The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-25
NORTHERN WAR NEWS.

The following items, Obtained from the
latest Northern papers which have been re.
ceived, will be found interesting, althouxb
OF course, our readers should not place too
much confidence in anything which ema.
mates from the Yankee press:
ONE OF THE FoRT "AsRk< PRISONERS FOB THE
Union.
1tis reported tina. one Of the Southern pr,.
soners who has been confined In Fort VI ar
rem, and recen tiy sent home, lef. the fellow.
ing letter for the Boston Herald:
As am about to leave this place for nv
nome. In company with my fellow pris cuer..
Ieei II my cuty to express my feeling (Which
are the feelings Of ali us) towards lhe of!it ere
OF this garrison. We have been greatly aud
agreeaoiy disappointed 1t the treatmetst we
nave received While here. Everything hss
oeen done for Us that could in any way pro-
mote our comfort. We have been t'ested as
we'll, and, if any thing, bs ter than The SOL.
oleEs stalioHed here We shah so back to
our homes with a different fsetbg toward~
the Yankees than We en- ter tanned on comjps
mere, ior we have been taught TO think ina.
the Fortnerners We're capable of AoIhlns
but meanness and barDGr.tY
We have been told that Of all the Moth
Mass useits was Lhe worst, VI hich We now
nnd was hase calumCy. since we have
been here w have had the best OF ms a teaI
attendance from Drs. PsteI Is al Il Koberls DO II
or the reg uiar army, who are pev feet gan fle
inen. We have had the same food aud ths
q aaHuty OF 1T as the soldiers, and In every
respect have been treated Tvs near like thsrn MS
possi bic, considering we are prison srs There
are many OF US who will go back home uct
from a love of the Con fedsrate Guy.rt rneo,
hnt because our wives and families are tne q
There are many among MS who will no,
again raise arms against the Union excep;
1rCpl compuls!on. huch prsis. is due 10 ms
two soldiers who attend or the hospital, WHO
have done oil they possibly couta Tor our
SICK, the sane as they would have done il
they had beeA their own men l, for oae
shall never light against tis Union again.
XAAKEE WOMEN BsaG'NG UNDER FALSE PEE
S$#E TENGss
M1ne wheeling Intsliiseac,r credits CORES
pondent OF the St Cla,rYil!e Ga.ene with The
following story:
One day last week three women OF BiiGga-
port-Nlrs. II MTs. McU and MIS-. M--au
wives OF solGiers in the Federal array, aad
OF the charities Of OHIO, each one
of them drawing some TWO or three dollars
per We' X, but not satisfied with syread eagle
liberaiity. cone. uded, as the tatry leya n,a sry
I" to seek their fortune" in anothtrcilrn4 So
after having laid their heads together il was
that one should be spoaesman,
anotner take care OF the spoils ami another.
a saucy lrish woman, ''shou,d do the crVia Il "
With that understanding theY entered { he
town OF amalgaIna tIor w h-eiiuc) tuder the
guise of grasa- widows Of the see sci on army:
and lamentation, AID Abundance Of EARS,
succeeded in sTirrirs up the svmpatnies cl
several re bells to the tune of &i5 in goods
pewter and groceries, and God only Anows
been that they ran foul OF Il ci,lzau VII knew
that one OF them ba q a nus balC, in the Union
army. The fact could not be denied.
Thus "the best laid schemes of mice aud
men gang af; as tee,' End the trto had to
ssedaddle to Ohio as fast as sturdy legs cou'd
carry them, re ioiced that they had not bees,
after the manner of Henton's
blank paper. In justice to tina Secess ionists
of Wheeling, however, he it sad. that tne
women made most favorable report of tie cir
liberality and kinuness.
A CONFEDERATE VESSEL AT KINGSTON, 5lmAIoA.
A correspondent OF the New York yyi6zae.
writing from Kingston, Jamaica, February
B, says:
On the afternoon oi the 30th Tlt., tho citi
zsns OF Is ipg-ton had the opportuuity IF hail.
ing for the first time, in their OWE hal bcr,
the "stars and bars' of the COnf.Geinte
States. A small schooner, If t1.t six,y
tons. sailed NJ from Pert Rcyai, dying ihe
rebel bunting from her mastheai, aud was
hailed with undisgoised delight by many OF
the good ci Ezens Of this city. Ahc entered
regularly at the custom hoUse, rspor:in .
"from Sabine, Texas, and ut the CoYnmercin.
Exchange as the I" Isabel" (no name painted
on hero 'from Louisiana" She briugs s6
bales of cotton, which, it is said has been sole!
In this market.
TEE CONDITION. OF THINGS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The Wheeling {ntelieeacr, CT Monday,
says:
We learn from ger item an who arrived or
Saturday from Sutton. in Braxton coan-
tv, that there Is great deal IF suffsr-
ing an eng tn people Of that ead adloiniux
counties. The men, who are nearly AL StceS-
sionists, have gone CIT to Join the rebailior,
le1ving heir wives and cniidrsn with scarce
ly anything 10 eat. The county mas bcen
dreadfuliy devastated. The retes have
stolen and carried Ct nearly everything Z
which the lean ard unprotected county az
foTded in the wfy of PROVISIONS, ard the cor
.ltion OF things is terriple 20 Goa tsmpiate.-
Msnv houses have been tired, aui tha wo.
men and children, besides having DoIhInE to
eat, are left i'll the midst of winter wit h
hoaseless heads.
our In 20 rmant saw Il train of iovernman :
wagons Ie,urpiug from Sutton, with some SIX
or saven helpless families, Who IRE roieg lo
Clarksburg They were nearly all aakai aud
told III 0st pititul stories. Man of he W n eI,
say their hu sba nds al i sons have been killed
their bol ses St len, ard the means by whicn
they lived carried away 20 tead he famishius
rebei troops and gusriiias. THIS Is ne Ct the
Iegitinq te results of secession In The section
of country TO which we nave alluded, there is
nothing like civil law, and no protection il
afforded for life or properly. When The = o.
men and children have cleared The country,
il will be inhabited only ty iawlrss bands of
gueriilas and Federal soldiers. Even now,
we are Informed that one ~ travel {. I
miles without seeing b bouse inhabited or the
Sigh est evidence OF ci9lllzatIcn. Hrax on
county is only one county it dozen o wh oh
the o bove comments might truth!uIly apply
HARD YANKEE YARS.
The following improbable story is related
by Yankee correspondent: -
In the explosion OF the Lssex, during 10.
Fort Henry battle, Crn Of he sc IN p. "
shocki ngly scaided. His clothing was ut once
removed, linsesd Gil ana fioui applies 70 bis
parboiIed 1ssh, and he was carefully wrap