Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-12-01
WILMINGTON, n, c., NOV. "a, 1864.

o.; tuesday, last we had the pleasure # meeting Ma
y 81, Z. FgRGUs, formerly OF Wilmington, bat
-i.l, II Alabama WHEN he broke cut. The Ma
- nteiea the service ir an Alabama regiment among
Grst, and continued eesiveiy employed until the un
-unate battle of Missionary Ridge where be had the
rtuaa 10 be taken prisoner, and con7eyed q tour
.n having opportunity of practically testing tie
FL sucnt bestowed upOn captive soldiers con incd
. PotDt Look, Fort Delaware aud Johnson's Isaod
T--y are not msde any too comfortable, and nothing
e . cal La dons for t.aiT conf rt can c2m2 amizs.-
p.s. Lookout wog about the worst place, the guards
l, brutal negroes and the worst Of these were North
Ca,,ise negroes-the First North Carolina" as they
a-ss called. We're not some Of the scenes oc-
s.r,5ag there painful, they wouId have been
..Hccous
.oeNa-F, ont Of Prtsoa Tent Time 10 p m:-Con-
sgahe Offer steps out Of tent into the street, ard is
.i,u. "a by negro guard" = bat you doin dar-what
5l af,er?' Officer explains what he would wish to
e al -, using polite word OF three syllabIes ncom
~rs0,1zyIs by guard who repeats his challenge and
41a ION 10 Cl2er, who feels thus obliged to very
a,n ani not quite polite Saxon word of one syllable
Dlr-zar-now l cotch ye--n0w l cotch ye tellin'
svo asoses FGst ye say ye do one ting-then ye do
o'er 'CIar 10 God ball gettin mighty hot in gun
a? can't keep it Car. You go in right strait Of Or
shoot" Eat officer, or if not, perhaps gun does go
2. and Jbe extt is final
Last wilter at JohnEon's Island the c3Ij was iu-
mase The wind swept without impedimsnt across the
ve sIT1ce of the frozen lake, and he thcrm0meteF
k % twenty degrees below zero, and times even
oyer 4 small stove with little sappy wood was al
~ 20 heat large room. Che raton5 were iDsulf-
.'at-the had dysentery-no suttlers allowed
7nJtI soneme in april. All these seventies were ex
Fused the plea of retaliation for alleged bad treat
rell Of thsir prisoners at the South. Ia April
z1E allowed 10 visit the prisoners, who, one way
CT aIo.hr, were able 10 pay for some comforts. The
-c!=c, OF course brought 70 hqnor-that was not a.
owe hui Plantation Bitters " medicine, which
akl u large doses will proGuca effects That might be
s.aben for those arising from the use of whiskcy-in
lin terms, thay will make drunk come aud thus it
pPeoei that the poor fellows in prison, Ignorant Of
# cs of the medicine. got inntcsntly hgo, aad
rsrtaOn Bi5ters inc etsed IN popularity until they,
S well as Hoslelers, %cre co f5cattd by the gaard,
and prohibited in future. Fort Delaware was not so
BAL as Point L}okolt, Bat bad enough, aud sickly
sn ug1.
Major FERGUS came on parole, with the sick and
wcu oed exchauge1 at Savannah. He rcpEesan;s tie
spills aud determination OF our returning officers and
za IS high and unbyoken by captivity sickness Or IL
seoti1aut They are surprised at tic tone Of depres-
son IL which some Indulge well as At -" little va'ae
-,ycled 10 Confederate curr~n.y. II vc.y W Is
appreciate it more highly than cur own PeoPl seen t.
do, The army scout the idea OF being whipped or
coyed.