, 1862-08-13
i TcrFi5lo Lesson On Guarding Rebel
properly.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commcrctal.l

Property.
ICo,responGerce Of the CINCINNATI C3mmcrctSl1
ST. Lou1s. August 3. 1862.
It WAS On that terrible march Of Curtis
army from BatesEille to Helena. Both the
lsud routes tor commassary supplies by way
Of Rolia and by way Of Pilot Knob-!aad been
cloEed in anticfpation Of an immediate open
ing of White River f,y the gunboats, and .
transportation Of supplies by wafer. When
this enterprise failed, Jon remember, Here
was q large army far inIand in an enemy@5
country, that must double-quiek for subsist-
ence, or slarve in the forests Of 4rkansas-
For there was nothing li6e sutficiency Of
provisions in that riId country for such a
hest; and even it there hsd been, an appro-
1,riatlon Of then; would not have then been
adjudged constitutional So this j1ded, aar-
Gssed,. hungry arl1! made Straight tor the
mississippi, as Tor salvation.
It wa3 on this terrible march. haTe the
story FROM q most reliable man, wi1o gas with
thc expedition as camp-tollower. the division
OF Steele was proceeding day in advance of
| the division OF 0serhauh. This noble army
| of the Union, with the bat1le-giory Of Pea
| Ridge ytt fresh upon it, scars and wounds Of
| Ruerlllas all Over it, worn out, naafstarYed,
sill kept it's columns, struggling into no
pantry, cellar, or barn-yard, but holding
sacred the private property Of the reoe, en-
emy, and even guarding IT VII n requested,
/ aglsiCst any danger Of violation. S.et.e's di-
| vision, chanced in its line OF march, upon Q
settlement Of thirty shareholders OF
/ Six manhiune in Succession, at intervals
of plantation ap2tl-wuo aToTed stheD-
selves eecessiopisis and asked guard
to protect their possessions against the
| pil1age Of such strng5lers Is m:gbt, for the
moment, forget the New Testament mode oi
warfare, and hate the enemy according, to the
old Mosaic dispeneation, down in Z. .5ypt. j
Ee1geant aud Que soldier, for the first u1a1s..ol-
and Two soldiers for each of the ot:lars. to
remain on duty till the division (Ostcrasus')
should arrive TIE guards went to th=ii
posts, aud The marching columns passed on.
! Next Morll1G, the :sdv1ncc Of the division
(Oaterhaus'1 ca1ne up, and the spectacle that
El1cte them iu the face 1T the first house they
Teachtd was almost too horrible Tor belief
The soldier Of tile guard lay in the yard, kjlls:i
and b1utslly mangie1: aud the sergeant VIZ!
banging By the heels trou the highest Huab o
3 tree near hy, with tweuty-o3e bullet hole
through his bodj! From defiant and scorn
Jul hints Of the ahe cevila of the house, it WI
manifest that the male members Of The pro
tected family had helped perpetrete this il
| credible crime, and then Lad fed with thcl
horsts, too, had been made way wlsa-a
| prisoners, the women E5id-fnt the male iG
l | 1uatc6 had all disappeared
!, Observe that the Sentiment OF the dfvisio
{Osteraaus'] then weht back to the Old Tests
l mint dEcesine, of tan eye for an eye and
G | tooth 1cr q too1uif' The commaaGcr coul
e net have controlled tta: sentiment If he ha
desired. 1kcoH Osterhaus, and do not b.
| 3ieve he desired. Abraham Lincoln hu5t
could net have qaa~hed proceed;ugs the
however tirni. he had ''pns his fooS down.
There Was only the one punishment ayailabl
J. :tRemoye the women and cnildren!" l..
j The swapping, hungry flames set upon III
q ! goh6]eo up every ees:ige h1 husaau 1abi;
|, zion there, and licked each p!antatioa as ete4
u Is q NJ" pFairie.
a When the rebels returned, presume th'
u ! found, in the ruins OF their peaceful ahodes,
i. j ncnstrcue violation cf the coneti:ution !!
a I an utter disregard Of the usages Of cisiliz
& warfare! But they smelt a Wholesome lcssc
ID :o-wit: that the devil ia to be fought nj
st fire. Verify, they shall have hot gos:
\ preached to :hem 1encetorih. Tne army
10 the southwest, will, hereafter, temper
Is | warfare with more justice and less 1aeyt
bt We must crush these rebels, though We b.
b to descend to their arena of fighting. to
l. complish it, They are found il the very
n Of h'gh treason, even: On their best
an | haviour; they cannot reasonably complain
at they are treated as outlaws. Bal when
i'd Eigt treascr they euperadd such monstrt
~ CRIMES rs this8 Vengeance must be let 10
r. upon them, ea1th the Lord Of Hostst