The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-25

--sle at even a,te. X. A..
.Iue nth Important announcement !
Al the Prisoners, not West Pointers, =
-r former tederai5 nor above the rank OF
I,,rain. are 10 be paroled as rapidly a. the
Ter, can be signed Great excitement
.,yails, ani dIgnitied officers are caper1ns
...lt, like scnoui Boys. Roars OF lau .h
.qr echoed down the yard All things give
maze to the single Impulse ot getting out
Getting home getting something to
at -etc.
Vet these are men who touT years ago
=wrrtl CoLduel, or die and who a SEQ. e o..
fypts impcniied their nves Tor their coun
fvI How utterly the physIcai, or anlmai,tri
.muns. over the mental aud moral urtdc
i~lrcs,!
.Jgae 18th Strange that so bitter
mrlure should lie III simple suspense! o.
.,y ~aay-"why worry over that which II
utery out Of your power To control? Yes
.,s hard to be patent where there l. 50 muc!,
,-r-Uual and physical Interest concerned
i uum9er OF prisoners We're called out ye>
r.iay, aud are signing their paroles
Hence We are, every one, en- gu Gee, atOa,
I'D to flesh excitement by each call ioi
more men
.Jme I4h Sunset of another dav, an,
.yt We iIn2er like rats In a trap! 1T,
gctcment vi the past Is hodrs, leaves u
much FRUSTRATED. Six hundred Office.
at.arted yesterday and are now whIriing
saty to their Southern Homes. The Va
calcy would be very enjoyable, We're 1t no,
ir the melancholy sugsestiveness OF the de
s.ted hunks. Gone HOME! Not back u
~mrades at the front, not to resume tin
hebei grey" nor even to pause On the ot
s@plng and campaigning ground; but I"
.;.eger YEARLY down tn ough war wora
rCIuia; seeking out the ruins Olivia,
aere once their happy homes!
How strange the thought that there IL
uyi. anywhere, to day, single Southern So.
der under arms, a single flag dying. IA Rep
sentative of the Coniederacy In existence /.
The New Nation" has faded off the map
yut Of the Present into the Past TO remain
.5rever as i romantic tai vi Southern vaioi
aud North Fortunately aud un>crupuiou
.,e Of wealth and power, gained through !"
injury of Southern folly.
.Iuae l5th.-Nau Ter, wander, wander -
from dawn till dusk!-'round and 'roun-
the Pen gazing into the empty barracks
watching the outer gate IN the corner-a,k
ing a comrade for his address-wOndering
what unaer the sun causes the hitch Ii
The progress of paroiing; thus we have
PASSED two days since our comrades got
away.
.Gole 10th. --Sleepless night Guess |
am growing teverish wouldn't fancy benz
SEX at the moment of going out into tn,
Lew world, without friends, clothing, ol
>loes. Still We are In better spirits, as til,
Nelfe says tomorrow will be our last da>
within this abominable place. TOMORROW.
cain it be possible I! We shall get no sleep
tonight either!
LItsr:-ThoSe of my comrades who agreed
with me to ask transportation to Western
IeXas, with a view of goihg straight OIL
into Mexico, and bidding Iankeeland adler
ycveT, have re- considered the matter.
Ind | must confess my own reso ution ma
.eclIedly weakened. 1t has been So ion4
,uce | was home so many years among
.tgangers-there Is IA irresistible seduction,
"a the thought Of going back TO the com
.TS OF ir.IzattOa again. Whereas the
Mexican trip II made means hte long exile.
td | will never come tack. If 1 once eros
tie Rio Grande. Well, let me study II
though the coming twilight. The dusk l.
already too dim for writing, and a solemn
hush has fallen upon ali the barracks
Jme 10Th To-day we have been ''gat-
.p,-ed' a. true and loyal citizens of Van.
see4om. Observe that [ do not speak o.
he Union" There is no longer any
Union. As Horace Greely once said there
can be no unity in Union of which one haii
D. pinned to the other by bloody ~bayonet>i
Tue South Is no more a real partner IN the
% called Union, than Poland is a part OF
hl>>la, or India is a part OF England, oi
,eba Is a part of Spaini Why then should
dis country be called a Union? The veri
Term signifies equality of the parts 10:
mere can be no Union unless all unite.
L"tlt be called 1ANKEELA d the Yam
,-e> have possession of 1t, rule 1t, force
~eir doctrines upon it, force its people t"
PAS tariffs for their benefit, and are III al
lungs master OF 1t! Why then should il
D. be luaktekpHd?
We Of the South have now no govern
meat no head or leader, and must either
"Iue>ce III the fiat of our bitterest enemie,
.~ earth, Ur 60 luto exile, deserving all the
F7'ci1tlon, aud kindred that habit have
4@ie the only worth OF our lives. Besides
' a guestI III whether we who are young
end strong should desert the aged, the Grip
IV'- our LObie women
PARoLED
II 3 a. III. all officers under rank of Major
we're called out upon the grass plat in front
"a TIE two prison pens. Capt. Ali was
~di'er OF ceremonies, and had the other
e-IeFStrappers racing hither and thither to
I'm The prisoners into hollow square,"
- "hQte business was an hollow farce.
me three ankees were very c~Onsequen-
H. and busting in their arrangement of the
.P s instead Of merely giving the order
t'Ai IN double raak ; hollow square -
~4' We should every one have under
'iIi IN an instant.
g.n na'lng iorme his square, Ape ALL be
d harrangUe on the SOiennify If the oath
u insult TO men who had remained In
.,".f peril of their lives rather than vio-
~ L ,hflr oaths to the C~onfederacy Final
AMI az !, gray ceased-I heard but little of it
"HLae order was passed Town the lines
tI1e.a up your right hands. and turn your
uie, oo'rt Capt. All. Repent each uord
THE RETURN TO DIXIE.
leavin"uo fss't'oa Of my Journal. Before
gwen Fort Delaware each prisoner was
Ord printed blank as follows -'.Special
'GepersI No; ll67, In accordance with
Fluraa,1 Orders, Nc. log, Var Dept, Ad-
y. ueheIal's Ofic2, June 6, 1855, Il.
@'"el!' prisoner Of war, is hereby re-