Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-13
HUNTERS Biir1;ALtri.

The toI3TlnS lettefi not NnIsN TOT puulle"
sor, is from the daughter Of gentleman in
Cisrks county. Virginia, whose house was lately
burned by the enemy. Hs had previously been
drspolsi of al his sheep, cattle, horses and hogs
ny the invalera. It tells of coarse brutality and
fsndishuess unrqua!ed in civilized warfare:
CLARKE County, Va, Aug 2ilh.
Ma Dearss! srs:-Sines- thst terrible day
that we were deprived of house and home, have
n,ither Lad TINA nor nerve to write you, but now
thst an oprociuuity offsts to le. you hear Of onr
personal satisfy, must try to tell you OF All snst
has ba!allen u. feel almost frantic 10 thin" Oh
it, and night and day the horrors of the scene sre
presen. wllh nla. To day. two weeks ago. my
sun:, Mrs. 8 ssas taken sick, and day aiter Gay
she Grsw mrrso INT !, On Thursday nign. lh',' ~
half uaSs tT.,va oclork, she bresthed Sif ia'''
Poor NO. h u WAS with hsr and 1ro.e innst.h
ly 10 iA.h-r aid myself t. come, asa Juss a. &C
lightrl tia l.rp 10 Iasd the note inc IePo'.
Fl . AIMS reGciul oar ..ars, immsdisssly EN-
guisi"d liz Ugh. a7 "e were surrouna.I y, ~
cn.mr, snh 70 u what ~. had heard ID Tue efru
my " c.i cL13.. tie sh'''d procota;u Io't .no
ricket rnu: vi ish Mo.by had attacked. ~ cou'oo
father md c<u;.i 10. gJ to mother un'il mum
iup. a., then ,,,nt and mother relutheu rNn
him. Just a: the moment of RETURN SID az
KEGS .lssha3 up ta The house. Oae OF tueu Gn
csrs 90 z ii tl,s horse mother role ana eelnauuou
| 10 know where siIo had been, mother WAS e1u
nleteIy overcome and could not answer. tep'le93
'she is just i.cm the death bed OF ne! sister "uu
| /; yoa have any heart or manly feeling teil M
Quietly yonr business. and will attend 10 IT.
ls turned 10 father with an expression OF hehois''
slight on bis coun.cnance and SAID, nave. vi
| terc 10 burn every house on your farm rWuer
i. msutrd ihs charges against him, ana hs 'he
Ca,isu rsl,,iou: because Mosby murdered one
81 our pickais lao. night, and there was light seen
| in This house, AMI We know Mosbys, men came
from THIS h3uge." We protested they had not end
told hin, the reason we had Rdiaht:tor q minute.
Father then begged to bs taken to Gen Caster as
| /. hostage and asked him to spare his mousse on
,cc,unt of hi, sick wife, sick son-in-lHw anu TWO
helpless little infants. The Captain repheu,
"Mp 10 vour srork: take schat you acnnt ana
fire as yon g." Guard mut; man u2 W.
mare, and carry him up to hasaqdartera.' 81 hat
man. was my sick husband, ann in my agony |
! ti ua nv kres; tn that brute and besoaSht llhl
Ia snurs nv sick husband and take me. With "
| rnocltinc laugh. 1T my request he sent his sur
| c.un 10 examine him. and, thank God, the surgeon
| II al u hrsrt. and, instead Of saying anything 10
| DR. i said 10 NE, :: Conn, 20 with ms. and VIII
ruip yen 20 save soma c'olhc'. Inc nous was
| hvn a, ir. std hs men plunhering aad hon :
~ they went My poor Old t,ther aud myself
went back IL the Captain and hesought INN, for
4
cnu!l &c: tv.na change tf c!9ihes. lie replied,
:" NJ , prrscn.. is 10: needed, aEd at last, when
We b. rnu IT, throw some things on. the windows,
and ne, thought he mi ht pick up some VnlaAoies.
h., came up 10 the house Nearly tvsr3thing We
ll,r,y Gu: was stnlra--clolhss. j,wery, silver
AMI Something o? everything they carrier D.
Som, Of ;hem Ind bundles ~ large rs chlid De-
fore aud behind them. One OF them s~oro should
not nke from tho burning house my dear little boy
| pa1D
would grow MP to be rebel. pnshsd by the
man pnd told him, rs 10 III Rs he WAS large enough
| T would nut y gun in his hands anl toll him OF
al " l, sniff red, nud If no did not fight with III
! uECcur! 4 bravery H.. would not be my son. One
/ f ti,, ir,tas held nv mother in the s:ore room
yL;'c sou,a others ihrl i, and thon set it OIL NE
! Onc ,ook rie by lhs sculiers ana threw Inc
from the top 10 rhs bottom OF the steps The last
,ims was in The house | seizad my box OF j.wel.
r.: NAN, or yntler devil jsrkcd /! from me- and
| ,c,,l,,r,J The c,ntents OH the hoor. | caught up
ous OF ny h:Rpi oni rings, tho bfsceiet sister Z.
envn nj. tia, chiliren's Grac lots and hevera!
| otter tfires, when the wretch seiZ ii me anu
he'll me arJ 60. them from M.
In lena ths:j fifteen minutes the finn IS had en-
y.,nrsi Inc whole honse. The lnbors Of mother
AMI fs,her for lhir!y-three years were destroyed
in ti:teon minutes. They rihsd fathers secretary
where all his public and private papefs ~sre' and
th,n Sci Che piece Of tnrni!urs on h:e
Tn, officers wont of loadsl with tIa Richest
DIR. of the yluniler. Mt carpet was saved, not
y calntult, nUt n bureau, 10: wauhstshd, but one
pitcher aud basin. They Stole two dtz III hand.
some silver spoons nearly all the ja~elry belong
10 mother aud myself, twenty six pairs OF tinsi
sh e:s and thre, hundred pounds OF sugar were
burned nd slolrn.
Oh the wvGs i. yet 10 b. It'd - Wacn tho
Gamas bu oted trout every pnrt Of oar dear u coin
for,sbI. home, my dh'ing m ]thers resS6i' gsVe
way For twenty tour hours she WIS rastaS ma
uiue. She filn.ei away time sf:er time, and alter
All. becems aensbe, it would have touched Il h'ar
of stone Ia hive Witnessed her sorrow. She
r,i.vcl for the home whe.r her children had baer
born and bred and died who're she had sean cor
row and pleasure. Every corner and spot i'll il
md eva ybing ia il WAS nssnciatei with some
Js.r remembrance My poor father bore it Ike
u hero, and w:ll tears streaming down his I, ace
jsaid. "Oh my child you have let the Ysukees
shsso yonr ccniI=nce in Go3"' In my agony
h.d called on. Ok Cod, why has thou forsaker
ns! ?" oh M words can describe the horrors O
,hst la- Tn, next day Saturday wo had to
plA:. The rlna;r:s Of my denr nunt i'll the grave
wi:hons word. Tho vrnda's would no. permit
,niii;s;er 10 Como It OF RerrYviilo or from ths
rcighbcihool, we hal ~ seud 10 Lou1on for :
| fin anl 10 lru.ihe grave III the garden. W.
hal n supply OF lJur whica rJuil have beel
slyai but tho wre ches knock {! til. heads OF the
barrels cut to prevent orr moving y. The
trunks con aiming the wnieT 'ip'i;es Sore r,i ID
l io.t IL ariy al my clothes. VIA, th'y I'D no
c ,r. Of they 81, on trs. y lau X ~ silk ir15s
which molh.r had given mo und !.si h.rn male
but IL few weeks one Of themt1aa, and said 'he
know no WAS going to take that II his oh wo'
Dlail | WIS reHching to the top 81 u PTes4 gn
ting down eoms'house linen when a Il '"'au 10
i lmgs scrap bag aud two cambria wrhnpls md
set them Gu FIRE Just under me- saw my dan
ger aud sp,anE over TO save my is thorEh nn's
feel the effects of tho heated q im.a. TEL
brother r. fought for his picture, and wh:n
iourd ! could got save it broke i, to places
Some days afterwards mother and l went /" G,n
Clusters headquarters 10 try to recover some o.
fathers papers and some Of the silver. OF ciurs'
IS. g"i none. But We told him OF ths con iuct {"
Ii, men AID officers, and told him we would pub
isl j. 10 the world They bnrned three houses
oars - ,s The G'st 4 short time after thay iefl
oar house, Musby passed by and overlook them
ana killed, it is said. thirty Of them. Even my
purse WIS sloen with every can't Of money We
hid.
CANBYs CONSUMPTION
The Mcclellan (Mssissippi) Clarion says
Our rualers have heard Of the tronble between