from cold, all dreading the approach
of the infuriated, but thieving, murderous
cavalry of the rebel army. They had left
their homes and their all, generally without
money, and such as had any, had Southern
: funds, Which were utterly worthless. We
gave small sums of money to several parties,
and regretted that 1t was not in our power
to relieve ALL The Imagination, faint and
, aghast, turns from this terrible picture in
dismay and gloom We can never forget
the sufferers and the appearance they pre-
: sented. And we can assure the distant
: reader that many were the unavailing tear.
$ that fell unseen to the ground from this scat
Q tered army Of helpless infancy, reduced BY
e perjured williams in uniform, by scoundrel
s in legislative assemblies, and their murder
J. GUS legions, to life of alject poverty ant
= cherries gloom
:, On our return we stayed for the night, il
n company with Messrs. Temple and Neither
e land at the foot of Pine Mountain, il
e Campbell county, where the rebel soldier
y murdered Zack. Campbell, an old in6rn
}, man, in his 67th year, and knocked his wifi
d in the head with the butt of musket, a
'r old lady in her 65th year, for the offence O
L.. a. -. l. ~fk Al La L. n
county, and only few miles distant, W
G. visited the house of old man Perkins, who's
1t son, Esquire Perkins, and his son-in-law
'e were arrested and brought into Powell
y Valley and shot down in cold blood, for tn
'r crime OF being on the side Of the Union.
ell Throughout every county in East Tenne.
8, see, old and young were shot down in the
D: yards and their fields parents were cruell
ef murdered in the presence Of their children
t. and the latter we're denied the poor privileg
at Of burying them all classes were robbie
to and pluudered, after the most approve
h. style OF plundering Arabs. And slthoug
OF the fair fields Of this once fourishing an
te happy country have been crimsoned with tt
q blood ofits murdered people; and althoug
ne the midnight sky has been lighted up wit
OF the lurid blaze of burning dwellings an
d. ong-cherished homes, by the light of whic
OF the affrighted patriots fled from their mere
nd less pursuers, and the still more mercilo
|e- tcrrors that beset the paths of their glorio,
H. women, many of them only to fall victim
IS to the monsters who fight the damning bs
M ties of jeff Davis, and hislegions of pirate
re they have, through all these ups and down
g avowed their undying devotion to the Ia,
us and constitution of the United States, al
IT. the banner Of beauty and glory that wav
at in triumph over our battle-felds
'ly 1t is perhaps due to the public, in Il
so light of an example, the scheme so intern
OF as that OF secessioR, culminating in the
"a; liberate murder, in the cold blood, Of u
ed armed men, women and children, without
ny moments warning, in manner so cruel
it' that carried out by the thieving militia
Toe band Of Rebellion, should never be wou
ew up without the death of the corrupt leads
an and the inhuman citizens who urged on t
IN policy. In this internal conspiracy, the G
lid tire Southern population OF rebels, inclu
an ing their female toon,en, have displayed t
ws true elements of their savage natures. N
Fas ural enmity to law and order is the rulir
~, passion OF these wicked people, and Of Il
ALL semi-savage race of negro drivers Wi
he all loyal men, in all time to come, the les
an ers of this rebellion will be remembered
ch, enemies Of God aud man, aHd to their cou
rd, try; and by the generations that come aft
vi us, they will be- regarded as monsters in
so man proportion. May theirs be those of
he many ignominious deaths, aud may tn
he accursed fates be a warning to all conspi
It'll tors against law and order civilization a
1a progress, religion and virtue, whetf
yer among civilized or savage races, mean VIII
op folks, or filthy Southern negroes!
red We beg leave, in concluding this artic
ng in all the honesty aud candor of man,
In, say that this picture Of the cruelties q
! atrocities OF these murderers, in East L,
to nessee. falls below the reality. And in
en- single instance hes the so called Confed
te, acy, or its authorities, evos punished q
nat man for any one Of the offenses perpetrat,
the When scoundrels have been arrested a
me imprisoned, for uuprovoked murders,
ic- rebel authorities have gone to the jails q
'ar forced the doors, released the criminals, q
be told them to 20 and do tho same thing ov
'rt- Il Knoxville Wing.
icy
o. -... The Situation. .r
'oi IFrom the Cincinnati Gazette, Saiurday1