Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-30
Sws EseaPsd EnIseis Soldiers from Libby
Prison
Frsn The shieaso Journal. Dss IL


Tws RsezPsd EHIBess sosdIers from Libby
Prisoa.
FreE The shisago Journal, Des.Ll
This morning we hsd a esHyeEsslion with a
youBg man named Thomas j. Orr, . private II
company +, 18th Illinois infantry, who, with
another prisoner, ESCAPED fTsm Libby prison at
Richmond on the night Of tie 18th Of Nevem-
Der, and succeeded in safely reaching the Fsde-
raj EHes. The oIher pEisoner's Mans is VIM.
CaHRirs, = sergeant ia the 73a rerisens Illinois
infantry. On is q native Of Canada East, near
Montreal, and enlisted at eyeamers, in this State,
ard vas captured on the I4th of July, at Jack
sen, Miss. Csmmiro Yves Woasdsd and cap
tzred On the ChicksnAugA.
Ths manner of their escape is thus staIsA /:
TIE night WAS very bsistersus and rainy, sna
taking advantage 81 this circumstances orr and
CalEnl-.s made g .T9pe Of thsir bedeIOihes, aud
Hits it let themselves down from q ssree siery
window t. a sidewalk on = public street Of Rich
msns. There we're tive s~en.inels near tks spsk,
enly ffteou feet apart, but ewing to the bliEdng
eject Of the rain, the prisoners Were net siseoT-
cred, ana hastene5 cut ef the city as speedily IS
possible swRm James river below the city, aad
BY & ciIeuitous TeEts reached White Oak
sE&EFs, On the Peninsula, aad eoReesliRg them
selves BY day snd t~ravoiisg in tia night, reached
lac Union liEss, at Williamsburg, = week after
- AAG AEklUL6 1lA EHENE
liBe Of escape provided them with food. They
pasted tkEough a line Of Notifications ssne three
niles In extent, near james river, about, four
niles fTsA Ricbnsnd. Heavy guns we're ia
p~ssltisn, sza many of them, bat not q soldier
was to be seen In or shout the works, and Orr
says that II he ceuld have found any spikiar
materials he certainly eeuld and would have
spiked every qua On the Notifications, there hs-
ing nething to prevent him. Bat he had re
tisae fer delay, especially siEce his companion,
having . Ps,qful weznd, required much care,
and sould net walk rapidly.
HaTing safely arrived al williamsburg. wiish
Is gsrtseaed BY eur fsrcss. the tive hsd No fur-
tkeI q Asulty. They went to Yorktown, then
70 FoltTsss HeEres, and t1ense by beat to
6sitInefe, where they were grated q twenty
days fatlsugh 70 eeHe home. Thoy reached
this city last night. =
Orr, whe appears like a very modest and can
ala .ysasg mEH, In arswsr 10 ear question
Wasther the pRsiiskez reports abeut the liz
trsstnsnt and severe ksrashiPs of sur prissEers
at RiehsisRd, arc true, declared that tie treat
ment ct eur mca At Richmond cannot Be- egg.
geEsted--shsir su4srings and hardships are
hsrriele, and the treatment ef the rebels is
hesrt!egs and baFbarens. The daily fsod fur
nishse 70 each prisoner consists of snlv ten
erzees OK ~esrnbroed, made sf Hnsifted neal.
aEs an euacs and = half 81 boiled nasat-tbis
Is tke regular ration fer t~wenty-four hsSrs.
When IA lsft the prisoners were dying At the
sats Of ffela City to one hundred par ssy-ssme
OF tho disease called bloody fax, which could
act DO cured or checked for want Of proper med
isines, and others of actual starvation or dis
cases esgendsred BY the want Of s~ufaeisnt and
wholesome lsod. The rebels at Richmond claim
hat the number Of YANKEES priseuer there ia
twelve theutsad seven huRdred, and thew were
making arrangements to transfer many Of them
10 Lynshburg snd Bznvills, Virginia. The
nanbcr in Libby prison Vas Tires Hundred.
Lyman Dsnpis, OF the Sh Illinois cavalry, YVES
vary sick in Libby when Orr left, aud was not
expected to live. There were very few Illinois
OF Wisconsin ssleiers smsng the prisoners Al
Richmond, Though quite q number from Iowa.
Meet Of the prisoners arc Eastern men.
Or feels quite certain tie. the number Of
rebel soldiers g~arrisonipg Richmond does not
exceed 1000.
Orr, with four othor prisoners, maie his es-
cape enso before, but was recaptnrod, He was
then among these ia The Belle Island prison. on
Jannes river. They knocked down the guard
with :tenes, and swan the river. One Of their
number was caught ia q fishing net snd
drowned; snothBr was shot, and be and tha
osher TIVE were captured, taken to Castle Thun-
and chained ts the feor for .hrss dsvs.
without anything whatever to eht or drink
turing that TINA. Orr says he came near diving
sen, and emily wsnders he didn't. His hose IS
lt Sycamore, ia BsKslb county, Thither he
,ees TO spend his fuTloagh.