The National tribune., 1893-04-27

invitation TO spend the night with them.
was very tired, and wished TO stay at my camp
| hut could not resist their opportunities. and
| went with them to their mansion. They were
| afraid that their property would be destroyed
| by the soldiers / was very sleepy and tired
and was quite anxious for the hour to arrive
! when | could retire for the night, but il was
| 10 o'clock before supper was announced. and
( when | went into tho dining room | was no
| longer astonished at the delay which had re-
tsrded its preparation. for the table exhibited
most elegant, sumptuous appearance was
! kept very busily employed in conycrsing about
| the Yankees. and my opinion in regard to con-
iiscation of the lands of the Southern people was
particularly requested on several occasions.
answered all these interTogatories as we'll as
could, and | must confess | greatly de-
lighted when farther inquiry was suspended
in order to make preparations for family
prayer. The old gentleman read two or three
chapters from the Bible, and then knet down
TO pray. l thought his supplications would ex-
tend to the crack of doom. for he was certainly
blessed with the gift of continuance in higher
degree than any other divine | have ever
heard address prayer to the throne of grace.
He prayed for peace to reign once more
throughout the land and for the soldiers to re-
turn to their homes. for, said he, | have lost
20 negroes by the Yankees coming to North
Carolina, and the country will. in all probabil-
ity. be devastated and ruined all the corn, hay.
oats, and everything else will be destroyed; for
the Southern soldiers are whipped and
scattered to the
FOUR WINDS OF THE EARTH.
He at length concluded by reciting the Lords
Prayer, and we all arose from our knees. The
family now took an affectionste leave of each
other before retiring for the night just as
though they never expected to meet again. as
they would probably be murdered by the
Yankees before morning
i soon became convinced that all of the rebel
citizens entertained the same opinion in re-
gard TO the Yankees, and have no doubt but
that it was owing to the fact of their having
invariably treated the Union people so badly.
The Union men who resided at Ashvlle told
US how the Jail had been kept full Of Union
prisoners, and when the poor women would
come to visit their husbands they would also
be arrested by the rebel soldiers and put into
the guard-house, where they would be kept
two and three weeks, subjected to the insults
and Tibaldry Of the rebel soldiers, who would
tell them they were Lincoluites, and ought to
have negro husbands. And after they had re-
tanned them in confinement az long as they de-
sired, would turn them out and drive them
away without permitting them to see their
husbands and friends who were languishing
within the dismal walls of filthy prison.
And besides all this they would make raids
into Tennessee for the purpose of relieving the
people of their horses, cattle, and goods, and
would never fail to murder all tho Union men
they could find, and appropriate their property
to their own use. 1t was therefore not much
wonder that the rebel citizens of North Caro-
lima were now so greatly alarmed for many of
the men were now with the Federal forces in
that section of the country who had been
robbed of all their property, their houses
burned to ashes, and their families driven
forth to suffer.
To be continued