The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-02-23

ratives OF Browne and Richardson.
Tho N. Y. Tribune of the 9Th gives
the narratives of Junius Henri Browne
and Albert D. Richardson, graa
L.l.... Mr.. Browne's story. ,.|.l
The first part of the narrative of Mr..
Browne is devoted to the attempts to
run the batteries at Vicksburg, and
the attack upon the boat from which
he leaped into the water, foatcd on a
bale of hay, and was captured early in
May, 1863. The circumstances having
| passed into history, and our columns
being crowded, We pass on to new mat
ter. .' .u' |' ''i' ''t
HIS IMPRISONMENT.
Immediately after his capture he
was throwninto Vicksburgjail, a loath-
some den, and thence removed to the
Court House. Finally, on the 10th of
May, he was sent under parole to the
rebel capital, with Mr.. Richardson Of
| the, Tribune, and Mr.. Colborn Of the
! World, and confined as general hos
tagcs for the good conduct of the gov
ernment," in spite Of the promise OF
Major Watts, Of the rebel army, that
they should 80 North by tho first flag
! Of truce. .ac,.i '........ T.. ..,I tnn
For this fagrant and shameful vio-
llation of faith VIC arc mainly indebted
Ito Commissioner Robert Ould, than
whom no greater hlsifer and trickster
1T do not wish to do any rebel inius-
tice- -disgraces the insurgent districts.
He rarely referred to us without pro-
family, and was mean enough to 90
out of his way to abuse us in his Off
cial correspondence while we were
confined in Castle Thunder. When
our case was referred 10 the Southern
Secretary of War in an unanswerablc
memorial, the following October
that we might have all the official ev,
idence possible to the perfdy of the
rebels-Mr. Seddon's sole answer was
our consignment to the Salisbury
IN. c. Penitehtiary.
...f. IN, LIBBY. ...
For the first four months he was
confined in Libby Prison. with the
Union officers. This was considered
the least obnoxious of any of the seven
prisons he had the privilege of occu.
pying during his twenty months OF
bondage. 'T--.u.aagil u.aia.t.
| The conduct of the officers, cspcci.
ally of aIittle puppy named Ross, and
q vulgar brute calling himself Richard
Turner, the inspector, was so tyranic-
al and cowardlyias to render the place
at times almost insupportable. This
fellow Turner, was formerl y q 'plug
uglyHiu Baltimore, and is no relative
Of Major Thomas p. Turner, the com
mandant, though the dastardly con-
duct and extreme cruelty of the latter
proves them to be spiritual brothers.
BIZ When tho weather was intensely
hot, and the atmosphere of the prison
SO vitiated and mephitic that it seem :
ed as if they could not live in it, the
self.styled "chivalry" would not per-
nit them to 60 upon the roof for few
minutes after sunset to obtaina few
breaths of uncorrupted air. They
drove tlrem down repeatedly, with
barbarous threats in the event OF Our
continued offending. .aH. us Iao"i
EH.'s IN CASTLE THUNDER. ' .f1
| On tho 9Th of September, IN com
pany with Mr.. Richardson, he was
sent to Castle Thunder. Hero he did
not like his company, though less tyr
amy was exercised and more privil-
egcs accorded than in Libby. Here
they witnessed much suffering but on
the whole the commandment was gen
teman. b,
There they made all the arrange
ments for concealment in the houses
of fUnion men in the city, and tried
again and again TO escape, always fail
ing through some other agency than
their own, until it seemed as if the
gods had forsallen them. A man nam
ed Alfred w. Brengle. of.Frederic City,
Md, who assumed to be very loyal
and exceedingly. pious, played the spy
constantly, and reported to the author
itlesI all persons he suspected of max
ing an effort at freedom. Toward the
close of their confinement there they
were discovered at an attempt at self
emancipation and thrown into filthy
and nosome cell, where, after fort
night, they were returned To their old
quarters, and a day or two after re-
moved to Salisbury, N. C.ad .Ht
-.'I laua.JIN SALISBURY. 80 a.....
This prison was designed as q place
of punishment for Southern soldiers
guilty of military offenses, but it prov
ed a desirable change. They now had
an opportunity Of walking in the yard
to breathe fresh air and exercise them
selves. Junius industriously exercised
his locomotive powers with a view to
the tramp over the mountains, which
he contemplated 50 soon as cireu'n-
stances would permit. lie thus de-
scrbes hisquarters; 1a" j ei.b1-2
Tho room in which we wcrc cohfin.
ed-therc were only 600 or zoo occu
pants Of all kinds in the prison, for
merly a cotton factoryAwas about
ninety by thirty feet; and a dirtier
smoker, drearier and more unwhole.
some place 1 had never seen. 1t re-
rninhnd mo lnf some old iunk.shop IN