The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28

among the enemy's troops, an enemy
found in the uniform of his captors or one
of the enemy's soldiers captured in the
dress of civilian, is considered to be a
spy If found around the army lines or in
a fort or city. During the Franco-Prus-
sian war il was contended that persons
who went up in ballons to reconnoiter the
enemy's position Were so dangerous that
they ought to be treated as spies How
ever, this contention will not be sustained
as war baiions are now used by the armies
OF all the civilized nations, where practic-
a lie.
During the civil war, in August 1862
Longstreets corps was advancing north
ward through Culpeper county, Va, while
.Jackson's was proceeding up south of the
Rapidan, toward Raecoon Ford Long
streets advance was meeting with severe
resistance at Kelly's Ford on the Rappa-
hammock, and the general, who was with
Picketts division, about four miles to the
rear, sent a courier to jackson to advise
him that he would probably have TO move
west through Stevensburg and across the
Rappahannock above. This courier was
was killed by a Union scout who had got
in between Longstreet and jackson, at
place called Lick Branch near Richards
vile. On reading the dispatch the scout
who was dressed in a Confederate cap
tains uniform, concluded to take a daring
step and delay the advance of Longstreet's
corps. He judged from the fact of Long
street notifying Jackson of his contemplat-
ed movement that Jackson was the su-
perior officer and he was reporting to him
He therefore dashed along the road in
the direction of Keuy's Ford and at
Charles Doggett's found Gen. Longstreet
sitting on his horse surrounded by HIS
staff, while the men of Pickets division
We're lying, resting along the roadside
Riding straight up to Gen. Longstreet he
csaFr Tod a..
sends his compliments and directs that
you withdraw to Germanna Ford at once"
Longstreet gave the stylish Confedera te
captain searching glance, and said:
Would you be kind enough to repeat that
message%' The Union scout unfalteringly
repeated: Gen. Jackson sends his compli-
ments and directs that you withdraw to
Germanna Ford at once"
AS the last word left his lips Long
street seized him by the collar, and cried:
ARREST him. He knew very well that
Jackson being a thorough soldier would
not direct" his superior officer to do any
thing, so the scout had a Gordon of re-
Volvers at his head Instantly He was
pulled off his horse by men of Pickett's
division, and when searched by Long
streets staff the dispatch the general had
sent to Jackson was found with other
evidences that he was a spy, and very
soon some of Longstreets escort who
the information that they had found the
dead body of their comrade, at Lick
Branch. LongStreet at once ordered a
''drum-hea court martial" which held
its session in a fence corner The Union
scout denied nothing. He was found in
the uniform of a Confederate captain.
with the dispatch from Longstreet to
Jackson upon him. He admitted that he
belonged to the Union army-to the First
Maine Cavalry, I believe. In ten minutes
they had sentenced him to death by hang
ing, as a spy, and ten minutes later he
was swinging TO the limb of a cherry tree
by the roadside, with Longstreet's Corps
marching past.
The treatment of prisoners in the nine
tenth century has generally been hu-
name, although the Mexicans dealt very
harshly with those they took from Ls.
In the annual revolutions In Hayti neither
side bother themselves with prisoners. 1t
is cheaper to machete them than feed
them, and it is trouble 70 guard them, too,
The Spaniards have been very severe on
the Cubans they have taken prisoners,
but now that we hold prisoners of their
people, they will undoubtedly deal genter
with our allies The stories of the Cubans
numbering Spanish prisoners are design
ed to prejudice the Cuban soldiery. The
Cubans did not murder Spanish prisoners
before the United States became their
champion, and they certainly will not do
SO now