The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-30
ID LIE DO YE.
Our Correspondents Reply 70 Her
Charges-The Acquaintance Between
Them-BelIe AZ She Appeared at Front
llG2-rIer In cIa

fore left herself open to criticism Az an authoress From
curiosity and old acquaintance might have read her
pAoducon; for, with all her feminine qualities and
Goihles thought Miss Belle. everything considered
intorA sting when I first met her. But should not
do Iusece 10 mysef were to allow the following pas
sage rro., tho fair authoress In references TO me- to
pass witnAut more notice than that Of simply read
ing it, 80
Among tbs fcdersls who then occupied Front ao, Al
~as one Mr. ca rk reporter to the HEs YORK SsR'ID,
and. although an iIishman, by no means gentleman
He domici,d al headquarters, wh,cu were estab-
lished, have before mentioned, al my aunts resi-
dence and thus 10 that I saw h m daily, Tor he
could not possibly 81 into the street without crossing
tho courtyard ana passsng through the hallway.
rhis MI. Clark cndeagored upon several occasons to
inirude his society upon me- and, although told hun
A.nIy his advsnccs wehr extremely disastofu he
segsfd SO far tla ws forced more than oD'e to bolt
These rcbuhs he orsase, ana ircm an intrusive
Fl end he became An inveefac enemy ~ IS to h n
indebt For the first violent undssnaed a''sc WITH
! viii Ii my name was coupled in any federal Journal
| The two first periods Of tho above contain only one
rbss reference 10 which have anything 10 say aad
thst phrase will simply remark that Miss Belle Boyd
may have standard by which she recognizes gentle
| men, while there others in The world which may
dinor FROM hers. l have ny eta'd-rr! and am
| always guided by H. So hays other pcopic theirs IL
Miss Belle Boyd to decide upon the question of who isa
gentleman and who nots ia. her ro'an her own ideas,
but il scarcely fair In Belle to tell the wor. who
she thinks Is not up TO standard In this respect IN
regard TO the third period, will state that while
| had good deal Of intercourse with Mss bci'e ana
her cousin Miss stewart my visits were by invitation ana
| have recollection that door WAS ever polted Ia
my face to exclude from any room In when she
was What the authoross n,csas by my advances, am
ut loss 70 remember for only recoect paying her tho
respect considered due ladies OF her GLASS and man
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| Iaut in 10 hi
gave for the rebus let tbe heroine OF her
own romance that she has for the erst tpe nb,S md
! h.wA 81 a +. -. .ia. 1D~Sr.--- ...s
--.- .lo .nGers.ov., ..iai had ~ lug
to forgive. Had known of anything for which siovJ
have pardoned Miss Belle, should certainly promptly
have done so, for my desire has always been to
no on coed terms with every lady, which
the distinguished authoress herself will readily perceive
The difficulty OF attaining, much less maintaining. Miss
Belle wnis up her gentle and graceful compliments 10
me by tho clduse SIT is To him am indebted Tor tho
first violent, undissu!sed abuse with which my
was coupled in any federal Journal This Is certainly
communicating 10 the HMArD office; for, until the
present OCCASION have written the Of Miss
Belle Boyd requested any one else 70 do 1t. so
much then for the kind memories Of Miss Belle regard
me. Now, with your PERMISSION, will furnish few
of mine cernng the heroine Of tho somewhat singu
lar volume which bears her spicy name and Game
throughout tho world
i
believe that Miss BELLE would have done her priceless
jewell much more service had she omitted tho above
ladies' agree with me that even surprising her statements
true proper regard for feminine mOdesty would Dayc
dcicaiey induced Miss Belle 70 have forever thrown tho
veil Of cOpccalmc around the page which communi-
Gates this Intelligence To the world in reference to her
seY fear not the verdict Of the ladies upon this quos
ton Instinct tells il will be unanimous, and upon
my side
ercsiing acquaintance. am fully aware Of tho nwk-
wardnees of the position which attack from such u
places, rather finds me, and therefore will
expect some allowance to DO made If my remarks
not they should be were I replying
imputation from u irmer hand than that OF lady.
formed the acquaintance Of Miss Belle BOYD at rrons
Royal Shields division had just crossed the mountains
valley, with his pckeis In Front Royal sup
| ported by the First Maryland regiment OF nfsnry,
Tho notorious stonewall Jackson with army Of TWEEN
yve thousand mon, was within striking distance of all
ss%, nrove% Ss not To- orr 20 the
position nj Front Royal was exceedingly interesting The
negroes had informed me that Miss Belle was getting In
and also that tho forces Of the latter intended to attack
by the officer Ia command OF the post but whether
he sent them further Il Is now too late to Inquire
With all these ideas in my mind was smoking cigar,
the court yard 81 the hotel a. Front Royal
within view OF Miss Belle and elderly lady, said by
her 10 be her aunt or mother, now forget which, when
message to by negro that the matronly per-
sonage desired to speak with me. Knowing well the
/
ley, responded to tho invitation at disadvantage; for
| WAS "a man warned which is "a man armed"
Cautiously but promptly approached and addressed
by the elderly lady, as nearly AZ can remember the
| words, thus
~ hope you will excuse the freedom OF sending
you, SIR but Miss Belle who is up 70 everything, heard
| you the correspondent OF the NEw York HERALD,
and wished TO see you. This is Miss Belle"
Now Miss Belle at this time quite character In
| the valley Every had heard OF her. and had my
self heard much about her that the interview
| was by means averse TO- In common with many
officers Of the fright wing Of McClelans army" bad
for time desired tn and speak to Belle, merely
10 nnd out her pccuaritics which well canvassed
in the headquarters and the various camps Miss Belle
was the subject Of many joke which she will be just
| ~ thankful 10 me if I do not repeat
Being introduced, she for moment and said, ri
have crow TO pluck with you gentlemen OF the Nxw
YORK HKRALD."
~ am sorry, replied I, 'tha, you should have any
| complaint to make TO me; but let me hear IT,"
"weD, your Darnsown correspondent" said Belle,
'wrote about from there In most ungbntlcmaDly
manner and want TO know who he s am sure you
could not have written he did, she added with
al was the Darnstoxn correspondent Of the HsRALD"
said I; but wrote word sbout you In my life.
and you may feel sure that you are safe RON such inr
! sion from me-"
Belle now arose from her seat little nenplussed Ct
this unexpected truth, and ssid IL hurried air and with
parIorf IAN invitation which accepted for various
reasons which may as well be LET out % h's narrative
shock occasioned TO her female senstveness by my last
| reply, csme to her rescse by rensrkng:-
ufhat correspondence you speak Of must have come
from the agent Of the associated press, Mr. Barnard
She signlned her pleasure 81 this, though she must
we'll have understood the worthlessness Of the observa
| tion.
After some conversation about the armies aud their
| spective merits and prospects Of success, Ia which
we took the most opposite grounds, and he'd much
warm controversy, asked Belle II she would sing for
me- which she agreed do and fulfilled her promise by
singing my Maryland" In such manner that thanked
her but added that thought her conversational powers
far superior TO her musical ability In truth Miss Belle
can talk great deal. asked her II she would not play
something She replied that she would he most happy
could but she did not play but said she my cousin
Stewart modest handsome and, witha, accomplished
young lady, appeared and disccursed Dixie" The Red
| white and Blue" and many other vol known and
| popular ars, both with her voice and an accom-
| panmsnt on the piano. Miss Belle sometimes
| Joined In with her and sometimes she did not.
| had now seen enough OF Miss Belle To give mo
tolerable idea Of what she considered her
In mar not well