, 1862-07-19
Gbe Gritune.
SATURDAY, JULY II, 1862.

GDG Gr1uUNKa
SATURDAY, JULY u, 1902. :
a SOLDIERS LETTER.
opinions and Incidents of the War In
Tennessee.
HUNTING Union SOLDIERS W1TB BLOOD
HOUNDS.
The Bloomington Q11.) Raatagraph has q
correspondent In the nefghborhood of Mem.
phia, whose chatty correspondence is worth
reading. He is evidently Bloomington boy;
and in the army. Under date Of Lagrange.
July sth, he writes thus:
ArRAcTICAL JOKER,
While remained here, Lieut.. Thompson,
OF the G. s. A., came In with f18. ct truce
10 bring In Capt. McMichae1, Hho was cap
tured at Shiloh. Mac. looked hearty, and
gaze glowing account Of his captivity, With
many rdch incidents, one Of which viii bear
renting. Among lie prisoners was " one ID ms as.
jor, rho weighed the nice little amount Of 2445
pounds. On their way down to Selma he was
often introduced to the ftquiring GRO Tds that
awaited them at the depota- st one point a
fine, handsome lady, dressed in black, came
on her angels mission, and, ont of basket
cakes, &C., among them. After her ba.Ee}
the last tit-bit on the car, she 5aid e
Copt. S1ibs, who stood npon the platform,
Now don't think, because Of this, that AM
Lot a southern woman. for am, and let me
tell you. when yon have killed all our hus.
bands, fathers and sons, We women and chill
dren viii fight you" Capt. s:ibs, who is al
ways full u fun and ready to perpetrate joke
on any body, replied to the laY with a perfectly
straight face, Yeu viii, xi!l you ?-that't
yonr game, is il, madam? Well now, let MT
tell you that We have got mau in this Cal
who can whip any woman in this county ojhi
aoetght.'' The lady, who had hitherto been il
g gosd humor, now became excited, aud criei
OFT 6ring him out BRING HIM OFT! CAS-
WHIP u1M!' Capt S,ibs stepped to the cal
ard called to the major to step TINT way mo
ment. Tie major, who vas PERFECTLY innocent
Of what had transpired, came ous, and Capt
rtc.'l!ect, said OF his weight" TIE lady
setipg the joke, had sense enough to joIn the
crowd in hearty laugh.
WHAT TIE BoYs IN THE ARMY THINE
But as events disclose themselves we gen
eral1y think it will be all for the best--it vii
terd to a more vigorous prosecution Of the
war; a prosecution on different principles.
The army. rank and file, are fast becoming
abolitionists; OF, in other words, In favor q
burden that can fight Us. And if anJ
Of my "neat-' -'em- kindly friends vii
come down and stay in this army as :
soldier three months, Til bet MI
commission he'n SO back as q negro conflsca
Zionist. The negroes Of Mississippi are fight
ing us nov, more to the purpose than any
white man IN the field; and If you dsn't be.
Eeve it come and see the vast fields Of corr
they are 1illing.
The very corn We leave behind us will hgb,
US before three months; and still the men
wto make the corn are kept in the field from
mcrn till night and night till morn BY as. W.
t95sG eaa1r HEM hsn o3 to stay ya there The BY ys
have . vast advantage over US il
this. Every white man in the South eau go
and have no fears for the welfare of his family
The negroes will plant and tend the crops
But, says some one. amt you afraid if the
;1my @ {, comes there your negroes will run away
have to Co is to get furlough, 60 back, vsi
some general and state the case, and be vii
eend them back by file of soldiers to guard
my garden and chicken coop to see that cont
soldier don't pull an onion or draw achicken' ,
Such is the method to quel1 the rebellion
This may suit some who are sitting in theil
Offices, There they only bear the booming O.
the cannon through the Chicago Times, but il
won't suit men one Of whom dare not stel
outside of the pickets alone for fear Of some
one Of the protected citizens will shoot him
from behind some stump OF tree.
HUNTING DOWN SOLDIERS WITH E1oopIIoESDs
On arriving IN Memphis, from the hand ca1
capture, l found that Gen, Grant had deter
mined on sending out, to the scene Of the dis,
after, the 9Th illinois cavalry, Eve companies,
and the 5Stl Ohio regiment, determined to
jr1pf fntb
1ion OF Col GrIswen, Of tho 9Th, to sccompal1.
him, Wc started on the evening Of the Fridu1
after the capture. Saturday morning vi
found the remains Of the engine and train
THIS vas three miles from Germantown,
town Of about fonr hundred Inhabitants, al
not bten on the ground lalf an hou
before information was received that ou
men had been hunted down By HOUNDS
Yes! they bad used q new arm il
civilized warfare. The hounds used to hun
the runaway chattels we're, for the first TIM
used to hunt white men. a Mr.. Cash, VIII
lived near the scene of the disaster, had
pack Of six celebrated hounds; in fact, pets
os Nlr. Cash afterwards told ME. These wcr
LIT loose, and put on the scent Of the Illinois
ans, and right well they worked. Tweny-tiy
or thirty were hunted down; some who ha,
run eignt miles in the woods aud brush. On,
nan they followed fifteen miles, hut for SOM
reason did not touch him, and finding he cou1,
make friends with the dogs, if not their mas
ters, be finally escaped. Another was not 81
lucky. He was caught In i corn field, and DC
fore the humane cayalry could come to cal
ture him, the hounds had torn him con
siderably.
This may be thought by some Of your read
crs Is the tale Of some excited negro. To b
sure the negroes first told Us q the tact, bu
rs those vino had escaped came stragglin,
back, tie worst came to light. Mclean count
men were chased aud canght-tEeed until thei
captors could find time to call the dogs Of
and take possession Of their prisoners. On
BlooluiDgtonian, belonging to the 14th Lii
nois, just returning, was among the unfo1
tunates-his name did not learn
When you hear persons talking about
Kind, conservative, conciliatory policy to
wards these rebels, think OF the fact tha
b1oodhounds ere used to hunt your own Gil
zcrs.
WHERE'S BRowNISG?- ?-LET HIM STOP TIL
UNCONSTITUTIONAL WORE
Snon afffr f}he fact Incoming 1-novn enuo