Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
A CORRESPONDENT, v
appears this morning. -, =.
rldicule the statement VI
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appears thls morning. az
rldicule the statement vi
Confederate Soldier, wn h.. II
escaped from the Dry + from
and whose account was puBfl2at
in a Abingdon, Va, journal.
1t is all well enough to ridicule
such statements, yet it is some
what singular, that the very argu-
ments which are adduced to dis
prove the statement, evince the
most heartless and atrocious cruel
ty on the part Of the general gov.
eminent. He says the Dry Tor
tugas is a barren sand deposit,
containing about five square acres,
without so much as a blade of
grass. This island is situated al.
most in the heat of the torrid re
gion, within the dread belt to
which the Yellow Fever confines
its ravages. What exhibition of
heartlessness and cruelty is there
in a government which would con.
fine honorable enemies TO such a
place. Writ was ANONYMOUSLY
executed for alleged crucltics.
Yet the atrocities charged to his
individual account, pale into in
significance beside this act Of
q strong government which
held at its command such a
vast area Of country, and such
llmltIcss means and resources and
yet sent its prisoners Of war to
this place, which is shown by our
correspondent, the apologist for
The government, to be so horrible
in all its phases. The statement of
the poor wretch whose account we
published is declared by our cor
respondent to be Il sheer rabrica.
and he endeavors to create
The impression that it was pub.
.ished for political purposes, and
as he says to fire the Southern
How mnoccntIy the adj
vocates Of the Radical party
such designs. To hear
them one would think they were
immaculate. They never "cook
up Southern murders, Ku KluX
outragcs' and all that for political
They never set up political
hohgoblins to brighten the weak
md timid, but they are ever ready
10 charge such design upon us.
80 . &C..
Why IS lr;-Our Mulberry CO.
temporary we notice has dropped
its title. Is it about to
AXE another leap in the dark. Is
t about to wash its hands Of Radi,
and come out with the par.
of true purity: Or is it dis
,ustcd with the name of RepubIi.
an that it carf no longer carry it!
'omething certainly has come
'yer the spirit Of our ncighbor's
He is no longer the man
he used to was" Why, we can.
OF tell. W. only know he is cur.
his cognomcn.
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EDITOR HERALD: | am very sor-
! to spoil Il very pathetic little lie
.hich you copied from the Alb
Virginian, in your sun
avs issue, wherein, one Edmund
who represents that he
as a Lieutenant in the 10Th North
aroIina Confederate Regimcnt.
'NcrLs that he has just escaped
the Dry Tortugas. Iii, talc
indeed a strange one, but the
.o,t remarkable feature about i'll
the fact that u respectable jour-
Il should repeat it. Did you :
1t see the evidence upon the |
&c of It. ,hati it is a fabrication !
ON beginning TO end; II not. let !
c remind you that there arc no I,
cvccs' on the Tortugas for any J.
lc to work upon. Do you not Il
low that men do not usually {.
walk up the Mississippi to the u
outh Of the Ohio, a distance Il
ore than double that bv |
c nearest wagon routes, and 5
at too through IN impassa- Il
{ country; Did you or any !,
.e else ever hear Of a vessel 90. L
. to an Island composed of less !,
an five acres of barren sand. !.
.on which not even u spear OF d
ass grows. for aload Of "coTcc" 0
anything else? b
The truth IS, Mr.. Editor, that ?
IS fellow Parker never saw the
Y Torlugas, Or he would not
We concoctcd 50 'atrociou," a I
. And what do you imagine
motive to be: Do you not RI
oW that the man who will liz