The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-07-22
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cate General Holt is preparing the
documents for a court martial in the
case of General Milroy, charged with
evacualing Winchester with cowardly
precipitation, leaving millions worth
Of arms, munitions, &C., to the rebels,
and sacrificing the bulk of his com,
maud to save his own neck. We dc
not know nor judge that he did other
than his whole duty in the premises
We trust that he will have u fair, i'm.
partial trial, and be honorably acquit-
ted if the facts will warrant; but, if he
be proved guilty, we trust he will he
inexorably shot.
That will be light penalty for the
offences of which he stands accused.
We shall gladly see him vindicated
but, if he is guilty, we pray the Court
and President to have mercy On the
country.
Rebel reports charge Mrs. Milroy
(wlfe of the General aforesaid) with
having appropriated to her own use
and wear the dresses of secession la
dies resident in (but probably fugitives
from) Winchester. We shall not be-
lieve this until proved beyond question;
but if she ever did so base a thing, we
trust (since the precipitate flight of
her husband left her in the hands of
the rebels) she will be indicted as a
thief, tried as a thief, convicted as a
thief, and punished as thief. 1t will
do her world Of good,-New York
Tribune.
BGF We find the above copied into
the Cincinnati Commercial, and as it
has passed through two bitter Repub-
lican papers, we suppose we may ven
ture to make use of it.
The story is not all told, however,
and, as we have been assured, these
are the facts: The house, one of the
finest in Winchester, and best furnish
ed, was occupied by lady and her
daughter, when Gen. Milroy and wife
went there. To secure it for himself,
he ordered the lady and her daughter
"across the lines" The daughter, q
young woman grown, was very i'll, and
her physicians said she could not bear
the removal without endangering her
life. But Gen. Milroy was not to be
put off in that way, and peremptorily
demanded the removal made, and per-
mittod them to take nothing with them
but what they had on their backs.
He and Mrs. Milroy then occupied
the ''ready furnished premises. Mrs.
Milroy is not only charged with wear
ing the ladies' dresses left behind, and
using every article of furniture, but
with packing up the silver ware to take
home with her to Indiana. This was
the state of affairs when Milroy left,
and in such hot haste that lie forgot
his wife, silver ware and all, and they
fell into the hands of the Confederatcs.
But why does the Tribune and Com
mercial now, at this late day, set up
shudder at conduct they have so loud
ly applauded until after Gen. Lee got
into Fenusy ylyania? We hope the Com
mercial will ascertain the facts, and
state whether Col. Stanley Matthews,
now "loyal league" Judge of Gin.
cinnati, did not send, from Tennessee,
a set Of silver plate to his wife, which
Mrs. M. refused to receive; but placed
it in a bank in the city to await its
owners demand, if ever found after
the war is over. And if so, if this act
did not win applause sufficient to place
the actor in a post of high JUDICIAL
trust!
We hope the Commercial will not
sing dumb in this case. These stories
are told on Judge Judge Matthews,
and if not true should be contradicted,
and if true let him be placed on a par
with others of like character.
Some may ask what had Gen. Mil
rey ever done to make him so popular
with the Republicans, and cause the
eulogies piled upon him as q great
General, Read the following letter
and all will be cxplained:-Crisis:
"EDIToR INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL
| have just read the noble resolutions
of my brother officers of Indiana, in
the gallant army of Rosecrans, who,
having assisted by their heroism in
achieving the splendid victory over
the traitor array under Bragg, turn
round to rebuke the more vile and
.cowardly traitors at home, who having
taken advantage Of the absence Of
over one hundred thousand patriot
soldiers to steal into power, are dis
gracing our State by their reasonable
acts.
"Let these traitors of the Indiana
Legislature, and the Copperheads,
Butternuts, and K. G. C's. through
out the State, who are giving aid,
comfort, and encouragement to armed
treason in the South, read, in the
odium that has followed the memory
of the Blue-Light Federals and Hart
ford Conventionists of 1872, some
thing of the execration and detesta-
ton that will follow their memory
down the stream of time.
81 join with my fellow-soldiers of
the Union everywhere in warning
these traitors at home that when we
have crushed out treason at the South,
and restored the sovereignty of our
Government over these rnispuided