The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-20

s>h reig destroying property Is tney did In South
Caroise&
hal seon sor>Sy,sa. ssded By the heavy rams Of ran
which flooded M Ssks ana es, s up ne sa 20 ' 1S
I'D with tie work an al AAS % 40, WI xa,a
OF roads il has 70 .vc.snroy and bridges ~ -.-.-
deem II almost fabulous ON this campaign along 'e
We must aa, made one haEdfed miles q isaa aAd
mil, several miles Of trcste work and bridges This is
ne sary country where the rolds IN - q "a ~
lima Is one continuous range OF gloomy, dark somose
pine woods.
Tho ,oves around Iaurcnburg at the opening Of on
Campaign through Carolina had organized party WIN
the intention of forcing their way to oar lines fne pios
discovered aud AZ one y .ner ana
All # nd Of mock tr o. twenty ,hve were hung S>
Robert Johnson Col Robert Dacker ana app, 10, Of
Richmond county, were the leaders In this '-arbarous
or Fayette, lie have spoken sufficient. In my rormor
despatch. II sa poor struggling KIND or town, with
few buildings of any importance,
/. IS a, The head Of the Cape Year river navigation,
which gives il some imponsnuSp. It's place Of some
also being for several yeey the residence oil the cee
bratcd Flora McDonald Whose name has been peeu-
last hone Of the stuarts-the exied Charles Edward.
With womans tact and tenderness the fanfui ianuen
shielded the unfortunate Pretender iIoagn Ie
Princes last words to h were "Gente fithili maiden,
hore we will meet again in the Palace Royal, never
had the exilcd monarch chance OF repaying ms gra,
tndc In l775 and her husband sailed 10 America,
settling in Fayetteville The toering ruins of the house
is yet to where they resided The troubles OF
the Revolution followed.
The CHI EFF of the clan, Mcdonald, having accepted tho
commission OF general from George ILL.,, his kinsman
In North Carolina Joined his standard captain but was
captured in 177o near Cross creek and detained pri
for time. After his release, broken down IN
hopes and fortune, he and Flora returned 70 scotard
where she died In 1890. Her shroud was made With
sheets in which Charles Edward had slept at kngsDuy
Foote remarks that Massachusetts, has had her Lady
Arabella Virginia her rocahon'as ana Nor'n 0af0sla
surrEnIsos OF OUR PRIsoNERs IN COLUMBIA, g. O.
The following account OF the suferngs and privatons
of prisoners has been chiefly taken from the state
ment OF First Lieutenant Meyer Twelfth Pennsyiva-
MIA cavalry who had been prisoner for twenty months
and had managed TO escape to army on Their entrance
Lieutenant Meyer was captured at Point Of Rocks, Md,
IT. 1853 days after the battle OF winchester
From this he and several other officers and prvates were
back TO Winchester by way OF Staunon thence
TO Richmond and consigned to Libby prison,
is needless to detail the eegancies OF Libby lie,
Of which he fully parook On tho 18th, 4an .n q
Others were transferred TO Danvie, Va, where they
remained but four days Thence they were sent to Ma
filthy cattle cars the 18th. Here they confined
tho stockade on the usual allowance OF short
dirt and neglect AT this time there were about 4O0
the following Eve generals prisoners there
Brgadier Generals Hickman, Theion, Vessel, Scammon
aud eymour all OF whom have since been exchahged.
On the 2sth day of July they were sent to Cbaresto
where they arrived next day Here they were consigned
the city jail with convcts and women Of loose charac-
4 ter Here they detained fifteen days, and trans
ferred to Roper Hospital where their treatment was
pretty good The Sisters Of Charity attended them here
bringing sick decaces such fruits fowls and the
like Here they could see the flashes OF the guns from
] James Island and two shells struck the building.
un .nc ~, y, y Cm6a and nlaced IN ann neaT
Ealuda factory, two miles from Columbia. Here they
placed right down in the woods without hut or
tent Of any kind After two weeks they were supplied
with TOOLS with which they made hus of logs with
their sides covered with EARTH While here several died
from want and exposure and three were killed while
trying to make their escape Of whom Lieutenant
Eikaws, Second New Jersey While here rebel officer
kept six boodhounds at the headquarters These were
regularly drilled every morning In presence OF the men,
and often exercised In hunting down and capturing
escaped prisoners One morning the dogs came down to
seized tn and Cut their hroas and threw them into
deep hole. When they were discovered the officer re-
Marked yankees win suffer for this" After this our
officers were shot
While at Charleston and Columbia two shylock
brothers, named ounby and Potter took bills Of OK.
geenbacks two for one. We were glad enter into this
swindc in order to save life. Their bill Of fare here
spoonfuls Of salt and pint OF wreched sorghum mo-
asses This the ratons issued for 1--WE days They
OF their clothes SO many had effected their escape
from this place. transferred TO the lunatic asy
lum Enclosure which was large yard with high brick
twelve houses, each house containing thirty six
They then soppsd ssppyng Us with u Iu
sse as be shey could some under houses
and some beside the walls Here they remained until
the night Of the 14h February when on the approach
Of Shermans army half were placed on the train for
Charlotte Many OF these escaped by making holes In
the night through the with knives which they
concealed their persons The night dark and
rainy, and favored their escape. have not got the
names Of many OF these On the 18th the balance Of the
officers sent or Some sixty OF them managed TO
escape in the following mannsr:-
In the yard were two hospitals. These were Temporal
ry built with space under the oors and also be-
tween the ceiling boards and roof Into these the
managed to creep and conceal themselves where they
lay for IS hours without anything eat drink Here
they lay concealed until they heard the firing front Of
ia al
citizens until army restored them TO liberty might
say TO life.