Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-14

| from the Northern army were eonhnst IN q
buiidiBg, until Castle lightning was appropif /
Aied to thsiE sole oceupsrcy.
The msiu building Is one hundred feet long
fronting Csrey street, BY fJrty feet wide is buil
of brick and is four stories high. An extension
OF nearly equal lsngsh, eqlsl hight and thirty
feet wide, extends from the center Of thc rear
wish su angular extension attached to The latter
OF about halt its size. In The lower part OF the
lesser building is done the prison cooking. The
upper part is occupied by the prison guard On
either side the main entrance, which il 6fsan
feat wide, and leading from Carey street. are ths
efhcers of the connaadant sad of tbs nr;so1
and bis assistants. An extension and yyidapino
OF the ball serves As reception room for vie,
ltorS The lower story Of the main extension
described is occupied by the prison conu1isssrv
The upper stories Of this and the main building
Are h!led 9th prisoners Al the Windows hsvo
COEDEAfsED CELLS.
There are Eve condemned cells, two on the
ground h0oT and three en- the second ao5r. Per
sons under sentence OF death, or accused of TIE
highest military efimes, and refractory prisoners
upon whom cold and dark eel, short Tstions
and corsonitsnts of handouts and bah and
chain may be thought to have sslulsry effect.
are pat ia these cslis. Theirs is not a boliday
exisieRee, Their alternate rroans, eursss.
prayers and cisshi1Z of thgir chains do not forn,
a concord of sounds agreeable to listen TO bv
the day and week. wrote more than enc an
peal 10 the military authorities for those award
cd tbs death penalty, and more than one fare
veil lstter to vile and frisnds Of those whose
death sentences We're executed.
THE CITIZENS ROOMS.
The best room ia tie prison ia the "eitizsps'
room" Il is not cnly the boSt room in Castle
ThuudeT, bat lie acknowledged as the 71Dst cam.
Portable Of sny ia the Riehmond prisons. Ex
eept brief sojouTn in another apartment, the
course and particulars Of which will detail
elsewhere, this was my putting up place during
my stay IN the rebel emporium. And ssEyiug
here, in this, the most comfortable place even,
is pu ting up with good deal thst IS uncou-
fatsbls Ii Is room soout hity feet long bv
thirty wide, and hetYesn fifty and sixfy Is the
aver ge number eonfsei here. There are four
windows, tWo lceEiag On Nineiesnth strsst snd
the other two sAJrdIDg panoramic view Of tie
roof o 8 snsekiy shed and daIk, damp and
dismsl alley The curious, dissereeabls smell
always pervsding prison revealed its presence
with disagreesbis Strength snd persisieney a,
my first entrance, though happily the smells
here, afterwards learned, hsd not hist double
dishls.ion parvadiEg sons other rooms.
A Rembrandt scene Was that presenting itself
chilly struck with its picturesausnsss, artist.
cally considered The lurid glaTe Of two iimlv
burning gssHghs revesled in grand and gloomy
shadow, men most qusintly grouped, and to me
there was wild stTaBgeaess in their looks /
savage yielding 10 stern fate-that eensorted /
with the huge square beams overhead, The lofty /
ceiling, massive supporting pillars; large win 1
dows and interlaeing bats, defyihg escape and /
crushing bope. The scene lost SONS of its pic
turesgueness during my prosracied Bojourn I /
loved no art the less, but liberty mols. With /
this strange gang each day made me moEe IA
miliar, till | soon came to know sil their names
and when ald wheIe they were captured. A /
mutual misery made as infinite. AdYargisy is 4
3 great levelsr Of social distinctions Ny heart /
and thoughts are with them TO- day. IDromised |
10 make every sff5Tt I could to restore them TO .
liberty, and I have not and shall not forget the 4
promise.