Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-02-05

were tbleVes: cut-inroatS anu WQlHe'
lnf ill-mme Of the lowest caste, Co
graut l shall never witness Ibe 2lik'
agaia. When first entering the Gel
Iwas greeted sith j+ers and laugh'e
By the demons; ind while Speaking
| to thej ilor, who had not yet icf:,
FELT something, and turning round
was in lima to Stop one Of gtlt
scouodrels from stealing my handker
chief; Ills failure en- bis part trough
forth hisses from his more txper
companions. l made them under
stand tha. Ibis was enough, So | WAS
troubled no more, The filthy brutes
10 amuse themselves, would sit ;oI
hours gathering lice f ON their bodies,
and when having a sufficlenI number,
would ms Ike a ring, the size Of a
saucer, aud put he ytrmln in the
middle, ani the one "ho got to- The
n rgin first would be put back Oh
the,person to preserve tie breed, aud
the rest were killed. This game,
With gambling, was their chief amuse'
men'. has. gai
The next day,rs glorious sabbath,
| received lbe joy ful tidings. to Ere.
pare to 60 10 the ludianN Penl'eo-
lialy, Jeiltrsonville, opposite Louis
vile. It seemed IS il | was going
from eaI,h to paradise! Death
would have been preferable to the
place | was in, One nigh. Of torture
sufficed. At ten o'clock | was
moved to my new quarters. Here |
had the honor OF meeting Southern
men citizens who had b:en incar-
ceraled for freedom of speech. The
reader cannot but agree with me, al
though it was a penlten'iary, that !
had entered paradise comparatively.
Everything had clfauly nppea,aneel,
and what was wcrli of consolation
to me was, | had men of my owu
opin ons to converse with The
food W; 5 miserable-rye coffee, badly
made, cold corn bread, and fat rerk
but we were sometimes given The
liberty Of buying food more palata'
bIe. But, however, towards the end
this was stopped. The tyrant, Boyle,
a native of Kentucky, and command
er of The post at Louisville, issued
an order prohibiting ciazens sending
food, or venders selling it to the mill
tary prisoners confined in the Peni-
tentiary: A. 5 o'clock every even
ing We were ordered to our cells and
locked up until 10 o'clock the next
Cay when we we're lctout, formed lato
single file and marched to breakfast
on entering The dining room We were
waited upon by oIa of the conylcis
70 our meagrs food, and when
through were reformed and taken
back to the wing Of tie irlson to
which we belonged.
My sojourn in this prison was two
mont hs-v which is considered close
conlinC ment. At the expiration OF
that time ! was carried to Camp
Morton, indianapolis. Ia this Prlsor
| met with a great many old friends
captured at Fort Donelson. l was
kept here two weeks, apd with thre'
/ hundred Others was sent to Johnson
/ Island, S,nduaky Bay, Ohlo. Her
as at Camp Motion ! met a numbe
of old acquaintances, who we're sen
to VickSburg ina few days alter ou
arrival, ior exchange.
I If it had not been for the circum
stances attendant my visit to tn
island, its beautiful scenery woul
have been pleasing, indeed. Wh
has ever viewed the placid waters
! Lake Erie or Sandusky Bay witbou
becoming enchanted? Who has eve
seen their glimmeling, sparkling
blueish waters, rufll d by the balm
Southern breeze without rapluTe Q
, delight? Gaze out npon the eA
, panseless bosom of Erie--see IN
, hundred white specks here and ther
The ,a,ch, the schooner, the mSJe'
ltic gunboal, going and coming lro'
their different ports; and then "gaz
o'er lhe bay, There is the city
. Sandusky, and lurtherto ihe East an
!, West is the deep green wood--th
, maple and the llnn--whose margin
, at ihe waters edge. Oae would fai
ask himself if LIBERTY dwells there
, and echo answers in the negative
|, We we're once a h'ppy and a pro
.[perous people--aut now, aias' tt
q effects of the var We have waged uro
! the free institutions of the South
: felt: the anvil is idle in the shop, Il
: grass is growing in our streets; '
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