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'- -vvv: Y ' '" . ...;--V. . . v 1 . : M- ":i :i- ' -ih- .y-F.-'- ; Ai .Xis' -- ' '' K U . . V 1L J.OIgSWEEN & CcL j - , - . PmlliWvrrs md PnitriticrM. Theultrn a?la jr ome tiaejfcl'r; si Hon tot -tr:; tionoi" 13 latlhe'r;,-. , - -1L J. MoSWEE.V, Editok. . : 1 :o-o:f rSHUS 07 THE KAGLS: ar. i i - $1 t0 aix mouths, ....'. '.Z2 Oo Weekly, 1 year. $3 IK) aix mouth $1 CO Tn &pitx, or more, of the Wcuclt, cn yenr, to one place, $2 30 each. TKKKLT AND 8KMI-WKKK .V. 1 qtf r or lirt iuncrtiM:. $1 CO ey.Yru cr r. ix a d vaxll. SBUI-WEEKLV. One square, oue luontb, " twoiujnths . u 00 ' , six uionths, 12 00 . ' one jear, . Tl ott tVEEKLV Oae qnarc.thrtM- wonths, $3 ix mtitith Jim,..-.- K 00 ' T 1 J 00 ono ver, or lv bi;r. ta-kr m qa4rr FA YETTEVI LIE, N. O. MONDAY, XOVEMIiER.aO 1SC8. The EJitor of th E:iglc returned "yesterday evening (b'undar) and has Smi-Weekly, 1 jear,. . nwMUK. u,H.1,Jn.n,,u.,.a1rcmal.;i indcfttaad CMCtlr. but Ket 'it Up. Ur for the paper. A have U-ci over wme ju nml fuuml ; amo.,g our old friend in Ilich.uond-a j b E-cIIi a mugt-Fmm&ti Wuuts ;nob.e pl,n and energetic pcopla, and ; 3 1 h q .lasse8. to fix tbe toJIt.r it m uiwhv Iiaru lor iu to Ukwv them W"o have ottaiue! over 70 Mihevrihers on our trip. This is very rain - couMderiug tbnl our trip was on pri- voir niiinm aii'i imi 5eciauy a can vasing for the pajn'r. Wc expect to . talk , out loud by next issue and to con tinue bo afterward. We are cnvin- ccd now that the Kxgle U an intitu . tion of more importance among the people than wc supposed. Our hum- LI, effort. !.. 1.,, mccialc.I l.. - jron.1 Iho.r mvnt. W U-liev. no- .c nn-uwiMi '"j .equal to that of any per in the Suite except th. K.slWgl. Sentinel and Wd- mmgton Journal. Our etTorts shall!! . i ? t . " Oiiitmeut would effect a cure. Just increase a. our Mie-e ... rc. v have a gnod deal to say yet ul.mt th, - general Lus.nes of tho rtMintry-aU, 1 -" RobLc. Icm In liolKstm. " I Wc b-arn tfr.a finse-l.rrliiig and f roprjery unrt occoiue very LL J I ..... rommon ; n a portion or Hudson county. . On j ja-. Miursaay morning -dm. ! ,v ius,lUcJ U.f4iro Truly our mUfor- mycarlr.llr.AltfX.Mc-KviizierouiidltncaWM ou tllickt unJ we that home ono was among his ii,ulit if ve oulv could get out of He at once went to look after them j ur 1rcHiicauuut s:ifelv, we would pro nJooniMtp.n tw., tan latter:. Tl.y J cIli:1 a tbuuks-iving day of our own. had prd.Iy ei.v! cTo-i br...nd : A d ,Vc -WoJC oi,ll5:llh,r ourselves rire try ng to get artot.,cr. W ncn ! r t - i .i i cn fcu to g-t tho gnilty parties to jnstico. The house of Neil! Bnie, near the Charlotte BaUroad, in P.obcso coun-j jir. jicivcnzir approacneu mem, incy ouue lhu boJ lfrcc!uilflinjr tho Fun threw down their bag and secreted mau hail jct LU eompoition -bile" thrmsetves behind trow. Onuof them j over alJ w -ntcJ allolber quart mo. also drew a pistol and fired at Mc.laS6es Tll:s was fun;isbed, and wc Kcnxic causing a serious flesh wound . b lo fix our acconutt Ulul in his !g. They then ran off and j W;u. agAin iutcrrunli;a the deriluh made their erap. McKcnzic fell ami ;UiT cai for :0 became im plied for help and some of his family J Jun and wroJ0- the Foreman to smcame. it being near his h,us .cut th(j blaluCtl head off, and Hew not certain that he knew who bjlhcr us no mor'e. IIo thought it ther.,gues were, but moveme.ts are Ltranae cony, but neithelcss or- y.v-Bauo.Kxion hominy n.gnr,anjlonj,erf ftnJ lh h wo 8aia bnt tho23niinM. The rohUry wan -om- j we thlht if W(J ou, bad mittH so sccietcly nnd stealthily that l, Grabs fellow by the nap of the Jlr.Buioand family did not know of j k u bt reinstall uumuneu, J,r ,,ol the ndbtn.jbut has an idea who tlid i it. Two gnn, one repeater and a Ud j n ii'mu wvreamoiij; mu nrncies e 10- r t . i- . mz. i .... t Ien. Some ten or more persons. di?guis- ed foreiblv entered the. dwelling houe . nfM Jrnr Mi-Onron iiILihrkm ... --- j- - - - - -- - i I Ate at night, tn the ICth intt., and two or three of them ttood around Maj. McQueen." Ied with repeater drawn, ami forbid him to move, whilo tbe others plundcrvd the house. They took $28 in money and many articles of value to the amount of S150 or more. He think he known some of thvrn. They were probably part of an'brganLxvd bnd of Desperadoes Lei wifl justice overtake them. . Tho reoent Sunday School Cclcl ra tion in the Eastern part ofourtounty Ka accasioned quite a controversy with K)atido J udge,' Observer" and o'thcra., Owing to our absence, and also to a pressure of other business, also to some oversight, v.e have let this matter occupy too ranch space in onr paper. The- discussion. must now stop, as tho public, no doubt, ar satisfi ed ifxjot tirad. JTJie Cdobra-tion roicr roJ to vas a.p!fnUTJ success. a$ "wc arc inrormetl from many sources. Outside Jc2g9" "ad "Obserrcr'' bjfVMlowa ability aud skill ix tLgir lll h" ' 1 . j . . . . ' 1 ' 1 1 : "I - " oi. I.-jVo. 30. Tne Editox being ftbaent) ye Local uoilertook to ran tbe machine, and At the Mm 6 time carrr on bis ntu&l busi- -.liu-v. Jat he wtis ucver so "Jcvilccr . !fore. While vcrr bnsjiu oar morh- iti trade Ibe Ivil came io wanting ril0PJ'- On accuant vf Thanksgiviog i' lav, we uau cms ier exenanges, uni we j mil vritb a knife and whacked soine j thing from an old paper, what it was J we kuow not, and sent it np. Pres- 00tut,y we were terj. baj selling load j ui lolmcco, rpbGn Iicre n como again: -Want fau r r r. U irlue." OIne was is glu Jreu off hi i. Soon after wr.rda 5rt mnxldt' rosin,, and here came the little Devil Waut Copy." We had, at a leisure moment, prepared some copy and put it iu .pocket, which we thought wc gave him, but after it was too lute, wc foiiud we had taken from qr pocket au ordrr lor half gallon whi&kov, which the Foreman didn't r ... . T, I .Molavks was furnished, and iuule sold. I I'i s-iitl tin wo vi-ri KtliiiM ainl . .. a ,ot of hKK.s Lo ru,ju,a iu ..Wunt a Htlle ,Ioar to wake p,iste- Directly, in crime an old woman, with b.td case cf 'Grecian Bei.d,' and bought a ten cent plug of tobacco. "Wo was fixing her change, and in the goodness of heart; recommeuded to her for the; dreadful crick or back-disease of hers. the celebrated Cumberland Ointment. !s. ,lu1.0 jt , uo rict lml ..Cr.ci:ul hmiU We told her it made no difTireuce as to wh.a fcIe cal!uJ itth:it it uusl bc. Tcrr ,lfti:ifu, aml we f,It wrUju thu t liVu our Ditvi, fnsM iu..ForeIi;:iI1 1 w&nlM y.Q him . M; Se i ..Jusb j5il!ifljr6 ou Kissi. g." The o.d winiau thought uesaHl soitithin .n!out ki:sing her) 1 and blazed avu i with her touguc X, yon seun!re!, I Eli e diuc4t if vou do." W askj.i Lr U excny4 n wo m-re cixilv-J HCont j0, ou Kissiu "No, iu nor Josh caiut k;ss. t.uht. and out she f 8WC:iring sh c never was so jjross- t! .t 0!i roubr,. W;1S ftbout ovo,vlt,., u.nd u to bo Ret Wo were then closely engaged balancing up casli ac count, when the bov called for half j!on oi, We just "could nt stand it him where he belongs. ' Excitivc;. Last Thursday, Hay Ptreot wa thrown into grcat ?xcite- ment at tho sight of a horse running away, with a bov on his back, hallo- 'uv, catch him, catch him. The tight .... . i . ... I t ck-y i uw ill i ii 1 1 ii Li bhu icrnuit iu no Inii llirililnt snil forri , . , the liecouKtructiou acts was not decid amusing until the. horse reached the etl by tLe court) hJ aecision beint; stable and it was ascertained that the made upon" the point that the convie- boy was not injured; then the fact of tion was illegal beciiiise the right to a the Ikiv riding so well ami halloing irial fyjuiy wa dtirt1 the prisoner ami so manfully created some laughter, The horse ran into the liverv slablo and as he entered the door fell broad-. siue, out the boy miraculously escaped F injury, but no doubt was hoi'rsp next j day. Attacks vx a Sgcisaxi.-Last Sat- . . ....... - , . unlay, in this vanity, two boys, Frank aud James, were in the woods gettiug woed, wuen Jbrank. discovered a liire fox squirrel making towards him, in an angry manner: Frank ran and the ... ... . sqnirr&l pursued him grotvling moat furiously. Frank is a brave boy, but n relied upon bis feet, and made ei- cellent time, but the squirrel was closo after bim, showing his teeth most an- grily, which canscd Frank to hollow : man fully, when James ran to bU rescue." and then4"wiis the exciting time sqnir- rel after Frank an4 James after s.i uir- i t? tr i t u:- i rel. Frank raade for hi. horse and ibtff tns x trae far awiiag ' 5t J.Aac rol frSdiailr closo to ". .. -FAYfeTTEVILfcE,:Ni:(UR ........ - - strike the squirrel and kill him, which ended tbe chase. This was a very Kin,- grttir circumstance bat nerertheless, it is true. ' f : ; f ' .. Warning 'to parents allowing chil dren the use of powder or fire arms. Tbe kitchen ctjm local was the scene of great excitement last Friday night. The boys Were burning somo wet powder, placed on" a thick boani, which little Martyn McS. afrisnd and risi tor, was holding. Johnnie had a Sojjodout bottle of powder and thought he would increase the fun by pouring tx. rdi-j-pvwde r on t lis fire, Svhich of course resulted in an oxptosiou of the bottlo, the- glass flaw in every direc tion, cutting the face of Willie in throe places. The concussion put out the gas and knocked the cook down, ami sent little ATartyn's board np in a tree in. the vard. and XIartvn thought his head had i;ono with it. . The cook thoughtshu was killel and balloainl for a light, but never found tho dish rag she had in bund at the time of the explosion. It was'a narrow escape. and bhoui.i ue a warning io parents not to allow children the use of pow der ye lo;'al ahall accept it as 6uch. We learn th.t I'rof. John P. Span nicr, of Washington City, intends get ting a music class in our town. Wo Lope our people may find it to their interest to patronize him. i'rem the Clironiclo JL &cntuel. Important Decision Hiiltary Tri bnnals I'ncoiistiUiiional- During the recent session of Bald wiu Superior Cii t, Judge Robinson delivered hisopi::iou in tue case of W. J. Branuan, who, being confined in the hfjite Penitentiary, suetl out a writ of JIuLfUs Corpus, on tho ground that bin jouliiU'meiiC was illegal. Judge .Itob uiMijl sustain td the application and or l ied ilie priiicip:tl k eper of the Pen itentiary to deliver t!:e applicant into the bauds of lile iSiierdi of i)e':itar county, Ironi jvhosu custody Branuan had been tukeu by tbe Military auiiior- .. t ' ' ; lilt. . m i 1 ..-.. i : .'- street pgut in tbe townOf Baihbrilge, killed a miui named Bell, ami for which uw was immediateiv arrested bv the ci vil uuthorities and Pound over lo stand . . : i . . . .. . : . I..,. t i. .. v . ui uiauu ; o j pvnor Court of that conn y. After he iiad been arreted and had given bail he wr, by tho onlor of . Gen. Meade, re-aiTtsted by the ixihta- , rv commandant at that post, ami suo- . , . v , ', KeoUtiitly tried for murder bv a jiili- 1 . 1 J . ,,- . it ' . - . . . . remitted one hall the fine and reduced the confinement to twenty years. While being conducted through Fioiid by a military guard to a 'ship ping port for the Tortngas, Brannan's friends sued out a writ of habeas corpus from a Judge of the Superior Conn of that State, who, upon a, hearing of the case, ordered the release of the prisonerj Meada was immediately telegraphed to, who, in reply, removed the Judge from bis office and ordered tbe guard then lo return with their prisoner to Georgia and deliver him to the keeper of the State penitentiary, where bo Las been ever since confined. , Dining the session of Putnam Conrt, Judge Lechraue argued the case before Judge Bobinsou for the prisoner and tbe Solicitor General Jordan for the State.1 The opitiioxi wns'behl up untij hist week when, as wh have sain, Jr.dge B. sustained the wiit and ordered the prisoner to" be remanded into the hands of the Sheriff of Decatur county e learn ttmt llie Uonstltiltlouailli' o. . . . . . , . T-trnstriirt.inn Innn ,10 rlonrirt ri-' t, . i j1 - i Vitus u uuil tif fri m o nf tViA fiirtit. ti. trial by jtiry twi. unconstitutional. J:' . Yonng America' . The favorite juvenile "periodical en ters upon its third y ear great Iv erilar- ed ttt,ul 10.1. slt is decidedly th. most ruried, and many respects, tin hxi!il of ttM tho juveniles, and well re pay the investment of the small fcun. required for its possession. A diuigtsin". Staining a full-sized pattern for cut Mt 'Ve S a ChmM doT is one ot the attractions ot the prcseii' umlK?r which is, otherwise, full o good things. ' Subscribe for your boy? and girls. SI 50 per annum with a pre miu,o- -Publication Olfiee, 473 Broad va' York. IITI. Journal.- . .How llo you like the look-a ; of th' varmint asked an Arkansau'of r Downastr, who was gjiiiugwittf dts ?eadd eyes at ttQi alligator with- ope; 3 on tz bank Of the Mississippi.- aaL" rpOad.d tbe'Tunkee, r4cov yw'U call a hamfsoaj critter, la ' a paiess wlien Ue'aiailes! ' was, by tuis militai y tribunal, luutm r , , . , , , . r., .,' J . J, t r Ihev found a double-barrel sjmi in the guil y ana sentenced to pay a line of on& b of whicbra5 stilI bve hundred dollars and be imprison .. The other had the appearance eil on the Drv Toi tugus lor tbe trrm of .. , . . ., ,. 1 ... rn, . . Xf , . of having been recent! v fired oil. J no bis natural hie. General Meade p- i ... ? , . - , , . . , c , ., v, t i l i officers brought young Grant out, proved the bndmg of the Court, but , , .. . .wi.. J f The tBsir aitichifiinfl; ; Particulate xF$Ax JCiUinalofxH. nfak the Lfatktjjimased. ;'. ,i It-was stfedvftttrf7jtTtfnfr "fi" TT Rives TollaJhe editoi of the Seruth 6rn.Opiniaft4nd formerly of the Rich mond Exarabier ivas shofcand instant ly killed abouCniue o'floQK pn Tues day morning, ih front. of his office, on Fourteenth1 str?e?t, by s6mt person con cealed m:thasUst6iy of the build ing oppositej vichJ!4, used as the bjmkiug houef-XVm". -B.Isaacs & (Jo. The RhuTiState Jdnrnal of ?rues- tailed aeeouni ot'thc affair: Mr. Polbird, accompanied by, Mr. J. JIanna, came. to the city this morning from his residence in the country,, oil r r'j i 1 - . .1 i r. jrrove rutin, m jus carnage, aim liniicu at the corner of Main and Fourteenth streets, in front of his "office. Both a jignicu, ana .ur. I'onam started, up Fourteenth street toward the door of iij i i r iii ... . of Ii I ollice. Mr. JIunna remained be hind to secure' the horse. As Pollard approached tho office entrance, and was halt wav between it and idain street, he was tired upon from the sec-ond-sturv window almost directlv op- He fell to the -(sidewalk, and ,, t- . ... r Kre and (iptaih Chalk- ev. who were some distance off, ran to his assistance. .They go I him up.' and in carrying him up tho stairway leading to his office in the second story of the building, he gasped his last. . Hisbody was laid out on a mattress in the ' edi torial room, and was. viewed by Coro ner Little, who examined his wounds and said he had been hit bv nine buek- ! shot one in the neck, six in the shoul der, one.in the forehead, one passed through the heart, and two through other parts of the body. A number of tho members of the" city pijesand sev eral of the friends of the deceased were in the room while. this examination was being mad?. The features of the corpse were rigid, and the face was pale, but placid. Across the forehead was a lluo of blood wliieh had flo wed fro m the wound iu the Uead. Jliscoat V:is somewhat torn about the body, and rfit with shot hole?, and his "Oth- er clonics ana '. unue.rgariiieuts wore quite bloody. . Deleeiives Craddock and Knox, as soon as it was known that the shoot- mix nad oeen dakxc from - the wiudjw f bp" . , r ol a Toom!wanii?4a$bcfvtn'g: violently at it j '.Were asked bya voice from within, "Is that voji, Bob?" Mr. ;.Cruildoek answered, "Ves." The reply r,-as. Vou mtist force tho door, then, fol.it is Joeked. an'd I hav.Vt got the Thev the (J- anc, f voun th6 ah o. yoom . Jfo pai(I ,.j 1 , ,, r , . , render, and handed overa six-shooting , ' . 4, ,. revolver to the officers, none ot the f'h!inii''ix f Willi? ih.'iii hin Hi4f-h.'iiiT(i him. lie was then taken; to the station-house hut. neither .admitted, nor denied the. responsibility 'of the, bloody deed. . ! '".'' c.vrsi: or ins affair. The cause of this terrible affair is believed to have originated in a pub lication whichi.'ipnerred'in the "South ern Opinion". Of Saturdav last, "reflect ing upon the family ot Mr. Grant, ot this city, and especially upon the sis ter of young Jas. Grant-, who it is sup posed, fired the Altai shot. It had been the rumor of the town for several days that a hostile meeting was "in prepa ration, r.nd everybody was on ti-toi of expectation, but as' it was known Air. Grant was in the city,, and had not called on Mr. .Pollard for a retrac tion of t he ar? icle, it was supposed that tho matter was indefinitely' postponed when-tlTe announcement that -Pollard was killed" startled the community. . - . r Tiffi EXCITEMENT, A large and excited crowd of people, ! immediately frfterts occurence, path ded cround tbe sceue of the homicide, which increased a3 . the facts were -spread dhrougb tho , city, ; until the dreets iu tlie vicinity were comphtely blockaded up with people mostly the ettcr class of our , citizeus rfrom scarcely any of whom, wo regret to ;ay, did We bear 3 word , of sympathy "or the shun editor, or the least :6udemnation of. the deed, , though ew denounced the manner in. which t was done, and thought it seemed too uuch like secret assassination. and4 ear' on the part of the concealed per petrator! A.- healthy public, ppiuion vill not justify ,any such, acts,", aud .vheii t he second, sober thought come3 bH hiuk-be diserve i death, the manner . ... a --. . ' 1 . . ,l ow canno5oo l? Mr. Pollard was a tTO!ins., m:ia . .... . , of iood appeariince, ttf, vyry decided emir jCteiy about, thirty rfi yet yearLpf ,ageL-- e !was;the.sou,of MujorrUebapdiPol ird, formerly an. officer iu tbe Uufted iUtes navy, And brotberf E.-A.lFjol- xra, the Satneii . butoin an. rr Hel was f wneu me crow u inouniiessi cueeicu 'ri "Ini jnpli h r.iiiilj "flitiw will tlift . - pr .r other shelter allotted to tne camp lauger -pf arjijaading deyda like tms j;imira v. etfe in ufHeieiit. and'w '.o which II. itivus TiJnird has fullen a; . .. . . A j n- . .fri . . " -t - to tne utmost exienii nonce, wmiu-pox victim, however much people, may , 1 . 1:.L .t .1 .t....... Jso a bxoth-iilawujf;th iate Admi-.weraahMl too frequent and obvious to ; ai xn, ui ia9 aaTy. ue waa tjora.ia : Uio'town of Biten. Vista, Nelson coan- ; . y, about 2d miles from Lynchburg, where ho passed hiai' oarly life. He finished his education iii the . Military Institute of Virginia and thn went to Washington where he was for some, time emnloyed as a clerk inj, the Polst- i office Depifrtment. During the Kan-; sa$ troubles be was epgaged on. a news paper, in X'caven worth, i His mother wrfsri wter-pf the, Hon. Wt C. Rives, after whom hewas named. ; Besides the widow of Admiral Bell, he has two' other sisters, Mrs.Dr. Parker, residing in Macon, Ga.t and another in Lucerne Switzerland. AVhilo ;in Washington be 'm arried a Missl Barryi of that city , but she has since deceased. ' He was ippoiiited. by- Mr. Buchanan, ITnited he sailed for that "post of duty he was post of duty he was overtaken by a family aSIic-tion the death of his mother-4-aud declined the office. . ",V.V . .. ',(..' ' -''--- : y When the war broke out, Mr. P. was news editor of thq Baltimore; Sun, but I stronKlv espoused Ithe .Confederacy, came Month, and .linked his ; fortunes with John M". Dauie), of the Examiner who frequently said he considered him one of the best "nes editors" in the cou.utiy. Like al nien of his rude na ture, he had many enemies, and if his friends were few, ihey were firm and devoted. i j Mr. Pollard, when he was shot, was well armed,' with two revolvers, a cou ple of derimers andja bowie lnrfe, but thiH was not an unusual armament for him. He expected an attack from sev eral parties whom' hb had assailed in the last issue of his (paper, and who had threatened his life. f . Jame3 Grant, th'd accused, is, tho eldest son of William H. Grant, tobac conist, residing on; Clay streets between Tenth and Eleventh, is about'f tweuty iive years of age, of. low stature, blue eves and light hair, and is well known in musical circles as an amateur sing eiv When the wai commenced he was a cadet at Lexington, and became a member of the Caskio Kangers," of this city, and during the; war acted as cou Stnart. tHe is at i his father in the rier for General Jeb present engaged w'i't tobacco business. ! cop.cser s ixQurst. At twelve o'clock a jury ' of -inquest was summoned, .aiidj rendered! a ver dict that Mr. Pollard came to his death ! iit the baud of sonic! person, to them unknown , Grant is still in IcnBtody. ijlaWshe iidxpressedl ajWTsh j to visit fMiss liuncarif the daughter of her father's cOrresbob dent in Philadel- f eOrrespon Je u t pbia, and that ' the ! family w-ithheld their consent. She .determined to go, and left last SuturdaV night ; week " on the Richmond, Fredericksburg ind Po toiiiii'.! railroad trainl Her father re- eeived a dispatch p.nj -Monday -Ji.tating ! mat sue was at air. puncan s,.- sick.- i Mrs." Grant 'and her brother ) James went to Philadelphia, and aS soon as she was able to travel, brought her home. ... 1 j ; j . - : ., i .-. - . From tlie New York Vorul of Srttijtrvl;iy . Soutlicra Prisoners at Elmira. Brooklvx, November 16. ;; To the Editor of the' World: -Sir: I bog herewith (after having cireAiliy rona through the various documents in my possession pertaining : to tho matter) to forward yon the following statistics and facts of the mortiiiiy of t he rebel prisoners! in the Nort hern prisons, more particularly at that of j Elmira, New York, jwhere I served as one of tno medical, othcera : for many months. I found on commencenient of my duties at Blinira, about? 11.000 rebel prisoners, fnlly6ne-third of whom wero under medical treatment for dis eases principally owing to. an impro per diet, a want of clothing, necessary shelter, and bad surrounding; tbe dis- ! eases Were consequently' of the ifollow j ing nature: Scurvy. Jdiarrhcea, pienmo t nia, and tlie various! branches I of ty- Vil0ld al eupenndued by tho Causes, m?J? or !cf ' a;rvf ntioned. , ,, Tho wmter ot 1SU1-5 was an unu- sually severe and rigid one, ahd the prisoners arriving from the Southern States during this season -were mostly old men and lads, clothed in attire suit able only to the genial climatejof the South. I need not! state tov you that this alone was ample cause lbran un usual mortality amongst them. The surroundings were of the following na ture, viz: narrow, donfined limit? but afcwr,acrcs of groiinl in extent, and through which slowly flowed a; turbid stream of water, carrying along with it all the excremenal filth and debris of tlie camp;-' this, stream of water, hor rible to relate, was jthe only source of supply, for an extended period, that the prisoners could possibly Uselfor the ! purpose of ablution, and to slack their j thirst from. day. to dav'; the twits and at 11 out the eanlp.- Here I may note that, owing to-a o-tMii'iiii tirtier ihifii uie -o erii uitrii t. lo vsiwinate the nrisiwierj. mv onnirtnni- vaccinate the prisoner, my opportuni ties were Ample to j observe the -e'ffeots of spin rions and; diseased matter, and there is no doubt in my tain d -b ii 1 1 hat syphilis was engrafted - in ;rnany - iii atancesr-.uglj?-a4 -horrible- -ulyers ttn d 'eruptions ot a ''.characteristic -nature bo; mistaken. . t5niaUfpojc case were orowd.l in Hueh n manner that it was "V matter of 'impossibility forth' sur-i .1 ll?V tV V J 1.1 'VU 1114 VUCU- geou to treat hisr patient individaallyj t&ey ACtnally-laid so adjacent that the simple inqycipent of one of them would caso bis neighbor to cry out in an irgony of pai n . j Th c confl u cn t an d ro a lignantj typo prevailekl to such an ex tent and ofench a nature that tbe body would frequently bo found one contin uous scab. ! I ! ... The diet and other allowances by the government for the use of the prison ers were ample, yet the poor unfortu nates wore allowed to starve; but why, is a query i which I will allow vour readers to '' infer, and to draw conclu-j sions therefrom. V Out 6f the ntf mberrP4eciate tbo ayHtem of gt::.: prisonerrs. as before m en j(jnjncii3prver I ;n Un wmflUwliMiftl 'iwiVkA mn in tho cemetery located near the camp for that purpose, a mortality equal, if not greater, than that ot any prison m the South. At Aiidersonville, as I am rwcll informed by brother officers who endured '.confinement there, as well as bv the records at j Washington, the mortality" was twelve thousand out tf say about forty thousand 'prisoners. Hence it is readily to be seen that tho range ot mortality was no less at El- mira than at Andersonvillc. . At Andersonvillc there was actually nothing !to feed or clothe the prisoners with; their own soldiers farcing. but lit tle better than their prisoners; this, to gether v?ith a torrid sun and an impos sibility jf exchange, was abundant eausoYor thoir mortality. With our prisoners at Elmiraj no such necessity should honestly have existed, as our government, had' actually, as I have stated, iuost bountifully made provi sion for jthe Wants of allidetaincd both of officers and men. Soldiers, who have been prisoners at Andersonvillc. and havd done duty at Elmira, confirm this statement, and vhich is in-no wise in one partwuh r exaggerated; also, the same may bo toldj of other prisons managed in a similarly terrible man ner. I iillude' to Sand usk v. Delaware and others; I do not say that all pri-1 soners at the North suffered and en-i dured the terrors and the cupidity of venal sub-officials; on the contrary, at tbe camps in tho harbor of New York, arid at . Point Lookout, and at other camps where my official ,dutles from time to jtime havo called me, tho pri soners-in all respects have fared as our government intended aud designated they should. Throughout Texas, where mod and the,,ue2esSarie9 ot I tent (ntminfpTiktt least, as j' i- soners ot war couta reasonably expect to be. -" ''') : . :;! ' rr " ' ; Our government allowed the prison er of war tho following rations (vide regulations, pp. 221, articles 1,190. 1.11)1012 oz of pork or bacon or 1 lb. of salt or fresh beef; 1 lb. G oz of. soft -nt or1 flour, or 1! lb. of corn meal; a.nd"'to every one h hundred rations f5 lbs. of beans or peas and 10 lbs. of rice or hominy, 10 lbs. of green .coffee or $ lbs. of roasted do., or 1 lb. 8 oz. of tea. 15 lbs 6f sugar,' 4 quarts of vinegar, 30 lbs. of potatocp, and, if fresh potatoes could rjot be obtained, cauned vegeta bles wprc allowed; i Pago 107, article 740, United States army regulations Prisoners of war will receive for-subsistence one ration each without regard to rank, their private property will be duly respected, and each-shall be treat ed .witjh. regard to 1 his rank, and the w ounded iro to . be treated with the same care as the wounded of oar army Ho w faithfully j these' i. regulations were carried out at Elmira, is shown by thb following statement of facts: The sick in hospital were curtailed in every! respect (fresh vegetables aud other ; anti-scorbuties were dropped from the list,) tho food scant, crude and unfit; medicines so badly dispensed that it was a farce for the medical man to prescribe. At large in the camp the prisoners fared still worse; a slice of bread jand salt meat was given him for his breakfast a poor, hatched-up, con cocted cup of soup, so called, and a slice of miserable bread was all ho could obtain for his evening meal, and hun dreds pf sick who could in no wise ob tain medical aid died, 'Unknelled, un coffined and unknown." ; I have in no wise drawn on the imagination, and the facts as stated can be attested by the staff of medical officers who labor ed at k he Elmira prison for the rebel soldiers.' . ' '" " ; '. ". ExtMepical Officer TJ. S. Abmt. Thanksgiving. Day.-Most of our readers are aware that this is Thanks rjiving Ha3'', appointed such" by Presi dent Johuson, as well as by his Excel - cause ;of the countless Uesvitigs . which have been, vouchsafed to lls during the past year;. It is unnecossary to recap itulate these blessing, especi iriy tUtSC" of a pcjlitical chararer. -Probably they are blessings, in, diagnise,7..y ea' .very much! disguised,.. But,. as we. are in La pecnliarlyr ' pio'mi mood to-layt - and willing, Jj'iistowi td accept all favors witliont."lodking' tho gift 4iorse in the ;mQutjj,,'fo.will:uotgruml4e,althongh we Aviiuld really like o know ;,whttjwe tiirvcr asou to -bo particularly thank fur for, dtifeast'bo'that things" are. hp worsen - Theylmight 'Lraver" beetr (od knows, and rberaaaao-i ;lhey bhfo -not bevn ja uo.faultr of tlwwiso men e in powejrJimi.ot'Afirt u.'.: . - ; . .. ' . . " . ... 1 " 1 1 1 1 1 11 . k ... .vA'jBA&ia, JJre,cPe:nn.f hoa comt to life lifter his funeaalwan adfcrtiatd Ann the hieorae aacieir kia body.1 ' prostitution,! iea, t kirirAptftttefom .We.hAil'ti faction; tiu: of Kns6Udi.ii n.i l.. t liou years. niuv wvmm -siTr. haps. will. bring mottcJArjr-ly Ufore tbe eyes of the people "tlf abyti UcU vawns to engulf jdiQlr C-Cwd Tl ! 1 .aarMM. 'Ft . And IhcY mayjnake A iuccczzleltj to eton the rapid courso of t h t 'iv i mcnt to coriEoJidalion 1 und . i p Jr , iun ' 'I ni f riv will no lr LTitf v li n ' -possessed of sniScicnt pdblib. tfr . bequeathed II'1:. 'Unfit1' ceivli the fate to wuicu tno cor -try par . . . 1 . . . . been for somo time tending. j If Congress etergets control of tbe question of snffrage as to federal alee tions, it will be master' of Ihf ' whold question. Tho rule of Congrtat will inevitably bo the general rule, and thw SUte, having lost the authority ovtrj this important subject will' becotnu niero agencies of the Federal Gorerui men t reversing the original theory of . tho framcrs of the Couttjtutioo, that the Federal Government waa the Agent of the States. . - : Wo. honor tho consistency - of tbsa ltadicul papers in pivposing to taaka: all the States submit to Con crest ou the question of. snffmre. They are more coucientions than tne unprinci pled Chicngo Convention, which ci tim ed that Congress waa riidit to foroa any so j t of s u fli age they dactued proper; upon the South, bnt that tho Northern; people should be 'allowed lo coutroi! that question for incmselve. ' It ha been plain to all reasonable nd late! litfent men, that a distinction 00 ao just could not prevail in a confederacy Oi-j 1.-1.1 ? ....! U. 01 oiuics nuiu logewuer uy m cowiuo 1 government. Sooner or inter fiieTaaju supremacy that bad been exerted -ovrc the helpless Southmnat be exxcxided to the Northern States, which, by cqu curring in tno prostration cj tufa' sister btotes, had but placed in Uirir hands of Federal power a.waapon 'for their owu debtructioq. . Tbcir pop!t must feel a sense of remorse aroue. by this proposition for the comuieptl ing tho poisoned chalico they prptT ed for us to their own lips. " ; ' Wo repeat, it is a very- acceptable time for the origination of ttlda prop osition. Wo hope it will bv preesiXr ' It will be a cajl test of the uuixtfj. i ' "the people f tho Statea!' 4W , the inaatiate tu ouster At eonaoUd&ti A or of the existence in their breaiUoa "sober second thought" .tbatKaay arouso tlKir energies and reolutuu to a grand and successful effort to oi struct, at least for a period. thV.beaiU long course of the ltepubiio toward despotism. : 1 . Eloquent Extract ; " , 'Writing the "closing wcfocn" io tj" history of General life's' arm Quii man ifoore, Eq., thifs thrilla' anchor1 4 that will vibrato .forovar-.thnV 'bt qneaths a gem to t!u f literature vl iko South; ; , ., . . .r. "There etood tho racnrnful remoanj of that once glorlouj ariny that lial dipped its conquering! bnnpert iu tfi crimson tide of Vight aud tweuty quinary battles, and atrown tta hvrpjo slain from the feet of the Pcnn jlaui mountains to tho galea of its own cub ital city; that gave Manacaa'a to Beau regard, and twined the'fatno of th. beven Pines' battle in the laurel wrvatii of Johnston; that had caused tba wa ters of tho Sheuaudoah . eternally Uuurmtir the name of Stonewall Jack son; and, stretching IU right atn. out to tbe dUtant Webt, had planted tie lory on tho drooping banncraOf-Bregg; that had witnessed four gigantic cAia paigns, and through all theirjahifting &nd tragic scenes, ana uuuer aii oiu4 culties and dangers, had remained steadfast and faithful to thelftvt Atti, after having witnessed the riaihgof Ur-ti Southern constellation, aa ll loomU U briybtly on the horizon ol war. Irf- ing, to its splendid zent lb, .the Dory path of Mars now bebildcct anihot- ed, its declining aplendortgug dou lntotne pioom ot eicrna uignt , au ho, J.U illustriomi chUIi.oaf Jpij plnmtfwaa ever ita. tally iJg .point in battle, and aroqnd whom iu tlTcCtlOt warmly clustered, now tbencsded it for its past devotion, nod bade it cdic forever. Slowly aud tadly. cr ,raK from that mournful field and tht caui that he fought tot waa bcnVulb the ftnC pf Power.' Few wcra tho 'ejier ihli grew not moist at witnoasingp'tbxttl- parture. It waa tl.a agony oi 'great cause, finding expreasiou in.tht ub lime soul Of itd great defender, "A nw though that cattse be dead,' yetwiinf' memory continue to lile,endenrh6nJi ored will, bo, those .namea! that weiV sacrificed at iJa altar And;. li scrpll of fame, pq name muvu$ the hi of: eminent'1 w or rtiieit'win pdrer,'.Mrtneri -6v 'raorer reaplinrlfiil light lbaa that id. Robert KdillundTifV. jrliv faui 4 niununieutxl. : Ilia nanl will'bo. p!acfadf hyth ,aW Jbo gVeat captain of fcltoryrof Maiboi onpiband -Saxeor TiHy and Eugei,v -and-aaloag'aatUefaiu'ftof tlie SonthViM fitrwgglo shalk lulgorint traddkm atii'l song, W'M niewory.be chtfciha4.bj old Cathedral, lifting able beexxljf abr thacHb' , -Tt Ixaaiesticia it yaat HVTtiA ' O W j in ita aoieLoh atatel:cx?, anblinui iaita setara sixnpliciiy. personal UbetjLaloiu:jrilJjA7 ing this, ihb people uat recoil 13 4hor. ror of tho fateirbictl'lbreteitLrai. tho descendant pi me puincfprjf; whiW hiVcoinvcler wdUUvud pn u; '.'ui twiliidit f lrtpfy.'lftes6TM WI1 -"'"', ;-''.''.rv
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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Dec. 3, 1868, edition 1
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