The New York herald., 1864-09-18

Mountain Stsssn the prisons Of the oonfederscy, fur
nshed US By the soldier himself escaped nom that
mos, horrible and ioatnsoms lazar pen ever Known TO
political hate, o. ranooro0a eowsray warfare in the an
sAh of h'story-the dungeons Of 81 Mark tho Black
hole Of Calcutta not sxespsd-ths ssockads Anderson
vile, Georgia
cAPsURE AND YIRsr MPaINoHMENr.
October, 1868, she narrator, Mr. Aphonso Barows,
vas serving in a Vermont cavalry regiment, under
General KiiFstrcs, and participated the action al
Brandy station, sougn on the lltn OF October Having
cfc'sntiy aud bravey performed the duty expected
OF them on the asd hs sxtrcaton aud preservation 0f
the artillery belonging 10 the cavalry under General
knpatrcss cenmGud the brigade 10 wn!cn yf. Baros5
be ongrd found themselves within the CLOSING wings OF
greatly superior foFcs which bot Iaoent before they
had broken through with . swoop they charged 10
cheek the movenepts of sne enemy retiring sti-
ery. Another chaSgs-tbe iorloro hope airy when
confronted BY Infantry, cavalry and artleyUss one
for self preservation there being retreat save through
the SERTED lines OF The enemy In this charge numbers
OF the brave fellows OF the brigade tc NJ Barows'
sqnedon captain lleu,epant aud eight were cap
tlred by tie rebel General Fitzbugh Lees command
and from thnt scot marahed TO CulperpeF, three
miles distant. Here they remained oil night
Next morning n,nsier OF prisoners wa called,
which showed three hundred men, belonging to various
conaots, the n-joiity being cavalry members of
the One Hundred and Twentieth New York nfsntrS.
Here they put ths and buried 10 Rich
mond receiving not the sgntest pnstenance noursh
msnt On The way On ihe saina day (the l2sn ucooe1
they reached pchnond sod the whole patty we're a.
oace 20 Lbpy prison. Before their consignment
| thereto the prisoners drawn up 10 lnc ara
ordered give up everything IN their possessoo, the
being evea hat iaeif deprt ot tde same
@oad only termiaaon os captivity,
apG whom lho order of release exchange came every
thine would be returned 10 them. az all had 10
chey wl,S tho exception of Few sE.awder sprtS han
! the rost, who watched their opportunity, while on
!he TO BCbmond, coacsI whatever fo@
sFeenbscks Other valnabies they possessed.
fmoae a iew OF shc latter was Mr. Barrow who sht he
sole OF bs BOOB, snd with The aid bis good knife,
worked three do-r sreenbacks bets the inner
and ouser soles. which afterwards stood his friepf,
nasmuoh tho enabled hin 10 parchase necessl.
ries which greatly tended 10 suoseauen, escape Al
Richmond they Erst ccnhaed 10 the L,bby prison,
TO the vie dungeons Of which they led in the dark
Of tho autumn evening Whatever Improvement or
ame,oI alton OF their condition hope with the morning
light, might have promised them sadly dispe!led
Wnen the full realization OF their situation burst upon
them on the following morning Tho Internal Libby was
then more than fu and the first suerpgs OF Nr BaroWs
and his fellow capves Of Brandy station inOlera
ole from nero contact with their fellow Union
prisoners of an earlier date. The verm,n swarmod
upon eyerytb;n ard the appearance ~ the nncr
,rna.ee, who enaca,ed wsh suffering. rore,od ri
vators tortnr-s that the coIiers dreaded 30
Contemplate, iearruy prophetic wss everything
around them their conaE fate. From Libby prison
Of the later czptives removed 50 Pemoar
ton tobacco warehouse, and from thence another
bscco prison which had ina. been vacated By the prison
captured al Tho battle OF Ch,csausuga After being
some time confined bere they removed TO Hello
Isle, where the suiierings or some ten ilouaaud
throughout the winter intense from cold aud
gern0 tho slightest attempt. the aintast pro-
vision being made 20 lessen ssusge .her suTeringa.
only during .he day 'hs roor su1erers would seea
such repose the bare earth Afforded, the nign cold
driving al saep from thor eyes, sni compelling them
to hudie in the holes which .hsy bad deg The gronad
aoa IN which they kindled the little f-es they we're
permitted to bira. Here onr informant remained
throughout the winter up TO the uonia o. Ma oh sben
some eight hundred put The cars, Ges
tined cor Andsrsoavic "a
uE TIE TRAINS TO ANDrEsosvILLe.
Through falsely excited hopcs tn Inflated iaor
gabced lhey their ay 70 oe oreau soc aad ~
~ u u,esri@ent, melancholy 50 witness oi toe
more deoilitated, ths Sasat not, mo journey
lena acyod out, and when, 30 rcseatci aqu,is 20
their destination, they Informed they their
way Georgia, All bope sesrsl - da out of ;oa
third to tie eg1;A aud eoncudrg ssy OF lie aosney u
Nas trsin OF death Despair se!zed upou The srofgesi
ne men were lacked sixty car ding "a closely
ptsshe, means ct nti.ticN ser ayca}t
the DOORS where sentries standiDs oueido e',
much 20 euGbc thcm - wa'Cn heir prisoners
sde horrible heat es 3io~nast siates, attacked
uy, generating sweat thai aid not break out on
faoe bands inbs, but o0Iei cut through iacs
and parchcd tnouths aud throAss, causing hc
greatest gony. ony survived thng," says ne '.ly
1,ous shlnq down on ue aoor iac chr cliur rcc
In ~ u 2
time 10 inhee BREATH Tas wax the ons -t5e
only alsvasicu of their agouy Re me- had.
kNpsssOsvifLs.
Al last they reached Anderson viie sever having bed
the way the during tie savsn terrible cays ot
tre journey. and here crcunstsnce nay be stated
II respect the feelings o. soldiers
sceracy towards III OF The Jaion army whom Ne
fortunes of sAcject 70 their meTcy Dir. daroTs
states thai himself aud fellow prsosers received greet
deal consideration ami experienced much more
sry the Scrth Carolina 8usfds, Who iormec paTs
tner escot, than from the Virginia trooIs Who formed
part the lhcfa higher regard
se amoDg the prisoners for Ire South Carolina troops
than Tor their less Wind aUo lesE chiv.us coraes OF
Virginia. Ihe Georgia Soldiers ioo, very anxious
t. traGe With the Yankees, exchanging bscuus
jacket buttons OF the latter the brsa~ buttons sell al
dollar piece, the possession haf dozen buttons
beng eagerly sought and higny prizod ASdersonyils
last reachsdAnd ersoaviie, nov 70 Eoiorsous
and hfrea ter 10 be word of greater reproaca and OF
greater stigma tnsn tho Libby C~s,e Thunder
fee Isle itse hcte the prisoners sick aad well, we're
huodod Of the and be terrible stockade stood
before them. Np "a ths POINT for miles the cars ran
through denaeiy pine wooded csuu:ry and even nero,
with the eIcepien o the ground cleared for the sioex
sdc all loiy plnesood syOry side gloomy, i'm
pese,rabe aod ss enng to tbs heart the desoAr
iuf thoughts could make itshouan1 TOO suggestive o
tue poets lines over tbc entrance g. his nferno;"Al
ye that here leave hope behpo.h Anderson, lie
before tpe Known only 10 tee travellers on
! ihe rsi road by name marked ny a iSg hou-e, the
oay break the tinuiiy OF shade. Spcs then
IL hes chosen OF from tho
contending Ines bang In the ceatre OF Goo.s.a-s.
prison, 6ogoths for urnn prisoners Dcre "a clear.
ipg the deep pDc wood nrs. OF flaen
rnd sfterwaroa the uumbsr OF prsoners Increased,
4 uA.At rtus-A C
bUt strong constuct0r o. pine vcia, occUa IN etape
AID having lsido M outer luaiLsssat ", within t~
~ feet the outer sarennorg Iecr (tCen set nish -
pDcthcr open fence Dr psiereius. .nR tSs,ty Iest
space between Is tDe desG too sady real
iss eeevy day by ihe gior Of Uuoa 3ocersin she
innolstiou OF thcae OF tho prchiboc and
the penalty and often Ia ,he aie =. many who scceps
OF dsDbsiieDce ez relief from the sow sgogy
c living death. Into this ssgCsafs, within spsce u
sboai sIgntsep acres, penbV1 yogt .asr