The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-10
sTRoUDsBURG MONROE COUNTY, PA. OCTOBER 49, 1884,

tuo pouticat dudtEs VI Tue County III TUE
hearing of any member Of the garrison
They can have lights 10 their rooms unit
fifteen minutes past nine o'clock, and Of.
ter that hour noise and loud talking must
cease for the night. For an hour in the
morning aud afternoon the prisoners can
promenade about the premises (in com.
pauy with guard). and at such times car
call on their friends and fellow prisoners
in the other rooms. The doors of the
rooms are opened at S A. NJ. and closed
at O'Clock 10 the evening. 1t may be
stated that the prisoue generally appre.
ciste their privileges, and that there has
been no infringement of the rules sufficient
to merit Punishment.
At Fort Lafayette, IS elsewhere. "ron-
ey," as Falstaff Gays, "is a good soldier.
Those who have the means of doing 30
can live nearly as we'll at Fort Lafayette
as at any hotel. In one large room,
which is about sixty by fifteen feet, there
are no less than thirty of the "better class
Of pri-oncrs who have both friends and
money. These have dubbed together and
have made arrangements oy which their
meals are furnished to order. Their
funds are deposited with one of the Off
GERS. uho acts as bursar, and the wife Of
one OF the soldiers does their catering,
cooking and washing. To meet outside
bills for food, supplies, newspapers, to-.
bacco and other com forts, the prisoners,
gise an order on the bursar. The club.
meo get good breakfast and dinner,
with a moderate allowance at dinner Of
some stimulaDD at cost of about one
dollar per diem for each. They are sub.
ject to 20 extortion of any kind, supplies
are furnished at a reasonable rate.
10 the morning. when the Couey Island
boat, or fret train from Brooklyn arrives
at Fort Hamilton, the prisoners who have
made arrangements can get all the city
morning papers. and are thus daily in.
formed of affairs in the outside world
Their correspondence oply is subject to
censorship, and as has already been sta
ted. letters written to or BY the prisoners
are opened and read by the proper officer,
and the few persons who have been re-
leased from custody have been forbidden
to carry away any written communication.
The club men live we'll. They pass
their time in reading. discussing (auoDg
tbemselves) matters and things in gener-
al and ''tbe situation" 10 particular, and
play cards, chess and checkers BY the
hour. Tobacco is not tabooed, and the
club, for large part Of the day, is under
q cloud in more senses than one.
Similar but smaller clubs have been
organized in some OF the other rooms
There are few prisoners. some Of tho
sailors and others, who have no money,
and are constantly dependent upon the
autboritie. for their daily bread. These
are furnished with good and wholesome
but plain food, differing but little from
the rations of the soldiers who are their
keepers. ALI have an Unlimited lookout
view of the bay and Staten Island shore.
The passing ships and steamers break the
ID mouotony of an otherwise weary day
The three daily trips of the Couey Island
boats are looked for events.
There can be but one opinion only Of
the conduct Of Col. Burke aud bis officers
and men towards the prisoners in their
charge. The prisoners are allowed every
privilege consistent With their safe keep
ing, and have no reasonable cause for
plant. The loss Of liberty is. of course,
the main privatiou. tut those prisoners
who have been discharged testified that,
SO far from the imposition of any uDDe-
eessary restrictions, they were more fa-
rored during their Incarceration than
they bad any reason to expect when they
were sent to Fort Lafayette.