Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-30

fell harmiess-4semai ainipg nesr, the mouth
ofthe cave, as ! iiophl OF The fsarlessnesI
of the servant Lni our femArkable escape i
Nor was tbsliis witbontits petty dis.
comforts, miuslias annoyance aud priva.
tIOn with the paipetsal fear. Food vas
scsuty, coarse, saa MOI always Wholesome
horses lived masai % caae.t tops and NAL.
berry leaves, ang cows instead Of finding
food became susL % those 80 LUCKY ito
look upon vsrttsi y bssE Mrs. H.; f61u
chronicles one of these smipor fortunes Of
WaF:-s s5-sassfs,, s4ies5 ia-
"0ue afterndra ] vas looking out on
the opposite hill, Rhtre the shells were fil.
ling frequently. otieed q Stefy large
6ue COW slowly Sing on the side, aud
ascending hig6 s1d hi CHER IS she moved
It was a7matIeF oi Hondet With me where
she came from, o. beet esttle Of all kinds
had disappeared from Vieksburg. The
COW was iu 5ns condition; and thought;
Poor creature, you are not prudent 10 eat
ing such dangerous grass. A short time
before tea, M--s,Ell up laughing, and
said: Providence has Indeed sent you fresh
meat, so that you will not have to depend
upon mule. A ZINE COW has been killed by
shell on the opposite hill. The general
has taken the meat, and large share has
been sent to you"
Here is another of those terrible Incl
dents for which the siege will be recalled
with a Shudder by its participants, while
life and memory last
"a soldier, named Henry, had noticed
my little girl often, bringing her flowers at
one time, an apple at another, aud again a
young mooking bird, aud bad attached her
to him much by these litIle kindssses.-
Frequently, on seeing him pass, she would
call his name, and clap her hands gleefully
as he rode the generals handsome horse
for water, causing him to prance past the
cave for her amusement. She called my
attention TO him one morning, saying: %
mamma, look st HenDy's horse how be
playsP he was riding small black horse
that was exceedingly wild, and striving TO
accustom it TO the rapid evolutious of the
Texas troops, turuing in his saddle to grasp
something from the ground, as he moved
speedily on. Soon after, he rode the horse
for water; aud Isaw him return aud fasteu
iT to tree. A1erward saw him coming
down the hill opposite, With an unexplOded
sbrapuell she'll 10 his hand. In few mo-
meuts l heard quick explosion in the
raVine, followed by cry-a sudden, ago
niZed cry. ran TO the entrance, and saw
a courier, whom had noticed Frequently
passing by, roll slowly over into the riyu-
let of the raViae aud lie motiOnless at q
little distance: aeury-oh, poor Henryl-
holding out his mangled arms-the hands
torn and hanging from the bleeding,
ghastly wristS-A fearful wound In hIs
head-the blood pouring from his Wsu0ds.
Shot, gAsping, Wild, ne staggered around,
crying piteoasly, .Where are you, 6oys37-
Osboys, Rhefa hrh yeaf 0h, ! am ARttl.
l an. .hGrti Boys, come 70 hsI-eome 70
mel God have mercyl AlmfghIy God,
have mereyE Ny little girl eluDR "a my
dress, sGyihg, 20 mhmmA, poor Aenny's
killed. Now he'll die. mamma. Oh, poor
HenuyP carried her away from that
painful sight. Henry died that night, sill
pucouseious OF the sOrrowfuI comrades
around his bed-stilI calling on God to
pity him. After the bodies OF the wounded
men had been carried away, we heard loud
wailiugs aud cries iu the direction of the
city. was told a negro woman, in walk
ing through the yard, had been struck by
a fragment of shell, aud instantly killed.
The screams OF the women of Yioksburg
were the saddesl have ever heard. The
WaiIiugs over the dead seemed full Of=a
heart sick agouy. cannot attempt to de-
scribe the thrill of pity, mingled with fear,
that pierced my soul, as suddenly vibrating
through the air would come these sorrow
full shrieksI-these pitiful mosnsI-some-
times almost simultaneously with the ex.
plosion of shell. This Anguish over the
dead and wounded was particularly low
aud mournful, perhaps from the depres-
sion. Many women were utterly sick
through constant fear and apprehension.
IL is strange that the ladies were almost
constantly in caves, and yet, did one go
out for short time, she was almost GER
tain to be wounded; while ths officers aud
soldiers rode aud walked about, with very
little distraction of life eusuing.'
In these pages are touching exhibitions
both of endurance aud bravery, which lead
US to respect. many OF the defenders of
Vicksburg as ''foemeu worthy of our steel" I"
1t is a pleasure TO record incidents like the
folloVing:- GBOa
ga federal soldier left on the field, badly
wounded in the leg, had begged most pit.
eously for water; and lying near the con-
federate intrenchments, his cries were all
directed to the confederate soldiers. The
firing was heaviest where he lay, aud it
would have been at the risk of a life to
have gone TO hjmj yeh a confederate sOl-
dier asked and obtaihed leave to carry
water to him. and 'stood and fanued him
In the midst OF the firing, When he eagerly
drank from the heroic soldiers csnteen."
Nor were the rebel soldiers deficient in
that passive courage which is often more
difficult than the tupalsiVs daring of a
msmeut - a 1.aa fas 10
"Already the men in the rife pits were
ou halt rstions-Aour or meal enough to
furnish bread equivalent in quantity to
Two biscuits in tWoJdaysi many of them
ate it all at once, aud the next day tasted
prsferring, as they said, 10 have one good
meal. So, ,they. sat crampsd-nP all day 10
the pits-their rations cooked in the val.
ley and brought to othem-scarcelyi daring
m ehan0o Itht,fr fnnaitiOn and atanH aFarI