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Capture cf John H. Morgan,
the Celebrated Desperado.
Cincinnati, July 2ti.
The following despatch was received .
nt the headquarters of this department
to-day :
headqcairmns in the Field, three
miles south of New Lisbon, Ohio, July
tiC.? To (o/oitel Lciris Kiefaiionff. A. A. d.:
By the blessing of Almighty God I have
succeeded in capturing Gen. John H.
31 org a. n, Colonel Cluke and the balance
of the command, amounting to about
four hundred prisoners.
I will start with Morgan and his staff
on the first train for Cincinnati, and
await the General's order for transportation
for the balance.
(Signed) J. M. Shacklefold,
Colonel Commanding.
iFYom the Cincinn:.ti Commercial July 2S.J
This anxiously looked for party arrived
lilfet night shortly after ten o'clock, over
the Little Mia ma Railroad, guarded by
troops under General Sfcackleford, the
captor of Morgan. It consisted of Morgan
and Clr.ke, with their stall's and orderlies,
amounting in all to thirty one
persons. On disembarking from the train
they were taken in charge by a detach?inent
of the One Hundred and Eleventh
.Ohio.
A large crowd was assembled at the
depot, and as the prisoners .moved immense
numbers were constantly added to
it. When they inarched down Ninth
street not less than five thousand persons
surrounded the famous guerrilla and his
aids. Many of these lookers on seemed
excited, and cried, " Hung the cut
throats !" "Bully for the horse thieves !"'
Several of the spectators were flourishing
pistols, but the guard quickly drove thern
away.
The field band of the One Hundred and
Eleventh discoursed " Yankee Hoodie''
011 the march, wh^cli the prisoners endured
with complete $<tng froid. Morgan,
cn the way, interrogated the captain
commanding the guard concerning the
whereabouts of Iris brother. His questions
011 that point being answered, he
turned and said, 44 Pass up that whiskey.''
The whiskey was passed forward in a canteen,
which the General proffered to the
Captain, who politely refused. The General
then took a long pull.
Thov were ensconced in the city prison
shortly before eleven o'clock. Before
locking them up they were deprived of a
large number of pistols, which they stated t
they had been permitted to retain by the
terms of surrender. There was about a
bushel of pistols, all loaded, stowed away
in the oliice of the city prison last night,
all of them revolvers, many of the officers
earn ing a brace.
I
[From the Cleveland Herald July >?.[
John Morgan the Kentucky raider, is
Teported to have perpetrated many 44 little
jokes'" on the people in the course of his
John Gilpin raid through Indiana and
Ohio, but none of them exceeds in audacious
humor that one which is connected
with his capture.
When John took a hurried departure
from Salinesville, with three or four hundred
followers, he followed a road that,
~ x near West Point, traversed two sides of a
~ right angle. On this road lie picked up a
Capt. lhirrick, a thoroughgoing 44 Peace
Democrat," who lived in the neighborhood,
and who ftent with Morgan either
as a prisoner or a guide, it is unknown
which, but unaccompanied by any Federal
soldiers.
Near West Point, Morgan suddenly
- - a... ?c rr .
come oil Ala]. ttuo, wim a pariy ui m-utucky
cavalry, who had come by a cross
road, and thus headed oil the rebels. As
soon as Morgan saw him, he sent a dag
of truce to Maj. Rue, demanding the surrender
of that officer and his command.
The Major failed to see the point of the
little joke, and despatched a Hag of truce
to Morgan, demanding Jti< surrender, a
demand which was rendered of more
weight by the sudden approach of another
rf*ederal force in Morgan's rear. Thus
situated, the great raider found his position
to be 110 joke, so he gravely informed
Maj. 1 hut he had previously surrendered
to Capt. Burbick, on condition that they .
should be taken to Cincinnati and be pa- :
jtoled. The joke of one man '* surrounding"
and capturing Morgan and his four
hundred men was of so stupendous a na
? i \t.: T)?n
ture tiiiit lor a moment ;uhj. muc ???io
completely overwhelmed by it. Recovering
himself, he sternly informed 3Iorgan
tlwt unless he and his command surrendered
immediately and unconditionally,
the Federal force should at once lire into
them. This brought 31 organ to his senses,
*nd the surrender was made. JSoon ai'ter,
Gen. ShackJel'ord rode up. and Morgan
and his staff departed under Gen. S,'s
charge.
Nothing more was heard of Morgan's
44 surrender" to the lone Captain of militia
until last evening, when a dispatch was '
THE FREE SOUTH, SAT!
received from Gov. Tod, inquiring for
'*Capt. Burrick." Prompt intelligence
was sc nt to the Governor, informing him
of the true condition of things, so that it I
is scarcely possible that Morgan's little j
joke at West Point will enable him to escape
a prisoner's fate.
Cincinnati, Thursday, July 00.
Squads of men are being brought into;
Columbus by the citizens and military.
There are now 1,800 at Camp Chase.
Morgan and several of his officers ar
" * *? A 1 -V PA ^ . 1
rived at uoiuinuus mis anernoon, auu
were longed in the Penitentiaty. After ,
searching and bathing they were condncted
to cells, where they will be conlined
according to the rules of that institution.
Battle of Wapping Heights.
Army of the Potomac, July 28.
Lee, with his army, having pushed into
the Shenandoah valley, no sooner found
that Meade was at his heels than he made .
a feint as if he would turn and recross
the Potomac. So scon, however, as Gen.
Meade ascertained that Lee had not turned
back in force he again put his columns <
in motion, and by rapid marches got possession
of all the passes in the Blue Ridge
Mountains down to Manasses Gap, thus !
hemming the enemy into the Shenandoah
valley. Scouts reported that one corps
of the enemy was at Front Royal, just
through Manassas Gap, and that the other i
two corps were behind and rapidly approaching
that point.
Bnford's cavalry were alone in occupation
of this important pass, through which
the enemy intended to force his way. In |
this emergency the third army corps was I
ordered down to Manasses Gap. By an
almost unprecedented march they reached
Piedmont before dark, when, without ;
halting, the first division was thrown for- 1
ward to support General Btiford, who was j
r 1 x- 1. x 1 i x i
ioimu to uo ten iimes m uuvuuce up me i
gap. Early 011 the following morning i
General French moved the rest of the ,
corps up to support the first division, and i
despatched Colonel Hayden to ascertain j
the position of the enemy, and, in obedi- i
ence to his instructions, pushed ahead
and got a position upon the summit of a
lofty mountain, from which a largo body
of rebel infantry were discovered moving
in close column and most perfect order, j
followed i>v a large body of mounted men, t
subsequently shown to be sick and dis- j
ablcd soldiers mounted 011 horses stolen '
1 in Pennsylvania. The rear oi the line j
was covered by a large body of cavalry.
On the turnpike beyond were the long !
wagon trains of the enemy, pushing south- j
ward as rapidly as possible.
So soon as Col. Hayden returned and !
reported Wood's old brigade of the first
division, temporarily commanded by Col.
Berdan, was deployed as skirmishers and
ordered forward.
The line was formed just beyond
the little village of Linden, where the pass
is very narrow. The enemy appeared to
have "no great force in the gap, and fell
back as our skirmishers advanced, until
they came upon a supporting force strougly
posted on a lofty hill, facing directly
up the gap. On this hill the enemy made
a stand. Gen. Ward then detached two ;
regiments from liis skirmish line?the 3d
and 4th Maine, and directed them to clear
this hill by assault. Our sharpshooters
held the attention of the enemy while the
Maine boys crept silently and unobserved
up the face of the hill. On gaining the :
summit they sprang to their feet, deliver- I
ed a volley, and with a most determined j
charge cleared the hill, taking a number
of prisoners and spreading the ground j
with killed and wounded rebels.
When this hill was gained it was discovered
that the enemy were more strongly
posted on hills beyond and in front, cornmanding
the main road through the gap,
and to some extent fortified there. Gen. !
French directed Gen. Prince, command- ;
ing the second division, to detail a brigade
to charge and dislodge the enemy. (
JL'he famous Excelsior brigade was selected j
for this bold enterprise. The men were
formed in line, and their new commander,
Gen. Spinoia, addressed them a single !
word oi encouragement, when they gave :
one of their peculiar cheers and started ;
forward, and in a few minutes they were j
at the base of the hill. Up they forced j
their way, and on reaching the top fired
owl received one voilev from the enemv, i
ami then, lixing bayonets, gave another 1
shout ami rushed upon the rebels. The
enemy quailed before it and tied in confusion.
closely pursued by our victorious
troops.
The flight of the enemy from their first j
position disclosed a second ridge or crest ;
back of the first, to which the rebels be- ,
took themselves and prepared to make 1
another stand.
Gen. Spinola was twice wounded in the
assault of the first bill, and was obliged 1
U> leave the field. Col. Tarnum, of the '
rRDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863.
first Excelsiov regiment succeeded to the
command of the brigade. The Colonel
halted them for a moment to reform, and
then gave the order to advance again.
Another cheer was given, and with a rush
the entire brigade passed over the crest,
nnwice flmmvirtA nil<1 WPVfi llllipk
liliu UUVl 11V iUiin i lit . N
ly seen nscendiiig the slope of the second
hill. Hero the resistance of the enemy
was equally as desperate as the first hill.
But the assailants were flushed with victory
and could not have been checked had
the whole r bel force stood in front of
them. Like demons they charged upon
the bewildered foe, each man catching his
prisoner by the hair, arm, or perhaps the
coat-tail, with the usual exclamation,
' 'Here, 3*011 d d son of a b h, you
are my prisoner !" And thus the second
crest was carried, as quickly as the first,
aud the Excelsior brigade were unanimously
accredited with having made the most
desperate and brilliant charge of the war.
We had gained a second crest to discover
lying yet between it and the valley
a third lofty elevation, to which the enemy
had tied. Word was also received by
Gen. Meade that the rebel corps that had
moved down the valley was returning,
leaving the impression that it was their
intention to make a desperate stand and
give us the decisive battle at that point.
Acting upon this information Gen. Meade
directed Gen. French to suspend his main
operations for the present and mass his
troops in rear of the points already gained,
ami ordered up the bulk of bis army,
in anticipation of a battle on the following
morni ug. The narrow gap was crowded
all night with bodies of troops, packed
in dense masses, so thick as scarcely to be
able to lie dow 11. When daylight appeared
the fact was revealed that the enemy
had wholly disappeared.
From prisoners captured during the
morning more exact information 01 tne
enemy's movements was obtained. The
forces met in the gap were some of Ewell's
corps, who merely wished to hold the gap
long enough to allow their column to cross i
tiie Shenandoah and move by on its way 1
down the valley.
A detachment from the third corps was
ordered forward early in the morning, and
passed unopposed into Front Royal, ar* I
riving there only in time to see the dust
of the rear of the enemy's column moving
away southward.
One of thr Uoys.?Passengers who i
came on to New-York with (fen. Kilpatrick
last week were attracted toward a little I
fellow in his company, evidently quite a
pet, who wore tiie dress of the cavalry
service, with spurs and trappings, and a
jacket bespattered with mud, showing the j
evidence of his late adventures among the 1
riders of Kilpatriek's force. Upon inquiry
of the General, the following story of the
lad was told : He was born in England,
where his parents stiil reside, and came
to this country with an elder brother, who
is now a member of an infantry regiment
in the Potomac Army. Taking a fancy
to the cavalry service, lie managed to get a
1,/irao nrwl fi.il in as a soldier. After one
UVXfcJV} Ituxt
of the recent tights, tiie General noticed i
him grieving over the loss of his horse, j
A day or two later, seeing him near his :
tent, he asked him to do an errand to his 1
Adjutant-General. When he arrived at !
his destination, the oltieer asked, "Who,
are you, sir ? '' Aid-de-Camp to General
lvilpatrick, sir,*' was the prompt reply, i
Now our young hero had made iiis point, i
He was at once adopted into the military '
family of the General, who assured ihe
writer that no man in his command would ;
better convey an order upon the field. |
At the battle of Gettysburg he took him- ;
self three prisoners, one being very tall, i
his head, while standing, being as high
as the head of the young cavalryman,
seated upon his horse. Bringing his
prisoners to headquarters, confronting the
General, he says, "General, what do
you think of thuif He has been in seventeen
battles with his favorite General,
who in turn now proposes to give his gallant
and faithful young inend a good education.
He is small of his age, which is
11, and his name is " Charley' Smith.
A fellow, who was being led to execu*
* i 1
tioii, tokl tlie otlicer nor to laite min
through a certain .street, lest a merchant
who resided there, should arrest him tor
an old debt.
The editor of the Kindt rhook RotufJi
Xoics speaking of a drink lie once had
occasion to indulge in, says he could not
tell whether it was brandy or a torch-light
procession going down his throat.
4'Does your dog take to the water!"
said a gentleman to a rustic, who laid a
water spaniel following liim. ' Why yes,
sir, ii they put meat in it," was the reply.
What is the difference between a church,
organist Mid the iniluenza ? Olio stops
the nose, amitthc other imov.s the stops.
NO. 31.
I.ord Chesterfield's Jlilitary Tactsc*.
This lord is generally regarded as theparagon
of politeness ; and as some poo-!
pie think that the orders given by militai
rv officers. from a colonel down to a cor
I poral, as a general tiling, are entirely too
j harsh, a correspondent who has paid mneli
i attention to military etiquette sends us
j the following which plainly shows that
| even in warlike times those little amenities
incident to first class gentlemen are
not to be forgotten.
From the fact that the usual mode of
giving command, by military officers, falls
so harshly upon the ears polite of sensitive
privates, the following style has been
adopted by some of the companies attached
to the regiment, and is appro;
priately termed the ' 'Chesterfield Manual."
BY COMMANDING OFFIOEK.
1. Gentlemen you will please give me *
your attention !
2. You will be kind enough to east your
head and eyes to the light, and endeavor *
to observe the "immaculate bosom " of"
j the third gentleman from you.
3. Oblige me now by casting your visual
organs to the front.
4. Allow me to suggest the propriety <>f
coming to an order arms. ^ 7 ^
j 5. Gentlemen will you condcsend to
order arms.
; ti. You will confer a special favor by
: coming to a support.
7. If it meets your approbation, I beg
; leave to propose that your carry arms.
8. Now, gentlemen, you will please present
arms.
9. I shall consider myself under ail everlasting
obligation if you will once more
1 oblige by earn ing arms.
10. Having a just and high appreciation
of your intrinsic worth, as well as your
exalted position in society, I humbly trust
1 that I am not infringing upon your good
nature when I request you to trail arms.
11. Gentlemen, ior the last time, permit
me to remark that it is my earnest desire
that you should come to a shoulder
arms.
12. If it be not too laborious, I shall 1>
delighted to see you change your position
by coming to a right face.
13. To conclude your arduous exercises
I will still further trespass upon your well
known affability by desiring you to come
to arms port.
i 14. Gentlemen 1 soldiers ! blood stained
heroes ! If congenial to your feelings, you
may consider yourselves dismissed. I beg
to remark, however, that should it suit
your convenience, you will be kind enough
to hold yourselves subject to be again called
into line, which you will be made aware
of by the repeated and vigorous tappiugof
the "spirit-stirring drum," recollecting,
at the same time, that the first vibration
of that sweet instrument tlmt strikes
the tympanum of your ears, i.s merely
precautionary. Allow me to exclaim in
stentorian voice?Sever the ranks !
A bachelor editor, sensative in relation
to his rights, objects to taking a wife,
through fear that if lie should have a _4
baby (his wife he means,) his contemporaries
who habitually copy without credit,
would refuse to give him credit for the baby.
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