, 1865-10-10
He1Tn 81 Terror In Eastern Kentucky
-An Organized Hand 10 Reaist fhe
Collection OF o. 3. Taxes,


[tfum the Louisville journal, 6tb.J
Morgan, Bath, Wolfe, Rowan, md AfarofIi1
counties, In the eastern part Of his State, an
infested by lawless banda who are 6trfkine
leHor INTO the hearts OF Union men and
aH'n5 them from their homes Capt. john
son, no was sent out from Lexington With g
small force to, arrest Williams. the leader Of
ono OF these bands, has returned after m un.
successful search for the miscreant. His
party vas fred on several times from the
ciins and thlckcts, but the bushwhnckers could
not be found. He states:
tonn ]. Wtllians dashes over that district ol
COUNTY At pleasure with from three to fifteen men,
&hd y the teHur Of the whole country exrep. such
az 1olh In ais band or aid him otherwise. Citizens
come 10 me, pleading n tears that some forces be
| many who could not sec ue sent for protecuup A
msto1ity Of The best citizens have been compelled
70 , leave the eouniry. r. one section 1 travelled
4 althonsh IN the distance there we're orer twenty
residences that wonh compare hyorably with any
~ he eoHntry o a9d vas think, c.eaibly inform
Eans, GrernwAde, and like characters.
GIeenWade, the noted guenlia and murderer,
an an informed. is quasteEed N mountain esye, near
has wlth him fiteen Or eighteen men, iii desperate
characters; that their poetton is sror+y fortified
thst nnshsDg but regn!1S. siege could remove or
axe taem 1 ~ sad the ave IL supposed to contain
ne tG5eenwaae, i, pe1haps,, Tho most desperate
ana etoe1 man 10 the State, and e known not long
70 e to capture him, and then split his head open
il Ils t tsosaify around Vest Liberty i. vrry poor,
and found 1t wou1d be impossible to snbsisi nv
command there any considerable time, there being
nothing fos either man or horse hut green cora.
to
ataced aI, M hs pfopSEtX to pay for h9ras taken from
rebel army. Second he tWill,ams) swears he viii
country while he ls In IT, also learn that Williams
arrested Mr. Gozdon once, IN company With a Nj.
n1;azSslsIgg oi TIE sane county nd sent them to
months. saw lii. HayelEigg. On my return. in
Mount sterllcg: lie Is also refugee from bis
The Nashville Press and TINE, says:
!. 4 Kentucky officer informed Us Tho other
day, that a band ofguerillas ore organizing In
Hopkins county, and that another band Is
organized In Logan county. The pratext most
Ct thfsf egshwhaekers make Fsststanec to
doubt that In this they will have the hearty
sympathy and secret encouragement Of every
coppcrheaa paper, North and South. These
3our1als wish to SEQ such a sea Of tronble
ovcrwhe1m the land that the Federal Govern
ment will be compelled to abolish its revenue
laws and repudtato its war debt. This ia the
contamination for which the principal leaders
Of the Copperhead party are to-day working.
The Mi. Sterling Htnt'a<s says:
On Thursday evening Of lastweek the little
village Of Wyoming fMouih of slate,) Bath
county, KY, was the scene Of ono Of those hor-
riblc aud bloody tragedies that are lateiy
becoming 50 frequent, the particulars Of which
- fhers be ~ is q gang of twenty-five outlaws,
counterfeEters, ind robbers, under the leader.
ship Of the Underwood brothqrs Carter
county dspsrad does:T7whose g: :, haunts arc among
and whose headquarters are Wyoming. They
huye confedcratea,; undoubtedly, among the
citizens, who give them warning when any
force starts oul after them, thereby rendering
all attempts to capture them utterly futile.
On Thursday the New York Circus wns to
exhibit at Wyoming, and Dan. Harper, sher-
i6 Of Bath, and Dud 3fesstck, his deputy,
suspectine that some Of the gang would be |
on land ut the show, started for The mouth |
Of Slate, with the intention of arresting them. |
Their suspicious proved to be correct; and |
they succeeded In tbagging" Lcander Adams,
John Keither, and John Pierce. A few min.
utes after the arrest Of these parties, George !
lucky cavalry, was shot through the heart by |
jesse Underwood, who mounted his horse |
and fed across Licking, Immediately after |
pcrpctratfng the foul deed, hotly pursued By |
some dozen citizens. George .frumbo, who |
vas thus suddenly deprived of life, was gal
leaves hest Of friends to mourn the stdeep |
damnation Of his taking off,"
The parties arrested were brought to |
OwingsIille and lodged in prison. On Friday
morning, Adams, who Is most precious !
sec undrel, and formerly member of the 24:h b
ktntucky infantry, was brought to this city /
by Deputy She1Ii Messick md OiIIcer Benson, |
Of Loulsvl1le, (Who, We should have stated,
took prominent part iu the arrests, and the
latter lef. With the prisoner for Louisville on
Saturday morning, where be viii be arraigned
before military commission on the charge OF
ntterfng counterfeit United States Treasury