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Friday, January 30, 1863.
NOTICE.
We have not the time nor the filch
nation, to dun personally, a large num
ber of persons who have unsettled ac
counts upon our books of several years
standing. We shall, therefore, from
clay to day, without respect to persons,
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Nix. EDITOR your permission
I propose to commence a series of
short sermons, principally on texts
from Shakspeare. Should they meet
lvith your approval, please insert them
in your paper, and oblige your friend,
TOE UNKNOWN.
'SERMON, co. I
.• f money goes bef.re, nil wayv do lio open."
That money is a most powerful
means of - influence among men, is a
truism. But that it is capable of el
fecting most wonderful changes on
their character, is not so generally
known. It is a fact, however, of most
surprising universality. The integrity
of very few is sufficiently firm to re
sist its assault; and the fickle of heart
arc completely discomfited. The man
of weak virtue is at once ensnared by
its charms, and led on step by step to
ruin and degradation. Nevertheless
such is the longing desire of those who
have it not, to obtain it, that they will
resort to almost any means, and sub
mit to all kinds of inconvenience in the
effort.—'Those who already possess it,
have at their command a most power
ful means of influence over_their fel
low-men.
Place immense wealth into the hands
of an ambitious and wicked person,
and he will at once be enabled to over
come all obstacles to his advancement,
and will accomplish with ease his
most diabolical deigns. What has al
ways contributed most largely to es
tablish the tyrant's power? Would
be not prefer to have wealth at his
command rather than moral influence .
or physical power ? When meditating
upon the best means of extending his
sway and accomplishing his tyrannical
designs, he would no doubt reason thus
with himself—" if money go before, all
ways do lie open," and straightway
he would first acquire this most effec
tual went, and then by bribery and
other unjust dealings he would soon be
able to do as he pleased.
But besides the mighty power which
must be admitted to belong unto mon
ey, it is strange how, in the eyes of
most persons, it seems to change the
character of those who suddenly be
come possosed of it. The man of pov
arty who has always been noted
among Ids neighbors for mean traits
of character and a vicious disposition,
so soon as he gets possession of a large
fortune. at once is changed into a dif
ferent person; he is the cleverest man
in the neighborhood, and always stood
in the highest esteem for his generous
and gentlemanly behavior. The young
man who comes into the village a stran
ger, is a suspicious looking character;
the signs of low birth are evident in
his very countenance, and he surely
cannot be trusted. But when it be
pules known that he is a person of
rank and groat wealth, Nlho has
:6 - ibe on a Visit for mere pleasure, a
dignified air at once aIIIIOQ in his
planner, manliness sits on his brow in
stately grandeur, and he is noted for
Ids open-hearted liberality and univer
sal kindness. Thus does money trans
form men from bad to good, and from
vicious to virtuous, with surprising ra
pidity. Thus suddenly, at least in
the eyes of "the many," is a vile char
acter clothed, by Uie magie of money,
iii the shining robe of integrity
and manly dignity. It is no
wonder then that the majority of man
kind are struggling, with an exertion
VOrthy a better object, after the
mighty dollar. This continual labor
add strife for something comparative
ly useless in itself, ceases to amaze us,
when we reflect upon the miserable
condition of him whose purse contains
only cobwebs.
In this strtiggle, however, a reason
able degree of moderation should be
used, and judgment should be allowed
to pronounce when we have obtained
that quantity to which the term "
ficielt" clip) lie 'supplied, for it will be
61b. eg time hare the miser's "enough';.
is procured; and weariness will at last
render joyless what we so eagerly
sought.
COALMONT, January, 1863,
WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL XVIII.
[For ❑ic Glute.]
Lines Written on the Death of A.
Knode l G. Breneman and H. Hood.
In memory of three soldiers brave,
Who now lie silent in the grave ;
They, when our country called fur aid,
Went forth to action not afraid.
At Antietam fought so well,
Whilst any of their comrades fell ;
They fought like veterans in the strife,
Nor did they think of losing life.
With eager eyes their parents read
The list of wounded and the dead.
Tongue cannot tell the thankfully
That they were safe, each noble boy
But soon their joy was turned to grief,
Fur dire disease Caine, like a thief,
And claimed the victims as his own—
The three brave youthful loving sons.
Young Albeit leaned on George's breast,
tie looked—he smiled—then sank to rest
His body, then, away they bore
Unto his friends and native shore.
The God of battles willed it so,
That George and hood the next must go ;
Fate did not long the two divide,
They laid the brave ones side by side.
In London Valley, far away,
They now lie mouldering in the clay;
P.n. from their homes and native shore
And hear the din of war no more.
AloNandria, Pa. J. L. A
Desolation of Northern Mississippi,
A correspondent of the Missouri
Democrat, writing from Holly Springs,
January 15th, gives the following de
scription of the desolation in North
ern Mississippi :
The roads are as silent and desert
ed as the fields. Mile after mile you
ride, and neither meet nor care to meet
any one on these solitary roads. On
four-fifths of' the, plantations you pass,
you see no living soul. Oil sonic, the
doors and windows stand open wide,
but there is nothing but emptiness
within ; and on others, nothing but
the tall chimneys, whitened by the
flames, remain. As you go further
and nuttier Over the hilly roads, you
glance suspiciously backward amid for
ward from every INC in the road.—
You fancy yon caught a glimpse of
something moving there, tar across
the fields, and you pause in some place
out of view to reconnoitre. A squir
rel leaps through the dry leaves in the
woods on the other side, and your re
vcilveris in your hand in all instant.
In times of peace, every traveler is
glad to pick up company on the road,
but now the sound of horses' feet, the
breaking of a twig, the rustling of a
leaf, are signs of danger. Such is the
effect upon the country of " guerilla
warfitre," f.mr this desolation and si
lence is not wholly attributable to the
presence of the, United States army.—
It is the people of the South that suffer
from guerillas, not the United States
army. Under the delusion that the
whole North is about to tumble into
anarchy for want of cotton, the guer
illas burn the cotton and ruin the
planter, to prevent sonic Northern
man from risking his money in a pre
carious speculation; this and the cap
ture of an occasional straggling sol
dier, is the only harm they do the
North.
The pay of the guerillas is what
they plunder, and so they get it, they
are not particular who is the paymas
ter.
Now the old grudgesbetween neigh
bors, the family feuds for which the
South has always been notorious, arc
being settled, and every farmer is as /
apprehensive of his neighbors as he is ,
of the United States troops.
The people of the South have alrea
dy discovered that they got more than
they bargained for in imitating the gu
erilla mode of warfare. In adopting
the old Spanish name of " guerillas,"
they now see that they also adopted
the laWlessness, anarchy, and brigand
age of Mexico and old Spain. Thus is I
the serpent of Secession biting itself'
with its own poisoned fangs.
If you go into one of the few houses
which are yet occupied, you find large
landed proprietors who have nothing
left to eat but a little corn-bread, and
whose thread-bare apparel indicates
that merchants and dealers in clothes
have long since become an extinct
class. They all tell you that the army
has taken their cattle, horses, hogs,
and their corn that their ncgroes
have all run away ; that the guerillas
have burned their cotton, and that
they i r rc ? ruined. But if you talk to
the man a little whilti, and art him
know that you want to buy cotton,
and'are willing to send teams for it,
you finally worm out of him the fact
his cotton is concealed in some neigh
boring swamp; and in some cases you
might possibly suspc,ct another fact
- not quite so pleasant, viz: That the
very man you were talking to did oc
casionally a little ,guerilla business
himself. .
The only persons except the caval
rymen, who venture out 'among these
people, are the .cotton buyers, who
have adventures not a few. Their
usual mode of buying is' to visit the
farmers at their houses, mako cqn
tracts for the cotton, and then send
wain* for it. Some of the buyers take
teams With thoth ; and when the safe
ty of the neighborhood they are in is
doutitfal (and the price of Cotton con
sequently lower), buy a load for their
teams, and go back to the army at a
" double quick." livery few days
sonic of these yenturesoino vights and
their teams are " goh,bl6d tip," with
.
the dainuing mar in their wagons
that they are cotton buyers.
-.....,_
Our birth made us mortal ; our death
will make us immortal.
Exciting Scene in the Senate.—The
President Denounced as an Imbecile
—Senator Saulsbury Arrested.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1863.—Mr.
Trumbull (Rep.) called up the bill for
the indemnification of the President
and other persons for suspending the
writ of habeas Corpus, and acts done in
pursuance thereof.
A long debate ensued on the mer
its of the bill, during which Mr. Sauls
bury (Dem.), of Delaware, made a
lengthy speed'.
lie was called to order several times
in the course of his remarks. Finally,
when censuring the course of the Pres
ident of the United States, calling him
an imbecile, and terming him as such
by name,
The Vice President called the Sena
tor to order, and requested him to
take his seat.
Mr. Saulsbury continued his re
marks,
When the Vico President said, if the
Senator did not take his seat, he should
order the Sergeant-at-Arms to take
him in charge.
Mr. Saulsbury—Then the voice of
freedom is not allowed to be beard in
the American Senate!
The Vice President—The Sergeant
at-Arms will take the Senator in cus
tody.
The Sergeant-at-Arms obeyed the
order, and conducted Mr. Saulsbury
out of the Senate, the latter displaying
a revolver, which he took from his
coat pocket.
After a short time had elapsed, Mr.
Saulsbury returned to the Senate, and
began to speak.
Mr. Doolittle [Dep.], of Wisconsin,
called the Senator to order, on .the
ground that he had been called to or
der from contempt of the Senate, and
should not be allowed to go on with
out leave of the Senate.
.Ir. Saulsbury. Does the Senator
from Wisconsin say that 1 am in the
contempt of any honorable man ?
The Chair [Mr. Clark, of :New
Hampshire.] The Senator from Dela
ware will take his seat, as he is out of
order.
Mr. SatilAary. ;Just as I please—
not, otherwise. Cr les of " order i"
The Chair•. The Senator will take
his seat, ot. the Sergeant-at-Arms will
take hint into c•ustocly.
After some further discussion, 111 . r.
Saulsbury again attempting to speak,
The Uhair. The Senator will take
his seat.
Mr. Saulsbury. No, Sir I
Mr. Sumner, [Rep.], of _Massachu
setts, rose to a point the
Senator from Delaware had been com
mitted to the custody of the Sergeant
at-arms, and yet he iaw him on the
floor of the, Senate.
The Chair said the Senator - ions in
the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms,
and if he made any further disturb
ance, he should be 'removed from the
Senate.
Mr. Saulsbury then took his seat,
shaking his fists and swearing at the
Sergeant-at-:bans and Mr. Sumner.
Mr. Sherman, (Rep.), of Ohio, offer
ed an amendment that any person,
not in the military or naval service of
the United States, and not subject to
the articles of war, who shall be, ar
rested in any State or district where
in the process of the courts aro not ob
structed during rebellion, for aiding
rebellion or obstructing the execution
of any law or military order, shall be
discharged, unless within ten days,
charges are filed in the 'clerk's office
of the district wherein he was arrest
ed; and it shall be the duty of the
Judge to discharge such person, or
hold him to bail, as may be deemed
necessary for the safety of the coun
try.
Tho bill was passed—yeas 33, nays
At 101 o'clock, P. M., the Senate ad
journed.
Wednesday, January 28.
Mr. Clark (N. II.) offered the follow
ing resolution
MITRE As, Willard Saulsbury, a sen
ator from the State of Delaware, did,
on the 27th inst., bring into the Senate
a concealed weapon, and did then and
there in the Senate behave in a turbu
lent and disorderly manner, and when
called to order by the Vice President,
did refuse to observe order, but did
continue such turbulence and disorder.
ly behavior until he was ordered into
the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms,
and did then and there make threats
to use said weapon upon the said Ser
geant at Arms, and in the presence of
the Senate, did (tram the said weapon
and threatened to shoot the said Ser
geant-at-Arms, and behaved in a man
ner disgraceful to the Senate and de
structive of all order and decorum;
therefore
Resolved, That the yaid Willnrd
Saulsbury he and hereby iq expelled
from the Senate of the United States.
Mr. Saulsbury—l did not hear who
it was that introduced that resolution.
The Vice-President—lt was intro
duced by the Senator from New Hamp
shire.
141 r. Saulsbury—l have not a word
to say in reference to the merit or de
merit of that resolution. I have no
fitvors to ask. It may be unbecoming
my position and my character as a
Senator of a sovereign State to say
more upon the introduction of such a
resolution, and, sir, I will say no more.
Let the Senate act as the Senate may
think proper. I neither avow nor dis
avow what is charged. Let the proof
be made to the Senate, and let thOSen
ate act accoydi ng to its own judgment.
The Resolution was laid over.
lie that fears not the future may
enjoy the present.
Do good if you expect to receive
good.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1803.
-PERSEVERE.-
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
The Last Failure of this Army—An Ex
cellent Scheme Foiled by the Elements—
Brow the Afovement was to have been
Executed—The Rebels Unaware of the
Design, ,Ic. •
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC, ('amp near Falmouth,
January 24,1853.
The rebels, anticipating that we
would, ere long, make another attempt
to cross the river,• and that when we
did it would be above or below Pred
ericksburg, had distributed a corps of
observation and double lines of pickets
from the fords of the Upper Rappa
hannock, twenty-five miles above Fal
mouth, and to Port Royal, twenty-five
miles below. They bad also busily
filled up the interval, since the battle
of Fredericksburg, in fortifying every
point available for crossing, by throw
ing up earthworks and digging rifle
pits.
Their experience at Fredericksburg
had taught them all the use of these
powerful auxiliaries in barring the pas
sage of a river, and the amount of
work they have done, in dotting a lino
fifty miles long with improvised field
works, rifle pits, and abattis, is almost
incredible.
They have been further assisted in
guanling this line by the knot•ledge
that a erossing would hardly be at
tempted except near one of the fords
or shallows of the river. Ordinary
military prudence would dictate this
on our part, for it would hardly do to
put before the army, in case of the de
struetion of the pontoons, the fright
ful alternative of a/) impassable stream
between them and retreat. No w, there
are only some ten or a dozen of these
fords, and it is obvious what an advan
tage this puts into the hands of the en
emy, by limiting the number of points
necessary to be guarded by theta.
The locality first actually chosen to
make the crossing, and determined
upon some weeks ago, was Skinner's
Neck, tett miles below Fredericksburg.
Here the river makes a re-entering
bend, firming a promontory a couple
of miles in extent. The advantage of
this position, enabling us to place gun
boats on each side of the Neck, and
plant batteries perfectly covering our
crossing, are obvious enough, This
point being selected, urgent prepara
tions were set on toot with a view to
a crossing.
In the meantime, every rood of the
river margin, both above and below
Fredericksburg, was surveyed with
critical care. The result of this survey
was the conviction that the fords sm . = le
distance above Falmouth were, on the
whole. preferable to the point selected.
The reason of this will become ap
parent from 005 or two topographical
considerations.
Following the sinuosities of the Rap
pahannock is a ridge of hills varying
from 100 to 200 feet high. 'This ter=
race varies in distance from the river
margin—in places coming down flush
with it, and elsewhere running back
for a maximum distance of a couple of
miles, The interval between the riv
er and the ridge is a perfectly level
plain, over which the river at one
time flowed, the ridge having, in geolo
gic times, formed the bank of the riv
er. It was this plain over which our•
troops had to pass, and which was so
murderously swept by the rebel artil
lery on the occasion of the battle of
Fredericksburg, especialy on our left
wing. It would be well, this time, to
avoid such a slaughter-pen, and the po
sition at Skinner's Neck was open
to this cardinal Objection.
Not so with several positions on the
Upper Rappahannock. At United
States Ford,"" Banks' Ford," and else
where, the bluff runs down almost to
the water's edge, whence there is an
abrupt ascent up the height to the pla
teau on its top'• Moreover, as the to
pographical configuration of our side
of the river is a precise counterpart of
the south side, it was easy to obtain
excellent positions, within short range,
for our artillery, and we could thus
hope to silence any batteries the reb
els might bring to bar our passage. If;
then, we should succeed in laying the
pontoons, it would simply be a matter
of a rush up the heights under cover
of the fire of our artillery, and a key
position would be gained. It should
be added that the rebels had fortified
far more below than they had above ;
and these considerations determined
the choice of some of the fords of the
Upper Rappahannek as the point of
traverse.
United States Ford, ten miles above
Falmouth, was sokqed as the 'point.
Happily a far greater degrep of 4cpre=
cy than we had hitherto succeeded in
preserving as to our projected move
ments was this time obtained. The
pontoons, of which a largo additional
supply had been obtained from Wash
ington, were sent up by a back "road
and under cover of night; at the same
time others were sent dowir the river
to other points. _Roads were cut to
the various fords above ; spots were
cleared of their timber fbr positions for
batteries; but precisely similar work
was carried on at a half dozen other
points.
On Monday, at 1 o'clock the troops
were set in motion ; hooker's command
moving in colortm up ono road, Frank
lin's by another. It was a march of
but ton or a dozen miles, and night saw
them encamped in the woods within
convenient distance of the fords. The
crossing was to have boon attempted on
Tuesday morning. Information bro't
by our spies and scouts from the other
SNe of the river determined a day's
delay, and, at 'the last Manleut, the
plan was changed. Instead of attempt
ing the crossing at United States Ford,
General Burnside resolved to make it
at Banks Ford— four miles below
aud the movement was put off for
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another day. On Wednesday morn
ing the crossing would take place.—
With the first gray dawn the pontoons
would he laid under direction of the
corps of engineers, protected by our
sharpshooters. It was presumed that
a couple of hours would suffice to see
this clone, and four hours more was
considered - enough for the crossing of
the whole infantry force.
The crossing of a river, though in
itself an operation belonging rather to
tactics than to strategy, may yet be a
cardinal point in a whole system of
strategic movements. Our hope was
that we should surprise the enemy at
Banks' Ford. Hooker's and Franklin's
grand divisions would be thrown across
the river, while at the'same time Sum
ner's corps (the second) would make
a feint with pontoons, &c., some miles
below Fredericksburg. The key of
the whole situation is the hills in the
rear of Taylor's house, a mile back
from the ford, and a mile and a half
below it. If wo should succeed in
making the heights, and taking pos
session of this position, the game would
be entirely in our own hands. The
strong rebel position in the rear of Fred
cricfsbau•g would thus be turned, and
just as soon as this was ejActed Gent.
Sumner was to cross at the old place, di
rectly opposite Fredericksburg, and attack
the works in front. The reserve grand
division of Gen. Sigel was assisting in
guarding the line of the river and our
lines of communication.
On Tuesday every preparation had
been made. That day General Burn
side issued a general order announcing
that the army of the Potomac. was
" about to meet the enemy once more,"
and that " the auspicious moment bad
arrived to strike a great and mortal
blow to the rebellion, and to gain that
decisive victory which is clue to the
country." This order was read to the
men that evening, and night found the
infitntry encamped in the woods with
in easy speaking distance. The posi
tions for the batteries had all been se
lected. The batteries were at hand.—
The pontoons were within reach, a
short distance back of the river.
The night operations had not es
caped the attention of the wary rebels.
Early in the morning a signal gun was
fired opposite the ford, reminding one
of that other signal gun fired by them
on the morning of Thursday, the 11th
of December, when we began laying
the pontoon opposite Fredericksburg,
and which was the token for the con
centration of the whole force at that
point. It was indi-peeen'ible that we
should secure all the advantages of a
surprise; and, though- our-faronticrrt
waa thus blown to their ears early orn -
Wednesday ..norning, we were, never
theless, forty-eight hours ahead of them,
and with favorable conditions should
have been able to carry our position
before they could possibly concentrate.
.Accordingly, a desperate effort was
made by the commanding general to
get ready the bridges. It was obvious,
however, that, even if completed, it
would be impossible for us, in the then
condition of the ground, to get a sin
gle piece of artillery up the opposite
declivity. It would be nieces
rary to rely wholly upon the infantry
—indeed, wholly on the bayonet.—
Happily, if the rebels should prove to
be in strong force, the country is too
thickly wooded to admit much gener
alship, and it was hoped that our su
perior weight of metal would carry
the day.
Early in the forenoon I rode up to
the headquarters of Generals Hooker
and Franklin, about two miles from
Banks' Ford. The night's rain had
made deplorable havoc with the roads.
The nature of the upper geologic de
posits of this region affords unequalled
elements for bad roads. The sand
makes the soil pliable, the clay makes
it sticky, and the two together form a
road out of which, when it rains, the
bottom drops, but which is, at the same
time, so tenacious that extrication from
its clutch is all but impossible.
The utmost effort was put forth to
get pontoons enough into position to
construct a bridge •or two. Double
and triple teams of horses and mules
were harnessed to each pontoon boat.
It was in vain: Long powerful ropes
were then attached to the teams, and
a hundred and fifty men were put to
the task on each boat. The effort was
but little more successful. They would
flounder through tile mire for a few
feet—the gang of Lilliputians with
their huge-ribbed Gulliver—and then
give up breathless. Night arrived, but
the pontoons could not be got up.—
The rebels had discovered what was
up, and the pickets on the opposite
bank called over to ours that they
" would come over tomorrow and help
us build the bridge."
That night the troops again bivou
acked in the same position in the
woods they had held the night before.
You can imagine it must have been a
desperate experience—and yet not by
any means as had as might he sup
posed. The men were in the woods,
which afforded them some shelter from
the wind and rain, and gave them a
comparatively dry bottom to sleep on.
Many had brought their shelter tents;
and making a lloorin ,, of spruce, hem
lock, or cedar boughs, and, lighting
huge camp fires, they enjoyed them
selves as well as the circumstances
would permit, On the following morn
ing, a whisky ration, provided by the
judicious forethought of Genl. Burn
side, was on hand for them.
Thursday morning saw the light
struggling through an opaque envel
ope of mist, and dawned upon another
day of storm and rain. It w, , as a envi
ous sight presented by the army as we
i-ode oxer the ground, miles in e.,tent,
occupied by it. One might fancy some
new geologic cataclysm had overtaken
the world, and that he saw around.
him the elemental wrecks left by an
other Deluge. An indescribable chaos
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TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance.
of pontoons, wagons and artillery en
cumbered the road down to the river
—supply wagons upset by the road
side—artillery '° stalled" in the mud
—ammunition trains mired by the
way. Horses and mules dropped
down dead, exhausted with the effort
to move their loads through the hide
ous medium. A hundred and fifty
dead animals, many of them buried in
the liquid muck, were counted in the
course of a morning's ride. And the
muddle was still further increased by
Ile bad arrangements—or rather the
failure to execute the arrangements
that had been made. It was designed
that Franklin'S column should advance
by one road and Hooker's by another.
But, by mistake, a portion of the
troops of the left Grand Division de
bouched into the road assigned to the
center, and cuttin! , in between two di
visions of one of Ifooker's corps, threw
everything into confusion. "In conse
quence, the woods and roads have for
the paft two days been filled with
stragglers, though very many of them
were involuntary stragglers, and were
evidently honestly seeking to rejoin
their regiments.
It was now no longer a question of
how togo
on ; it was a question of how
to get back. That night (Thursday,)
the three days' cooked rations which
the men had taken in their haversacks
when starting would give out, and the
other six days' provisions were in the
supply trains, which stuck fast in the
mud miles behind. Indeed, the ra
tions had already, in many cases given
out, and boxes of hard crackers were
brought up on mules or carried on
men's shoulders. An order from Gen.
Burnside to withdraw the forces to
their old position was momentarily ex
pected. It did not come, but instead,
another order stating that Gen. Burn
side had "good reasons" for command
ing the troops to hold their present po
sition till to-day. -
But whether we should move back
ward or forward, the first requisite ob
viously was to put the roads in such a
condition as would admit of movement
at all. Accordingly, all the available
force was at once set to work, cordu
roying the "rotten" roads and puffin , *
them into smite kind of practicable
condition.
Early this morning the army was
ordered back to its old camping ground
and about noon the infantry began to
pass by these headquarters. The lads
trudged along tired enough, but jolly
withal, and disposed to be quite face
tious over the "mud campaign," whose
trad — ca - pzvivwecs — krlll doubtless long
-form-thc theme 6r - aitiVuiii - ztiliin around
fl
Thus ends an enterprise whit:, Llitu
every human promise of success, but
which has been. baulked and brought
to naught by causes which mortal ken
could neither have foreseen nor pre
vented. The fatal part played by the
elements needs no comment. Whether
this drawback might not have been over
come by vigorous effort and hearty co-ope
ration on the part of the military leaders,
is a question much mooted here. There
are those who assert that, had ft not been
fur the apathy of some in high places of
military command, we might still have
carried the day. This question, howev
er, is one more fit to be brought to an
other bar than that of these columns.
UNION PRISONERS IN RICH
MOND.
Their Terrible Sufferings and Un
flinching Endurance,
THE 'AMENITIES Or THE CHIP
, ALRY,
Horrible Persecution of an Old
Man.
STATEMENT OF AN EXCBANGED
[From the Washington Chronicle.]
Mr. J. Visscr, an old citizen of this
city, who resides 301 Pennsylvania
Avenue, fully confirms the accounts
already mado public in reference to
the terrible sufferings of our loyal cit
izens who are now dying in - the pris
ons of Richmond and Salisbury.
Mr. Visser has just returned from
an imprisonment of fifteen months,
a largo portion of which was passed
in Richmond. While there, he was
transferred to five different tobacco
warehouses, which were used as pris
ons. There the allowance of food
was : In the morning, a pint of li
quid, they called " soup," half a loaf of
bread; and every other day from an
ounce to an ounce and a half of meat.
In the evening, half a loaf of bread
and another pint of" soup." They all
slept upon the bare boards, with no
covering and no clothing, except what
they had upon their backs when tak
en. Some few were fortunate enough
to have a little money, or friends, who
were allowed to send them clothing,
but a large proportion of them wore
their ragged clothing, unchanged,
throughout their imprisonment.
Mr, Visser, by chance, picked up a
cot, which prize he enjoyed for about
two weeks, when it was taken from
him to be used in the hospital, as he
was told. In one of the Eiehmond
warehouses, for a short time, :the to
bacco !chewers and smokers " lived
high." In one end of the:building was
stowed a largo quantity of the " weed,"
and only a board partition separated
it from the prisoners. A universal de
mand for the article led to the discov
ery of its locality. Some lucky , fellow
happened to possess a table knife,
whieh was soon converted into a saw,
and at night a small hole was made;
au entrance egeetc.d, r i r i d all Aundant
ly supplied fon several days, the place
of entrance being ingeniously conceal
ed from niow. But they did not long
enjoy this, their only prison luxury.—
NO, 84.
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The guards were mystified and amaz
ed at the profuse expectorations of
this particular prison, which led to
scientific research, and that research
led to the hole in the wall. In June,
1861, Mr. Visser, with isevoral hund
red of his fellow prisoners, was sent
to Salisbury, and there they were con
fined in a cotton mill. Their meat
and rice . was sent into them by the
quantity, and parcelled out to them in
messes for three or four. They cook
ed their meat and rice in an open lot
which was enclosed, adjoining the
building. Each man received daily
about two ounces of meat, two spoon
fuls of rico, a tea-spoonful of salt, and
one loaf of bread. They had no yeast,
and their bread was generally sour.
The long confinement in Richmond
began to tell sadly upon them there.
The rags many had worn unchanged
for more than a year were filled with
vermin, and disease in various forms
appeared among them—typhoid fever,
erysipelas, inflammatory rheumatism,
hideous sores, and insanity. As the
season advanced, their condition be
came still more wretched from the
cold. Thelmildings had some twenty
or thirty windows, without glass, and
with no protection from the cold No
vember and December night drafts,
that, to the weak and feeble, rendered
sleep impossible. The prisdh was
alive with vermin, and very many of
the poor inmates were covered with
sores where vermin bad actually eaten
into their bodies! The sick and dy
ing could receive but little attention,
for there was no medecine, and noth
ing to do with. It was said there was
a hospital, where the sick would be
taken if they desired; but they bad
heard enough of that hospital and the
attention given to the " Yankees," and
most of the sick preferred to remain
with their friends, where they, could
receive, if nothing else, kind words
and sympathy.
There were some few who kept their
health and spirits to the last, cheering
and encouraging their comrades;
among these was Mr. Visser. Mr.
Wood says when he went to Salisbury
to effect the change of prisoners, be
found Mr. Arisser was distinguished as
ono of the most unrelenting and de
termined of all the Union political
prisoners. This is probably the reason
he was held so long. The authorities
did not relish his tart responses to
their interrogatories. There was a
Mr. Pancoast, from Hampshire coun
ty, Virginia, who was another of the
I ,‘ invincibles." Ho was a man of
Wealth, and over eighty-years .of age.
Ho mild have boon released, Lad he
taken the oath of allegiance. His
daughters were permitted to see him,
and with tears and they. be
sought him to " take the oath rather
than suffer, and perhaps die in that
horrible place." But their affection
ate appeals did not avail. He said if
his property, liberty,
and even his life
were to be sacrificed, it should be "in
the cause of the Union, and no other."
Mr. Visser thinks he is still in pris.
on.
One of the saddest cases of the war
was that of Mr. Bishop, who lived in
Fairfax county, near whore Mr. Vise
er was taken. Mr. Bishop was a most
respectable, amiable, and ',venerable
old gentleman, living in the most re
tired manner with his son, away from
the public roads, and seldom leaving
his home. He was seventy-five years
of age, and his sight was considerably
impaired. He was confiding, gener
ous and hospitable. Rebel, soldiors,
under the guise of Union men, partook
of his hospitality, betrayed his confi
dence, and he was dragged off to pris
on. All that was proved against him
was that " his face brightened, when
he thought Union soldiers were under
his roof," and that ho said : " Whoev
er you are, if you are hungry, you are
welcome to partake of my poor fare, but
if you are Union boys, God bless you
and your cause; but I am' old now, and
young men Mat do the work." He,
with Mr. Visser and several others in
the vicinity of Drainesville, were tak
en off at the same time to Fairfax
Court House. This was so, to time in
August, 1861. From Fairfax Court
House this venerable old man washur
ried through the deep mud on foot all
the way to Manassas Junction.
He was supported by his fellow
prisoners on each side, or he ,would
many times have fallen on the way.—
In the Richmond,prison ho grew there
and more feeble. The utmost sympa
thy was excited by his extreme age,
and his kind and genial manners.—
The Massachusetts prisoners received
a box of clothing from home, and they
bad the poor old. gentleman stripped
of his filthy clothing, which was filled
with vermin, and ho was washed and
dressed in a new suit. -A large tobac
co box was procured, in which a cot
was placed, and this was his bed-room.
After several 'months, he was released,
only in time to die, and he hoped it
might be under his own humble roof.—
His imprisonment had so impaired his
faculties. that after being put upon the.
railroad he gave to the conductor con
fused statements, and before be reach
ed Fairfax Court House ho had lost
46s papers. Ho was helpless, without
friends, and still in the bands of the
enemy. Ho was consigned to Orange
Court House Jail, and there ho died,
Mr. Visser has other interesting in
cidents of his prison life, which 'will b•
furnished at another time.
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