New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-16

alonx the railroad, aod finally on the Glib Of Ssr.
t.mber, they seized me and put me In Damp un-
comfortable, desaerate jail, where found l50 Union
men. And there was no piece OF furniture thers
except DIZZY old wooden bucket and pair Of TN
dprers 10 drink with. The hrst men aod the ber
of the country were there. They rallied around ma
pl lad to see me; I could give them the newa Som
took me by the hand, and were utterly speeches.
the tears running down their cheeks. nsy
pointed to the gratDgs, and said we nevef thought
we should come to tins Sad l: Cheer up boys,
be Of good courage. You are not here for stssline
or mansaughter, but because you adhere 70 the 6as
and Constitution Of your country. Cheers.l lam
here with YOU for no other oense, and God il nv
Judge, boys, look upon this 9Th day Of December.
1861, as the proudest day Of my Life: tCheeni
Here intend TO stay till die wltn od ase or di.
ease, or until they choose to hang me. ! never win
renounce my principles." (Cheers:l Their oficers
had been accu:tomed to visit the jail every day, snd
TO offer the liberty by proposing TO them il they
would volunteer to release and protect them. They
were accustomed to volunteer bali q dozen at
time. But after l got into the I.u Tor thrss
months. all this volunteering ceased. lApphuss.I
One of the Brigadier Genetas, son OF an exGover.
nor Of that State, paid a special visit 70 me. He
came In bowing and scraPing, dressed within anineh
of his drunken life. Said be, Drowniow, yee
ought not TO be here" Said l, II think %, TOO
But your authorities think 40, anu nave put ne nesn
" Now" said he, al have come to tell you II yoown
take tho oath OF allegiance we will turn you out
instantly, aud guarantee your safety and seceny"
RiauQ up seversl feet in my boots, ana navlog ny
Irish roused, looked him full in the face Why
St. said |, 81 intend 70 rot here till die With
dissase or old age, before take the oath. deuy
that you have any government other than big mob
You have never been recognized by any civilized
power on God's earth, aud you never will ~"
fCbeersl "And Sir" said /, preacher - I am, I
will zee the Southern Coutederacy, and you and %
top of it, in the Internal regions, before viii tals
the oath. lCheen.l We'll, S,r," saiG as, "iha.'i
the way to talk in revolu ionary times" Cheenj
ThinQs went on tightening up. Many Of us tool
sick: we bsd to lie on that miserable foor-ua
room enough for all TO lie down at once. Think Of
II. ia December and January standing by each
other. You l'e down and warm the hoor, sHd thea
[ will. That is the way We managed until many a
our men died from typhoid fever and pDeumonh
and various other diseases. l shall never for
get. while nv hand 10 above ground, some scenes
/ passed through In that jail. i reeoiect i've
Baptist clsrgymen sick unto death, very low
win fever, unable TO eat morsai OF inc misessoe
food supplied By the Marshal of JEFF. Davis, man
had published W q scoundrel again and again, bat
auitabe representative of Secession. They allowed
NV sou 70 bring me three meals q day, and my win
put in enough for these two Baptist Clergy men Ous
of them was there because be prayed for the FREQ
dent of the United States and the 1tIer ior throwing
up his hat 1t a company Of Union Volunteers. Every
time he baskst of food came in the jailer looked be
tween the pie and the plate to Sc that there Wa
not some communication passed. One oio Union man
had three Sons there. One Of them-Jsmee Asdisoe
Cadewss very 9s ms hsS Ts iaIH n Z Thev %
to let her in besought them, and they did finally
Tor fifteen minutes. When she saw ber husband
living on piece Of CARPET. with an overcoat over
bin. she would have dropped rer babe In astonsh'
ment and terror if had not caught It. She sunk
down upon his breast; be could not raise ns hands.
I t.uohh hv nd hal fha
unt,I tho time WAS out aud the officer insultingly
came in and told her il wa mp. Inns was the case,
Oentlemep. all over East Tennessee. And allow me
To announce to you, one snd all tnat .nH tns
epirit of Sec ssion in the South IL the sprns q
murder, the spirit of hell, and yet you have
men in the North who sympsthze with them n
fearful numbers. [Cheering.I II owed debt
70 be discharged to the most revolving and and God
forssken wretch that could be bull.d from Ae ranks
OF human society, and l wanted to pay thai debt
satanic Majesty OF twelve Northern mon sympatis,
inv with Secession. Tremendous sPplsess.l II
am severe aud buer in my denunoisions |" No, n,
not bit"l. Well, If am, you must consider INN
we in the South make il personal matter lCheersl
No Northern man ought 70 be tolerated en- walking
Broadway who has any sympathy witn Secession.
[Cheers. They should either be for or against the
mill dam, and would make them show their nands.
fAapplause.l Why. gentlemen, after the battle
Of Manassas, they passed through our Town on iar-
exulting, and brought wi them divers what they
called Yankee heads-the entire heads Of Union
troops some Of them with long beard, and they
would take them by the head, and shake them oGt Of
the window, and say, "A ID Yankee headl'
This is the spirit OF Secessior-he spirit OF the vile
untutored savages of hell, and be who apologies if
them il no better than ne wto is the perpetrsior
the crime lCheers.l In Andy JohnsOns town
three cheers for Johnson they had the jail full they
took his house for hospital and drove out bis iaa-
iy bis wife in the last stages OF consumption. So
was obliged to take refuge in an adjoining county
and johnson has devil In her as Dig as this pitcher
and whenever the Union army goes ont there 10
will shoot and hang them like dcgs. have
other ambition than 10 start The n aorcsAe Wlg
again, get 100, 900 subscribers, and "spres ny
say. Parson BrowDlow continued TO give s1s
OF the terrible stories Of the hanging of l6oo
were under the most aggravatDg circumstances and
with iendish atrocities. The story Of the hangns
of Frye and his comrade by the wretch Leadbet'ef:
40 near the ears that tie chivalry ~ they psssed
could strike their bodies with canes and rsttsns was
one In his own county they had tied men TO ogs
and whipped the hesh off their backs with hickory
splits. They used TO come in o the jail and take oa.
men to hang them. One day they took man ssed
6j, and bis son IS, and made the old man iScs@
and see his son hung, after which they huog h1 %
the same galows. lie told al,o the story Of j.. I.
Hau. TO whom u Union clergyman was denied,
and who was Obliged 10 deny the copf,eip
that the Secession chaplain made for hlI
This was the spirit of Secession all over tne ee-1
Could anybody apologize for such murderoO' 1a sas
blcodthirsty set Of men rs tte Secessoh's's.
shot our men; they whipped them' ana 'ney se.
whipped tLeir wives. A more deserted people nsss.
lived ON Gods earth than the Union men o. "a
Tennessee. With tears in their eyes they oess. 90
him 10 sue the President aud the army om.b ,bss
have them relieved. He was happy to Ap?% A;ssma,d
ms.t 1s a'%Iso f. soon n0D That .e isow, Mcclellan vi.
soon be there. He had confidence in frenTn'hi