Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-10-13

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Cen Prince commanding at smithand, state. that forty
oats under orders Of banishent beyond the Federal lima
py order Oh Cen Paine The property Of thasa f.mia
snsS ~ M ~ Paaes officials was sad for the
penou, VI me government. Two old widow Iadas thar
hair si'vered BY more than sixty winter. "a no ss sno
were torn from their comfortable homas ana s -
unasi gusfa o. file OF negro soldiers The psopIs
Panes rule absolute trade AGENT ws. Nsssr
not by the Secretary Of the Treasury but BY ths
IeS monarch ~ who ssned h edics Hssdqusrers
,scI OF Weslerd Kentucky. He levied : tax 81 ten
dollars on each hogshead of tobacco and esoh hs - -
Ton exported and assessed ad valorem tai of teDt
1ys PEI cent On al cotton or tobacco received j. il
was appointed trade agent and assigned TO th
sspecnl duty The large tobacco warehouse Of Thomas
dale was taken possession Of and ali cotton and toSsc
. S q tax was stored N it Only
carry on business thus on0poxing the trade Paine ss
ing n the profits Colonel W.H Barry, Of the coiorsd
so oos q the bankers *, Of p.duosh
Phelps Paine, son of the General and al on 6is stsH
sent guard to take from the house Of M Scott Ford sn
hcient furniture to furnish his private room il elegant
After thorough investigation the commission ue,a y.
tsfed That Hon. Lucen Anderson member Of Coprress
o. r1o ohn Msssna r, Congressional Dte
Ing 9TH colored heayy artillery were guilty Of cor
ruPton and were sharers with Gen Paine in ia swndns
and Bo In arss places u the
that if they did not vote for Lincoln thew would ha .ntd
no privileges would not be allowed to trade their proper
would be taken, and they would be redlced to kss1s,
and starving condition Every possbIe. eacrt ws d
% the people order to have preext to seize
their property, sa osa A asl aa' .1'i !. i -.
Col McChesney ruled MayReld with an iron hand IA
nearly destroyed the beautiful town bv cuttinO down ira
shade trees and erecting forfcation around the oort
house On !ne public square, On this work all czeus
man from duty. If person did not CHOOSE n sh. II
vas assessed fine of from $500 to $500 The fort6cs
non was useless piece Of work, many Of the hills
nounanR Inc toWn commanded the square The comnis.
sion think that il was simply done TO eTasnerata th ,,
snd serve as pretext to heavy fnes On tham
BOZ was found at filed with various articles taken
from the citizens and addressed to Col McChasnsvs
friends in Illinois It s estimated that the citizans
assessed by McChesney to the amount of 32 900 hnt
5000 OF which went to the Government This latter
The postmaster Of Mayfeld worthy yonno man uvho
his loyalty n the early part of the struggle and has
renamed hrm 10 the Union because he said that he could
not approve of the policy pursued by the II
regard to the negro stripped OF his Office bv Co NJ
Chesney and forced to labor the ortcatons or ra
weeks Major Peck, of the la2d Illinois commanding for
and faithfully executed the orders OF his chief Ha
cuted several citizens of Livingston county without
Of trial According to bis own statement the people were
resulted to the Government y 4. TX ~ -
At Padncah Gen Paine established trade reOulstions
requiring permits for all goods bought and sold and chsre
ten cents Tor ssung permit for goods valued ss low
forty cents No account kept Of tbs money ana
there Is not paper to show that cent of was rned
over TO the Government relief fund was estabsbed
or the purpose as stated BY the General Of being devoted
to the support of the wives Of soldiers in the dtrict An
the citizens were required to contribute and vet NOT
single Kentucky soldiers wife benefited BY the
fluid. Capt. Paine, for his Individual wants. drew
from the treasury At time 0OO There were three
grand swindng schemes in full operation throughout the
relief fund the assessment to indemnify loyal
people for losses suffered at the hands of guerras and
the tax levied tobacco and cotton. From various
sources ia estimated that Gen Paine snded the poo
pie and the Governments out of not less than
In the expedition after Adam Johnson property was wan
TONY destroyed and the people robbed and ia
the most cruel manner No effort made to capture
the guerrilla gang, when within five miles Of the camp,
Paine with his troops wheeled about and started down
the for Paducah 1t simply foray for plumber
Throughout the district the General made speeches in
which he said that he clothed with plepary powers
he reported to nobody but the President
and to him alone responsible for his actions he a.
serted that he not amenabe to Gen Schoeld Orders
and would not obey order Issued by en Bubndge He
publicly denounced Gen. Haleck as scoundrel and
coward pointing to his campaign at Corinth proof for
the assertion He let the rebels escape from that strong
hpld through cowardice sndincapaciiy.
Lucien Anderson and Major Bsrtling Provost Marsha
Of Paducah in procuring the release Of Ashbrook Ryan
Co whose store had been closed by order of GENERAL
RAne from arrest, received check for 81 500. which
was Jointly shared BY the two parties Prince & Dodd
acknowledged Union paid the parties $500 each
be released from arrest and their goods from con-
fscaton L. T. Bradley, master Of the steamer Convoy,
craft belonging exclusively to the Government and used
only for Government purposes the let of August
ordered by Gen Paine to proceed down the river and act
according TO the orders OF John B0nger. At Hick-
man seventyve soldiers obtained for fatigue duty,
who placed eghyfour bales Of cotton and twenty seven
hogheads Of tobacco board when the returned
to Cairo and discharged the freight Bolinger claimed
the cotton and tobacco his private property The
mission are prepared to prove that this Bonger who
Paloes right bower In all of his transactions of
the most corrupt the country, and has been for
months act ne agent for guerrilla bands n Southern
Kentucky receiving stolen funds furnishing information
&C.. When Gen. Paine established his headquarters ct
Paducab, his baggage was hauled by army wagon.
When relieved Of command IL required eight wagons to
remove bis private Effects besides six large boxes shipped
by steamboat B6llDger is still at large but Gen Mere
dith is making arrangements to ect his arrest Major
Barng the provost marshal is under close guard Gen.
Paine and his Illinois, without authority Col
McChesney 10 10 Chicago and orders have been sent to
have him arrested and returned to Paducah. go
we have here given but few Of the facts developed
before the commission The official testimony 10 very
voumnous and in the Of ten twelve days will
be laid before the public We indebted for State
ment TO the kindness of Col Craddock, who present.
and assisted the commission in it's abos The facts speak
plainly enough for themselves No word Of comment 10
needed from as. II 3'sNt Cta h9sa latli{8a MA
ANOTHER LETTER FROM MR. FILLMORE.
Il We have to-day another letter from Ex-Presi- /
dent FILLMORE, which, though not written for the