New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-30
KENTUCKY.

Western Kentucky-the old Matthew. Lyon,
Linn, Boyd Districts ,preponderantly Rebel,
while nearly all tho west Of the State. even
where pro-slavery, clings to the Union. 1t elect
ed Henry C. Burnett, Secessonst, to Congress
in 1861, when every other district went Union;
but Burnett, more logical than his constituents
went to Richmond instead Of Washington
TO represent them, and has since figured
in the Rebel Congress as q Senator Ofcourse
the district Is cursed with gucrillos and other
bandits, who vote and murder in behalf OF
Slavery and "thc South" and have made IT
the scene OF several massacres like that OF Fort
Pillow. Some Unionists contrive to exist there
by speaking softly and lying low; but they
are a hunted race and may deem themselves
especially lucky when they have nothing to
steal.
Cen. Prime. the Union commander in that
District. recently steamed up the Ohio from Pa
ducah to Uniontown, with force OF 200 men;
and thence marched inland TO CaseyvIle, cha
sing by the way body Of Adam Johnson's
sucrrillas, and recovering $40 head of beef cat
tie which they lad recently stolen from Govern
men> steamboats, on the Ohio. Arrived Mt Ca
seville, General Paine called the people to-
gether, aud frankly told them that such villains
As johnson were only enabled to keep their
bands together through the connyancc and favor
of the people among whom they rioted, and he
must hold them responsible. He recounted
some of the more recent murders and other out
RACES of those guenillas, and told them that
these must stop-that the guerrillas must be
hunted out-that the Unionists must and
would be protected at whatever cost; and that
TO this end, Rebel sympathizers should be made
to pay for every dollars worth ofproperty taken
from those citizens by guenillas; and that, If
another Unionist should be killed by them, he
should be most signally avenged. The CORE
spondent of The Chicago Tribune says:
IIe then nsked all who unconditional Union men
10 step Ia tie right Al who were not TO stay where
thew were To his astonIshment the entire crowd went
over to the right But the Gcncral was not TO be dc
c.iycd lie asied them how many Of them could sv al
low the Emancipation Proclamation without pain In
the stomach. Several Acknowledged they could rot
when the General gave them iitte history and scit
ing ,cbukc and Dissolved the meeting. The lesson
had lis sautary effect. The poople-among tho
number a delegation Of simon-pnre tnion'sts.
who had voluntarily hudded together and gone
ont 10 meet him and bid him welcome.
after the speech. gathered abont General Paine, said
h. was jusi the they had been wanting In tler
mi.st and they blessed Tod that he hnd come. They
informed him that be taking the only course that
could avail lie protected Union man In his faith
he lost his house, horses rnOrey. the General
took and made him good from known rebels. This was
right II be wond continue in the same way for few
lonths the whole district would b. redeemed and pu
filed aud would unit Tor the Union. The
General gavo them his word that snch was has inten
lion"
At Unionyllle, he learned that an ice-cream
festival had been held to pay for clothing the
ragged Rebels in Fort Delaware ~ prisoners OF
war: so he hunted ont the clothing and coniis
Gated it. Finally, having captured twenty or
thirty guerrillas enlisted two hundred black
a~id..-e. ord sapturcd rcDeI property OF con
siderable value. be returned on the 2lst inst.
to Paducah, assuring his new acquaintance that
he should come again whenever he should be
needed. The Unconditional Unionists Of that
region have since boon stronger in numbers and
lrncr in faith then before, aud are likely to re-
main thus 50 long as Gen Paine is in command
there