The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-04-07
A Rebel Town Severely Punished.

A Rebel Town Severely Punished,
The Nashville Times publishes most
istcrCsting account from scvcru, eye wit
nrsscs Of the whole scene, from which
we MAKE the following txiracis;
RACE IND RonnEEy.
Aflcr the unsuccessful attack upon the
fuit he whoIc gang, maddencd aud cha.
grncd by their failure, started lr1 the
town, aud commenced rnnsacking aud
robbing ard numbering, friend and foe
olikc, aud in u hrici time mudc ili,n selves
the authors of she most infamous Uulrugcs
imaginable.
The fort soon rllcr It's successful de.
lcnsc recovered its cqunnimi'y, aud in
conjunction with the gunbonts. % - and
20, commenced n terrible shclliug of the
town, cuusing the utmost terror aud uw-
hl d,slructiun Il lie nrdrrorer'y.
From eye witnesses of the whSlc Hf-
fair, iimong whom are Captain Wolf nnd
the clerk OF the steamer Luuispillc) /
learned that the oXcit, mCnt and terror lur
timc was one uf the inicrsrst of thr
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destruction without giving even the ugcd,
the iulirm, the women and children the
least warning. The mob in squads yls-
tied every house and store in town, aud
possessed themselves Uf all vnlunblrs To
be seen. The rich, the poor, the high aud
low, aged aud iniirm, were treated alike.
Friend aud Toe were subjected Ia the
M, Il wautun incivilitivs. Two Thirds of
the mcn were inloX Gated, and the o.
liccrs Ind no command over thcm what
ever. Crowds oi twelve twenty or more
would visit store or huus", cursc aud in
suit the occupants, rob them of all they
could carry, and sCt five to or otherwise
d, slroy what they could net take of.
Men, women and children, ngcd and
mfirm, mulhtrs with children in their
arms aud ut their sides, were lranticUlly
running about, while the bomburdmcnt
increased in fury and destruction.
The guub,at 20 hud inc stand ON the
l,vcc at the foot OF broad street, aud
rakcd that street aud ils dwellings, with
shot aud shell,
At one time ovCra hundred buildings
were In lalncs. aud the fort aud tour gun.
boais-.thc pawpHw, the 20, - and "a
were engaged in hurling their deadly
missiles iuto the town.
Captain Wolf ard the tilicicut clerk of
the steamer Luui willie, which wuS or.
dcrcd 10 remain IN port, distinguished
themselves 10y their human conduct aud
saved the lives of hundreds nr defense.
less old won, women aNl chi,dron. The
Louisville lcrrlcd ut least twelve hum
drcd women and Children across the
river diving the shciliug Of the town,
several of whom were wounded.
Captun Wolf describes the Sc ne as
mos, tragic indeed, lie sOys that when
he lct. the dead and dying wcro scattered
thru unphout the city, and norc o the Gir-
mcr having been uttered, aud but few
.orthc latter cared fer. Hundreds of the
uourtICd also were lying IN the streets un.
cared tor aud ,'nlooktd ancr, as their c IN.
ratcs were driven p"ll.m II lr,m the
town, surgeons aud all, by the fire IN the
city and the firing from the boats.
Col. a, =. TIL MvsoS.
Without any ,Nacgcrolion the loss Of
rebel soldiers will amount tn nj least $50
killed aud 1000 wounded. The kill em-
hracn many oGiccrs, including Col. 4. L.
Thompson, setting Brigadicr.G anerul, and
c.mcrly ol psiucNh Bcin nrc the war he
w's looked upon us'onr vt tho mast nc.
compljshrd gentlemen in kentucky, and
was one ol the mos: distinguished hw.
yers of the d0y, Ilowa, for long time
prosecuting attorney ct the district, and
attaiact eminent popularity in that ca.
rpcity, When the war broke cut h. was
elected h',utcnantCllonrl of 3l Ken,
lucky, and was sOOn alter promoted To
Culoncloy, MS T,lrhmuu was made Rrg.
adler General, Col Thompson com.
mauted Brigade at the battle o' Big
Black, lces than u year ago, and was shot
through the ucCk, but did not leave his
commend, H. hes been u,tcd Rr his
bravery since hi. first connection with
the regiment,
Terrible tUNsuMrNr or A REpri. ruwN
Paducuh is naturally DESTROYED, not.
wi,hstat ding the immense amount of
money which hos been made cut of the
Government 10y its wealthy men. IL
has some ul the most VNtcuslve tohacco
warehouses IN the country, and q pumhcr
OF large commission ard forwarding
houses. II WAS a hcauti al city, and the
home Of distinguished men aud elegant
women. No o,W in the cyuutry OF it's
sac had such elegant streets, aud there
wo-e upward of a score of tho supcrbest
residences. |, is cligibly situated for
riler trade, aud In the suburbs many of
the thriving steamboat men of the river
h I'd built Tor themselves splendid houses
But il WAS a grand nest OF most vic.
iousy nolincd sccessionists, who wonld
have held high carnival had Forrest in.
vadyd any ether but their own homes.
The destruction Of property was i'm.
measc, in which the Government is not
great loser, Nearly all the buildings
used as storchouscs fur oommisstry and
other stores belonged 90 the cit gems of
PAducah, aud con,au all told, ltss than
a quarter OF Il million dollars worth oil
stores. The cust0m.houscs and post OF.
fec building was sadly domagod lut OF
destroyed, The city may safely DO
termed destroyed, although there arc
large number of buildings unhurl. A
hundred aud twontw-tiye buildings, no,
inoindlog in the lislGs occupied by the
Government, are burned down, including
many we'll known structures,