Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-04

Bovine GREEN, Ky, Dec. -.
Ensros. DkNooRar By slight ripple
il the earroat IL travel have been drIited
| ashore At this pAcs. and send YOU some ~
| asoisons upon what have seen and heard |
in this region. You viii remember Bowl |
sar Green as one 81 the many seats oi
xar' la tie early days Of the great rcbcl
hon. licEe, aud in this immediate vicinity,
\ we're snarshAlled, just siA years ago, about
/ fN O00 soldiers in gray, WHO threw up the
earth in many . threatening heap, from
Which Confederate dogs 81 war erowIei their
.aeYcc menaces, and watched for the ap
proach q the enemy with such vigilance
and show 81 formidsblensss Is to fright
the souls OF fearful sdversaries" away from
tho place and the Federal army instead Of
coming ihia way. with better discretion and
crushing effect struck Fort Donelson, para
Yang the power Of the ConfedsrAey at this
point, which Was for five OF six months
she military and civil headquarters Of the
rebellion Ia Kentucky.
In February or March, 1862, this place
vas occupied by Federal soldiers. and il has
steadily renamed under Federal authority
ssss sinoc. though the ebb and flow Of tho
rebellion Afterwards reduced nearly every
other place in the State to its temporary
control. The Frccdmen's Bureau, with
file Of soldiers to enforce its dccreca Of infal-
libls justice, is even vet here TO remind
these people Of their crimes against tho
hest Government the world ever saw. y
Daring this long reign Of bayons,s trade
lansuished aud industry vas paraly red =
la, when the war VAS understood 10 have
closed, because there was no longer an en-
.m, IA the Gc.d to. resist the Government,
trade revived aud enterprise AGAIN put forth
its lusty arm to rebuild the waste places
made bv the war. And although this por-
tssn Of the State wss prob sbly As thorough
" rillAS.i and devastated a. the gren,er
rr',, ms % the seeding States, yet during
ase rs.ossFed from the impending ruin
which Itia- 10 Apfll, 1868, threatened its
very existence az a selfsastaining commu-
may. While is condition il not what il
IN, .h' nave been had Congress pursued a
nsncs at nphcy anl leglslatcl httlr for
the enn'ry, instead of dcvoting its entire
tune a. the attempt 10 preserve the Repub
sscsa party from dissolution, got the con,ii
ton Of this state ail compare most tavora-
bly With Ina, q any Of the States which
Congress has undertaken 10 reconstruct. -
Discriminating the severe drouth of las,
season. the granarcs Of the State IRE 10 day
veil nllsi. and farmers are fast recovering
thcr complement Of stock which offered
sach temptations TO the cupiiiiy aud appe-
t'te Tor piilagc which demorslix,d, to some
extent. both armies, for it must he remem-
hcica that any person found in possession
OF fine horse or fat COW or hog in this
state, vas treated as an enemy by both par
IT, 10 the late war, aud his animal at snce
oileiea MP ~ patriotic sacrifice tho god
oi var, without tho owners consent. In
addition u sh's CRAFTY ing prosperity IN lie
pant IT farmers, merchants have done n
FteAlahc and arr now doing safe husi
ue,s. Tho freedmen are nearly all sell
sssiatusne, and by their labor are adding
metnlng g. tho productive wealth ii II,
ooaaIs. There Is but nt:ie paupcrism and
lie grnciAl distress among any class Of the
population. oi what other State in the
>suta can this be sadl Contrast the con.
d.uoa II kentucky with that OF The other
Sonth,Tn States through which armies riot
81 for four ycars. Ia which of them are the
"asaoas waFds' SO well provided with the
comforts OF life, ami 30 independent in all
respec,ss la which Of them, | will venture
20 ask, is the poor negro better protected
from the rapac,ty and cruelty Of those peo
pie who, by strange oversight, omitted to
eat up or tay alive while in bondage under
slave codes, the race Of which our human.
Congress has constituted itself tho guard
tsns and political Witnessed In this Statc
these black lambs are left TO the mercy nj
,hsrevengeful and bloodthirsty rebel wolves
except so lar - the Bureau" atFords pro-
lection, and il 10 now admitted 20 be A vast
sinecare, its officers receiving big salaries
and having nothing to do. Probably some
OF our radical cotemporaries can explain the
difference between the condition OF the net
race here and in other Southern States upon
-"@s theory IN harmony with the expedicu
y al congressional reconstruction.
have met here persons who 5000 after
the close of the war cmigrsted To Missi.,,n-
pi TO RAISE cotton, but have returned ruined
IN fortune and greatly discoura ced a. 10
the future Of the South. am assured Thai
the actual condition OF the people in tina,
State cannot DO described. The cotton cron
has not brought enough money TO paw tho
food ofths hordes ofidline negroe 5 who mad
u. Money 10 80 scarce and the necessaries az
life so dear. that but few people can pro-
vide for themselves. and thousands are 40
tuAlly suffering for the necessary food 70
preserve life. The thousands Of nerroe,
Who are without home. employment or nor
es, are rowing over the country, killing ard
eating cows, hogs, sheep and other snimsls
without reference 10 ownership or the n,
ssities OF others. Tho past yesr's fruitless
s'.s@l;s to make cotton has so DISCOURAGED
and impoverished planters that no ARRANGE.
ments are making Tor cotton planting next
Summer. This leaves the negroes with
cut employment. and they ara ,,r
pdisging the country OF every,hinv - !.
- tat COMMISSION tnetCblntS who NV.
made advances on tho cotton erep of tho
past year are nearly all bankrupt, and in
short, the whole people are utterly ruined
ia fortune and crushed IN spirits. That all
this is the direct result Of Congressional
roccnstruction cannot bc questioned.
mus, not omit TO mention among the
y msay other evidences o, matcrial prosperity
IN Kentucky II prosperous condition Of the
Railroads Of the State. Since the close of
tie war more attention has been paid 70 the
= railroad interests than ever before. The
Louisville L Nashville Railroad Company
have, without any aid from the Government.
put the main stem and it, three branches 10
Bardstown. Lebanon and Memphis in per
feet repair. and although there /. no com.
rsiing lines, these roads carry freight and
Passengers ~ the most reasonable rates and
do large business The main s.em from
Louisville 70 Nashville, And the chief branch
from Bowling Green t, Memphis, o.r.v ne
most desirable routes OF travel FROM a..
Northeast and Northwcs, TO tho Sonth.,o
States. particularly in winter, and I Am sur
p-ised 40 well as grAtiticl to .e, ~, ~.