, 1862-10-18
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Ttbune.1
WASHINGTON, Oct II. 1864.
Gen. Prentiss has been presented witha gold
headed cane BY the ofBce.s Of the 9th Iowa,
With $3.50 watch BY other prison messmates.
and with 4 sword by officers OF the I'D Als-
souri. General Preuti-s says that every prison.
er {rcarcesated with him, including Missouri
slave holders, are for ererS measure that will
the proclamation Of freedom, and would to-
dag vote for the emancipation Of every sl1ge t
in the rebr1 States. No one at the North |
has m idea, says General 2'rertiss, !
CT the iphuman treatment to which !
the rebels subject thrir pti"oners. The |
Richmond ard Columbia prisons art palaces |
compared with those Of Tuscaloosa, Talla- !
homa and Madison. With nine Others, Gen. !
ptcntiss undertook to escape at Madison, but |
fu;led. The ten were brought back and thrust |
into dungeon sixteen feet square, the only
light coming through an aperture six inches
vide, After eight days confinement, they
were released OF the certificate OF physician,
that fortg-cight hours more would permanent
Il ruin their constitutions
Lieut. Bliss, It tie I'd Michigan artillery,
~as sAct by the guard Under these circun-
staEces. He 1as buying milk 1T the limits OF
the prison, when he WIS ordered back IN mo-
,n.nt. He ans wered. 'as soon rs my howl
Is til1ed.'' As be taraed, the guard shot him
Il f1rn .1fd cf1f ~
s:>ontcd the fellow
Eight pr;yates in an Ohio regiment vert
burg ut A1l1n:a- Tney had been sent by Gen.
Mitchell to do q little work OIL the railroad
=It telegraph lines cf :1lahaEa. Coming
ultr r an engine near Atlsrta, they concluded
IL fakc i: to txirji:e tecir rctu1a, but
unfortunately forgot to cut the tel=-
graph lines, by the use Of which
,'rce was brought from Chattanooga
t., iuhrcept thciu. The circumstances were
uu1icet ut the time by :he Southern papers.
The gallant Oaivians vert whileing away their
tsu'e hours in prison With San= of eucasc,
VIE L The guard led the:a out to be hung with
OCT moments preparation.
General prentiss found more loyal while
men in the capital OF South Carolina 1haa
| elsewhere, aud very few At any place more
loyal white women, and many loyal negroes,
Of these last there were many being driven
Sopth A. pe+e,.hu,o +bpre var, o mons md
IN one nen r1e-vwbt,a u, Tho south +1s q art
t ,f h,o,..so.;. .1,o,,-aoa T,a, r<., s-,, ~
would whip the Yankees, but they didn't
seem to like the proclamation didn't see
what right Lincoln had to free all the negroes.
I Vep' 1ten'loo - anAlo"s ~ n"'r al 4uue~
| Ienoen1 couMaAa' ouce1cu ny n4cn "ao
nave served IN soutnerh pIieons' fecef'thS
neither pay Eor subsistence from government i,
Tut living upon the cnemy, and perform NJ
| exr1oits eimila. to the late ono Of Stewart:
| There Il M, foundation fnr the r.oort II: 1
/ ra.a .+, .,.,.-, h,.1-a. ton,
|
io1 eo-i< LUZ "I'u '.'e'et@'s ~4a7e, aot Il
1Gerc any !:u.n IN 1ne elasei1enf tnas 1he
secretary 1n'ehds TO oher lives and t~entles tn
market at preseut. He will not resort tC
such measures, Unless disappointed in his an
ticiraticu of military and naval SUCCESS, and
| Of their yood e.fscts nnoa the credit t,r tht
..ora-r,o.nt
coon nm .,.
A -
AVG ""o leu eo4iai Aotss aie Aeao0e oAny ena1
ola ores taken up, ane SlooVU WORTH OF oaes
apd twos, and $50, COO worth OF postage cur
rency,
-Four iron-clad vessels which b; co1erac
were to be delivered last July, are not read
yet. L number OF first class wooden yuu
boats arc not ready. though nine m anthz la
! hind the ,1mo nxru. The excuse for tue frs
l. ;nsuf1.,encr of iron. There il M excu5
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