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ton vas long dtln5 ed} aud which have sinces
on more enlarged sphere. made him famous
as military Commander over the civilized
world.
This correction is due to this able General
fcr Wbat he has done for his country, befora
his negotiations with Johnston commcnc d.
Ifn'y yours, --R.R-s.
CUR KENTUCKY LETTER.
ahe As.ss.apatton-Kentucky Iey.r-
U-EnneEel Ceremvnics -miIliarJ
EIntttrs-Gen. Meredlth-Affer the
Correspondence Of the Chicago TtIbune.I
| PADucAH, Ky, April Is, 1866.
1uK ASSASSINATION.
| Loyal men still wall over the assassination
CT the patriot, President Lincoln, and any
iously await some decided manifestation Of
the course President johnson will pursue.
kentucky rebels at first 1ecoiled with horror
at the dasta1dly deed which deprived the na-
ZION OF its chosen ruler, and With fear and
trembling read the words Of johnson upon
MS assuming the Presidential chair; but the
d-ys that have since passed have dtspel-
a. 1heir- feafs- counting upon the fact
that the new President is 9 soattcrner by
pifth and edueations sccessionists, sympa-
thizers, Coppcrheads, and every other class
Of rebels In this State, have taken new heart,
and throwing aside the disguiscs under which
they hid their true sentiments, begin again to
talk as of yorc, and to utter sentiments that
have been unknown in Western Kentucky,
Tor. the past twelve months Kentucky
loyalty" as general thing. twill not do
to tie to." -. !: =
TIE HATRED TO UNIVERSAL Liberty
was too deeply fmbedded in Kentucky char
acter to be easily efadicated, and It will take
hard blows, and perhaps little "judlcious
hanging" to bring the people to true sense
Of tteir duties. This State only needed tho
opportunity, in 1861, to become one of
the strongest foes Of the Union =
and. fear and interest, and Yankee
bayonets, Kept her from joining the Coufed
eracy. AS you welrkn my continued res
idcnce in this State aud business operations
have enabled me to become fully conversant
with the feelings Of the people In Western
Kentucky: Until within view weeks l was
over our citizens, and that their professions
of devotion to the Union were sincere and
heartfelt; but sadly have been deceived.
and fear that 1uclen Auderson's seat in The
NEXT Congress will be filled BY concerted
{ebel, Or, ,1, eyfn worse, E soppe1hcad apostate
determine to extend rebels no more cleueu-
CT, all may yet he well or If Gen. Sol Mere
dith can be persuaded ID aid in the CANVASS,
the district may possibly be saved !; hut uu-
Ices We have one or both these, or some other
remarkable ''sdispensatlon Of ProVidence,''
our hopes are gone,
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. ::
Yesterday were performed the funeral Ger
emonies in honor Of President Lincoln. Our
citizens exhibited the usual manifestations
Of sorrow, nnd doubtless the majority regret
ted the mode of the Presidents death but
the soHow, was not deep seated enough to
hurt much. The assassination Of JEFF. Davis
would cause more tears to flow than wero
shed at the demise Of Mr. Lincoln. The
ceremonies were Of the most Imposing char
&C er, and reflected great credit upon the
commanding General, under whose orders
they were gotten up One Of the speeches
Has
: IN NE1CEEnEG FAD TASTE
and very ul-timed especially to be uttered
in semi-rebel community. When General
Meredith received the news of the aseasslna-
tion he was nearly Overwhelmed with emo
ton-he and Mr.. Lincoln had been for years
warm personal friends, and the closest iut,-
usually not very demonstratiye, but upon
that occasion his fe elings oyercau1e him, ind
the manlwho had fought thirty bsttles
.wept like child. %:
|. MILITARY MATTERS
in this district progress with unwontcd quiet,
but still matters OF much importance are con-
tinually transpiring. The rebel General Ly-
on, It Is believed, has offered to surrender his
whole command upon the same terms grant
ed Gen. Lee but Gen. Meredith had not the
authority to comply with this offer, and &C.,
cordingly referred the matter to Gen. Palmer.
Yesterday Maj. Frtsbe, who has been COM
nanding ut: Paris, Tenn, the past five
months, with a iieutenant aud eight men
rode into town, aud surrendered the whole
party. Every day from five to twenty rebel
desertezs come IN and take the oath. At this :,
rate Lyon will, IT, few weeks, be 1eft with :,
rebel army in this vicinity be destroyed. i
GEN. MEREDITH.
On the first Of February last Gen. Meredith
bad In bis command but sixteen mounted
men. The country Was fast becoming DESC
'lattd BY gnerillas. who plundercd the lnhab-
itants lndlscriminate1y, sparing neither the
conld get neither horses nor additional cay
airy, the General took this responsibility Of
mounting his men a. best he could, aud &C.
corduely commenced pressing horses Of citi-
zens, Issuing vouchers for pay. As soon as
Fifty men were mounted, they we're started
upon scout, With orders to take no gueril-
niae gueril1as have been killed, about half
1rat nnnlpcr taken prisoners, and nearly eYary
gang Of the yiliains beos.es up. The a..+rs1
now has a5o Of bis men mounted, and more
1nan hnH OF their horses are captures from
guerillas. Or even taken from rebel deserters.
4 cheap body Of cavalry, that, aud very eE-
tective wtthal. s,All the guesilla-1eaders, e1.
cept the McDougals. have been killed, cap:
talrcd, or fled the county.
TIKI REVEREND PARsoN aAnLAND,
preacher In good standing at the beginning
Of The war. but who exchanged the sword OF
: the spi1t for that Of steel, and led baud Of
robbers and cutcthroats, was sent over DOR
BILE thief and murderer named Thompson
took the same journey, starting from Ballard
county, week before Last. And on Friday the |
ctwa1tily thief Maginnis was captured and |
placed IN our prison IL, doubt II as mnrh has
any other district 1n the West.
,, AFTER TIE GUER1L1As.
On Friday Last Gen. Meredith received in
formation that company OF rebel soldiers |
msde their headquarters In New Madrid !
Bend, near Red Foot Lake, directly on the 1
Tennesseeline. In three hours after this in |
, the capture OF the company was orgauized
ard on its way. $50 cavalry and thirty In |
fautry embarked On board the steamer Copn- |
tess, and started down tho river, distance |
Of about 1856 miles. About 2 o'clock On Sat- |
ulday morning, the troops .aebasked At Tip
every house for 8 distance Of eight miles |
captured sud, safely placed On board
the beat. The expedition then returned |
up he rlYer, landing the. cavalry
nation could be conveyed to The country. T tie |
men Were IN their saddles and dashed br- |
ward. Up to yesterday they hpd taken five /
prisoners, three Of them wounded, and killed |
i've rebels. The McDougal gang Of guerlllas |