Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-01-08


shout you that do not know how you are treated
there. Write to me as soon as you get this and
tell me if | went there could be allowed TO see
YOU. II gricycs me very much to have you taken
away in your dirty clothes, and did you not get
any change Of clothes since you were stole away?
oaun0t rest aud content myself and have ynu be
there, but putting ny trust in Almighty God, that
you will soon be home. John Mullins arm Is get
ling better, and he has been working here since
you was stolen away We got the potatovs out
and Elijah Thompson drilled the wheat in yester.
day. Elijah threshcd the wheat and the oats, the
The neighbors are all we'll Joel Connrd, James
Michener and a good many others have gone to
Harrisburgh and Chambersburgh at the call Of the
Governor. So no more at present. but remain,
Yours, truly until death.
ELLEN HICKEY
Can anything be more touching and
truthful than this recital Of wrongs perpo-
trrted upon these poor but honest people
Poor women, well might she think that
her husband, who had been thus, ruth
lessly stolen from lis potato patch, had
been "kilt entirely" Shame upon an
administration that could thus invade the
poor mans sanctuary.
One OF the victims Of Fort Lafayette
was a gentleman from tho State of Mich
igan. His children raised upon pole a
rag through which he had been straining
blackberries! Some neighbor who was
at enmity with him--a man of the Bob,
Clark stamp--startod the report that he
had raised "a secession flag" and sud
denly he was seized by the Lincoln KID
nappers, and hurried off hundreds Of
miles, and ncarceratcd in Fort Lafayette,
and kept there for more than six months
without any attention being paid to his
case He was finally informed that there
was no charge against him; and that if
he would "take the oath" he might go.
Perhaps, my friends, you would like to
hear something about my associates in
Mort Lafsyette. | will say that more
honorable, high toned gentlemen it has
never been my fortune to be associated
with.
Gen. Butts was from the State Of Ggo..
gia-a gentleman in every sense Of the
word. lie is some sixty years Of age
He has never been engaged in any hostile
acts against the Government Of the Uni.
ted States-has never been in any way,
either as a soldier or a civilian, connected
with the Government OF the Southern
Confedcracy. He was arrested, or rath-
er captured in this wise He had gone
to the coast in order to select cite for
boiling salt. for the use of his ow, nlon.
tation. Whilst exploring the coast in n
small sail boat, he was capsized in a
squall Of wind while clinging to the bot.
tom of his capsizcd boat. n United States
Government vessel came upon him and
made him prisoncr. and carried him to
Fort LAFAYETTE. where for mara than siy
months he was held prisoner What
makes his case peculiarly hard ono il
that his wife is a confirmed invalid
This gentleman. capturel in Ji.tress
captured under such cigcnmstanco3 as
would have induced even Larbarians 10
set him at liberty, was held n uri.opor--
was not permitted to holI any 90 re.pon.
dence with his friends in the Sopth and
although again and again h. asked TO be
paroled. pledginp himself to ramain non
trail until the close of the war. unless
sooner exch,npcl his rcoucst was rcfns.
cd. and this estimable gentleman wo.
doomed TO lanouish in nrjsou. kent from
his distressed family. He was narol,I
about two weeks ngo.
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