The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-18

rather Enthusiastically planning the exten.
aion Of 80 degrees 30 minutes to the
Pacific and making this the dividing
line between the two sections. These
tenders Of impossible peace agree.
ments were hardly received seriously
By any one. aud northern papers even
censurcd the administration for per.
hitting them to be made nj all.
The mind OF the nation was now
attuncd to war. The ffe aud drum
were heard In oil corners Of the land.
In every city and hamlet Ia both sec.
0ons troops were being recruited.
drilled and hurried 10 the front. From
virginia IN the east 10 Missouri IN the
west the border had become q battle
line. by her stand for neutrality
Kentucky for n time turned aside the
war tide from her own soil but the
respite was 10 prove brief
The prediction that poor old Vir.
ginia would have to bear the brunt OF
the battle" was already proving true.
She had gone into the struggle re.
luctantly. as though dimly foreseeing
the cost. by II she was TO G torn
asunder. losing nearly onc-half Of her
territory. and the remnant was TO be.
come military camp during four
fearful years. Armies. the greatest the
world had ever known. would struggle
over her. dcsolating her towns and
fields, turning her into slaughter
house. hospital and a graveyard.
~. Ak.,s hnV h.. .1
presidents" that had taken NO historic
Q part In the first years OF the republic.
was TO be historic still. but In how
mOurnful a sense! She had chosen her
bed. but her couch was 10 be one Of
thOrns. and the thorns were the points
Of bayonets.
Some Important Movements.
In the week ending June - there
were no battles worthy OF the name
but severn important movements. This
was a breathing space after the fight.
ing Of June II In Missouri General
Lyon rested at Boonvilie. On the
18th a skirmish occurred at Cole. near
By. and q small Onion force was sur.
prised aud driven out. Governor
Jackson reappeared ~ ST. Louis with
roo men. purloined some property aud
got away. There were attempts to
pursue him. but without result. Three
Of the state officers returned To JefYer
son City and took the oath OF ale
glance General Mcclellan. who up to
this time had been directing opera.
lions from Cincinnati. now went In
person 10 Grafton and started the
movement against the Confederstes In
the vicinity Of Beverly. Colonel Lew
Wallace. after winning the battle Of
Romuey. withdrew to Cumberland.
where be remained In q rather perilous
situat ton for several weeks.
After General Patterson crossed the
river at williamsport General Scott.
In q fever Of anxiety for the safety Of
the capital. wrote aud telegraphed
that the Pennsylvania commander
send q part Of his troops to Washing.
1On. Patterson complied. but. fearing
he had not a large enough army to
cope with Johnston. withdrew again
into Maryland.
EmbOldened BY the fact that the
Union troops did not occupy Harpers
Ferry after the Confederates evacuat.
ed. q small force Of insurgents wreak.
ed further destruction there on June
%. At Martinsburg the COnfederates
destroyed fOrty-six locomotives and
more than sou coal cars and gOndOlas
belonging to the Baltimore aud OHIO.
They ESQ struck Piedmont aud de-