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BUSINESS- CARDS. • '
-.EVAN _JENKINS
Tsioartescci ..Auctibssoers
Fun Sti.NCEIIANISA COUNTY
trost'Office zuhlrcss. Dundafr, or South Gibson, Suiara
County, l'enn'a.)
By the .BRII Ferlion of the act of Congress of July 1,
1562. it provided. That any person e4unei4ing the
b u ,daeAs of 2inctioneur. without taking out-a license for
that purpoie, +l+ required by raid act. ellen for each and
evert such titrence, forfeit a penalty equal to threetimes
the ampant of such license, one liaff to thetnited States
and the other half to the persiin, giving information of
f,,,a,u.i.liereby said Torie,tme Was thcurrt.d."
Feb. 3, ISG3. -I ego
. ' lII'S RY C.
TYLER, ( •
TITALE.II In Dry Gxv..l. rhorerie-.. tmbrellris. Yankee
1.../ N•)tion. , . Bolts and Sho. , Shovels aod Forks,
Stone W Irv.; Wooden It and Brooms. Head of nvi
tstions Public; Avenue. • T,
• 3fontro6e, Pa.. May 13, 1861..-1 y ' .
NY. lIUKTTINO COAPET:
. w.31,1r. COOPER CO.,
ANNERS.—Montrose, Pa. Successors to Post. Cooper
B
Co. OX.ce, leithropti'new-building. Tqinpike-st.
J. ft. ***COLIXN
111cCOLLIT31 4Sz SEARLE,
ATTORNEYS and Conneeforr at Law.—Montroge, Pa
o•tice in LathrolW new building, ever the Bank.
Dll.l-1: SIITII & SON,
izMIGEON DENTISTS,—Montrose, Pa. _
C.3ofrice in Lathrop , ' lIVW bllll4illg..o , er •Ts.
the Bank. All Dental .peratiom will be
,'performed in gores i;tyle entl.yarrantsq.l.
JOIIN SAIiTTEII,
171ASITIONIIILE TAILOR. - -.ll6ntrose. P. Shop
1,2 o'er I. N.lartl'r Grocery. on Slain-street.
Thankful for pa4t favors, he licit= a continuance
—pledging himself to do a'.l work t-atif:rOtoriir. Cut
tin.; done on iltori. notice, and warranted to fit.
Itlontrase, Pa.. July tltt,l.S.3o.—tf. 2 - .
P. LINES,
A S 111 0 N OLE TAlLOTZ.—Montrose. Pa. Shop
in Phanit Uiock, ncer-sto7c of Rear', Watroub
Poster. All work warranted. as. to Et and fini.h.
Cutting dime on fifnrt notice, iwbest style. Jan '6O
JOHN GROVES,
77.Asifrox.ABLE imiort,—Montrose, Pa. Shop
near the Baptist Mecti.m4 , Ilo&e., on Turnpike
trett. All orders filled promptly. in first-rate stele.
- f.'nttlntt done on short notice, and warranted to lit. •
, .
- L. .IL3-.. ISBELL
ETSITtS Clocks, Watcl,es, a'nd Jewelry at the ,
I ,hortebt notice. a.nd OD reascinable terns. All
In Clasaidler 'and Jessnfis
stoic. Moyrttiist,•Pa. • oc2i tf
w. S3triEll tt; co,
riSDINET AND CHAIR IiANITYACTURERS.- , --Foot
%._./ of Iltin strevt, Montrose, .Va. ate tf.
, -
ATANZTACTIVZR of BOOTS 4; 457/oEff.ldontrose,
%i n. Pa. Shop over store. All kinds of work
to onizs, and rev& ring /?one neatly: je2 y
ABEL TCIIIIELL,
TA RALEY: in Draiv.: Chernicale. Dye
titta, \\*tire. Paints:. 0111, Varnifib. Win-•
flow GroCerieh. Faacy Good , , Jewelrf Terre,- 1
niery„kr.c.—A.:ent for all the most . impulax PATENT
),lEDICINF.S.—M , ,ntrost., I's.. nag ft
We have heretofore stated the fiiet that
Dr. Olds, a thetithe'r elect ofthe.Ohio Leg
islature, had arrived at _his bottle, in Lan
caster, after an incarceration ; of - some.
1 months in- .I!'ort Lafayette. 'ln reply to. an
' address of welcome ' from judge, Martin;
Dr. Olds in 'the presence of ten thousand
persons made the following iremarks:—''
•
On The l2th .of August last; after 10
o'clockl at night, my house I was forcibly
1 entered,by three government ruffians
,who
:-.-..
with violence seized my person, and 'hold:
in a - revolver at my head, demanded my
I surrender.-, 4 - . _ 7 _
When, after my capture, I demanded . to
I know bv - What; authority they had. thus
I rudely broken into Inv:root-a; and by what.
!authority they had thin seizedsmy person,
they very grumblingly informed me that
they were acting under the authority of
the . - War Department.) I then demanded.
to be shown their war - rant. - They intbrio
ed me that,' had. no . .right -.tojnake any
such demand—that the order which they
held 'was for other protectioa„; and not for
my gratifleation:[.. They, however, per-.
mitted'me to see it.' The: dOeffnient was .
signed by the'lissistaif SeeretarKof War
—was dated at 'Washington city, Angtist .
2, 1862, , It. was directed to. W. H. Scott,„
and commissioned him: to- take with . hiin
one thsrstant, and tn - proceed to Lancaster„
• Ohio; an d . ' arrest' Edson :B. Olds, and AO;
convey fiiin 'to" NeW York '44 deliver.him
.tithe comirtaadin'g.efricer of Fort,l)afay
:..6tie ;land that . if . 'he ' Was' 'resisted in 'the
.4ecirtion of,the'order, he 'wan directed to
Al :upon Governor Tod, of Ohio, ref. inch
. - sistance as might. -.be necessary: ,The
•
'der contained no intiniation'of the. `‘ ea- .
, - ',e• l and tahse'•,':of the,ak,ltaatioa a.ggifi, - Sti
" . irith the- eoniniission •• of no offense;
i ' —.-
ateveri arid - When 'I demanded.. Of . y.i
lir
tp,.r tp know what weri , ,the'.cht
in
I' st.rtie; they, replied: that..they " hi.
~ i ii if. inOw." 'f i lms,' thy friends, • *as li.
~ ,
~, , - - - s-- - - . ~ i . logged -from asick-bed, for .1 was at t at;
eitii 'CAPITAL ONE MILLION OCILLA, R 5 1,:., :. ' i l and for Many long and,weary.. ys,'
,z...;- -ASS.bria Ist-July' isk, . V 4481,816.27, - . ... nights. afterwards seriously ,afiliq .
, izABILrnEs. " ", • . ' '43,068.68, "1v ' an attack' of tho-blOOdy•ifuz.-: '.f.n2
carnage.
. :atiag . 4.
lf L Milton Siniiii,Esey. , - ettas.*J:mitron,..presideni. 1 i oindition I . *as hurried tOif.
: IciturlicPee, As't " . A. F. Wiltnurth; Vi ce " • -
' .urihe' :the ..remainder , of :; ni"htthe:
to Columbus, and just at: dayli ihti
upon the Qua and.taken in mrsi is'
`llisJaded - aanditiiki;l44hatitaar
1.3 4443 ! 1 :! - .ollF ( 4'. l :74AfaY.P.t4e• .' tr I
egFadiag opei:ation I had' been-- !..--
1 41' , . 1 44'.befitIr0:`,:*444tAiit - iiii.. r' m i
4nmaridatOvrooqt,to7my; dutive,.,n;
otfiei jiiisonleis-alkiefilie'fiift't4r4
'intlieir looms, that l'imight.pot patt
• ) , .1 . - .
DAVID C. ANEY; M.
MICLAVING I 0ntc , ..1 pert rtartently at New Milford, Pa,
I:3„..villatt_fad promptly to all calls with which. he may
A be ravtimi. Office et Tochli:
Now Milrford,Jaly.l7,
MEDICAL CARD.
DR.• E. PATRICK & DR. E. L. GA.RDNER
ATE
(InftIITTATF, of the MEMC.4I, DEPAIrt".74ENT
1..1 OF YALE GOLLEG hare rorme.ll-neopartnerehip
for.the pr.tat i ice of Alen lei ntralidburguty.and are prepared
to attend Act.* ^l..ittlially and punctually, that
luny be intrusted to their care,-,n terms cumni„bui.,te
with the timeq..
Dieeses and clefunnities of the,SrE„, surgical opera
ttons. an.l 'eurgical theeaens . .92ticularly att ended:to.
rirOlitze over' Webb's Store. fotirc hottre from
s a,
vat. to 9p. n. All sorts of country oduce Liken in pay
ment, at the highest value, and NOT r,rrusED .
Montrose, Ps., May 711t.'186.2.—tp
_•
TAKE NOT' .
,••• r
Paid fox- o i i a egis ;
6acw4) 31.oskrat,.. all kindii of
rare. A ;nod a , sortment of Leather d Boots and
constantly on hand. Office. Tan •to Shop on
ILLlO:Street.
" 241ortroie,Feb.nth. - A. P. &L. C ELER
• FIRE INSURAIA •
THE'INSORANCE CO. 0;F NORTH AN,NkcA,
- 4.IIELPHIA, PA., -
_
Establish'ed an Agency iti,Nonti*
•..
Thi Oldest Institonce - Co. in the Union :4'
CIV§I3 CAPITAL PAID IS
"ASSETS OVER,
.. ..
fltUt rates areas low as those of any good company in
T
New: York, or el2..nrheroanti itta Directors are among
the tint for honor and It:Levitt%
CIV.P.LES PLATT, geey. A lant-R G. corn's. Pres. ,
31ontrose, July 15,'63. BILLINGS STROr D, Ag.t.'
IT. Co 24 M
.
1 R
ANCE POIPANY
fr:Pollciaa tasuod and fienewed. by the ansiataigii#4, l'•La
tas-siffice,AnAtte..4),Tick Block; Montrose, Pa...-. . . !T,l •
..novte '• ' • BlLLlNall'94llotir A#eni.
ToAtig4nd,lre.lol.l4433 4°am:rd. - I tba
fora
Lipolizidioad apworde, payable ist witaciparl th e.
toysureriwagicipritarkiktitt ltitarO.
trt: 0
Z.g7tY
PC 30''".93 1i7014,
IGCj
. s. D w.sranLE
=3=l
- fsoo.rcl
- $1400,1100
ROZiL,~CBLL.
.1W N. *G. SHEPHERD.
"Corporal Green!" the Orderly.cricd;
"Ifere r' was the answer, loud and clear;
• From thelips of a, soldier whe stood near;
.And "Ilefil" was the word the next replied.
" Cyrus Drew !" then a silence fell—
This time no answer followed thi: can; •
Only the rear matt had seen him fall,
Killed or nounded, he could not tell.
There they stood in the falling light,
Those men of battle, with' grave, dark looks,
As plain to be read as open books;
While slowly gathered the shades of night.
The fern on the hill-rides was splashed with bloc
And down in the corn, where the poppies grew,
Were redder staff n:s than the poppies knew; -
Andcrimson-dyed was the river's flool. •
For the foe had crossed front the other side,
That day in the -face of a murderous Are,
That swept them doWn in its terrible ire ; •
And their life-blood went to color the tide.
" Herbert Cline I ."—t the — antler° cane
Two stalwart soldiers into the line,
Bead ng . between them this Herbert Caine,
Wounded and bleeding, to answer his ntmle. .!.
"Ezni Kerr r—rand a voice answered "Here!"
Hiram Kerr!' but no man replied;
They were hrothers., these two; the sad wind sighed
And u shudder crept through the corn-field near.
,
"Ephraim Dean !"—then a soldier'spoke;
Dean .carried our regiment's colors," he said,
" NiThen our ensign was shot; I left him dead
Jnet after the enemy wavered andAiroke.
Closeby the roadside hil; body lies ;
I paused a moment and and gave him to drink;
lif'mnrmdred his mother ' s name,. I thi4;
— And Death came with it and eToied hie - eyes." .
'Twas victc;ry--ycs ; but it cost cis dear;
For that company's roll when cailedvanlght, -
i 'Of a handied men who went into the tight: • •
.).Tumbered but twenty.that answered "Here P'.
fl is cellaittous.
gms;
,Aer'..llollE:
The Notrora of Fort Lafayette , EX I
•posed!
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, , 1863.
sten and recognized, lest 'perialventure in
formation-might be given to the world
and my fliends of my . whereaboutS and
the cruelties about to be practised upon
me. • One of ahe prisoners having learned
a few days afterward, through the medi
um of the newspapers, who the mysteri
ous stranger was, .wrote to a friend of his
" that Dr. Olds, of Ohio, had been brot'
to }Fort - Lafayette and' placed in' solitary
Confinement." 'His letter was returned to
him by the commandant, requiring him
to strike out so much of it as referred to
the case of Dr._Olds. 3ty dungeon was
on the ground, with a brick pavement or
floor over about the one half of it; and
so great was the . tmpness that in a very
short, time, a me, Id would gather upon
the 'floor.. .Aly bed was au iron stretcher,
with a very thin busk mattsass upon' it—
so thin, indeedolat you could feel every
iron slat in it tbe , nioinent yag lay. dawn
upon it. The brick' floorvith all its
dampness, would have been tar more com
fortable than this iron and husk bed, had
it, not been for the rats and the vermin
that infested the loam.° I had also in my
room a broken table and a chair; a chunk
of governin en Cbread, with au old-stinking
rusty tin of Lincoln coffee, with a slice of
boiled salt pork, was my 'fare. My only
drink other than their nasty coffee, was
rain-water. I was furnished with no tow,-
el, neither could any entreaty procure one
for me. Neither could I induce my jail
ors to let - me' have' a candle during my
long tedious sick nights. No entreaty
could procure for me the return of the
medicine, which had been taken from me
when I was searched. Again and again I
begged for the little bit of opium, to re
lieve my suffering, which had been taken
out; of my pocket with my othermedicitie l
but all in vain.- After ten days of such
treatment and, such suffering,
late one
alight the sergeant,of the
.guard brought
me some medicine winch, he informed me,
the surgeon at Fort - Hamilton had sejit•
me. This surgeon knew 'nothing. abOut
my case, having never seen me or been in
, formed by_me of my condition. With no
4.71! CLIf give- int
even a drink of rain -water,' you can well,
imagine thatl would not take the medicine.
I did not know , but that my jailors design
ed to poison me.' Their previous'
justifiedtreat
ment, such an opinion. I made
up my mind that, if I died in Fort Lafay
ette, I would die a natural death, unless
indeed Lincoln ordered me_ta be tried by
a drumhead' court-inartial and shot, which
:I felt he had as mach right to do as he
had to arrest and imprison me in the
manner he had done. Under shell treat
' meet, and by this time, you may' well
imagine that I had got a "Zig mud" on me;
and this I think, helped to save my life,
for the truth is, I had got too mad to die,
and no' thanks to Lincoln, but tinder a
kind Providence I began 'to .get - better
from that time on. If anything could add
to the,,,,Fuelty inflicted---upon me during
these long days and:nights' of my sickness.
-and suffering, it was the refusal of the
eommandant to allow rue the use of a
Bible. Day after day I begged the ser
geant to procure one for me. His con
stant answer was, " '
the comnianding offi
cer says you shan't have one." I begged
him to, remind the commanding Officer
that we lived in a Christian, and not in a
heathen land—th,qt I ivas an American
"Citlien,'and not' a condemned felon. Still
the answer was, "the commanding officer ,
says you shan',,t, have one, and 'you need
not ask any more ;" and it was not until
after sixteen dais of ,sueh more than hea
thenish treatment that Col Burke; cif Farl.
Hamilton,. tition.inifip,rtiinity , of my
son, sent JO order •ta tire tottiniandant of
Fort, Lafayette , ,to-let me have alßiblo.
Waal l4 l ! ),(ja f o n*
i p 'ion in ea t; 'th at; rny Volt an' order
- from the Seeretafy or , War, - was permit
ted to see me, not in
,my lonely cell' but in
the' commandant's room and presence. 'lt
. was with'much difficulty that,everrat that
time, I wis able to walk from my cell, to
-the =conimandaufs room. Thiir *as• the
time abriog prisonment-
iiy im • • t I
a
;utas Aut. t 9 00.1ittArt intervieW, with the
his , weekly inspection of
,tbe.prisoars lie hail_44refrilly`.svoided my
dut!geort.' No yiadiy,messam'ofituintry
as' to' my Watiti. and c.on4;c4,lacl ever
reached; in aftoin • biltf:l,..ized upon this
einiertunity to lit hihi iniew *that I - was a
buttuth• being, I aid' 'entitl6irto
-humane treetnielirr - thaV ' - tt thing
as recuakag e ,-3,lrisianer r al4le vas rin
know eiit 6iciiik&rdniymunity. His
ans
t , (l4:itk,;iisig; r xtetti, permitted
under: his,oldersoo• let ,tne- have one/ =, I
g:tot,4lolo‘#44l44tha
; to t e
ilaitlaire•criefotiorikAtt ,
7 pr h
yiii,t140,40 1 3.1444-11()Igh.titeit
.
in 09 itar,y, maimesentiny►leoirelmbirv ,
diairinorif ixiiiironable. A-
bitter inv.
trans was put oa
.ray . bed, !occasionally &
raw onion - or a tomatoe-waa added to my I
dinner, and.twice, I believe- some pickled
beeti..were sent me froth the cook room.
My son was compelled to visit , Washing
-ton city and obtam.fronrthe Secretary of
War- an order to that -effect, before •he
:could.see me. ,-As'soon as be learned hoW
I bad been ireated, he returned_ inimedi-,
ately to. Washington, -.and .with the assis
tance Of Avery kind friendoiroiured• an
order from SeeretaryStanton for my. re
lease from solitaryeonfinement, and that
.I:should haie all the privileges accorded
lo.the other :prisoners. And thus, .after
twenty-two- days' ot- this • loathsome and
worse than heathenish treatment, my dun
geon door was-unlocked;:and I was: per
mitted to hold intercourse witlintyfellow
prisoners. Such, my. friends, .is a plain
statement of the manner of niy arrest, and
the treatment I received du - ring the twen
ty-two dayst my solitary, confinement.
If it affords y gratification to these Re
publicans who caused niy arrest, they are
weleonii — to it. Their time will come some
.day. • " The end is not yet." After my-re
lease from solitary confinement, I was put
into a,casemaze with eleven others, mak
ing twelve of us in a room, ineasitring 15
by, twenty-five feet. -In this room,: we
slept; cooked and eat. In it- were our.
beds, tables, trunks, cookin g utensils, ta
ble furniture ; &c. We were locked into
our-room ut sundown, and, tinlockedtgain
at sunrise. Through the d.iy we ;were
permitted to stand or - sit in'frOnt of our
cells . inside th.e fort.. We had, morning
and. evening, what teas called a.« walking
This hoar was'sometimes ten, and
.
sometimes thirty initiates, long, ...just 'as
inked. the caprice. or: whim, of the' ser
geant: Our- walking:: ground was inside
,the fort. We- walk e d backwards and for
wards across:the area - of the fork which
. was perhaps.a:little larger than your City
-W.._e were- permitted, this:igh the
•
commanding.', officer - to- supply and cook
barowni-•food ! - ;We -were compelled: to
userain,water for -aft purposes—cooking,
washing; and drinking.: -Each- and' every
tittle -that Nre drew -aity fro m- the :cistern
rietit:Ore . re4itireiCto . :-firiti Obtiiii 'permis
sion from the guard:` This like all cistern
water, Was ,sometimes quite useable and
sometimes quite offensive. Mr. Childs,
one of my mess informed the that - at one,
time.during the)atter part of last winter,
in consequence of the accumulation dice
in the gutters, all the washings and,scenr
togs from the soldiers' quarters -run into
the. cistern out of which the prisoners
were compelled to draw the.water which
they nsed---then the rater' became so fil-.
thy that they had to boil it and skim off
the filth before using it ; and- that not=
withstanding they had threeother cisterns
inside the fort, full of Comparatively clean
Avater, yet the, cOmmanding;Officer com
pelled' them - to_ use this filthy washings
from the'-soldiers' quarterS. . :
. I - will, wiebyour permission, my friends
relate anOther 'incident Connected with
Fort Lafayette,:sOMons.trOuso -heathen-,
isli as ahriost - to challenge belief—giving'
the: incident is related to the by-an 'eye -
Witness,- hirnself. one of the 'prisoners re
ferred to. ..There' were at one time con
i-fined.in one of the rooms of What:iS call
ed ' the. battery, io accurately.' described in
- G6y. Moorehead'A narrative—some thirty
priSeners.: ': One" ar - these poor fello Ws' w - as
- prostrate With ' - sickne.ss arid near unto
death. 1 Night enme on and it,.'stas titniigh . t
;that' the poer fellow - ciiiild iiot live. until
mailing. ' The .prikOner confided ' iii :the
: - rikern, :with the - dying - man;' - begg,ed. - that
- fM'-tliii:Cone iiight;'at least; they might be
- perMitted . to: babei a light:ill - I;heir risen . ,
1 And ititinitrens''lisli;vay seein, / this - reiteitit:
Orils.lieftised; l l4' an tilig . boasted' l'aid.-.4f,
-iibeet.l;:cirii4 t itigli,ethid'ehristianiti.,.these o '
prisemero- 'Were loCked,; - . 42: in . .their • daile
'prilionilienne With: the' yang'man. , • During
that
that long dOnenight 'th'ey .cipiilitrflar: his'
,dyibg . . moans;-`deeper_ . and - still "deeper
grew the death'-rattles ei . untiniear'tneirtirrig,
when all - became 'Still and' :liiitbild ;.• and
.i
Ill'ea MO:mint brolie'in sipthi ; _lhof loath,
1 4sarne - diiii,iretin, deiiili liiid;tlbnefitS,':werle.
''This-ptiOi.: Victim of 'Lineoleti-''' deSynii".4m
i -hdO . epaieastotlii/e i - bpi' releaga spirit
I --0 . tie ;tif:thaCworld - Miet t etli4 ' 4 iiea . ry 'are
pat MO, Old tliii - Aiii6kedi.Ceitiie fro* - tionb-:
Hitigy. , . ,. .ro - eiiki ifaklii , 'Confined in , ,OW4 -;. ,45f
I' tuf-cejls: tf* Fsire-Lifiyckte.st.9.oiiiisolioie
' !hid' to ' be *tray ' de rangdl4 l . ifiiiad : liiit:
Tebtitiaff he bis•Teciii in "solitti:ty *Able,
went irts:.•44l, -, ig'viiikeiii4 , ; , . l o o-060.
~ m o . l.4thoit'bi-Ai Igi 4'414'66636j hi s - Orison
&Orli 'belleimitted . ini'ffiterCenrse;' . 44
He4Pil (6'4" 0 tiligdtkbP iiiigotieW. - '.' You '.6,6i
i
tk4l iiiig .iie libiii' isfria'hisneo . nitiieni — iiiVili
, irblin loot:you- It "iii big *it l iibaliKsp:.
:ovefkiiiiauiftiiiiki iiii' iirdutliii' b'Ett tlibii
;tiektfiiitt. tri*thiliiii IbiCiiMe*Riritti her
tib,‘'lLV Oft': hifiliiefibtabiiiir iliti,
_,' tong dolig*toi , permie,'6iiiiiii thieSibbilth lay
to visit him. , . - - . . , • .. •
Before the prisoner was taken .frorn his
dungeon :to commandan t ' s ; roam' in
.which his mother: was 'permitted - 'to -see.
hinT, the 'tither prisoners, myself among
them i :were all locked into then. -- room; 'a
file of soldiers was detailed to guard him
from his cell'—a double- guard . pliced in
the sallyport;- - And What' snppose - :you
was that man's offence;. that for -.119 'manv
months had
_been so' inhumanly. treated? !
Why, simply. this: One dark and stormy .
night, with u life-preserver made-__out of
oyster cans,. he jumped into the sea a nal
;attempted to escape. - •
And in -conclusion, my. friends, permit
me to say,. that although .1 would ' not take
the oath, a ttempted again and .again Lobe
forced upon me by Mr. Lincoln ,
_ as a con
dition to; my: release, vet,',when iu two
weeks ..kont thisliime,i take my scat as
your representative in
.the Legislature, I
shall most cheerfully, take •the, oath of al=
lenience to bOth •the 'Constitution of the
enites States 'and the Constitution of the
State of_ Ohio: 'That oath, notwithatand- -
ing . the • examples of both Lincoln and
Toil to the.contrary i I shall maintain in
violate. All those plumed guarantees,which
both these Constitutions throw around
you, to protect . you - in. your inalienable
rights, I will .endeavor to enforce .the
'utmost - of my poor ability, •in defiance
Of the despotism. of 'both the . - President
and the Governor,:although by so doing I
may -be again:returned to ' , my lonely cell
in . Fort Lefyette. , Again,My friends, for
this extraordinary -reception for this
most cordial greeting, I tender Ida my
heartfelt thanks. • .
Negroes and White Soldiers—How
They Are Treated.
• • The following, letter is written by
soldier in - the Rappahannock
- Take it on the whole; the'. whole army
is -getting tired 'of ` :fighting. in -'such . a.
strange., kind of war , this is. received:
a paper from 7 11-03-n ight, 'which spoke
about the .niggers livin,,,ci•on soft bread
and, the soldiers on hard :tack. Tliat, is
.nothing liut.thg.tratb;,thave seen etiOngh
of that. Down on the :wharf Where-- the
niggers are, the :government gives -them
sat bread, and we get - nothing but hard
tack. They 'lave got Sibleys(tents)and
stoves, but -we have not had any stoves
yet, -but with' some brick have built a
kind. of stove, only it smokes so that if we
live to get back 'We will be quite blaek.—
The mail-boat comes in•every day at noon,
and *lto - was a man on it - sold first-rate
bread at ten cents li'loaf,.and some of the
boys would - go down and buy for one
nnother t but there has l'eer e t a stop put to;
that ; but the niggers go
„on _ board and
get bread - sentto. them by the government:
So goes the world... -
.
If you was to.see how things are manag
ed you . would say - it is ridiculous. ;There.
is am quantity of niggers . - -dewn here
which have come into our lines, :-,and the
officers have set. them to work, but . they
are lazy: -: When .we Come down. - on the
wharf togo to work.w6 see :then go in
the cabins of the boats by the
,fire : They
get from ten to fifteen dollars a, month,
and last §nnday, they, were paid. off, • get- .
tine , all grepnbaeltS, abd:we poor soldiers
have been.e fourmentbs.:without • one cent
of pay.. .I.thiiikit-is.too.bad. There are
as many cfticei* 'around the dock-91 : kring
as. there are Men, and, I think if soine : of
them werei i ta,,.sheAldei• - :.a. musket anti'
assist. iti.puting
„.dowtt this .rebellion- .for
thepurposeof preserving the. Union, and
.not for the purpose of emancipating flitc-:
:or* pr, qnytl . lipg it would. e ; a.. great
c ca Wp opght,to have :atom, px
,Opiierice4 - 9L,GpFs.ah4.l6As . of ;them ; . and
-e.v.ety . ,pgoito:?tlglit f Made' to ..bring
tbis.ivar te a:.close :lnd.not..* for• the pur
.4,09.4..414ag : the
,O)Scers%poeliets. with
. tar .Gov.• Aadrqwe ; legyns deterthined
'to' keep the . pezr,lies. tint of Siabsachusetts,
and:besides to riii the s4te of, tis ii/arlY of
tillie' - ‘iit.f4n its VoiclOrs' hg, can. Ile
refliged his' coloreii:friengs• wiiy.k and. *an
asyinna in
in` - the old Comlinwelib:', iipd•
now he :hail: inilueeit 'the secietar3; cif Wier
to issue
. /0 Order 'eni,6ll
black ai OldieVs '• thrOn4bou t
Static to 'krijstin "int4hetn. lofts and fight
southern Wor/d. -
Ini!rAn.• old- " bachelor teeisi#iist, s
one . boasting'tliht °yeti 'reek' mug as fa
miliar to' hire as' the' : - A lady
wino- waeipreAe , t' dielltred -that ,She hew,
4.,rock of wl)iall he wino igno.raat, if' Naitie
Tam ,said,Oyelpps is a rage., ." It
ja rack the , eradle, replied' the:
•
apt..Jobn. , k!rown, 30t4 U?
il,e th# l ';`-kerc - ofc'dlCos, wootnici
Brawn', o'iVaszhutig l iit'Chigrietit n,"rs.
is one of the officers recently
froni service for desertion.
IVOL',I7ME XX. '• NUMBEtt
x_o4'ofro:o l - _log.,
Fao~ T . S _ sTERLY~a.
•
• • •
CAMP.STAFFORO, Vs., Jan 27,1809.
PEAR Signa received :it letter, kern
anloldlriend; and am glad to head that
the Democracy of our State is triumphing
over abolitionism and nign.erism. All of
the commissioned officers that we started.,
.with from home have 'resigned and gone
hotrie, together With sonic o f the non-com
missioned - officers.. We have now got a
pewand better - set. 'An 'Orderly Ser
geant ha4-been promoted to the Ist 'Lieu
tenancy, and the next Sergeantin rank to
the 2nd. This country is full-am:lnnen:lL
t!rocips,moving on to'the field of carnage,
to .be slain or perhaps maimed and crip
pled for life, and for what? •If to 'restore
andperpetuate the, 'Union, we are satisfi--
ed. No sacrificers too great for that'll°.
ly Purpose. But if tt be as the authori-.
ties-at Washington seem to indicate, a
war:'to abolish African slavery, it is not
worth the sacrifice 'of 'a single drop : . of
white .meti's.blood. i It iS Strangething.to
me that the Republican papers insist that,
the . majoritY . Of theoldiers belong to that
party. y tell youthat there are very few ;
abolitionists' here. I Here is the ;place to '
find'eut the boys?,
TrnlrYours, , • —. •
• • JA.BEZ'S; STEItZtVG. .
•FROIII LIEUT. LER,
StiTrot.k.,'Va. Jan. 30, '
1883. • •
- MR. Bourci&•:—Our reginient hits been
performing fatigue duty during the past
month,, and our being thus engaged' at
present, has kept us from an engagement
far.; and_ perhaps will during the. prei-
Olt fight, now furionsly.-raging •.'l2 Miles
west of here. Last night at- 1 10 ,orclockl.
teas called from, bed and ordered . to fun-- •
ishl.s. men for pickets-and have them report :
immediately, at the Adjutant's quarters.
I 'accordingly called I Sergeant Wrest ! and
ordered the - men detailed, at once, -Which
was soon /attended to, but not with tkut
. qtiestions being asked- as to.the- lateness
of the detail:„._ I hada few minutes to
fleet that I was4ertunate in not baying to.
go r and stand outnii the.wet, cold ground,
when the . 'order came- that Lieut." Miller' ,
report. immediately. at the adjutant's qutir 7 l ,
ters. • I put
.on. my sword and - govern-',
ment Ofercoat, wound- a blanket, into -a
roll, tied _the ends together,' and.put it-on
asAnnter's sling them bullet . Pouehes, and
reported 'myself in readiness. The other
officers and 40 men . soon made their pp-,
pearance- ' when •we were ordered to the
drawbridge roiles- - - distant, • within-
Struetions to send;te 'their quaarters inii--
- mediately troops belonging- to the 10th'
N. Y; and - 107th .Pa. Reg.
.It Was plainly
to be seen that thoseregiments were to go
into 'battle as ;they bad been - drilling of
late, whilst -'we:wero.fittigueing:- • Before
we, reached . .the'-.araWbriclige -across .the'
Israncynene the artillery wagons began to
-rattle;: t tbe long-roll. was heard, and troops
- _Were,,m motion 'in direction of- - the desert
ed honse,nn the read tOtheßlackw.ater
river. Ottr•orders'were. that 'we . .should.
not allow 'our Men lor rather the men in
one , . charge , iit'the* time,) to -leave -their
- posts.untit the relief came; ifit. is-was not
in, two' days.; All . quiet, Until -2 •
clock, A.. , 11.; when 'the hooniingof Can e
-non was - plainly board. The--time=betwcenk
each t rO.port- • becemitii . less lens'Until
•there" 'Was nearly a• eqiitinuotis - report/I
laikting hoWever: With' 'snehraPittiuccesa-,
ion. girt a Short; ttmel. The • cannonading
howeverbeinglept up ttsaeli more rapid
than I had heard...OnproviOns ea
e bi•
aSion,. until thoealt of day. - after '.which
theAliets,'were - mitcli:. leo 'frequen.t. !We
there relieved" at' 10 -Oldoek thus morning,
aiid en:tetutoino , ti o - quarters found
there, hiid been . rebel,:battery planted
" near the' deSerted lionse,',und that - our cav
,filry had cone upon,-them yesterday;-:;and •
Wen'-:driven lin with the loss 'of two b ere
.;ArecOnnoisance showed the etr•
'env Atrong,'AMl consequently batter- -
with. the 'l3O In inn n, • otli and
the I.lthandr.lBth regiments attacked'
:then. -.The the engagement I
cannot giye thongktlit rebels are:said to
die '.worsted; •as, they were once driven
back,' liiit l 6fitii&,t6., a stand - ":pgnio., - The
'fiOtleeitiented bo.feneiyed,- if - not go.
ie . g,on :it _tFikpf.eifent: nit) between 'the z .
rinfaiitry and eavaliy T '• On iekthiient lay*
'nearest'4end':eo'nee4tiently- - out
: gnird-ho4a* l: o.lhll..of strugglers Ili a're
bet 'prisiiiidra - -betrigitakin fo:-toirn. , . -The:
'holonel 'of ihiiiBlthil:Pti.iii,ivinind'ed mor
itlietiri', - but 'cotiiiWegfii3 doteinfl.4-.
'An Orderly 'of
:anxious to be ' ilia'flkht;' went' in'.with
the N. Y. bove and wakkilled. I have