Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-03

n his. hand. was armed with sabre nnS
caHbtne, but had only three rounds of am.
mpnition left. After q short struggle th,
man got the gun away from me, and jus
7 as was going to FIRE at him, ont
of our men came against the dool
with crash, and shut the upper 'ent
of 1t tight, the lower part still re.
the caFbine as high as my hip. Stand.
ing in that way, l. took as good aim as
4 could, and fred. The bah struck in The
breast Of the mans coat, but did not dc
him any damage. All this happened ID 4
great deal less time than I am telling it,
Meanwhile the men outside had completely
surrounded the house. There were iifty 81
them, and only four of us. After consult
ing with the other men, I inquired for the
Captain of the guerillas, and told him we
had concluded to surrender, II they would
pledge themselves to-treat us well; other
wise we would fghtit outltilI thellast man
dropped. l. told him1we had five hundred
rounds of cartridges, and would hold out
some time. he promised we should be
well treated, and we surrendered He en-
deavored u keep his word, but some of the
gang heaped all kinds ofinsult upon us af-
ter we were fully in their power. Finally,
we arrived ut Princetown, on the morning
of the 18th of January, and were delivered
over to Capt Evans, of the jenkins Cav
alry,H commanded by Col. Jennifer, of Bal
timore, formerly of Carlisle Barracks. We
started almost Immediately for Newberni
Depot, under guard of eight men, COM
manded by n Lieutenant. The Colonel
gave orders that we should be tied, but
the Lieutenant swoEe we should not be,
and we were Wellrtreated by our guard a |.
Jan. l9th-Marchedl tWenty-four miles
aud arrived at Parisburg, County-seat of
Giles county. We were treated with great
clvility by the citizens, who showed their
kindness by sending US apples and nick
nacks, and croWding to see us. sc l9lglEii.
jan u.'20th-Rainedu all day. Marched
tweuty-one miles, over bad roads, and ar
rived at Sewbernia at AZ o'clock Took the
train at B O'Clock for Lynchburg, where we
arrived at Ii'o'clock at night, having had
nothing to eat since morning; were COM
fortably quartered for the remainder Of
the night by the guard. ta-T rGa - 5ll din
jan. 2lst-Guard4 procured warm
breakfast, torius at 81 restaurant, and we
again took the cars at 64 o'clock aud ar
rived at Richmond on the evening of the
same day. !a' "a ron 7f!l i nd9iEiFi5ai
I'VE were then confined in military
prlsoprwhichawas formerly an old tobacco
warehouse.
Now commenced my short prison life.
was confined in n very comfortable room,
together with twenty-eighe Federals and
seventeen rebels. The latter were confined
for various offences, such as Knocking
down officers, stealing whisky, &c. 10 5.5S
found our room much more comfortal
bic than most of the prisons, as it had been
used as hospital, and the ticks, quilts
and cots, were still remaining. s'fF ~
We were furnished with two meals per
day, consisting of bread and uhsalted meat
for breakfast, and sometimes turnips, rice
or sweet potatoes. For supper, bread and
q soup composed of corn meal, bran and
rice, and seasoned with red pepper without
salt. No coffee was furnished, as It cost
only 81 so u fb, tea 81. q fb, and salt from
50 to $40 R bushel. We received rations
of salt and vinegar twice a week. '.'si.
Our amusements consisted of mock trials
BY court martial and civil court; as, for
instance: Abraham lincoln, tried BY Con-
federates for violating the Constitution and
stealing niggers Jef. Davis, by Federals,
for treason; Floyd, by Fedsrals; for stealing
I fGovetnnent funds, arms, &C., and stealing
cotton and sending it North; and Beaure-
gard, for sedition. We also had discus
sions upon the right of States to secede.
Other amusements consisted OF negro min.
strelsy, theatrical performances, &c. 1'2us
We were allowed the, daily papers, and
also to purchase whatever we needed pro-
yided We had the fpnds-U.! s. nTreas-
nEy notes bringing twenty per cent. pre-
Upon hearing of the battle of Roanoke,
weimmedtatelY procured sticks and broom
handles, and bound knives to them for
bayonets, a Ia secesh, and formed SQUAD.
We then marched up stairs, aud were ad-
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we must be good soldiers and help eat up
all; the ;secesh as well as the soup; and hay
ing. q drees parade, we broke rank and gave
three cheers for Gen. Burnside. Thek1ar
came up to quiet us, when our commander
! gave the orders to fall in and charge bay
9nets upon the guard, wheredpon he in
staptlS retreated. ~. ~ 80 su9s4
We also heard of our victory at Port
Donelson by Southern papers. It was re-
ported 100 killed and L 800 prisoners; and
our loss at 5000, or six thousand killed
aud wounded. .,oaa s.,i ..,r.g,Jg..
Feb. 4 sth-300 exchanged prisoners lett
Richmond for Fort Monroe and Washing
ton. .ElsiIp.g 5as4n# Fqgt .4.z ne, .,i,r
moFeb.i 22-Oficers OF the day appeared,
and said, "Fall in, Yankees all that want
TO go homeland he took onr names,
.compaDiesmNud regiments, to which, we
fDslouBeup teiIlu& uslEOf Dc ready 10 move AZ
t'6 O'Clock that evenings During our, stay
we had been treated with. great respect by
both officers and nmen, with the execution
oflLieut. Emack, a renegade from Phila.
delphia. AT 6 o'clock we took the boat.
On the trip was unwell and could get no
medicine. l imagined was at Baltimore,
and went to walk ashore, when was
Brought to my senses by finding myself in
4 the rivarJ0nliai.f al anIya Gsnlltf ,fr.u
[ Feb. 223--rArrived, from Fort Monroe,
having been transferred from the rebel
stedmer to the tug boat George Washing
1 toni 10 faldmag sHoi5uiaa p sti ct beafI
l.lzFebi i224i+:7ArFiyedIat Baltimore. -,
Feb. 25,-Arriyed at atWashingt ton; where
1 remained two weeks. LEFT W. and ar.
rived at Fayetteville March rs ls62,.and
4 reported for duty no lBtiiy;, 'lTysu
H., sfs Yours, respectfully,
HENRY HENDHRaONlt ltI4-i