Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-03
transportation In Dlxie-Prls0n
LIfe--Exchanges, etc.
hiLirssF PESlrExrlkEF, S.LIssuHT y. c.
Friday Afssfnoou, April Let, 1874.


DEAE AKDiE:-fours Of the 5th ut.
reached me last Wednesday, and was
Of course an agreeable surprise. | wrote
you last Friday, according to my weekly
custom. You mention in your note the
contents Of the tAird box you have been
so good as to send me thank you An
die, for telling me as | should never
have knosn otherwise The first boz.
EiIh its successors, must have passed
into what the Brahmins Of India call the
Nirvana, state Of annihilation. as can
learn nothing Of them
The remainder Of the large box seat
by express from Richmond a month ago
has also entered the Invisible. We sup
posed, as Il had been broken open, and
more than half the SUPPLIES lost, that xe
might get shat vas LETT, waiting patient.
ly and nearly farnishing for ten or twelve
weeks Bot il was ordered otherwise
The Destioies are opposed 10 all ship
ments for Salisbury
The difference between shipping goods
BY regular trains and bg express dozen
here seems this Ia the former case. the
boxes are generally broken open. and
contents stolen IN tbe latter, they are
never heard Of after leaving Riehmond.
The advantage Of the express Is It's esEeA.
cy--in dissipating all traces Of the goods
aud all recollection Of their existence
You can have no notion Of The mode
Of doing business in this section Every
thing is insecure. Several Of the raiiway
companies have notified shippers that
they will not be responsible for freight,
whether stolen or destroyed, and the 9th.
er companies will follow their example
Here you can cot not get letters, boxes
or aught else nor eau you depend upou
anybody or enything We have al kind
of rumoEs, bat not trustworth inielhgenes
Weare insulated from Civilization, and
outside the Sphere We can purchase
nothing il we had the moBcy-nos even
stamps at the postotiice, nor the most or
dinary article Of merchandise at the
stores in the nondeseript town.
The future looks dark and grim as the
Oriental angels Munkar, aud Nakeen
and il | we're an Egyptian, should be
persuaded Typhon had overcome Isis,
and was shaping my fate.
Chant the elegant hymn Of Caiulius.
beginning 'lIymen, Hymenape Is If you
viii, But | must exelaim with Theseritus
bat, pshsw, Andie, | won't be classic,
after my African dinner of stalls bread
and my dessert Of disgust
If Mallebrsnche were right in bis phil
Osophic theory that all thought is the re.
suit Of Sensation, am sure have not
had an idea for months Existence
here is the mefest mechanism. and
one wonders how be gets through all the
weary dreAry days
/ feel myself as if bad been defraad-
+ ing some undertaken for q number OF
months Still hold to the old aphorism.
DaFum ed leirns &c IAilsnsiA quicquid ssteorpss
ne fSs
We are allowed no kind oflight in our
quar.ers. and "a we are unable 10 buy
candles, We are forced to group about in
the dark, or lie down.in our blankets 50
+ early that neither SOmnus nor Morpheus
will visit me until ! have tossed AMI
turned far beyond the midnight This
is a severe punishment TO me who have
All my life been unaeeustomed to seek
my pillow before the dawn. | need a
little light as much as Monisuis did in
0tways sad and unnatural tragedy.
Some Of my Acquaintance in the North
appear to think all the prisoners here
and in Richmond will soon be exchanged
Il have no hope, as | have said, for those
held as citizens, especially for Rich aud
myself. But we can endure admirably
after our long experience in Southern
prisons Nothiug further about going
to Georgia but expect to &c. of in that
direction.
Health and spirits no; 10 be subjugated.
Ever yours.
In stolcism and Bohemin,
JUxIUs A. BROwSE.