The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-15

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was TIE supply for awhils thai neh hnFe |
waised ustil o1clock il ~ ~ ~
for their t1ta = The skillst i SIAis
bake sinta loef q be@aa faehs$Ak elsss
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The trial =, hasda,dps K Ssh ~
priso1I ut o. ely - kno11 b. Co.,
eocs. Ad3s1 - IL things named was
the personal indignitiss Of number Of the
guard, snhs, 1saine1 y ~ asfeelise sss-|
ton Of the county, rejoiced in the exsr-
ole q srusleiss sunworthy IN honorable
r..
5 Our camp was crowded, and, from
want Of 6cilities TO clean it, Became
more filthy tbaa / dare venture TO de-
scribe. 50 Il ssS.c
BEooDHouNDs And MuRDxRxRs.
Several times parties Of prisoners at.
tempted to escape. They we're uniform.
II followed with bloodhounds kept q the
Damp for the purpose, and gsneslly
brought back, and for these efforts, which
are the duties of prisoners Of war, the
chivalric commandant ordered ignomi-
nous punishment. An order vas Also L.
sued that any prisoner escaping or trying
to escape should be shot by the man cap.
turing him. Our rights rs prisoners Of
war were overriddeD, and We were sab
| ject to the caprices of the commaAdant
and his guard, Who showed how veil he
had learned the trade Of negro driving.
| HoMEwARD.
Rumors of exchange presented them
selves in various phases from FIRST to last.
busying our hopes, cheering our hours,
and wasting in time to give Us . short
Ispell OF the blues before another came.
Bot the good time did come finally, and
with light heart entered on the march
to Shreveport. The trip down Red riv.
er passed pleasantly, and early ON the
morning OF the Esd ult. we opened com.
, munication with our guuboats ct the
mouth of Red River. In little ovel
: seven months Imprisonment / travelled
over eleven hundred miles in the Confed.
eracy, had realized a hitherto untried
phase Of military life, and gained an in
side view of the Confsderacy. / wa.
anxious to change, but there was . lit
tie bitterness left for me yet.
RAGGED FEDERALs WELL DRESSED AMI
RICH REBELS.
Our party was mora ragged than 20,
have ever seen men. The officers YER
: dressed in all the odds and ends of cloth
: ling that could be picked up at secont
j. hand 10 the inbosptable region where
i We had been kept. Bear this in mind
and judge of our surprise to see tn
Confederate officers arriving from pris
J ons at the place OF exchange with brar
T new uniforms better than their own coun
9 try affords, with new valises stuffed al
!, most to bursting with rolls of blanket
rubber goods, &c. &C., things contraban,
of war, not to be had within their owl
= lines, and 10 such quantity that they ha.
d to get horses to transport them the shor
distance between the boats. The differ
CuCC III dHPCdtduCc DCtWCSu tuC wv p8i
ties of prisoners was great as it could b
j made. 1t showed the muni6cent LIBERAL
ty and fear want of judgment and dis
erection with which We treat prisoners Q
war.
h REBEL IAPUDEHCE.
v Bitter words were in my mind, but
+ withheld them, and impulses were Eel
= that need not name when the rebel off
IS GERS SO favored made contemptuous re
il marks on our ragged appearance, an
e vented their spleen against our govern
q nent for the treatment which they ha,
= received. was astonished that they di
9 not hang their heads with shame for
. country that compared SO unfavorably i
n it's treatment of prisoners IS shown b
i our and their appearance. But | va
e soon on our own boat, and luxuriatin
J, in deep full sense of relief that passe
o the power of description, was FREE