The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1859-01-05

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Ming "l1en M leY feil. Ia hhl
'hey hl' llilmll nolh.na. iof
NV llai my mmpabl0n wat nou
faIfly ilnne.l, ani uopiei np lan.
ing.
"NbHsfHr," ho presently r
'nmed, "hIl those things layr brof
brought strongly h. my mind Wv ilg
.oliet tor saw me iust now reading
v is from an Oh lriehl n eapnit
~ lsl2-a general nnW Whl vent
through Tie campaign. and nhum /
was go fortunate ~ lo su,o ffom d
grave IN lhafo lbfcfnhl plains whofe
most OF our ponf comrades per- lol
will tell you how iihnppauol. W.
we're talking of The baltic Of ll1ro
duo. Scyenl, thousand mou. h ls
said. were kI'lul and wounded h that
murdrrous fight We surgeons, ~
vou may well think, had our hands
Tall, and slil could bot suffice lur d
1.-THE Of the sufferers. /. wss b
rough breaking in fora young hand
~ | then was Such lrishtlul
Wounds as were there, Of Orry Kind
aud desrlplon--irom shot, shell
aud bullet, pike and sabre, We'll,
SIR. oil the misery and suffering |
then saw, oil that vas, amount Of
human agony aud bloodshed, whose
steam ascending to Heaven. n ight
well have brought down God's male.
dIc,ion on his creatures. who could
thus destroy and dcfacc each other.
was noihine compared with the hor.
riblc misery we witnessed on our rc.
treat. | have read everything that
has appeared in France concerning
that caiupaign-Segur. l,abaumc.
and other writers. Their narrative.
are shocking enough. hu, nothing 10
tic reality. They would have sick.
ened their readers had ihey told all
they saw. II anybody Who wen,
through the campaign, could icmem.
bcr and Sc, down all he Witnessed.
he would make the most hcaI,.rcli
ing book ,hat ever yet was pr,htcl,
and would ls accused oogross .xag.
gcra,ion. Exaggcration, indeed.
there was no need to heigltcn the |
horros Of the winter Of 1872. All
that frost and faminc. lead ani steel. |
could iuilict, w,s then endured: all |
The crimes that reckless de.rair and |
ruthless cruelty could promp, we're
hen perpc,ratei."
"Ani how" | asked. "dii You
'scape, when so many, doubtless rs
strong and courageous. and more in. |
rrcd to hardship, miserably per.
shed."
"t'nlcr Providence, | owed my
preservation to the trustee, au,l |
most faithful servant ever master
iad. Paul bal been several year.
n the lus siaFs-sss an old s,ldi,r.
u fact, although still Young nan.
md at a time when all discipline and
Iabordination we're u an eud, When
'cldicrs hccdei no, their officers, or.
iecrs avoided their generals, anil
servants and masters we're MI alike
md upon level, Paul proved true
IS steel. A. IL cold and Tie Cos.
'acks were no, enough, hunger va.
'lled to our sufsriug' there was
no longer a commissariat or dIslrib
i,iou OF rations; raiions, lorsooih
dead horse was a luxury | have
,een men fgh, for till death. lean
meat though il was. for tue poor
brutss vcre "a starved as their ri.
Ilcrs. Wha, little there vas TO ca.
IN the villages We passed ,hroasb
fell to the share OF the frs, cvincts.
Empty lardcrs-oftcn smoking ruire
were all tina, remained fcr those
who came behinl. Well. sir, vhet
things were at TIE worst. and proven.
Ter q, the scircest. Pal slssy. hal
something for we In he haversaes.
0ne lay i voall be a BIZ Of bread.
on the morrow a handful Of grain OF
some ebidle roots. now and then q
slice Of horse bcef--snI lOw iclic.
ieus ,hs, seemed. grillei over our
smoky. scah;y firesl There was ne.
yer erough to satisfy iny hunger.
but there vas alwavs o someking-l
enough % keep body and soul ,ore,h.
sr. Paul. as afterwards discover.
ell. husbandCd his stores, for he well
knew ,ha. IL ie gave me sll a, once,
| shoulj have nothing. anil illen !
must have tasted foe days. aud per.
hsrs have fallen from nv horse from
weakness. But think cf the ecsrsge