Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-08-11
NO 49,.
Tie Experience Of a ..Rebel !,

The following story is told by the. New
Orleans Pieoyune: .ss
''A gehtleliati Of this city who has been
very prominent earnest aud effective BE-
bel, was captured and brought some weeks
ago to Baton Rouge. whore he was deliver.
ed into: theehands of General Lawler Now
the Genera! is one of the kindest hearted
and most genial of men, and to the surprise
Of the captured Rebel, he received him with
the greatest bepignity and courtesy, and
after taking his parole and otherwise kinds
iy obliging him asked the heretofore obd,-
rate Rebel if his men Omitted States soldiers
had not recently captured horse and bugs
gy of his The Rel Ell, with resigned bat
melancholy air, answered in the Affirmative.
adding, 'and you will find him an excellent
horse Yes remarked the General, L
have so found Elm, but as you are in great
err need of him, and have better title to
him than / have, here is an order for hing
Whe reupon. our Re bells pensive ard mel
ancholy air, continuing, the General in
quired if he could do anything more fer
him Not SO sir was the reply of the as
touished and humliated Rebel, I beg you
won't, for you have already made ne feel
worse whipped than | have been during
this war; 81.
"Our subjugated Rebel came to this city,
and was much distressed to fad his family
| elected from tke homestead and in grea.
need. He had been prosperous merchant
of good credit, and seeing no other way OF
raising tue money he required, he wrote to
an old mercantile friend at the North, who
had been as strong a Union man as he bad
been Rebel and Secessionist. stating his
circumstances, and asking if his old friend
could loan him sum IF money which he
| required for present purposes. He received
prompt response, that all the money he
needed was placed to his credit and at his
[ convenience. Hereupon our Rebel agafn
found himself in lower deep beyond the
| lowest" of sujugation and humiliation, and
protests that if he receives any further such
tokens Of kindliness and magnanimity, he
will be under the necessity. for his OWL
relief, of hanging himself to the most corr
venie. t lamp-Ios ." ...... ....t.
SHERIDAN ON THE MONROE DocTR1NE.
General Sheridan commands the. United
States forces Oh the Rio Grande. Any aci
cidental difficulty in that quarter may rem
der his views important. Alta late meet
ng in New York, the Mexican General Or
tega being present, the following extract
from one Of Sheridan's letters was reid:
There is no use to beat around the bush
| 10 this Mexican matter. We shtu' give
permanent governmer. . to that republic:
Our work in crushing the rebellion will not
be done till this takes place. The advent
of Macmillan was portion of the rebelli on,
and his fall should belong to its history
Most of the Mexican soldiers of Maximil-
ian's army would throw down their arms
the moment we cross the Rio Grsnde. The
French influence governed by sheer impu~
dence. [Cheers a
General Word then proposed the health
of General Ortega, of the Mexican Repub-
lie. Senior Zaco responded briefly for Ger.
Ortega. expressing the hope that the Amer
leans aud Mexicans shall fight the French
together +; that kings may be taught that 20
monarchies can succeed in America. and
that Mexico and Canada and Cuba. and ev-
cry part of America shall be free,
Three groans were then given for Maxi
milan.