Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-01-09
"Ahl Yankee born ard a traitor
you deserve TO be hanged y

:" SCi tahiiJ was HV' NA'' ~u5uoy '"ui'
inasmuch as his parents did not so much
as consult him as to the place he wished
to be born, and he could not have helped
it if he had tried. This he laconically
stated.
They we're then placed under heavy
guard and conducted to Brooksvile, the
headquarters Of General Pfeifer, where
they remained during the night, sleeping
upon the ground, having nothing TO lie
upon but the grass, and with no covering.
On the next day the guard conducted
them to Priceville, into the presence Of
Gen. Jordan, who thus addressed Mr..
Aughey:
Are you a Unonist ?"
/ am, sir"
Where we're you born 7"
81 was born in the State of New York
"A state which never repudiated, nulli-
fed, seeded, nor did any other disgrace
iul act. / am proud, sir, Of my birth
right in that glorious Empire State"
If you love the North so well, why
did you not go north at the commence
ment Of the war ?"
"Give me passport, sir, and | will
go north instanter."
The first passport you will get will
be free ticket to the Internal regions"
" Thank you for your kind offer. l
was not before aware that you were the
devils ticket agent" was the response of
the Divine.
Soon after this interview the guards
SET out with them for Tupelo, where they
were incarcerated in the central military
prison. There were some seventy or
eighty prisoners in that gloomy abode
The prison was filthy in the extreme. 1t
was not supplied with any kind of furni
ture, not even beds or blankets. At
night the inmates lay down on the hard
plaHks and slept as best they could
They were starved, insulted, and NAL
treated in every possible way, A strong
guard came in daily and took the prison
ers out TO do scavenger work in the
streets. At three o'clock every day some
of them were taken and shot or hanged.
With a Mr.. Malone, Mr. Aughey at
tempted to escape. His friend did es-
cape to the Federal lines, but be was re-
arrested, heavily ironed and replaced in
prison. They sent out two companies Of
cavalry with boodhounds in search Of
them. Mr.. Aughey's arrest took place
after he had been out two nights and
day. Several of his fellow prisoners had
been shot during bis absence"
On his return be found that the floor
of his prison had been spiked down, the
guards doubled, and great precaution and
vigilance exercised to prevent any future
escapes. The Judge Advocate of the
Confederate Army OF the West came one
day and told Mr.. Aughey that be would
be executed on the following Tuesday
As they had determined to hang him, ne
titioned to be shot, but the request was
refused. He resolved therefore to at
tempt a second escape, and in the event
of failure, draw the fire of the guard,
and be shot. He preferred to be slain in
the excitement incident to an attempt at
escape, to horrid death by strangulation
at ropes end, amid the jeers of a rab-
BILE. His fellow prisoners aided him in
removing his chain (the heavy bands
they could not remove,) and, although
the prison was strictly guarded and sur
rounded by camps containing fifteen or
twenty thousand armed men, yet he elu-
ded their vigilance, and succeeded in
reaching the dense woods. At length.
after incredible sufferings from hunger,
thirst, fatigue and excitement, he reach
ed the Federal lines at Rienzi, Miss, in
safety, where he found protection beneath
the folds of the old flag.