The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-11
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the writer of that article don't call a
gentleman. My wife was here to my
own knowledge, and tried day after day
to get pass to come to see me,
and finally she did get one; but tie
officer who was detailed to come
with her was taken sick, and thus
she was prevented What want refuted
Is the story of me and my wife living
unhappily together. And another tale,
by some other correspondent, that was
in the railway business in Europe as
weigher, h untrue; for, when left Zu-
rich, there was not one railroad in the
country. There was another report
thatI had been in he,houseI Of correc- :
tion in Zurich for forgery. This, no
doubt, starts from distant relation of
mine, who failed in business and was
up for false bankruptcy. have no near
relatives in this country TINT / know of.
My religious faith gained from my ex-
perience in life was not educated to
Il. My wife is living in Cadiz, Ken
lucky. hope i may be able to maize
arrangements for her future welfare;
yet could not do ii yesterday on ac-
count of my arm, but hope to to-mor-
row. Unjust make some arrangement
for my child. AS far as my counsel,
Mr.. Baker, was concerned, 1t was un-
did not select him, have To be guard
ed in my expressions in these things. 1t
would be unfair on my part to blame
them. As far as am concerned have
no hope of reprieve. These things
which were donc-meaning Anderson
ville-somebody must suffer for. have
never denied that the prisoners were
mistreated; but it was not my fault. If
am the last one that is to suffer death
for the Southern Confederacy am satis- :
fed. + do not fear death. ! never saw
a man shot, nor never shot one myself.
That 1 will say as long as | can
say .it,.gI never hunted prisoners with
the dogs, nor anything Of that kind
Unfortunately, General Winder is dead.
If he was living know he would come
out and not let the innocent one suffer.
I never could get Winder to set his foot
on the inside OF that stockade. don't
know the reason. have no complaints
/ TO make of the persons who have taken
care of me here in prison, nor do have
any ill-will against any member of that
court martial, nor the Judge Advocate.
If have anything against any one ii is
they who have perjured themselves
| The man who gave his name as Della
bon, grandson of General Lafayette,
will be found out to be German Jew,
NAMED Schaffer, deserter from New
York regiment. l went down into the
yard to-day and there saw preparations
being made for the scaffold, which
would make most any man finch. I
had 10 such feelings. | cannot express
It, 1t Is not Observation-Disclosures, but ] had
no such feelings. Anybody whoknows
anything of military matters, knows
| that one in command of thirty-five
thousand men has to be strict, but when
l am accused of conspiring with Jeffer-
son Davis and others, it is all lie.
His manneneef speaking was COM
posed throughout, his statements were
made, in a remarkably direct manner,
considering TIE surrounding circum-
I stances, and none but few of the least
importance were drawn out by any di-
rect questions. He eats well and sleeps
sounder than at any previous period of
his Incarceration, Father Boyle visits
him daily.
WIRES COUNSEL INTERcEDING WITH THE
PRESIDENT FOR A COMBINATION OF PUNISH
MENT u elaHE
| Louis Schade, Esq, counsel for Capt.
Wirz, had an interview with the Presi-
dent to-day, in accordance with pre-
vious arrangement, for the purpose of
asking for q communication OF the sem
| tence. He mentioned as one of the rea-
| sons for his request, that the prisoner
was very feeble, and the appearances in
dictated that he would notlivesix months
longer; therefore the country could
well afford TO let him die six months
later, without hanging him.. The Pres
ident being surrounded by large num-
Der of visitors, Mr.. Schade did not con-
an. Ter 1t proper to ask for direct answer,
th;n ling ii possible that some addition
~ cani, might come to the knowledge of
tha preside. 1T before Friday which might
;nd,,oo h;", 70 extend the desired execu-
i've oiamnnov re left with the Presi-
dent bowevcr oh, Nrt statement, with
the reasons ON which he base;a the appli-
cation. The President rece.' the ~. e~
per, and promised to examine ~.
Wirz remarked to his counsel to-day
that he was not very well in body and
quite feeble. He therefore feared that
he would not walk to the place of exc
cution with a steady step, and that this
might be Interpreted rs a sign of fear
and guilt. When this morning he saw
wOrkmen building the gallows it aston
ished him. He said that he did not
shudder; but this was owing to the fact
that he felt innocent of the crimes with
which he was charged.
THE WoNDERFUL SPRING AT AMBER
soNvILLE. Mr.. F. c. Grant, who was
member of Battery A, of the eleventh
Vermont Regiment and who spent
four months within the stockade at
Andersonville, gave us history of the
wonderful spring that burst out there,
that we never remember to have seen
Ia print Every one, we presume is
aware that the pen in which the pris-
oners were kept inclosed swamp
through which run a sluggish brook,
and from this brook the prisoners re-
ceived their supply of water. This wa
ter was never fit 10 drink in its best
estate, but in addition to its natural UNI
fitness, it ran down by the rebel camp
| before it entered the stOckade, and re-
ceived the excrement and filth from
that. This, Of course, rendered 1t in
| tolrrable About the middle OF Au-
gust, 1864, or perhaps a month and a
| half after the Vermont boys entered the
stockade, there came one day a very
heavy thunder shower of some forty
minutes duration. And from that time
a spring of pure water burst forth from
a sand hill near the dead line, and
flowed in such quantities as to supply
the entire camp of some % ,0)0 or $4,000
prisoners. Some of the men looked
upon this as direct interposition of
God for their salvation; and all thought
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