Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-05

. rate. At this interesting junotrro. q waite
rushes to the rescue oshis cOnfraae, and, sei7
; ing tho refugee, preveuts the consrmu,ntlor
! The imninently dangerous tragedy. Refugee
liyid and red. alternately with rage ant
shame: '.Wel, this beats all; to think
sste eul crms all the way here, . be insultst
by G. nasty black rascal and no gentleman t
take DIV mart You would al si5 there, l e1
,pect, and see me killed, and ros lift one O.
your cowar,ily hands. Well. there arc som,
gentlemen in Reh:dom, and wish 1 W.:
back there;" and, no loHgnr able IT, control hel
cnL tions she hurS:s into tc"Is and leaves tho
ICON. A guess ilquiTes o' reu rec No. l, how
she likes tue North!
"Weil, there's p'eoty Ct cqlaEty here, and
that's about ALL Tho nissers sly they arc Is
good as the whitea, b#. thiuk they:are Il
good deal better than fotne Eve met already.
I thsusht R:zie- bad enough. A body never
knows when they are doing well. Why, yJu
can't get any milk herr" No d1Hbs, all Of
them wish themselves back where they have
less equality and moro milk.
SMuG3LLRs,
lou will fni IN every Imaginable variety i'll
Yankee prison-croIu Tho owner OF :! shin's
cargo Of iunkec notions On is way from \ G,T
York TO Wilmington to tho miserable tellow
who hes ri>ked and % his liberty on q
PIN o. mean whiskey fJr thirsty negro
sol !ie:; from the snipg.'er Of fine cigars and
tobacco into E.rgini" 10 ,Ee importer Of
leather into TrSa"; lie who brings relief in
tic fern, 9r lavender ur white kiGs - the suc-
fering Snu.h: lie who takes care rf the morals
u ihe same wrct-hed country by supplying
their bookstores with the freshest Yankee
literature. Arrested IN tho irciriency ot
their rr:nisr. career, or, al the zenith Of
their fnaatill p.oIperi:y, thcY NOPE .Gcut
the prison. lumen.ins their hnrtl raie, wishing
for something 10 turn ", bn, lcha-rcd frcm
interPst il the universal top: .! conversation
among the prisoner. ut wa: ",he cxcharSr.'
Ii hey lave fund the authorities hold them
through certain interested considerations; If
none, they may exrlc! ud ,mcLt like Miss
Fl;te in "Bl,ak Ilou-c" on The Guy Of iuJg-
manr. They are dcr5ly damned.
n!sLo,aLTr
This will be the answ:r rf many prisoners
to Your question: "Wcil, MY friend, fer
what are v0u here? ?" Prosecuting vour CT
9nir;cs, you will find disioYeity means get g,
ting drunk and cheering for seine military
man il the S ,u.5 declining t. take t.e Oa;h ::
in:Ina;ing tic i"t.r;ori:y O. tha negro. not
reporting for the draft; receiving Letter fr"m
q fricnd in the South: attempting TO leave tho
country, wishing 10 leave tao c,nltry, not be-
l;cying he government .the hest the world
ina yinati1n caa conceive. 40 investigation
Of the cases Ct TIE political prisoners II one
single roou, reveals y condition cf aflirs in
the United St.tes which will strike the most
charitably incredulous with astonishTncnt -
No man ~ secure from arrest save in !hG
basest subservien:y 10 aay Pr'ras: Marsb;.
who may choose him as 4 sutjcc. for hls t.
ranny. Not c-an active support of tlIa most
vigorous war measures is u tenure Df security.
The jealous rivalry CT Il noishbjr may con-
siga one to prison 70. months before ri in'cs.
tigation is had A man is at the mercy of IN
enemy who chooses TO whisper in!imn ions u
bis 'rlisloyal:y." Especially is this true III
Maryland and districts overrun by tho enemy.
The appliances Of bribery and corruption liue-
rally employed arc speedily consumml'ing a
condition OF dstcys: in social life suca as ihe
splendid SPY eysrs.n 0! Russia, monument
to HE genius Of "desP'.t!sm, has erected
in :hc Cars domains. The "d!sinyal' arc
cor fined to no cias-. The clergyman for re-
using 70 pray that the women and children
OF the South might perish amid their flaming
homes; the plug u.ly for drinking Mr.. Davis
health in C glass of blue ruia. Every inter-
mediate shade is reprc1euted. The lawyer,
the lahorer. the rriast the pau ocr-no age CT
cnrdi,ion is excIrpt. IF the charge Of disl0y-
aitv is groundla>s wien Cne is incarcerated,
i'll treatment and undisturbcd reflection on
tho Injustice of his case will be very ;ht To
eiici5 soml remark which, being reported hy
the spies. w!,o inia-t every :o1ni, Vii dctn"-
mine his fate. Most cf t!:un lvs snxona Iur
trial, whic!. they s.ii m cat Ti.:l2r .0nr 1T
fsc monlh=' impr:sa"mci.t. They seldom AZ
tenn: 10 csca,.n. hapcru!'Y suppas;ng TINT
ca ii enc .ecins Gay will brin:: them tc trial
and avuuttai The number q! .ha "disioVa".
is daily on .he increase. Some Sibcri. must
soon, and probably wi!l lie selected for fh'ic
accommodation.
Az ARMY o. DE>ERTERTS
Is no exaggerated term to "pply to the 10
o. prisoners frnn tho ranks Of the army Of
the Potomac, which aro collected at the var
Gus dcpots Tor Gesertcrs, to he punished cr
forwarded to their commands. The wonder
expressed by Conlcdcratrs or seeing these herds
OF d.serters, driven every nlarainG into the
bull zen like cattle, is, that an army, in which
su:n n ,tcriaI SO largely enters. can hang Ia.
,,ether for twen' y-fnnr hJurs. II is estimated
that srmc ona Hundred anil eighty thousand
drserters ere 1t the p'cSeat moment occupants
II Northern prisons. a very small guard is
requisite, since hicy maaifcs. little disposition
10 cscnpc. They ERE mlra be:ter in PRISM
than in the fort, have nothing to do but ca,
slccn. and fight among themselves, and are
to al appea; ances very we'll ccntanci.
NEGRO TROOPS
We're csrrisonins Fort Norfolk ut the time OF tic
writer's removal to that prison. lle did not ob'
eerro them of,r any inIienity to Coniad'r%t!
prisoners, but they freely yentod themselves oa
in, white Yankees in succession of epithets
d1l;yr @ | with an eas, and grace which be;okel
the facility with wh "a they were being educated
in the distinctive fcsnr. Of Northern civilize
t;ou. SOMETIMES " hite Yankee wonl1 be bok
enough to rstort and get hinselfput in tho dun
c,,u fur his tcuieIIty. When nvt cursing the!
white brethren, they were quarrellnG among
themselves as 10 wha. gHent and branch 0
tie service they belonged, the matter to then
being involved in g fog or mystery and Hsublsc
for endless discussion Very proud are they
their drill, aud discipline, AID indeed they have
soma reason to inrl, up -iieir splitpesr noses
the white regiment Of New Workers which re
lievcl them, ani by the side Of wliirh they mad
y very favor. be appearance. E.
The Yankee prisoners are nnsparlnE IN the''
dcnuncations IF the negro troops, bus ar
rer;. willing they shall Go TIC ishtins an" :;;;e
all the glcr7. They are willing to admit tE
probability of negroes being appointed 10 his'
rank, but each trusts he will be out et II
army before that time arrives. One day,
Yankee Lieutenant, accompanied By scv:rN
ladies' (?) and negro sergeant, went throag
the prisons in Fort Norfolk. 4 Yankee NiIA
oner, somewhat offended o. the familiarity
the sergeant with the ladies' (:l, threE rice
cf bread Mt him as he went out. The whit
Yankee was put in the dungeon, on breai AZ
water, for fourteen days, tor Insulting snpe
rior officer.
BY AUTHORITY.