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township,' was lent to some members of Colonel Wolford's First Kentucky Cavalry, who promised to return same or pay for it, which they will probably do." In Clermont county James Givens lost a gold watch and a gold chain ; Chaunce Haskell claimed $75 for damages to a peach orchard ; Charles M. Smith was deprived of seven fur hats and eight pounds of tobacco. A. J. Sweet's peddling wagon was robbed of "notions."

In Hamilton county James Forbes claimed $157.75 for dam- ages to furniture, harness, house, outbuildings, and "stealing chickens." In Guernsey George Burson lost a pair of saddle- bags, and William Burt a sidesaddle. ?\Trs. Mary A. White, of Aleigs, claimed $315 for cash and clothing taken from her by Union troops, and damages to crops, fruit trees, house and fence. S. C. Butler, of Muskingum, claimed 75 cents for a pair of martingales ; James A. Reppert, of Washington, $40 for four silver spoons, and $2.50 for three knives and four towels taken from his house ; H. W. Lill, $4 for 30 chickens ; Isaac East, of Highland, $20 for four sides of leather taken from him; James Weeks, of Washington, $17 for 500 shingles; and Owen Hale $4 for 40 chickens, $3 for tin cups, towels, etc.. taken from his house.

LOOTING BY MORGAN'S MEN.

It is a fact that Morgan's men did a great deal of outrageous and scandalous looting in Ohio. It consisted mostly in the robbing of stores in the towns through which they passed. General Basil W. Duke in his "History of Morgan's Cavalry" says:

"The disposition for wholesale plunder exceeded anything that any of us had ever seen before. The men seemed actuated by a desire to pay off in the enemy's country all scores that the Union army had chalked up in the South. The great cause for apprehension which our situation might have inspired seemed only to make them reckless.

"Calico was the staple article of appropriation. Each man (who could get one) tied a bolt of it to his saddle, only to