The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-30
Hunting up u srccr-Ion Flns.

The correspondent of the Missouri RrpuJli-
rdH, at Camp Heron, Mo, occupied by the
9Th Iowa Volunteers, gives AN account Of the
capture Of a secession hag that had waved at
Manchester, 20 miles from that place, until the
successes of the Union troops caused 1t to disap-
pear
On the 18th inst, Lieut. Bcebc, with Is
mcn were detailed aud proceeded part of the
way on the cars, AMI the rest ON foot to Man
chester, and surrounding Esquire Bs house,
demanded the flag. lie protested 1t was not
la his possession with an Air Of injured inno'
ccnco.
His lady owned that she had for time
kept IL in u box in the garden, but IA II was
likely to become iuj jurod she took it out, dried
il in the sun, when II was taken away by some
ladies', whose names she refused TO give. Finally,
IitGr the lieutenant had placed her husband un-
der arrest, the lady, probably hoping to cave
her husband, acknowledged that 1t was taken by
a MIR. s., who resided A mile and half in the
country. Her husband was then sent to Merri-
mac, escorted 10y four soldiers, and the remainder
started To visit the residence Of Mrs. s., who
proved 10 bca very intelligent lady, and " - sur
rounded by very Interesting family. The lady
rcIlicd to the demand that the lieutenant could
search her house, and il he could find anything
tlat looked like flag he was welcome to II.
Accordingly, u thorough search was malr, in
which the lady and her daughter aided, but no
flag was to be found. The lady then thIuk'd
The officer ior the gcnuemauly manner in which
the search had been conducted, and added that
he trusted he was sa,i.icl. lie replied he was
quito corlan that she had the flag, AMI that it
would have been far better for her to have
yielded IL; lul a. she did not, as unpleasant a.
The tux was, he should arrest her and take hcI
to headquarters at Pacific City. Two men were
then dispatched for a carriage, and she made
preparations u go, but after about an h0u had
elapsed in waiting for the carriage, the Lady
again demanded the name Of the intormluts,
and when told that il was Mrs. B-T-, and that
Esquire li- was already under arrest, she
then asked whether any inlisnity wouli have
lccu offered 10 her hat the Tag been iouni IN
her possession, to which the courteous Li'u.en-
ant replied, ''LsthnUly not, madam; our object
with l. quirc Is. was his arrest, and the capture
of the hag; but with you, our object was tho
nIV.'
win YOU pledge your 1oHor, said she, 'that
If | surrender The nag shall not bc arrested, nor
NV family disturhcug' When replied TO in the
affirmative she added, "l wish you to under
stand sir, that no fear OF arrest trouble would
r, er have made me surrender that tag but Is
lrirc B.S iImily induced me to take that ilap
to ave their family tom trouble, say ing that Il
should lc a sacred trust, known only TO our
slyos, aud consequently surrender it,"
She then went to a bed that had been fruit
l,ssly searched, took from IL "A quilt, AMI viii
the aid Of her dau-htor proceeded 10 open ia,
edges of the quilt, and eui the stitches throIE'
the body O. 10 uul pu..ud oil the top, Nhcu ut
hold there lav the mammoth liag next 10 tn
cotton lciug clr,Auly strrrch. Il twice and near
ly half arru,s N, uult. Whom tlkon out anI
sIrral, II uroy,l to be- a wIgn.H 'm ,hb o'r'
r.,Hry-oH, Gt IN i.agh InF Ht"y H'lS J'ti "
rdH, wM .EJnR sans 10 'P't"" me P''S
p,ct're .Soqid,yH CnHt .hruDE
.R ,llcct. ,lil the lady to 1t. Beehe, 'tha
Won lid not find i Yourself, and when yOu Wisl
detective, YOU had better CmIAoy ladies' Sh'