, 1879-02-21
SOUTHERN UNIONISTS.

DHtJQNt.b Nj ~ EEDs Ws"lV TIC CAfV ~
The -ie~ Tori: 7:mes: CHANGING 10 rcrcnd the
articie IN your !ss,,e Df Sunday, the "a inst.
undcr :lH: title OF '7'1e Cry of Fasn!ue," can,
nat rciraln f1om attempting brief abatement
Of IL scesnr witnessed during tie War:
Just previous to tl,r fall Of Vtclsshure went
down tllc Mississippi River rs far az New Mad
rid, yisf!n: NIL the posts. camps, and hospitals
along .Ar way. While NJ Cairo steamer came
up from the South, loadcd with Union refugees
truu Northern Alabama. No pen can dn JUS
ticc TO tllc scene It presented. It has been my
lut 10 wl:neas nluc!i suffering n,,t lcstituttol,,
al1, except on tilat occaalou, | hare always felt
tint ii tht prruniary nr 1nellitAt nil that NUS
needed was bcSnna my rcMcf, desired stil 10
rGit,atn TT extend my sympathy, which mtCht
BuutElr, encourage, Or hirchgthen: lut Rn OVER
whrlln,: wcrr ,:r' .aianlttt. ut tlls,sc kuferrr,
llmt IL WAS with difficulty rouli rcfrain fruN,
raisE. ny lMatis 70 hcayr's, a,"!. wi:h n sereHtn
Of !'Errur. rushing from tle resssl.
Silk, dying, deud; 3rsti hl!stcresi by cxposurc
to :i,e sim: csattil'. blencl,tl niul torn fruit,
wenKs al lvtHls III the woulls ,,Ml swn,ns; snf,i-
lies separated BY death anu still more ciuc Ut
cisscits "ns! ices, Which nude their fate even
worse Than tscMl1t. \ Wnl,lnn lny u;,t,n the tot
of tl,. open deck IN The is4s. uutnts Of ,lruli,
from exptlstlrr. (Strtsrrn A'n!jana Ii 4 ilcalth-
fUf locality, hnl onlY exposure caisscA 1Elr H.
ness oil this STEAMER. t;fcat l"als III cfIl
rerspirattUn roreuA hrr face, md her suffering.
the widow ul Southern Union ao,t'Ier. 'H.sccc',-
tt- her III l,rart.rcntling tuncs NOT to c n,Itl
leave her ntone with the chiluFc.'. 1t the !ces
OF the dying wonan sat ct,il,l Of ~ ycars. md
In her arms abe held IL, infaAt, which WIS tteI;-
III. piece y! raw Tut pork, the only TODD TX
cept aer,y brcad the soldiers had tu niTcr
It.. The dying wosnan's only words wcrc.
my laby. iny; poor baby! Oh, II I could
only ace my husband before I:!" lic Was
soldier In the linton army. and III company uf
tlr husband Of another sister who hnd dleti On
TINT steamer twu 1laya before, H,ml ile suryiv-
Ing sister WIS thus to be left With eleven clni-
lsen-tiln three ianlfltes-aulony utter strAn-
gers, refugee from home, Without pruuv.
uI The nltlCAt child WAs lle little trsC Of IL
years. In the cabsIi, women with l'curts burst
in- with their own troubles werc with gentle
l,an,ls Strengthening ,llu nlusDsL 1eshtcss ii.ls
oi sweet little child IT TO mu,ttlis, cns!u;. It's
hollow uycs AM! ball.laging Its skinny iawt. In
reply tU my query i broke!i-ileurtcd Woman
turned her Ertat blue eyes upon li1e, uNtl tears
SIT starved to death: Mnda,n, for want OF
uroper nourhhsncnt. Its niutter died iour
days uEu, nlll two .lnys after llcr l!ttio sou,
yrars old; anl there Stands the husbAul n1ul
father"
turned anil saw, leaning against tie bat,Ik-
ters brtide te stulrs, IN ali Al tttule 1f despair,
ta!l. darklIaircd. Mn; aiarnne.y p,c 1nulI, n,
United States uniform. | ania; "tiod help
you, my bro,her." Yes" said ie. the unly
can. had n !urlnuEh 10 axe iMy litstu ihi1tlv
frum Alaba1la to my lnt'tcr. III t;ibson, 1u,l.
But I've lnts,iug left tu taku but my aollsclnG
guuds. sllAll 70, aGt then return to my post
tu tight for my country, mud Goa help III: tlIAt
p,ny llcyer sloDt l:chet frum rryrngefui mo-
lives. ! ann't cure kow soou tullow my tau,lsy,
hut will de- Hcryil. my cnltntrY.H
4 wnttlau tut nl,rs,!I. her four little children.
all sivli aud one uyng. bcetle her stoo,l
nDuller woman IN wiIat llai l,ccu elegant cloth
ulni one SON OF tIe latter was In UnDN ra1Ika+
n,.l u,nlilcr-a lad OF Il ycars-was guide for ii