Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-11-14

| faithfully guarded by Union soldiers; not a
house In Charlesto*n, that true den Of seces.
sion, bears mark Of the ravages Of war
while the noblc-hearted Union women Of
Harper's Ferry gaze upon houses dismantled
and dcsolatcd. .ra
HOW THE CHlvAIRY BUY HORSES.
A new, trim wagon and a horse grazing
beside it under tree by the house, seemed
to be objects Of great interest to the rebel of.
ficers as they rode past. They would dash
up to the sidewalk, and inquire below
" Dses that horse and carriage belong to
Yankees ~ H" Where is its owncr?' etc.
After hearing such queries all day beneath
my window, the rush for the horse and wag-
on became so great that | was sent for. I
descended to be confronted by handsome
young Carolinian officer on horseback, who
greeted ne with a most profound obeisance
bcfore:putting the question: Has this horse
and carriage ever been used in the federal
service?" mo, sir" 81 will give you
three hundred dollars in Confederate scrip for
it to carry our wounded" 81 should gladly
lend it to carry the wounded, but it is already
sold. As for your Confederate scrip, 1t is
worth nothing to us, was my answer.
" 1t is heap better than your money" he
exclaimed. "Ours has cotton, sugar, tobac-
co, ererything fora basis yours has nothing
But will call and see you about this horse
and carriage in the morning." he added as he
turned and saw a surcr purchaser gallepng
up; he departing with another chivalric bow,
The new conner was an impudent Georgian
major with a cigar in his mouth, which he
did not take the trouble to remove 81 am
Dr.-,of the---Georga regiment" As
if any body cared who he happened to be.
Has this horse and ambulance ever been us
cd in the federal service" "No, SIR
Who do they belong to-" "They were
sold this morning TO-" "I have orders
from DIR. Mcclure, Chief Medical Director of
General Jackson's Staff to take tn horse
and ambulance for the wounded"
" 1t is not an ambulance. And, according
to the terms Of surrender, all private proper
ty is to be respected. This horse and wagon
belong to a private individual" -.
81 don't care who they belong to. Boy"
lto slave, put that horsc in that ambu,
lance and drive it down town." "You can
refer to DR.. McGuire,' he said, in tone of
utter nsolence, looking back through cloud
of tobacco SMOKE as he galopcd away-a
true scion of Southern chiyalry. While this
elegant thieving was going on upon the hill,
Bessie, pretty carriage pet, was stolen
from the stable below, whether at the order
Of DIR. Mcclure the thief of an officer did
not stop to state. .......
Whenever a horse was taken from before
the owners eyes, it was "at the order Of DR..
McGure." Some thieves more polite than
Others would say "Dr. McGuire is respon-
slble. lie will pay You for your property"
Thus the town was riiied of is horses and
when the helpless looscrs would go in searcl,
OF DR.. McGuire, no DR., Mcclure was to be
found: No mortal being saw DR.. Mcclure,
though many heard of him to their sorrow.
Yet DR.. McGuire is no myth Before the
war nc was an influential physician in Win
| chester, Ills residence is there still And
1t is very certain that the next time the Union
soldiers possess that place this gentlcmanly
doctor Will lind that he has a very extensive
horse bill to settle. Our parolled officers
were allowed by the terms Of surrender to
retain their horses. Yet heard more than
one ruflanly Confederate ride up and say to
them, "Get off that horse I,cahtH." "You
do! Coolly replied a handsome surgeon,
1ake 1t II you can get it," and hc gal!opcd
away at pace that left the thief gazing af
ter aShast In our army it is the boys
who amuse themselves by petty pil;ering.-
In the Confederate army for the slightest
theft private is shot, and it is the officers
who are the thieves. When the priyatcs
steal it is on grand scale, under the super
vision of their officers. But horse, stealing,
which seems perfectly compatible with their
yaunted Southern honor, forms tho daily
pastme OF these accomplished brigaEds.
.. . " sroNEwALL" JACKSON.
Willie the officers were dashing down the
road, and the half naked privatcs begging at
every door, General Jackson stood summing
himself and talking with a group of soldiers
at the pump across the street--a plain man,
in plain clothes, with an non face and iron
gray hair. Only 10y bearing could he be dis
tlnguished from his men. He stood as if the
co,nmoncst of all, marked only by the mys-
terious insignia of individual presence by
which we know, iEstinctivey, the genius
from the clown. No golden token of rank
cleaned Oh his rusty clothes ofthe shining
symbols OF which, alas, too many Of our olli-
GERS are so ridlculously fond, that they seem
unconscious how dsgracelul is this glitter Of
vanity. They were nowhere visible on old
Stonewall's person. When General Jackson
had drank at the pump and talked at his
leisure, he mounted his fame colored horse
and rode down the street at the Jog of a com
Portable farmer carrying bag Of meal.
! AS he passed could but wonder how ma
ny times he ha,. prayed on Saturday night
4 before commencing his hellish Sabbath work
His old servant says that " when massa prays
four times in dc night, be. knows the devii'l
be to pay de next day" And am very sure
that there were large number of devils 10
work above IIarper's Ferry on Sunday, Sept
IA, 1862.
! MICA