The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-15

the last biscuit. asd divided their last
sat With cur soldier boys. And ben
lhe woke was on an necks, aud we
we're ali gioauiag under lhe tyranfs
heel. and your captured braves were
carried ti4roagh cor country, famish-
ing with hunger--iAey fed them. in
ihe face Of terror, ard strengthened
them fof thc troubles just before them.
When that yeang Yankee soldier.
who fell. hrasely fighting, al WMauga
bridge. n Gen. Carier's raid was bro-
tally exbamcd, and his body stripped,
insulled aud left exposed. and no nan
dared attempt to RENTER him, -our
Young ladies, my neighbor girls,
wiih their own hands, after night, dug
hiin crave ID tie forest. made him a
es.llia aud laid lhs tody within Il, and
by themselves, at miduight, With Tears,
bore him TO bis lasi resting place, and
there derenily buried him.
They baptized, with their tears,
their fathers and sons and husbands
and lovers. dedicated them 10 the de-
fence Of liberty snd nationality, and
sent Them forth, eAilas, 10 breast the
storm of battle and bleed ior our na-
tons lie, With the Injunction 10 re-
turn victorious or glorieasly to die
The tender hands OF many Of these
women thus left alone with their chill
dren around them, before unused to
the labor or the field. bore a large
part in producing the last years sup.
plies, Of which the cruel exactions Of
war have now deprived them. 10
God and to you, in mute but eloquent
agony, and with unwaveriag faith, they
look for relief. Their filth ! feel,
know, is not vain. Gtd save my
country Lord feed my children--is
their constant prayer
To all let me say 10 conclusion, il
you desire 10 take a partin this noble
labor Of love- organize at once, al
your centres Of population (say at
your State capiiaD a Estate Relief
Association for East Tennessee" and
auxiliary associations in every com.
munity, in correspondence with the
State organization. Yoaf State asso
citation will receive donations OF every
kind which can aid the sufferers, al
well as money. The mDney will be
invested in clothing and provisions BY
the agents Of the . Ea.t Tennessee
Relief Association at Knoxville ant
Of the State Associations. qhere vii
be no difficulty in transferring sup
plies 10 Nashville, Tennessee, by rail
road and steamboat-aud have let
ters from Governor Andrew johnson
assuring me that wien delivered {,
him, there, they shall be prompt,
forwarded to Knoxville, Fast Tonnes
see. Gov. Johnton's home Is Eae
I Tennessee, his loyal heart is with he
people, and what he promises he "
accomplish.
Remember, christians Rcnem
! Der, philanthropists Forget not
palriotsl That your fellow-beings,
your fellow-chrislians. your fellow pa
triots, who have suffered beyond ex
preston. and sacrificed ali they pos
sessed. for our one holy cause, are al
ready experiencing the horrors Q
present pressing gdesiiiution, ,-tbat III
faugs Of unsaisiied hunger are alread
gnSsiug at their viials, and that, un
less ffley are soon relieved, their un
buried bleaching bones will coustitut
ghastly monument forever 10 ;hei
sad memory. You can easily sav
these people,-wiII yon do 1t? I'll
time is short-,he crisis is imminen
1t will soon be TOO late. am. yer
respectfully, N. G. TAYLOR,
Of llasl Tenncsse,
N. B. The Press Of the East an
West, will confer favor upon th
suffering people of East Tennesse
by giving publicity to the above lette
through the newspapers. n. 6. II.