, 1862-12-15

tuesday morning, the officer Of the guard ad-
lrcssed us in the above elegant and express
We words, forty-eight Of US crowded into tho
ar without a murmur. At four o'clock that |
afternoon ne arrived at Memphis, where our |
cages were immediately surrounded by large |
and enthusiastic crowds Of men, women and !
children, all anxious to get . sight at |
The aapimiles." In couple of hours
ne we're unloadcd and taken TO our
new cage, warehouse on the leyee. Be-
Ing properly secured, Two hard crackers
and two ounces Of boiled salt beef were given
to most Of the men; it was o'clock d. NJ on
Wednesday morning before received mine, !
and this was the first since Sunday morning.
VISITS THE C1TT.
a little good talking, mixed with the re-
quisite amount Of s' s'cheek," secured to Ser
geant H. II. Eddy, well known among the
Chicago typos, and myself the privilege of .
walk around town in company with 4 couple
Of German Home Guards who carried two OF
Fremont's celebrated S'needle gnns," for our
15Epeaz office, where we found eight or ten
"comp5's and score or so Of "secesh''
flags. All hands intensely bitter against the
North, "seeeSh'' all over, and every man Of
them born outside Of "Dlxie.'' One of them,
I forget his name, but shall never forget the.
sentiment as you expected?o I answered
that felt quite sure that such sentiment
everywhere existed "You are mistaken
said he, "there is not to-day Union man in
Mtmphis-not one"
Glaneing at the guards, saw evident signs
Of nervousness and anger, and thinking that
perhaps in the heat Of debate VIC had said too
much, and should have q difficulty with them,
my friend and made preparations to 1eare-
Scarcely had the door closed behind Us, when
one Of the guards brought his piece down
with q thu1np on The iron step, exclalmins! !.
"Dare ish no Union sentiment here, eIl :!
Oh, no! We are al tan'd esecesh-' You
comes NIT me, shows you. We all lay down
our lives for dis Sutnrn confedcraey. Oh,
yes. We be glad to e."
We followed the guard to the outskirts Of
the town, and entered q blacksmith shop,
where, working at the forge, ne recognized !
couple Of Chicago boys-they, too, belonged
to thc home guard. A sharp lookout was
kept at the front and back doors; presently
the coast vas announced clear, and then you
should have seen us making good time over
back fences and through alleys, until we
reached the abiding place Of our Guide enter.
ing buxom German girl placed chairs for ua
to be seated.
Frau" said the guard, as coon q:
he had recovered sufficient breath tc
speak. s9Frau here is a couple Of tam d Yam.
kecs, you shows dem We is good 'sccesl, eh. y ,
placed table in the centre Of the room and
then disappeared. Presently the Kissing O.
the te:-kettlc is heard, and in a few nlinutet
| coffee, which cost 81 .25 perpound, bread madt
| from flour costing 5000 per barrel, and sau
sage from meat propoortionately high, va
| served up to Us. Our haversacks were flIel
| and then Frau'' grunblcd because ne woult
not accept more. They we're poor and III
could not rob them While ne we're eatinz
| The guards amused themselves by taking thi
main spring ont Of their gun locks and burn
ing them IN the stove. As we shook hands a
all tam secesh.'' We made arrangement
with these men for disguise to escape, bu
before they were again on duty the ''sloW'
| Vas started for q new place.
AN EXPRESSION OF SENTIMENT.
AS jackson, Miss, We were exhibited 70
| several hours to large and fashionable au
diences, who for the most part were not yer
well pleased with onr style, for the boys #er
becoming reckless, and when asked "Loo
| sr11ere what is you-uns all come down here t
tight we-uns for % t'Thirtren dollars montf
hundred dollars bounty, 800 acres Of saere
soil and niggers enough to stock the place,
was as frequently the answer as anything els
Thcn for the flothings Of an angry, sprig Z
c1liyal,y, about the last man being killed b.
fore suhjugation and pledglng the women an
children to fight at the callnon's mouth befo1
they and their homes should be given up
Yankee rule. 4 few days will tell us all aboa
it I hope.
/ Among the crowd were q couple Of your
| ladies Of about eighteen, who were seeming
; looking for some one they knew. WAS 81
) ting in the door, and at length one Of the
approached and inquired if there was any OF
| from New York in the car. I answered til
, New York was my home Then came inqr
| rSas1 at hntnn the
e ladies were New Yorkers, and had not hea
: from the old home in nearly = year. con
give them no conformation, hut eoon sncceed
IN engaging them in conversation Can
9 be possible, ladies'" asked, tsthat 70
l born and reared in the North, can now 81
f with the South9''
"Thcre arc differences Of opinion here,
in the North" responded one Of them, b
!. merry black eye twinkling the while, "b
+ We are all loyal and the young Indy q
something very like Winking.
Pursuing the conversation, I learned IL
y thought rs did these ladies. When the CT
= started they followed until We got out Of
;, thickcst Of the crowd, when, watching
II opportunity, a small parcel which one
~ them carried was thrown in the car do
~ Upon opening it We found splendid be
IS to make our hearts feel glad-red, White q
"a blue. There is Union sentiment eTeryWh
~ in the South.
n AT MACON
I. ut least half the men we're forced to lie
the ground without shelter or blankets.
4 sick were crowded in an old cotton hon
e- where they lay on the bare floor without N
:. tr,sscs, or even straw, or covering Of /:
. Kind. Our prison vas nearly surrounded
er swamp hundreds Of acres in extent, fr
r which most horrible stencil arose, espccia
J., at night, and hundreds were stricken do
II. \
D1 enterye, which were almost always EA
Of though the patient suffered for weeks {
st | months before death relieved him. We !
- no competent medical attendance at any til
and sometimes for q whole week would
- ceiye no visit from the apologies for eurge'
III who were detailed to attend us; and dur
?. no single month while we were prisoners
er our supply Of medicine last more than TIVE
:. days-it was often exhausted on the tHel
~ or fourteenth day. We were without 4
be in which to carry wafer, or even q broom
" sweep the floor. Verrin actually eraw
+, from patient to patient, and in ali this +
nearly 800 brave men died.
- AcHAsGE OF GARMENTS.
~ Our eommandant, Mai j. E. Rylander,
been Methodist minister. Hoping that
manhood OF religion might be appealed
le" with success, Dr.. Duke, 8 political prise
,s, from Eastern Tennessee, and myself, We.
No. upon him in behalf Of the hospital and
suffering inmates We stated its eOndlt
We aud asked surgical aid and medicines. T
ed were refused; our every petition Was den
lis at last we confined our request to q bro
~ and appealed In hehalf Of suffering human
=. not to the military Ry1ander, but the CT
ad tian minister. The Major Strengthened
NJ self up, and answered, Gentlemen,
thrown off the ga1b Of righteousness,
have assumed the mantle Of blood ,''--wi
an wave Of the hand, and We were dismissed
a.. TIE MANTLE rs D9ED.
ha Among the prisoners WAS an old Trench
~ By Tie name Of MaillaId, crazy MN,
ne quiet and inoffensive. Orders were give1
u.s. the guard to shoot all "Tanks" who
an preached to within forty PAGES of their bt
During the evening Of the day on which
|on Major announced his change Of clothes, !
On lard, aE was his custom, was slowly wall
back and forth along path running from
quarters, across the guard line, to q sp
tes where We obtained water. He was alone,
Nv approached to within about sixty PAGES o1
j. beat, the sentinel, without aword of war;
CO, raised his musket and deliberately fired,
the ball cutting across the abdomen, making
Of the most horrible wounds ever saw.
oy wounded man lived about thirty hours,
for died in great agony. The sentinel rece
five dollars for his services, and was forth
- appointed sergeant a like reward wa
Mr- fered fol every fank'' shot. knowthi
!, a while at the Majors tent saw and read
track an escaped Lieutenant.
~ PUN1sHREET.
sSte 4 number Of men made their escape
ney Macon. 4 few got to our lines. but By IA
t. largest number we're caught and brought
Major Rylapder deemed these attempted
| 4hr rF rs 20 +,