The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-02-20
FRAGMENTS az THE EARLY HISTORY
Or CHIC COUNTY.
BN n - TAYLOR
CHAPTER XII


Kcntuckiaus were engaged during the
latter part of the past century tut the
writer has some recollection OF the eN-
ci,em,nt produced in 1906 10y the rumors
relating to Aaron Burr's supposed re-
beliou or treason. Burr's project seems
20 have lcea To dcIach the whole western
portion of the United States tom the
I Union. aud by sciz O.. the whole Spanish
,.osy-s-iurs. including Mexico, Ia hrIit
ur a splendid western empire There u
| li;ue doubt but he had somc accomplIces
IN THE county. IL MAS said that ceT>
tain iuii,.lual, ol known wealth ani
IL tlacncc, rc-iius in the upper portion
Of the State. made 4 prolonged visit Il
hi, county. aul shortly afterwards a
citizen Of the county, of some wealth
aud large influence, and very b'd char
as-er. commenced bu..iirr h1;~boa'-' on
much ar-cr scale Than the produce ct
the country vouli jpsuiy; but ~ soon as
the news OF Buns arrest reached the
county. thew hole boat b4iil.ng was sup
pressed
If any secret organizations or caha'S
existed they were never made known,
and all classes seemed open aud out>
spoken in their deuuncia'ions OF the
reasonable project
The next great political excitement was
the war of 1912 We then had a small
portion u Fcderal;sls, who were violent
Is opposed 10 all the measures of the ad-
miuisira,ion, and were butter in their tcN
nuuciation Of the embargo, aud 'he does
lara,ion 81 war against England, and
called it trucking to Napoleon and
france; hut when WAT really commenced,
instead Of following thcir brethren IN
the North and Gliding Hartford conven-
iians aud tawa-tiug every measpe Of
the government, they Joined in Tie ai>
most universal enthusiasm, aud Ike the
immortal Blake were for their country
right or wrong.
The people Of the present day can form
little conception OF tnc patriotic e"'hu-
siam az ,ha, day, The people held mass
meeting. at whi,h speeches were made
aud rcsola,iors adopted tcemin: with de-
,o,i,a Go ,le cyaa. g sad sci.-sa5s;!iccs
: ia.-j.saji; 80 ra- resolved that the ueo-
pie Should w,ar nothing hut homc-sFnn,
s.ud cycu recommended tuaJ the ladies
should use thorn; a. substitute Tor
p.as. anI abstain from every article of
EaslI.h manufacture. The ladies OF
every nei.h50rhooJ were really to crowd
to.,thes t. kuit sock. and c.ovcs, aud
maze hunting -hir,s and other garments
Ter every new recruit; and individuals
would 20 roURd and collect mp such ar,i-
cles to send of to supply their friends in
the army whoever chance occurred to
have them sent away. Thus, 10y the pa
uiotism OF the people, especially. the
ladies, were Kentucky soldiers equipped
and sent 10 the field without a dollars
exr;nse to the government; and few if
any OF those so d ers ever received dol>
lar Of psy until aler the close of the
war, and then it was at the pitilul rate of
IS per month.
The prices which the people had to
pay for the actual necessaries of life,
would seem almost fabulous to the reader
/ The writer, who was then the errand boy
of the family, recollects paying six dos
lars in silver for fifty pounds Of salt, SO
wet that the whole'would no, fill half
bushel measure, aud dripped 81 on the
/ horses sides that, what was called the
better water. had to be well washed OF
10 keep il fron taking Of the hair on the
horse. In purchasing indigo he had 10
put his silver in one end Of the scales and
get its equivelen; in weight of indigo in
the other scale, and what few persons
that could afford to pay 81 pound for
coffee could only afford to drink t of a
Sunday morning. Yet amid all these
deprivations there was no grumblings or
complaints at the war-no longings for
peace only GU just and honorable terms.
Besides several small parties aud COM
paniee who joined cavalry expeditions
into the Indian territory, Ohio county
raised three large companies during the
war, one Of which accompanied General
Hopkins up the Wabash; the other
Governor Shelby 10 the battle of the
Thames, and the other vas under Jack
son at the battle of New Orleans. To
the great modification Of the men and
officers of all these Companies, they never
had chance to distinguish themselves
in battle.
That under Hopkins, commanded 10y
Captain Robert Barnett, was thought Il
he one Of the most reliable and well dis
tfpliued companies in the army, and wa,
always employed on critical and danger
Gus occasions, but the whole campaigr
was total failure-never having met al
enemy. So with the company undel
Shelby. commanded by Captain Tyler
his superiors in command had such CON
fidence in bis vigilance and courage tha
he was detailed tor the important purpo.,
of guarding a narrow neck of land form
ing a peninsula in which was turne,
loose all the horses belonging TO ia,
army, which could not procure transpor
tation into Canada. Anxious as wer
TYLER and bis company to follow tn
army after Proctor, they yielded to tn
hazardous aud responsible duty assigne,
them, and were thus not only deprive'
Of the laurels won in the battle Of til
Thames, but were entirely estopped from