The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-08-30

" a PAnroT uuica -. "--la The rear
q our Lori 1859 lived qute, ei,issH In
tho liaiis n Rebeldem Early 10 ,hs yuAr
The oonseriP, az vas passed, snd became
subject 70 IL Tenacious power. vas en-
rolled y he captain q the ,ovn militia,
and the dsy was e, for " al e 60 70 a eOa-
script camp iay iusyruotioa We hal The
privilege q joiaibs any regiment already Or
gaaiiei. tex the Alternative and joined
gimehi guarding ,he M,asrfy Prison %
Salisbury. n e. rbcu came The hardest
trial u feeling ever experienced. Fiii ,cn
hundred federal oPoers aud soldiets sers
e5uhucd there as prisoners Of war Every
iaokse appeared 10 me as a brother, --ii
seemed thal had bcpu lost from my friends
but nov had found them, there was love
ia their blue coats. there was sympathy in
al their actions cas-, odd glauees At them
as they we're At their sports My hear, Neal
cut 70 them as they refined about on ,b'
grass, or perched themselves out on the tel
" the old factory NOW converted iute pris.
on, Dare | look upon those fellows as my
Kindred wanted to do 80.
What my comrades eallci vile, delestablc
Yankees, we're. il seemed to me. creatures
after my own heart When on duty, re-.
speeied them; when at home talked to N ,
wife aud chosen friends about them, when
asleep, dreamed Of them. They entered
into my heart aud became part Of my being
1t was not long that remained unaequant
cd. \ woman arose. Southern born
aud nurtured woman, A woman reared il
luxury, but woman as heroic as Joan Of
Arc, las philanlhropie as Caihariue # Ar
agon, --as atiectionate as josephine tbs I'm
press She laily swept the pavement to tn,
prison, in her walk aud by her holiness
her tenacity, she mace The acquaintance o
many officers in the enclosure.
oh, my great hear feels sometimes as
tho il would hurst for the suAerings Of thos
poor fellows, she said to me. Aren't 20,
ashamed 10 treat that poor. sick prisoner
SO ~ SAID she to one Of the guard. "Col
do let me take that dear sick fellow to N,
house, aud | will be responsible for hun,
said she to the commander, and she took CIV
cry opportunity to do a kindness 10 those un
fortunate fellows.
This lady took to her house and kindl,
cared for prisoner who was dangerous,
sick. lie died. aud in spite Of the coutume
ly and reproach of the citizen population sh
had him buried in her own garden where h
now lies.
was walking my beat as ntinel one da,
when | saw federal officer carry smal
bundle OF clothes from The gate to his quar-
tiers. She had toll me that there we've tw
Yankee captains from Vermont in the pris
only 10 see them, bnt to take them by tn
hand, TO call them friends and to mulster /
their wants Dare | do III No. for tn
town creek was not far of aud Union git
bet swung loosely upon the banks. A few
moments later aud saw this officer wakin
near me reading note. ] did not the
know its contents, they ran TINS. "Pos
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No. II black coat, black velvet cap, squaf
shoulders, Yermonter aud good UnioI
man. His black eye shone rapture int
mine and trembled as | walked; qu.cI
look Of genial recognition passed between u
VIII Gu no rebel ever dreamed Of silence wa
policy; ! bid my light under a bushel, an,
Was considered loyal 10 the rebellion Sue
that have been in the rebel army si1tecl
months, and have been pisoner Of war Of
Johuson's Island over six months | hay
renewed my VOWS Of allegiance TO the ia
my fathers delighted to bear, and than
God that am free
will communicate with my friends as Of
ten as he Editor viii allow. O.