St. Mary's gazette., 1865-08-10

W1Be To- eOnfraQictsthe Sfatcnertsf III u
sssii of not J, IS mischief, though temper
e1a;ih dash Of even wilder fnu, she
diEtmk,ted the lieutenant and parry Who
escbIted her on her frssimprisoninent..,b BY
wsvibg over their heads as the tram en-
tered Raltirnere, small confederate flag
whis e had received By stealth, from a
fel. ,w - The war- ard snrrdta-
siio,di ,disFg st.51cealc1'ih her packet. Nor was
her daring or defarce confined TO words
alone. Tu almost every chapter of the
book We find Belle confronting the bavo.
net Of some sentry. who sometimes. alter
prcyocation too strong for federal nature,
lad recourse to his only weapon against
the sharper tongue of his fair foe. Once,
indeed. as she lis not ashamed 10 confess
that she recalls without Il shadow Of re-
morse" her "blcol literally loi'ing in her
veins" as one ofa party IF soldiers in
vading the nnase "addresscd her m,ther
and herself in langaaee ss offensive as it is
possible 10 conceive" She expressed her
sentiments in a way which nav rt.aaEs
pass into a precedent COR the inifarion cs
any "quict" youce American lady under
the circumstances. Il drew "ut M ps.
tol," says this raim an1 gentle young crca-
ture Of seYcntarn~-!t appearing that a
weapon ofihat Kind formed an Indispensable
part Of fcmale equipment at the time
land shot him lie was carried away
orfally wounded, and soon after cNp:r-
cd The mans commanding Hi>4r lap
pily being satistle,. that ii" bad G"lie 'et-
fectly right. il IS a relief to fnd the Only
result Of this exploit to be that Of establish
ing ;no fame of the heroine both North
and South.
slar'in~hnrg, the birth place Of Mis-
Belle Bod pretty town nestled in the
valley Of the Shrnartloar. was anon: '',o
first victims t. the ravag"s o; war. icr
father a wealthy country geutlemau, hid
taken his place as a private in the conf'.d-
crate ranks. in which he eventually fell
in the second year Of the war. His house,
turned into fnea1 1trirters by til" enemy,
became nevertheless, hy tie arfs ard in
trcpidity f his wife and dau- HER. The
centre Of plots aud -.rotag"U.S for The sup
ply Of s-ccors ani intelligence to t',e sou,h-
crn leaders in rh" n, iv!borhood. All being
fair in war as in love the 'leh"i >j'y" found
nothing but what Wa> lauia'l. IN pun r'no
he friendly f"icr" officers or, by means
% hole iu the q or, nevirr cavestrnn-
per at the couucii O; war : the pew< thus
surrcItui"usly p:cAeI up bcing duly con
veyed to Generals Stuart "r Jackson. =
Tie yourG 'a1y's :rst oren adventure was
that of inidnirht ride by hersei M otryh b
the federal rickets. saving poor old jack
son and his GcmoraliZed army" t:a,n 't,c
trap set for them ~ the conf Int Shields.
Shortly 7.tar al Front Royal. the scheme
Of Banks and fremont, with aticarv aud
White, to march at once Gpon Jackson,
! having come to Be.lcs private car, she
saw no alternative but on tic spur u
the moment TO ''Iu: on q white su-!-t'n.
ret'' ard star: at a run through the enc
my's lines--thc ria.-lails tAlline thick and
fast around her. a;d, d by HE chu'ai mark
afforded by hef dark blue drcS', WI Il a
little fancy white apron above it, She
arrived. out of breath, Just in time to cna-
! Die jackson TO plan and execute the hab k
move u,cnt v hieli restored him to the pos
session Of Martirs3uIs lis :o;c, l!.a!k
ing her for himself and army, "for r.. in,
. menSe service that she had rendered. hcl
, country That day" formed, naturally. one
fof Rrile's most cherished treasures
{ Iroudcr s'll was ;I,e Obstruction q r"cf.V
! ing her formal commission as Cay tai!
aud Honorary Aii-dr-Csm? to St"newaI
Jackson" ,2d theae.su,;i "c,.rvi.c thf
respect Ha;d to any otliesr ~. sul4icrS.
At the INSPECTION or troops * Zee AZ,
; Loncs'rcct the new-naale mj"rcJ,r ''ha<
t'he h'ror to attend Or ho,s.sAoa a:l II
sass~i"te with the s4l rklr,r= of IL >tye
1;ral seeaHnM,lccs."
Z The sr*t iet@ution of Erlla lH,ra .
B4ltn re vas brt tr"t. and -wA. r,ark,A
t'tEa II fc!w Incidents nf ir,nrr,ancr 81
h'- iicnvri@iolc eter',ins.ion tn ai! Ii
cause of Sc, sion. - al -: :. Is "a
nrorc.., dnwu uroH hrr T." i,ayv ia.s
q, Stcr"'a.! Stanton. who " m laly'
'cEFi = I1rcs ~ -atiNn.' So, ms TO hive r!r
fcsut ,lsiser as au e,i genius by wLosc ss
Lis ll.ns WEE t>it. fp<1a
stFh ~ ~ ,psc:sl oF&5sr Sc ,wa< ar:es
: Prison" a Na>hirr.oh.. II f5t,;-'urr< 3
'1ifs In ca r'is'v are drown w,rh mn. !
t'grai hie Tore. aud reality. ~. er4.g
/ deposition ta make. 'ao w,rs, sf Yans i
,IrlnEy AID inh1n.:ni-y. It cao,q., W
t,.;r.s;. be s.;'i tia; % tliewhac',{r1 reat
mcnt ih.se was .Rr.Te .s;riaz4nt or -evcfe
than was requisite for tug e.fs ,he' ~ D.
q c2p.ive yhpSe l, ally. vii wax f"revef a1
an M Il I! x 10 'fbf and tatiis 4A.ar 'dt.sfnct
E'esf,ecislav ,shet1 allowabee iiis made for a,e
spectsl difiGaliies shiehl. nust attach to
the case of lady. pritner alone arn2a 81,
a community of males. The cnieF official:
were in general sufficiently court ons anu
considerable. and II the rude instinct of du-
,y led ., times to some excess of rough
ness on the part of some jealous sent.y. it
is not given. We must remenbvt to every
raw private 10 make the exact allowance
for ''pret.y Fanuy's way" when the fair
charge would persist in irolling 'secesh',
cities 9. the top Of her voice. and faaa-
az 1Zsq 4 q e.. y-r ii,