New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-26
OUR LAST DAY IN DIXIE.

Z" How are you Jackt you're INC pestooAint uN!
"rs berry well Massa, berry wei. Hope yons well"
replied Jack grnuing until be made himself usiiei ,
Mature intended. "Is glad you links Is good loohlh
"Goodlooknc You re bctteJ-lookiug than ANY
man. black or white. ever met" $50, ,1o
lyon We odd notions vi beauty seld tne y ,.'tbp
smiling. That accounts for your beng al AO'"'''N
aNo. II don't" And I added. in tone too low for
Jack to hear, II only implies that until sd" '"''
darky, doubted our getting out OF DlAie
The Judge gave a low whistle
- SO YOU smelt rat = - 800, en- Ian.
Yes very big one. Tel US Why were you SO long
behind time >- TIL .oto
I'm tell ycu when The war is over ~, Now III take
yon 10 Libby and the hospitals, II you lc 20 90.
We said We would and. ordering JACK W Ioiio" WIN
the ambulance the Judge led us down the pilnclpu
tboYouehfare A few shops were open, iew negro
women were passing in and ont among thein ana ~"
wounded soldiers we're hmping along the sidewalks;
but scarcely au abe.bOded lnnn was TO De seen an!
where poor soldier VINO had iost pom reg SH ,sa
hand was seated al street corner asking INNS OF inc
colored women rs they passed Pointing to him. tie
Judge said; III. . .;, u
YOU will walk two squares III show yea thousand
An asking elus Of black woment Ib"t Is "Ho'"eI
Indication of what YOU are coming to- -.
He made reply. After while scanning our ioo
ssf be would detect hidden thoughts he said ID III
abrupt pointed way -...,., -. ro,.,~l,v Wly
Grant TO have attacked Us !es'e4""9' WY
didn't he DO it,"
.IIow should We know9'
"You came from Fosters only the day before 4Aa'
where the attack was 10 nave been naut'
"Why Mt il made -
"Idcn't know Some think it was because you came
':1nS, Tbot accounts for your being latel You
think We are spes sent in TO survey and report OIL Tie
route ,. .r o,a y,
mo. | 10 not. think yOu are honest men, ehu ~
And have no doubt it because he said so
that we got out Of Idcbuond. ,.n,,..
Bs this time We had reached dizzy DreA ouhalns
from one corner Of which protruded small sgn' Dear
ing, in black letters on white ground the WORDS;
LIBBY AND SON.
gIT.CH,NULERs AND GBOCEEs.
Twas three stories high, and wac told eighty feet
n width and hundred and ten In depth il front iue
FIRST story was on level with ne street HnQWhs
.pace for tier If dungeons under tie sdc"ak Dni IA
tie rear the Land soped away III the oaseMenl-Hoo
rose above. ground lis uhpalnicd walls were scorclsd
IA srpsty brown and It's suukcn doors ana 10" WIZ
.ows filed here and there with dusky pane. were
cob wejbed and weaihcr-stained giving the Whoe
building most uninyiting and desoiae appcalnlI
faxog haired boy, IN ragged "hutternuts ana
Union cap and old man, in gray reslmeItals, WIN
bent bo0y and impng gait, were pacing TO ana no
before it, with mu-kes on their shoulders Out no oh.r
"Jf ien Butler kacw thst Richmond was defended
by ony such men, Row long would II be before he looA
iti' said. turning IT, the Judge. . -
"Seyerll wears When these men give ont, our
women will ian in. Let Butler Try IT,
Opening a door ii the right be led US into large,
big. studded apartment with bare floor, aud greens!
brown walls hung round With battle end cheap
Autographs Of tho Rebel leaders several officers IN
.'Seecssiou gray were lonngiDg about this room ara
one of then a short slightly built youthful looking
uan. rose a. entered and. III baliponipous' hui
pb~suu v.
All Colonel Oud, am very glad to see you"
The Judge returned the greeting with stateiinesS
that in striking contrast with bis usual rsnk ana
cordial manner and then introduced The o1cer 10 US rs
"Maior Turner Keeper of the Libby ! had heard oil
him. and il was With some reluctance that took iis
profiered hand. However, did take it, and at the
Are YOU related to Dr Turner, of FayettcvineY'
NO Sir. i Of the old Virginia family" q
never met q negro wbipper ncgTOtrader who did
NOT belong to that lamiiy) " Are You North Carol-
miami
Before could add another word the Judge said
No Major; these gentlemen hail IRON OeorgIa.
They are strangers here and I'D thank You 10 SHOW
Certainly Colonel, most certainly. III do It with
And tbc little man hustled ahou put on his cap gave
few orders bis subOrdnates ana then I'D Us through
another side door into the prison. lie was u few
rods in advance with Colonel Jequess when Judge Oud
Your prisoner. have beed Turner. You zee be-.
MOI ,bo hyena they've represented"
TN not sure of hat,' Irephed. " These cl1nging.
mild hammered men are tie worst sort OF Q! rants AeH
they have the power.
But you don't think Aia tyrantr
81 do. Hos coward and a bully, OF i can't Tesu
Ebglish II is written oil over his face
Ihe Judge laughed boi.terously and called ont to
Il say, Major our friend here is painting your por
trait"
Il hope he is malins handsome man Of me, said
Turner In sycoyhsntlc way. .
No, he INT. Hes drawing you 70 'he Nc-ss IL
he'd know yOu for bali ceQiury
We had entered room ebon :1riy feet wide and
hundred feet deep with bare brick walls rough plank
Hcor aud narrow, dingy windows. 10 whose sasi only
. few broken pnes were cluging; a row Oh IN WASH
basins and wooden trough which served as bathing
tub were end Of IT, ond hall dozen cheap stools
snd hardJOtt0aed chairs Uttered about the hoor
hat II had no other funiyfe. And this ROOM W.T. i've
psheys Of similar i1e and appointments and two base
inenis 1oogod with earth and filed with debs compose
The famous Libby Prison la which, for months together
IhOus 4uds q. tie best and bra os men thal even MeA
10 baitle have ieeg allowed 10 70. and :. starve;
Al tie date Of our visit, not more than hundred
prisoners ere the Libby, its contents having re
Gently been cnptied into a worse sink in Georgia. but
slmost cons antly since the var began, twelve and
sometimes thirteen hundred OF our officers have been
hiyel within those lalfdO2eD desOlae rooms and bithy
cellars, VITA space Of only ten iec BY two allotted 10
czech for al Ire purposes Of living
OyeIruD with veTru, perishi. with cold, breathing
astifed tainted atmosphere, space allowed them iOr
rest by day. and lying down at night "ROrmed and
doveailed to- ether like isl AZ basket, Their daily
rations only two ounces o stale beei and smaI lump
of hard bread, and their lives the forfeit they
caught but streak OF Gods hue sky through those
6ly windOWsthey have endured there all the horrors
VI middle passage. Ny soul scAeled rs | looked on
the scene OF their WrctcAcdLcsH. II the liberty
hgbiing for not worth even 80 terrible pricef
clcaViy purchased even with tie blood oRd
agony of &c many brave ana true souls Who have gone
into that foul don only TO due or 10 cone out the shd
oWs OF living ghosts condemned 20 wax u night
and ~ fade away bcfO-c tie breaking OF The great day
that is corng-HhO would not en- out FOR peace icF
peace on any terms
bringing, fou. iDouthed brutal, contemplate ruilan
had caused al talb misery stood within TWO PAGES
ofme! could have reached out my hand. and. with
half an effort. have crushed him. aud - did lot
do III Some invisible Power acid ny ANA. for murder
was IN ny heart.
This Is where that Yankee devil Streight thst
raised he'll 20 among you down IN Georgia, got out
Sad Turner. pausiEg before II iut in the wall Of the
room. " 4 fue was here VOu see but we've hlck ed IL
tgD. m 10 t.s