New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-08
Who seeing us come from NE Rebel hospital supposed
Us TO be u gsons or their assistants.
THE JOURNEY 10 OUR LINES.

For the hrs thirty hours after our escape had not
MOI sci Of food or draught Of waters for the first
nifty six hours We only ate three or fonr ounces OF
tainted corned beef and about three ounces OF corn
bread, TO the man. We were q good deal weakened;
but the hope Of freedom was so strong within Us that
we suffered little inconvenience from It.
For the FIRST fifty miles found only two or three
white Union people; but relied exclusively upon the
negroes. Whenever We met one uiaie or ieuaie' Oh
mature wears we told them, with perfect frankness
We are Union prisoGcrs escaped from Salisbury try
inc 10 reach our homes and NO want you TO help Ms"
They invariably responded promptly; sheltered us
whenever they could with anything like safety and ai'
weys fed and piloed u.s. 50 far their fidelity was
concerned. we felt inst safe among them 90 II we
had been in THE Tribune editorial rooms.
Fourfths Of the prisoners WHO escaped were nsoaiy
caught and brought back; VIC exercised the utmost
caution We Travelled only by night starting at OF "
o'clock and seeking shelter two or three hours oeiore
daylight Silently and like specters we mnrched aiohs
with one man thrown out ahead as picket. Whenever
lie faucied he d.uger be raised warning hsnn ana
we al stopped AMI stepped aside, or waited th the
coast was clear. The weather WIS very severe we
we're sometimes compelled to lie all day shiverng upon
the frozen ground No, daring TO build hres Ihs o's
Of ,eep compiled with scan food and hard walking, was
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we seemed to have reached the very point OF human
CT durance but when. in our EXTREMIST need we were
almost ready to despair. help always came to u.s.
In ffy mites we struck tie mountains. From that
point to our lines, 2)O miles by tho Iouto we uaS'eo
we were constantly among white friends. wan "ha'
cleaness those men and women Of the mountaihs-"no
have all suffered inconceyaby for their hdeity 10 Tue
| Cause-,nany of whom have had their nearesb a"u
dearest relatives nurdcre1-welcomed nnd sheIoseu'
and fed and pilotcd usl With what oVefhow'ne o'e
;hey took n. to their homes aad hearts, anu pe'Aeu
their own lives TO did usl have seen iDuon
during the war; but except IN the negroes
have witnessed TO loyalty worthy to be meutioh'u
with theirs. approach it rever,pty. with uncovered
head a, the holy Of boies in the temple OF patr otsn
| When we met them they gave us welcome warmer
than that of kindred; when NO parted IRON thein ''
sure macy erveut prayer went up from their hn
Lcartls 10 Oar Father, that He would GUIDE Us through
the difficulties Of our long, wear'some journey! a.u
guard us ayant The peis that beset nno ch'1o"cu H.
The two mountain ranges, in mid winter eo'eteu WIZ
70 II Snow, sometimes appalling 10 oul scHus
ioiu. and fosb,ten feet; bat lad posed through
the Slough OF De,poud aud come up from TIC 'aey OF
the Shadow Of Death. To eyes those frownins fis
NC the Dc.ectabe Mountains, and every tien1! !os
, cabin was the Palace caied Beautiful
QUIZ COkALo. OND-Nlt 40 liz ~ ''Ni'
Our v,rdrobes suffered quito much our persons
Cannot speak of myself for We did Lot carry iooe
0 rls.se, but "Junius" wes q jet for painter
Tie Fstes seemed to decree, that my colleague wen
naked into the Confederscy deaving the most of lis
,l,obe IN depcst a. the bottom Of tie Mississippi
rvs he should come out CT In the sano condition
oyercoo, he had none. Pantaloons had been torn to
shrcds and a,iers by tie branbes and thorn bushes Of
I'm ia III. had a
That II was given to him aiter lie had lost bis own il
a Rebel barn) By q warn hearted African. as smal
tribute from tie Intelligent Conirabandto his old icnt
tho Reliable Gentlemau--br an African who iet WIZ
the most touching propieiy that 1t would he shame
for ANY correspondent Of TIE tribune to 30 bareheade
. ~ long as a single negro in America was the owner
a hatl IL was q white wool relic Of the old red sand
stone period with q sugnr.loaf crown. ard broad
brm drawn down closely over his care. hAe me bonner
Of al Esqulmanr. His boots were surendous reidta
~ ton Of the report that leather scarce among the
Rebels understood IT "a be figure OF rhetoric bu
the result Of actual and exact measurement when III
y ducel him TO call taem tue Seven Leagrers. Ih'
.runl portion Of his body which was visible beiwoei
: the tops OF bis boots snd the bottom OF bic hat wa
ROBBED 10 old gray quilt Of Secession proclsies ant
taken for all In ALL with bis pale nervous face and BIZ
remaf kabs costume be looked like cross between h'
DAN. ELLIS.
We hhd been for months fan liar with the name d
Dan Ellis. famous guide. who has done nothing from
the beginning Of the but escort persons through "a
our lines. Ellis is genius and his life Is romance
lie has taken through ihsn four thousand refugees
never losing but one man and be lost through his
own indiscretion. Tie party had lived eight or ten
days, TN Winter among the snowy mountains. upon
marched corn sn declares that parch6d IL inst
ls good 10 travel the most Luxurious food II a
man only think. so but feel bound to ssy that have
tried IT, and don't think so) Tho man In question finally
revolted and declared be- would have hones, moGl
ifhe got nptared So be went house obtained the
meal and did get captured Early in the when
our lines were at Louisville and Lexington Kentucky
Ellis conducted party after party o refugees ~ those
points four and i've hundred miles through the CuC.
beilind mountains.
He IL wary vgilant and sleeplees Al Indian. and
krows every secluded path and every Union man
through All immense range Of country Again and
again We were told for back the Journey. Ii you
once fall into the hands Of Dan Ellis and obey his
dcrs you are perfectly safe" We did fall into bis hands
$50 miles from lines in peculiarly dangerous local
i,y and to he ike the shadow Of great rock 10
weary land. He Just starting for Knoxville with 10
Union refugees. United States soldiers returning TO
duty from their homes within the enemys lines Rebel
deserters and escaped prisoners Some twenty VI them
were armed and forty mounted. The moment be over
took us the road. and told who wore he sad
Boys here are some prisoners escaped from Salisbury
almost worn out with the journey. Get down of your
horses we can afford ride and let these walk.
From this point though some Of the country
perilous than any We had passed. through. fsi. CON-
IPsrs,iyely aafe.