The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-07

/ realized all these horrors Of the stutuoo. but
said nothing, and continued diligently - m Ike
/ 'lc necessary dtpo.itous and give encourage
mtpt, hrinr resolved on making tho bsit Hsbt
that was possible. when. hoNr,pr the oHrsr3
cImt 10 me after midnight white vas hard AZ
| WORK, ana tNtrussrd themselves 80 dpril,dIv in
ihNof oi surt Euvr and assured me that their men
cor CURED Win them. / saw ut once tat nothing
more Cuult b. done. You nay ina ,ipe vim
WHAT crushing huWi. ton u b. conclusion cane
/ 'pcu me- fpr 10 yet ! bad only sixteen ,r scy.n-
'.'n men liilrd ap1 wounded. and knew tl4t IL
"'s CNrtC'uo of utr 60 a, something f1- the r,pti-
't,or a. huu.r Of 10. 81 p.r
lcNlfciyi 60 De osiracizyd; ind as | could not
h'HlaIi VIE OH .IyNt Hf tie military CO 10 with
our tNhl'i irr Too Iuy sclhshne,s u''hinz VA,
lti' r' uut I, ,uu-uitt tbu g-ta. ua,url sud upraI
.lw, bich prompted me 90 do exactly as did
ui'ht have Fat uut OF she sgtape ~ dom lniing
c. %, relieved; huf ! thought that would only
m.1D ~ ftcrs wprs, for hnd any othgr ON ~.
even G.uDal Page himself attempted to night
inHi iorf auu'hCr h,uf, tt,l satisfied tEt. tu,re
~ u'd nsF. 'egn mut'uy Ina a rUAly dbgtacciul
.ulrCnuCr at lHst
It.cttha, ben stated that acted contrary to
thC tNWts, orders OF Geu0ral Page. This Is not
true. | previously intjma'ei 60 him my condition
and that W ould soon have to suCcumb, but he
only charged me 20 do the best l could. Ho
knew quite well that the fort could not hold out
or make Hght, and thHt the tim1 tor orders from
him had passed. aJu also blamed for not
anse er'ng his sigusis Ny reason for this is, that
negotiations were then pending under flag Of
hNNNt Nth ihNiNlolb L udu no llkuL 70 commune
cate As regards my not consulting HIN about
the surrCude~, gas cut of aud surrounded, and
Could only act on my own responsibility. Besides
his, Captains Smith and rhon had visited Fore
Gaines only the night previous, and toreseeing
the inevitable resnlt, they said that tho General
lett the matter entirely with me.
General Page also came over while vas at the
feet, and leaning the whole state of ar ,irs why
did he net assume command and illustrate lust
for one day the mad, fororn, and uuay,iiing
desperation of making human slaughter-pen of
Fort Gaines Instead OF this, however he re-
turned Immediately, thus avoiding any lmplica-
ton, which, for his sake, Is exactly what |
desired as | entertained the highest possible
regard for General Page, and felt conscienti-
ously that was doing the best that could b.
done under the circumstances | rogret exceed
ingIy TO suspect that the General had not as
much charity for me.
As for other calumnies so literally bestowed
upon me, shall not trouble myself TO refite
them. ! am heartily sustained by my whole COM
lnand IN tue course plrsued, who alone could
tully appreciate the crcum stances Of our position
and bcDce | confidently expect to be susttined
by the fathers, mothers, wives, sisters, and little
children represented in the command.
Rest assured that it will come right after
while. Meantime do not suffer yourself to bo
annoyed by what you may hear deroga,ory to me-
You cannot conceive the curious and absurdy
ialse Tumors about us that IN circulation even
amongst the Southern symplthzers here, such
for instance as THAT | am a Baltimore Plug
Ugly. and sold Fort Gaines, and tina numbers of
Us are taking the oath of allegiance TO the United
States &c. Our friends here are rapidly arriving
AZ the Truth, however, and the ladies, who are
still tondly devoted TO our cause, are vying with
each other in doing us honor and kindness
though We are not permitted to look down upon
their fair faces. The Fedsral3 will no. ALLOW us
10 do soibccause they say they cannot control the
ladies. Verify, a more loyal people to tue South
cannot be found.
will write on in my next OF my condition
here, which is anything but pleasant. | am quite
well at pre,ent. My love to all.
AGeciionaely, your husband,
&. ID. ANDERSON.