The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-12-27

f'tts'ts* NtetAtA ANt fAtlasta
and materially delayed the movement
q The columas Il was no unusual
lsigbs 70 behold a slave mother carry
might've young children, and leading =
th,rd, sho. 10 a half nude stale, iradr-
cd along tie ,horny path to lrretlorn.
/ Columns could be written, descriptive
Of The narrowing seeaes presented hy
tbs unfortunate class q iugitive..
Riding on 10 q house one day in
SERVER County, | met an old woman
asd three grown up daughters At tho
door uitering frantic appeal. for help
! cnquired what WAS wrong, when the
old woman pointed 20 a burning cotton
gin and exclaimed
Put !, oui You uus are burning
me childl@
/ asked where the child was, and
succeeded in learning that IL was 10
the burning Clubhouse.
Away ! went, with some men, TO
rescue the innocent, and at the door,
met a ten-year old boy, who, badly
singed, issued forth from the fiery fur.
mace. Returning 10 the house, | in.
quired how The boy came there
M Putting the old pine between her
lips 70 compose her nerves, the old In
dy at last ycntured an explanations.
"Well," said she, I've uns heard
that.'you uns killed all the little boys,
to keep them out from fight ing agin
ye, and we hid EN-.
Strange as this may seem 10 tho
poor, ignorantldupes Of Davis, IL isa
common belief that the Yankees slay
All the male children. We found ma
ny infant Moseses and JefIs bid away
in cellars and .corncribs. but none in
bullrushes.
Shortly after leaving SIillcdssviIIc,
Gen. Davis detected two soldiers steal.
ing ladies clothing from house near
the road. - Tanning them over to the
Provost Marshal, they we're dressed
in their-stolen crinoline and pet,icoats.
tied to the rear of wagons, anc for sin
days marched through muddy swamps
and fords as an example to men OF his
command. They came out from the
ordeal with slightly discolpged s,sL.
ings and skirts. Es
On the morning oTihc Ilh, at seven
o'clock, the enemy was found strongly
posted on the railway two miles north
west OF Waynesboro', in splendid de-
ienseiye position, with heavy rail
barricade, with swamp on one flank
and the heavy railway embankment
on the other. wheeler could mol be-
attacked in rear or tianks, so Kilpat-
tick formed his command, with tho
Tenth Ohio in the right centre, mount
ID; The Ninth Michigan right. the
Nith Ouio left, Ninely-second Illi-
,ois IN the centre. Selling his divis-
on flag the plncky little trooper STEP
led out on the skirnish line, and call
ng across, saluted Wheele-, exclaim-
rs, Come on now, you cowardiy
conndrrI Your organs claim JON
AYE thrashed Fitzpatrick every time.
Here's Xii himself. Come out, and
ii not leave enough Of you 81 thrash
corporal's guard !" Wheeler didn't
pme out, but waited our attack.
The fruits Of the campaign may be
nmmrd up in the following estimate,
'hlch is pretty nearly correcl; The
rmy passed over forty-two OF the fin
81 grain growing counties in the state.
aptured and occupied over two hun
red county and villages, brought out
bout about fifteen thousand negtoes,
n oriiiteen thousand head Of horses
nd miles, some Of them fine blooded
ock burned Two lnndrel and forty
lies Of railroad, all the bridges, eve
cotton gin, all public buildings oil
rviee 10 the enemy; burned or bon
ID S50,000,000 worth OF cotton cap
red over q million OF rebel currency
aried in the earth, and considerable
dc gold and silver in small sums,
'ont thirty pcices Of artillery several
ilroad trains and stores, largo
mount Of ammunition, sufficient cattle
furnish the army with fresh meat,
y about four thousand prisoners.