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herself back to-day. True, thez say they are

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un, my Sharp riae, my ravotvar-my annall
rms they did not take as they were concealed.
saing Ur. Of Divinity WAS not largely armed.
Laughter.l Shortly after, strange to say, oil
he b1idges on the Chasanogee took fire at Il
o'clock on one Saturday night. l knew moth
ng nens aad = %s Ges carried eat Ths red the IT,
ors up. Our horses were taken, bureaus
nd chests were brok,n open, money
tolen, beds. blankets. all taken. For,
ay what they will, the blockade i
'uinIng them. There is no truth in the report
lille. can get three pair for the money in
Chicago: Tonight you cannot find q bolt Of |
cotton cloth in Nashville. To-day the aristo-
,racy arc using tin cups to drink out Of. In |
Knoxville there is not fne-tooth comb to be |
had. Laughter and applause.1 Not one
Of squattcr sovereigns hunting their rights in |
the Uranium. Laughter.
Then they commenced to shoot down our |
men for no other reason than that they were |
Union men. mention VIM Pierce, who IN
the month Of November wus pointed out as |
Union shrIeker, and shot. They would not
let him have water when in prison but told
him to call for It in he'll to cool his parcn-
edtonguc. It was common thing IN Ien-
nessee.
Retiring to Knoxville, I received letter |
from Gen. Geo. B. Crittenden, statlng that he
had been ordered BY the Confederate secretary
Of War to give me passport beyond the Con-
is sde1ute lines into the State Of Kentucky, to
Union neighborhood. I was about to accept
the Generals profer, when arrested on 1
charge OF treason, for writing and Publishing
what appeared In the Knoxville WAig as my
Last letter to my patrons and subscribers: On
the 9th Of December was thrust into the Knox
vile Jail. found in the Jail one hundred end
fifty Union men-the building crowded to
overflowmg:. Every man confined on charge
Of treason was o personal friend They ran
around me in establishment, and asked what
was thrown into prison for: Some Of them
shed tears, Others smiled, When theE saT me
arrest for treason on warrant just Issued.
It operated upon me for the time, but cried
out, "Cheer up, boys, cheer up. What are
YOU here forl For counterfeiting or horse
stealing? No, but Tor standing By your coun-
try! This is the proudest day Of my Life. Here
They oil said they would die with me in the
last ditch. Nc organized court and they
elected ne the judge, aud we tried the
leaders Of the rebellion. Strange to say, we
found them guilty. We couldn't exactly ex-
ecute them, but hope the day is not far dis
tant when may go back and put the laws in
force.
In that dirty prison but two-thirds Of our
company could lie down, and there was neither
bench, chair, block or other thing to cit or
lay upon. a wooden bucket and couple Of
tin cups, out Of which We drank, were all the
took cold and were sick. In five weeks was
myself prostrated and had to be removed.
Ny falnlly brought me i bed TO rest upon.
During the time was in Jail they doubled
the guard, saying I was going to make
my escapc to Kentucky. 1 was in there
illegally-in violation Of al laKIand n, .5; I
contracts, as to passports, or execute me.
Among the inmates we're three Baptist
preachers. One Of them, Mr. Pope, n years
ofage, vas charged with having prayed to the
Lord to bless the President Of the United
6tates, to bless the General Government, and
put an end to this uuholy war. Another old
nan-a minlster-70 years Of age, was thrust
into Jail for having thrown up his hat and hur-
rahed for the stars and stripes when compa.
ny Of Onion Home Guards marched By his
house With the stars and stripes flying over
them. The third, a young man, was confined
for having volunteered as chaplain Of Union
regiment.
1le sufferings Of the inmates Of the Jail wer6
horrible. The food they we're supplied with
was rank and unWholesome. rot permis
sion to receive meals from my fafally, other
wise should not have been able to live
through my confinement. One younger mar
{sinee dead} had for his bed ono layer Of homs
made earpeting and an old ovcrcoat served fol
. pillow. His wife came to see lin with :
little babe six weeks old in her arms. She va:
amodest lady. They finally permitted her go II
for fifteen minutes but no longer. I met he
at the door: She sped ner husband, stasgerd
and forgot her child. l took IT and held 1t To-
sobbing and crying, Neither spoke singh
word. I stood and held that child and gAzet
upon that scene. Ny God! May Tennessee
never see such sight again The wife has
six children at home and her infant but 81:
ns oa aax Sf6 6at te ns' e1prea %
| :1s5 ~ 49, ratS t1T;-no t. o,+ ~, ~nY7e
1aor came anq so, - at1a 4u a, us hus
teafS han5 ~ 5ood d1,,.nrdarad hg thnsa infana
hei1 tepele' 'ioee oe'As' la1ae1seo ~ '1' sps3'
ne11. n.,o +ha, h,,,,; f,+,,or ana oon 1uboc
1e tue5 un 9,e,r 1nue3tS ~ ~ +6e Wng1
~ sxn31asn ~ nav - oo,1,ra11a
fa+har 1m tae - ne ssor,aa ~ the an hf
az nar1n;tt,nn - aesih r. Sna to b,s 1elie
The 11he 4nast at1erfn @ case ~ boWeyer ~ was @ that
" ou "up' ~ ~ h,,nes = f31,r 4hat afYe
na naen oe Tis name NJ " was Nv WilIian Henry Harr
eo noS ss,f 4f he fs dannhfor 1,ieh1V ;nfel;oeI
o0d na 1sii Wa1i edncsted 1adr beaEng th;s aEf,
nous 1iu 5nr,no thn 1ov hastene1 tn The mi, m,
r;s;t ~tit ihe me- cnnden,ye,d y, % man, ne meeting meeting
~ ai' fstcr ~ ep1 3anvhtnr 1zsa scens E7;f
drer dqe Aa1 tears |''r fron fhe ewes of n Hun3re
ur5" ar5 sGv man 1,U 1nno I'M nsed r. harsb;
and and snfisr;nr tH} e themselves TheV emhra
81 edo and % I.issed each otber neither
the,n as,1e fo Htfer word fnr same fime
ahoat a one oeoeS the "1u eoupe M 1adT a apnroache
me ana az ssleS ee me e n gTts n her nome
d;s,etrh @ ehJ to Isfr navis NJ R;chmon as1si1
h;sp ;Ip ~ arn1,t ~ 1ordnn r. her fsthe12 4
; th;s ~. sta3;no IN he disnatc1, ~ fnIIows.
:, sn11' se 80. ,,es:s
7H: e. {sneaSon glh Od5's sa1f ia ,5er santsnca
hang fo.day at i O'Clock. Nv mother te dead: I
a16 .. - = 49, ~ u - - ,-,su - ~ sa - -
3 don lin. Let ne hear from yon By telegraph. ,
"E11zABETH SELF. =
: The young lady carried this dispatch to t
Telegraph ofhee, a distancs OF TWO m1les,
{ great haste, and had it sent to Richmond II
Q mediate1y. Shortly bcford three O'clock s
received IN answer from "President" DaT
committing the old mans sentence to impr
y manding General should sec proper The j
e | Of his daughter was Of course boundle'
g When I left Knoxville, On the Sd Of MARI
d Self was still in jail They threatened to ha
/ mr.. Iexpectcd it. It is miraculous that th
did not hang me. I Ideserved It, By their o.
/, did not do it. They dare not do It. TWer
It Of their leaders would have to atom for it. :.
, philosopher, counted up the costs in j.
e ! made up my mind to swing. only wan
70 aAe spseen IN snE g.1iU 4he
l. and if haye talent. Il is that fptlinE I'D ne
I'd thets. On the Sd Of M61ch went out Of j
,5 ,5 and started II charge Of Ad]ntant f9u4g go
n TIa,.,1fn r.. ,y,a+ , +-oin ratr-n;nnr ~ !
in 1870 An1 s11to1 ,r;t9 f,t1on,r1ad eni3iers
ID drink When they heard 7 wns there. L
le got rope. Times looked squaIly. Fl
=, Kere drunk enough q ana s. none @ too coca @ 70
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