M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-06-05


lionel Thompson, ot GJnerIl Btaure
glrd's Staff The cordial warmth OF
manner, the 6ne head, expressive rea.
tnr ap,l grizzly beard aud mns'ache
were not unfamiliar in Washington
even 50 late as in the bnginning Of
! The present year. 1t was Mr.. Bach
.hnan'S well knowp Secretary Of the
Interior, Hon. Jacob NJ. Thompson,
Observation-Disclosures, OK Congress
ian from the very district on whose
S4ll he now stood under a flag OF truce,
ahd man still entitled to Northern
respect, al the tnly one of the resign
ing Scccssiunists who left Mr.. Buch
anan's Cabinet wi.iIont the stain OF
dishoror upon his name.
The Colonel had been sent IN by
General Btauregard to turn Over to
General Ualleck some sixty two prs.
oners, recently surprised and captui
cd near Fort Ieiman, Tennessee, (apd
released under parole not to bear arms
against the Conitdcracy until regular
ly exchanged and see what General
Illalleck wonld agree to in the way OF
a general system of exchanges. He
was escorted BY Beaurpgard's Body.
guard, a fine body of cavalry from
New Orleans, uuler command Of Gap
tain Dreux. 1t might be ungenerous
after tho very pleasant interview we
Had, bnt our differs couil not sup
press their suspicious that there wa,
another Object besides the release OF
sixty two paro'ed prisoners, and tha
they were desirous Of lcprning pre-
Icisely where cur lines were, and wha
Emore thy could, by penetrating then
as far as possible. .'ner
COZ oYEL THOMPSON AND CAPTAIN DRECl
They had, " course, been stoppct
hcyord our outer pcnetS, an. an lou
or more OF pleasant talk filed up th,
lin,erval, while Btauregarl's letter t
tlalleck, and 'rhompson's request 70
a personal interview, we're taken bacl
to headquarters, end ans wels awaited
B tn the Colonel and Captain Dreu,
made then selves as agreeable as pos
sible. and there was a aott OF tacit un
derstanding by which both sides avoi
dcd unpleasant subjects. The ground
fdf complaint the South had agaius
the North were alluded to for mo
nent, but Sith Colonel Thompson
well, well, wN can'tsee it in the sam,
light the matter was dropped.
They were plofnse in their exI es
sions OF regret that the war shout,
have broken out at all, aud particu
larIy bitter against the Abolitionists
"We don't like to fight you Northern
men," said Colonel Thompson; 81
grievcs us to think Of having to NEE
men we like as we do you, in battle
we wantto fight your Aboliiionists
| know" he continued, lyon hav
very few OF them iiere; but if yor
could collect a regiment Of them, l.,
like to pick out a regiment of our fire
Gators, and have them brought ou
face to face in an open field. I'd b
willing TO abide by the result. g
which way it would. But we don
like to have to fight You"
II do regret ore thing" he sai'
again, addressing himself to the off
Ger commanding the pickets of tn
Seventeenth Cnio, Colonel CnnneIl
= whom he had known as an Old lin
a Democrat, "and that is, that the oil
{ Democratic party is permitting itseI
to be used by the Abolition:sts, an
is now absolutely under their control,
Colonel Connell disputed the propos
tion. "You'll see how it will b
when the war is over" said Co!une
Thompson. Even now you can Sc
how Congress is drifting, and the cur
/. rent is sure to set stronger and strong
o er in the same direction. "But 20
e might have checked the current
}. your members had stayed in Co
! gress." suggested bys'ander. ''OE
i No. we might, perhaps, have pushe
G off the evil day a lite further, bt
d that was all. Aboltionism is goin
Is to sweep everything before it, just {
y as we or esaw it would, 1t was jni
n as well to meet the matter now as All
}. time, but we did not expect you No
e thern Democrats to lpswell the A
olition power."
. "Onc OF the saddest OF all the SO
/, things in this war" said the Colon
d again, is in cases like this: Lie
= enant --is in our army. He ha
n two brothers with you Ohe Of thei
1t some months ago, was severely won
Ii ded at Mill Spring, where he fougl
et too, and he has never yet been able
Of learn whether he died or rot. G,
lie any Of you tell me 2" Unfortunate
t. none Of ms knew, and SO the fam
6 suspense remains unbroken, potwii
le standing the Colonels kindly effo
8 And then followed inquiries almt
t. innumerable about old friends on I