Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-08-06
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FURGINNT, C. S. A.,
July, 24th, 1868.
When wrote you last, WIZ in tae Bak
Woods OF N c., but left thar for varus resins,
an cum to an enlitened kountry. The ssJorsia
Guards,'' "Ho5eus Corpus,' the "45 kali
'warm wether," might have induced me to leye,
at eny rate,
The moon was shin bright
One awful CLOUDY, dark night,
when tux ad vantage of the okason an left be-
tween suns, and am now in the CRATE State of
Firginny, whur the people liv on Goldfish balls,
cov-kum bers. bakers-bred an the gineral gov
erument. This Stait accordiG to konfederate
geoxraffy. is bounded on the North side by
Medes army, Este side by Yankee iron clad
gun botes South by Rip Van Wnkle, West
side by the Kanawa ValIy ands Salsworks; is
one of the biggest and richest States in the kon-
fedracy, aud like Yadkin County, has her full
share OF tories. exempts, etc. We find here 2,
menrv yuug xmpts engaged In the honorable
bziness of tanning, maxim shuza. saddles, trHn
&c, for the guyernmnt, CRATE menny have
substitutes, while uthers git detales as cIurks
in Commissary and Quarter Masters Dpnlts,
Hospitals, Superentendants, government slaugh
ter houses, any aud every way to keep out OF
the way of blind bullets and shells.
Some how or uther thay all git rica 2, on
small wages and short time. The stealages must
bs very CRATE, in theze departmints. Jobs's
turkey if made A. Q. M. or c. S. kommls- :
L Ia ri ht1r
dus them fine bay maches kum frum, these "A.
@. Ms, and c. S. Kommissary's drive. kan you
tel us Sentinel whether the euvernmint furnish
Post @. Ms aud c. S. C's. fine manshuns to
lv in /? if it dus it wud be gud alg (egg) to
git such posishon The richest, dandiest.
finest latest luking man Pve sere IN this koun>
try wuz superintendent OF guvernmirt
slaughter hoase-said to be poor man when
the war. kommenced, all his wages amt more
SIS dolls pr. muut; now he drives spend
i'd pare of hosses, livs in elegant stile, ect.-
These ar histories to me! but law me ! evry
thing luks kurious now a-days.
There is another set OF regues, cut throats
pick pockets, mean, kontemptible, glllanus dogs
Il meme sum of our ''Oficials" heds and clerks
of Departments, Provo Marshals, Railrode
Konducters, Transpor tashun Agnts, &c., whose
great dslite principle employment IL te
trouble citizens, sick, wounded an discharged
solgers, putting them to all possible inkonve-
neanee. Every ''dog has his day." and shi:
war will eend sam time, an white men will be
free, then they will s'ketch hell, retaliation ac-
cordin to which the offender wus sserved-strips
Il fur stripe, 2 eyes for l-tooth for tooth Thay
N will be sarved like Adonibezek served 70 Q
i his feller kings Of Canaan and as he was after
4 wards used by the Hebrews-like David di,
Il the Ammonites and Moabites.
A large lot of the 'Biue Birds Yankee pris
oners) passed through this place (Staunton,
on their way to Richmond, a hard looking din
ty set, bare footed, and badly cloth ed--like .
Yankees, 'sThey are transgressors from tn
womb and go astray, speaking lies: the
hearts are deceltful above all things and dea
parately wicked. and their carnal MUD emnit