The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-10-26
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The Cairo correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquiyer, inditcs theatollowing bit Of romance
We learn from gentleman lately from Nor
ganzn, Louisiana, that thcre.:is now being tried
ut that place, by court martial, Il young officer,
attached as Adntant to a New York regiment,
charged with attempting to hclray his men
into an ambuscade and desert to the enemy
1t seems that the unfortunate young man be-
came cnamorcd Of young lady, the daughter
Of a wealthy, family, residing NOT far from tue
coast, and tha, desiring to make her Ills wife,
he proposed and was accepted, on conditions
that he would bctray his command to Con
tedcratc force to be conveniently amhushed, he
dcserting to the enemy, who, it was also stipu-
lated, would give him'a' commission in the
rebel service. ,
In an ilstarrcd moment the unfortunate man
degraded himself and accepted the proposition.
He consented to the betrayal of the comrades,
even unto death, with whom he had fought,
and by whom he was regarded as All honorable
and brave soldier, ard who looked to lhm for
tkc ciatltuldischarge of ill the duties .of the
: position lie had been placed III Ev his Govern
ment. Accordingly, plans were laid, and the
conltnandcr Of the Confederate forces near by
communicated with. propc: prctcxt given,
on the day appointed, the whole force ut Nor
ganza was marched up in search of the enemy,
who, it had been asserted, had been dcprctla-
ting upon the nci.hborng plantations to de-
gree destructive of the interests OF tie planters,
who were, hy the guerillas, intcrscicd from
raising :t crop.
However before they had gone far in the
way, the colonel commanding, from the awk-
wardncss of the traitor S'lSprcling that all was
not right, halted the column, and posting pick
L.
vcstigation, which illuminated in the coiif.sInn
of = sergeant Of one Of the companies, who had
been entrusted with the secret hv the Adiu
tant. The General thcrcupon marched his
men back to quarters, and promptly ordered &:
court martial for the trial OF the officer, who,
there is little doubt, will be covictcd, and of
course shot. If this does not smack at the r,-
nance OF war, nothing that We ha &c heard of
the past four years can be so accounted The
situation, the time, the characters and the decd
attempted, prompted by love, are certainly
among the most striking features Of the or,|i-
nary ramancc.
Gen. Longstrcct although now fit for du.y
suffers partial paralysis in one arm, which VIC
hope will be relieved On his way to report
for duty he was complmcntcd highly, when lie
Enthusiastically replied 81 have some little
reputation, but my men made it all for mc"---
AS an exchange we'll remarks
This is only cquallcd in lnagnanmtv. by
Gen. Lees noble remark, after losing the battle
of Gettysburg: "lt was all.my fault, it was all
my fault; my men have done all that mortal
valor could do"
The great and good Generals always think
Of the men. 1t is on y the upstarts and strip
lings and toplings of accidental appointment
and promotion who affect contempt or disrc
gard for the men.
n RAILROAD "STKAw"-A vote was take,
ON the Baltimore and Ohio railroad upon ;
train running from Cumberland to Baltimore
last week, which resulted thus:
Forty soldiers votcd--Lircoln, 80; McClcl
Ian, l. Eighty-six civilians, thus-Lnco!n, ~
Mcclellan, a. Total Lincoln vote, III; tota
Mcclellan vote, Is.