The New York herald., 1862-08-12

two terms.
The rebel General Gideon j. Pillow owSs fine plants-
nsn near Columbia. IL Is composed Cf some seven hun
dred worth from sixty seventy i've dollars per
acre He has plantation in Arkansas, and some i've
hundred niggors, which he said TO o1O about one
hundred aud ton thousand dollars His state here rs
comparatively free from debt He has brot tier here by
the name Of jerome Pillow, kindly hearteu man, who
would doubtless end0w many charitable Institutions
II necessity required But as there but few poor
whites aud have been no nggess here the necessity
does appear Gideon il is currently has lost
his niggers and danger OF having other voperty
coniscated-in short, Of becoming poor white. uorrid
contemplation lie thereupn writes as rer cure vt ro
port to his friends here asking their opinion to whe
ther o would be allowed TO back the UDion take
the oatn Of allegiance and receive u parole. do not
vouc altogether cr the truth Of this report but the sn
scation act which takes effect the 25th September
awakening number OF rebels 70 sense of what v
thes endeavors to overthrow the government of the
United States.
General Negley Is carrying out in practical way, the
spirit OF the order to make the rebels pay tho property
OF the loyass they seize destroy. We overhaued
number Of rebels the other day They may have been
guerihs but there proof Of tho fact than
there was that Jean Vatican, the accused In "Les
hisorabes," was the real Jean valean the galley savc
Of sur NJ; that h is L depended ss upon their own
confession. Proof satisfactory furnished that the
party before him were rebels The property Of widow
nights before by the rebels The damage not very
large, but sufficient to distress deeply the poor widow
General Negey selected the richest among those before
him, and sad:-"T require you to take the oath
nos NOV a,. 70 tXe up arms against the governments Of
the Cnlte0 StateS." Tho defendant demurred He
assured that arrest aud Imprisonment would be his lot
uncss he did .sNow y said the General, ~ require
you 70 give bonds in S. 900 that you will forfeit your
OATH" That furnished after some hesitation and
little difficulty. Sand now, :, continued the General, 81
require you 70 pay in cash the Of 5000 indemnity
the widow who has suffered In loss Of property TO that
amount by the dspredatons Of the gusrilas this dis
ttrct" After some expostuaiion the money finally
paid and the poor widow indsmnhsd for the depreda
We have story hero from Nashville which Is likely TO
be true. rich old gentleman named Van l., hear.
ing that certain prominent secession property holders had
taken tho oath Of allegiance rather than the dangers
OF transportation and conhscation concluded he would
without comprehending exactly what 1t all meant. He
did lot know but that signing the oath like joining
some political association Just before he did so he called
jined guess I'l jine, too" And he sjined"
sacess:onst here is named sam Orr. 10 had pet
lamb, and it by universal called Sam. Orr"
wicked federal soldier moro hungry than humane,
thought tie lamb would Nuke good meal thereupon he
shot the poor lamb st and then proceeded to cut its
throat This horrifying act was witnessed by youthful
Nubian, Who proceeded n all haste gossppng female
neghbor and, almost out Of breath, proclaimed that ga
fed soldier hab shot Sam. Orr, and cut his troa"
"Good Iud and gracious save u.s. exclaimed the excited
matron. Aud without waiting further explanation sho
started at once for the house OF friend and related the
sad tidngs. Poor SaIhwe Orr is more, they cried,
with more rhyme than reason. DR.. Frerson was sent
for in town in extra mule haste Dr. Frerson, always
the alert to relieve distressed humanity,
as soon he had heard the SAD tidnss,
thought that whie there life there was hope,
and armed with packages Of bandages and lint aud
instruments, mounted his horse, and soon at the
house N the supposed assassnated Sam Orr When 1t
discovered that II only sheep that bad sue
cunbed to the soldiers throat disease the sober
citizens OF Columbia could not resist smile.
These are few Of the humors of the campaign, and
they told at times when conversations like these oc-
curGensral have planted the batteries as you di-
rected but there two three houses In range The
General did not reply at the moment prominent citi
zen, however did. He sad-Let them take their houses
out OF the way" That toward midnight and an At
tack was apprehended. Columbia is yet safe.
Sergeant James H. Slaughter, OF the Second kentucky
r0DOrted iniuriea the
accident tho Nashville Railroad, alive and almost
kicking at the hospital in Columbia this morning. Sevs
raj small bones have been extracted from the ankle Of the
right limb. Sergeant Slaughter Is doing very well, and
says be will enter the service 40 he s fully
covered James Dtty, Second Kentucky leg broken and
in the Columbia hospital Drs. MulholIand and Dixon
have charge Of this institution and 1t Is admirably con.
Quoted.