The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-05

about so,ooo in number. when closely viewed, resembfed more in thefr motions, . hive of bees seen through a glass opening, than anything else 4 can think of. The area of the stockade is being rapidly increased by General winder. who Is evidently desirous of doing all in his power to make them comfortable. They have thousands or little huts and tents variously con structed. which seem to protect them from the scorching rays of the sun and the incfemency of the weather. general ly General Winder informed me that very soon lumber would be procurable to put up temporary shanties for their comfort. fine. but small stream Of water runs through the stockade. sup plying them with water for bathing and other purposes. I saw hundreds of them bathing in the stream at once. Others not engaged in bathing were walking about among their fellows, each in the language of the famous bal lard of Young Tamerlane, "a mother naked man." learn that many or them bartered away nearly all of their clothing for, tobacco. On the whole. their condition, bad as it is and bad as 1t deserves to be, seemed better than could be expected. In spite. however, of every effort to treat them with humanity. their mortality is great. averaging about one hundred per day. About two thousand are in hospital.
 over 3s.000 have been received since the establishment of Andersonville. as a military prison.
 The prisoners are said to be very dociie. but greatly exasperated at the Royal Ape, for not exchanging them. They were greatly elated last evening at finding a paragraph in one of our newspapers stating that general ex- change of prisoners would soon be re- stunned.
 The defences of Andersonville are admirably planned by the skillfui veteran. General Winder. Formidable batteries of artillery bear directly on the prisoners in the event of an emeute. and strong works with artillery de- fend the place against hostilities from without.
 A strong fence of infantry is there also Raiders would find themselves woefuily deceived if they were to at- tempt the liberation of the prisoners" (The Democratic 4Watchtower. Talla-
 dega. Ala. August 20. fss4)
 A Massachusetts War.
 The journals of the day tell the story of certain Major Willard of Boston, mortaliy wounded at Fred h of h:s friends, solemnly charged those from Massachusetts to stand bravely up to the fight, for this was a Massa chusetts war. and. therefore. every true son of that State should do his best to uphold its glory and honor. and bring the war to a glorious termina- tion by subduing the rebels of the South." It Is truly and emphatically Massachusetts war. and the States that never supported any other war, or. from the hour of it's creation, fur nsshed one single soldier to support the Government. of the United States. is fairly entitled to all the honors-if honors there be--in the present un- l fortunate conflict. When Baltimore and Washington were threatened by the British :n the war of 1872 MT. Madison made requisition for volun- | teens to defend the Capital. but not one single man was rthcoining from Mas sachusetts. But when false and fool | ish pretense was set up that Virgin iahs were going to attack the Capital. Massachusetts was all alive with pa- triotism, and her brave and chival- rous sons" promptly responding. drew the first blood from the surprised and i una rmed citizens of Baltimore. MT Lincoln had scarcely entered the White | House, and sworn fea1ty to Massac oh u- setts before a regiment from that State was sent to garrison Fort Monroe. and thus to outrage the feelings and insult the amour propro of Virginia,
 Finally Butler, the ."hero of Massa- chusetts." even before the regular in- vasion of Virginia. was put in com mand of Fort Monroe, and expected, of
 course. to insult and humiliate the Virginians to the utmost extent of h.s
 capacity. Afterwards when New Or
 leans had been captured by the brave iaI1 .R hA NNaa
 chusetts was thrust in the foreground and Butler placed in command of the Gulf. Indeed. in every instance where power" was to be won and money made in the war Massachusetts was ir the advance, whether 1t was to carry off State library, steal the swords o1 brave men. or plunder the property oi
 non -combatants. We'll, 1t Is all right
 It is the only war she has ever sup. ported. and let her claim its honors, ir
 heavens name.-New York Caucasian II Democratic Watchtower. Talladega
 Ala. March II. 1SS3).
 ] Exploit of MOrEan's Men.
 The subject of this sketch is SC
 worded as to make 1t difficult of pre-.
 sentation. The Exploit of Morgan''
 Men" would. if literally and techni
 calIy construed, limit the action anC
 services of Morgan's men to one ex
 ploit. while the career of this body
 of partisan troops covered perioC
 of about three years of the war be
 tween the State Besides this, thu
 subject is so worded, if strictly ad 1 hered to. would confine any review O the operations of this famous com mand to the exploits of the men. Thu stripping the subject of It's broade aspect and leaving in obscurity tn greater achievements of this command
 as we'll as the important part 1
 played in the Civil War during 1s6 and 1863. For, when one begins t.
 collect the exploits "of Morgan's Men. and put the same on paper, 1t Is sool
 seen that the exploits of this fam l ous body of partisan troops is mucl
 the same, as the exploits of any othe like body of soldiers-Confederate 0
 otherwise For the acts of the pri
 vate soldiers or men of any command especially of partisan troops, diffe only in such details as are peculia to the topography of the countr wherein they operate. and of the tao tical and strategical movements of tn armies in the field to which thes troops belong. But to the romano and glamour of war the exploits c the partisan leaders and their men ad