Year: 1863

w. Morgan to the Ohio river, he burnt th


house of a resident of Carter county nance
tUNDERwooD, who was at the time engaged


in bushwhacking him. Ever since that tim
Underwood has seemed to think that hi


losses entitled him to levy contributions up


on the people, and gave him especial license


to rob any citizen whose political opinion


do not accord with his own, however In
offensive and law abiding such citizens may


be, and his reason, as assigned by himself tc


citizen of Maysville. TO: thus forcing tri-


butte from any community in whose midst


his rowing and law defying life may throw


him, is that he has living to make. 1t is


currently reported and generally believed


that this course has been accom- panied by


such profit to himself that he is now worth


three times as much as be was when lucky


Qor him) chance brought John Morgan into


Carter county. We are Informed that he


was rendered a commission to recruit com.


pany for the United States service in Ken


lucky, but he refused or at least failed to


act under it, as his mode of life brought him


much larger income than aCaptain salary


Shortly after the raid of Peter Everett's
thieves upon Maysville, threats were made


by some of the citizens, whose passions and


preiudices seem to have bereft them of all


reason and regard for common decency, and


by two or three politicians, who are without
either passion, principle or patriotism, and


who have their own selfish and corrupt ends
alone in view, tn at they would bring U nder-


wood here to regulate" tho place-lhat is,
to plunder at their own discretion and to
wreak out their own mean and cowardly
malice towards such of their neigbbors as
may have given them offence. 1t is worthy
of note that but few, not more than one that
we have heard of, of the sufferers by Ever
etrs scoundreism were among those who
advocated giving up the city to be plunder
ed by these imported robbers from Carter
county. The good and honest men of the
community could hardly credit that the
politicians to whom we have referred, all of
whose acts are spotted with the venom and


foul with the slime of their own personal
characteristics, had succeeded in so debauch-
ing their followers as to be able to incite
them to invite such an outlaw as Under
wood to come among us for purposes of
rapine ard insult, and consequently made
no preparations to resist him. But SO it was,
and early on Tuesday morning Uud derwood,
accompanied by seventeen partsaus and
freebooters, entered Maysville, at once
manifesting the objects and purposes of his
presence by stealing a horse from the stable
of citizen us East Maysville, forcing him
to take rebel shin plasters n exchange. In
stead Of at once having writ issued for the
animal, and calling upon the people to en-
force the laws, those who have the public
peace in their keeping, the Mayor being alb
sent, did nothing. and few prominent citi-
zens resorted to the mistaken policy of ex-
hortation, eDtreaty, emonstrauce, and per-
suasion. when the only proper course to
have pursued would have been to have at
IL TO IL,
TO Vindicate the place and Its citizens from
indignity and outrage. This may be ac-
counted for in some measure by the fact that
the Provost Marshal, Capt. Bierbower, gave
assurances that il the affair was entrusted to
him he could and would m anage it without
the necessity of resorting to violence.


Early in the afternoon the scene Of pillage
was commenced. We have but little to add
to the statement of the Bulletin on the sub.
ject. However, there were only Eve watches
one case without the works, and one BULBS
eye, taken from Gilpin's shop. as that was
all it contained at the time. Richard Arch
deacon, a Union man who has more than
once rendered valuable services, and who
had his arm in a sling at the time, was kick.
ed by one OF the Underwoods because he
refused to tell him the hiding place of Alex
M Maddox. Whether it was intended to rob
Maddox of the money about his person. as
they had already taken that in his drawer.
or of his watch, or to MAIN or murder him,
we do not know.-They also enGeavored to
ascertain the residences of several ladies,
against whom they had some pretended
grievance, but whether they intended to
rob, insult, or kill them we do not know
But their entire conduct shows that thew
were ready for tine CON ission of any act of
fO ha IF
burning our loyal little city, which they
openly threatened to do in case the slightest
opposition was made to their robberies or to
th cir maltreatment of citizens. We should
not omit to me ention the fact thatthey opep-
ly stated that they had been invited to come
and plunder, and that they had with them
a list of what they called the "prominent
Union men," among whom were those who
bad threatened that they would be brought
aud who gave them countenSnce in their
after they arrived.


1t may well be asked what were the Pro-
vost Guards the protectors of the pub bile
while these atrocities were be-
ing enacted. Some of them had given up
their arms to Underwood's men; others had
loaned theirs to citizens who were coEniv-
ing at the villainies; and others were mixing
SO freely with the mountain robbers that it
would have been difficult to distinguish
them. Some of them were heard to say
openly that in case any attempt " as mad
to vindicate the laws, they would fight for
Underwood. We do not know whether
their Captain gave them orders to check the
outrages or not, but we think it probable
that he shared in the distrust entertained of
them by the citizens. who felt that in the
event OF collision they would have to COM
bat large part OF the Provost Guard, as
we'll as Underworld rangers. Whether this
suspicion is just or uLjust, it is certain that
Captain Bierbower's men have created
among the people the most lively apprehen-
tensions, as we'll among the loyal as among