New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-20

about to tumble into auarcDy iJ' - ,Ia nanter IN
gnerriIos burn the cotton, and rum ,he Pau.er W
D'i H"rtbcrn man from ising his money
Sotno me ,ulation this and the capture OF
III apna,nsI struggling soldier, Is the only harm
they do the NOt,'n' o;lios is what thew nlunder
ard 30 they get ~ 'n'y "i9 INV wy
. Nnr tie old grudges between the neighbors, the
family feuds for which the South has aiways Deen
notorious being settled, and every farmer ~ as
snorehensive Of his loghbOrs az he 10 OF the Union
troops. :.
Tie people OF the South have already discovered
that they have got than they bargained Tor IN
initiating the guerrilla mode Of warfare In adopt
ing the Old Spanish name Of "guerrlas,' they now
see that they also adopted the lawessness, anarchy
and brigaudage of Mexico and old Spain. This Is
the serpent Of Secession biting itteh Win it own
poisoned iangs.
If you 60 into one Of the few houses which are
vet occupied you fud large landed proprietors who
have nothing left to eat but little corn bread, ana
whose threadbare apparel indicates that merchants
and dealers in clothes have long since become an ex'
tiuct clase. They all tell you that the army has
taken their cattle horses hogs and their corn; inht
their negroes have oil run away that the gueliias
have burned their cotton, and that they are ruined
But If YOU talk 10 the u little while, and 10.
hin know that you want TO buy cotton, and are
willing 10 send teams out for II, you Ideally worm
out OF him the fact that his cotton is concealed III
some Leighboring swamp, aud In some cases you
might possibly suspect another TACT not quite 30
pleasant, viz, that the very man you were talking
TO did occasionally little guerrilla business himself
! TIE only persons except the cavalrymen, who
venture ont among these people, are the ceton-buy-
ers, who have adventures not u few. Their usual
mode of buying is 10 visit the farmers at their
house, make contracts for the cotton, and then send
teams Tor It. Some Of the buyers take teams with
them and when the safety OF the neighborhOod they
ere in s doubtful land the price Of cotton colse-
quen,ly lower buy r load for their teams, and 60
back 10 the army at doubie'qmck." Every few
dave, some OF these ventursorae wIghts and their
;eams are "gobbed up" with the dainniug
proof in their wagons that they are cotton.buy-
ers." In soue hollow or some piece OF bad road on
his way back 70 the army, the buyer is suddenly
g artled by the command, " Halt" and two, three,
or four nghnirud, seedy OCking gentleman, armed
with double barreled shotguus aud revolver, rae
out lfoi the brush handling their cooked revolyers
III manner which, TO the cotlOn.buyer, looks ex-
csedugly careless, in case they should happen %
! 20 of.
Tie first demand IL, "Have you any armsl 7" II
tho buyer has revolver he beng only one against
three or four, it is Immediately taken. The next
demand 10 for greenbacks," Tor which guerlllGs
have peculiar weakness. Then the guegriIlas are
anxious to know the time OF day, and Tor fear the
cotton buyer should not tell tie exact time, the
guerrilla takes tie watch In his own hand TO look,
and owing to m absence Of mind with which a'l
guerrillas arc afflicted uuconseiously pns the wstch
IN his pocket. III the buyer has on al OselCOuL
lespeoialy If it happens to be Of the blue army
oveIcoaisl, some guerrilla gentleman fancies It
nj ght iii him, il he could only get chance TO Try
il OH, which lie dos forthwith. Then some other
gentleman thinks thai POesiJly the buyers boots
night 10. be too large for himself.
ffthe unfortunate cotton buyer protest. Gays that
"tlis robbery is not according 10 the usages Of
war" tho guerrilla falls back upon his dicniIy and
saws. 1--WE are no robbers; we Go not rob; we con-
Gscate what we noedi' While the cotton buyer is
- "a s..rw .
berry and Ibis kind Of couusealon, DIS mules u-
litched from the wagon, the cotton is oct on fire
\, mere i, etauos the road, hls divers are mounted
on their own mulCs, I'D away the whole party gOes
at gallOp avoiding the main road am following
hy.yOads md cow paths through Tue woods. len o.
OF fifteen miles away from ghe scene Oh tho robbcp
the buyer - taken into cone Seeessionists bou-e,
paIoled NOT to take up arms against tie Conieder.
ave States anu then told that nc caD walk 10 the
Union army al his leisure.
Tie experience Of Mr. Cones, who was . COB
bIed ~ 10 IA now yclept near La Grange, five or
SIX weeks ago, vas relieved by some flashes OF hui
MOI which may he al apology tor tho very en-
phatic language which was used by the actors.
Cones ~ company with two or three other buy
ers had bought some cotton out at Moscow, twelve
miles from Lagrange, just before our army marched
from tue latter place, aud Gen. Quinbys Diyib0n
had Just removed from there. they thought the
or they got the cotton in to Lagrange tho better con-
seonently four Of them, beside the dEvegs Of tie
teams started out afel il. Cones Wa tie only one
oil the four who moi armed and was not Oh horse
ba k, he ridiDg IN one Of Ito teams. They succeed
ed IN getting the cotton, 6nd hurried back until they
came IN sight OF the Union piekets at Lagrange. and
then Cones three friends thinking the teams we're
ON Of danger left hiui, and rode on iDto town.
Only two or three minutes gitet they bad leit aud
an tie wsgons went down into a hollow, out Of
sight Of the picket guards five guerrillas dashed out
m the woods, and were alODgslde in an instant.
b Il. ~ la All IA
they had against a stone wa |. The next m
slant tho muIzle Of revolver was at tho ear OF
every one Of them Cones included, who wGs riding
Are YOU armed 2" cid the guerrilla who held
bis pistol at Coness head
"NO, Sir"
"Then get down and unhtch them mules and
turn EN- around ID quickV
IL was done In the time SpscDed.
Guerrilla" Have you matchl want to touch
oil this cotton"
Cones--" No, Sir. em glad to say have Mt"
Guerrilla" Then gt onto that mule, quiekP
In an instant. Cones wEs mounted, on what he says
was "a wonderfully sharp-backed mule"
Guerrilla giving the mule terrific slash with tie
wagon whip Now, d--u you, lick them mules
upi Make en- W Give 'ein thunder
AM away they went at "a pace, which to Cones
on hs rszor-Lack mule, he thought must epllt bin IN
two before mauy miles, three guerrillas behind lash
ing The mule at every jump. Five miles or mO;e
they vent at this pace, and not another word had
been spoken BY any oro, when they turned out Of
the nam road into an old and unfrequeDted rood
that wound !ts zig.zags through one Of the densey
wooded creek bottoms. Halt J" said the guerrilla
aud he who gave the command commented hurrledy
70 relieve hlmsolf Of some Of his accouemsnts 10
though he was about 70 90 10 work IN earnest at
some deyiish deed. Tie place was lonely and It-
ting to such murdelogs intents and Cones says lie
fell cold SOFT VI chill run down the full length Of
even his long legs.
Guerrilla drawing the cork ont Of bis canteen)-
/" Yoa look Ike pretty id good fei.r Lots