Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-01-03

rrspouse.
No one doubcd their sincerity. NJ
kcts were soon ia their hands, md 10 sin
WAS ln-i in d illinV them. Our steam
y very Trail phr. hnd he,ql iarrcHtled nroue
The bow aud stern, and also provided ,w
Two iwelv" pound Parruii gahs The
guns haf TO I've worked by blark M,
U der the direction of the cifpfnih of 1.
steamer. Our fighting mru umhcfrsl on
about one hurd cd and zen. and Rry ogthc
we're raw tec'uits Tie cxpedi ION wa s.
noi rcrv Formidable aue. still all serm.
to have an unusual degree u confidence
to its sucress.
'NorewJsr 6. The womep cad rbild;o
(ph'n' Gfy) taken from 81 Simqnd'S
: tho day ptevions we're noa Ianded fr sifpiA
in 81 Caihaiine's., ~ more hsz d
work was TO lie undertaken Mach ~ q
night was spent ~ getting wood for Z
steamer. killing beevcs aid cooking lneai
rice, aud eorn. for our wrneu snd ,'hlldr
on shore sud for the troops The mru me-
! NJ driver BASH 10 ipc'fe them ~ labo
Sleep aud rest were Utmost unNeirome. I
they we'e preparing 10 60 up Ssp5o r ',
along whose lnnkS, on be bean IfuI plas
'a'iOns. were their isihars, motters. hot
ers, sisters. wives. and children Wee,
aud mouths before, somssoi the men b.
left those loved ones, with promise
relnrp, ff DE- good Lord iis rpeu the way
"At FIVE O'Clock On Friday mofnin
Novemher T. We were uDder wsy CAP
Bndd, of the gan boat P0'oni ka, b.
kndly promised The evening before "
accompany US past tie most daigeru,.
places. Onreachiug hs siarion in Sapei,
| Sonud, we found him in rendiness.A o.
little fleet, led by the PotOm>ka, at9
followed by the Darling on. sailed pfoadiS
up the winding SapeIo, nov threug
marshes aud then past large and beaniiiu
plantations. il was very affecting o sfr
our sol diers watching intensely the e0iores
furms on land, one snying, IN agony
deepest anxiety, Oh, Masr. my wife an
chtlIen llb dtre, aud another singing ov
'Dere, dere my brodder,' or my sister
the earnest lOugiigs Of their poor, sngui>h
riven hearts for landings aud hen the sac
incxpI essble regrets a. the sieame passeG
mu,l be imagined they cannot be. de-
sc,ihed
rrhs account Of this Eyredon has been already pullsh
ia our cnidIuns.--hD. TRLEaRAPHl
Most ppople have DOUBTED the courage
Of urgroes. aud their ability To stand Il
warm hre Uf The enemy. The EN- n5ageDent
of this day wee NOT an open6elt hghi, q
he sue, hal The Circumstances weie pecu
: liar. They we're taken by surprise, tl,s
enemy concealed. his force not known, aud
es',nv # she ''onps had lteD eullsied onl.
J two days Clpain Badd. q btave aud
experienced fiicer, and eyewitness of both
engagements, has kindly given his opnloe
: Which We are sure wall viadicate he policy.
Hs we'll a. jnstnes>, Of aiming The colored
man for his own freed, N ~ ita,t.
cpited states steamer Potomska,
eopelo Iaier Ga NOv Z, isss
SIR~-It gives me leus1re TO testify to The
adnirahe coudnct OF the negro troopl--First
u q Vouuieers--under the command oi L.
tCol. Beard, S9hN Y. during this diy's.ope
| ratlons. They behaved spleudldiy under tbe
euiug fire we were rxpused sue Two skir
nshes with the enemy. | did not see mao
finch. contrary to my expectation.
One OF them, particularly, ;aIar u0der my no
tice, who, although badly wounded 10 the iace.
continued 10 load aud 6le, in the coolies nau
nei Imaginable. Every acted like veteraus
vey Respectfully.
To Tor. H. French, cLarialn, .. $ 4.
On reschug the ship, Capt Badd led our re,
of the river, it was hest 10 burn the bRitdng OF
Capt Hopkins aud Col Braisford B ,th OF
these places were siron pckeled staiious. par
iicnla rly The latter. Brai siord had heen.dvwo
with small force few days before onr arrival
at st. Curharine's = and shot one al our cOnira-
bands, wounded morally. as was supposed.
au"lhrr carried off G,ur women aud Ihree
men. Re had also whipped TO death. ihcee
weeks hvfure,s slave for attempting To make
~ II =.
furmer shave who had received over ihrss hun.
dred lasies Tor reia.lug foinform on some Of his
fellows who had escaped
On pa ssng among the men as we were leav-
ing ihe scenes ol acinu, inquired il tiiey had
grown any 10 day MeiY ex.'lained, "On. yes
Massa. We have grown three inches /" SAN
said f.el heep more nf a man!'
With the lurd hames still lighting mp abe
region behind, ard the bright rays OF the smiling
noon before Them theS fnrincd circle The
lower deck and utnund ths- haichway leading
10 the hold, where were the women and chliren
captured during the day, aud on Bonded knees
they offered up sincere aud heartfelt lhanksgiv-
iugs To Almi- -hiy God for the mercies ct lie day
Snch iervcnt prayers E,r the presd,at. Tor
the hearing Of his prucamationby al in bVpds
md for 'he ending Of the var aud slavery. were
! selduni, II ever. heard before. About ore hour
was spent ia prayer. Those wniera surely uev'
CT cChocu win huSh sOuuOa DetotCs
1t is conceded on all si6ea that wherever
our armies have had oecnpancy. there slavery
has been practically abollshed. Tue fac. was
recoguz-d b the P,esidem ia his last appeal
! TO the loyal slave states 10 consnInaste emauei'
patton. tr.
Another motto be act of opr Governmept 10
behalf Of Liberty the oillchl pruviSion u
, makes for The WANTS OF fhe thonsnnllS OF
OF helpless humnn n thus ihr wn upo oor
care Taxed with the burden st All immense
war, wrh the cae Of ihnlssnds Of sex and
u wounded, the U S governmept has chrerlally
j, v1isd raiions ior heless slaves, no es. than
0 wages to helpful ones. The Goyernaenl pays
Y teachers TO iesiruct them aud Ovegserrs 10 guide
Il their Industrial efforts. A iree.iabuf exi'eFi'
!. nent is already IN successful Operation aniong
!. the beaunfuI s.a isands IL the neighhorhpod Of
4 l3e-ufIrt. which, even uudsr mest dlsndyantAs
geous circumstances, is fast demonstrating llQw
niuch moie efficiently meD will work from hope