Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-26

the rublfc = statement Of my arbitrary srTcs; b.
Brevet General Burbridge. II ] only vas per-
sosAils interested, I s1o1d Dot trouble the pub
tic With That which concerned me alone. should
be content With the infection Of severe personal
chastisement UPON the autbor OF my arress ard
tsose who rule him. As every citizen Of this
country IL as msch interested a. ] am because
10 man knows The hour when be himself may be
kidnapped. ana either Imprisoned or exiie1-i
sink personal considerations and write for the
pubic good, ss all are vitality interested.
Again tbe dignity asd honor OF ms own native
state has been ruthlessly stricken down bv the
Illegal and arbitrary srrest-with0ut charge
confronting Witnesses or irial-of IFS second OH
Ger. by an inbecile commander, under the com
piete control and by order of an apostate priest
Tor bis own base revenge. For these reasons, J.
ask. through your columns. to present 90 the
public the following:
| write without feeling, but fearlessly. Ii the
truth hurts. / can't help il. Three days after
the election. on the 18th day Of November last.
| was arrested BY Captain Halves, at my country
residence. tweuty- four miles above the city Of
Louisville, on the Ohio river. He said he arrest
ed me by order of GeuerI Burbridge. I wss
carried down to Westport TO waIt FOR The CiHcin-
natl and Louisville mail boat. As | was arrested.
though illegally, by an officer Of the government.
/ mad no disposition to resist. With toe slightest
encouragement on my pRrt, a portion OF my old
y V @aNA NA1 ECaNa BhNt hC111NA
1 me. So, along the line Of the Louisville and
Lexington railroad, l Discouraged all such at
tempts. / was conscious OF innocence and court
ed investigation. Ii was not given me. I was
two hours in Lexiogton.I believe at General
NcLean's headquarters. General Barbridge was
in the city. de did not see me. Why Be
cause he knew that he had arrested me Illegally,
without the slightest EoundatioD, and therefore
be wss too cowanily to meet me. he and those
who govern him had murder In their hearts Too
cowardly to have me executed. they intended to
place me between the lines, where the ~probabili
ties were, and which they hoped would be, that |
should be murdered. Man proposes, God dis
poses" --s
here asked to see my daughter who was go
ing to shool in Lexington. | did not get thNt
privilege. 1 do not know whether Captain
HAYES forgot to ask General Burbridge or not
At Cincinnati ! informed Captain Hawes that |
was not prepared either in the way oil proper
undertaking or OF money that | only had
S25 In money , that | would ~taerelore wish TO
check on the bank OF Louisville for money
and telegraph for the mail boat TO bring re my
clothes lie SAID he would telegraph to Bug
bridge. | believe ne did so, and that vas the
lass Of il. However, kind friends, someoi them
entire strangers, slipped pe IN money and under
shirts, aud l turned al Old pair of pan5aloons in
to drawers-my inventive faculties being sharp
ened by nearly freezing one bitter cold night
III u nae not Deen IOr tDc-e kill lTit1uS, ltbOull
have been placed between the lines with about
SIS in money. | believe il was tbe intention
thus. to place me in order to force me--if | was
not killed--to abject submission. They little
knew me. | was very kindly treated by both
officers and soldiers who bad me in charge. /
was strictly guarded both BIZ day and night. |
was only permitted TO talk on the most trivial
subjects fg#frf sfHW #tH
On the 18th OF November. 1864. I was placed
ootai1a tho fodoraI 1ipa- 0uI "a cnpr Of al. ordsr
to this effect given me
+" By order of General Burbridge, place Col
Jacob outside of the federal lines. by the way OF
the kanawha river, not TO return curing the
war, under penalty of death"
| was across the Gsuley alone and afoot. Ny
valise, small as il was, was an incumbrance. Ms
whole fortune was on my back and in that Va
lise. | sat down on a big rock and nplateo
my position. My reflections we're bitter Why
was l thus treated9 Was it because L was tru;
10 the union when that cause was doubtful, anC
when 1 had the casting vote and had cast I
against my own party III the legislature, .whel
, the cause would have been lost IN Kentucky, 1
| had not thus yotedl Was il because | had, il
: Il time OF peril, raised 4 splendid regiment, be
! sides recruiting many hundred more men, and
c forsaking friends, and family, and a comfortable
n home, for the hsrdship- and perils of the battle
5 field? Was il because ! had defended the con
e stitutional rights OF nv native state. the right oil
j. free speech. N free press. free suffrage, and tn
: personal right of every citizen to be tried betor,
he l. condemnedr Was il because | had exeI
cised The rights vi an American citizen, and hal
freely descanted upon the merits of Mr.. Lincoln
pohcyr Or was it to crafty the personal re
venge of a political priest who used poor Bur
i bridge as a tool2 We shall see-I had thus Il
conjecture because | had not been confronted
| had no charges preferred against me; l ha,
not been openly condemned. | thus ~refecte'
bitterly: but time was passing and had twelv
miles 70 walk before me. | rose from nv ston,
seat. with t~he.proud consciousness OF .rectitude
a that, at last, il was but the action of bad mel
and not my country, and for that country | wa
still willing TO risk my life.
h l also reflected: III am thus treated by tn,
o officers of my own government, how will those
a fought against treat me ? / first tried to escape Il
Canada. Finding / could not penetrate the mil
itary lines, | turned nv course to the confede
rate lines. and after walking about one hundre,
r. miles | came upon their pickets, to whom
showed Burbridge's order. | was kindly treated
| then reported to General Echols. then to Gen
: breckenridge, and then by permission of the wa
d department. on parole OF honor to Richmond.
e Was everywhere treated kindly. l never had
cross word OF look during my stay in the confed
eracy. never pushed my opinions, bnt neve
denied my being a Union man, aud was Away
i honored for so doing. They never doubted m
position. They only calculated whether IL wa
o more atrocious or more ridicuious-the act Z
r banishing a man who had fought and bled for hi
G county It took an imbecile under the charg
a of a crazy priest. to conceive such a Punishment
V Mr. Prentice being ready to start back to I'll
United States, l wrote and sent by him the fol
lowing letter TO the president, Mr.. Lincoln:
~ RICHMOND. Dec. %, le64.
: To his excellency tne President of the Unite
States
SIR On the night of the llth of Novembe
last. l was arrested by order of Breyet MAO
I. General Burbridge. at nv country home. ,
miles above Louisville. | was carried TO Lex
ington. and kept at Gen. MeLeanis headeuarter
come .~o hours / courted. and confidently ex
bridge. 1t was not given me. | was by his OF
= der carried under strict guard, and expelle
through the federal lines. under penalty of deaf
: If | returned before the war was over. / Wa
thus forced By necessity int the confederat
: lines. TO accept the hospitality and protection c
= people that | had fought against, aud after
had shed my blood in defense or what / consio
cred a noble cause. Certainly one must hay
committed q great crime 20 justify such a fate
poor return for wounds received and hard servic
rendered TO ones country. Even a thief has n
: boon of being tried aud condemned before be
punished. Seized as a felon not permitted {
talk or consult with my friends not confronted
: 10 charges preferred aud no tria! permitted, | al
:, hurried through the lines 10 accept the hospital