Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-05
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 5, 1864.

FORMING. FEBRUARY
may be released. They will lsayn to map4se
, ture evidence, and the poor doctors had este
resume practice Wien The "eraad Jury" return
t Thus it is the civil is made sl,hssryient s84l
military law-nAde the active instruusn. ialfl.
execution of Is irresistible will ~
AsonD rIsu k =
Is this I'D fellow who has teen listening s,
inteatly 10 the grie.s Of the G rand Jury bd
he has no eympa;ny % spare. lie is. an abo
etarian, ANAL camationist, &C., 30 &c. hae
preached 2 crusade against the Sout!, fol
twenty yoars : voted for Lincnln, urged or the
war with all the fury Of fanaticd hate but
happening in d moment Of petulanoe to ex-
press dissatisfaction ;7i.h the yay in Which
Atr:ham T. carried it on, tho oath to SUPPORT
the Administration" was presented, Which
being rejected without second thought, he
finds himself here, with suffitieat lsisuross dur
lng the two yedrs Of his sentence 70 rec lpcile.
| from his own case. draw materials to support
his line theories of 80 :ial "proSreasion" n'd
political t.pesCectlbility." If miscry loves
company, he has the satisfaction Of kno wing
lie is the type of a largo class oTfollnw suffer
c-s, who are illustrating the old saws abcat
curses coming home 10 roOat, resping tarea,
&e.. satisfaction which is eharel in by eve.
ry lover OF rttributive justice. He thinks il:
very hard the administration can't take Il
".ittle joke" anl put its bsst friends in pris
On on account OF n CRITICISM"
REFUGEES.
Here is squad of them Just a-rivci--
| There stand, shiverinS in the frosty mir, two
| conseripts, Mculdy AMI Bul.caf, with hearts
in their bellies no bigger than pins heads" :"
their sickly, bilious countenaac"s woeful with
the misery o: blasted hopes. Where ore the
ri7ers OF milk ind honey with which they
dreamed uf filing their hungry maws, tbs
';storec!othcs" which they expected 10 bc
! skowercd On tkcir link ca-oa.cs 81 Evidently
! 10. m there behind those bars where they ere
destined to learn the full significance Of "Gut
of tho frying-p pan into the fire" before they
have an opportunity Of guIping down the
| "Oa,h.'
Tho ruhieunI individual. With the cr,lm-
! pied caa;U- and ancestral habiliaments has
cudrreI the pressure in the Southern liquor
market to the full limit of Melisian fortitnde
1. Is rot iar The want Of the staff Or life that
he enigrstes, but ftr The absence of what he
considers life itsasi, az ho will tell you cunG-
d'ntiai;r. His rcutonic friend, who has NJ.
taken his 1yes OF the sign os "lager," on the
su:ic-'a wag'n over tho way, since.he vas
; brought il. may have been influenced By SIM.
liar motives. Perhaps $500 bcun.ies kad
! something to Do witai the undermining Of lis
S:u:hcyn patriotism.
; Who are these with the nasal characteristic
aud fshy eye? You have seen mosquito
: critically select the tcndcress vein, thrust in
hi lancet end with a hypoc.i;ical placidity,
at much IS to saT, ''lJr our mutual benefit"
slowly waving his leg in token of intense ap-
probation, pumps till bis laLll body ssclls
aai sTe.ls inio n ple.horic corpuienay; a.d
iuas as " u pare to crush the bloody thief
! be takes of himself aud plunder as fast as
his wings will enable, to some quiet security
, for an undis7urbed digestion. Just 30 haze
: these vile insects been sucking the teDdeTest
! veins Of our body polite, but in deeper drafts
G1d by more dangerous wounds. Here are
three specimens from Petersburg, arrived at
Fort N1rfolk--two brathers. Davis, aud II fei-
l,w named Myer-. 0n arriving at NOrsslk
they daposi.e1 in the express Office, fUr trans"
mission t, New York, some ten thousand DOL,
lara in greenback5 sig or seven thousand in
Buffers nose i, TOO keen to miss su;h fish
trail. The transfe. from the express Office to
! his Golfers was efia.ted with the facility a long
practice ensures. They may pace their mar
! row passage in the agony Of their bcreaVe-
mcrt. thrns. their long noses through the
! hars, and with their ishy eyes gaze longingly
+; in tic direction Of Ole Point, where Butler is
cliaking their con ani admiring the bril-.
! linrcv yf their iian;o;ds. They designed
going TO New York, NEST probably for the pur
pace nr shipping Yankee notions 10 Me Sou h.
| Thy are likely Ia remain in brsnu uu'i Butter
I! hss spent their p'rrlsr The nIean;a:e they
"ny sp M l4n,er'Gg Il, ir hard fR;e and wish.
+ o thenseve safely hsct ia Dixie MisarGh'e
; j wills rt them fly in III il own grease.
These ar f. ~ sp elm ,ns of 'hs refhgeHa = ir'r
eeak he shelteriDs ing Of Abraham Grd Iick.e
Yankee ears With tales of the starvation Of woman
! :aa chi.lr-n ia ,h- Sou h which stcri.s travel
: I'll oyer ya.kcc land. while The patroie an.
/ ILn.s ars rewarded with e n3e c6Ui;ns sment
snd Starvation tn h2n,ssives til tn ir cnn'li-
| lion is iuot u little worse than the wan II
and children they have left in such terrible
I ssl'c. If the refugee brings any Of his -!
gotten gains, he lies in r-ia3n until lis identity
IL cs.a?lisbcd-:.at IL, until the commandment
Of the ya5st, provost marehal, &c, have drained
the last d.cp frna, his pecun!ary artery, ii, in
T the mean! Time, Ec has not given expression o.!
dissatisfaction III his treatment, contested to
sJma friend, who turns out TO be detective,
| that he hnd 10: battered his condition 10y raE-
ning away from the S ,uth. or otherwise given
the au.hrritie; key with which to lock him
IN for the war, or some other Indefinite
/ period.
Those refugees are ra's not leaving tho chip
sinking, AZ thoy ignorantly suppose, l'ut
which would, it must be confessed, be in q
fair way to founder, if their insduGrl' gnaH
| ingy were much longer continued.
Confederate prisoners always hail tic ar:i-
vel Of u sraa. of refugees with unfeigncd
pleasure. They afford them butts for innu-
incra!c practical jokes aad, aside frora this.
they rejoice 70 know the S"u!h is getting rid
Of c!,tss Of population of II earthly advan-
t,ge t0 her-Of parasites tbat have been draw
ing her life bIocd, and who viii be c pest aad
nuisance 10 the enemy.
Concerning tie female refugees, the writer
| cannot sreai. from personal observations hut
an incident was relntsd TO him by an oyH
witness, which no Doubt iilnatra.aa tho treat
men: this c!aes of refugees receive, and whHt
taey.may nlost likely expect. The scene &C
CURED the other day st the breakfast tabl" c!
,hc IIygcin Hotel, Fortress Monroe. The &c
fiIaacs, two well dressed females, with seiera
children, from Atlanta, Georgia, aad Peters
burg, Virginia, having run the blocEai'
through North Carolina, cntS tho break
fast bnll, each vieing with the o:he: i
abusing the South, and astoniShing the guest:
with terrible accounts Of de$p0.ism and dss
,itution, CONSUMPTION aud conformation. Oac
Of them asks for glass Ct milk.
Negro" "Baiter.-llaiut got no milk"
Nefugee.-"Good gracl.u', thouGhtsvcr
had everything up here. No milk Why
VIC have more than VIC can drink down II
Dixie, aud fattcn the pigs on what's left
} We'll, declare !"
The second refugee having exhausted her
self in czratiatins on the wre;chedn9ss
starvation and despair she has recently l:f;
tufns her attention 10 the table, AID sreir:
. the scanty fare where she expected to find I
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