Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-18
Alisffellan,p.

yItl1leilStttU. J. es ] 1g The following thrilling story is frou,
 the pen, of ALBERT D. IiIcHARDsos, corres Ipondent of the N. Y. Tribune, who spent twen ! ty months in rebel prisons. It is taken iron
 bis book entitled, The Field, the Dungeon J land the Escape e " and is ere,y cord true, I
 THE ESCAPE. 4S5, I A good spit sriA make ase ot anyfhsng seil turn dseases to commodity. KING HENRY " ss 6ssasSta --I. l On that Sunday evening. Ealf an hour be I fore dark (the fatest moment at which tbt guards could be passed. even by authorized persons, without the conntersign,) my friends I Messrs Browne and Davis, went out to the
 Rebel hospital, beyond the inner line of sen tinels. as if to order their usual medical sup
 plies for the sick prisoners: As they passed Il in and out dozen times day, and their faces were quite familiar to the sentinels, they were \ not compelled to show their passes, and MT. \ Browne left his behind, with me.
 I A few minutes later, taking with ms long I I plies were usually brought, and giving it to 2 duties, started to follow them.
 Asif in great haste, we walked rapidly to- ward the gate, while, leaning against trees, or standing in the hospital doors, half dozen of onr friends looked on to see how the plan work. ed. When we reached the gate, I took the ! box from the boy, and said to. him. of course for fho hanefit of tha sentinel: aaai
 T an. going outside, to get these bottles fill- ed. shall be back in about fifteen minutes, and want you to remain light here, to take them and distribute them among the hospitals Do not go away, now. ss5 a
 The lad, understanding the matter perfectly, lreplied ]: ii Yes, sir; ;' and attempted to pass the sentinel by mere assurance 5f sa 75 I had learned long before how far man may go, even in captivity. by sheer nntive impu dence-eby moving right along, without hesita !. tion, with confident look. just as if he had a right to go, and no one had any right to ques- Ition him. On several occasions, absolutely saw prisoners, who had procured citizens clothes. thus walk past the gnardsin broad day light, ont of rebel prisons. '
 I think could have doneit on this occasion. but for the fact that it had been tried success- fully two or three times, and the guartls severe ly punished. The sentinel stopped me with his musket, demanding afa 4el. Have you pass, sir ?" F
 {; Certainly, have pass,,' I replied, with all the indignation I could assume. ' Have you not seen it often enough, to know by this time r +5s < Apparently a little confounded, he replied, fmodestly
 Probably ! have, but they are very strict with us, and was not quite sure. .z.
 I gave to him this genuine pass belonging to my associate q HDQR's 6. s. MILITARY PR1son,
 SALIsBunY, N. O., Dec. 5, 1864.
 Junius H. Browne, citizen. has permission to pass the inner gate of the Prison. to assist in carrying medicines to the Military Prison Hospitals, until further orders.
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 Captain and Assistant Commandant of Post. We had speculated for long time about my using spurious pass. and my two comrads pre- pared several. with skill and exactness which demonstrated that, if their talents had been turned in that direction, they might have made firstclass forgers. But we finally concluded that the veritable pass was better, because, if the guard had any douht about it. I could tell him to send it into headquarters for examina- | ton. The answer returned, would, of course, be that it was genuine. iiHaet Z l But it was not submitted to any such inspec- ton. The guard spelled it out slowly, then
 folded and returned it to me, saying: "That pass is all right. ! know Captain
 Faqua's handwriting. Go on, sir; excuse me sir, for detaining you"
 thought him very excusable under the cir. cumstances, and walked out. My new fear was that, during tue half hour which must elapse before could go outside the garrison, I might encounter some rebel officer or attdche who knew me. 3.saas}sA 70 &'.R sea s3h
 Before had walked ten steps, saw, saur,. tering to and fro on the piazza of the head quarters building, deserter from our service, named Davidson, who recognized and bowed me, but was still fearful of it. I went on. and narrow lane, where it was impossible to avoid him, I saw the one rebel officer who knew me better than any other-who came into my quar- ters afrequently--Lieu Stockton, the post-ad- iutant. Observing him in the distance, thought | recognized in him that old i'll fortune which had so long and steadfastly bafled us. 'fs When we met bade him good evening, and eonyersed for a few minutes upon the weather. or some other subject, in which | did not feel any very profound interest. Then he passed into Headquarters. and went ons Yet . few yards further encountered third Rebel nam ed Smith, who was entirely hmiliar with me, and whose quarters, inside the garrison, were
 within twenty feet ofimy own. There were not halt dozen Confederates about the prison who were familiar with me, but it seemed as if at sI thls time they were coming togetherina grand
 convention sf as ia7a f.ss.!aas haa .s.fa < Not daring to enter the Rebel hospital, where l was certain to be recognized, I laid down my box of medicines. and sought shelter in ( little tI oNtbuilaing.s While | remained there. waiting I for the coming .ofthe hlessed darkness, Leon
 stantly expected to see a. sefgeantswith aI iile lRebel soldiers, come to take me back into the jlYard but none, came. 1t was rare good for el tune. Stockton, Smith and Davidson all knew If they had their wits about them. that Ihad nt more right there thanIin the village itself | suppose their thoughtlessness must have beer caused by the peculiarly honest and business like look of that medicine.box lsd ,zeiaao4a I At dark, ny two friends joined 9me. VI
 went through the gate in full sight of the sen 1tinel, who, seeing IS come from the hospital lsupposed we were Rebel surgeons sor nurses lAnd then, on that dark, arainy Sunday night lthe frat time for tweats months, ws found our ts Ma =