Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-08-22

seeded and made common cause. He al
so brought to Austin treaties Of The Kick
apoos, Delawares, Kuchees, and other tribes
binding themselves to cooperate against
the North.
Mr.. RUSSELL, Of the London Times, un-
der date of May %, from New Orleans,
states that depntation. of the Five Ma
tions-Creeks, Cboctaws, Seminoles, Ca
mances, and others, passed through New
Orleans 10 Montgomery, 10 unite against
the North.
The Charleston Mercury refers to recep-
tions Of Indian delegations profer
of service and their acceptance terms
of congratulation. - 1900
Not only these sayages are enlisted, but
their negroes are armed and placed in hos
tile positions. '-a-r - 81. bar
AT Charleston, on the various works, me-
groes were engaged as workmen, and sent
in there by their masters. Some were al
so engaged as soldiers, and had arms
Calls during the siege of Sumter, were
frequently made on the planters 10 send in
their negroes.
At Richmond, Manassas, Portsmouth
and Norfolk, negroes have been employed
in large force upon all their works. 4 5z
Tennessee has recently passed special
law to encourage the arming and disciplin-
ing free blacks. Such a law has also been
enacted in Louisiana. We have recently
seen a statement of an armed body Of
.l,500 negroes in New Orleans and its vi
entity. Some of the members of this body
escaped to Cincinnati. To all such there
was offered position in the ranks, or con-
1iscation Of properly and slavery. We
know in Virginia considerable bodies of
armed men have been employed.
Do we realize the nature of the warfare
of Indians and negroes on us? Do we rec
ollect how bitter The cry when there were
formed Independent companies here and.
elsewhere in the North? Yet We send back
their negroes who flee to US, that they
may be impressed in theirranks and armed
against US. We even hold as hostages the
runaway negroes of the enemy, and are
botbering ourselves about questions of prop
erty.
The South also resorts TO poisoning
1t will be remembered that the Eastern
regiments which first went South were
poisoned through their food and drink, pur-
chased at the stations and on the boats,
below Baltimore. Some of the Cincinnati
and other companies were poisoned in the
food purchased in Washington.
The Rhode Island Regiment, while en-
camped near Washington, caught spy,
who was lettering near spring, and who
had stock of arsenic in his pockets.
Evidence of an intent 10 poison was
found in Western Virginia, and the plan
was defeated By vigilance.
In their battles, and after engagements,
how do they treat the wounded ~
WILLIAM WILroN, of New York, was
taking from the field H. GL1DDoN, a COM
panion. Being chased, he was compelled i
to leave him, when, looking back, he saw
the enemy deliberately cut Gliddon's
throat.
A private of the Maine Regiment saw
young man, wounded, asking for his life,
who then was shot dead by rebel.
Capt Allen, of Massachusetts, went
over the field Of battle, with guard, with |
Mr.. Dougherty, of the New York list
He says he found the dead stripped to their
shirts, and wounded men, yet alive on the
fed, dying with putrefaction L
The Petersburg (Virginia) Express con-
tains letter referring TO an engagement
at Currituck, N. c., over cargo of coffee,
and which states that in it, Comm;ssarv
Arringtom displayed bravery, and says
that ahe alone with his formidable knife,
decapitated three live Yankees, and would
that day return with their scalps as tro-
phies." .....--.-.-,--,.-. ..,--..
At Dudley Church one of the rebel Off
GERS was heard to command the soldiers to
"Boyonet every son Of b-h that a0ears
d red shirt" sas.asl .
Young Charles McCook, of Ohio, Sec
ond Regiment, was killed by the rebels in
a charge made by their cavalry upon the
hospital grounds at Ell yln's Ford.
Contrary to all rules Of warfare except |
that of savages, they fred on hospitals
and ambulaDces.
Col. Wood; of the 14lh N. Y, being
wounded and placed in an ambulance, and |
on the way from the field-the ambulance
was fired into@the top taken of.
J. J. Chambers, of the Twenty eighth
New York, saw near Bulls Run, one of
the enemy bayonet wounded man.
Sergeant Barnes, of the 2sth n. Y, fix
ed his hospital under the trees in The field,
and affixed his badge of green to designate
it. He amputated there many limbs bs-as
the enemy's balls began to visit the place,
he left the wounded to obtain ambulances,
and returning in about fifteen minutes,
found every one dead, having been bayo-
neted or sabered! ii a.
Col. Slot um, of the Second New York
Regiment, was wounded by grape shot in
The thigh, and taken to the Stone Church
.E E.s1 /
On Che way, the ambulance was fired
upon, and the hospital, over which the flag
to designate it, was flying, was also fired
upon, so that the wounded were moved
out of it. The surgeon o, the list New
York. who was in it,, confirms the saine.-I