, 1862-08-26
Gt)r Grthut1e.
AUGUST "a 1899
KANSAS R0ES IN NIISSISSIPPI.
Gen. mftchellsa Method OF Dealing
with Rebels.

luKA, Miss, Aug. Is, 1854.
There is most cheering change in the ani-
mus OF the nrmy here, no less than in the
spirit at home. Six weeks ago, at the head
some soldier tied BY the thumbs, or other
wise difgraced and panied, because be had
availed himself ot an onion or potato, or some
native. chicken. otherwise than through the
IomlesarJ department., reminding those OF
Us who were familiar with the Missouri cam
patgu, OF the time when men were tied, six to
Il i chain, and made to march Ill day thus
Lcumbered, because, in the forced march
fiom Batessiile to Cape Girardeau, 26O miles,
Made in ten days, they had appropriated tebai
bacor, not according to the army regu1.tions.
Travelled with the army along this same
route TWO months ago, when GenerI Bagips
ner guarded every len roost, every beehive,
every feEce-rail, and every .au lrters
arc, moreover, Distributed with : l4yish hand
fcur, and bacon, and coffee to the 9iyes and
children Of secesh soldiers; and yet I found
tic anlmus Of the natives in no degree pl4-
rs now took every opportunity to betray US,
and not few Of cur brave men were shot in
the blackberry patches, OF Whcu 1ngRing be-
hind their regiments, overcome by fatigue
Thtle is change Of policy. The presidents
order is somewhat observed, though yester-
day the officers Of the 9th Illinois drove
away lot Of negroes who had sought pco:ec-
ton in the camp, and many Of them Wera re-
taken by thelr masters, to be shot, no doubt,
for that is naw the common fa*e OF all s1aves
who baye given Indications Of uucasiness. I
have Eot been at his quarters for some weeks,
and cannot speak for his immediate command,
but I can testify that Grn. Mitchell, who com
mands the brigade now stopping here, part
OF tie division commanded by Gen. Davis, has
quite different mode Of proceeding. HIS
me" bare roasting ears, aud @h.-ercr else the
country affords.
BY The way, this is not the Gen. Mitchell Of
star-gazing notoriety, but Robert B. Mitchell
Of k:snsas, formerly Of Mount Vernon, O1io
Nature las given him a corpus Of no mean
magnitude, and q mind in which conmon
sense predominates. Before he left Ohio, he
| had studied and practiced law enough to
| sharpen his wits; and lie learned military tag
! tics in the fields of Kansas. On his return
from the battle Of Bay Springs, the other
night, he concluded to tes. the loyalty Of ~
ole p:antcr, who had often visited the camp
q: Jacinro, as peddler Of onions and other
luSuries. 4 part OF bis staff were sent fo7~
ward 10 procure lodging for Gen. Price, who,
they were to alege, had been recoInoiterlng
aFound with an army, and after sharp en-
gsgement, had whipped the Tnioai:ts, aad
had taken large lot Of prisoners. The old
planter was delighted to see Gen. Price, and
| to hear Of his success and his prospects, and
| Gen Price was equally delighted with the in,
| partant Information his host gave him as to
the number ard localities Of the Union forces,
all Of which the planter assured him he had
obtaiucd from personal observation in the
| gEise Of a pedd1er. His two sons aud q
| nephew corroborated these statements, and
| volunteered to lead Gen. Price TO the Uoion
| army in the morirg. The general, grateful
tor this Information, asked for the true friend:
81 the cohfederaey in the nelghborhood, and
for things which they had done TO prove their
fidelity, so that before morning he had q Jis:
| o: twenty or more who had done nu'
mefous things worthy of mention, and who
were beyond question loyal 70 the South under
| all emergencies, most of whom had, like the
host ond h,s family, visited the Union camps.
| Al ia!e hour tte planter and his guests
went 10 bed, to wake up in the morning aud
lind the yard full o. blue pauts with muskess,
guarding Some twenty or more disarmed but.
teTnu1s, and guarding, at the same time the
house and its inmates. How Gsn. Mitchell
he had made, I am not Informed. / only
know that old seeesh found himself SOLD
| without price, and that he and his sous aud
nephew, in no very apiable mood accompa.
nitd Gen. Mitchell TO his quarters, where ths5
| are now prisoners OF wGr.
4 wealthy plantcr living some twenty miles
snuth Of this place, Iot knowing tue cll It: e
which had come over the spirit OF our ;ea n,
c=lne into. camp the other day, for Two Of hi:
"b"ys.' who in au ungrateful fit, had gone
to work On our fo' tiGca:ions, here. In the
true spirit OF tyrant he demanded theil
sure, der. And why nat3 I'd we not IL
Ways obcyed orders When the Co1oual o
the eth Illinois told h:m that he could moi
give them up, secesh got mad. Indeed, he
lit insulted and CLOSE to say that he wo,1ld
be e7eLged, that be would. HE was ricf
nan-ahIe to support a guerilla band for ;
yesr, ard he'd b. Id If be didn't do it,
After DO little Of such stuff he wa= permitted
to depart Bnt in short time after, detail
oftrne men, With a lot Of wagons and ca7alr,
we're il bot pursuit Of him, who reached hi:
plantation before morning, and gave him
most pressing Invitation to dance attendance
upon Gen Mitchell. They invited his dark;.s
at least some fifty OF them, to work for tht
| Unien, and the wagons h1uled of some fitt5
bales OF cotton, which now lie On the platform
here waiting shipment North.
Another expedition, almost identical In it.
details and results, came off last ni5h1, t1s
surprised victim being one Of the loTa. mer
whom Gen. Price's host gave Information
about. The aston56hnlent Of the old plante,
| 4: hearing his history read from manuscript
book-the horse be gave to a guerilla, ant
how he charged nothing for him !; the nu mbe]
Of men be had harbofed, and hos long; TIT
SOUTH and otfer' Him., s. al St WILLY W5i:h 81 &e Sup sup
posed were known only in Heaven aud in tn
con}edt Facy. He and his NJ groes are now TO
| the Enicn, aud his cotton also. This is oni.
TIE beginning Of the good times coming. Ba
the people are verify mad about IT,
COSMOPOLITAN.