, 1864-08-13
L PAINFUL CONTRAST.
How Rebels Meet Federal Raids
How Penns1lTanianE Meet Rebel
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Gov. Curtin, in his special m essagc, denies
that the bnrghers of the border counties o,
Pennsylvania have behaved in cowardly
manntr. But m4rk the contrast Of the wag
the rebels behaye when raid Is made among
them. Msj. Gen. stoneman, commanding a
dlS,sion Of our cavalry, three thousand
strong, Was recenl; dispatched By General
Sherman from his camp before Atlanta, On q
raid to the important city Of Macon, some
eighty or ninety miles southeast Wardly-yery
Bear the center OF the State, and not far from
Millsdgeville, Its capital. The rebels report
that they hare Dictated and captured Gen.
stonemnn, with 500 of lis men, and broken
mp and dispersed the whole expedition.
All the rebel army Nas In and about At.
lanta; ard to I'LL Its ranks the country had
heen swept Of able bodltd whites under a
cotEcription SO ruthless and searching that
an Alabamiah quantity said, ''It takes all
that haven't been dead over two days" Yet
1en Stohtman was stopped and hurled back
BY hastily gathered militia 1orce-that is,
by boy, Old men, and the very few men or
military age whom the rebel authorities had
eA cnsed from serving In the field under the
presumption that they cou.d be more useful
elsewhere.
affair:
MACON, Ga, Aug. !, 1861.
S. Cooper, Adlntant and Inspector General:
Gen. stoneuan, with I cavalry force estimated
at twenty bit hundred, with artillery, wIs met
two miles from tho city by our forces, composed of
Ge9Eeia reserves-locdf eon!pon :es-and sae militia
assault was repulsed nnd his force held In cheek
along our en1ire ling 81 day. Refining toward
clifton he vas stacked the next morning By Gen.
1Terson, Who. having routed the main body cap
tufeo Ger. Stoneman and hFe hundred Of his com.
n1and: Gen. 1Felsonfs men are still capturing
sttasglers. HOWELL C0aB, Major General
Ihe fact is that infantry. we'll led, can a.
ways, II they are reeolute. stop the progress
Of cavalry through any country. SO wooded
and uneven Us al Cur States kouth Of the Ohio
are known to be. On the vast prairies and
plains Of the gEeast West, It might be other
vice, but In any half wooded reeion, abound-
1rg in hille, ridges and rayiues, militia in
fantry, familiar with the ground and fight
ing on the defensive, can defeat and repel
more than their humber Of o.dinary cavalry.
The rndest trench and breastwork will COM
pei the troopers to halt, dlsmou1t and cha arse
on foot and this process may require rope
tition every mile or two. 4 dozen tees
ST illfulis felIed form IN aba&&, which no cav
airy can charge or clear it must be slo WY
ard * ilsomely removed, or the provision and
ammunition wagons are brought to dead
ralt. In short, the 1awest infantry militia,
it we'll commanded and plucky. are an over
match for their number Of veteran horsemeD
under such circumstances.
Compnre now the successful defense OF Ma.
con With the surrender and destruction Of
Chambersburg without one shot fired in its
defense. and judge whether this is the sort
"f warfare calculated to put down great
md desperate REBELLION.
Cham bereburg Was large anu thrifty oor-
ongh, the capitat Of the wealthy and popu-
lops county Of FranEl1n-a county having
a l2s Inhabitants, and casting last year 5,5S6
yotee. We estimate that there were 5000
able -boGied men within twelve miles Of
Chambersburg when McCausland entered
thht borough unopposed and burned It With
ont shadoW Of excuse. {The Coppcrhe2d
organs which aseett that the Union armies
stsrces simply lie-there is no other word
that does them justice. No Union General
ever o1oered the firing OF a city or borougb
wherein be had encountered no resistance;
though Quabtrell not only burned Lawrence,
with was surprised and 1aE at bis mercy,
sut called most OF its unarmed male citizens
out-of their beds and butchered them ID cold
bloody
Charnbersburgh was by far the most e1-
poEs borough Or city of eix Thousand fuhab.
ltst'ta or OVER in the Free States-one which
the rebels had ofteu threatened and twice al
reads captured. It lies In the mouth OF the
famous Cumberland valley, opposite the She
9@uuSoAt AuHu WHICH EfcIy 1Euc4 1VAIG Aae
marched that ever get invaded or threatened
tie Free North. Despite the thin shred Of
Mary land Lere ,ntetposed, 1t is essentially a
ho1der town. Often threattned, and always
in more or less danger.
vt chamhersbuig, xe are told, had. no
hilitia organization, 10 minutemen; no ar-
Iang.ment ior prompt and certain !nforma-
titu BY telegraph or beaeon.dres, Of TIE ap-
prstch Of hostile force-no prvconcerted
ssgntl for calling her kble-bodied citizens to
a1n,s, Do you remember that Maryland
genlus, acting ss guide to:a British oMcer
oVls Che deld cf the fght-We nean the flight