Litchfield enquirer., 1848-08-17

,D,.,,.. ,,hhous. ana an the Hstle articles of inc female toilet that tue chssaiTir male conouerurs had mui Ofn On upon thew own uersons. Thesa oulrageS were ail teporied io Gen TayIOT before his arrival al Martas and can be subslantialr ted hy Col FonileUoyl of the a dragons, Col. Randolph, of the Virginia VoIpOaeers, COl Belknap. ln~ spector General of the U. g Army, Pat'er' son of the Mississippi regiment end many others, H nec6 ssary. @.S Marl0 s'>,'' where the severe lGGNaRe ." ten. Iay'o! Is said to have been used, the condoc' o' the adv.nced guard oC t'ol. C0rlS 'es'-
 men, was marked by similar atrocities
 The night before the arrival ot the Onio
 ,exjmeot there. Gen Taylor had slept in the town, had seen the alcade, had teen the
 guest of sone of the principal cii'zrns had broken bread with them, aud had pr''miSed
 them protection. But the advanced guard of Curtis regiment entered tfe town, a'rd
 insta n,ly the work of piilage, robbery. aud devastation was commeOCed. Al feast four
 houses were set on fire by them. General Taylor arrived on the spot, and, remem-
 bering wha, had been reported to him ns 10 the ou,rages perp"lraled during tie
 whole march, exasperated by wh"t was
 then passing before his very eyes, and deep ly pa,M,d and mortified at not having teen 'ble to keep the pledge gwen to the Tnen aud l women who had hospitably entertained nim. he undoubtedly Tebuked the guilty l miscreants In strong language. It IS yer! l possible that, in .he heat If his burning | indignation at such deeds oi airoci'y and
 shame. he did moi measure his words with I the utmost nicely bat he Is just man, and never. eyen in his anger. d"i he use wholesale tonIe mn alton of the guilty and the innocent. It is not surprising that the thieves and
 houseburners. who were thus rebaked by Gen. Taylor and arrested by him in the midst of their career of alrocity, fetl deep resentment against that stern aud yirluouS old chieftain, tut it i$ strange indeed, that: with a consciousness Of their crimes, they have the impu,ience. the audacity, to revive tn. recollection of their deeds, by Publish> ing lying certificates of the language which Gen. Taylor is alleged to have addressed to them. Almost any language On the part of Gen. Taylor would have necn par donable under the circumstances, bat we again say that he never used the words lm> pu;ed to him. All the moral portion of the ue )ple of Ohio will with their whole hearts thank Gen. Taylor for rebuking, and as far as possible. arresting the dep"eda' ,ions of a SC! vt villains, who were dis grace to the fair fame of their noble State As for you, gallant Kentuckians, will you not rally as one man around the glorious old hero, whose election a few infamous scoundrels are attempting to defeat, because he would nut countenancs the commission of crimes calculated to degrade the name oi American, to level with that of Vandals
 In his connection i, is worth while 10 add that the Ohio Statesman has lately published a statement of one Joseph fsen> net, of the 2d Ohio Volunteers, "aimins to convict Gen. Taylor of unjust severity
 toward the chicken thieves; whereupon'
 the Ohio State Journal effectually retorts upon ;he Statesman and its volunteer w,t>
 ness, by publishing Bill of Indictment
 found by the Grand Jury of Franklin coun. 1 ty, agains this same Joseph Bennett, for
 stealing ONE SWINE to the value of ten dol
 lars" The Journal says in concluding it's
 article :-
 "We give the Statesman joy on his
 charge preferred by the Cochocton chicken
 thief against General Taylor. and Of his
 testimony adduced to support it. by the
 Franklin hog thief"
 Those who have heen so much delights
 ed with the attempt made by the friends
 of the Chicken-stealer in the army, to
 prove ,ha, General Taylor is prorane
 man, that they may feel interested in
 the following notice of horse race on the Sabbath, in which their candidate for the Vice Presidency is incidentally introduced. It is from the Mexican cor respondence of one of the New Orleans papers, and exhibits state of morals in the army which is most lamen.able.
 "A most disgraceful attempt to swin- de people out Of their money by foul racing, was discovered here on Sunday last. Three horses were entered on the Penon Course, one of which was entered by Dr.. Lnton,e, Surgeon of ibe Sd Krn> lucky regiment. The race came off early { on Sunday afternoon, and on the first heat it was observed that the rider ot the horse was doing his utmost to keep Ihe animal behind. This aroused suspi cion, which on the horse flying the tra k was confirmed. The rider was suhse- quenily interrogatrd, and conf ssed that he was instructed by Dr.. Laton,e to make the horse fly ihe track. The Doctor himself fading his guilt established, con. acknowledged it, and, by his confession corrobOra,ed all the rider had said. What makes the crime more infa> nous, is. that, those he sough, to defraud ,f their money were his brother officers and most intimate friends. who had bet ,n the horse from State pride, (the horse being from Ken.ucky,) and from his be- lief in his ability to win the race, to the amount of five or six thousand dollars. The Doctor left at day light en Monday for Vera Cruz. A detachment ,f mounted men was sent in pursuit of Jim, but he has not been brought back. but few of the bets had heen ,aid before the scheme was discovered. Three men have been arrested as his ac> sHli nd iSNs +sNh4IiF l