The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-10

Unknown TO lhe pfisooeFs, the latter had received
orders not 70 allow nan 10 advance ra,sr than within
ten fees Oh The he and when he saad approached or
mo purpose 81 taking he ogs INSIDE me sockade me
seDioc exclaimed, Ten ieel from hs lno,n aud while
Speaking he Cred. IEomA Mofchead tpigaie), who
was ~ No Ont iurnsd whom tho order gwen, ior
The purpose o. returning ba, before ne hah moved
siep the pittY WAS discharged The BAL entered above
the hip, and, pss ny through HIS bowels, inflicted
mortal wound, from tEa 3ics,a Oi Nhch he dted tho
same eyeoing tho came bait, after passing through
horsbsads body, wounded another r'sa, nalsd Beach,
IN tho right arm, passing ~ oush the ,uaece.
Tho guard was arroslei and Tried by court OF ia.
quiry, the nearest seutuel who witnessed tho whole
affair lesliynS IA. hofenead vas shol 1 fifteen feet
within the gla'a Inc me rebel was sens 20 lie prison
al Tyler, and VS. es,Wlgls removed Houston soGe
vhion time nothing mas been heard OF him ~ men.
Personally .oi9ool Allen treated tho prisoners well.
fney received Tor ratons olepi Of meal and
pound Of heat Per day, with occasionally little SAT-.
Both The people and army arc suerng jor The want 81
even the necessares OF le, and all agrc6 that tho war
cannot last much longer starvation s staring tnom in
the face No corn vas raised IN Texas or onsana last
year. ind there s prospect any bong planted this
year,
THE r1oHAsoE--A HERALD Correspondent AMONG Tue
Nr&BEB.'
On the Goth day OF November the enlisted men fabout
four hundred ana orty) teen citizens ana
pendent, Mr. iialey Anderson we're marched 70 Camp
Parole en miles from Shreveport for the purpose
changing them. And here may well state that the
18th inst the ctSens (Mr. Anderson ncsied) arrived
az the town OF shreveport La asd were be shipped
20 Alexandria by the hrs steamer, and Immediately ex-
changed.
PASSING rms euARD-Ys,Hsns
On the 2ath OF December Lieutenans Green and Whit
st escaped from their guards the former refusing 20
give his parole OF honor not TO atiompt escape
attempting TO the sentnes which, fortunately,
accomplished without detection, by Borrowing paroles
from tNo other officers.
Nothing Of importance occurred until they saw up
preaching in the distance large body OF men, and sup
posing them to be rebel soldiers they hid themselves, in
tending concealed until the party passed. but
view they discovered that they Union
prisoners under guard and They at onco determined 10
Join them as they supposed that from the direction they
we w n
exchange And IL proved FOR. after quietly joining the
party unobseived, they found that they their
way from Houston to Shreveport for the purpose Of being
exchanged. Provided with prvates coat each, thoy
marched along with the rest and without further adven
turs arrived at shreveport
Here they separated from their friends who furnished
them with two rebel coats and hats, and now being at
tired ss rebel soldiers, there little danger OF
detection though they still wore their blue pan,aoons
This statement may somewhat surprise your roaders but
u is easily explained when inform yon that hundreds
OF the rebes wear our pants, and many the full uniform
they left shreveport they had the pleasure OF
seeing the prvaes OF their regiment about four hundred
and oftyl, Mr. Anderson and the citizens who had left
Tyler with him. They all 10 good health and In line
spirits a, tie prospect OF an early exchange.
Procuring SIX DAYS rSons ana pas ,h Themselves OF
Monroe. they passed boldly out OF shreveport, aud
started in the direction OF tho Red river taking due east
After march Of afteen miles they succeeded In
reaching Red river that evening, and were rowed over
TO the other side by slave, Who furnished them with
supper, aud directed them 10 cotton pen, where they
weather yeas verv cold ana thnt thew had hm one vnt
blanket each. When the sun was visible they managed
nended entirely mon sms, nockei comnass which one
Of them fortunately possessed They found the country
dat and marsby and full OF bayous many OF which they
were compelled 10 swim over.
DUFcg END WELL.
On the 10th day January they arrived at Red Shoot
Bayou, which il almost as wide az the Rod river ITSELF
iiOw 10 the other side they know not, tho
very rapid and the distance too great to SWIM
Ater searcninE n VAN TOT SIKH, sho hnang no nu
man oeing Or naonaAon ~ Wy ncNpooInnoa lucy Cvn
Guided 70 ouid rat facIng vuIeo ogs sac ~ sue
tney Iastene0 tnon toge,ner VIII ANU uncn
cd them from Two ogs pacea oUnluey unaer .hsm. 90
~ ~on "v - ne s,da ana had roacnaS annnt
one third OF the distance wnen me gave way
the logs parted and Doln siid inIo we bayou AFTER
swimming and nounaerlng about ior some time against
the strong they roacneu ~ Ssiey 'ne u"nA om
Being we to he skin and the weather bitter cold they
tried 70 ignt ue ny ne.ns y Mn,vn sney nau
conccaled N me nns .S ~ no ou' wIs
90 wet that they were unaoe 70 40 So iney non took
OIL their CLONES ana wtunB hcn US y as ssioe oeioTe
putting them on again xnen ,ney safsea up inc oann ..
in but aid NOT succeed until they had walked three
miles, wnen tney saw say ' ~ p'e0v VI
ro a Sar ner IN ~ N the evenn
pc pIomsea 70 10" 'ne1n oNei 'Ah ~ wv osehuS'
and kept ms wore; a ,o,,a ,,,ora n,on "a covoroo
Ihh oIoutns u as ro,s n,bsnd S.;,nou, ,ro"hs ana
with pine: nfe was my ~ r sn od anu Anu
camping ioI 'no ss ~ y, sna orn,y .cssasn% nS
sne o,o.no s an ,ho;r eas, vrara co,r.e ~
nopeu's r aaa or TnT rrrAcx on ANY TERMS
hooa fhn
Wneuevo ~ o .,. ,ha, ,ha. ,yaro ranyrn@
pausa.on ~ a,,er haS,nr hasn e SSrsyen,ri o
" .ym n, ono n,ace a. which thew s,onpaa Mi
ht ,hn .ora rrov;ded with sppner and breaEast ana
.rsa,sJ ~, ,.o, Tne family was comnAed or a man
sor,v Of his wife and three children aud the
planter: among other questions ssked what was oul''
a. General smith and what was tho pros
rect Of peace as everybody was tred.o the war they
wcreaso asked II IL was true that New Orleans was taken
by the negroes reported that they bad risen,
seized the arms taken Fort Jackson released the Con-
federste prisoners confined there, and killed all the
.Yunkeer men, women and children
Al every plantation where they stopped peace was
most sincerely wished for any terms, and in many
cases the parties confessed that their cause was gone
mast recovery.
isroRrASr NroRnAuoy lEAgyED.
Continuing their Journey they found necessary TO
ford and swim general large streams; bat in tho
latter case they managed TO keep theif clothing dry by
placing II upon log and pushing il before them to the
other side several day passed thus wbout anything
occurring worthy II note when heir havesacks beco.
ing nearly empty they followed by road which they
struck aud which led them TO a plantation. IL proved
10 be that OF Colonel Grey Of the Loui
sapa The Coonels son about forty years Of sge