M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-08-08
The Part which Mr.. Riddle, M. G. from
Et 0ki.i UNoal. an ahe Flight, I, Z. 81,


The Part which Mr.. Riddle, M. G. from
ERsohiO, Took in the Flight. ibr
Mr.. Riddle, member OF Congress
from OHIO, U writes letter to- the
Cleveland Leader, concerning his ex.
perience at the battle OF Manassas,
from which we make the following tx.
"Well the further they (the soldiers)
rap, the more frightened they grew,
and, although we moved on as rapid
ly as we could, the fugitives passed
US 6S scores. .4.
The heat was awful, although now
about six; the men were exhausted
their mouths gasped, their lips crack
edand blackened with the powder OF
the cartridges they had bitten of in
the battle; their eyes staring in iren.
zy---no mortal ever saw such mass
Of CHASTITY wretches.
Gas we passed the poor demented,
exhausted wretches who could not
climb into the high close baggage
wagons, they made frantic cforts to
get on to and into our carriage. They
grasped it everywhere, AID got Oh to
il, ,5and into it, and over it aud i'm
plored us every way to take them on.
We had to be rough with them. Al
first they loaded us down TO a stand
still, and we had to push them off ard
throw them out, Finally Brown, and
!, with pistol each, kept them cut,
although one poor devil got in IN
spite Of us, and we lugged the coward
two miles. finally opened the door
and he was tumbled out.
The people Of Cleveland should
give Mr.. Riddle a reception when ht
returns home. Cincinnati CONNER
ciaI Of yesterday.
OF all the Infamous things that wC
ever saw from the braid aud heart o.
an Abolition Congressman, the above
surpasses it in cold blooded barbarlty
and cowardly scoundrelism.
1t was not enough to march oul
valiant soldiers, (nine tenths OF then
better qualified for seats in Congress
that this official wretch) to the battle
field without food, without water, an(
have them stand the bloody siege o
seyenteen hours in the broiling sun
but they must receive from the COW
ardly civiLians, lockers on, this IN
human treatnent--these foul word
Of reproach and degradation. = Crisis
So-r~eN~~~~NN~~e~~Nsc$eSsS~e
The Secretaries of the War and Navy
There is a good deal OF truth in tn
following, which we extract from
Washington letter:
The Secretary Of War has alway
been eminent as stock jobber an
speculator, and by no means has DC
lied his reputation. Strange devel
opments recently made show that tn
conduct of the war was principally as
sumel by him. He seems to hav
considered his Department as a cor
venient place for general forage
and the coal beds, railroads and iro
mines of Pennsylvania, as Legitimate
ly attached to his Department. In
deed it is by no means certain tn
Secretary is aware that there is. an
other State in the Union except tn
keystone, Of which We are all just
proud His friends made a gallal
stand against the Investigating Com
mittee, fighting it to the bitter end
,Ifstrange facts are not developed RI
NOR is sadly at fault. =,
Secretary Welles is a mild, gentI'
manly man, with character qnin
peaciable in every respect. lie
fowever, sadly deficient ID nerv
.vsomptness, energy. The ports wei
but half blockaded, with fleets OF sblE
lying at the wharves. Acknowledge
evergN S here as the equal, at least,
any malatime powerin the world 'ol
naval and commercial marine consi'
cred, we have padded along as il OF
movements had been dhettep by
Chinese Mandarin.