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.. .Governor authorized to offer $500 reward for the apprehension of each person engaged in organized mobs or unlawful assemblage [Lynch law or "regulators."] . Law of rape modified . Fine, not over $50, for enticing laborer away from employer ........ . Rent of penitentiary
fixed at $16,000 per year. Interest not to be paid upon any state bonds after maturity, for state is ready and desirous to pav. Common carriers must keep tariff of freights posted ......... Sureties of Thos. S. Page to be released upon pay- ment of one half of $88,000, interest and costs.
March 4-Per diem and mileage of mem- bers and officers of this legislature directed, by resolution, to be paid in gold. The house originated and adopted the resolution Jan. 31, by yeas 46, nays 37. The senate, Feb. 8, by 16 to 12, laid it upon the table ; Feb. 14, reconsidered, and then by 14 to 16 rejected it; Feb. 18, again reconsid- ered, and by 17 to 13 passed it. An effort was made in the senate to repeal it, but failed.
March 5-The Louisville Journal places the nominees of the Democratic state con- vention at the head of its columns, and advocates their election.
March S-The court of appeals decides the Bounty Fund acts, authorizing the levying of taxes to pay bounties to volun- teers entering the U. S. military service, unconstitutional.
March 8-By resolution, the legislature requested Ky. senators and representatives in congress to procure, if possible, a grant or donation of the Harrodsburg Springs or Asylum grounds to the Grand Lodge of the Independent order of Odd Fellows of Ky .- to establish thereon a home for the widows and orphans of the Order, and a college or university.
March 8-The senate, by 12 to 9, passes a resolution providing for the exchange of the present Executive mansion for another for the use of the governor ; but it was not reached in the house.
March 9-The legislature cedes to the United States the jurisdiction over the na- tional cemeteries at Perryville, Boyle co., London, Laurel co., 4 acres at Camp Nelson, Jessamine co., and 2 acres each at Leb- anon, Marion co., and at Mill Springs, near Logan's Cross Roads, Pulaski co .; and makes stringent laws to prevent injury to or mutilation of same.
March 17- A "sulphur shower" - or shower of pollen resembling flowers of sulphur in appearance-falls near Bow- linggreen, during a severe rain storm, ac- companied with thunder and lightning.]
March 18-The great suit of Breckin- ridge's Administrators and Heirs against Lee's Executors and others - which has been pending since 1803 in the various courts, now 64 years-finally decided in the court of appeals, (substantially in favor of the plaintiffs.) The most remarkable men of Ky. for three generations, have been connected with this case-either as contestants, lawyers, judges, or witnesses, viz .:
John Breckinridge, Thomas Dye Owings,
George Nicholas, James Morrison,
Henry Clay, Alfred Wm. Grayson,
John Allen, Benjamin Mills.
Robert Wickliffe, sen. Charles A. Wickliffe,
George Robertson.
Jos. R. Underwood.
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Rev. Robert J. Breckin- Samuel S. Nicholas, ridge, D. D., Richard Hawes, Jos.Cabell Breckinridge Richard II. Chinn,
Jesse Bledsoe, Aaron K. Woolley,
Thomas M. Hickey, Richard A. Buckner, jr.
William C. Goodloe, George B. Kinkead,
Madison C. Johnson, William Preston,
John C. Breckinridge, James O. Harrison,
Frank K. Hunt, Robert W. Woolley.
James B. Beck,
The present appellate court, and many others who are or have been distinguished in Ky. Few states have as illustrious names, Ky. none more so. Out of this suit, in part, arose the famous personal controversy between Robert Wickliffe, sen., and Rev. Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge- that war of giants.
March 24-Remarkable and extensive caving in of the banks of the Ky. river, in and near Frankfort.
April 4-The Paris True Kentuckian publishes a list of names of a portion of the Harrison co. citizens upon whom Col. Leonidas Metcalfe levied a military assess- ment or forced loan, in 1862: Wm. M. Davis $275, Thos. M. Dills $125, Thos. English $125, Thos. T. Garnett $800, Abram Kellar $1,000, M. D. Martin $450, Wm. McMurtry $225, G. Remington $525, Martin Smith $300, Milton Smith, $200, Jas. I. Victor $600, Wm. T. Wiglesworth $300, Rhodes Wiglesworth $300. Col. M. subsequently compromised with some of them, by disgorging a part of his ill-gotten gains.
April 11 - Union Democratic (or con- servative Union) state convention, in ses- sion at Louisville. Aaron Harding nomi- nated for governor, and Judge Wm. B. Kinkead for lieutenant governor.
April 27-Duel, on an island in South Licking river, at Townsend bridge, on the line between Bourbon and Harrison coun- ties, between Isaac Hanson, who chal- lenged, and Noah Alexander, both of Paris, Bourbon co. Hanson received three shots, two through his clothes, and a slight flesh wound in his right hip; Alexander received one shot through his clothes. May 1-The parties met in a store in Paris, and Alexander shot Hanson in the right foot, a severe wound.
April 29 - A fire at Crittenden, Grant co., destroys the Masonic hall, and several stores and other buildings.
May 4-Regular election for justices of the peace and constables, and special elec- tion for members of congress. The result of the latter was : Ist district. Lawrence S. Trimble, Democrat, 9,787, G. G. Symmes, Union, 1,780. 2d. John Young Brown, Dem., 8,922, Burwell C. Ritter, Union- Dem., 1,155, Sam'l E. Smith, Un., 2,816. 3d. Elijah Hise, Dem., 7,740, Geo. D. Blakey, Un., 1.201. 4th. J. Proctor Knott, Dem,, 8,199, Wm. J. Heady, Un. Dem., 508. M. C. Taylor, Un., 2,277. 5th. Asa P. Grover, Dem., 7,118, Richard T. Jacob, Un. Dem., 2,417, W. A. Bullitt, Un., 742. 6th. Thos. L. Jones, Dem., 9,488, Wm. S. Rankin, Un., 3,839. 7th. Jas. B. Beck, Dem., 9,716, Chas. S. Hanson, Un. Dem., 1,388, Win. Brown, Un., 1,664. 8th. Geo.
M. Adams, Dem., 7,690, M. J. Rice, Un., 7,175. 9th. John D. Young, Dem., 9,042, Thos. M. Green, Un. Dem .. S62, Samuel McKee, Un., 7,563. [The " Union Demo- crats" were conservative Union men, and "Union" men those since called Republic- ans.] Aug. 5-Jacob S. Golladay, Dem., elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Elijah Hise-receiving 6,619, J. R. Curd, Un. Dem., 1,175, and W. T. Jackman. Un., 850 votes.
May 8-Suicide of ex-Judge Elijah Hise, in Russellville, Logan co. A note upon his table showed that, on April 21st, two weeks before his election to congress, he had determined to die by his own hand. Bodily infirmity from diabetes, and a con- viction that he could do little or nothing, even if admitted to his seat in congress, towards restoring constitutional govern- ment to his suffering country, preyed sorely upon his usually desponding mind. He lashed together two S-inch rifted pis- tols, and standing before a large mirror, discharged both at once through his brain, immediately over the eye-brows, blowing the top of his head completely off.
May 10-Miss Mary Godsy, living in Fulton co., 8 miles from Hickman, has con- tinued for 12 years past in a deep sleep, from which it is impossible to arouse her. She awakes, with remarkable regularity, twice in 24 hours, receives nourishment, (mush, gruel, &c.), and converses, with some intelligence, for 5, 10, or 15 minutes ; then gradually drops off to sleep. She never complains of bodily pain, but when awake is often drowsy and gaping, and makes persistent efforts to cleanse her throat. When asleep, she is at times very nervous, her hands are clenched tightly as if enduring severe pain, and she appears to suffer considerably by the violent twitch- ings and jerkings of her muscles and limbs.
May 10-During the month of April, 197,833 gallons of whisky were made in the 6th (Covington ) district, on which the U. S. government tax is $395,666.
May 13-Discharge of Jefferson Davis, late C. S. president, from imprisonment in Fortress Monroe, on bail to appear, on Nov. 26, 1867, for trial at the U. S. circuit court in Richmond, Va. Horace Greeley and Augustus Schell, of N. Y., and 14 others, become security on his bail bond.
May 15-Liberal subscriptions, all over the state, for the relief of the destitutions in the South.
June 3-John Devine shot, and then hung, by "regulators," at the house of Wm. Carey, 6 miles from Harrodsburg, Mercer co.
. June 10-Death, in Alabama, of Maj. Theodore O'Hara, formerly of Frankfort, Ky .; he was editor of the Democratic Rally in 1844, of the Louisville Times in 1852, and a contributor to other papers ; as a writer he was polished, keen and ready ; he served with conspicuous bravery in four wars, the Mexican war in 1847, under Walker in Nicaragua, with Lopez in the
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Cuban expedition, and in the Confederate army in the recent war.
July 2-On the business of the last 6 months, the Bank of Ky. and Bank of Louisville each declare 4, the People's Bank 5, and the Louisville Gas Co. 6 per cent. dividend.
July 3-Death, at Henderson, from apo- plexy, of ex-Gov. Lazarus W. Powell, aged 54.
July 3-In the U. S. house of represen- tatives, when Lawrence S. Trimble, Thos. L. Jones, John D. Young, and Jas. B. Beck went forward to the clerk's desk to be qualified as members, they were inter- rupted by a protest from Samuel McKee, who is contesting Mr. Young's seat. A motion was then made by John A. Logan, and carried, referring to the committee on elections-to report upon whether at the election loyal voters were not overawed by rebel sympathizers and ex-rebel soldiers, and deprived of voting; and, also, as to the " loyalty" of said members.
July 12-Death, at Houston, Texas, of Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, jr., for most of his life a resident of Louisville. At the close of the recent war, he was serving on Gen. Robert E. Lee's staff as chief mnedi- cal director of the army of the Potomac ; he was a man of brilliant talents and of fine social qualitics.
July 18-Maj. James H. Bridgewater, while in the office of a hotel at Stanford, Lincoln co., attacked by 5 men, who en- tered the room and fired, killing him in- stantly ; he had threatened the lives of several of them, had hunted for one to kill him, had sworn he would "eat the heart" of another, and made bloody threats about the others. They were promptly acquitted by an examining court.
July -200 houses being erected in Paris, and 60 in Lexington.
July 26- Death, at Frankfort, of Or- lando Brown, aged 55, one of the most elegant and scholarly gentlemen of the state ; for many years editor of the Frank- fort Commonwealth, secretary of state under Gov. Crittenden for a short time, and com- missioner of Indian affairs under President Taylor.
July -The Ky. General Association of Baptists, through a committee of min- isters-Revs. Geo. Hunt, J. S. Coleman, D.D., W. Pope Ycaman, Geo. C. Lorimer, and R. M. Dudley-issues " To the People of Kentucky" an earnest protest against the action of the legislature "in giving up the Agricultural and Mechanical Col- lege, under a few trifling restrictions, to the management and control of the Camp- bellites - thereby making what was de- signed to be a benefit to all, a benefit to one sect ;" because " tending to the union of church and state," &c .; because " mak- ing a state institution a sectarian one," &c .; because "embracing and caressing one sect more than another, and lavishing upon it the patronage and prestige of the state, as not only an act of the grossest injustice in itself, but tending to breed
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wide-spread distrust and discontent." It appeals to the people to instruct their leg- islators to repeal the act above referred to. Sept. 10 - Elkhorn Association - through a committee of ministers, Revs. W. T. Hearne, Squire L. Helm, D. D., George Varden, and J. E. Farnam-makes a sim- ilar protest and appcal.
Aug. 1-Corner-stone laid of an immense iron railroad bridge, over the Ohio river at the Falls at Louisville; its entire length, including graded approaches, 7,750 feet ; length of the bridge proper, 5,220 feet, only 60 feet less than one mile ; elevation 52 feet above the highest stage of water ever known at that point; the superstruc- ture will be Fink's patent suspension truss, laid on 25 piers and 2 abutments.
Aug. 2- Grand tournament at Shaw's meadow, near Paris; 9 tilts, witnessed by a large concourse. Ang. 16 - Another tournament near Paris ; 10 tilts.
Aug. 3-Nathan Lawson, aged about 70, hung by "regulators," near Cornish- ville, Mercer co.
Aug. 5-Election for state officers : For governor, John L. Helm, Democrat, 90,- 225, Wm. B. Kinkead, Union Democrat, 13,167, Col. Sidney M. Barnes, Un. 33,939. Helm over Barnes 56,286, over Kinkead 77,058. Lieutenant governor, John W. Stevenson elected, over Harrison Taylor and R. Tarvin Baker. Attorney general, John Rodman elected, over Gen. John M. Harlan and Col. Jno. Mason Brown. Au- ditor, Col. D. Howard Smith elected, over Col. J. Smith Hurtt and Col. Silas Adams. Treasurer, James W. Tate elected, over Alfred Allen and Capt. M. J. Roark. Reg- ister of the Land office, Jas. A. Dawson elected, over Col. J. J. Craddock and Capt. Jas. M. Fiddler. Superintendent of public instruction, Zach. F. Smith elected, over Capt. Ben. M. Harney and Rev. Daniel Stevenson. [The successful candidates were nominees of the Democratic party ; those named second, of the " Union Dem- ocratic" or Conservative Union party ; and those last named, of the "Union" or Re- publican party.] The legislature stands : Democrats in senate 28, house 85; Union Democrats in senate 3, house 5 ; and Union or Republican, in senate 7, house 10.
Aug. 8, 12-Several cases of rape by negroes upon white women and girls, in Fayette, Bracken, and other counties.
Aug. 10-Two negroes hung by the "regulators," near Mackville, Washing- ton co.
Aug. 15-Upon opening the coffin of one of the Federal soldiers disinterred at Glasgow, Barren co., for removal to a na- tional cemetery, it was evident that he had been prematurely buried. The pillow was lying upon his breast, and the distortion in body and members showed that he had revived after burial, and struggled terribly for relcase.
Aug. 25-Jos. Sutherland, confined in jail at Harrodsburg, Mercer co., on a charge of rape on a little girl of 11 or 12 years, taken from the jail at 1 A. M., to a
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point 4 miles west, on the Mackville road, first shot, and then hung, by "regulators."
Aug. 26-Leake Hicks hung by " regu- lators," 312 miles south of Danville, Boyle co.
Aug. 30-$1,108,000 of Ky. state bonds, and over $700,000 of coupons, (redeemed and canceled under the law of last winter,) burned at Frankfort.
Sept. 1-17 points seleeted in Ky. as "money-order post offices."
Sept. 3-John L. Helm inaugurated governor, while lying in bed and danger- ously ill, at his home at Elizabethtown, Hardin co. Sept. 8-Death of Gov. Helm ; and, Sept. 13, inauguration of lieutenant governor John W. Stevenson as governor. He appoints Col. Frank Wolford adjutant general, and Maj. Fayette Hewitt quarter- master general. Win. T. Samuels resigns the auditorship, to become assistant seere- tary of state ; and the auditor elect, D. Howard Smith, is appointed auditor to fill the vacancy until Jan. 1868.
Sept. 8-The deputy sheriff of Boyle co. and 3 others arrested by the military, upon a charge of being "regulators," are released by Gen. George H. Thomas upon bail to answer any indictment found against them by the Federal grand jury.
Sept. 14-Grand tournament given by the Confederate Monumental society, at the fair grounds, near Cynthiana.
Sept. 15-L. L. Penny, of Boyle co., sells his thoroughbred Berkshire boar Bob Lee for $150; he is 1412 months old, and weighs 425 pounds.
Sept. - Gov. Stevenson issues a proc- lamation warning the "band of Regula- tors-who have attempted, regardless of all laws, to inflict punishment upon various citizens, for real or supposed offenses"- that the Executive cannot tolerate any such association of men, but will see that they are brought to condign punishment."
Oct. 11-Challenge to duel between Green Clay Goodloe and Geo. C. Brand. They meet for the purpose in Indiana, op- posite the mouth of Ky. river ; but by the exertion of their seconds, Capt. Lawrence and Elisha Warfield, the difficulty is hon- orably adjusted.
Oct. 11-Gov. Stevenson authorizes ad- jutant general Frank Wolford to raise 3 volunteer companies in Boyle, Marion and Casey counties, to sustain the laws and protect the people against the outrages and murders of the "regulators."
Oct. 16-A sub-committee on elections, from the lower house of congress at Wash- ington city-Glenni W. Schofield of Pa., Michael C. Kerr of Ind., and Burton C. Cook, of Ill .- sent to Lexington and Lou- isville, " to take testimony in regard to the loyalty of Ky. congressmen."
Nov. 5-Freedmen's Bureau agents re- buked by the U. S. authorities at Louis- ville, for the abuse of power shown, fre- quently, in arresting citizens by the mili- tary, and dragging them off to the U. S. court at Louisville for trivial and petty offenses.
Nov. 16- Paris, Bourbon co., lighted with gas.
Nov. 22-Gen. Jas. S. Brisbin publishes, in the Cincinnati Commercial, a letter abusing Kentucky and Kentuckians, and glorifying himself. In again defending Gen. Burbridge, he mentions several of "the men who had influence at headquar- ters"-adjutant general J. Bates Dickson, brigadier general James S. Brisbin, and Rev. Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge. The latter, he says, "was, throughout his ad- ministration, Burbridge's adviser and friend; he was frequently summoned to headquar- ters, and Burbridge often went miles to consult with the wise old Doctor. I was present at several of these interviews, and know that Gen. Burbridge regarded Rob- ert J. Breckinridge as the wisest and ablest man in Ky. He was not alone in his high opinion of the venerable Doctor's wisdom in military as well as civil matters; for while in command in this part of Ky., I relied upon the advice and counsel of the Doetor more than any other man. And except, perhaps, Ben. Wade, I would to- day rather follow his advice than any man living."
Nov. 22-Col. Oscar H. Burbridge, in a personal altercation on the street in Cov- ington, shoots with a pistol Maj. A. J. Morey, editor of the Cynthiana News-the ball passing through his right arm and into his side, inflicting a dangerous wound, and paralyzing his arm so that the pistol, which he was trying to use, fell from his hands. Burbridge had first struek Morey with his cane, and Morey was trying to get his pistol from his pocket, when Bur- bridge shot. Violent language had passed between them, in consequence of Burbridge demanding the author of, and threatening to hold Morey responsible for, a very bitter and abusive article in the News of the day before about Col. B.'s brother, Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge. The recent attempted vin- dication by the two generals was the oc- casion of the News' article-of which the following is one of the mildest passages :
"Does not the ghost of Walter Ferguson haunt Mr. Burbridge ? Can he forget the appeals the ladies of Lexington made to him in behalf of this youth, and how he spurned them from his presence, -and doomed him to an infamous death ? Can he have forgotten so early how he sent young Jameson and Reese, of Harrison co., to eternity for no other cause than. that they were rebel soldiers? Has the death of Thornt. Lafferty passed out of his mind? And many others we could men- tion. If he has, let him be assured the people have not filled their places yet ; and that their homes are desolate and dreary to-day on account of their absence, and that their memory is fresh and green in the hearts of the people of Ky."
Nov. 28-The Louisville Journal closes its 37th year. The veteran editor, Geo. D. Prentice, commemorates the anniver- sary in an article of singular beauty and power.
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Nov. 29 - Court of appeals, in Watson et al. ts. Avery et al., reverses the decision . of the Louisville chancery court, and de- cides that the election of Messrs. Avery, McNaughton and Leeeh as ruling elders of the Walnut street Presbyterian church was null and void ; that, although their election was ratified by the Presbyterian General Assembly last May, in St. Louis, yet -inasmuch as that ratification "was not made on an appeal, or in the exercise of its revisory or corrective jurisdiction in any of the modes prescribed by the con- stitution, but in the exereise of original jurisdiction" (which by the constitution of the church did not belong to the Gen- eral Assembly) - said election was not thereby rendered valid. The opinion was delivered by Judge M. R. Hardin, and is one of great ability.
Nov. - Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge publishes a letter addressed to Gen. Jas. S. Brisbin, in which he asks him to dis- prove the following charges :
"1. That I issued an order stopping the shipment of pork (better known as the famous hog order), and thereby did the Ky. farmers great injustice.
"2. That I abused, banished, impris- oned, and punished innocent persons, in violation of the laws of war.
"3. That I executed, without trial, guer- rillas, rebel soldiers, and citizens.
"4. That I conspired with agents and contractors of the government to make large sums of money for myself.
"5. That I made illegal assessments upon citizens and took away private property, which I appropriated to my own use and bestowed upon my friends."
Gen. Brisbin replies specifically and at great length, and publishes certain official documents, tending to prove that his "hog orders" were issued at the instance of U. S. commissary officers against his judgment and efforts. Of the correspondence, the Paris True Kentuckian says :
"We think Gen. Burbridge has mistaken his true line of defense. Ist. To disprove the accusations against him, he has called upon one who has been so violent in his course and so intemperate in his language, as to render his defense of less weight than if it had proceeded from some source less obnoxious to our people. Moreover, Gen. Brisbin was on Gen. Burbridge's staff, and in a measure identified with his adminis- tration of affairs while in command of this military department; he is, of course, anxious to present the actions of his supe- rior officer in as favorable a light as pos- sible.
admission, it seems to us Gen. Burbridge recognizes and assumes the full responsi- bility of all his acts.
"3d. In our opinion, Gen. Burbridge's most effective defense would have been to disclose the names of those who pretended to be his friends-who were his advisers- and some of whom, it is charged, now revel upon the 'blood-money' extorted during that dark reign of terror and blood- shed. Who was that 'power behind the throne greater than the throne itself?' Who was it who sought to use Burbridge as a mere instrument to satiate their own cravings for human blood? Let those who were guilty be unmasked. And if this is done, our people are magnanimous, and will visit with their indignation those who were really the guilty, and not the mere instruments in their hands."
Dec. 1-Death, in Woodford co., of Rob- ert Aitcheson Alexander. He was prob- ably the third wealthiest man in the state. He is believed to have contributed more than any man in America to the improve- ment of blooded stock. Few men have left behind the imprints of so useful a life, in more than one department of agricul- ture.
Dec. - Suicide of Col. R. B. J. Twy- man.
Dec. 2-The superintendent of public instruction, Zach. F. Smith, in an able special report, recommends "an additional tax of 15 cents on the $100, necessary as the basis of an effective and vigorous sys- tem, that will guarantee a free school for five months in each year, in every dis- trict-the shortest time for which tuition should be given, to educate the masses for good practical results."
Dec. 2-Legislature in session. John T. Bunch, of Louisville. elected speaker of the house, receiving S0 votes, Richard J. Browne 2; Micah T. Chrisman, of Boyle co., and Thos. S. Pettit, of Daviess co., unanimously elected clerk and assistant clerk respectively, W'm. N. Robb sergeant- at-arms, and John A. Crittenden door- keeper.
Dec. 3-In the senate, Wm. Johnson, of Nelson, eleeted speaker without oppo- sition, receiving 26 votes-the seat of the presiding officer of the senate having been vacated by the accession of the lieutenant governor, John W. Stevenson, to the gub- ernatorial chair ; Dr. J. Russell Haw- kins was elected clerk, J. A. Munday as- sistant clerk, Howard Todd sergeant-at- arms, and Wm. P. Duvall door-keeper.
Dec. 3-Gov. John W. Stevenson, in his annual message, details his efforts to preserve order and put down the "regula- tors" in Boyle, Mercer, Lincoln, Marion, and some adjoining counties. and adds : "These disturbances originated from pri- vate feuds, or sprung from an impression in the minds of the 'regulators' that the
"2d. Gen. Burbridge-in declaring 'that he had never, in a single instance, failed to act on your [Brisbin's] recommenda- tion, even to the turning out of a rebel, or the setting aside of a death sentence'-ae- knowledges that the issucs of life and death were in his hands ; and that, if he laws were not sufficiently enforced ; they [ Burbridge] had so willed it, the numerous i do not owe their origin to any difference military executions during his administra- in political sentiment, and are wholly un . connected with antagonisms springing out tion might have been prevented. By this
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