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CIRCUMLOCUTION AT IlICIIMOI
Io the Senate, on Vodoelajr last Hon
fli!!, of Georgia, offered the folkwing-fosoluiioA
Eesolvod .that tho secretary of wa
tho Scnato why it is necessary .to require sick and
wounded 'soldiers, inv Lynchburg, Warrenton,
Staunton and other places to. send "to- tho officoiu
Richmond to' obtain furloughs incLdischar;-;o3 :
and the rules nowrcquifcd to bo observed in fur
toughing soldiors; what officers have chafgo of
tha duty, what arc their hours of business, and
what aro the regulations to enable sick otid wound
ed soldiers to draw .tbejrpay, rations, cothin,J&ct
Mr. Hill in explanation said ho had been in
formed there were a number u( soldiers at the
places mentioned iti the resolution who were unable
got furloughs on account of unnecessary obsta
cles which were put in their way. I understand,
continued Mr. 11 ill, from some inquiry I havo
cade, that it is necessity for the , friends of tho
soldiers at these places to send to Hichmond to
get furloaghs. In a great many instances fath
ers and brothers havo made application for fur
loughs fur their invalid relatives and have been
told they must go first to Hichmond and bring
certificates. I have known them to come here,
get certificates, go back to Staunton aud Lynch
burg, conic back hero and again ba compelled
to return all on account of 'some trifling Informal
ity. NTow it Sv3cius this is all an ouirago upon
huunnity and decency. It matters nut whether
a man is unfit lor further service-! havd appli
cations rum men with arms off, othera with hands
off.souio with wounds in their legs, yet ablo to
tr avel it is absolutely necessary for them to send
or come all tho way to tho city of Hichmond
that the certCcatcs of a Surgeon may be obtained
t: shew his condition, befuro he can get a fur
lough. I call tho attention of tno Senate to a
totter I have received this morning, which seem?
t) mo to present an argument iu favor of the
reflation. Tha writer says he j iscd tho army
in Uj 1SG1, and continued io discharge his du
ties without tho loss of a day pr a crvjr mark
against him opto April, 1SC2, a period of eleven
months. IIo was svut to a hujiiul in Lvuchbutsr.
jslitr2jv) .)jti bwa ever since. Uc obtained a
cer'i5;at of disability of the burjreoti iu charge,
which was turned over io the sireon of divis
ion ; and lie has not hc:.ri from it from that day
to thiv Thin Yuan fays that he. is 54 years of
Seh0...M.a. iduiiSy dependent un h tin for
support, and bo 1mm been jn the army ever fincc
mayi 1SC1 ; and to. this day has not received one
cent of pay. .-flow. think of it, Mr. President;
An eld man, fifty-four yieiuxf-inrvm
i'yder.cnJcrit urKn him forjife, in the army sev
entccn months arid not one cent of pay received
How ho is to get out I do hot know. "
Mr Phclan. Will yo'u give tho name, cotupa
ny and number of tho reiuient.' '
iMr Hill Vc, I will ; and hope it will get in-
to tho papers an J bo tragi by every body. He is
a very rospvctablo gentleman from Jefferson coun
ty, Georgia, Company I), 10th Itegimcnt Georgia
Volunteers ; not allowed to go home, not allowed
to support his family ; not allowed to have one
dime of -pay somebody i? in . fault-rl ;do not
know who. If this was a siuslc opnlication. Mr.
President,.! wight make.no fceriouseomplaiot but
uiuy arc uuroerous. Again, htr, l cannot tor my
iito know wiiat tney aro to do in tins city. I can
notnnd out anything about the matter. I did
learn tho rules, and as the Senate knows I some
limo ago, when outrages of tins kind were men
tioned here, expressed the opinion that they were
unfouuded. I Used to kito w r how toad vise a6ick
tuanwho..hntLiia
lercnco to. getting a furlough. Two days ogo a
3-ourig man, unablo to travel, and knowing no
man in the city but mvself. aDnlietl to mo to &t
JiiOtirloaah.. :' f . appUc4-4o-ttipUyetan-wti
was attending on lam and obtained a certificate
f disability. l carried it to Doctor Moore. The
Doctor, knowing the facta, promptly approved of
iho aiiplic4tioar64- tJ4-mr-underihe-reccnt
Ittls'ilJttuaaUaitengral S.
thefurloushr I went off to General Smith'f. and
told him what I wanted; showed him tho 'certifi
cate and tho approval of the Surgeon" General.
Ho told mo I must p to his Adjutant. 1 went
vjm,aiii, biioweu my ceruucaie wun mo
appro valo., &o- Tho adjuumtWid it mjasteomo
from the .'hospital sur-roon dirtetlv : that ho had
no doubt that it was all riht : tho approval oftho
puTgeon ucacrai-Wttii right, but that it was not
iff form ; it must come fforaiiomobodv about tho
hospital. Htt said if I would go to the hospital'
par-uonTTuo iuriougn wouia bo granted. I wai
nearly brokon down, so I hired a .hack Whon
I got to theiwspital 1 was very politely received,
and told I was certainly entitled to a furlough.
I thought I began to see daylight again. I took
tho certificate jumped into a hack, came back to
Smith's ofEce but could not find the Adjutant. A
gentlemen was tliere, but without tha star an hi
shoulder.
. I enable him to, do the business. Why all this arc mounted nntl can forage the coun
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;i ics. iiunoi uave uio approval 01 ino ourgeoa :jy!JOt,nyjviXjy
. T GncraT f . Yfia. Wn it unt all in firm"' Ym -J wlli (In A'iqjI iii.rkr.ir.! ji'mnml liU
t intorm I What then? It had been sent in tho wronirwav : bruises. ' csnceted to trudo' olunsr '
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it must be.scnt by Sffrgeon. Whyhe sent it by
me is not that his sinaturo ? Yes : but ha must
not send it by an individual. -' ' - ,
Senator." Tcrhaps ho suspected the messenger.
Laughter. .
Mr. Hill. Perhaps ho did : but he did iiot eav
so: if ho had I would have wuupcctcd him.
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uaugoicr.j lie saiu inai n nc aiiowou. uppuca
tions to bo presented tyindividualiLu would luve
crew of individuals. The gentleman was too
nice,' too "trimly drcwod" to allow ordinary
mortals to comol,'twixt the. wind . and his
nobility." Tho surgeon told mo one rule and
he another; but 1 did not learn whether tho
certificate was sent to his worship jn a box or a
basket. Anyhow, I left it with the understand
ing that I could get it next morning. I waited
patiently this morning until halfpuht nine o'clock,
thinking they had gotten up by that time, and
then sent a messenger to the hospital with a note
rcipectfullly asking to havo tho furlough sent up.
I. was told I sent too early, that they did not at
tend to business that soon in the day, ..must wait
till evening.
feet with stono
under, his
knapsack nd cartri jge.box, on on emr ty stomach,
and never to turn aside for a mbrscl of food to
sustain. "h j sinking limbs. Out upou such mon
strous injustice ! That there has been unnecessa
ry stragglers, ij readily udtijittcd;' Lut in a large
majority vf cases, tho men have only to pointy to
their bleeding feet, tattered armenta and gaunt
frames fcr un answer to tho unjust 'charge.
"o.-auijrjo.!i. UiU-oiititiiit- ha.4 ever - accom
plibhed if much or suffered as much, a.s the army
of Northern Virginia within the last three months.
At no. period, during tho firt revpintionary. war
not even at'Vallcy Forge did our forefathers
in arms; encounter great hardships, or endure
them mcjo utf.'mplaiuing!y. . ' .
Uut great a.' have been tha trials to which the
army has been subjected, they.aiu hardly worthy
to be nae;ed iu comparison with tlu sufferings in
store for jt this winter, unlets the people of the
Confederate States, everywhere and in whalortr
circums'iiceH, ; come to -its imcie'diote relief.
Tha qxx must have clothing' and shoes this
winter. They umt havo something, to cover
theniseuus when tlcepi:igf and to protect them
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try. fur Aotnc-1 if this army of veterans, thus clad and fchod,
jf pnuM;, i vuiii larroreu .unnoniis unu nanner.s, couiu uiareu
iiJYU'CUu.ixuiu.JUehimiJuUu
uu co u Hen ration that L;is no piiiaJiei iu history,
ftlncc.l'ctcr tho Hermit led Ii.h bwelling; host
fiiross Europe to tho ieeey"oof tho'lluly Sepul.
chro. . . . '
I do not write to create alarm, or to produce a .
Edii-atioij, but to arou.-o the people to a sen&o of '
the truo condition of the army. 1 haven't loleara '
that anything-! to bo gained b uppres.siu tuo
truth, uuil. Imviit'j thr.nrmy tb si'Jftf..,, Jf I UUi6;
withhold thcruth when tho iieces-sities of the ser
vice require it to be fcpokeu, I am juito ready to
returuJiome. 1. "W. A.
NoWj-M-rrl-rcsidcntfthis is a literal Ttaffifffi
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of a fact. I have been two days laboring to get
a lurlouge for one man. There was no question
about tho merit of-the case; all agreed in the
necessity of granting, the i' furloiighr It stems tho
rules about this matter of obtaining furloughs
ought to bo so plain, that every man coald under
stand them nor ought they to bo changed every
twenty-four hours. If I should attend to half
the business of this kind placed in my. hands, I
would never be ablo to show my faco in this
chamber. A man coracs to'yvu from a State and
requests you to assist him. What can you do ?
You cannot make tho reply that these twicers do,
these dignified gentlemen that 'cannot bear to have
soldiers before' their doors, who cannot work be
fore half past 9 o'clock, A. M. You have got to
go to work and attend to these poor fellows. If
you did not you would sooa have ho humanity in
your bosom. 1 -
If they have, got any rules I would like tn know
them ; if none, let ihe luatttr bo attended to in
the name of humanity. v '
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rmzil lurneiFHf vfterxhibitingifitrdofiu
inr.t i.c -f't nt Invc enoti"h tn
ARMY CO'tRKSrift'UI'Na! (F THE SAVANNAH
" HCi'L'liLlCAN".
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My coudition i. such as to render ititnjosfible,
for mo to rejoin the army lor the prcscntr fwaar
jiot -prepared -for 'the; h.-trdd!iiK, cxpo.-uits and
iasuns uie army nas eneountercu Mnca it lelt
the Itapahann'ock, and like many a seasoned
campaigner, haveliad to "fall out by the- way."
Indeed I can recall no parallel iiistar.e j in history,
except Napoleon's disastrous retreat iioiu Moscow,
where an army has ever dune nioro niarehing and
fightiug, under such great uiadvjiiiiats, than
Gen. Lee's , has done since it left tho banks
of the James riyerrlt. proceeded directly to the
line of the lUppahannoekV and moving out iVv-in
that river u fought iu way to -tho Totouiae,
crossed the stream and moved on to rrddiicktow u
aud Hagerstown, had a heavj-' ciiyaeuiciitVat
lioonsboro' Gap, aud another at-Crampiou Gap
below, loujghMtho, greatest pitched laHie of the
wrar at Sharpsburg, and then recrosse'd the 1'oto
mao back into Virginia, Duriiig ail this time,
covering the full space of a nionth, tho- troops
restooTbut lour days i And let it always ber're--membercd
to-thcir hohothat dtth3 uicTi " wlio"
performed this wonderful feat one fifth of then
were barefooted, one half of them in rags', aud
tlwj whole of them half.faini.hed." The country
from the Kappabrrnroclrro the roronu.o had Icon
Visited by the -enemy with lire and sword, and our
wheu ou duty. This-must be done, though our
friends it homo &!;ou! J havo to wear cotton and'
bit by wie fire. Tjio army, in 3'irginia stands
guard tHa winter, over every hearthstoi.e through
out tho South. Tho ragged sentinel who may
pace his weary rounds, this winter on the bleak
spurs of the Blue Uidire, or along the frozen val
leys of the Shciit.u'do'ihluiVd'IIuppahauuock, w ill"
also. be" your tvntiucl., niy inend, at lome. it
Will be, fr you and your household thut he en
counter tJie wrath of th.e tempest aid the dan
gers the' night, no buffers, '"and toih.und
lights fir your too, brave, true-hearted wouieu o
the Sotith. . Vv'ili you.net clcthc his nakedness
then X AV ill you not iut shoes aud stockings ou
his feet ? Is it not cuougli that hu has Svritten
down his patriotism in crimson characters along
tho battle road from the flappahannock to the
Potomrii fAri-l must -Li bleuduig iivLti. im
prest their mark of fidelity upon the snows of
the comiug winter ? I know what your answer
will be. . God has spoken through tho Wur.itru of
the South, and they are hi holy oraelcs in thii
day of trial and tribulation. "' ' ' '
It-is not necessary to counsel viulont m..,:iin-s-
-HmtiHs iiii eipecttd tluit-auy person will Le per
mitted to accumulate leather aud eloth fur pufpoMs
of"specnlatiqn. The necessities of the army rise,,
up like a inuuntaln, a;id ea:mut, and will not be
overlooked, , It vvasjipped at one time, that wo
might obtain wiuter supplies isLMaryland," -Xhls
Lope was born after the -army-left Ki'elimond,"at:d
has now miserably perished.- The government is
unable to furijisji the supplies ; for they are not to
bo had in the country, if it had exercised a lit
tle foresight last spring aud summer, when vessels
were'running the blockade, with cargoes of culico,
lincti. and. other articles oi like-iuiH.n'taneei a par
tial supply at. least of hats, .blankets, slues and
wooicu goods mightliaycbiert obtained from Kng
land, liut foresight' is a.(uality of the 'mind that
is seldom put iii-liiaetlee in these days.
'ut whatever may be dune by the people, 4
VWuAi.iu ?wto .im'm'fMiihli. Not .one', moment
can be lost that will not" be marked, as by tho
second' hand of a watch, with the pangs of a sUf
fercr. Already "thc: hi .UsajidA:alJ.evsAu.i.lus.h.iu.h
latitude have been visited by- frost, and tlve nights
aTinrfre o mtciTl a
the ground. Come up, then, 'men nft-ntl women of
tlve couth, to thrs sacred Uuty. iet . no i.ing
CEX. TAVLUii'rf PLANTATION-I'LUNDEIIED.
The Montpelier Journal contains a letter from
u soldier of tho-Vermut Sth, dated Oump Alio
inand, August 2U:h, iu which he states that on
the previous Thursday, the property,, of General -llichurd
Tuylor, a son of oid General Taylor (by
whom it was tecjueathed to him,) was Confiscated,
the 6u. being naW hi thcllcbcr aiinry. The slaves -15Ulu
number, were al) declared emancipated while
the plantation was plundered by the Union soldier? ,
According to tho wiiter : -: .
'It Is one of the most spleiidlorplantations that
I ever saw. There aro on it 700 'Acres of sugar
cane, which must rot upon the groundjfjhcjGov'--'
eminent fioes not harvest jtv I wish you could
have seen the soldiers plunder this jilactation.
After the stocky was driven oil, tho boys began by
ordering the slaves to bring oiit everything theie
was to eat and drink. They t fought out huodredg
of bi-ttles of wine, eggs, preserved figs and peach-
es, turkeys, chickens and honey iu any quantity. "
I brought away a large camp ketthvaud frying
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puns that belonged to old General Taylor, and al
so many o his private papers. I have one letter
of, his own hand writing, and many from Secret
tary Marcy some from General Scott aud sonid
from the traitor Floyd. I brought to camp four"
hot ties of claret wiie. Lieutouaut - brought ."IT
away half a barrel of the best syrup from the su
gar house, and a large can of hoiicy.' f -
The vamp kettle and pans'! inteud to sehd
home. They-.are made of hcavvtin covered with
copper.. I think 1 will send home the priy'alffptF"
pers by mail if I do not let any ,ono have them.
The camp' is loaded down with plunder all kiuds v
of ciethiiig, rings, watches, gui'.s, pistols, swords,
and some of General.Taylor's old hats aud coab,
belts, swords and, in fact, every bid relic he had;
.is worn ub'.'ut'the camp.
You. and every one may be thankful
that you are out of the reach of plundering
armies. Here are whole families of Women and
eiiiidren - running in thewoods targc-plantatious-ciiliiely
deserted jKahing left except slaves too
old. to run away all kindo'lif-the best'm'ahogany.
tuniuuio broken
ted."
to pieces. - Xothiug is , respee-
- mrm --
Soi.Ditn's Claims. Many of cur bravo sol
diers have recently been killed iu battle or havo
died from wounds or disease contracted in cauip.
It. is. likely t Ivtioyeru uieiit. wusiu..de.bLtoJi,-a",'f- -
of them, ;ind their wives and children may be iu
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we again, suirge'st. t he 'easiest . uie.ih'ixl of obtaining. :
iL Aceoidiiig "to the law, we belie ve, "the wife is
ive"m"srctainiariT7'"lh iiext,
mother -licit-' if .ho have-iicitlKwiie, child, lath.'
er or niothei then the elaiiu goes to the neaitst - .
of. kin.' ' '---', - - - ;'(p--": '.'.''; ':'".-. .';-
-Let the soldier's widow, '"therefore, if he. have .
o'lie, ami, if . i;or, iiio cuiiu, or lauiei, oi uiouitj , us
apply-to -aiiy iutcUmenf magis
stand between 'you5- and "the jei'formance oT iV
Xellher -pride, nor pleasure' nor pc.rsonsl ca'-'e ami
.A.aiHiit, should witi.hvlirVuui- hhiids from the l.o-
trausportation was itutlieient- to keen the army Hy. work. The supply- of leather a.iird wool, we all
know, ls umiteu: out u wuat- you can, anu as
ooiriTSTDTrcTrn
send half 'Woolen ur cotton
from' o distant a base as Gordonsvtlle :
and whetirthepro v ioloirtrairiToTri'd 0 v flf take- The
fc-1 'flFHi SO"" pre
exiireneies of their
Thi
posiuon, me men sciuom naa time to cook, j heir
difficulties were increased, by the fact that their
cooking utensils, iu many cases had been loft be
hind, Us weniw1tvcryihmolsv,'.hat would impede
their movements. a It was n.ot nausu;d. tee "a
company of starving men. 'have n burrel of flour
distributed to them, which it w:as utterly impos
sible for them to convert into bread with Uio
mfeaniM9.Wjcd3oJ.hiiii; , Tkeij-a.mh
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even a pieco of laiik or a eotli or. Hour sdck up'-
on' which to work up their dough
Do you wonder then that; there-should have;,
been. 'stragglers frblu thro army T - That brave ami
truo men, should havo fallen out of lino from:
sheer exhaustion, or in their efiorrs to jrbtaia a
mQuthful to cat "along the roadside? Or that.
many seasoned Iveterans, the conquerors-iii tho
valley, at Richmond mid Maunsassas, should have
succumbed to disease and been forced back to the
i uu oMii-iiot-sriiu uuieuojeK.-,
auu eu till iir
and hatle'SSTT-many of them .limping alo'ng und not
tuito well of their Wouuas or sjckurs-Vyet eheer
lul and not willing io abandon their places iu the
ranks their cLthes riddled with balls and their
banners covered with the smoke and 'dust of bat
tle, and shot1uto " tatter many of fhem insertbtd
UgTiinsJlhfaggTers. - Already lazy cavalry m ou 13011,-' 0 ur ucFtTjarm ' Zi Front K oy a 1,'Vt Mo-
nnd dainty pTnff r-'or find ffftCTm:-t:!v wMn- HVWf . ' ' '.'tJ"'''ltH u';v-v""--1'--'-',-t;'-vi.
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male- iui.il that the deceased soldieiv
who beloni:ed to such u company..-'
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itcdrolhiiigrtHfat'njijau ts. . :-'-And if blankets'
arc not to bo had,ilieu -Sulrttitutt' comforts , made"
of.dyed osnab-irgs stulied' viit.ii cotton.: Auyihiuir
tl,;.t will keep off cold will bo anMhlo. " Kvci:
tl-s'ioo'ulaMrid.xt-ortiiHu'r-i'uiht forego tlivijr
gaii'is for . season, aud 'unite in this religious. d'i
ty. : If they iieillicr clothe ti'e naked, nor feed
the hungry,-Who ao. ..fighting iVr thi.it' . freedom
and for Mehotues "aild "property, ."what:'i;ght
have they to-expcet-hfiVthiiig: but eternal damna'
lion, both-from (Jod anj ui in -?- - : ' . V
If the army of Yiririnu ewmd march tlrroti-jrh the I'eaee tor" saurVouuty, t(ei .any -responsimt
South-just ascitis laggciiTmd alr.k take the alUdavitlolUcUmondj it gCTg
r.eginn nty hnd died, or was killed at
and place, and was. the iiushaiid, fath
er yr son of j ho witness; and that .there is no" nearer
elaiiiiaiit living thaii the wrtness." .;Lct' the magis
trate thtli tesiiiy oli the same affidavit to the cred
ibility oft ho witiH s-- I'hcu. take. tho. a Iii davit ty
:li'-LCJi'--l' f ' y 1 ' 1 r ' J : 11 f v-nrjyOiiiiiyLtti e. i:;eriv
to certify, unJer the County seal, that the .above"--.
iKHued mau-istrate- is a Muu jll. Justice of. (he
oi'end it UMito. member ot 1 onureYS from your
district, paiirg the postage,: Ac., to collect ifc'ioi ,
vojulrtimthrt' War IXiparimenU- ?.We make tii. '
sustioii to gmird poor sold ie'rs" widows and iu
i'Jia3:araiiVh't siWin the claim tor agen ts fot.vo5.- 7-
iectin" sueli e'aiius, who .maki? Vhurbitaut chai ,
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