Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-04-25
Letter from Florida.

Letter from Florida.
$isacrinxs Of the Unioni.ts nj the South.
Our readers will feel doubly interested
in the following touching letter. when we
Inform them it was written by the wife Of
VI. CALVIN L. ROBINSON, Formerly of
Reading) at Jacksonville, Florida, to her
SISTER. Ii illustrates the brutality and OPP
6ressive tyranny Of the traitors who have
~. conspired to destroy our Government
Where she speaks Of G., except in the last
instance, it means of course her husband,
and Mr. p. is Mr.. Parker, his partner, Of
whom mention was made in the TIMES last
week, and who went from Cavendish. II is
writetnin that familiar style in which any
good sister would address another, and of
N course without the slightest idea that il was
lever 70 appear in print. This much in
- y .sstice to her. And now as we read This
froha New England lady, the wife of
yxrrs6a nter, let us.al resolve to put forth
slili iurll INT eaets and vigor, to put down
III snosl disoly and causelcss rebellion =
racks osxyiLLn, March IL, 1862.
l1eor SisterI The Yankees have at
|lDl 90, ard brought joy TO our poor
hesI1s They came in lime to save our
liFes. but not our properly, from these
5.Ierciless Southerners; for last Tuesday
Aght they burnt C.'s store and warehouse
70 the ground, and hunted for him to shoot
him. They would point their guns at the
4s0feswindows, fire and wish that .'this might
hit him r but through the mercy of God
His life was.preserved. know you will be
at4rsktsa~ in sa4sthe particulars, dear sister,
and wilttry and write them. In the first
place, they call every person born north Of
|, .AIasonAN Dixon's ine'hy the mean st name
they can command. With the confederates
~ZSor secessionis.s, Tankee" is meaner than
y 1ni9ger,' tue lowest name a person can
nave. Uhfl the tcderalists came, there way
w ,in or very midst company Of despera-
N.dcea calling themselves 'Guerillas," whose
1C0tyowed inteation was TO destroy the prop
erty and kill every northern man. particu-
larly Unioists, and now they are lurking
aboat the country, 50 that we do not fee
really safe. @, / wish we were in dear ole
New England. c. and z. have never done
- anything to provoke the people, but grea
- many seemed to annoy them. They hav,
great many friends nom, bu, they are over
powerd and stand in fear of these guerllas
Several months ago G. and p. thought j
would be a good plan to send part of thei
goods 10 Savannah and get good money, 70
dheimoney here is mo account" and certain
men stopped them, declaring they should d
no such thing; but at the commencement
of this trouble ten days ago, all the mer
chants sent off their goods in the creates
panic by rail into the country, 70 be lost b,
Ahe way or stolen, and were very angry be
scause we did not do the same. A weel
ago tonight do not think there was NOR
than dozen families left in town, ard snos
lot these are too poor 10 leave. Even til
presbyterian minister told widow and he
ctinld if they did not leave the plac
they were as bad as the rest. That the,
were yankees and that they ought to 2
into thes,woods and live. even if there wa
danger Of starving, rather than renal
among such people. Every one tried I
get away on the cars, and people tell US tha
crowds Of women and children are campin
out IN the woods along the line of The raj
road between here and Lake City, di
uancefof abous sixty niles. And il is ,ru
that great many suffer for food The pa
week has been perfect reign of terror
such sights and sounds l pray my lIeavenl
Father / may never see or hear again, {
any of those / love. If | did not sncerel
believe that not a sparrow E,lleth TO ii
ground without our Fathers notice, aud ihi
He careth for the least Of us, | should wi:
TO die This trouble has nearly broken OF
hearts. To think that people who la,
go long protested such friendship for .
md for whom We have done so much, b
come such bitter enemies, without any caus
unless it was tha. we would not destroy o.
property ourselves and run into the wood
because 1.-THE federals were coming "
onfhougik We knew who were our friends, b
4 DO Eot risink that many were so ignora
- to suppose they should al be destroy,
rvacn the federal soldiers came
For a long time lhere had been gre
k @Gnasy.threafs in circulation thst Jacksonyil
- to:b- wiped out, and become The ba
.1Ie-6sld .--sssat They would comaaeDce
zach extremity Of tie town and drve o
y suest VI Yankees land all imagsa