Washington telegraph., 1864-08-17

MOS. cause, thIl hil NAH lDr-- go 114N
0f persons have probably haiP71 more III
dopreciate our Treasury bills than si-
other classes together t1 sustain tie gov
ernment and the causg. and the freedom
ana honor " their own children But
touch Confederate money they would
not: only the glitter 0f gold and silver
cgnld draw forth some nf their hoards
from the caverns. and behold many n
those secret granarrs have noW Jern
onened, aud their contents carried on.
without money and without price. Yen
kees have good noses, they are accom-
plished genIogists. and know what de-
pose. i..av Nv expected In crop out ln
calclreou- formations indeed nm very
negroes who had helped fo staa' away
rhr produce went to the raiders and toid
them where 70 had X.
And - he prudent farmer finds thai
~ las been too cunuinr Tor himself after
ATT. he ha. cheated himself lam"Ht4hly,
finds that ~ might as well have taken
thg government price and helped M feed
his friends as feed his enemies tar no
price at ail: wishes that his last years
rror had been pnr. n1t into 2 cave, but
into tour nhr cent. bonds; Hnds that. ai-
ter alI. it j. worth while w make some
sacrifices W Keep those Yankees Uut of
-by country. And when iHr rand nas passed
away. it leaves onr frrner faauHf and
wiser uun, and 7Fs tru7t much better
Confederate cirizan.
Ina short. thr Nariuns faids of Yankee
briganis this wear VIII have aoHe some
good 20 make TIP ior tnc severe losses
and iutolpraHlaa A=v .uti.l along
their line q. march They Will have
proved w tie population that the Yankee
cavalry are Simply mounted bandliiii MA
whom restoring the Union IN pre-
tense for pilla-a; that neither oaths n"r
caves ars any protection whatever gainst
such gangs, and that tie best thing our
people can 10 il w make ali nerdIui sa-
critics. III money W. well ~ IN blood TO
sustain thp army. in which rest our only
hope d. free our soil from these bands ot
thieves.
Az it sequel to this. and tv way Mi
showing the utility W giving orr means
w keep thv enemy oat WY tLr country.
we waive our rePugaauce to 'Ar recital
Of horrors anl give one extract from p
letter written u the Daily Nis>izsPiau
shortly after Forests defeat of siurgis
and Grierson:
"You must know thar most o. Ea.rest'z
men are from Western Tennessee m
fore tue battle. fuEitivrs from die ccuu
ties through which Stur-is aud his troops
were advancing. came into our camp,
detailing incidents which made men
shudder. VINO Are accustomed CIV =crnfs
NJ violence and Lioodshed. / cannot r1-
cite the stories of these poor frightened
ncoplr Robbery, rapiner and ihe aF-as-
sination ut men and women were the
least Of crimes committed while the
avengers " Fort Pillow" overrau aud
desolated the country. Rude. uulylrerr1
men. Who hal fought NJ Shiloh and many
subsequent battles. wept like chi'tren
when lhev heard of thr ennrmir,r5 tn
which their mothers sisters ard wives
had been subjected bv The negro merce-
narir- uf S,urgis. The millesi' most
pIarahle ~ our soldiers became madd n-
VI when th.r heard huw !l.r persons of
tbrir kiusWnlneu had been violated. The
NEGROES we're REGARDLESS Nd thH nEH- Cou-
li.inn or ontrartiu- 1f their victims. in
auu instance .no grandmother daughter
and granddaughter were rarH, ln tha
same room. hrii IL ihe drunken bNIes
and subjected - ogir5grs hv tie bare r.
cit.l II which humanity ~ appalled,. "A
Young wife, encteRte, taken tI " negro
,ucarnpment, and tiud tn stakes driven in
the ground. was made to minister tn thn
hcll-hnrn prssi0ns nf dozen liendS.-
Death, in mercy, came io her relief. 4
little boy, who sought 70 protect his mo
ther. was hrutally haYon.ted. hen
savage Iusls were gratilrd, tlg victims
here ana there were burned in theIr
dwellings. Insanity, IN SOME instances
came tn the relief af sutferinE- such a..
never before were inflicted upon human
creatures bv rrmorselaas Gends in human
shape. Terror, and The agony of hog-
less shame, aud famine, and FIRE. add
hloodsh,d, aud THY assassination oF til=
helpless ana unoiIending. marked tha
progress W.T. iha Avengers uf inrt Pil-
low" ID H. not strange that negro pria-
oner4 were lost" The whites who lrd
them IN, and incited them to these dam
nable deedz, deserve a more terrible nm
ishmcn; Yet we have sem 1000 of those
white men y prison " be ercaazged--
Simple justice demands their instant ex-
gcutiou bv the hans:ian's rope"
Certainly wv laws VT war WV, Hor
shoaId, protect the white men who insti-
gate. or command them, Or serve voIun-
tarily with them. Thcv are Thy greater
criminals
Fer they are worse ihan common frnGs that
FIJI
The ranker, hascr sprung AutOchihoHe- M
HE'LL
N may be Well enough to add, ;hat
most of ;he men engaged MA the battle MI
" Poison Springs" are from Arkansas
and the Ch0ctaw Nation.
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