Thoughtfully curated historical journalism
Alluding to the passage in the Senate of the bill to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment the Washington Chronicle of the 27th ult., refers to Senator Casserly’s position with regard to the clause which protects Chinamen from outrage as follows :
A correspondent of the Richmond Whig says that on Wednesday evening last, about sunset, a war steamer—supposed to be the Pawnee—opened fire on the batteries at Acquia Creek, on the Potomac river, which compliment was returned by our batteries.
On Friday, Cols. Kelly’s and Irvine’s regiments were at the burnt bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, four miles beyond Mannington, and sixty miles from Wheeling. These bridges were so far restored that trains with troops passed over.
A detachment of the Wheeling regiment was fired into at Glover’s Gap, by a rebel. He would have fired into the second train, but was shot by men who got out of the first train at a curve.
John Merryman, esq., of Baltimore county, President of the Maryland Agricultural Society, was arrested on Friday of last week, by order of the Government, and taken to Fort McHenry to await an investigation on a charge of Treason. On the petition of the prisoner, Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, on Sunday issued a writ of habeas corpus, which was served on Gen. George Cadwallader directing him to produce the body of Merryman in Court by 11 o’clock, Monday.
At the appointed hour Colonel Lee appeared in Court and slated that lie was instructed by General Cadwallader to express his regret that pressing duties in connection with his command prevented his appearing before his Honor in person, and to present his response to the writ. General Cadwallader in his reply states that Merryman was not arrested with his knowledge or by his order or direction, but by Col. Yohe acting under order of Major Keim,“ and is charged with various acts of treason, and with being publicly associated with and holding a commission as Lieutenant in a company having in their possession arms belonging to the United Slates, and avowing his purpose of aimed hostility against the Government.
One of the most picturesque phases of the great war is the work of dogs, trained for Red Cross work and to act as sentinels. The French especially have developed this branch of the service. In each corps area camps have been established for the dogs, and they are conducted with the same methodical precision or military routine as is found in the camp of any other corps of a division. Captain A. J. Dawson of the British army, in his hook “For France” (Hodder & Stoughton), describes the camp life and duties of these dogs. He says: