Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-14
VOLUME XXXIII.

had first been a guest Of Major HUGER, the
father of his rescuer. DIR. BOLLMANs visit
to Vienna, where he remained six months,
lulling suspicion BY pretending to study or
! practice medicine his there meeting with
1 young HUGER, and the manner IN which
these two cautious, but daring men, mutu-
/ ally discovered 10 each other their similarity
Of object: the code Of signals which they
/ gradually established with the prisoner,
and his final rescue for some brief hours
from captivity by their eTertions, together
/ with his re-arrest, and the capture and ter
rible punishment inflicted on his rescuers-
all these points Mr.. DAVIS recited with a
I vividness which made each feature pass be-
fore the mental eve az though in the unroll-
! ing Of panorama. HUGER and BoLL.BlANN
! were heavily ironed around the neck, and
! chained to the floors in separate dungeons
! in utter darkness. Once every half an hour
/ the Austrian officer Of the day entered,
4 flashed a dark lantern into their faces 10
| identify them and TO see that they still lived,
aud then carefully examined every link Of
the chains binding their necks to the floor
and Stacking their feet and wrists.
! This treatment lasted for six months, the
! prisoners being almost skeletons when final
( ly obtaining their release, which was secuT-
| ed by the representations Of General WASH
! INGToE, the powerful advocacy Of Mr.. Fox
and the Liberals in the British Parliament,
and the humane sympathy Of the Count Me-
TRoUsIIIE, who welded pOwerfulinfuence
in the Austrian court. LAFAYETTE, hOwev-
er, even 10 his second imprisonment, was
never shackled and though treated with
the utmost cruelty, no indignities were Oh
fered TO his person, save that he was robbed
Of ss .fl, LIT. l.
recommitted, reduced to a single suit of
clothes, and stripped Of every little comfort
that had been previously allowed him, save
such betterments Of food-his regulation
diet being bread and water-as were certi-
fed by his medical attendant to benecessary
for the support Of life.
After quitting prisoner, proceeded by in
vitation Of General MILES, and in company
with that officer, to make an inspection Of
the fort, for the purpose of selecting more
healthful quarters for the state prisoner.
Decided that rooms in second story of the
south end of Carroll Hall would best suit
a building long used as officers quarters,
mar the main sally-port, and in which near
ly every officer of the old army was for
some months quartered after quitting West
Point and before being assigned TO general
duty elsewhere. 1t is a tradition in and
around Old Point Comfort that both GRANT
and SHERMAN occupied in their day the
very chambers selected for the second incar-
ceration Of Mr. DAVIS. As with the case
mate there were to be two rooms used for the
prisoners confinement In the outer one a
lieutenant and two soldiers were constantly
stationed ON guard, having a view of the
interior chamber through grated door.
Opposite the door was a window heavily
grated and with a sentinel continually on
duty before it, pacing up and down the pi-
aza. Opposite the window door leading
into the corridor, but permanently fastened
with heavy iron clamps, and in this door a
sliding panel in which the face of a sentinel
was continually framed by nigh and day,
ready TO report to his officer the first sign Of
any attempt on the prisoners part to shuttle
of this mortal coil by any act of self-vio-
lence. Ii was Of this face, with its unblink-
ing eyes, that Mr.. DAVIS so bitterly COM
planned in after days; but this is anticipating.
The prisoner, as was said of LAFAYETTE,
perhaps not "sick enough yet, and has to
suffer some further weeks Of exposure in his
present easement"
The rooms being selected, General MILES
gave orders 10 the Engineer Department for
their speedy conversion from quarters to
prison, the plaza being prolonged and
raised by a High Of steps, so that access 20
the ramparts could be had by Mr.. DAVIS
without descent to the ground tier, which
invariably caused a crowd to collect, with
its usual unpleasant attendants of staring and
whispering commentaries.