The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-11-28

the snliier. The former takee, an that
he has M inclination for, wherever
found, when he has sufficient force 30
to do, and appropria,cs it TO his own
nse AMI benefit, regardless Of the rights
81 the true owner. It Is MOS. acsp;c.
able business, condemned BY the whole
civilized world, and forbidden b, the
lava of al nations: and private pro.
rsrtv, which does not Immediately, and
directly. afford shelter. aid or conf ri
- the enemy is, oil the civilized world
over. held thus sacred, even in times
Of war.
The duties of the soldier, are as.vas,lv
different from these ~ the mind can
conceive. He goes forth to risk his
life and limb. in defence Of 4 ies,inc
tive principle: for the triumph. "a hc
believes. Of right fnr thc direct benefit
cfthonsands and millions: for the. dc,
fence of his country, and generally to
,naint lin the existence Of his govern
ment, which protects the weak, checks
the strong. aud puni~',es The murderer,
thief and rol,l,er, the giant ls,urbers of
al good society. ShMl I've. the soldier.
then tnrn rohhcr shall he descend from
that noble AMI elevated position Of his.
while the whole world il gazing upon
rim, crying ont ''lonorcd SON.. into
that "degrcdation deep ard damnahlr'.
N which the rohbcr is cngu'phcd?
Shall he cry, "Fleid! hold! robher''
while his own hands are in the rohhccs
pockets, taking perhaps his righ;fi,'
dinner?
We hord that such wcnii no, be thr
rase with orr soldiers sent ont III DE-.
fence Of our country to pm. down To-
bellion, ard enforce those laws which,
punish the robber ~ vel! m the rebel,
but find 10 ouvt NOTION this, we are
sadly disappointed, AMI that the escnt-
chcon Of fair fame and honesty Of III
North Il being, 1t lc1pt slightly tar-
Wished by aome Of our troop. III tht
field. Bat, 10 facts.
The following W. extract from +.
Schoonover's letter If The 1st inst. I,
she An,mos, Eurehk H. Is m",phor
nfMaj. Loflingwei!'s battalion Of Ca
val,y.
On the al of)ct.. onr mule. having
s,cnn broken ~ - % Nv leading We IT.
Jefferson Citv for Otterville in t,eo,nr
County. = distance of about 50 miles
The FIRST dav. on account of the stub
horncee ef the mules. We went Int six
miies. At or dark negro came into
our canp md informed the hovs that
ilis master was M old seceet. and that
one IT his sons ! ad returned tina, l,r
from p,ice's camD; he also told ~ inst
whore to l"nk for chickens. apples.
cider DO Ab,ns twenty ~ u. soon
surrounded the l,ouse. md after arrrs
ting two of his sons. W. went 10 tho
hcn-rooet AND took about Too chick.ns.
n tew +a,cer and pigs. and what apples
md cider VIC wantod. and cooked our
sn,rcrs with rails from ecccah's fence.
0ntl from thai time till the present our
camp fres have hecn kept up on tho
ss,ne Kind material.
This il bns ono of = number ,f similar
Instances given BY various army cor.
ic;pondcnt.
l;ut here j. another which comea =
little nearer honr. because it WIS PER
re.ra'oa by the loh Iowa See;men'.
w" sincerity hopc ina: the .Tama
Rises are en'l lose.
The following We take from tho Iowa
Ctr Republican, and from the tenor Of
shc whole letter. We have hu. lt,lr
s'onbt it vas written Nv the Lieut. Col
Afser speaking Of their entrance into
T'oomA,id. whittier they were sen,
nffer .Ieff Thompson, he says:
vc remained here until the nex.
afternoon. during which timr we paid
cnr respect 10 tie lou.cs nf several
sccess;onists who had fed. taking every.
thing they could with them, \, 4 lrav
ing the balance. There was ! splendid
library left. hut we could not transport
j., even il we had the right, which
rather donbt
! occasionally see strange horse o,
mule abont the camp. and can give a
pretty close gnces M to whore it came
from. Such il the fate Of all captured
places; md hope It NAV never be my
luck to 1.-Two in town that is occupied
by an eneny'a forces"
The writer rather s'doubts" the "right"
Of taking the library, and If 80. Of
course he doubte the right oftaking the
horsee aud muies. A pretty boil con.
stssion, coming from the source it does,
and nnder the circumstances.
The trutt il, il ia contrary to the
snies Of war, adopted and practis ed by
an civilized nations. to take or mnlest