Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-03

SO no, sir said she, 'you have all that
| composed of it,"
"Why, madam, this article begins page
nine. Where is page One?"
so, sir" said she, 81 always begin with
page nine; that's one of nay little eccentrici-
ties"
THE ACCoMAC CAMPAIGN.
The active campaign of this old gentle
man, who seems to have suffered, since the
death of his friend Wool, that sort of sever
ance which the remaining Siamese Twin
might feel if the other should die and leave
his survivor the ragged spectre of an unex-
PRED term. Dix's sole active campaign was
conducted in the county of Accomac, on
the eastern shore of Virginia. 1t is COM
memOrated in the immortal his
tory Of Orpheus G. Kerr. General Dix fig
ures as Captain William Brown, and GEN
eral Lockwood, of Delaware, as Captain
Bob Shorty. The constabulary of that
sparcely settled region being absent in the
Rebellion, General Dix and forces were
sent to fll out their unexpired terms. The
command busted itself with returning fugi
tive slaves to their masters and hunting
down armed bands of oysters on the Dor
ders of Duck Lake. All that opposed Gen
eral Dix, he devoured; he ate bis enemies,
and filled his belly with their unexpired
terms. His proclamations to the disloyal
shellfish were all headed with picture of
a negro running away with a bag over his
shoulders, and the motto: IF any biped or
bivalVe attempts to escape, shoot him on
the spot" A molluscular terror prevailed
in those regions, and then Gene raj Dix was
sent somewhere to patch out an active Gen
erals unexpired term in garrison.
1t is notable that, whenever Dix fills an
Office, he leaves no memory of himself; and
the reason is, that be is a mere proxy by
nature, without precedence in individual
personality, a secondary presence and utter
ance with whom society pieces out the form
of authority, and lays hands upon him to
do it because he understands the art of be-
ing around. "They also serve who ouly
stand and wait" truly he knows it.
The State of New York will probably
have the privilege of deciding beiwe n this
garrison General and corps commander
whose name is part of every great battle
West and East-Henry Slocum; q man
wounded unto death, put in breaches Of
forlorn hope, and set to defend the key
stones in the arch of great stategic cam
paigns; a man who modestly, and without
regard to party lines does his whole duty,
as when be joined j. A. Logan to reprieve
Congress from the dishonor of cadet sell
ing. And Capt. William Brown will strike
his level in this political combat, as Jack
Humphreys or Bob Acres found it when
matched against man who never fired Off
dumplings, or conducted a negro family to
an oyster eating planter on the Eastern
shore, 50
RECOLLECTION OF DIX.
In 1865, an aid-de-camp of Dix, by the
name of Barstow. came to me q was then
a resident in New York; to say that Gen.
Dix wanted to see some newspaper writer
on public and military business. Greatly
exercised in my ace OF hearts, and wonder
ing if | was to be shot immediately on the
seven spot, took my way TO an office on
Blocker street, before which paced SEN
tiuel and several army warfant-lgents, the
latter of whom shaved officers salaries, and
are now members in good standing of the
Republican party.
Within, screened away like paWn-brok-
er, was the General who had commanded
in AccOmac.
The nature of Lis communication was
somewhat startling, and fully in accord with
his proxy character. He wanted me to hang
a man, and relieve him from the respon-
sibility.
Start not, until the above sentence be
explained.
There was a poor devil named Beall,
who had captured a steamboat called the
Philo Parson, running between Detroit
and Sandusky. Anxious to shoot him on
the spot, over somebody's shoulder, Gen.
Dix, TO whom he was transferred, had de-
signed to have certain newspaper articles
written, clamOring for the mans blood; and
under cover Of said articles, and the popu-
lar effect they might produce, issue some
celebrated order No. 2, like the following:
"Jehn. Beall will be shot, on receipt of
this order, on the Fiye-spot. Piracy must
be killed dead, though should have to be
Governor ~
And this old moral coward, Major Cen
eral Of poppycock phrases, bad supposed
that was official journalist enough to be
apprentice to his hanging propensltles. l
allowed him to hang the man himself, and
the said hanging, under the circumstances,
l have always looked upon as the sacrifice
of a young mans life TO feed an old and
pitiless politicians desire to do a popular
and dramatic thing. Bean was also con-
victed of other offences on American soil,
but the proof was of the fimsiest charac-