, 1880-01-31
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
a Talk with an Unreconstruoted Ken
tuoky Rebel.
Cause Of tho Special Bitterness Fell
Along the Dorilor.
Smuggling Percussion 0aps-A Nook fu-
neral Of Confederate.


ent letter l propose to giyo what ,nay be
termed the confessions Of ar ex-ltebcl. 1t Is
III fancy picture, hui, even 10 the words etn-
pl0ycsl, SO far nB MAY be, tic sketch Is nccu-
rate to tic life. In my travels ncnr That
pnint in Kentucky WHARF th8 three StRtes Of
Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky como tb-
gother, except in 10 far az they arc separated
by tie Ohio and Mississippi, came ncross
MT odd though gentlentnnly old fe1l6w by the
name of William Richards. "1}tll Richards
he was famillarly called; for the man who
Inns 10 title before Of after Ills mime In these
parts ls certain to obtain a nickname, and
"Col. Jln,," OF d "0cn. Dcn" are by no
means anomalies.
"I}tll" richards has no title, but
THE rAnT lie TOOK IN "TrE LATE uNpLEAs'
ANTNEss" ="
was none the less prominent on That account,
Rnd ho WIS looked up to by his nrigllbors rs
man OF consequence and Importance.
Dfll was the father Of ten unmarried chill
t1rell, and Ms poor rs M imprisoned Basli-
Bazoak. lie had seen better tlnys, Just rs all
the ex-Rebels l,ave, atll wns fond Of talking
OF them. took him one day when ilc was
III a talking mood, and what follows Is the
substance Of wllnt learned.
''Dfr. Niclards," I bcgan, II have noticed
that right here on the border you people orc
lnnro bitter IN regard to tho results OF tho
War tl,an those find further south, wl,ere
we expect to find spirit Of Intolerance pre-
vailing. Can YOU explain this n
"Certalnly can," lie replied. "Ouahtn't
wa to bo more bitter tl,an those further
southp We are the principal sufferers l,y
tha strurute Or our fair csfntcs the l,attlrs
.o ~, ~ ~. Aa s,,. "a, so .,
MeFe aIl ioueht. neto ng",,y ~. 1lle ioIaa.
Ing was aoe ana e ere a ia rea hayasory I
armed contcndng forcrs did well enough.
,,n, ,,,ss,,t T., io4tia iI,,o ,,,',, a,,it ~ IT,
aas tt,oaa t,,t ,,,,'o+ ~, o,'fr.r" ,anst fro,,
cease thefc' bat "hat We s,'ifefef most from
There were tho worst of cruelttcs practicctl
m 1,ntr s,doe 7 l,n,1 a family ~ +i,irt, ,,,a.
" o'.. a.,I a,,a nsto. haTnso ~ ta tes @ ,+
gers anu me estaa oeloIe the at, nht
souti, Sol and d. mn,lo % no bones Of It. did lid Mi ii
cou1h for tl,a cause. Int yns m TIM aida
t1,at .sot nonro1 ' - .n,v. nv s,a"a0
s.ns euu '.,. Ipo'In' !t,s sa,,.. teeH. 3 s'ss
bo anytlling pr 9f u9 unwilling With
out them. My wife llntt meyer tloi!o days
WORK II 'ier !ito op 70 that tinie, Dat sue a..
ways l!Ated nlgger help. and, 70 soon ns shy
s Iedd earsd t e 90 o e. ersrsf ss W 70 Tsss sa @ a
best cook iI our town. silly had never
,l,,rsed que ct her CHILDREN ~, to that time,
6t't to LIST Stx sg l'9s son naea y herse aid
Shame, tlat stle loves these better that the
stTeke of Rvina i'tevidsaee, aitSoaeh IT
couldn't sec 1t 10 ct tiist, aild WORRIED rs hard
w,'sr sor a.,sa aslmss 1't IT." nns,,,r
to your people down lero p''
!" as now yiew it, it was by a1l odds bo-
cause there were neighlors mid brothers co1i- M
{snE sn 9gsst fIes % Iials as ;y mi, III
South. liz icnt all Its influence tint wav:
| to go Mt 4 moments warning Tito the raliks.
wns VIII llrst tenlporarjly III tlio hands Of % tho
Fuiurula, and Then III tic hands Uf tI1e Con-
fetlerates. When one wns Ii, tic asce,,tleucy
nj tic mischief possible w,IH tlouo to tlo
spitcs wert, taken up, a1ui the must i,la.la Of
thell, The one filling That cu,Ise.l lllOru BIZ
inst llcre 80 long as tis present aid succeed.
* certain Untoi, ,,al, WIS known to 5e eil- m
cnrc.l In tho work Of Informing tle eneny In
r1egar,l 1al u lis nerhbors wlo sytpathizel , wti.
thS South. Suddenly and in tie nigi,t Ills
sR as s%Yg9"sS oy art dGn ae s q S 's s Wsn sy Il;
sy wsrs o Of td ~ ts s tT IN.
m!edlntely arrested te,, Of the inost prolanoat
! ElltXH1S nf MIR Tll1nrH. 1t WIS EiGGn nit
tint If within tnu ,jnys the infss!nr inn, wns
| raturne,f tie tn1, ii,en if, prisnnn woulil
In rnieasett. hut 3u cnsa be ,iiti
rot n,nke ills apnearal1ce tho ten eli.
znns ,ynul,l ha tnkgn nit nnd sl,ot. f,f
ct,,,rse lin I1nin,, u1an if,l int rnf,,r,1. rhnt
Wolii,i M im.M,ssIiia u,,tit tia linn ,yi,n,,
tIenfi ahnI uive i'm lis rfGti,ns. cct,r,5nwiv.
at tho end nf TN days these cltixolts wero
erHuily bptslered before tho eyes Of their
W!ycs nna ollllsiroli. 4 they cni!t;t lave f4llun
III bntt 10 on either side It w0lll!l not linYe
seemed 81 bud; lut to by thus slatll III cold
| blood WRs q barbarlty Which none OF us chi
forget" .......
-! SUPPOSE YOU wsre well TIP IN nll tho
work OF tho lsebela Of this secti lon ut The time
it WIS going f0rwald?'' asked.
"Yo0 n'ay bet was, mud yet was The Inst
fclloW 10 bH suspected. WIS never III
trouble for once. I kngw how to keep out Of
that You know 1t was Impossible fol, ,la %
get anything from across the l,nrtlGr uNr rss It
VIA thoroughly IilapeetGl. Tho North llai
Sysr} srTa aganas9 It 9 Of IL SoIS ESSaynE XII En Mi % !;
matle here. 1t Is ono If tho iu1rrItA1lcGs Vt
slnycry that wo must lpmnin atl agricultural
n1d stpck-Rrowlng section simply. Within
tho limits II tlfs cntlnsy, tor Instance, there