Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-02-08
From the Irasburgh Standard.
FouR DAYS IN RICHMOND.

About noon, June 25th. after the rebels
had examined our knapsacks and taken
what letter paper and such like trash they
wanted to help along their weak and fee
BILE Constitution, they called us to atten-
ton, got us in four ranks, and started us.
When We got into the interior of the city,
we were halted so that the women and
negroes might get a farewell view of the
" real up norf Yankees" Some OF the
women looked decent and acted like hui
mans. They gave us water to quench
our thirst, and to some they gave pieces
of bread to quench their hunger | asked
one colored gall if she'd fill my can
teen with water? She cooked up her
head like hen looking at the sun to see
what time it is, rolled over her all-seeing
eyes, pouted out her sweet thick lips,
drew hern paw across her corn-cave mouth,
and answered iu voice so musical, 20,
yeth indeed" She was not slow in fill
ing my canteen with "cole water thir. !"
Dear beautiful little black niger. had
seen things called black before. but as
the Frenchman says: Never see black
like dat" While | was taking a drink,
one of Uncle Sam 8 discussion shells came
along and busted in the air. 1t was a
small thing, but it attracted the attention
of many rebel sympathiser, as well as
of great many that were not so svmpa-
thetic. who all looked up at once and saw
the bubble of smoke in the ail where it
had expressed its distressing information
to the solemn Jobnnies that the Yanks
had no notion of leaving until they had
ventilated the place. We were hustled
off to the depot and packed into the cars
at short metre. We were piled in, so
many in car that there was not room for
us all to sit down OH the old nasty bottom
at ouce. The old, rusty engine had lost
its whistle, and the Confedcracy could not
afford bell so the rickety machine start
ed up like worn out horse, without any
kind of snort, easy as you please. The
boys began to talk: Where do you sup
pose they are going to take us to q TO
Richmond" Do you suppose we shall
stay there long ~ No, be pnroled in a
little while, 60 home to see Dad. Some
of the guard said we would be paroled
soon, others that we would be sent to
Georgia. The train moved slow aud un-
steady, stopping every few moments,
suppose to see if the track was torn up
ahead We saw several places where our
cavalry had torn up the road and des-
troyed stations and water tanks Once
or twice the old engine unhitched and
went on ahead and surveyed the road,
then came back to escort US along We
saw nothing along the road that looked
to us grand or beautiful, except few
blackberries which looked almost too good
to leave there and waste, we being by this
time sort of hungry. Some of the most
inquisitive began to question the guard,
DO you suppose we will get anything to
eat when we get to Richmond ?" 30 yes
when we got there and got regulated, we
should have plenty of bread and soup II
When we got regulated" All hands
longed for regulation" We soon came
in sight Of Richmond. the place we had
talked about going to before. but we ex.
pectcd to 60 under different circumstances
We talked Of bringing our muskcts along
with U.S.
Presently the old consumptive thing
called "engine" got out Of breath and
stopped right in the middle of the road
We were told to "get out o this" which
we did, and walked into the city. There
seemed to be but few people in that par
of the city, and they were ragged and
saucy. They greeted us with 80, here,
more Yanks ! Is this the way you tax,
Richmond How is old Abe 2" LEFT
left" sang out a little red headed urchir
with wooden sword; keep step. dar
Yanks heads up, left, right. left. right
one, two, one two" | would like to hav,
seen how the toe Of my boot would hav,
fitted under his chin, and then heard hin
XII, but he was too far off.
A young lady-not lady-hypocrite-
came out on the verandah of a cookbook
ing house. dressed in shining glitters. will