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

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Or the Hosuing q ibe 25sh q oc,obor
dirocsly aner breakfast. I saaaiea nv hors
AMI seat eas on ths rfairie fgr my oows. =
Are getting then Aud oesalnr in sighs {
shs house, sav Mrs Barioa taking vitl
soms soldiers a ihe sea4 q ihe lane tina
leAat down % M house. l islt uneasy a..
buried down to where she vss. and as
cane ~ she said thar Pricc's army were a
Fert lincoln, ! reie 70 tie house aud Eo
an0ther horse thst vas ii The stable. and
sent into the woods with them as fast a. pos.
sble Amer secro,iug 10Y horses as wtil as
! ceu1, | went back lo he house aud CON-
mcncci carrying Out cur mos, valuable
clothing and bedding Whatever carried
cut distributed in the corners 81 the fence
east q our house. While at this work and
! should think ~, morc than an hour from
The time ! had the FITS, intimation of their
coming, four soldiers came ia II the front
door with their re,olsers pointed at nay breast
and demanded my money. handed my
wallei TO them, and think there vas about
e. in il, Amer picking out the bills they
gave me the wallet Mrs. Burton had the
day before made some pumpkin pies and 10
the confusion had set them on the table
They Immediately grabbed pie each and
left. then took my coat, vest, and panta.
looms, and secreted myself n the bushes -
lay there until perhaps thousand had
passed, when | discovered the seamps com
ing through the timber in every direction
concluded that was not safe there, and
went up TO the house. Before got TO the
house | was met by boy about 7 or Is
years old who wanted to know where had
taken my horses ! told him, and be ours
81 me for taking them out Of the way, and
told him | would go with him and show him
where they were, bat our soldiers we're com
ng over the hill and be dared not venture
lie cooked his revolver and did not know
put be would FIRE, but escaped. OLD Mr.. |
hoodall undertook TO get out Of the way eud |
lode on after they told him to halt, and they
hot him from his horse, aud he died in
itantly. Old Mr.. Miller hid in his corn
lsld; the rebe's found him and beat him so
eyerely with club that be died that night
ANDREW Stevens had been with the militia.
anne home that morning, and went to Fort
lincoln to get some medicine for his fAheT.
u oil man who was sick. The rebels came
pom him aud shot him as he was running
round the store. They plundered The store
nd set 1t on fire, burning his body SO thnt
was recognized by the clothing only. All
BILE bodied men we're taken prisoners, but
ere paroled at Newtonia, Missouri. Some
'caped the FIRST night-amoDg them young
ian by the name Of Deyerix. Price encamp. I
about FIVE miles south east effort Scott {
le first night. About 2 O'Clock in the morn
g the army was ordered to march, and !
everi1 got up saddled good horse, and /
alked along telling those he met that some q
ne had got bis overcoat, and moved on out :
the lines and came home the next morn s
g. The rebels took pony from him, but c
got one worth two Of 1t. This raid has .
st US at least 5000. The horses that | took /
to the woods were found, and cur clothing a
I'd especially lis is gone and she is
Il almost naked. She had flannel dress n
It out, but not made, that was taken Il
icy took cur stockings, shirts, a good coat n
nine, shawls, one costly one, and her bon
i. had bought me hat just before and a
fellow marched around The house with nv j
i on his head as ipconsderate as any thief
sum 1t up they took every thing Of much h
lue that was found, was calculating TO :,
3 potatoes tina day, and was dressed in
me OLD ragged clothes which gave me
yerty-stricked appearance, ana think il te
$ an advantage TO me- saved a good Q.
i OF CLOTHES which if | had had on NV IA
ok. should have lost. Old Mr.. Camp =
! living at Fort Lincoln, dressed up that ca
rning in his best but they stripped him. p
d be walked half mile home barefoot. IN 70
shirt and drawers. II was some time 60
er the federal troops came in sight that nj
rebels hung around our places. Our 70
ops we're constantly firing upon them aud &c
balls were whistling by continually si'
IRE we're rebels along the road both dead re-
wounded. and even while write on the IN
irie east Of US there are many not buried. wi
ebel came along that day and took a suit Sc
'lothes belonging to man BY the name On
'ayags. 1t is supposed that he was de- WI
ID in putting the clothes on, and was kill. ~
and Savage found him dead with his
hes on and took them of. could Gil up Of
Their sheet with incidents that transpired W.
perhaps ! have said enough. never ca;
I to see another sight Of the kind. ye'
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