Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-02-12

ArrExpr TO RESCUE REBEL PRISON.
xRs.-Federal Gsard Attacked By q
Re5el Mo5.-Sone tall hanging should
be done for the outrsges spoken Of in
the following statement from the Chi
csgo Tribune Of Saturday;
About SIX O'Clock on Thursday
evening train laden with rebel prison
ers arrived via the Chicago and St.
Louis Rs>soad, and stopped for mole
than an hour upon the track, q short
distance below the Chicago. Burliug-
ton, and Quincy Railroad crossing,
waiting for an engine to take them
across upon the Illinois Central, oppo-
site Camp Douglas. The train was
behind time, and quite crowd had
collected to meet it, for what the se-
quel will show. Soon after the train
atopped, several persons came forward
and shook hands with the prisoners,
making such expressions as these:--
"You are men after my own hear" I"
1--WE entertain the same sentiments
that you do-you are down on the id
sbolitionists and so are we." "Pass
out your canteens and we viii bring
you water" A perfect shower Of can.
teens was handed from the cars by the
prisoners, and taken away by the sym
pathizers. A guard requested that his
too might be filed, and received in re-
ply: "You id abolition rascal, I'd
see you did first. and then wouldn't"
While the filed canteens were
being passed hastily into the cars, one Of
the Captains discovered that they were
filed with whisky instead of water,
and ordered the guard to empty those
that were presented, containing whis-
ky, which they did. By this time the
crowd had increased to upwards Of
three hundred, Of which the officers
and guard concluded from their con-
versation and actions. fully two-thirds
were secession sympathizers.
The emptying of the whisky from
the canteens was the signal for an at
tack upon the officers and privates OF
the 34th Iowa, who were guarding the
prisoners. The mob tried to open the
doors ofth cars, threatening to kill the
officers if they didn't let them go in to
see their Southern friends. Others
were so defiant as to say that these men
were not, and never should be prison
ers in Camp Douglas. During the me-
lee W. w. White and another police
man came up to quell the disturbance,
and arrested two men named Mike
Connor and VIM. Hickey, vino ap-
peared most troublesome at the time
One of the policemen was knocked
down by the mob, but still held to his
man, and, with the assistance Of the
guard, the two men were taken from
the crowd, who were only kept from
following and rescuing the men, by q
line of guards being formed across the
street by Capt. McClanahan, of COM
pany F, which prevented the mob fol-
lowing the police. Afterwards, a stout
individual was very loud in his secesh
demonstrations. and tried to incite in
surrection among the prisoners, and to
urge the mob to release the prisoners.
Refusing to desist from his outrageous
conduct, Captain McClanahan placed
a guard around him, with fixed bsyo-
nets, and ordered them TO run him
through if be still persisted in his hsr-
sngue to the prisoners. Not until af-
ter he had been pricked by the bayonets
did he believe them in earnest, but he
became quiet just in time to save his
life.
About dark, when the engine had ar
rived, another squad of men came run
ming up to the train, and one Of them
asked the engineer how soon he was
going to start. His reply was, "in
about two minutes" "Can't you wait
half an hour?-I have good reason for
making the request" said the leader Of
the gang. To this Capt. Nc Clanahan re-
piled, eve are going to start within
five minutes; if you or any Of your Sc
cession friends have any idea of attempt
ing to rescue these prisoners, now is
your time; our men are prepared for
you"
As the train started, they were heard
to make some threatening reply, and
were seen in the dusky twilight hurrying
in different directions, as if to summon
a crowd together. but this was the end
of their demonstrations