" In the main, this was agreed to by General Lane -- but with a smooth sophistry he combated the other’s arguments, while he seemingly agreed with him, and alluded, with a humorous twinkle in his eye and a pleasant laugh at the fun of thing, the reminiscence of negroes stolen, houses burned, citizens robbed, and prisoners shot, after compelled to dig their own graves. He asserted that he had forbidden, under penalty of death, stealing on the part of his troops. "

The Campaign In Missouri., etc. - New York Times, November 9, 1861

John R.