M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-10-13
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t"dnt bad n,te5UNERY,
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soldiers, who were as brothers I'LL III,
Hoods and Stanleys got II rOvin.
commission to excite their paSsi n
1t ia said that strAws show hos th'
wind blows, and little thin4a ID !ictt'
big reeults. A few days aHe two sol
diers met opposite a suffers shop or
Main street, Chattanooga. John
was glad to see rom, whom he har
not met for several months. JOhr
was loating about the hospitals here
Tom WAS with his regiment, fighting
from RingOld to JonosborTn, during
the late severe campaign. John va
proud to SEQ him, however, and asked
him to drink some beer. Tom went
with his friend into Jake Aus's store
and aItor taking his glass Ul bSer,
was asked by John il he know t
whom he was drinking. Tom said
he did not, and wished to be Inform
cd. ITO Honest Old Abe" replied
his friend. "Then," said T,m, I'M
bs damned if i'd drink, AMI | wish |
could puke it up again"
John was 10 the hospital and hal
been listening to Hood anl San'ev,
and reading that abortion Of "a paper,
tho Chattanooga GaseIte, ami new
the ropes, whiIa Tom haJ just arrived
on duty from Atlanta, and was iLno
rant ol tho political ucdses rcsort-i
to by the lnilIta.y g,u'iemen %"o
Ipiay and always manage n stop ;" th'
rear. The other days detail no n
the 18th Kentucky as guIr! trajH,
was passing Big Shanty, whl' DE
train stoppsda few moments. Ono
OF the mon got of for mDn9ut, AL
was accosted BY soldier ot u reg
iment on duty there. with tho re marx
that any Mcclellan man WAS tr'l-
tor. The 18th man sail he was Il
Mcclellan man, and was no hator,
WHOM the other called him u liar;
whersup n l5th sul3l of, hit the
euthuiiastlc rbii splitter d southwest.
81 uadgr lhe s,ar.Jrd lug and sent
an VIVA iaiSoad ombanAmslG with
l>ent co!er!ty.
l,o friends of Uncie Abe'o hacker
,.l ~ stairs for their a.5, but when
thJy raacLei the scyne Of conllic',
,.lintne who.9 guarl had jnmpiJ OF
..,.,ain nj stood in line via hivO
uyts d<-i 4sJiYg whlchtro raiI.sp'it.
ers couoluIyi tnat in this Instance
discretion Ea3 th3 De.tc. part vi vi
or" y day or two later guMI Of
the same regiment vas on a t;"In -
ing to Atlanta, and, being HATED a;
station along the road, u half drunken
soldier entered the car where the
guard was stationed, and called tVr al
Llrcoln meu thore to follow him 10
"clean out" u copperhead soldier that
was out side. Getting no encourage
ment from the guard, Ia, lett the Gao
called some one outside a traitor, aIi
instantly measured hia leng'h in u
mud puddle. A squad Of tic los il
Ohio, passing Ring Id lately, say II
portrait Of General Mcclellan hang-I
ing near the headquarters O' til! 10Th
Kentucky stationed there, sul had the
to pull it down in the ab
sence Of the guard.
When the 10th boys fOun | Shp hsi
perpetrated the dirty act, they uo',i |
ed the officer in cOmnIni VI Ino
lOSth that ii he pernmitte1 his men
to do 80 again, they would give them
a slight touch OF hartsville, where they
showed the white feather and left the
1O4th Illinois to do all tho fighting
while they fled Tor safety. Such is
the state OF political acrim Dny exist.
ing at the present time that any in
eau easily pat the match to
the mine and terrible viii be the ex
plosion that will follow. The Nc
Clellan men: knowing that they are
the only real Union men in tho coun
try. will not oe buIIied By abolition
lisunioni0ts, and if either Officers or
men attempt to browbeat or dJny
them the rights OF citizsns, !lEer5 of
blood will follow.
Soldiers are not so stupid as not to
know that, under the present reglme,
the war is turned from lis ousinll.
and that, IN. place
Of fighting to restore the Um'oh, they
are sacrificing themselves for the
freedom of of q parcel Of worthless
They can appreciate the
Administration that has kept then
without pay for nearly ten months.
and LETT their families in destitutiOn.
Hundreds Of Regiments will go out oi
the seryice this fall, every one oi