The New York herald., 1862-02-05


Quiry as to the sick or wounded
The flag remained near Captain Vests during the
been sent hende, they returned this morning to Camp
Shields.
OUR MONTICELLO CORRESPONDENCE
MONTICELLO, KY, Jan. 20, 1852.
A Trip to "Dire-Desolption of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Condition Of the Country Near 1.-THE Rebel Soldiers
Turn Cannibals and Eat Raw Aeat-The Rebel Soldiers
after the Battle of MIL Spring-Jyhot the Rebel Prison
ers Say They Are Fighting Jor-Interesing Statements Of
Other Prisoners, dc.
Monticello was, until lately, rebel rendezvous, at
which the soldiers used to congegas for the purpose
securing and disposng of liquors. II may be described
place where whiskcy has long had the upper hand
and which needed only the presence Of rabbo sodiery
utterly devastate and denude it Of any little beauty
might have possessed 1t situated nj the foot Poplar
Mountain and is, rather might have been picturesque
spot for the unrestricted presence domination Of
the two devastating clements have mentioned. At
present is nothing but hospital for rebol sick aud
wounded. I employed to-dsy-Sabbath, as It is--iA
good Samaritan visit 70 this place, accompanying General
Manson, who engaged in like pursuits and attention
to his prisoners at this place. The country bordering
along tho and within eyeshot Of the road from Mill
Spring to this place, is utterly ruined for year to
como. Not only has the country been despoiied
Of all 1t grew in the season past, but the
next harvest will bo fruitless unless Uncle Sam
lends great aid gives grand encouragement 10 the
farmers Men cannot till the earth without horses and
cattle, and-I pledge you my veracy- none in the
trip took to-day those the party besrode As for
sheep hogs cattle and fowls the country has been lite
rally eaten dry None of these be and
exist. We sat down TO o meal Of which meat composed
no component part and sugar, for the rye coffee We
drank not to be hoped or asked for. The andady
did not apologize for the absence Of milk and sugar. sup
posing inferred, that know enough to understand
without word The citizens stated that the rebels had
appeared there about tho hour Of midnight the Sun
day Of tho ght and had broken into all th4I h. and
had whatever they could lay hands So great
their hunger that these people describe, they
ate meats and pulled the winter vegetables from
their garden beds and ate them unceansed The
Of that retreat will prove impossible task TO portray
in colors as vivdy the reality demands 70 be fully
realized.
In every house. hut, hovel and stable, between Mill
Spring and the Tennessee State line the sick wounded
and dying are lying At the house Of Captain r. West
mile south Of lSpring there lay on the night after
tho retreat At least twenty, half Of whom reported
dead passed. In front Of his residence in the for
mer camp of the Bull Pups" Captain West has buried
them and the looks dreary and dcsolae with the
plain wooden slabs that bear their just peering
above the ground. Amid oil the troubles that sur
rounded and threatened him, Captain West remained
true in his allegiance to the Union, and not better
friend did the rebels fad than this old man. He
nursed them tenderly, and those that have died
buried dsccnty their bodies enclosed in neat box
as that which held the remains OF Zolliconsr him.
self. Al the house Of Thomas Brown, in
which, that Of rebel sympathi1er General Manson
has established his headquarters, and for which he gra
ciously pays in rebel scrip there are about fourteen
Others mostly Of the sick Seven Of these General Man.
son found lying the river bank the day following the
fight and had them removed to their present place
Of comfort or these two have since ded-one Of wounds
which he strenuously denied having received Ono of
the living old man Of sixty private from Alabama.
Dr. Read Of the Sanitary Commission questioned this
old man to why he had enlisted. He answered that
hs father had cit in the Revolution for liberty they
made him think no fighting for liberty; but !" he
added, ~ see them smart follows was imposing us
ignorant ones. Tho question asked of
other n strong hale fellow, who began his by
saying he could have got away II he had like the
otheIs. lie the most ignorant man have met. lie
said he was fighting for the right that John c. Breon
ridge was legally elected President of the United States
and old Abe Lincoln had usurped his seat" The man
said this in all carncstness
From these points to Monticello we saw wounded in
every house with the exception Of the rather splendid
residence Of well known and important secessonist
trunks of officers, but would not admit the wounded
thrown Of the wagons at his very door. Genera
Manson is acquainted with such facts will make 10 go
hard with this Coffee The occupants of these
in many instances Union men, they profess to be- and
indeed all tho residents do Even Coffee thinks the
war politicians war. Most OF these houses contain
rom to five, but in some we found only secretcd
The rebels have great horror of falling into hands
at least the moro ignorant They beg those In whose
houses they may be to secrete them until they get well
We found in hut-of single eight by ten room--the
habiaon Of an old man. his son and two daughters, OF
about sixteen and eighteen years OF age poor delicate
and wounded youth who represented himself 20 be fifteen
years Of age, Tenncsseean, and the son OF wetodo
farmer He spoke Of his home and his parents,
and the big tears In his eyes glistened by
the dim freight that lighted the darkencd
room. Gen. Manson appeared rather ashamed OF the
same display Of weakness in his; but should blush if
did not record that the tears Of sympathy stood In mine
for the poor boys grief most eloquent cannot de-
tail the hundreds OF other instances that might name,
have tho full list Of the wounded Among the many
wounded this place nnd the following OF the Fifteenth
Mississippi alono who have just given me thor names
WOUNDED OF THE FIFTEENTH MISSISSIPPI AT MONTH
CELLO.
John Buckley, in thigh.
John Goodrich in thigh.
B.F. Watson, In thigh.
John Lucas, badly burned has negro servant with him.
VIM. A. Turner, In foot.
b. D. Clemens, arm and sido-a cousin Of Jsrrs
Clemens, of Huntsville, Ala.
Thomas J. Stoarns, In knee.
w. G. Chisholm.
AT tho meplace Is Henry f. Graves, OF Nashville
member Of the Twentieth Tennessee, who was
shot though the left side, the ball peno.
baltic field Of Monticello lie says at least $50 mon were
drowned in crossing the Cumberland river, and
roboraes the statement of another that the officers In
from swainpug the boats, thus killing great many,
who sank TO the bottom.