The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-05-26
correspondence from Virginia.
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importance u which 70 form nucleus for I
Minor details. YET there are a variety Of in.
dents which viii interest tho dear ones -
home whose friends here are under the Ia
aasnce OF every circumstance that happen
~ present "all i quiet on the ShsnnAn-
ioah bat one hour hence there mas be tbe
y ilJcst storm Of battle raging among these
h.ll-. .lacksons army has been reinforced
AM reorgauired. and be i nov fortified IN
narrow gap through which the road 10 Cor
doassillc and Richmond crosses tie Blue
Ridge Wo have had several skirml,hos
siih de,achmenis Of Ashbs's cavalry, the
main body Of which hold the cutraee 10 tbs ..
gap Last Friday they attacked our pickets.
driving them in. and killing one man under I
circumstances Of brutality that woall have
disgraccd host OF Fejce savage. They I.
hrea upon and MORALLY wounded him. then
ran up aud, though lie implOred, Tor The love
Of COd~fhem 10 spare his life. shot him
through TIE breast and then pinned him to
earth With his own bayonet IL = my opin-
ion that, hereafter, but few Of Ashby's cAval-
will be brought into camp by our boys As
prisoners such tends deserve 70 DC roasted
. death over a slow ire instead Of being
treated A. prisoners Of war. Amer our pick
e.s had been driven ia, Col. Donnelly ; bFi-
gade was ordered out 70 the picket post, and
our squadron secuted the road 70 little VII
1 a
posted Here We had considerable skir-
mish. and drove the enemy back 70 the river.
Two days previous. We made sudden dash
into this village and captured three OF the
enemy cavalry who were having their horses
put IN good retTeating order at the village
smishy" The son Of Vulcan who blew the
bellows seemed terribly perplexed 70 know
which government was responsible for his
damages" and the brave dragons were
| equally pertufbed 90 know whether they
were 10 be shot or hanged. After being coA-
viuoed that We were not Choctaws OF Canaan
ches, and that we would observe the rules
established by civilized nations, in our treat
naont towards item. they appeared rather
pleased than otherwise with theirSew status.
This is a point upon which most of our Fri
soners are very anxious. Many OF them
believe We send our captives to the loyal
States and there either shoot or hang them.
They say their oiiicers tell them i Is certain
death il We taAe them prisoners IL is laugh.
able to listen 70 the tales they tell Of barbar
Gus acts committed BY Us. which tales have
generally been told them for the purpose OF
exciting them 70 moro obstinate resistance
70 our troops. but when they find out the
deception that has been prac,ised upon them
the reaction sends them into the opposite
extreme, and they rejoice in their captivity
which j. preferable TO our bullets. Nor d.
those Ia armed rebellion dread as more thar
! The civilians. Who fly from their homes upoi
our approach a. Il pesti.euce followed il
our wake. Their politicians aud leaders hAv,
tlli them sc were helds ani savages VIII
, would respect neither sex. ago positioi
b i. thoso places over which our arms triumph
. 81 I'D they we're - illterate and iguoran
, a. u believe tue Ease slanccrs. Amos
/! every town VIC 20 alo . deserted 10y all "a
. lnaao.tAnts who arc able - move. o. la
either wealth of honor 10 preserve. Ih
9 E.s!isu residents OF India dreaded y an
1 Sahib not more than some Of tho 'hrsI fam
> lies" dread u. aud the sepoys have abou
{ As good character for virtue aud honor q
+ Ihc Southern ladies who never saw a Yanke
4 soldier give rs. a HoosieF school boy woul
0 blush for the profound ignorance which pet
}. vades this country regarding tho people {
i North. Or. Chailli would have experience
, les difficulty IN convincing these people th'
s our Northern cities we're inhabited by h
famous man monkics" than he had TO COZ
II vince the skeptical French Swans that suc
:. inoonrruou. being. inhabit those Africa
I wids through which he has travelled Tn
N inherent self alteration which j. the mo
!. prominent characteristic OF the untTavcli,
p Nireinian. will not permit him 70 cypress h
real sentiments when he hrst o.
r. soldiers but. Ia his admission that We con
b pare At all with the Confederate heroes
i We have a sufficient proof that he is a'so
j. isncd and glad that We are not those dirt
le ragged. small-chango knavcs those treuch
.e heroes. Who would var only on our ration
m and preferred flching handkerchief 70 iisl
=. ing battles with the chivalrie sons OF q
- South. - their orators and presses told q
III dcluled masses before the war commerce
"a They we're taught 20 believe their armi
c. would march through the North aad 'se
as our cities with salt. Instead. however,
,e pickling our towns. the patriciaus OF seccss
N have not saticien, quantity of tie pres o
&c saline condiaent 70 season their PoFrids
4 AM. we're the traffic not "coatrabanl, !
u could realize handsome "aoi" for %
:. COMPANY fund" by selling the brine van
! remains In oar pork barrels After the un
taous staple has been devoufei The d
Iseious cup Of no store coffee. which a.
70 give scs, 70 hing Cossos Z. masaiiaal me.
bss followed tic fortunes Of ihs, sol disss
e potcutsts's scertrc. and has led from
q grasp. dis lo,Al subjects arc nov COZ
= pellci 70 rinse their ohivalsic threats With
: horrible decocsioa extracted from ollein'
- re Some Of them. however. prefer extra
= when obtained from TIE unseorciied ecrcs
1 but thi.. too. has bccu a rather expc1si
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