Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1862-12-13
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A Harpers Ferry correspondent Of the
n. Y. Times, r. the time OF the capture OF
that place, says of Stoncwall Jackson -
| "As he passed, | could hut wonder how ma
| ny times he had prayed in the night, before
| commencing his hellsh Sabbath work. His
| old servant says: "When old mossa Prrys
| four times in the night, he knows the debl
will be 10 pay next dnyP And am very
sure there were large nrmber of leYilsHt
work above HOrpers Terry, Sept. lith,
| 1892
The "nigger in The wood pile" Of arti-
secession days has got 10 be the "nigenr il
fit nowadays, especially about Cairo,
where thousands Of the poor creatures srs
gathered TO suffer ard starye in their free
dom. A correspondent Of the lndiNraro'i,
Journal says:
"Wishing 10 get into the notions OF The
darkies, passed among them AS an Illinois
farmer, my army hat answering capital
purpose in the game. / proposed to hire y
man., "Dun no sab. Where you want mo
TO 60? Wha you GIN 'ee?' Going IN to
| the dirtiest womanl saw, proposed 70 her.
Cant 60 sahl liz got four babies!' "Wrli,
| I'll take your babies "Dut is got hus-
band "Well, I'll take your husband, 200
"But Gar's old granny, | can't leave her"
''Why can t you go too, granny" go, mcs-
! ter, is in hopes some day it will please DO
good lord to give me back to old master"
tried dozen or more, and found underly-
ing the hopes of most OF them was an ulti-
mate return to their native laud The one
refrain was
80, carry mo back! !"
Their local attachment is unconcuera BILE,
and they seem utterly unreconciled to sep-
arate the families"
Undoubtedly the sckest persons Of tie
revolution are the stolen away and run
away negroes, for whose supposed benefit
it was brought on by the fapatical fools OF
the North.
The number Of prisoners exchanged un-
der the cartel has been about $4,000 nj
Vicksburg, and about 10000 near Rich
mond, in all, $4,000. The Confederate,
have still trading stock of 5000 or 10000,
while the Federals are all, as q downeaster
would say, swoPpea eout.
Mr. n. S. Moore, editor of the Bridgeport
| Conn., Farmer, who was mopbed on ac-
count of his advocacy Of liberty and right,
has made his appearance in Augusta, Ga,
and purchased the Sentinel. lie has II
claim upon the hospitality Of the South.
The paynes, who distributed so much
counterfeit Confederate money in Texas
last summer, have been examined in Jack
son, and are now held to await a requisi-
tion from the Governor of Texas for trial.
We presume they will soon be brought back,
and if they escape justice at the courts they
will be worse off than if they get it there.
Their race may be CO sidered short one.
We have nothing later from the West.
The last Northern accounts represented the
Abolition army (late under Buell) moving
towards middle Tennessee, while another
Federal army of $4,000 was moving upon
east Tennessee.
The Mississippian says Bragg is reported
to be pressing upon the rear of the aboii-
tion 70. ces which are said to be retrsatng
towards jackson. The editor does not vouch
for the truth of the report.
A convention was to be held at Shreve-
port on Saturday last for the purpose OF
adopting means to protect Red River from
the enemys gunboats.
| At meeting in Marshall for the appoint
ment of delegate, $4,000 was appropriated
/ for the river deiences.