, 1862-12-13
TENE CASE of COL. THOMAS
SMELL,
More Performances Of Bogus
General Gilbert.

Last summer, 1T the call Of tIae President
for G', ,0D men, GOV. Yates applied to many
prominent aud influential citizens If Illinois
to 'it him ii iilling up the ,qaotA frsm this
Smell, ait elG, wealthy and intincntEil citizen,
living in tne centre Of tle State. Ml. Snell
had bren 4 life long Democrat.
Sncll left everything, business, property,
ard family, and in a very short time, by Ills
personal influence, formed a regiment. Many
men among tlrcm wortl, tens Of thousands Of
dollars enlisted Us rriyatcs. Smell was madc
Colonel His IDEA was that war meant to
hurt, damage and 1njure the enemy. lie de-
ckartd that his men should not 70 cold or
hungry, if the enemy had mcans to supply
thSm; them nth;ltp TINT he " would ',,.+ not guard
negroes, pigs, turkeys, or anything else. 81
Was ordered to Louisville. In marching
through Louisville the regiment sang the
Star Spanglcd Banner f'Red, White and
Bluc," John Brown ssKingdom Comins,'
&c. From that moment they were marked.
His regiment was ordered to Elizabcthtown
They went without tents or provisions, and
were told That provisions and tents should
follow Them. For thirty hours lis men were
without food or shelter. He made secession
isis and traitors feel his nerve. Inafew hours
af1er,a little urstart by the name Of Baldwin,
another upstart named Gilbert, who clain,s to
be q Major General, came down to arrest Col
Smell. Baldwin was astonishcd to see the
regiment; declared he never saw such q rcri-
ment; could not tell who were officers or pri-
Yates. He found the Col. saving wood with
an old ncighbor, private holding the stick.
Balwin told them that all Illinois soldiers
were thieves; that they came to p1under; that
be would sooner turn lis guns upon the Alb
olitionlsts tlmn tue rebels. The regiment was
going to resist. Col. SuclI quoted the mutt
lily. TIE Colonel was taken to Louisville
and put in prison a1nong: rebels. 4 parole Of
honor vas denied him, though rebel officers
were allowed to go all over tic city, wear.
ing the uniform Of traitors. Such :, thing rs
4 refusal 10 accept the parole of IN officer oi
Ills rank was never known before.
They had no charges against the Colonel;
| would give him no satisfaction; would moi
listen 10 him. Col. Smell sent to the Hon.
| Leonard SWEET and Hon. Lawrence Weldon
| United States District Attorney fur the South
crn district Of Illinois, two of his personal
| friends, to come and sec him.
They came and asked Gilbert what charges
| he had against Col. Smell. The only charge
was that his men had sung "tJohn Brown
The company that snng it the 1oudest were al
Democrats. They asked Gilbert what rights
Col. Smell had violated. Gilbert replied to
t SWEET and Williams that Smell had got to be
made Ill example Of, Illinois soldiers were all
thieves. We suppose it shocked the rebels te
hear The proilalc songs Of Northern frccnlen
THY were told by Gilbert that Smell could bt
court-martia1cd, turned over to the civil au
tho1ities, or sllot in fifteen 1ninntes. Co1one
| Smell was finally relieved and ordered to IT,
port 10 Gov. Yates. He will not lower bis
standard. he promised to take care Of Lis
nen aud he will do it. He think
more Of his men than he does Of rebe
onion patches. More Of lis country thar
Of the right Of q rybcl to hold negro. Il.
will not make the gentlemen coulposin. hi:
regiment, his old friends and neighbors, negro
cal, hers. liz believes III hurting rebels ant
traitors. He wants the rebellion put down
ard if slavery is also put down he will no
Shed any tears. Holding those opinions HI
speaks them out. lie did not enter the ser
| VICE for money. c1as money enough with
| out il. He .plls the opinions Of the priy:tes
! who get only thirteen dollars per month III
| wants the war ended SO he can 90 back to pri
| vate life.
| Those opinions arc higl, crimes and misde
1ncanors III thu estimation Of Gen. Gilbert aEt
Gen. Boyle.
Now, how long shall these things be9 I
may be that in somc minor technical details o
| military life Colonel Smell is not well posted
But We insist that :, man like Colonel Smell
! who E.s been :ctslatcd by the most honorable
and patriotic: impulses, should not be trcatet
like. dog. We insist hat the :tilninlst ratio1
shall dismiss such men as Baldwin and Gilbert
| who is only the shadow of Buell.. It WAS :,
Elizabethiown that Colonel Turchiu's lifflc1l
I ties commenced. We tell the administration
/ th::t good N:cn should moi be stricken dow
! to accommodate such mcE eX-Goyerno
| Holm Of Kentucky, whose sons and sons-in
| law arc officers III the rcbclarmy.