Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-22
ARTEMUs IN RICHMOND.
There is raly' a great deal of Union seut

An EmOO IN h1SI1MON1s +''
 There is raly a great deal of Union senti- ment in this city. see it on ev'ry hand. I met a man to-day-I am not at liberty to tell his name, but he is a old and inhooentool citi. zen of Richmond, and sez he, Why we have been fghtin' agin the Old Flag 1! Tor bless me how singlar! He then borrer'd five dollars of me and bust into a flood of tears. y.
 Sed another Ia man of standin' and formerly a bitter rebuel) a' Let us at once stop this ef- fooshuu of Bud | The Old Flag is good enuf for me. Sir he added, you are from the North Have you g dougbnut or piece of custard pie about your I told hin no, but I knew man from Vermont who had just or- ganized a sort of restaurant, where he could go and make very comfortable breakfast on New England rum and cheese. He borrered fifty cents of nae and askin' me to send him Wm. Lloyd Garrisod's ambrotype as soon as got home, he walked of, aS.,.5o" .& hs'o-.
 l Said another, There's bin 8 tremendous. Union feeln' here from the fust But we was kept down by rain of terror. Have you dagarretype of Wendell Phillips about your person? and will you lend me four dollars for few days till we are once more happy and united people P, '.' ''''' ,:.-<.,r :' .1.-..,.
 Jeff Davis is not popular here.o She is re. garded as a Southern sympathiser. z yit I'm told he was kind to his Parents. She ran away from 'em msny years ago, and has never bin back. This was showin' ''em good deal of copsiddration when we rsaeck what his con- duct has been. Hercaptur in female appa,el confooses me in regard to his sex. 6 you see I speak of him as her as frekent as otherwise aud l guess he feels so hisself.) T T1a5h ei
 Robert. Lee is regarded as noble fsller. He Was opposed to the war at the fust, and draw Id his sword very reluctant.o, In flct he wouldn't hav' drawd his. sword at all, only he large stock of military. clothes on hand,, which he didn't want to waste. Hs sez the colored ma,, is right, and he will at onst goto New York and open Sabbath school for negro minstres.
 Feelin' a little peckish, went into an eatin' house to day, and enkountered 8 yung man with long blak hair and slender frame. He didn year much clothes, and them as he cid veal looked cuhsalthy. He frowned on me, and sed kinder scornful, So, sir-you come here te taunt us in our hour of trubble. do your
 'No, said I, I cum here for hash P.
 Pish haw ' be sed sneeingly, II mean you air in this city for the purpus of gloatin over , fallen peepel. Others may basely succumb, but as for me, will never yield-nsoe,, uecey1'
 Have sutbin' to eat r pleasantly suggest ed
 'Tripe and onionsp he sed 6ercely; then he added, eat with you. but hate you. You're low.lived Yankee !! ... ' ,.n ..-..sf B., l,-.,,
 To which pleasantly replied, How'll you have your tripe3 ? .....q ,i .,g,,t hss.;,a#a
 Fried, mudsilll With plenty of ham fat !! He ct very ravenus. Poor fellerl He had lived on odds and ends for several days, eatin' crackers that had been turned over by revel- lers in the bread tray at the bar. .,.,>, .,i
 He got full at last, and his hart softened a little towards me. After all,' he sed, .you hay sum people at the North who air not whol ly loathsum beasts .,n,.............t | Well yes,' I. sed; ".we hay now and then a man among us who isn't cold bluded skoun drill Yung man. l mildly but gravely sed this crooil war is over, and you're likt It's rather necessary for sumbody to lick in good square, lively fte, and in this 'ere case it hap. pens to be the United States of America. You fit splendid, but. we was too many for you, |Then make the best of it, and put the Republic on frmer basis than ever. s,..zt,s,r
 1 I don't gloat over your misfortuns, my yuug Trend. Fur frum it. I'm an old man now, and my hart is softer nor it once vas. You see my Ispectacles is mistened with sunthin' very like tears. am thinking of the sea of good rich Eblud that has been split on both sides in this dtedful war I'm thinkin' of our widders and orfuns North, and your'n in the South. l kin kry for both. kin blaze my old hans tender ly on the fair yung he'd of the virginny maid whose lover was laid low in the battle dust by a Federal bullet, and as ferventy and piio5usl, ,i as venerable sinner like me kin say s' anything }' God be good to you, my poor ggirl.' ,.''I@ t
 1riz up to go, and taking my yung southerr frend by the han, Ised, ung q man man, adoo
 You Southern fvlsrs probly ily' is my berrruthpsrs though you've occasionally had a tcaulssed quee s way of showint Its over il,1. now. Let ,us us al fjine in and make country on this ntn continnen that shall give all Europe the as,p cranp in tn stummick every time they look at ,.uss. ,Adoo ' adoolsz7 t'sSaS1if - y 9''as1a'' ! ''z' ] And as am through, likewise ii slslyjpds say adso to you, jeDtls reader, merely remarkin' that th r Star spangled Baner is wayid' round loose agir 2 and that there don't seem to be anything th, Y matter with the Godis of !LibberIy beyopd ], P slight cold. aa.as.1 | - ATTENDS WARD, |
 HARLOW KrssE,l of SiaGerd.i who was 'ar
 rested on charge ofe swindling recruits, and es :, Icaped was on4S Safufaay last brought up witi { around turn by Lieut. aEagensi Shelaons 9 I somers, acting under orders of the pfovos marsbal.l Kibbe and lady friend wers1sidin, ;, Nartb Somere anoi met Sheldou -f,n sa iiaa,