Scott County, Kentucky - The whole text, 1905 (part 6 of 10)

He had alsp a most practical interest in the spiritual wel- Jj fare of all our churches. His career in public affairs had de- i'| veloped his practical talent, and taught him in an eminent pj degree how to promote the efficiency of Christian work and workers. He proposed a system of proportionate giving for £ the members of a church, to which our churches have not : ; come even yet, but to which they ought to come. He is 1 the father of the weekly offering system among us, which is I an eminently Scriptural method of raising money for the ; Lord's work, and is now so widely practiced. And where- . ever he went, he continually pressed the churches to do a generous part by missions, education and evangelization, and he was frank and bold, when it was necessary, to say to them that the preachers of the Reformation were doing most of the sacrificing for it, and the many of the churches were doing little or nothing in that line

John T. Johnson's great theme was Christian Union on the Bible. His passionate appeal for it is still spoken of by the older members in our Kentucky churches, as the most thrilling they ever heard. How he loved the cause of union, . and how he labored to promote it ! In that union between the adherents of Stone and Campbell, consummated at Lex- ! itigton in January, 1832, he had an important part. And in 1 1841. through his influence, a three-day convention to pro- j mote union with other bodies was called and held in the same place, and which, though the apparents results were small, well showed his earnestness for this great cause.

There were two peculiarities of Johnson's preaching. One was its lack of orderly arrangement. He could easily have made it otherwise had he so desired, but his aim was always immediate results. He said what would tell on his audience. If in so doing he got first things last or last things first, he cared not, just so he got the souls he was trying to save. It reminds one somewhat of the old country preacher who criticised the educated ministers for laying out their sermons in such straight and even rows that the devil had no trouble following them up and catching away all the good seed (hey had sown. On the other hand, he went on to say, "I sow the seed in such a zig-zag, crooked,

, mixed-up, abracadabra fashion, that it confuses the devil, and he abandons in despair the effort to find it." In some such way John T. Johnson also sowed the good seed, and before condemning his methods his critics should consider whether or not they are in a position to compare results with him.

The other peculiarity of his preaching was his power of , exhortation. I have heard men say that one who never heard John T. Johnson exhort might be said not to know the meaning of that word. Our old pioneers as a rule, were all good exhorters They knew how to put on the "rousements." Their fervent appeals were a good half of their power. And in this later day, when exhortation has largely become a lost art, the preachers of our generation, in this respect at least, might with benefit sit at the feet of the "old masters," and among them none better than John T. Johnson.

Another noteworthy characteristic of the man was that he was neither a money-lover nor a money-seeker. Born to a large estate, he lost it all by security debts, giving up $50,-

I! 000 worth of property at one stroke to make good his bond. It was a heavy misfortune, but he was not for a moment daunted by it. Money was not the chief good with him. What he afterward accumulated by the practice of law he spent during the first five or six years of his ministry, when he received no compensation whatever. It was not till nearly everything he had was gone, that he let the churches pay him for his labors. And what he received was at best a very . meager support. He did not love the money, but he did love the cause, and was ready and willing to sacrifice for it.

I He habitually closed his letters to his friends by saying, "yours for the best of all causes." No wonder Campbell could say of him, "When John T. Johnson unsheathed the sword of the Spirit, he flung the scabbard away." Would this could be said of us all.

In short, what a grand man he was ! What a mighty preacher, what a noble philanthropist 1 How he loved men and how he loved everything that blesses humanity 1 On what a high plane he moved ! How close to God he lived ! What a princely gentleman he was ! And what a glorious work he did! What a stainless character he has left behind !

And what a precious possession is ours in the memory of this splendid life, and in the undying power of an influence which to the end of time, will cause him, though dead, yet to speak and live! I commend his great example to the preachers of this generation, and bid them mark its abundant labors, its unwavering zeal, its unselfish devotion, its heroic secrifice0, yea, its truly apostolic spirit, that through all the years of its ministry said in every act:

Of the many accounts given of the death of Tecumseh none are more complete than that given by Edward S. Ellis, A. M., author of the History of Our Country as appears below :

TECUMSEH, one of three brothers * (triplets) was born about the year*! 1768. One brother .never achieved greatness, but the other, The Prophet. became famous. Tecumseh would have been a great man in any age or nation. His eloquence was a notable gift, his courage was unsurpassable, while his military skill was of the highest order. He was made a brigadier-general in the British army, and there were few his superior in ability. He had all the vir- t tues and none of the weaknesses of his race. He ' never tortured a prisoner or permitted it to be done in his presence. He once dashed his horse on a dead run among a party of his warriors who were maltreating some American prisoners, hurled them right and left, and then turning to' General Proctor demanded why he allowed such things. "I cannot restrain your warriors," replied the British officer. Pointing the finger of scorn at him, Tecumseh thundered : "You are not fit to command; go home and put on petticoats !" The plans and drawings which this remarkable Indian drew on a piece of bark, to show the features of the country, were pronounced be English engineers the equal of their best efforts. He compelled Proctor to fight the battle of the Thames, and, had that officer followed his connsel, the fortunes of the day might have turned out differently. He expressed contempt for Proctor's lack of character, and would have severed all relations with him but for the pleadings of some of his warriors, whom Tecumseh was too honorable to desert. When he entered upon the battle at Moravian Town, he had a pathetic premonition that he would never come out of the engagement alive, and he consequently made disposition of the few effects he possessed, though he fought with his usual intrepidity, until shot down, no one ever knew by whom, though Colonel Richard M. Johnson was credited with the act. The estimation in which Tecumseh's memory is held is shown by the number of places in this country named in his honor. It will be remembered, too, that it formed part of the given name of General Sherman.

Collins' History says : "April 13, 1838, the celebrated Indian Chief, Black Hawk (67 years of age), the prophet Neopope, Black Hawk's son, a young Fox Chief, and a young Sac Chief, passed up the Ohio river, on the steamer Lady Byron, bound for Fortress Monroe, where they were detained until June, hostages for the good faith and peace of their people, defeated in the Indian war in Iowa, in 1832.

He was killed in 1776 in the attack on McClelland Station, near the noted Big Spring of Georgetown. He was also engaged in a great many battles with the Pioneers.

Girty was noted for his meanness and his brutality. There was nothing that was mean that Girty could, but what he did do. He and his tribe used fire arrows. The fire arrows were used to burn houses and wherever the points of the arrows struck, wood especially, caused them to ignite and set fire to the building. Six hundred or more of Indians, under Girty's command, made several attacks on the families of the pioneers, one of which was on Col. Robert Johnson's home, in Fayette county.

First Person Hung

Nancy, a negro woman, set fire to a barn August 17th, 1808, belonging to her master, Walter Rhodes, tried September 26th, 1808, and hung Friday, September 81st, 1808.

A Double Hanging

Martha, a negro woman, charged with throwing her mistress, Mrs. Elizabeth Risk, in the fire on July 9th, 1889, was tried at the September term, 1839, and hung October 4th, 1889.

Martha And Burrell Hung Together

At the same term Burrell, a negro man, and a slave belonging to Samuel Vlley, was tried for committing rape on a white woman named Mary Owens, on August 28th, 1839, for which he was hung on October 4th, 1839, at the same time and place with Martha.

The Place They Were Hung

All three of these negroes were hung in the little thicket on the Carson place along the Georgetown and Lexington pike just outside the city limits.

The Way Of Hanging

Even as far back as 1839 a scaffold was never built, but those paid the penalty of their crime were hung from a tree. A tree with a large branch was selected. One end of a rope was fastened around the branch, the other end around the criminal's neck, the criminal standing on a wagon. When the wagon was drawn from under him he fell a distance of four feet, and the drop was sufficient to break the neck instantly.

The Fourth Hanging

Clarence Vinegar, a negro boy, charged with shooting his wife, was hung July 18th, 1898. This was the first hanging in Scott county where the scaffold was used.

Sentences Commutted

Humphrey Orittendon, John Green, negroes; Oar leb Parker, a white man, all received a death sentence but were commutted by the Governor. Caleb Powers received the death sentence but was given a new trial by the Court of Appeals.

The First Person Hung Oyer And Terminer

At a court of Oyer and Terminer held for the county of Scott at Court House on Friday, the 26th day of September, 1808, for the trial of Nancy a negro woman slave, belonging to the estate of Walter Rhodes, and who stands charged with the crime of arson, in feloneously burning a barn containing quantity of grain to the value of five hundred dollars to the said estate, on the 17th day of August last. Present: James Johnson, Lewis Nickols, Jeremiah Tarlton, R. M. Gano, Sr., Justices. The attorney of the Commonwealth for this circuit being absent, the Court appointed Mathew Flournoy to supply his place. And now the person is led to the bar in custody, and being arraigned upon the said charge, pleads that she is not guilty, and for trial puts herself upon God and her country ; whereupon came the following jury, to-wit: Janies Mahoney, i John Osborn, James Johnson, Thomas Offutt, James S. "Norris, John Cowan, Wm. Tomlinson, William Holland, John Richie, James Pitchard, Peter Mason, Thomas Foster, who are elected, tried and sworn;

The Verdict Of The Jury

; and therefore certain witnesses, who are slaves, being called, received their Charge pursuant to examination and certain other witnesses, also colored, were sworn. The arguments of the Court being heard the i jury retired to consider their verdict; and after a short interment came into Court and say as follows : THE VERDICT OF THE JURY, f "We, of the jury, do find Nancy, this person at the bar, guilty. Thomas Foster, Foreman." HUNG FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 31st, 1808.

Therefore, it is considered by the Court that Nancy be remanded to the jail from where she came, and from there on Friday, the 31st of September next, to i the place of execution ; there between the hours of

Order For Payment Of The Woman

I, cate issued therefor in favor of the administrators of the estate of Walter Rhoads, deceased. And it is ordered to be certified to the next court, to be held in this county for the adjustment of claims that Mathews Flournoy is allowed the sum of ten dollars as counsel for the Commonwealth in the above case.

| Harris Cowning, of said county, having this day 1 given information on oath to me, Peter Thompson, one of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace for | said county, that Martha, a negro woman, the prop- | erty of Robert Risk, did on the 9th day of July, felt oniously attempted to kill her mistress, Elizabeth * Risfc, by throwing her on her face in the fire and holding her in the fire until all the skin of her face and breast, and one of her ears was entirely burned off. Therefore, in the name of the Commonwealth, you are commanded to apprehend the said Martha and bring her before me or some other Justice of the Peace for said county to answer the charge, and further to be dealth with according to law. Given under my hand this 9th day of July, 1839.

The Returns On Warrant Held Over To Circuit Court

After being the examiners in the within cause, we are of the opinion that the within action shall be tried before the Circuit Court. Given under our hand this July 10th, 1839.

The Indictment

The Or an d Jurors for the Commonwealth of Kentucky empannelled and sworn to as required by law, for the body of Scott county, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, upon their oath aforesaid, present to-wit : Martha Spintrep, a female slave, late of the county of Scott, on the 10th day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1839, with force and arms in the county and Circuit aforesaid in and upon one Elizabeth Risk, in the peace of Cod and the Commonwealth, then and there being feloniously, wilfully and of her malice aforethought, did make an assaust; and that the said Martha, with a knife of the value of six pence, which she, the said j Martha, in her right hand, then and there had and j held, the said Elizabeth Risk in the mouth of her, the j said Elizabeth Risk, then and there feloniously, willfully and of her malice aforethought, did strike and j thrust, giving to the said Elizabeth Risk then and j there with the knife aforesaid, in the mouth of her, the said Elizabeth, one mortal wound of the breadth J of three inches and of the depth of two inches; and | that the said Martha, with an iron shovel, which she, j . the said Martha, in her left hand, then and there had and held, the said Elizabeth in and upon the right side of the head of her, the said Elizabeth, then and there feloniously, wilfully and of her malice afore*

' thought, did strike, giving to the said Elizabeth Risk then and there with the shovel aforesaid by the stroke aforesaid, in and upon the right side of the head of her, the said Elizabeth Risk, one mortal wound of the breadth of two inches and of the depth of one inch. And that the said Martha, with both hands, then and there, feloniously, wilfully and of her malice aforethought, the said Elizabeth Risk, did push and throw into a tire there situated, by reason of which said pushing and throwing of the said Elizabeth Risk in the said fire by her, the said Martha, the said Elizabeth, by means of saidd fire, was mor- ; tally burned on the face and breast of the body of her, the said Elizabeth, of which said mortal wounds and mortal burning the said Elizabeth Risk from the said tenth day of July, in the year aforesaid, in the county and Circuit aforesaid, until the eleventh day of the same month of July in the year aforesaid, in the county and Circuit aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live ; on which said eleventh day of July, in the year aforesaid, the said Elizabeth Risk, in the county and Circuit aforesaid, of the said mortal wounds and the said mortal burns, died. And so the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid, do say that the said Marth, the said Elizabeth Risk, in manner and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and of her malice aforethought, did kill and murder, contrary to the forms of the statutes for such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

And the jurors aforesaid, on their oath aforesaid, do further present that the said Martha on the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1839, with force and arms, at the county and Circuit aforesaid, in and upon one Elizabeth Risk, in the presence of God and the Commonwealth aforesaid, then and there being, feloniously, wilfully and of her malice aforethought, i did make an assauls; and that the said Martha, with a knife which she, the said Martha, in her right hand then and there had and held the said Elizabeth in and upon the left side of the neck of her; the said Elizabeth then and there feloniously, wilfully and of her malice aforethought, did strike and thrust, giving to the said Elizabeth Risk then and there with the knife aforesaid, in and upon the left side of the neck of her, the said Elizabeth Risk, one mortal wound of the breadth of three inches and of the depth of two inches; of which said mortal wound the said Elizabeth Risk from the said tenth day of July, in the year aforesaid, until the eleventh day of the same month of July, in the year aforesaid, in the county Sand Circuit aforesaid, did languished and languishing Mid live; on which said eleventh day of July, in the yeer aforesaid, the said Elizabeth Risk, in the county aforesaid, of the said mortal wound, died. And so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say that the said Martha, the said Elizabeth Risk in .manner and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully and of her malice aforethought, did kill and murder - contrary to the form of the statute in such case made land provided and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

I The Verdict Sentence Pronounced

Martha, a Slave, Defendant. J | The defendant, late of the county of Scott, who n stands convicted of murder, was again led to the bar | in custody of the Jailer. And thereupon it being | demanded of her if anything for herself she had or I knew to say, why the Court hereto judgment and ex- 1 ecution against her of and upon the premises, should 1 not proceed. She said she had nothing but what she had already said. Therefore, it is considered by the Court that she be hanged by the neck uutil she be dead; and that execution of this judgment be made and done upon her, the said Martha, by the Sheriff of Scott county on Friday, the fourth day of October next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon of the same day, at the usual place of execution. And thereupon the said Martha . was remanded to jail. The said Martha was valued | at three hundred and seventy-five dollars by this | Court. P. Thomson, Clerk,

The Third Person Hung

The third person hung in Scott county was Burrell, a negro man, for raping a white woman, Mary Owens. His arrest, the indictment, the trial and the date he was hung, will be found as follows :

Commonwealth of Kentucky, j Scott County and Circuit Set. j The Grand Jurors for the Commonwealth of Kentucky empannelled and sworn to inquire in and for the body of Scott county, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, upon their oath aforesaid present, that Burrell, larborer, a slave, the property of Samuel Viley, late of Scott county, on the 28th day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, with force and arms, in the county and Circuit aforesaid in and upon one Mary Owens, a free white woman, in the peace of God and the Commonwealth aforesaid then and there being, did make an assault; and upon the said Mary Owens, then and there did beat, wound and ill treat, and did then and there make an attempt, her, the said Mary Owens, violently and against her will, then and there feloniously to ravish and carnally know; and other wrongs and injuries then and there did to the great damage of her, the said Mary Owens; against the form of the statute for such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. And the jurors aforesaid on their oath aforesaid do further present : Whereat, the said Burrel on the said 28th day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, in the county and Circuit aforesaid, with force and arms in and upon one Mary Owens, a white female, in the peace of God and the Commonwealth aforesaid, then and there being, did make an assault and did then and there make an attempt by siezing hold of the said Mary Owens and pulling her from a horse on which she was then and there seated, and ordering her to lay down on the ground her, the said Mary Owens, violently and against her will then and there feloniously and wilfully to ravish and carnally know, against the form of the statute for such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

We command you to summon twelve good and lawful housekeepers of your county to appear forthwith, before the Judge of the Scott Circuit Court at the Court House in Georgetown, residing as near as may be to the place where the attempt at rape was committed, of which Burrell, a slave, is accused, to recognize on their oaths, whether the said Burrell be guilty of the attempt aforesaid or not, and have then there this writ and the names of said housekeepers. Witness, Preston Thomson, Clerk aforesaid court at the Court House aforesaid the 4th day of September, 1839, and in the 40th year of the Commonwealth.

Executed

Burrell, a Slave, Defendant. ) The defendant, late of the county of Scott, who stands convicted of an attempt to commit a rape on the body of a white woman, was again led to the bar in the custody of the Jailor; and thereupon it being demanded of him if anything for himself he had or knew to say why the Court hereto judgment and execution against him, of and upon the premises should not proceed, he said nothing but what he had heretofore said. Therefore, it is considered by the Court that he be hanged by the neck until he be dead; and that execution of this judgment be made and done upon him, the said Burrell, by the Sheriff of Scott county, on Friday, the 4th day of October next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon of the same day at the usual place of execution. And, therefore, the said Burrell was remanded to jail. He, the said Burrell, being first valued as one thousand dollars by the Court.

Clarence Vinegar

' The fourth person hung in Scott county was Clarence Vinegar, a negro boy, on July 18th, 1899, for the I murder of his wife. This was the first hanging where I the scaffold was used. The scaffold was erected on I the South side of the jail. Those who witnessed the ) execution stated that Vinegar displayed no signs of fear or nervousness. Tlios. K. Shuff was the Sheriff : and he sprung the trap.

The Crime

; One of the most cold-blooded murders that has ever been committed in this county within its liis- ! '' tory, was the one by Clarence Vinegar, on Sunday,

; April 4th, 1897, at 4 o'clock upon the public highway ' at Pea Ridge, a negro resort, about ten miles from | Georgetown, in this county, where he took the life

Vinegar was jealous of other men's attentions to his wife and accused her of being intimate with John Frazer, a colored man of the neighborhood. They i had quarreled and she had left him. He had tried to ! induce her to live with him again, but she had re- 1 fussed.

and called to her to stop, which she did, and with his j blood aroused and malice in his heart, he walked up ; to her, deliberately aimed his pistol and fired two shots at the woman's head, each taking effect, one in the head, one in the neck and the third in the side. She lingered until a quarter to three the next morning, when she died.

Paid The Penalty

side, and he again made use of the revolver by kneeling close beside her, placing the barrel of the revolver close to her neck and firing the third time, after which he made his escape to Watkinsville, two miles below where the killing took place, and was arrested by the Marshal of Stamping Ground. When arrested he said :

"I was at Pea Ridge Sunday; saw my wife sitting on the side of the bed with Willie Welch. They came out and were walking down the pike together.

I called for her to stop, and she did and said: 'If j you do anything to me what I will make Mr. Yates j do to you will be a plenty.' I then got mad and shot her in the head.

The First Trial The First Jury

The jury was composed of the following men : W. H. McCabe, P. M. Ramsey, A. K. Hawkins, Ollie Smith, J. T. Scott, W. P. Munson, Asa Glass, J. G. Bramlett, E. T. Burgess, J. D. Grover, Allie Smith,

J. S. Parker. The jury had the case under consideration for nearly two days before a verdict was reached as the Clerk read, "We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder, and fix his punishment at death." Vinegar sat gazing around the Court room and didn't seem to be disturbed in the least.

The Date Of Execution

The Judge in setting the date of the execution, said : "It is ordered that you be taken to the jail and kept until Friday, July 2, when the Sheriff shall hang you by the neck until you are dead."

Court Of Appeals

The case then went to the Court of Appeals and the judgment of the lower court reversed, on the grounds of the Commonwealth's attorney accepting statements in affidavits as true and after affidavits had been read to the jury. He then introduced wit- ! nesses showing that the statements were untrue.

Second Trial The Second Jury

The jury was composed of the following gentle- j men : B. M. Herndon, Ed. Ward, John T. Henry, C. I B. Cummings, Jas. W. Thomasson, Thos. Morgan, ;| Mose Nichols, J. R. Parker, Jos. Murphy, Sanford j j Hambrick, II. C. Furnish, M. Bridges.

Sentence Pronounced

Vinegar slowly arose, cast a deprecatory glance around the room, and waited while the Judge stated the usual legal formula preparatory to sentence ending with "Have you anything to say why sentence : should not be pronounced against you?"

Vinegar shifted his feet uneasily, and then, in a subdued voice, said : "The angels in heaven knows that some of them witnesses what testified agin me told lies, but as I wasn't 'lowd to testify, I couldn't deny what they said, and so, of course, if you say I've got to be hung, I reckon I'll have to stand it."

"It is the judgment of this Court," said the Judge | impressively, "that you be taken to the county jail, and there remain till the 29th day of April next, from which place you shall be taken on that day, and hanged by the neck till you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul! Mr. Sheriff, take charge of the prisoner."

The Court ordered sixty days extended in order that the case might go the Court of Appeals again. The case then went to the Court of Appeals, which sustained the verdict of the lower Court, and Governor Bradley set July 18 as the day for the hanging.

In 1865 Dallas White, a white man, was hanged by a mob near Turkeyfoot. He was charged with being a Guerrilla, and was from the South. His remains were buried in the garden of Judge W. E. Bates' mother, at Turkeyfoot, and almost in the shadow of the church.

Humphrey Crittenden Sentence Commuted

j Humphrey Crittenden, a negro man, charged with murder and tried in 1884, was given the death sentence, and just a few days before the execution the Governor eommutted it to a life sentence in the pen,

| met George Hutchinson, another negro, in Court 1 Alley, just below the City Building, where a quarrel arose over a lewd negro woman, Alice Pastmore, in which Crittenden drew a knife and stabbed Hutchin- ; son in the breast. Hutchinson ran out Court street

!\ to Main street, and when in front of Caden's bakery he fell, and died instantly from the stab. He was tried at the May term of court and found guilty, and his punishment fixed at death.

The Jury

The jury was composed of G. F. Martin, S. C. J. Page, M. E. Nichols, John Clark, R. H. Wheeler, John Cunningham, Grabriel Long, Leland P. Viley, J. L. Jackson, Joel Amermann, A. G. Crumbaugh, Dan McMillan. The Court set Wednesday, May 21st, 1884, as the day of the execution.

Everything In Readiness

I The scaffold was erected, the fence built near the jail, the tickets printed and everything was in readiness, when a telegram was received from the Governor, Proctor Knott, notifying the Sheriff that Crittenden had been commuted to a life sentence, and since he has received a pardon.

Cut His Wife'S Throat John Green

One of the most horrible crimes ever committed was that of John Green, a negro, who, on a morning of February, 1889, went to the residence of Amanda Redd, on North Broadway, in Georgetown, and called his" wife, Jennie Green, from the sewing room, threw his arm around her head and cut her throat. He was tried at September term of court and found guilty and his punishment fixed at death. The names of the jurors are not given only that of Mr. S. H. Lucas signed as foreman. The scaffold was erected at the jail and everything was in readiness for the execution when Gov. S. B. Buckner commuted his sentence to life imprisonment, and Green is now in the pen. The Governor gave as his reason for interfering that Green was of unsound mind. The late T. T. Hedger was the Sheriff at this time and the question of Green being of unsound mind, came up before him. After hearing the evidence Hedger gave as his opinion that here were reasonable grounds in believing the prisoner was of unsound mind, and the date of execution was extended 60 days.

Caleb Parker

On September 7th, 1888, Caleb Parker shot and killed S. T. Connellee, a Constable in the Northern part of the county, and excitement in Scott county was as fever heat. Connellee went to serve a summons on Parker when Parker shot and killed him. Both Parker and Connellee were members of large and well-to-do families. Parker made his escape before he could be arrested. The report of the killing spread like wild fire; over 150 citizens of the county and nearly that many in Georgetown mounted their horses and began scouring the county and, no doubt, if Parker had been captured at that time, he would have been hung on the spot. Rewards were offered by the father of Connellee and also by the State, but it was not until 1894 he was captured. He was caught and arrested in Chicago, 111. He was tried at the February term of court in 1894, found guilty and his punishment being fixed at death.

The jury was composed of J. C. Clark, foreman; John M. Betts, Jas. Leach, Lewis Hook, W. H. Oldham, Geo. H. Darnaby, Howard Coons, Lewis Nichols, H. F. Juett, R. A. Logan, Geo. N. Branham and H. C. Prewitt.

The Case Went To Court Of Appeals

The case went to the Court of Appeals and Parker was given a rehearing. Finally he received a sentence of 13 years in the penitentiary, 3 of which he served, but owing to his great suffering with consumption, he was pardoned by Lieut. Gov. Worthington, and a few months after he died.

The Second Hung By A Mob Frank Dudley For The Murder Of Frank Hughes

The lynching of this negro caused more feeling between the white citizens and negroes than ever before, and, no doubt, ever in the history of Scott county. The negroes learned a dear lesson - one that they will ever remember and never forget. Dudley and wife were servants of Frank Hughes who lived on a farm near White Sulphur. One evening in September, 1891, he struck and killed Mr. Hughes without cause, and gave his reason that his landlord had mistreated his wife. Dudley was arrested and brought to Georgetown and placed in jail. The people in the neighborhood who knew Hughes grew angry and the negroes in the county as well, and the town guarded the jail the first night with purpose of resisting the efforts of a mob. This fired the feeling of Hughes' friends and they formed a mob, and on the second night that Dudley was in jail the mob came at about 1 o'clock, five hnndred strong. They made the Jailer, Reed, stand in the hall after he had refused to give up the keys. About fifty men were around the jail, ten searching the'Jailer's bed room for the keys and some eight or ten breaking the door open with axes. They went in Dudley's cell, tied a rope around his neck and took him out West Main street to the Worthington farm, just out of the limits, stacked up some rocks on a rock fence, about four feet high, to give the drop. Dudley was stood on the rock and the other end of the rope was tied to the branch of a locust tree. The rock was pushed from under him and he fell the drop breaking his neck. The mob

The Negro Revenged

The negroes grew mad and the next night they set fire to the large tobacco barn belonging to Judge Payne, fired Judge Bates' home and stable and set some of the College buildings on fire in three places.

Great Excitement

Judge Bates was Couuty Judge at this time and instead of making application to the Governor for State troops, he requested the loan of 1500 or 2500 rifles and ammunition, which came up from Frankfort on a special train. A large number of citizens met the train at the depot, the guns loaded in a wagon and taken to the Court House. A number of citizens addressed the great crowd that had congregated at the Court House, among whom was the fearless Dr. John A. Lewis. He did not munce words, but what he told and said about the negroes were sufficient. They knew that Dr. Lewis was a man who could and would command a regiment, and that the burning of property must cease or else there would not be a live negro man in Georgetown within the next few days. Squads of citizens were organized, armed and given orders, and the town was guarded for some ten days or two weeks. Mobs of negroes were formed in adjoining counties, but failed to arrive. Every entrance into the city was well guarded and pickets were on duty from one to three miles from the city limits. From the first night up until the guards were called in, not a negro could be seen in the street or anywhere around after 6 o'clock in the evening until about 6 o'clock the next morning. The negros acted very foolish in this matter, but it was a lesson learned, and no doubt has been one of great benefit to them.

Troublesome Term As Jailer James N. Reed

The above is a likeness of ex-Jailer James Reed. No Jailer of Scott county was as unfortunate as he was during his term as Jailer. He was Jailer during the Kendall trouble, when the mob took Dudley from jail, when the Kendalls broke jail, and when a man named True made his escape. He was Jailer when Powers and Youtsey were first tried. The new jail was built during his term, and for several months the prisoners were kept in the Lexington jail. He was Jailer when Vinegar was hung. The criminals gave Reed much trouble.

Milton Kendall

One of the worst murder trials held in the county was that of the Kendalls. Milt Kendall was the head of a large family most of which were boys - Russell B., Wm., George, John, Milt, Amos J., L. Q., Lamar, H. D. L. and Chas. T., and resided near Oxford. His neighbor was the Jarvis family, in which there were three boys - John, Dade and Burrell. The boys were a tough set with the exception of William and Russell Kendall and Dade Jarvis. These boys were a terror to that neighborhood, and what they didn't do was that they could not do. They prowled . around at a 1 hours of night stealing anything from a sack of corn to a horse. Hogs and horses were stolen, residences and meat houses broken into and chicken roosts robbed. They had a misunderstanding, and like the old saying, which is ever true, "When thieves tall out honest people get their just dues." Warrants were sworn out by the Jarvises for the Kendalls. The day the case was to be tried, which was on August 2d, 1901, the Jarvises came to town early, and all three heavily armed. The Kendalls came later in the day in a spring wagon, with old man Kendall driving. When they got out of the wagon each had an improved rifle and went on the hunt for the Jarvises, and soon the shooting began. The excitement in town was beyond description. Each one of the Kendalls walking in the street with rifle in hand as if looking for squirrel, and to arrest one of them would have been suicide to the man or men undertaking it, although several attempts were made by officers. The late Geo. Cole was Marshal at that time. He knew old man Milton and tried to talk to him; each time old Milt threw his rifle on Cole and said: ''George, I know you are my friend, and I don't want to hurt you, but if you come a foot further I will kill you." In fifteen minutes the shooing began. Mr. John Montgomery and John Jarvis were killed, and Burrell Jarvis thought to be mortally wounded, but recoved. At one time Milton Kendall was a prominent citizen, and was Chairman ot the Democratic County Committee. John Jarvis was shot on Court street by Milt, Jr., Mr. Montgomery was shot while standing in the door of his hardware store, the place now occupied by Watts, by old man Milt shooting at Burrell Jarvis. The shot that killed Mr. Montgomery passed through the body, striking and wounding Burrell Jarvis. Jarvis saw Kendall after him and ran in the door. The shooting of Mr. Montgomery was accidental. While the Kendalls were in jail George, with his two brothers, made their escape, by him taking a piece of steel from his shoe and making a saw with which he used to saw the hinges and bars of the rear window of jail, a photograph of which will be seen on the opposite page of this book. George had a leg cut off by a train and wore a peg. In this peg leg he carried ulmost a kit of tools. The escape was made at 8 o clock in the evening. Their father refused to go. While the Kendalls were in jail, the negro, Dudley, was taken from jail and hung by a mob. Old man Kendall was sent to the pen for 13 years and served a few years, when he was parolled and afterward made his home in Fayette county, where he died in 1902. Burrell Jarvis was sent to the pen and has been a fugitive from justice a number of years until Sunday, May 28th, 1905, when he was shot by A. B. Jones, who resides on the Glenn place, near Oxford, and badly wounded. He was sent the next day to the penitentiary.

George Kendall Picture Of The Old Jail

In which the negro Dudley was confined, showing the place the Kendalls escaped on the night after the mob had taken Dudley to the hill on the Frankfort pike and hung him.

The Saw Geo. Kendall Used

J There was never a political battled waged in Kentucky w hich [equalled that of 1S99 for Governor. These were three candidates Bor the Democratic nomination W. J. Stone, Wat Hardin and rWm, Goebel. Goebel was very antagonistic to corporations like tthat of the L. & N. Railroad, Goebel stood for the people and Bpposed such trusts, combines and corporations that he knew jtvere sucking the life blood out of the people. When the race [opened Goebel didn't have ten acquaintances in Scott county and fcvas opposed for the nomination by six of the newspapers out of [seven in Scott county and when the county convention was held Bn June 1899 he had three friends to both of his opponents one. The papers then published in the town and county that opposed [him were the Times, Sentinel, Daily World, Kentucky Star, Demo-

1 The above likeness of whom was made from a photogranh nt hnn while speaking on the floor of the Kentucky Senate t lew days before he was murdered.

rerat, Stamping Ground Pilot, Sadie ville Sunshine. The Georgetown News supported him from end to end. lie was nominated in the -Masonic Hall Convention held in Louisville. There was plenty life in this Convention, which lasted several days. A great number of the so-called Democrats that supported Stone in the Democratic Convention opposed Goebel, the nominee at the regular flection. Wm. Taylor was the Republican nominee. Theso-call- 'ed Honest Election League nominated John Young llrow n. The fight was a bitter one and caused hard feelings betw een brother ind brother and father and son. The election w as held in Number and in the Eleventh Congressional District the stron ts not io minutes from the time he was shot, before the vhich were in the arsenal appeared on the ground and the officers were prevented from making a search of the building. CSfleb Powers was Secretary of State and from whose ofi fice this shot was fired, was enroute to Louisville in com- ' pany with Whorton Golden. When Powers w'as told Goebel had been shot he exclaimed, now that's a damned shame. As mem- ' bers of the Legislature appeared in front of the State House after [ passing through the line of soldiers on the morning of January 31st, 1900 the proclamation of Taylor that a State of insurrection prevailed at Frankfort adjourned the Legislature to meet at 1 London Feb, 6th 1900. The members tried to meet at the Opera House their every effort was prevented by soldiers. They met ' and declared Goebel Governor.

On March 9th, 1900 on an affidavit of T. C. Cromwell warrants : were sworn put for the arrests of Caleb Powers John Powers, i Chas. Finley, John Davis and W. H. Culton charging them with I being accessory before the fact to the murder of Wm. Goebel,

| Powers was in the State House well surrounded and protected by ! soldiers. Powers disguised in soldiers clothes sneaked through ! an alley to a C. & 0. train in hopes of getting to the mountains 1 but wTas arrested at Lexington with a pardon from Taylor in his pocket. Taylor escaped to Indiana where he has been, and is : now a fugitive from justice. Powers requested that he be tried i at some other place than Frankfort and Georgetown fixed. A special term ofthe Scott Circuit Court which was called i*n July 1 1900, Great excitement prevailed and the appearance of i Powers had great effect on the ladies who, all during the trial I manifested considerable interest. Officers were stationed af the J door of the Court room to see that there was no walking artil- Ilery as there had been at Frankfort with the peaceable citizens the mountains. There were 30 or more newspapers correspondents present. Powers was represented by Ex-Governor hold of the Republicans tissue ballots were used and more votes were cast than the population including women and children. The Democratic (State Central Committee met and ordered a contest. In 1900 the Legislature met, the Board of Contests met, Goebel was the Senator from Kentucky. The vote in a joint session was close. Caleb Powers and others went to the mount tins and secured 1800 mountaineers armed them with rifles, pistols and amunition and brought them to Frankfort "as peaceable citizens" who met on the State House grounds and passed "Resolutions of Kemonstrance." The appearance of these mountaineers in State House yard was so disgusting to the negroes who compose two-thirds ofthe Republican party, fearing the loss of their reputation by the association, most of the mountaineers were sent back that night, Goebel a number of times passing through the crowd of mountaineers going to the State House with no fear whatever. January 30th, 1900, at xx o'clock, there was not a mountaineer to be seen in the yard and the coast was clear. As Goebel, accompanied by Eph. Lil'iard and Jack Chinn , were going up the walk a shot was fired from the window of the Secretary of Sta'e's office the ball striking Goebel in the breast from which he suffered until Saturday evening Feb- 3rd 1900 at the Capital Hotel when he passed away the last words passed from his lips were "Tell my friends to be brave and fearless and

The prosecution, by Commonwealth's Aitorney R. B. Franklin, Col. T. C. Campbell, of N Y., Hon. V. F. Bradley, of Georgetown, Judge B G. Williams of Frankfort, and Willard Mitchell, of Nieholasville.

Third Jury

It was proven that the shot was fired from Powers office that Powers gave the key to his office to Henry Youtsey and that Youtsey let Jas. Howard in to do the shooting. The^trial began on the 13th of July ipoo and lasted 42 days. The jury finding him guilty and fixing his punishment at life in the penitentiary, [ Powers has been tried three times and each time found guilty. The first and second trials he was given a life sentence, The third tj he made the argument and was given a death sentence. At this ' time, 1905 he is in the Newportiail hoping to get his case to the jj Supreme Court of the United States.

Henry Youtsey, the stenographer of Taylor, the principal I assistant in the murder of Goebel, was also tried at a special term of the Court in August, 1900. The jury was composed of 1 Senat 10. Triplett, Lot Burgess, U. H. McCabe, H. L. Hamon I- N. Tohnson. Wflliam Wells, J. L- Neale, B. G. Robinson- 1 . I r-, J. Clarence Bailey, John Garnett James A. Norton and A, G. Savage. . 1

The prosecution was represented by Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin, T- C. Campbell, V. F. Bradley, Willard Mitchell, and Frank Baker, and the defense by Col. L. J. Crawford, tne defendant's half, Col. R. T. Nelson and Judge Jas. F. Askew- While the trial was progressing nicely, it was too fast for Youtsey and atone of the night sessions while Arthur Goebel was on t he stand the prisoner threw a lit, but the Judge was too wise and the trial continued after "the focus" i ust is if nothing had happened.

Caleb Powers

The Republican Secretary of State for Kentucky, who was condemned to death after three trials for complicity in the murder of Governor Goebel,

James Howard

Who has murdered a number of men in the mountains of Kentucky, among whom was poor old man Raker, and who, lias twice been tried and convicted for the murder of Governor1 Goebel, and is now in the Louisville jail under a life sentence, awaiting the decision of the < 'ourt of Appeals.

Henry E. Youtsey

Former Secretary to W. S. Taylor, now serving a life sentence at hard labor as the man upon whom rests the strongest evidence as the actual murderer of Governor Goebel.

The Present Governor Hon. South Trimble

A Page in the Lower House, a school teacher, a lawyer, twice a Representative, one of the Speakers of the House, a Lieutenant Governor and a Governor.

The Present Congressman

0 man who lias ever sat on a bench as a Circuit Judge -LA] has ever been more abused by political enemies than Judge James E. Cantrill. A man that is admired for his fairness in all trials and for his just rulings. The penny-a liner nincompoops who wrote these rag-time editorials ccould not lace the strings of Judge Cantrill's shoes. They received at his hands as much aiiention as those who were seeking the stabbing of Goebel in the back and who were too cowardly to meet the man in the open. Below will be found an editorial taken from the Lexington Democrat in regard to the cowardly howls of the Republican wolves :

''The abuse heaped on Judge Jas. E. Cantrill during the trials of the alleged asssassins of Governor Goebel are omitted from the assassination organs on the present trial. It is an indication that those highly inflamed yellow sheets are coming to their senses, if they have any, and are at last willing to concede tacitly that Judge Cantrill is not the monster they have tried to make him appear, but is an honest able and incorruptible judge, bent only on dispensing even and exact justice, and desirous only of punishing the guilty. In the entire history of jurisprudence we do not suppose a judge was ever hounded, abused and villified as Judge Cantrill has been by a lot of curs in no wise worthy to perform the most menial service for him, simply because he had the courage to do his duty under the most trying circumstances as God gave him the light to see that duty. He has been threatened by penny liners in newspapers and canards under the shield of annoymous postal cards and letters, but he has not permitted their promises of violence and death to swerve him from the straight line of right and justice, nor has he murmured even when contumely and comtempt were hurled the thickest upon him by the scavengers if press and pulpit. It is hard to realize what Judge Cantrill has borne and what he has suffered for conscience sake and the right, and only those who are closest to him have any conception of it. He has the consolation, however, of knowing that the best people of the State appreciate what he has done for law and order and love him for the enemies he has made. They will, too, at the proper time reward him for his faithful services as they now give him unstinted plaudits for his fealty so justice and to principle. There are no worthier men in the State of Kentvcky than Judge Cantrill, and none whom we more delisrht in honor."

Indian Story Of Early Times In Kentucky

Below will be found an article published in the Little Rock, Ark., Gazette over 40 years. It is a complete account of Mrs. Gano killing "Big Foot", an Indian Chief, given by Mrs. Ben Finnell. Mrs. Finnell was the wife of Ben Finnell, the Sheriff of Scott county in 1840 and 1847. He was the first County Judge and served from 1850 to 1855. He was the uncle of the late Thomas Finnell, and great uncle of Mrs. A1 Crumbaugh.

"The Little Rock, Ark., Gazette reports an interesting conversation with "Grandma" Finnell, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. Jno. M. Bracy in that city. She is over 00 years of age and not a grey hair in her head, and can thread a fine needle without glasses. In the conversation she told the story of how her maternal grandfather, Mrs. Capt. Gano, killed the Indian Chief, Big Foot, and successfully defended her cabin all night against the Indians, thereby saving her own life, and the lives of her two little children."

Grandma Gano was the first settler at the big spring in what is now Georgetown, Scott county, Ky., One day Grandfather Gano, who had been a captain in the regular army under Gen. Ethan Allen, had to go back to the settlements after supplies. He left his wife and two little children in their log cabin. He had loaded and left with his wife four guns, as the woods were full of wild beasts and wild Indians and the nearest settlement was ten miles away and their nearest neighbor was six miles away. He cautioned his wife to stay with the two children inside of the cabin and keep the door barred until he returned the next day, as there was great danger of Indians or wild beasts, at any hour during the day or night. All day she kept watch, but saw nothing to alarm her until about dusk, when she discovered the skulking form of an Indian dart from behind one tree to the shelter of another tree, approaching the house, she at once lifted the trap door in the middle of the room and put her two children down into a little kind of a cellar made for the purpose, gave them a pan of bread and milk, told them the Indians were coming and not to make the least bit of noise. She shut down the trap door, and saw that the door was double burred, picked up a rifle and waited.

Darkness came on but she never for a moment relaxed her vigilance. Soon she heard a step approaching the door. Some one knocked and a gruff voice said : "Open door, me captain's friend." The brave woman made no answer, but peeping through the loopholes that were made in all the cabins of the pioneer to shoot through, she saw in the starlight the forms of six Indians around her door. The chief standing nearest the door, again spoke. "Open door, white woman, me captain's friend, me come to talk." Still no answer. He struck the door a fierce blow with his hatchet, saying; "Me know captain's gone. Open door or me burn house." Still no answer, but peeping through the portholes she saw the Indians striking fire with their flints and steels and she realized the horrible fate in store for her and her little children.

Putting her rifle to the porthole she took quick aim at the chief, pulled the trigger and sent a bullet crashing through his breast. He fell without a groan and the other Indians ran back and got behind the trees, from whence they kept up a desultory firing all night, the brave woman answering them shot for shot. At daylight the Indians disappeared, and soon thereafter Capt. Gano rode up. They discovered that the Indian that Grandma Gano had killed was the famous "Big Foot," the greatest fighter airihng all the Indians in Kentucky. They buried the great chief on the top of the bluff near the spring and when Grandma Finnell was a child they used to scare her by telling her that "Big Foot," would come out of his grave every night at midnight and go down to the spring and groan and moan as if in great agony. So strong was this belief among the children there that they would not go to the spring alone after dark. In fact, even the grown people were not entirely free from this superstition.

As the account of Mrs. Capt. Gano killing Big Foot was reproduced from an Arkansaw paper, the following is what Opie Heed told the President of a conversation he had with one of the natives and the writer would almost vouch for the truth of which is as follows :

Opie Reed had luncheon with the President a few days ago, and told him this story about a recent horse-back trip he took through Arkansas. Heed rode up in front of the shanty and found a native sitting on the end of a log in a broiling hot sun. "Why don't you move over in the shade?" asked Reed. "Tain't time y it ; fever ain't come, on," answered the cracker. "What's the matter?" "Chills." How long have you been living here?" "Bout thirty years." How long have you had chills.,, "Bout thirty years." "Why in thunder don't you move if you have chills that bad?" "And catch some other disease I don't know nuthin' 'hout? Not much mister. When you've got chills you know what they are. I want to tell you something, mister. I've had chills so long and shook so much I ain't fit for nuthin' 'cept to sift meal and shake down persimmons." Were You Ever In Arkansaw.

With the exception of the cities and the few towns therein, Arkansas has more ignorant people than any other State in the Union. Any number of natives, regardless of color, and sex, living not six miles out of Hot Springs' don't know there was a war and those who did, don't know it's over. These people live in idleness and ignorance and in perfect happiness. How they exist so far as food is concerned is a question. Surrounded by nothing but bushes. It is supposed they have adopted the plan of the Angora Goat's way of living. On the following page is reproduced some of the news items taken from the Georgetown Herald in 1846.

The Beatty Home

The Cincinnati Commercial of Monday, says : "< hie of the bloodiest woman tights ever witnessed, took place between Margaret Terry and Mrs. Sullivan, both living on Front, street, on Saturday last - one armed with a club, the other with a hatchet- Mrs. Terry fell after a severe struggle, badly wounded (cut i in the neck and left arm. We saw her at the Mayor s office, accompanied by her husband, covered with blood, and faint, demanding a warrant for her of the hatchet,"

The Hoosiers are bragging over a baby that was born within three miles of New Castle. Ia. The Courier, published at said place, says that the baby is only three years old, and weighs over one hundred pounds, and measures around the chest 3(1 inches- The mother says her boy was scarcely of usual weight at birth, and was quite sickly for months after: he began to grow of a sudden, and now weighs lit) pounds. He is said to be intelligent, playful and active beyond what might he expected.

Now Owned By Mrs. Lida Smith

The above ts a good likeness of the Beatty property on Washington street, mentioned so much in the survey made in 1846 by a committee appointed by the Trustees of Georgetown. The year this house was erected could not be ascertained. It must have been built some time in i8to. So far as durability is concerned, it looks as good as the day it was built. The efforts pf the committee appointe 1 in 1S46, and every other committee that has been appointed by the Trustees from that time until 1S95, to get Wash.- ington street opened on out to the Paris pike have been fruitless, and that which these committees feared would be done, has been done, and that was that houses would be built along Mulberry street where the extension was to be made, which would prevent the opening of Washington to the Paris pike. The houses have been erected, Washington street stands as it stood in 1846, and as it will remain for years.

The Paris Citizen of week before last, contained a call upon Capt. Richard Hawes to become a candidate for that office. And in last week's Citizen, weobserve that acall ismadeupon Major Geo- Williams, signed by "Bourbon tfc Scott Whigs," calling upon him also to become a candidate fortbesame high office.

Dear Sir: - Our present Senator, Col. Thomas H. Bradford, lias declined being a candidate for re-election. Having full confidence in you as a Whig - first, last and till the time - we would he pleased to have you consent to he a candidate in this senatorial district at the August election, where we pledge you the vote of the Whigs of Scott.

point of 'location, arrangement, commodiousness, &c-, it is one of the most elegant and convenient pieces of property in the town. The dwelling lias seven lar^e and well finished rooms, besides kitchen, garret and cellar. There is also attached to the property, two offices, an ice .house,, milk house, meat house, stabie, carriage house, and other convenient appendages. The property will be sold upon such terms as to suit the purchaser, provided the purchase money is well secured. IJ. HOWARD SMITH.

The editors of the Herald were supposed to be strong Democrats and had been advocating in unmeasured terms tbe principles of Democracy, but for some reason Jiad become luke-warm and began to undertake to "pack water pn both shoulders," when they were fired into with this warm shot from the old lion of Democracy - the editor of tjie Hopkinsville Gazette - as follows:

"Ever and anon some independent spirit in the ranks of the 'Harmonious Democracy,' kicks out of the traces, and makes a general smash of what Locos may rightly be called earthen ware - we mean character. Now these rapscallions who look to such a man as Wm. Tanner, "the man what had to be tied up, as the exponent and embodiment of locofocoism in Kentucky. will hear with astonishment the way the Georgetown Herald lashes him. "The Editor of that paper, whoever he is, is an able, independent, noble spirit: for some time since the 't email made insinuations against the Public Printer, the Herald man. a Democrat too, called on him to specify or retract. The Yeoman, who, rascal and vile, mean, contemptible scoundrel as he is. did neither, but took tbe Herald to task tor daring to doubt bis power and veracity, Ac. The Yeoman has the worst of the battle."

General Taylor, who at that time was putting up a gallant fight in the war with Mexico, had made many friends, and especially in Scott county, where he had a strong following of supporters who were urging him for the Presidency. Politics at that time were rather breezy in Scott county and it began to narrow down between the Whigs and the Democrats. The following account appeared in the Herald under the head of "Taylor Meeting:"

"At a meeting of the citizens of Scott coiinty, held for the purpose of considering the propriety of nominating General Taylor for the Presidency, Gen. John T. Pratt was called to the chair: Ezra N. Offiutt and J. 15. Beatty were chosen Vice Presidents and Preston Thomson, Secretary. On rhotion of George W Johnson, Esq., the chair appointed a committee to draft resolutions, consisting of the following gtuitlemen : Geo. W. Johnson, I). H. Smith, iiobt. W- Keene, James SPeak. R P. Snell. T. <'. Gibney. .T. B- Kenney and Anderille Bradley. After retiring to consult tbe committee reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:

"In presenting to you the name of General Taylor for the Presidency we offer you the following reasons, which have demonstrated to us the propriety of the nomination of this illustrious man :

"Therefore, resolved, that we nominate Gen. Zachary Taylor for the Presidency, believing that his great services to this nation: his stern patriotism, his incorruptible integrity and bis sure and steadfast judgment: eminently qualify him to prefide over our Federal Government.

"Resolved, that the Georgetown Herald, Lohisville Courier, Franklort Yeoman and Licking Valley Register be requested to publish these proceedings."

Our copy of the Georgetown Herald of the 15th . has not reached us. Will our friend French he so good as to send us a copy? We are generally in a bad humor for two or three days after the Herald fails to come (luckily that it is generally so regular in its arrival) and if it ''comes up missing'' again in a hurry we wouldn't he surprised if we made a grab, incontinjen(Jy, at a certain pair of ''specs." We don't wish to be driven to extremi - ties - we don't! - Courier.

Your Herald of the 15th is now on its way, friend Walter, so have patience, and don't tear your interior garment, for we allow no man to meddle with our perifocals, atid should you attempt to fulfill your threat, you certainly Would be driven at, if not to extremities ; that is to say, "extremes would meet."

Or. Paul Rankins The Old, Old Story

While the publishers were, or might have been, anticipating a very prosperous year, they did not fail to give the "Printer's Parody." which was followed with a column article informing its readers of the expense the paper was under and urging delinquents to come forward and settle. The parody was as follows :

"David Sheley, of Harrison county, charged with the murder of his wife, was, at the recent term of the Harrison Circuit Court, found guilty and sentenced to be hung on the 30th of October next."

Prominent Physician For 30 Years Dr. Paul Rankins

AMONG the most prominent and popular physicians of Georgetown from 1830 to the time of his death. December 14th, 1872, was Dr. Paul Rankins, the father of Mrs. R. K. Roberts. Mrs. Elizabeth Green, of this city, and Mr. Rhodes Rankins, of Louisville. Dr. Rankins was also it brother of Mrs. Lizzie Kenney, of Georgetown, who now resides on East Main street- The families of her two nieces, Mrs. Green and Mrs. Roberts, reside with her. Eor many years Dr. Rankins was associated with his uncle,

Dr. Henry Craig, in the practice of medicine, as a card in the Georgetown Herald, published in 1846, shows. Dr. Rankins enjoyed, so it is said, the greatest practice of medicine of any physician that practiced that profession in Georgetown then and since the time mentioned. He was well learned in medicine, a trained physician and a ^killful surgeon. He was a man of great wealth and liberal at all times, ever ready to do a charitable deed or a favor for anyone,' and for these excellent traits the name of Dr. Paul Rankins will be handed down from generation to generation to be cherished, and the memory of whom will never be forgotten.

To Samuel Thomason, Sr.. James Thomason, Joseph Jones, Sarah A. Jones, William Jones, Mariah Lucas. Richard Swan, Nancy Swan, Richard Thomason, Sr., Richard Thomason, Jr., Stephen Thomason, Samuel Thomason, Jr., Thomas Thomason, Elias Thomason, Moses Threlkeld and Betsy his wife, Nancy Lucas, James Wilkerson and Paulina his wife, Mary A. Thomason, George Thomason, Joseph Thomason, Edward Lucas and Sarah his wife, John Bell and Francis his wife, Rebecca Perry, Win. Graves, Martha Graves, Joseph Faulkner and Susan his wife, heirs at law of Elias Thomason, deceased:

You are hereby notified that I will applv. to the Scott County Court at its next January term for the appointment of Commissioners to convey to me a lot of ground lying in Stamping Ground, in' said county, for the title of which said Thomason executed to John W. Sinclair his bond dated December 20th, 1S35, which bond has since been assigned to me by said J. W. Sinclair.

Similar notices to the above appeared in the Herald and were signed by Andrew Calvert, Samuel Price, Penelope Fimiell, Dudley II. Gatewood, David Poindexter.

The Herald in 1847 seemed to have been more prosperous, or at least anticipated it would be, in the coming year of 1847 than it had been the year 1846, as the publishers - French & Wise - had moved their office to Main Cross street, immediately opposite the Franklin hotel, and the paper shows that some improvements had been made. A new head for (lie paper had been purchased and the following advertisement for type appeared in the issue of Thursday,, February 12th, 1847 :

"The subscribers wish to purchase a font of brevier type in a few weeks. Any of the craft having such a font to dispose of may find a good purchaser by giving us speedy notice of the fact. We would also like to purchase an Imperial press. A line addressed to us on the subject will receive prompt attention.

W Se & French

We are authorized and requested to invite the fair ladies of Scott county to the barbecue to be given at the White Sulphur on the 5th of October, in honor of the battle of the Thames. We understand that the arrangements for the propostd celebration are such as cannot iail to meet with the approbation of the la dies, and we trust, therefore, that there will be a full attendance of "Heaven's last, best gift to man."

The following physicians had cards in t lie Herald: Drs. W. L. Sutton, John M. Neal. J. R. Hall. The card of Dr. Wni - H. Barlow read: "Dr. W H- Barlow will continue to attend promptly, at all times, in town or country, to ail calls in the practice of medicine, surgery and midwifery. His office is at his old stand on Main street. Dwelling adjoining his < ftiee.

- 1 At one of its meetings in 1904, the likeness of the late Dr. Sutton was ordered to be photographed on a button to be worn on the badge of the Society and known as its emblem.

Town Was Old-Fashioned Georgetown From 1830 To 1846

Georgetown from 1830 to 1816 was quite a manufacturing center- There were three rope-walks. One in front of new and old buildings of Georgetown College, or what is now known as Jackson street; one on Lexington turnpike, or South Broadway, and one on College, or Church, street, at junction of Mulberry street. The old brick warehouse is still standing and occupied by negroes- All of these rope-walks were burned down by the year 1846- Another rope-walk was built after 1846 on Bourbon street, but it was burned after running a few years- There were two hatters' shops and a paper mill, and it is said by old citizens that hats an 1 paper were shipped by wagons over dirt roads to Cincinnati, 0. There were several large tailor shops, saddlery shops, boot and shoe shops, carpenter shops, coffin manufactory, cabinet shops and a tan yard. All these enterprises worked many hands. The tailor shops furnished a great deal of sewing for the women in sewing on vests and pants and men's underwear- There were no sewing machines in those days, except tailors and women. Town Was Old-Fashioned.

The town was old-fashioned- They had some few of the streets macadamized, had no street lights nor water works - except water carts, no daily papers until after about 1840- Some dailies were published in Louisville and found an occasional subscriber in Georgetown- There were only two police - a marshal and a night watch. Taxes were light, about 15 or 20 cents on the S100 ; the county and State taxes about the same. For lire protection the town relied on the ibig spring, three old wells and a few cisterns, old-fashioned hand engine and leather buckets, worked hy the citizens, as on an alarm of tire every one felt it a duty to be at the tire and do all he could to extinguish it and save the furniture by removing it- There was very little, if any, tire insurance in those days. The old wells were located as follows : One near and east of Hamilton on Jackson street ; one on northeast corner of Main and Hamilton streets, and one on the northeast corner of Hamilton and Jefferson streets. The old Methodist church was on South Mulberry street, east side, about 100 yards from Main. About 1850 the Methodists moved to the present site on South Hamilton. The Western Military Institute opened in the building now occupied by Mr. Geo. W- Fitzgerald, west side of North Hamilton about 100 yards from Main street. This was in 1847, and about 1848 or 1849 it was moved to the Warrendale property, the brick house now being occupied hy Mrs. Risk on the hill near Cincinnati Southern depot. The old Farmers Bank about 1852 also opened in the Fitzgerald house and afterwards moved to site now occupied hy the Wellington Hotel, Main and Hamilton. There was also a willow basket manufactory on the west side of the Paris road about 150 or 200 yards from Main street, This ceased to run about, 1846- Some of the willow trees are there yet. There were brick kilns and masons, as the houses up to 1846 were nearly all brick- The few old frame houses have about all disappeared, except the old frame on the south side of Main street on the lot adjoining Herring & Jenkins' store, and one or two on Broadway.

The Rates Of Postage

NT1L 1863 the rates of postage were based upon the W 1 distances over which the mails were conveyed. In 1864 these rates were - not exceeding 300 miles, 3 cents; exceeding 300 miles, 10 cents. In 1856 the rates were reduced to 3 cents for distances not exceeding 3,000 miles, and 10 cents for distances exceeding 3.000 miles. The use of adhesive postage stamps was first authorized by Act of Congress, approved 3rd of March, 1847, and on the 1st of June, 1856, prepayment. by stamps was made compulsory. In 1863 a uniform rate of postage, without regard to distance, was fixed at 3 cents, and on October 1st, 1883, after satisfactory evidence had been given of the surplus income from the operation of the Post Office establishment for the two preceding fiscal years, the rate was further reduced to 2 cents-

The Georgetown Herald published in 1846, had this to say of the postage rates: "The Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads, has rei® rted a bill in the House proposing to increase the rates of postage. We sub-join the new rates.

"For every letter or pocket of one-quarter of an ounce or less, conveyed 300 miles or less, 5 cents; over or less than 600 miles, 10 cents: over 600 miles, 15 cents; and for every additional quarter of an ounce, or fraction less than a quarter of an ounce an additional postage, except when a letter is written on a single sheet of paper weighing over one-quarter of an ounce, or less than one-half an ounce, the single postage to be charged, the rates of fifteen cents to be discontinued from and after the first of July, 1848, if in the opinion of the Postmaster General the revenues of the Department equal its expenditures, and in that case, 10 cents shall be charged for all distances over 300 miles. Newspapers sent by publishers or agents less than 100 miles, 1 cent; over 100 miles 2 cents; pamphlets, etc-, per sheet, less than 100 miles, 1 cent; over 100 miles, 2 cents.

Congressman Richard M. Johnson's Letter in 1808. In 1807 Colonel Richard M. Johnson was for the first time elected to Congress. In 1808, when he arrived at Washington, D. C-, to take his seat, he wrote a letter to his friend in Georgetowni, Jimmie Kelly, which will be found in full below, and we know that this letter written 98 years ago cannot but prove of great interest to those who will have the opportunity of reading its contents. This letter is in the hands of Mr. Wm. Kelly, of this city, but who is in no way related to the Jimmie Kellv to whom it is addressed- The person to whom this letter was sent was the uncle of Mrs. John Sutton, whose husband is now the oldest citizen living in the county. Mr. Kelly, it is said, kept the first grocery store in Georgetown. The store was the property of Edward Kelly, father of Jimmie Kelly, and w'as conducted a number of years in the "Old Bull's Eye." In these times, as stated above, there were no stamps, but postage was fixed by a rate. There were no envelopes. This letter is neatly folded and in a way that it is impossible for it to come open. But in those times letters were folded in the style in which this one appears, the rate fixed and marked paid by the Postmaster. The Postmaster also sealed it with sealing wax to insure not only privacy, but the safety of its contents, The letter is as follows:

Washington City, April 13. 1808. My Worthy Friend: - I have this day received your letter and I immediately take the pleasure of writing an answer. It was out of my power to call on your brother on my journey to this place, because I went to Orange Court House and sold my horse in that county, then proceeded to this city in the stage. After my arrival here I sent by post your letter to your brothel'. I have never received an answer. I will to-morrow write him a letter. Perhaps I may get an answer before I leave here, which will be about the last of this month. I am very anxious to return home. I shall have some company, therefore I can not tell whether it will be much out of my way or not. If I can go by I will certainly do it. You are pleased to mention your friendship for me and your wish for my return. My dear friend, you give me great joy. I shall ever rejoice to meet you and my other friends who have been to me like real friends, like fathers and brothers. I do most sincerely wish to see you all once more, but you have given me a high office and I can not leave it until I discharge my duty, and until we all adjourn. I was about the first who arrived, I will be the last to quit the cause. I will soon send you a circular which will give you more information.

Postmasters And Postmistesses Postmasters And Postmistresses

HE first Postmaster General of America was Benjamin / I Franklin, having been appointed in 1774. The first Postmaster of Georgetown was Thos. W. Martin, having been appointed in 179*'. He died in 1807, and George Miller succeeded him, "Old Billy" McDaniel followed and his assistant was Sam Bangs, He kept the Post Office in a basement similar to the one now in the Worstell block. For years and years Judson Steffel was Postmaster. He had the office for many years in the room under Mark's store on Broadway and afterwards moved.it to the frame building on North Hamilton, The building has since been used as the kitchen for the Wells House. E. C. Barlow was the next Postmaster and he located It in the room with his jewelry store. He held the office^two or more terms. Under Cleveland's administration Milton Burch was appointed. He died, and his wife, a most excellent lady, was appointed to fill the unexpired term, at which time she was re-appointed. The office was located in the Lancaster Hotel on West Main. Mrs. Burch died before the expiration of her term. She was a very popular lady and her death was caused byliard work and grief. On the day of the funeral every business house in Georgetown was closed. Mr. Jesse Webb was then appointed to fill the unexpired term and .re-appointed. The Post Office was then located in the building on Hamilton street where Vogt Bros, now have a tailoring establishment. Mr. Webb died before his term expired and his sister, Miss Robertha, was appointed to fill out the term. Then came the Republican President, and Capt. E. C. Barlow was appointed. He held the office for years. His assistant was Joseph Jenkins, the youngest brother of Thos. Jenkins. As a young man, hardly of age, he was the most accommodating and energetic boy on earth. He was in every respect that which makes a boy a gentleman, and was burdened with such qualifications. He stood without an equal - honest and always in a good humor. If he was ever angry it was at a time when he was out of the Post Office. If he had an enemy on earth no one knew of it and if he ever had a dislike for any person, regardless of color or sex, no one knew. He died while acting as an asssstant. If that boy had lived he would have been Postmaster today and for time to come. The day his remains were carried to their last resting place and it did not require a stranger to tell that there was a funeral in town. In 1895 Dave Adams and H. S. Anderson were appointed and held the office until the term expired, at which time the present lawyer, statesman and politician, L. S. Sinclair, was appointed and who will hold the office just as long as the Republican party is in power. He has so far made the best Postmaster Georgetown ever had. He improved the appearance of the office no little, removing the old keyboxes and putting in the combination system. He has had the Wellington Hotel Company to erect a building on South Hamilton street especially for the Post Office. He employs young ladies as assistants instead of young men. He has secured a number of letter boxes and placed them in the business portion of the city. He is now at work on free mail delivery in town, having secured five rural routes in the city. There are six rural routes out of Georgetown, four at Stamping Ground and two out of Sadieville, Below will be found likenesses of two of the Postmasters.

Born in Georgetown February 7th, 1838. Enlisted in the Army of the Confederate States as a ptivate in Company A, Ninth Kentucky Cavalry, Morgan's Command, Army of Tennessee. He was in the engagements at Lexington, Ky.; Liberty, Tenn., Snow Hill, Milton, Nolin's Creek, Muldraugh's Hill, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Rolling Fork, the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, Stoneman's capture and the engagements with Sherman's army from A'lanttl to Columbia, South Carolina. He surrendered at Washington, Georgia, May lO, 1865, and died at his home in Georgetown September 11, 1894. Mr. Webb was Postmaster of Georgetown for six years under Cleveland's administration, and was one of the most popular men in the city.

APT. EDWARD C, BARLOW, was born in Cincinnati, ,11 Ohio, in 1829, and four years later, his parents moved to Georgetown. He was educated in the Georgetown College and the Western Military Institute. In 1849 he was an apprentice with T. J. Shepard, jeweler. In 1851 he engaged in the jewelry business. He married Miss Sarah Rawlins in 1861. In 1863 he enlisted in the 40th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, in which he served as Adjutant, but was promoted to the Captaincy of Company B in 1864. He served in the Department of Kentucky and participated in several engagements with General Morgan and Adam Johnson. He was mustered out and honorably discharged December 3rst, 1864. On his return he en- ! gaged in the pursuits of civil life with little interruption except three disastrous fires, destroying his business blocks and entaili ing an aggregate loss of $20,000 In 1875 'le built the present block in which is located Barlow's Hall. It is the only public hall in ' the city and has a seating capacity of 600. "Pappy Cal," as he ; was familiarly called, and although being a strong Republican ; till his life, was time and again elected as a member of the Board of Trustees. He served two terms as Postmaster of Georgetown. ! He died February 8th, 1S97, and his widow has continued conducting bis business under the management of J. W. Keller.

The Present Postmaster The Rural Routes

*2^ Sinclair, who came from Culpepper county, Va., to this county in its early history. He attended country school until twenty years of age. He entered the A. and M. College at Lexington ; then engaged in teaching school and reading law at spare times. In 1894 he attended Northern Indiana Law School at Valparaiso, Ind., and was admitted] to the Georgetown Bar in 1S95. He began to practice with Judge Marshall Buford at Lexington. He returned to Georgetown and published the Georgetown Sentinel until 1897. He was Alternate Delegate to the National Republican Convention from the Seventh Congressional District in 1886. He was appointed Postmaster at Georgetown by President McKinley, January 16th, 1900; was reappointed by President Roosevelt, May 1st, 1904. It was through.him in his indefatigueable efforts to and did succeed in establishing the Rural Route system in Scott county. He has quite a number of assistants, all of whom are accommodating, and he has spared neither pains nor money to so arrange the Post Office as to have it as convenient as possible.

The Rural Free Mail Delivery Established In 1902

HE routes for mail delivery were mapped out in /l December, 1901, and established in March, 1902. The first trip out of Georgetown by the carriers was on Saturday, March 1st, 1902. There are now eleven established routes in the county, five out of Georgetown two out of Sadieville and four out of Stamping Ground. Each route is supposed to be from twenty to twenty-five miles in length. The five routes as mapped out of Georgetown and the carriers are as follow's:

No. 1 - From Georgetown! out Lemon's Mill pike to At* kinsville; thence to Johnson's Mill ; thence to Old Union and Fayette county line; thence to Centreville and back to Georgetown over the Paris and Georgetown pike via Newtown. There are 161 houses on this route and each house averages four and one-half persons to be served with mail. The carrier is Jos- P. Gayle.

No. 2 - From Georgetown out the Lexington pike to Donerail; thence down the Iron Works pike to White Sulphur, thence back to Georgetown over the Frankfort pike. There are 165 houses on this route. Thecarrieris Phil Hudson

No. 3 - From Georgetown to Great Crossing; thence to Stamping Ground; thence to Skinnersburg; thence to Long Pike; thence to Georgetown. There are 218 houses on this route. Jno. T. Robey is the carrier.

No. 4. - From Georgetown out the Paris pike to Ammerman's Cross Roads; thence to Oxford; thence to Finnell ; thence to Muddy Ford; back to Oxford; thence to Georgetown over the other pike- There are 124 houses on this route. Thos. J. Bruner is the carrier-

No, 5. - From Georgetown out the Cincinnati pike to the i "Double Culvert;" thence to Salem church; thence to Bid- \ del; thence to Burton pike; thence to Georgetown. There are 135 houses. on this route. Th carrier is Geo- E. Palmer.

Necessary For Free Mail Delivery

It is necessary to have a population of 10,000 and the receipts of the office must be $10,000 per annum for Georgetown to have free mail delivery. She can almost reach as to the amount of the receipts, hut she is just a little short on population. The receipts of the office now will average #7,800.

Judge Alvin Duvall

AMONG the many gifted sons of old Scott county none excelled Judge Alvin Duvall. He was born in Scott county, about six miles west of Georgetown. A station on tbe t'incinnati & Frankfort Railroad was named for him. Judge Duvall was a great statesman, an able lawyer and one of tbe best Judges on tbe Court of Appeals bench. From 1836 to 1865 be bad a "bard row to hoe." Time and again bis life was threatened, but at no time did be shrink from duty. He was as fearless as a lion and asked l.o quarters and feared no foe-

Tbe decision of J udge Duvall on January 3rd, 1854, in tbe ferryboat case, caused great indignation at Newport, and Collins' history says: "Great excitement and indignation at Newport because of Judge Alvin Duvall's decision denying tbe right claimed by tbe Newport and Cincinnati Packet Company to run their steamboat, 'Commodore,' as a ferryboat between those cities under a United States coasting license and in violation of tbe ferry right of James Taylor and others: an injunction granted to restrain same." Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

For many years lie was tbe Chairman of tbeBoard ofTrus. tees of Georgetown. It was in 1884 when be appeared in his last case here defending Eugene Fitzgerald, which was said to be one of tbe strongest and most pathetic appeals ever made by a lawyer to a jury.

Collin's History has this to say of tbe heavy rains in 1884: "The heavy rains of 1854 will never be forgotten by those living at that time- Tbe flood it caused has never been equalled. Tbe Ohio river was never higher before or since and tbe immense damage done was terrible. Tbe rain poured down for forty-eight hours and March 10th, of tbe time, Elkborn rose three feet an hour- Steadman's paper mill dam was swept off with many others along tbe creek Tbe inhabitants along tbe creek were compelled to flee from their homes- Tbe damage to fences, water gaps and other farm property could not be estimated. There were no trains for more than a week."

NE of tbe most critical times within the history of Scott county was tbe famine in 1855. Many people were on tbe eve of starvation, caused by tbe scarcity and high price of provisions. On January 12th, a meeting was held in Georgetown to devise ways and means to relieve all of those in distress. This famine did not exist among tbe poor class of people entirely, but with nearly every one. No time was lost in relieving those in distress, but for a week or so it was pretty squally times, as it came to the point of starvation.

In 1860, tbe year before tbe war broke out. the total value of manufactured products in the United States was only $800,000,000- In 1900 it was almost eight times tbe total, or close to $14,000,000,000. In 1866, 1.200,000 hands were enouge to run the factories. In 1900, 5,500,000 bands were necessary.

Space will not be taken to thrash tbe old straw of tbe civil war- Only a few incidents will be given, one especially, as written of Gen. Richard Gano which is of great interest.

THE first visit here of Gen. Dick Gano in 1862, who led the Texas Rangers in the Civil War under Gen. John Morgan, will never be forgotten. He was a Georgetown boy, as fearless as a lion and as brave a soldier as ever donned the Grey. He was sent here under Morgan's orders, and with his command had camped on Mr. John F- Payne's farm. A company of State Guards had been organized in Georgetown under the command of Dr. S. F. Gano, the uncle of General Gano. Among the guards were Win. Pullen, Milton Stevenson, Oliver Gaines, Sr., Thomas Long and Thomas Finnell- The news of a Federal cavalry being on Payne's Depot road spread like wild fire in town No information could be ascertained as to what regiment it was. Dr- Gano selected Oliver Gaines, Jr., to take a message to the officer in charge in regard to the movement of the regiment- Gaines got in his buggy and awav he went. He found out who was in command by being made a prisoner of war. Our father was joked a great deal about being a Courier, and it has been told to the writer so often since that we got General Gano, while on a visit to Georgetown in 1905, to write an account of it, which will be found below. While the General was here a ''snap shot" was made of him on Main street in front of Fitzgerald's drug store, the oldest business house in Georgetown:

Gen. Richard Gano

N THE SUMMER of 1862, after dinner at Harrods- /T'j burg, General John H. Morgan commanded Gen. R. M. ((Im Gano to take some of his men well mounted and go up beyond Lexington and capture a train on the Kentucky Central Railroad with about four hundred infantry, and prevent them reinforcing Lexington. Gen. Gano moved out with about one hundred and eighty well mounted men, and leaving Lexington to his right, arrived at the residence of John F, Payne, on the Payne's Depot and Georgetown pike, next morning, and camped his men in Payne's woods.

Mrs. Carrie Payne

He went to the house and finding that Mr. Payne was in Georgetown, and Mrs. Payne was at Mr. Dick West's nearby, lie sent a negro woman to tell Mrs. Payne to come home and the negro informed Mrs. Payne that a lot of federal cavalry was camped in their woods Mrs. Payne came home after despatching a messenger to Georgetown to tell Mr. Payne that federal cavalry was camped in his woods. Mr. John F. Payne took Aleck Long out with him to protect his property from the federals. Mr. Payne reached home with Mr. Long, who was Deputy Provost Marshal in Georgetown, and he requested Gen. Gano not to do anything with Mr. Long, as he came out to protect his property. But General Gano, not appearing to know their politics, put them both in the parlor as prisoners of war. Soon Stoddard Johnson, Mr. Kelly, Dr- Graves and as many Republicans arrived to see what cavalry it was.

Gen. Gano placed them all in the parlor together as prisoners of war. Soon a two-horse buggy came driving rapidly up the pike from Georgetown, driven by Oliver Gaines, Jr. Gen. Gano and John F. Payne were talking in the yard when Gaines drove around the circle, stopping in front of them. When Gaines asked, without taking his eyes from his horses, "Who commands this cavalry out here?" Gano replied, "'I do, sir." Gaines answered: 'I have a dispatch for you," and

" The officer in command of the federal cavalry at John F. Payne's will proceed to the toll-gate at the junction of the turnpike from Frankfort and Payne's Depot to intercept John H. Morgan, who is coming up the Frankfort road, and Gapt. Jackson and I will reinforce him with all the soldiers we can bring out from Georgetown. [Signed] S. F. GANG.