White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-08-18
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INTERESTING PARTICULARS
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p;,,,burg Commercial, August y
', o.. yesterday had an hours converse nss
d'n =. s', ,bs city city on Sunday night from q,
r'shsa ~, They had been residents Of
B'rl, s.rs5urg, and were in the town
Cb'u9 ei' .shsI General McCsuslsnd en-.
tbs' t tnd burr burned the principal part OF
ts'd 81. They gave Us thrilling sc-
be ? . e tbs incidents attendant upon the
,Su1t o. w # the raiders, and the quiet
tdsi Say ybieh these unprotected females
sSl.u n.d amid the trying circumstances
isPIs! 'S"u,rounded them, is worthy of all
sb! !a All Although shorn Of all they pos,
pn'ss' b1 the rebel robbers and rebel
ss ~, vet they brsvely bore up. and at
y. s.ti1g last lingering look at their n
H n Inv homes then falling prey to
,'s ,s u'sri element. they sadly but her.
D. , uS, At The bidding of the incendiary
'l :s,,' started to walk to shippensburg,
;l s..,cs of nine or ten miles. From
a a.srious state Of sffiuence, comfort and
J ointment, they had become. 10 an
Ianselsss and homeless wanderers.
W. ~ .,uaht but the scanty clothing with
w. .:b tbsy left their burning homes. In
w. oue Of them was not even permit
I'm take with her bonnet to shelter
= Mad from the burning sun.
With regard to the burning Of Cham
,.'brro bV the rebels, we gathered dur
!, mr. CONVEX sation with these ladies
y ALLOWING particulars, which, being
ltd BY eye-witnesses, will be read
IN interest: 1t seems that the good peo-
:. Of Cb.mbersburg, not proEting by
4. experience of the past, were as we
:, here almost totally unprepared for
IA on however small scale. 1t is
A.. that Major General Couch had es-
abIi.bsd his headquarters in the town,
had with him a body guard OF some
.Tsuty or thirty men, and that one or
,o pieces Of cannon were planted on an
.ni.sues near the place. but beyond this
10 preparations bad bssn made to defend
a. ,aru 10 eaae OF an assault by the
r,u, II was known the raiders we're
i the s.ighborhood. .nd the greater part
# The mou.y 10 bank. aad Other vala-
,bIss bad besa removed 20 9 place of
,,f.,,: still the mass of of the people re-
tired on Friday night without dreaming
u the csl,ui,ies Saturday morning had
in store for them.
Abou. Eve o'clock on last Saturday
morning. two or three shots were fred
from the cannon before referred to. which
partially Es.ssd the sleepsrs in the
doomed town TO s seEse OF their danger.
A gentleman. a particular frieRd of the
ladies' With whom We coavsrssd, inform
81 them that the enemy were known to
be advancing upon the town. Hastily
dressing. they approached a small win
dow for the purpose of accommodating.
Small bodies Of rebels we're observed peer |
irs cautiously raspd the corners. appar-
nIly uusrmed. who having seemingly
,li.fsi their curiosity. rsiRei to the
outskirts Of the town. 1t was but short
tine, however. before they retained in
stronger force. and soon after commea
q lhsf work of destruction. Means
ni, who commanded the raiders, stat |
d tbs! te had CONS cpou his mission.
,sking with the vengeance of he'll, and |
dat be he'd selected bis hell hounds toi
perform the work, and they would per-
form il eEec;.aliy. Ea demanded of the |
chiusus $500, 00e in grespbacks or sto8, |
900 in geld as the price st which he !
"ouli save the town. But whilst the
qeoeis were taking counsel in relation
70 ths ustter, the "hell-houuds" COM
nenced firing the town. regardless of |
The rlsdge Of their commander to allow |
one hours time before he world begin
hs work.
The u.,t demand made was for whis-
ay, which they soon obtained aud drank
to their hearts desire. This helped 20 |
0st7sf IaiscsesRts and soon the carni-
sal %. destruction was under fall head
wsy FoRsss were set on FIRE without
giving the Inhabitants che slightest warn
n.y. aaS n many instances the inhabi-
'snls had barely time to escape with |
their lives. without even time to remov. ,
Single arncis of vslus. and in some in
asnees with scarce sufficient clothing in |
winch to make their escape. The town
VS. a'ed IN numerous places at the same
'Ins' and so quietly aud systematically |
CID they 60 absut theis work, that in
'0ns instances the inmates of the burning
buildings were not aware of the proxI-
mt! Of the dsager until m ads SO BY the
l,is''ng flames around them. The dwell
ing IN which our informant resided, one
~ The dnest in the place. was fred in
!os rear, aud whilst the ladies were look
'ns from the window at the work of des-
y going on at some distance from
.aem' they were warned by a friend of
'as'r danger. A friend who assisted
mem ont Of the house ssserts that
soen the ladies unlocked the front door,
su'se rebels rushed into the house for the
purpose Of plunder. As soon as the party
-, S1s safely out, the gentleman locked
NC aSos, and the supposition is that the
N' y locked in psrishsd in the flames.
o0s Instance related to Us seemed 90
pussant to all our ideas of human ma
VIII, mat had We not the most implicit
, .s.t in the vsrseIty of our inform
w We should hesitate 10 credit it even
Hosl'. 1t seems that one house to
~ 's 'asy Get fire contained the corpse
~ aead woman. This fact was made
, ~'s0 to the incsndiaries. and in the
rss s Of our common humanity they
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