Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-11-16
From Correspondence of the n Y. Post.

We made the circuit OF the cor
ner and found the Major, a hand |
some, polite gentlemen, by the way,
who was seated near some ladies, |
in the midst of a collection Of bas- |
kets and household goods. We
we're presented 70 the ladies, when
the two officers stepped aside for the
discussion Of the business which
brought them together, leaving your
correspondent to attempt the some
what difficult task Of entertaining
persons who had evidently iast been
elected from their homes IN Allan
ia.
Of course the conversation turned
npon the war and upon the order OF
repatriation Of Gen. Sherman. The
youngest, a lady Of refinement, re
marked
at is very hard 70 be obliged to
leave our home. We have not felt
the war before, except in the cost Of
Injuries of life We did not believe
that your army wouid ever pene-
trate 50 far South. bat | suppose sar
removal is one Of the necessities Of
the situation. and We would much
rather give up our homes than lire
near the Yankees. We viii get far
enough away this time"
A sentiment Of COMMUNICATION
filled my heart, and / venturel the
remark:
May I ask where you intend to
go!"
ITO Augusta, where your army
can't come
81 would not be sure Of that. It
is long way from Nashville to At
lanta, and we are mere. :
80 yes with incfible scorn
lyon will flank rs, / Supposed"
POSSIBLY. madame"
"Look here. sir: there are not two
nations on the face OF this earth
whose language, customs and histo-
rics are different, and who are geo
graphically separated As wide Is the
poles, but what are nearer ~ each
other than the North and S3uth.-
There are no two peoples in the
world who hate each other more. "
Il hardly think there Is the differ
ence you describe, Miss. L seems
to me Just as il vou and | were
Americans, with 10 vital points Of
difference between rs which may
not be settled some day. And then
/ protest against the idea that we
.hate YOU. | understand public
feeling at the North pretty well, and
such a sentiment does not exist
there generally
"W ell, sir. we hate YOU: VIC will
never live with vol again. II Won
whip us, and any Of the mean poll
ticisns III the South and there are
thousands Of them who viii be on
" too glad to do 1T offer terms of.
reconstruction, we will throw our
selves into the arms OF France.
which only waits the opportunity to
embrace Us.
''ReconsTuctioa will undoubtedly
come about in time. Miss. But we
shall not permit France o. any 9th
err foreign power TO interfere. -
France would embrace you without
doubt, if she gets 4 chance, bat il
will BE- the hug d N anacon la,who
will swallow yoa whole, without
mastication.
"Anything rather than become
subiect - th4 Notth. We will not
submit to that dag.~1 la-ion"
.'If YOU are dc51azed you viii :
and thea YOU viii have thoroughly
learned what your people before the
war have never in the slightest de
gree understood how to re poet
us. ] assure Tou friendship follows
very close upon the heel OF mutual
respect.
"There Is much tratb in that, sir,
and we are willing to c5uieas thai
We never even believed the North
would fight; ana while there Is a
certain feeling ot respoc which has
been forced upon rs. we hate Won
all the more now. because We dcs-
pissed YOU before,
\ sturdy sa.geaas Of one o. the
Massachusetts, reg,mc nts being I'M
der the necessity Of having his arm
amputatel, the surgeon offered To
administer chlo-o5o.m Il usual: bat
the veteran refused, saving, Ii any
cutting was to b, dolc o. him h
wanted to see i. anil llying his
arm on the table submitted q the