New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-24

cradle distanse tied % a tree, and lelt 10 Die oy
starvation. one OF them sncceeded IN getting NE
hand united, found knife IN hIs pockst, ireeo pih
self an. then his companion, and DoLh ie'urnec %
camp. Two o. three other sodieFs were aiho nre |.
on from the woods. So the question presented iteeii
again, What 20 do with the grerrilas
The cases were reported 10 Brighter A. van
Steinyyehr commanding The Second Division. lie
Immediately ssued IN order-of which fe2fe' 70
have mislaie my copy--directing ihe oni'er u com
mand NJ Luray 20 ARES, five Of th- principal ciIeus
OF that town. and tenl hem u hls headquarters as
hor,ayes; thai hey snonl be bic gues:r and treated
with every confederation while 50 r-.nalnlng; bn'
TIA, Tor every soldier who was murdered by guer'
riss, one Of these hostages should be tho!, up'c's
he, murderer we're delivered up. In pursuance o.
his order J. NJ. Hell, J. w. Noi.sl,., John Sion
berger, VIM. y. Se1ck, AMI c. II. Film. we're ar
res ed aud sen; - he camp OF Gen S;einwehr.
Sionber.ers name y ls known 10 The GeneI al as that
Of a Onion man. lie ~ once released bim'
ani retlrDed him to the town 70 ie-senrc
the alarmed inhabitants, aud 10 explain
to hem tho objec. of tbs arrest, which had been
mslndcrsiooi - be ~ way OF revenge tor outrages
and treated with sl eonrtesy brt were plainly told
the terms on which they we're h.ld. They we're
allowei the liberty OF the camp, The families and
friends were permitted TO visit heni but over their
heads iupended fate that could 10 svertet IN only
one vsy. IL became ~ once The interes, Of every
which nereo fore had been enoourssed and sustained
by their help, active and passive. This order and
arrest proceeded on the theory that only by the aid
OF the clilsus among whom they carried on their
work could The guerrss exist, and that the citizens
were therefore responsible tor their acts. The
result showed how ureTring vas the soldiefly
sagaci,y Of Gen SEN Senr. The citizens forthwith
organized themselves into police who secured the
woods warned MI persons against conceaing, or in
any way aiding the gcerllss, and in three days
cleared the country. From the moment Of pubipn-
ing the order not guerrills.saot has been fired.
The woods for ten miies around are as safe as the
open fields snd enc decisive military act has annihi-
lated the guerrilla sys,em. Ii is reappears elsewhere,
the same method may be trusted 20 suppress II. The
erec. upon ,he ci.Iens themselves 10 remarkable.
hey acknow edged the jlHii,e OF the measure,
which might. perhaps, have been expected; but it
has conchat-d ,heis regard, well az Won their re-
spec,. While Generals hesiia,ed TO adop. decisive
measlres, they simply detplsed; bu. when power
and differentiation arc both shown hey develop a
feeling not suppossi 10 esis, among men who do 10,
hesitate 10 a,vW themselves Rebels ! have not
heard 1eiors Of single instance N Western or Cen
trail Virginia where any social attention has been OF
ierei the officers VI the army; BIZ, Gen. Steinwehr,
WHO more ,han any other, has raid with iron hand
i. popular With The citizens Of Luray, and both he
and hls off 1srs overwhelmed Iitn invitations which
they do ROT accept. :.