Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-10

Luci0n Anderson, Meuiocr " Sons'"
from Kentucky, who was lately prisoner
to Faulknsr's rebel guerrillas, says that
Faulkner's men had bloodhounds with
them. He saw the dogs, He oonversed
with conscripts who had been chased,
caught and lacerated by them, their
wounds being yet unhealed. 1t is enough
to freeze ones blood to read of such afro
city. A portion of the time Mr. Anderson
was a prisoner he was given the freedom
of the rebel camp, on parole. he made
no concealment OF his views, but talked TO
the men plainly Of their rebellion against
the best govern ment the world ever saw,
and pointed out to them how the thing was
likely to end. The men listened to HIM
patiently, and seemed to be impressed with
the truth of his statements. A rebel lieu
tenant urged Mr.. Anderson to make them
Union speech. Mr.. A. said he would,
provided Col. Faulkner's consent could be
obtained. When the lieutenant applied
to the latter officer to get his consent to the
arrangement. Faulkner became greatly
enraged, and placed the lieutenant under
arrest, and revoked Mr.. Anderscn's pa
role. @
HARD FARE OF REBEL SOLDIERS.
A correspondent with the Army of the
Potomac says ......f
."Much is being said just now of the
treatment of our prisoners in Richmond,
especially in the way of rations. The reb-
els claim that our prisoners get the same
feed that tIhl.aailr soldiers get on the field,
presume such is the fact A rebel ration
IN the field in Virginia consists OF one pint
Of new corn per day, as am told by otil-
GERS who have conversed with rebel pris--
ouers. saw on Saturday last a dead
rebel living behind the works, where he
had fallen the day before, just west OF
Robertson's tavern. He had his hayer-
sack upon him, ana IN 1t was perhaps
half pint of raw corn. He had been shot
through the stomach, and IA part OF It's con-
tents oozed out from the wound This
substance some of our doctors carefully ex-
amiped. out of curiosity and they gave as
their opinion that it was nothing more nor
| less than raw corn. Several prisoners Ia
| ken by the Sd corps on Friday begged
| hard tack Of our men, and stated that Il
was the first bread they had seen in foul
days, and, to an inquiry as to what they
lived on, they replied, "corn." .a
/ A. n Al D..
The Charleston papers are merry owe
| the Smelling Of their city:
at is curious, as well as gratifying, 4
see how coolly our citizens take the Yam
kee Smelling of our city. The people g
to and fro in the streets very much a
usual. The ladies do not forego their usua
promenades, and when shell falls, tn
crowds gather about the sullen monster
or watch its fragments with curiosit,
which is not in any whit lessened by thei
sense of danger. The young girls an'
boys,as they hear the wbizzng, look up ant
cr~, There it goes or Here it comes
with superb feeling of confidence in fate
if not with an absolute sense of superlorit,
and contempt. When a house IS struck
which is rather rare thing, they EXAMINE
the hole, and measure its dimensions, ant
even calculate the rate of progress whlcl
the enemy win make in shelllng down GU
ancient city, They say, at this rate, !
will require thirty guns, constantly Il
play, for three years, to batter us into
cooked hat