Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-04
An ohiOun in Di,ls..Iil. FerlIoa. Advon-


the richness of the silver mines Of that
Territory. Here he led nomadic life for
some time, and finally turned all his avail
Il able means into mules aud started 10 San
Antonio, Texas, with drove Of tive hum
dred and ten Of these animals, arriving
there early in February last
II was soon noised abroad that Mr. Jones
was Northern man-for he did not at
tempt 70 ceneeal or deny the tact-and
what was still more unpardOnable, unWil-
ling to take the oath Of allegiance to the
bogus Southern ConfedeTacy; so all Of his
mules were seized and eonfseaied by the
rebel leaders. And so he left, financially
a ruined man. ttN
Arriving In Memphis towards The latter
part Of February, he met an old aequaint-
anee in shs person OF merchant Of that
4 city, with whom he stopped till about three
weeks ago. .1s-..-
While passing along the street one day
he was arrested by an officer attended by
Ia iile Of soldiers, and, without any cxpla-
nation, hurried off to the guard house, a
large brick stable on Main street, nearly
opposite the Overton Hotel. As soon as
/ he could, he obtained an interview with an
officer, and learned that he was asvictim TO
the conscription act. Upon learning this
he lost ali patience, and gave vent to his
1 feelings in tho roundest and most unmis-
taxable Saxon, denouncing his informant,
JEFF. Davis, tine Southern Csnfederacy,
and every one in il, in the most bitter
manner. ..-,-sts. -.,rs
I The 6xtmorhing, in company with FIVE
othera, be was started to Fort Pillow
When he arrived at that place, be was ta-
] :
pigue, whom he describes as an overbear-
ing, tyrannical, naughty man, about five
/ feet six inches high, with full whiskers
dark brown hair end gray eyes The Cen
| oral asked him II be was willing to fight
for the Southern cause. Mr.. Jones replied
| that he was not; thst he was an unwilling
eoRs0ript; that he never would, under any
circumstances, FIRE gun against the North;
/ that he was a native Of that section, and
anxious to return; that his friends resided
there; and that he bore the South no love
/ for the Southern people had robbed him of
all he possessed. None Of your inso-
lence," said Yillipigue; then calling the
I guard, he ordered Jones to be taken to the
! guardhouss and heavily irOned, but not
/ before all his money-S52- been taken
from him. Et-li alf+f
His condition was now painful in the
extreme. he found himself in 6 filthy
double house, of two rooms, with the vi
I eious and unrbly soldiers Of Of the garri-
son for his companions, and wearing q
/ pair Of heavy anklets, firmly riveted upon
I him by q blacksmith called in for that pur-
pose. Here he remained for ten days, and
| in all that time he was not furnished with
/ a morsel Of food An occasional hard
i cracker was thrown him by some ebmpan-
ion, and a bite Of salt pork by another,
were all he had to keep soul and body to-
| gether. Still he did not despair.
/ Two or three days after he STas thrown
into the guard house, one Of the soldiers,
q former Memphis acquaintance, reeog-
nized him, and plying his condition,
! promised 10 pass him a file through the
I window that night, which he did.
FOEtunately- for our hero, the prisoners
in the guard house were permitted to 60
out in the fresh afr each evening, in front
Of their prison, and exercise their limbs for
an hour or two. During these PERIODS he
Wsuld hpbble into the back room Of the
/ building and work away with his file on
/ his irons After four evenings labor he
succeeded in fling the heads froua the riv-
4 cts 50 that they dropped out. Then put
ting them in again, upside down. 70 avoid
! suspicion he patiently waited a favorable
opportunity to escape.
! He did not have 10 wait lorg. Last
Monday night, while all his companions
! were sleeping as sOundly as the musqui-
toes and other vermin would les them, he
/ quietly removed his irons, climbed to the
window, and let himself down distance
/ Of eight or ten feet to the gFodnd.- The
| beat Of the sentinel was not more than
4 fifteen or twenty feet distant but shehouse
was built on sloping ground, the lower
side elevated on posts two or three feet
above the earth, enabling him to secrete
himself under It till the guard had reach
I ed the extreme end Of his walk. At fa-
vorable moment he emerged from his place
Of eoneealment, and crawling apOn his
hands and knees was soon beyond the
reach Of that sentinel.
His troubles were not yet over, however.
He had two more guards to pass and an
ugly ditch to cross, which had been dug to
retard the advance Of our force ia case Of
an attack The first guard he passed with
out trouble, but the next moment ne found
himself in the ditch, and up to mis- knees
I inmud and water The wall Of this ditch
on the side he wished to scale, was almost
4 peFpendieular; the other was on an angle
Of about forty-hve degrees. Both were
Il very slippery from recent rains.
"A few minutes after he found himself
in this dilemma, q sentinel passed him
close enough to have kicked dirt in his face;
but lying as close to the perpendicular
wall Of the ditch as he could, he escaped
observation. When the sentinel returned
to the extreme end Of his beat, our hero
waded along the ditch in the opposite di-
reetion, and finally had the satisfaction Of
seeing plank which had been thrown
across it TO serve as a temporary foot
bridge. By means Of his pocket knife he
dug footholds IN the sloping side OF the.
ditch, ILL be reached the plank and then
crossed over in safety.
Only the picket guard now remained to
be passed, and their vigilance he succeed
Cd In eluding. 0yerjoyed at the thought
that be was free once more, and almost
overcome By physical exhaustion and the
reaction from the high mental excitement
under which he had lab0rsd he pushed out
into the still partially overhowed bottoms,
I ard, losing his way, did not reach the flag
snip till this morning, having spent two
days and nights In the woods. He was
kindly received by Flag-ofheer Davis, who
supplied ais immediate wants and sent him
on his way rejoicing.
D. -----e-Ust-
Mr.. BOwles, editor Of the Springfield Re
publican, who Is on visit to England.
finds it very difficult TO discriminate be-
tween the British clergy Of the established
chureH and the hotel Waiters-they dress
50 mucI alike. "As far as he mas gomez
Mr.. Bowles is more favorably Impressed
with the walters than the parsons
Accompanying the Paymasters, Majors
johnson and CoWan, is one Of ohio's pay