Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-09-05
Number AZ.

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bsd faced ERE, nor vss the only one
We'll l am sstis6ed with myself. True
4 / lodged the first balls. bus Henry ~
4 did the same at the beginning Of every
battle. Il is in fact physical eject
Independent Of the will. ~
But, this tribute paid. il you could
only feel how each shot electriies you
tis ike whip on racers legs. The
Ills whistle past you. turn up the
earth around you. kill one. wound
another. and you hardly notice them.
You grow intoxicated; the smell oil
gpnpoWder mounts to yoursbrain. The
eye becomes blood shot, and the look
Is fixed upon the enemy. There ID
Something Of al the passions in tbs
terrible passion excited in a soldier BY
Ithe sight Of blood and the ,umnit q
battle. - -------ss-.-.a. --------sss-.-.a.
Everybody who has tried il, testiiss
to the peculiar intoxication that is pro-
duced BY being in battle. There is an
infatuating influence about the smell OF
powder, the whistle Of bullet, and
the sight Of human blood, that Instant
ly transforms men from towards 10 he
roes--from women sometimes to mons
ters. No one can tell Of the nature or
mystery Of that influence but those
who have been in the fray themselves.
A TALE OF A SHIRr.--One Of the
traitors or spies arrested in Harrisburg,
day or two ago. on bis way from Vir-
ginis to New York, was a man named
w. ]. Kelly. He and his two COM
rades were all thoroughly searched. and
evidence was found on each sufficient to
prove that they were properly arrested.
Mr.. Kelly's turn was the last one. and
his case was much the most interesting.
He had taken of all bis clothes but his
shirt, and nothing contraband or trea-
sonable had been found on him. He
stood thus before the Mayor and an ex-
amining officer, and, under the eircum-
stances, the position was a very embsr-
RAISING one; for, to say nothing of or
dinsry modesty. which may even exist
among the rebels, the owner Of that
shirt knew that it was lined with tres-
son. The raising Of that garment
would reveal his treason, and probably
make his life forfeit.
The moment of suspense, during
which Mr.. Kelly stood thus before his
curious captors, must have been rsth-
er agonizing one. But fancy his feel
ings when the officer remarked some-
thing peculiar in the hang Of the shirt,
and fancy them when he was ordered
to take it of. He trembled and turned
pale. and his bare knees shook aud
knocked together. He could not en-
dure the shock to his modesty; be call
"a - -, - IN the mint of
fainting. But the officers were mex.
orable. The shirt came of, and the
treason as well rs the person Of Mr..
Kelly was laid bare. The shirt was q
marvel OF ingenious needle-work, hsv-
ing various Well-concealed pockets. in
which were found numerous letters
from the South; some from men in the
rebel army to their friends in Baltimore;
others to men in New York, and num-
Der for Europe. In addition to this,
there were various bills Of sale, dated
at Richmond. for pork and other arti-
cles, and large packages Of money,
principally in notes on banks in the Con-
federate States. All these articles,
says the reporter, were done up in neat
packages, and looked as il they had
been subjected to the pressure Of an
hydraulic press.
The ingenuity that contrived this new
mode of carrying letters was commend
able; but it was bsffled by the perse-
verance and patience Of the officers at
Harrisburg. Mr.. Kelly was provided
with another shirt and accommodations,
with his comrades, in the county prison.
I The money was placed for safe keeping
in one Of the banks, and the letters and
other documents were delivered to the
Attorney General. There ought TO be
valuable revelations in these documents,
concerning spies and traitors in New
York, as well as in other places. Kel-
ly's shirt is 3 valuable acquisition for
the Goyernment.-Pha. Bulletin.
How GEN. Wool TAXES HOLD AT
FORTRESS MoSRoE.--Officers Of regi-
ments and companies have already come
tn comprebeud the kind Of accounta-