Litchfield enquirer., 1862-11-06


 his name ?''1 His name is Col. Jordan, Assist ant Adjutant General of Gen. Beauregard- That man had given me letter to his brothe at Mobile to assist me if needed food. He al so wrote to Gen. Jones commandant there, al thorizng him to parole me if wished. l wen with that letter to the headquarters of Ger Jones, who. by the way, is renegad Yanke I extended my hand. He said, |" No, Sir, and bowed ne to seat. l said, '' No Sir and asked him to proceed to business. While the Adj General was writing my parole out, talked with Gen Jones so plainly that he began to respect me, when the Adjtuant handed me my parole, and bid me good bye. Jones arose and extended his hand. I said, No, Sir and bowed.
 went up the Alabama river. No accomoda tions for the officers, but we were told that we were to be treated as gentlemen. We knew ennueh net to be disappointed. We were sent to 'Tallaeca in Northern Alabama, which is a very healthy and pleasant locality-L Voice ' Not for the Yankees however. '7 and there i met Lieut.. Col. Hurnley renegade Illinoisan who said General, have you any Chcag men in your crowd?' Yes, sir. We have; the officers of one regment-the 59th Illinois, He said II, too once lived in Chicago; but l was compelled to leave there, because was per secuted for my sentiments. l could not go with the aboltionists and l could not sustain your government because it was so corrupt. ' Yes, sir I responded, you were no doubt compelled to leave because you were guilty of some crime for which you feared an arrest Don't trouble me with your presence" Laugh tcr.l l asked special favor of that gentleman that he would not approach us again and trouble Us by his presence. We remained week at a room 90 hy 50 feet well ventilated but secesh soldiers had been quartered there. It Was a lively place, assure you; our rations were Il quarter of a pound of musty bacon and piece of corn bread: said to be the southern soldiers rations.
 We were soon sent to Selma, where we were
 iL Ill clliF1t OI ttl. Atll II you tNtl ot'. K ent serve him as he served us. l cannot ad- vocate a wnr of exter,nination, but a record is made If :hs persecutor of me and the other officers falls into my hands he shall suffer as We suffered. He attempted to torture me about my son, who be said, had been taken and hung as a spy if their papers could be believed. But had q paper in my pocket to give him the lie with, and this is how got the paper: A lady was passing in the street beneath the window. She had passed several times before, and had attracted he attention of the officers confined :: some of them suggested that she was a Union l.lt'y We tore off one of the curtains which ia 2 in the hotel where we were imprisoned, and in large letters wrote on it with chalk, " God bless the prisoners friend" She nod d ,d asscut and bowed to us sN hen we showed it. She went to house some l50 yalds distant, and I snt negro boy who cook d in the kitchen (anl let me tell you that they are the best Union men in the South.) Loud ing for T Yes, sir, I an fl iyhtng for the free dom of every man on earth. Cries of "God bless you" and loud applause] l sent him Nhe negro) to the house where this lady went for pitcher of milk. When he reached there I ob served her take a newspaper out of her pocket aid place it in the pitcher which she had area Iy filled with milk. We were two months at Selma. At Montgomery. whither We were ta- Sen--now lsten-our bread at Montgomery was made of corn and cobs ground up together. The Richmond and Columbia prisons are pala ces as compared with those at Tuscaloosa, Tal- Ia)oga. Madison and Montgomery. Before we eft Montgomery for Alta uta. asked the priv ilege of visiting our hospitals, where I found hunlrel gallant men who had fought with me at Thty cried as Ientered and cried with them found some good Union women, from whom borrowed money for these poor men,
 Arriving at Atlanta, we noticed procession coming up the street. consisting of two or three wagons. We could not make out what it meant. We had heard of their hanging and ! lynching Union men, but We did not think that th s iI ocesson had anything to do with mit- ter of ths kind But we afterWard learned He sad facts. Eight privates of an Ohio regiment were hung at Atlanta They had been sent by Gen. Mitchell to do a little work on the rail road and telegraph lines of Alabama Coming back they un unfortunately forgot te cut the tele- graph lines, by the use of which force was or dereI from Chattanooga to intercept them. The gallant Ohioans were willing away thei r leisure hours in prison with game of euchre when the guard led them out to be hung What do you think, Mir. Rebel Sympathlzer, of South. ern chvalry now? A voice, "D-d poor stuff l think so 1 think speak the senti- ments of 232 commissioned officers and also the privates who were taken with me at Shiloh when tell you that we are not any longer ashamed of being called negro sympathizers TCries of Good good.' and prolonged ap plause. We are not afraid of the cry of Abo |ilionists. r. Good" and cries of '. No, no now," and appause.] We are not afraid 0 any cry. We will take by the hand each mar as brother who will fight for and defend hi government. We despse altogether every mar who refuses aid and comfort to his governmen in this time of our danpar Tho rahaIS are de