, 1862-12-16
INTER ESIENds Tx E2EsEE. COR
RESPGNDENGE


ABBE,1LlE, Miss, Dec. i, 1862.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
send yun herewith letter found BY us in
one Of the deserted camps Of the Co1nfedcr-
ates ut this place. The first two pages, as
youwiN observe, relate entirely to purely per-
sonal and domestic matters; tut til last two
arc OF Il political and public character. The
allusion to II the twenty negro act" refers, I
presume to All amendment to the consc7ip-
ton law, which exempts persons owning
twenty negroes from eoNscription:
vEEosA, Miss, Nov afst, 1862
Mr. DEAR BROTHER: The message you sent
me by Dr. Frazier his been received,
and 1angna..e is Inadequate to express my de-
light on receiving it, for knew not until then
clson, for Col. Keighbors was SO kind as to
inform mc--but after that have never heard
frem you, AMI YOU know that was exceed
ipgly glad TO hear t'Eit you WAS well
And you did not say how you are off f,r cloth
ing the thought Of that Bro John has lay
know you had no ono to look too but me
and I could never hear from you I Knit you
socks in the summer to send hut YOU were
never rele;sved and now if you will come
to see nc will give. you. 4 pair Of
yarn ,nS S%sk@ 1aT ds} y sh5t a5 pair nof Of dw +
car, get them which think can I have
The Lindsey for you, and Mr.. Bowen says he
he will give 5on Il pair Of shoes. II YOU ca;.-
not come, let ule know how l can get them to
yol.-there is no one passing as know Of.
Let me know if you know Lient- Anderson
he lives near here-or Col. PaIN,n; I could
send by either. We arc 10 moveoa We<ine:-
day to Col. Paison's; htr. BoTcn's going to
Go business for him, be Ii7es within feur nliles
Of the town Of Pontotoc; he is Colonc! Of Il
cavalry regiment. The Pontotoe company is
in it. hdake his acquaintance if you can; aud
he will do all he can for you; he is Il
noble Hearted 1na,l-and one OF 2{T Rowens
old friends now to The news Mr. Wilson is
at home trying to get discharge he is going
to shor1naking Moti:er is we'll Beck me-
Whorter formally Beck Gill has a fine Son my
family has not increased anu no liktlyhood Of
| its doing SO have not been in good Health
| for somc time I have net heard from Sara. Caty
| the ya1>ks are not here get but we arc look
| ing for them every DAY People have been
| skcdadilng here to q great extent, but I was
given to 1ne by the blood Of my fo7efathers,
that they spill in securing it, and nc deludei
| set Of robbers or Aholitionists can run mt
| from my home I intend to stand my
ground, let the consequence be what il
may, for had IS soon the foreign
us 10 have the slaves Of the twcnty-nesre
mcE. tell you, Bro. John, the Coafelerac,
has gone nr, for God never was partial, ant
he never will bless and honor 4 nation &C
know1edging euci, q law Of partiality. It il
| fayoring the rich in every respect, allowing
them to stay at home and make large crop:
with those negroes, and then let them sell i
to the POOR soldier, That has been fightin!
and exposing his life for them and thei
twenty negroes, at an exto7tin:. price. tel
ycn, if 1 was j soldier, would die before
would stand it: wonld go Mt once to fh
Yankees, and I wonld arm myself to figh
those Internal rich OF tile South
at first, they were going to sacrifice nj
they had for the South How are the
doing it2 By taking their property an
ske6addling before tie Yankees get in tifI
miles of them Why are they not out de
fending theirpropertys If they had Of bee
there would now have been an enemy on th
soil Of old Mississippi. Col. Neighbors say
you acted most bravely in the fight at Done
Eon- Twas glad to heari it, but have not mac
heart to encourage you since the lastact irt
been past, for consider am only tellin
you to defend those e0-negEo men, while the
are home on their bed Of down, not caring fl
your fate hereafter If you can be spare
long enough TO- fight for them until the war
over, tben you may go; it's root, hog, or dis
you get no favors from them. But if you d
ret into fight, l will say, not run, but IL
every other way TO take care Of number on
uyou arc taken prisoner, so along cheerful,
I guess you will get as many fagofs from yol