Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-04
nov VIE wEK1 lnIEt.

We vent there in an ambulance, aud We went
together, the Colonel and and ihoush tHn
men were never more unlike, we worked together
like two bT0theTs' or like two hnlVes Of q pair Of
shears That wo got " was owing. perhaps To
me that we got oaf was lue altogether 10 him .
and nnn more cool. mare brave, more seil-rc-
liant, AMI more self-deyOted than that quiet
"Western rarson" il never was my fortune to
encounter.
When the far away Boston bells wore sounding
nine, on the morning Of Saturday, the sixteenth
ofJuly, We took eur glorious Massachusetts, Cen
efai by this hand, and said to him. -
GOOD bye. II you do not see us within ten
days you will know We have 'gone up"
III do not see you within that time, no re
piled, I'll demand you mud fihey don't pro
duoe YOU. body and soul, pll take two for one,---
better men than yOu are, and hang them higher
than Hamaa. My hand on that. Good bye"
Al three o'clock on the afternoon Of the same
day, mounted en- two raw bOned relies of Sheri-
,lin's great raid and armed with letter to jill.
Davis, white cRmbric handkerchief tied On n
short stlek, and an honest face, - this last was
the CelOnel's.-We rode up 10 the hebsl lines --
A ragged, yelOw-faced buy. with cArhine iu
one hand, and another white handkerchief tied to
another short stick In the other came ont to
meet us
" eau you tell US, my man. where TO dnd Judge
Ould, the Exchange Commissioner :"
"fas. Him aud IOther Change officers Is
over ter the plantation hey ont Miss Growers
Yen know II by its hevin marry door nur wInder
the mansion, he menatl. Thty's all busted in
Foler the bridle-path through the timber, and
keep your rag Ayin, fur our boys is Ihioker'n
huokslberrles in them woods, and they mought
pop yu, ef they did MT seed it,"
Thanking him, we turned our horses into tue
timber" aud, galloplng rapidly on, soon came
In sight OF the deserted plantation. LolhDg on
tha grass, in the shade Of the wlndowless man
sion, we found the Confederate officials. They
rose as we approached; aud on9 Of us said to
the Judge,-a cOrteOus, middle-aged gentleman,
In Panama hat. and Il suit OF spOlless white
drillings,--
1--WE are late. but lee your fault Your peO.
pie 1fed at US down the rvsr. and We had to turn
back and come overland"
"l'oa dontt suppose they saw your tag1"
"NO. II was hidden by the trees but a shot
came unoomfOrtably near us. II struck the
water, aud rieoohetted not three yards Cd. A
little nearer. and it would have shortened me BY
head, and the Colonel by two feet"
"Thst would have been a sad thing for you !.
but miss, you know Ia ns good as q mile" said
the Judge, evidently enjoying TIE "joke'
ave hear Grant was 10 the boat that followed
yours and was struck while al dbner," remark
ed Captain Hatch. the Judgea Ajjutant,-.a gen
| tlemsu, aud about the best looking man in the
COnfedeTsoy.
4" Indeed Do you believe III"
| al don't know, Of course" aud his looks
asked for an answer. We gaEe none, for all such
| information 10 contraband. We might have told
hlm that Grant, Butler, and Foster examined
| their position from Mrs. Growers house, about
| four hundred yards distant,-iw hours after the
Rebel cannon ball danced a break. down on tbs
Lieutenant enerGis dinner table.
/ We wire then introduced to the other officials
| Major Henniken Of the War Department young
man formerly of New York, hut now scoTning the
| imputalton Of being Yankee, and MIR. Charles
| Javins, OF the Provost Guard Of RichmOnd This
latter ndvdual was our shadow in Dixie lie
was of medium height, stoutly built, with short
| thick neck, and arms and shoulders denoung
great strength. He looked natural born jailor
! anl much such q character a. timid man would
not care TO encounter, except at long range Of a
ride warranted to frs twenty shots minute,
aud to hit every Time.
To give US a igogRlghf t.se VI the Richmond
IortihoatoDs, the Judge proposed 10 atert after
sundOWn; aud or II wanted snme hours OF that
time. we seated ourselves nu the ground, aud
entured Into conversation. TIE treatment of our
prisoners, the status OF blaek tFoOps, and non.
| oombaiants, and a'l the questions which have led
to the suspension OF exchanges. had been good
natnredy discussed, when tue Captain, looking
up from QUE Of the Northern papers we had
! brought him, suid,-
DO you know, Il m7rtfes me that yen don't
hate ua as We hate YOU? YOu kill ms nH Agassiz
I Kills ly. because yOu love us
"0f course We do. The North Ia being eruci-
lied tor love of the South"
"it you love us so, why doa't you lot us go -
asked tue Judge, rather CURLY.
"Por that very reason, bacauss we lave you.
II We let you 80, With slavery. aud your nolions
Of empiIo,' you'd Iun straight TO barhatlsm and
the Devil"
owed take tho risk of that. but lie, me tell
you, II you are going to AR Davis with any such
ideas, you might as we'll turn bsek ut once. lie
can make peace on no other bsss thvn indepen'
denes. Rec gnlton musI be the beginning.