Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-02-02
REBEL, RAIDS AGAIN,

isting civil war. OF course, VIC accord to it
tho same rights of opinion as to the manage
mcnt of the war, the conduct Of our officers
and the degree of responsibility to which they
should DO held, which We claim for ourselves
But the Union has no right to make grave
charge against Us, Involving serious impu-
tation upon our loyalty and fidelity to our
Government and to the cause Of the Union
such as is implied in it'd editorial Of the 1Qsh
January.
The statement to which "a ezsopt;s in
these words. " TAey' Qba Cir;lian) "hrrs
"taken sceQsion tine cjtsr time 10 Gcaoaa'e
q and attempt to dcf.nss the character e G'nsas1
ece,y officer Uho has been in oomrsaa& Of
"Mis Departments, ana more especially tis
q General in command q Lis post "
This reckless and waatca assertion. as GU
readers well know is absolutely without foun-
dation in fact We so stated last week and
lad o right to expect from the fairness and
cGador of the Union, Withdrawal Of the
charge. or an acknowledgment Of tho error
into which it had fallsn. Instead of this is
last SaturGa Us issue reassert, its origina state
ment and supports" it by giving tic tides
of article, in this paper, on ssgs" diTercn. &C.
oasions froa {" Eeb. 5, 1861" 70 JaHaary y,
1865" Four of the geyca articles appear.
f'om the captions as quoted by lie Ua.on,
(for we DO not choose to reprint I.on cur
filqs) to refer to g rebel raids upon our lines,
and to g military operations in this quarter"
which the other three appear to be articles Of
general character; as applicable TO :Ae De-
partmeat Of the James, or Of tho Tennessee.
as to this. Our readers will bear IN mind
that the Union does not quote one word from
either of these scrcn articles in Il year's time.
to prove its injurious charge thu. We have
:" time after time denounced and atto.aptod 20
defame the character Of almost Grey officer
"wno has been in command of this Depart
"ment." Not one word Thc military
commanders over u in Western Ea-yland.
since the beginning OF The war, lave been
General Wallace, Gen, Lander, Gea. Glrs,,
Gon. Hunter, Gen. Kelley and Gen. Crock.
The Union says we have G2aouncaI and
attempted to dcfamo the character Ct almost
every one" ofthcse distinguished soldiers and
patriotic gentlemen-and to meet our ind =
rant denial of the falsehood it proceall to
give tho titles only Of sere~ articles which
have appeared il this Journal Turing The past
year Oac of the articles it thus refers to ~
ti!tc only, bears date 50 late as The 18th Jan.
1865. VIII our readers believe tia. Ibis ar
tc,e thus referred to by the Laioa to prove
its charge that we ha5trally denounced and
defined our commanding officers, contained
only these words in relation to our present
commanding General:
"Siace General Crook arrived here and
g took immediate command of.Lis department,
- We have noticed The general prevalence ola
g feeling Of confidence and security which
" had been totally lost by the unhappy affair
"Gt New Creek. Our citizens repose the
- most perfect confidence in the military skill
:" and vigilance of this distinguished General
aud no longer fear irrupiion, to burn, rob
land destroy, CT the miserable gangs, across
- the border"
Is this the language CT Islander and DEAN
alton which TIE L,aio~ says we apply to our
commanding os.ccrs? We can tell the J,pion
that /: is true. Repeated losses CT horses and
ohor property, by our citizens and Dyalmsn
had gone far to iniure and destroy tie great
business interests Of the county. Ties,
raids appeared to be made wi,lr perfect ;.ppu-
nifty. They seemed to be uniformly suaGess-
full, and we heard @: no instances where thcY
were prevented or punished. IKE shameful
capture OF New Creek, impressed everybody
with conviction Of our insecurity, and not
only our own citizens. but residents OF other
States owning property here more than shared
oar own apprchensions. We stated that the
assumption Of the command by Gen. Crook.
fresh from the victorious battle fields Ct tho
Shenandoah VALLEY, removed at once those
apprehensions and Induced general feeling
OF security. We repeat that assertion now,
and though the reputation of General Cloo.;
as soldier and a General needs 10 enlo&y OF
ours, VIC tender to him our than,:s, and those
of thousands connected with this county by
the ties of residence and of property, thai
this is SO. We thus rendered our thanks to
Gen Kelley last summer on his successful
defence of this town against McCauslanA, and
we have ever acknowledged with pride and
pleasure the services rendered to our cause
by our officers on all propc, occasions. lilhe
inion had read our articles, with anything
like the care and attention we always beSsow
upon the agreeable and frequently able ones
in its columns, it would never have been the
medium of u charge against us so slanderous
and caluminous as the one we now dismiss,
with this final refla,ion and denial
r----=s,..,--
BEooEs AND BUrLER-Thc 70 lowing is The
letter of General Butlcr to Mr.. Brooks to
which reference was made in Mondays Con-
gressional proceedings
w ,surNnroy Januor, och 1ccS