M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-02-20

/ NhNt NNAt1of,hC WIN HtAo hlN
to examine into his merits as q militia
ry critic particularly, and the propu.
ETY. OF military movements" here IN
Congress aud elsewhere by civilians.
Ny colleague will admit that ne is
not a military man by education, nor
6 soldier, like Falstaf, on instinct
Laughter His profession was that
Of gospeler. Laughter. His stud.
les dOes not lit hin to discuss martial
subjects. We do not 90 TO black,
smith to have our watch repaired, hor
to q vstehmakeT to have our horse
sEod. We do not 60 to Carolina for
cheese, laughter, nor to the Western
Reserve lor cotton. ] can well imsg
inc how Gne scholar, as lie nay col.
league, might, like Beaumont's "El,
der brother" eli in his study, and
mount upon the wings OfsPeculatiop,
and
I "hourly converse
| with kings and smperors, and weigh their ceun-
Calling their victories, IL unjustly got, sells,
Unto strict account, and IN his fancy
Deiace their i'll placed statues"
| But, sir, criticism on the art Of war,
to be valuable now, must be backed
up by specific study and experience.
What has been the study and exper.
iepce OF my colleaguel "
| The country was throughly disgust.
ed with the part Congressman played
at Bull Run. Laughter in the CALLER.
les. Il may be remembered with what
ljocund leVity the House adjourned to
go over to see our army march upon
Richmond. Not one Of us ever got
there, except my friend fro1i New
York Mr.. Ely, laughter, who made
his exile SO c0nspiciously honorable
in the use he made OF II IN behalf Of
bis fellow. prisoners. The House may
remember that opposed the adjourn.
ment then on the ground that, by 60
ing over the river, we would only get
in the way ofthe soldiers. 1t turned
J out that the soldiers got in the way Of
{ the CGpgressmen. Laughter.
] have letter, written by a mem.
a Der of this House and published in an
IOhio paper, which details, with graph.
!. accuracy, the part displayed BY
ltruculent congressman on that day
r l will have j read at the Clerks to.
r bic.
The Clerk read, as follows:
"Just as the dragoons turned back,
a cry was raised that the Black horse
a formidable body of rebel cavalry,
, land these were part of them,) were
! charging upon us, and it seemed as il
the very devil OF panic and cowardice
seized every mortal soldier, officer,
citizen and teanster. No officer tried
/. to rally The soldiers, or do anything,
except to spring and run towards Cen
! treville. There never was anything
like it for causeleOs, sheer, absolute,
absurd cowardice, or rather panic, ou
this miserable earth below /! '' - '''
"Off they went, one anG all; Of
down the highway, over acr1ss fields
towards the woods, anywhere, every.
, where, 10 escape. Whether it com.
munieated back to the soldiers still iG
the woods, and go on back to the
! regiments who had just driven of the
\ rebels. do not know, bnt think it did
. to a part Of them, fox share of our
, army seems to have been dem Oralizad
if not broken up.
"Well, the further they ran the
more frightened they grew, and altho
we moved on as rapidlyl aO we could
} the fngitiyes passed 10 by scores. II
:, enable them better to run, they ttteS
!, away their blankets, knspsrcks, can
teens, aud finally mpskets, cartridg
boxes, and everything else.
ave called to them, tried to tel
!, them there was no Danger, called then
to stop, implored them TO atand. We
called them cowsrds, denouncedthem
in the u ost offensive terms, put on
cur heavy revoivers, and threatened
to shoot them, bat all in vain; a cruel
crazy, mad, hopeless panic possessed
/. them, and communicated to every
4 b ,dy about, in front and rear. Th'
n teamsters all turned their heavy wag
/ onS, and lashed their horses to q run
Z and mixed aud ripgied with eroWt
Of running footman citizens and horse
men all raised an Obscaring cloud o
dust; and thus the dpst filed the en-
| tire highway "a maeadamized turn
\ pike) with q heterogeneous mass @
j flying madpen, intent upon nothing
but to escape.
j "The heat was awful, although nos
II about six; the men we're exhaust ed
,l their mopths gaped their lips eraekeI
and blaekened With the powder OF th
!. cartridges they had bitten Oft ia tb
battle, their eyes starting 10 frenzy
n no mortal ever cav srch 3 mass 0
II CHASTITY ETetches. 'Na
"As we csme on, horue along B!
the mass, auahle to 20 ahead or pause