Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-10

he did not hear him. heard the cracl
OF "A musket, and saw the bullet strike IL
the sleeper joint just above DR.. Pierce. BJ
the good providence of God, il bareIy
missed him. ! assure you we took carl
nov we put our heads out OF the windowl
after that. AT Castle lightning, opposite
to Castle Thunder, guard fred upon
soldier ut the window, the ball taking ef-
feet in the arm, and he was brought 10 the
hospital.
The second scene that witnessed in
Libby prison was tho selection of Captains
Sawyer and Flynn, to be executed In the
place of those two that were shot for re.
cruiting within our lines by the order Of
General Burnside. An order came iutu
our rooms that all the captains should re.
port below, and thero was q gay time among
them. They said now we are going to DO
parOled and go home. There was a smile
upon every cOunteUanCe, aud We said one
to another, don't you wish you was cap
tain2 do. ! would like tn lAAya this
place and 90 home. Seventy. five captains,
with light hearts and happy countenances,
passed down stairs into one of the'IowGr
rooms.
When they got down there one of the
officers came in with AN order from Geuer-
al WinJer, that from this number then con-
! nncu IN tnt LlDoy EEI6Uu Two were 10 De
selected by lot to he executed in Hetnlia.
| tion tor the two that were shot by General
| Burnside. They stOol there around the
/ room in Il cir ular. A box was placed 10
! the centre, and in that box was put the
lots. Two OF the chapl0ins in the prison
with me came down to witness the draw
| ing OF these lots. Old Father BrOwn, o man
whose head is almost as white as snow,
chaplain of the Sixth Maryland Regiment,
was the man who was to drnw the LOTS
The lots fell upon Captain Flynn and Cap.
tain Sawyer: one WIS from New Jersey
and the other from Indiana.
The third scene that trauspirei in Libby
prison was in regard to Colonel Powell,
who, in AN engagement with the rebels,
had been shot through the breast, and it
was supposed that he would die. The re-
beis came upon him where he was lying in
his gore, aud wanted TO butcher him in
cold blood. He was sent to Richmond and
put into the hospital.
He had been in the hospital about two
weeks, when the man Turner took him
down into the basement Of the building,
and opened door OF Il dark, damp cell,
and said TO him, "get in there" Colonel
Powell said, "Sir, for what am 10 be put
in there? ?" Turner said, "God d-n you,
out what you are in there for He went
into the cell and we got word Of it in the
upper part of the building. and Ore of our
number got down below, aud Colonel Pow.
ell got chance to send slip OF paper to |
us, saying, al am here in cell, have |
nothing to read; have only n few leaves |
of Matthew, which have got by heart. |
can hear you pray and sing up thare in the |
officers room. Pray louder and sing loud.
er, want to hear you"
Well, we began to inquire how be came
to he in this cell. Finally we asked Gen.
Winder why he was in the cell The Gen.
eral replied that he did not know why It |
was, and General Joncs know nothing
about it, and said he had given ano such
order. Our government, after tune, got
word of it, and they informed the rebels
fbat.unless Colonel Powell Fas released
f:Om that cell, Tn Officer Gs rqOal FRak
would be put in the snme condition, and
then Colonel Powell came out of the cell,
having been put there simply upon Turn
er's authority, and because he had the
power TO do it. a truer. better. and nobler
man never lived. A better soldier never
drew n sword in battle. His regiment is
the Second Virginia cavalry.
II happened that the whole regiment was
recruited in Ohio, hut nj that time our gov
crnment had no need OF cavalry, but was
willing to accept them as regiment OF
infantry. They crossed the Ohia and ten
dered their services to Gov. Pierpont, of
Virginia, who received them and commits
stoned the officers, calling them the Sec
ond Virginia cavalry. and in this way
Ohio loses in the count twelve hundred
men. have seen men confined in the
dungeon two days on bread and water, for
50 NI,rt ia Nrh
house. have seen a member of the S1th
Pennsylvania regiment confined in one of
these cells five weeks until his clothes
were mouily. ln regard to the charge |
against me. They said there Was abund-
ant evidence against me, but was suffer |
ed to go with the other Chaplaius. and l
never heard much more about the charge.
They permitted me to fare as well ns the
res. OF the officers, aud to choose the soft
side Of blank to sleep on. When friend
came 10 TO see us we could not offer him ii
chair or a stool. We had To sit on the
floor.
Among our number in prison we had
one who amused himself in scketChing.-I
lie would sketch the new conner in his first
observation OF the prison; next as he sat
down to mediate on his condition; then
with rebel paper in his hand reading
rebel news; then disgusted with rebeldom
as he laid himself down to seek some re-
pose. There lie lay, stretched on the floor
perhaps without blanket, and a stick of
wood for pillow. There he lay down TO
repOse: Next he made discovery, and
that was that there was one of those great
grnybACks ut work, about as big as large
grain of wheat. We understood the gray
back process very we'll. The Castle Thun-
der poetry said that the lice were so big
that they themselves became lousy.
On the Fourth day July We determined
in Libby prison to have a celebration, and
by odds and ends and scraps among the
officers then in Libby prison we gathered
together material enough to make Union
hag-the stars aud stripes. We had to
make it very secretly. We had men OF