Bloody Record Of Breathitt County

o. ue íiiiormation irom líreatmtt eounty is of a startling nature. The dftrk deeds tliat have been perpetrated in thíit unhappy oounty are only just coming to light. The rint, blooJy' and fai] as it was, which attracted the attention of the country to Jnckson is but a light affair compared with the bloody tragedies and vülainous murders that have been committed among the hilla of that wild country. Timidly the iuforniation is given to the officern of the law, and guilty secrets tliat have been kept for years are told in whispered acconts. ííot only have these noble mo.untaineers fought and killed each other, but they have waylaid, robbed and murdered travelers whose journey led them througb. the treacherous Lilis. Maj. Kinney, the prosecutor appointed by the State, learns of men who, having lodged at certain cabins at night, disappeared the next day, and were never lieard of again. Their friends knew not where to inquire for them. Dead men, buried in Brcathitt, tell no tales. The placo ísko cut off from the rest of civilizatioii, or rather from civilization, that it is a safe retreat for fuf.jitives of cvevy kind. I lieard recently of ayoung lawyer, who, having been indicted by the United States Oourt,went to Breathitt, where lie lived for threa years as safe from pursuit as if he were in África. Bad men could find not a Bárlt"pÍace in which to perpétrate deedw of wickedness. It is estimatcd, from l'aots that have recently been put in tho possession of the law officers, that lit murders were committed in Breathitt during the war, and 2G sinee the wiir and up to the present time, mak ing a total of 45 ; while the men who have been badly wounded, either in open fight or at the hands of the assassin, nnmber 3ü. Horrible as this record is, not one man has been punished for any of these crimes. Living in snob. impunity, it is uo wonder tliat they defled the 'law as too weak to cope with them.- Cincinnaü Enquirer. The Timen of India says fhat 3,000 orphans, the result of the famine in Mysore, have been handed over to the ' jrphanages in the province. 1