The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-10

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whole thing as cruel hoax. He VEN
tured, however, to show the letter to
one OF the old Inhabitants, who explained
the whole matter to him, and advised
him, by ell means, to answer the letter
at once. He did so; whereupon cor
respondence ensued that proved profita-
BILE to him and agreeable to his fair ben.
efactress. The soldier was we'll edu-
Gated young Virginian, who managed to
make his letters very interesting to the
young actress.
Time wore on and the Confederacy
wore out; and with the loss of the no.
blest and most righteous cause that ever
evoked human effort or enlisted human
sympathy, came proclamation from
President johnson, releasing from i'm
prisonm all prisoners below the rank
Of major, upon condition that they took
the oath of allegiance to the Govern
ment Of the United States. But the
prisoners were to be released according
to the date of their capture. Now, at
that time there were confined at Fort
Delaware about 5000 prisoners, and the
quartermaster's department. could fur
nish transportation for only about ], 900
week. As our young soldier was
among the last who were captured and
sent to Fort Delaware, he would, under
the provision of the Presidents proola-
nation, be among the last to be released.
Under these circumstances, It is not sur
prislng that he became restive, and that
every minute seemed q month with him.
In the midst OF his trouble and anxiety,
he resolved to write to his "Dear Sis
ter, in Philadelphia. and ask her to
apply to the President for special re-
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the "hated Isle" without having to await
his turn. He did so; and she. upon re-.
ceiving his letter, instead of making an
application to the President, took pas
sage for Fort Delaware on board the
General Bibauld," little steamer that
piled regularly between PHILADELPHIA
and the fort. She had never met the
commanding officer at Fort Delaware,
but she had heard that he was the very
soul OF gallantry and kind-heartedness,
and, therefore, concluded that her
chances OF success would be infinitely
better with him than with the man who,
but short while before, had turned
deaf ear to the piteous cries of poor,
heart-broken Annie Surratt. Upon her
arrival at the fort, she lost no time in
seeking the post commandant. This
officer was ''every inch q man," and
that, too, OF the German persuasion,
who, by gallantry in the field, had won
brigadier-general's commission. He
was kind-hearted and generous almost
to fault, as many a Confederate pri-
soner will cheerfully testify. he pos
sessed one virtue in an exceeding great
degree. He was great admirer Of the
opposite sex, and nothing seemed to
crafty him so much as to have it in his
power to grant any request they might
make of him in behalf of the prisoners
he had under his charge.
But to return to our story. Our
young heroine went Immediately to the
Office of the commanding general, and
as she entered, he WAS standing at q
desk. writing, with his back to the door.
He did not see her when she entered the
room, but hearing the rustling of silks
behind him-a sound that never fell un-
heard upon his ear-he turned around
to behold standing before him one of the
most beautiful and angelic creatures that
his two eyes had ever rested upon. The
good general was 30 completely struck,
that he involuntarily exclaimed, ''Mein
Got! der plue-eyed young peaudy ish
most elegantly trest."
The balance of the story will let the
general tell himself. His English is not
30 good as it might be, but reckon the
reader, by dint of hard work, will be
able to master it:
vas in mine Office Won day, when no.
pody in der vorlt vas dare, and I heers
yon seek tress vot makes q pig fuss be-
hint me, und toorns arount, und oh,
mein Gotl vot does seel T see der
most bootiful vimmens vot never sees
pefore sence leafs der Varderlandt und
cooms to dis koonthry. I boots on O
shmile on mine face. und makes one
pow so bolite as vot Won Sherman nefer
did pefore, und sbeaks to her, und
say, "Mine goot lady, shus del me vot T
can do for yon." Und den she luke at
me- 30 purity as nefer yer, md say, "Oh,
Sheneral. you haf mine brudder here
von prisoner Of var; want you to turn
mine brudder loose und let him 20 home
nit me-" / say, "Vhen vas your brud.
der capture?" She say. ..'I dinks ho pe
capture about der last Shannevary vot
cooms in dis year" I say, ''Den your
brudder no go home nit you now, Pc
cause der PRESIDENT, hc issue der brock
lamashun vot sny dat release dor bris-
ners accordin to der time vot dey pc
capture, md I no violate der Bresident
n lar hrnoly Ia