Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-08-18

From the Westchester Pa Jefersonian.
Who is to Blame for the Burning of
Chambersburg.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Of August %,
in an editorial, headed Ransom and Arson. >
remarks that there has been sudden change
ia the tactics of General Jubal Early in the
matter OF the destruction of private proper
ty,' and asks 'wh at has produced this changer
would with proper respect, refer the In
quirer to Esop's fable OF the Partia Judge,
to whom q farmer came expressing great
concern for an accident which he said had
just happened. One OF your oxen continued
he, has been gored by an unruly bull Of
mine, and should be glad to know how
am to make you reparation.' Thou art
very honest fellow, , replied the lawyer, and
will not think it unreasonable that l expect
one Of thy oxen in return 1T is no more
than justice,' quoth the farmer, ito be sure.
But what did l say? mistake; it iss your
bull that has killed one of my oxen.' In
d eed' says the lawyer that alters the case;
m ust inquire into the affair, aud if - If
said the farmer, interrupting him, the if
might have been left out, had you been as
ready to do justice to others. as to exact it
from themb
The Inquirer and terrified leaguers might
learn lesson from this fable, if they will
not from Generals Lees forbearauce last
sum mer, when at Gettysburg. These peo-
pie forget the dreadful sufferings they have
inflicted through their armies and unsuc-
cessful generals on the defenceless women
and children of the Confederacy. Burning
their towns and destroying their crops aud
implements of husbandry. and desolsting
hearth stones far and wide. l have before
me list of towns and villages burnt by
northern armies in the South, from which
select here some for the leaguers to examine,
asking them what mercy they can expect
from a victorious Southern army, whose
officers and men have before them theiro
ruined homes and suffering families, burn
ing towns and a country desolated by the
malign rage Of baffled northern generals
Our shoddy newspapers rejoiced over the
desolation made in NJ ississippi by Shermau's
army, who boasted that he had burned
every dwelling house on his route!! Does
the Inquirer suppose that Southern soldiers
coming here will keep their hands off,
Prior to the invasion of the North last sum-
mer, by General Lee, the following towns
had been burned by Northern generals, be-
sides numberless private dwellings, in the
short space Of three months time, the list is
reliable. In May 1863 Admiral Porter ut
terly destroyed the town of Grand Gulf;
General Grant burnt Jackson the capital of
Mississippi, and the towns of Edwards Sta
ton, Rankin, Brandon and other NJ Mississippi
villages; Greenville, Miss, burnt by gun
Miss, Trenton, n. c., burnt by Federal
troops; General Blair by order of Grant, de-
vastated fifty miles of country between the
Yazoo and Big Black Rivers. InJune Ellet
burned the village of Simmsport, Ark !;
Button, s. c., burnt by Com. Gibson, U. s.
N, and over one hundred women and
children were killed by shells; Monticello, a
village in Tennessee, destroyed by Capt.
Carter; City of Darien, Ca, reduced to ash es
by the Yankee Higginson's negro soldiers;
village of Eunice, Miss, destroyed by U. s.
gunboat NJ armora; Richmond, La, burned
by Gen. Ellet. These atrocities were per-
petrated before Lees invasion last summer,
when he protected private property aad per.
sons, no doubt as an example Of Christian for
6earance to our Generals. Gettysburg Cham
bersburg, Carlisle and York, were for long
time in his possession and were not burned
even Gettysburg was not burned though
used as a refuge for Union troops, &c., and
situated in the battle field. Lee RETAINED
doubtless in the hope that our troops would
return the favor when on Southern SOIL
But have they done so? let the raiders sent
out by Lincoln under Dahlgren, with COM
bustible materials in their pockets with
which to Ere the city of Richmond, answer;
let the Union armies in the Carolinas ,Geor-
gia and Florida answer: let the whipped
Hunter answer; has the Inquirer forgotten
the history of his wretched flight through
Western Virginia? has he forgotten the his
tories of burning dwellings on his retreat, o.
the robberies and fearful crimes committed
by the fiend Hunter? What right has the
n orth to expect mercy at the hands of the
Confederate soldiers, burning to avenge such
cruel wrongs? The North, Boosting of their
civilization have been the aggressors; and
must expect retaliation at the hands of the
South. The monster Lincoln aud his min
ion Stanton, and his Generals Grant, Butler,
Banks. (who, by the way most wantonly
and from pure rage, burnt Alexandra, La. }
Sherman, and other beaten Generals are to
blame for the burning of Cham bersburg -
1t was in retaliation for the wicked acts
above recited, that Chambersburg was burnt.
These atrocities will explain the change in
Early's conduct, and the Inquirer viii in
deed do we'll if he can get Lincoln to give
Curtin permits sion to fortify the borders of
Pennsylvania and the line of the Susgue-
hanna. For should Lincoln refuse to per-
NIT Curtin to do this, York, Harrisburg,
Lancaster, West Chester and Philadelphia,
NAV suffer the fate of Chambersburg, befor,
the summer closes. CHRISTIAN.
SALT FOR BED BUGs.-A correspo ndent of
the Olean Advertiser thus presents to the