The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-08-13

bars Of, Of CRATE. Speaking first to one and
then another. bade them ba Of good cheer
and take good cou, age. Addressing them I
said: " Is il for stealing that you are here?
No. Isl f"r countc,feiting? No. Isit for
,nanslaushter? M. You are here, boys
lecnu*e you adhe.e I, III tlg Ind he cSastj.
tu'i n cf oar country an here with you
for no other offence than that, and, as God
is my judge, boys, I look upon this 9th day
Of December as the prondest day Of my life
And here intend to stay until / die Of old
age, or until they choose to hang me- will
not renounce my principles" Beore I was
confined in the jail. their officers wsro acc,,s,
toned to visit the jail every day and offer
Them their liberty If they would take the
!odth Of allegiance 10 the Southern confeder.
acy, and volunteer to 60 into the service, and
they would guarantee them safety and pro.
lection. They were accustomed to volun-
teer dozen 1t u time, 50 great was thelt
horror of Imprisonment and the treatment
they received in that miserable Jail. After
| got into Jail, (and. they had me in close
confinement for three dreadful winter
months,) all their volunteering and taking
the oath ceased, and the leaders swore die
lit. One Of the bs;gadisrs *So was in com-
mand Of the military post paid me q special
visit, two Of his aids accompanying him.
lie came in, bowed and scraped, saying :
-" Why, Brownlow, you ought not to be in
here" But your generals" / replied,
=" have thought otherwise, and have put me
here" IL have TO- inform you that If you
will take the oath Of ofalleyiance to the South.
|ern confederacy, we will guarantee to you
the protection and tie safety Of YOU:
self and family Rising up several feet
in my boots at that time, and looking him
full in the cye-"Why," said /, "lintend to
lie here until rot from disease, or die o'
old age, before I will take the oath Of allcgi
ance to your government. Ideny your righ,
to administer such an oath. deny that
you have any government other than a
Southern mob You have never been recog
nised By any civilized Power on the face o
the earth, and you will never bc.-Ap
plru>e.-l will see the Southern confederacy
and you and 1 on the top Of it, in the infer.
ttdi tssions before I will do it." "Well,'
s'id he. 't,'at's damned plain talk ."-Laugh
ter and applau se.-"Yes," replied, that is
tic way to talk in revolutionary tines
-App1auSc.- -~~',
! But must hasten on. Will detuin yor
too |ong--Loud cries Of ''go on" go on."-
But, gentleman and ladies', things went on
They grew tishtencd up; they grew tighter
and still more tight. Many Of our compan,
became sick. W. h.l to lie upon chat
,fiserdb1e, cold, naked fl, Dor, soiM MT room
e!louyh ,1or US all tn lie dDao1 ut ths $ tnss tim
and you may think what it must have beer
in December and January spelling each o,hel
one lying down awhile on the floor and tl,er
another taking his place so made warm, ant
that was the way we managed until many
became sick unto death. number of thu
prisoners died Of pneumonia and typhoid
fever, and other diseases contracted by expo
sure there. shall never forget, while m,
head is above ground, the scenes I passct
through in that Jail lrecollect there wcr,
t,o2 eencra56 Baht;st clrr?ynn thtrc-Mr
Pope and Mr.. Cate. Mr.. Cate was very l,u
indeed. prostrated from the fever, and unable
to eat the miserable food sent there by tn.
corrupt jailor and deputy marshal--a ma,
whom had denounced in my paper as g'tilt]
of forgery time and time again a suitab',
representative Of the thieves ard >coundrel
that head this rebellion in the South, Tn,
only favor they extended to me was to allow
my family to Send me three meals a day b!
MY son, who brought the provisions in
basket. l requested MY wife to send ais,
enough for the two old clergymen. One o
them was put in Jail for efering pr,yasfo
tie I+ssident Of tie Un'hd Stat<., and III
other for throwing "p His hit and cheerin;
the Stars and Stripes Is they passed hi
house, borne By = company Of Union volun
teers. When the basket Of provisions cam,
in, in the morning, they examined it At th,
door--would look between the pie and III.
bread 10 see it there was any billet or pape
eoatealed there Communicating treason from
any outside Unionixt to the old scoun1lre
they had in Jail and when the basket wer
lodt ssain tho same ceremony MAS repc.tet
ito discoter whether / had slipped any p ,pe
in, in any way. The old man Cate had thre'
sons in Jail. Ooe ei them, James Madi.o,
Cate. = most exemplary and worthy membe
;Iof the Baptist church, Who Was there 70
IhaSing committed no other Grim. than tha
Iof refnans to soaanteer, lay stretched !
length ugoa the floor, with one thickness 0
10 piscsof easpts undsr him sDd an old over
cost doubled up 6r pillow, in the yer,
|Iaseniss of drsh, unsh,e 70 turn over, onl,
I6ruM ~ 6ds % The other. } *xss5
His uis esms to visit him. bringing he,
Iyeungest child with hss; which was but,
|babe, but they rsfaxJ Asr od.si1saee u
Ilpas ny besa ost ofshs jaif window. and -
lsrssssd then, htF God.s ssiD 10 Ie.tbs pos
lv6lsa cons ID, - hss h&hsad vss dsinx
aT1sy = ~ ossseatsd tAat she might .,