Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-24

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April had come. soft and balmy, over the
Kentucky shores. Birds and buds and even
blossoms were everywhere along the lower
Ohio, sweeping, bankful, to its confluence
with the Mississippi. Nature spoke in the
carol Of birds of joy. peace and plenty,
yet there came dread and omen in every
days dispatches from the capital There
We're days when no dis pitches came from
the massive fortress in Charleston harbor
where the flag still hoated, though men
aced by scores of hostile guns. All over
the south the war spirit was rampant.
the seeding states had chosen a president
and congress of their own, and designated
Montgomery their capital. Tenness
and Kentucky were torn with conflicting
loves and duties. Brother was divided
against brother wise men prayed and
women wept in fear of the coming storm
1t the matter of but a moment to de-
eide which side to take. save in these fair
lands along the dividing line. There were
men by hundreds even north of the Ohio,
yet close to the Kentucky shore, who could
not hide their sympathy for the south, so
long had southern views and leaders DOM
mated the great political party that, almost
universal now throughout the states in
rebellion omnipotent in the great
cities of the north, where We're herded the
mass of foreign-born voters, uutaught, I'M
thinking 1t was in the farm, the village,
the workshop, the factory, one read deyo-
ton as undivided to the cause of union and
universal liberty as was the sentiment
throughout the south in favor of slavery.
No need to go into details! In every town
and village throughout the southern states
men were mastering for military duty. In
just few of the larger cities Of the north
there was renewed activity among the uni
formed and organized militia. New COM
panies met with discouragement, however
at the start. No arms are to be had
from the general government" was the
reply from each state capital. 1t transp.red
that for long months previous astute
war secretary, the Virginia democrat our
peppery Kentucky eX-whig SO longed to
perforate, had been shipping southwark
cannon, small arms and cartridges by the
carload. until northern arsenals were
stripped.
1t was in the cities close to Mason and
DiXon's line and north of the border that.
emulating the activity shown in the south
drill, and as early as February there had
been formed in Cincinnati company of
youths not yet twenty-one who called them
selves the Anderson Cadets and at one of
their February meetings there had been in
scribed on their rolls the name OF Norman
NJ. Holt All they knew Of him at first
was that he was a younger brother Of Mr..
Henry T. Holt, recently admitted to part
nership with Mr.. Lane, in the old estab-
lished firm Of Mcintyre & Lane. Judge Nc
Intyre, long an honor to the bench, would
never sit In judgment on another case.
With affairs strangely, some said hopeless
ly entangled and after sudden and Sc
rious illness that left him PROSTATE for
| duty and from all active participation in
the affairs Of the firm. 1t was understood
! that under the care and guidance OF his
| brother-in-law, DR.. Holt Of Belleview. KY,
thence to Havana in the hope that rest and
| change would at least partially restore him.
| 1t was rumored that the master OF Belle
| view had been compelled to make not a