, 1866-04-13

Health and Varied EmpIoymens OF
!. the Lincoln AbaansInafion C0nspr1ra-
toT4 and Colonel marmaduke, the
Rebel EmfssaFy 10 Ruru Chicago
How They Look. Talk, Feel and Ne.
have. &c.

k0e AlpCQlR NATURALIZATION C0N1pr1fA.
toTz and Colonel n1armaduke, the
Rebel Emfssary 10 Rurn Chicago
How They Look. Talk, Feel and Sc
have, Hc.
tcorrctpondeuea N. T. Herald
n" FORTRESS AoAnoE, Ap:r 5, 1900.
Tho Government transport steamer Eliza
HancoI, Captain Ghuter, arrived here. thi.
morning from Galveston, Texas. She left
Galveston on the I'D ult., and On the route
meeting with tome rough but mainly favorA-
bic weather, stopped It kcy West, Charles
ton and Morehead CITY. From here she cx-
pects to 60 10 New York to be discharged
from the Government employ, though there
is some talk Of heC Lelns detained u qua1an-
tine steamer. She brings several discharged
vcrsing with these prisoners hive obfained
full particulars touching the present conli-
tlon, health and varied emrloyments OF tho
assassination couspisatora against President
Lincoln, now undergoing Imprisonment there.
DIR. AupD..
Dr. Muda, Since bis attempt to Escape By con.
ceal1ng himself in the coal bunker Of q steam.
er, has not been able to revive the confidence
rcpoeed In him previous to that time. He
Is still kept under close guard, and compelled
10 clean out the bastions In the cascmates Of
the fort. and do some ofthe most menIal and
deg7ading work required to be done- Instead
OF becoming 1econci'ed to- his lot, he grows
more dtscontented aud quern1ous- Never
very robust, he ia now but little more than
skeleton, and his growing emaciotion shows
how bitterly bis spirit cba3as under his i'm :
prisonment: and how deeply the Iron plerccs
hts sou1. His constant prayer i for death,
which alone cAn set him free. It il natural
crime. The most intelligent Of them Ill, and
in the associations and habits Of his former
life greatly lined above them, he is 20 mucl.
the more the ketnest sufferer now. Dut
there is none to pity h1m. Ali keep aloof
from him. )
Arnold Is employed as clerk Of Captain
Van Readc, Post AaIutant. An uncommonly
fine pe1m0n and accurate acc0uutont-his
profession Will be remembered ~ that Of
bookkeeper-and well behaved, md modest
and yielding In his 1emeanor, he grows In
attends him to his meals, which arc the same
rs the other prisoners, and at hight he Is kept
In close custody. His behavior shows that ha
appreciates his position, and that he does
not, like Or. Mudd, intend to abuse the conf
aacnce PLACED IN him snd loss 1t. His health
Is good.
spaugler Is 1t work In the Quartermaetsr's
carpenter shop Already ha begins to count
the years, months and days remaining I'd
complete his tern, Of Imprisonment. BE Is
robust and jolly physical condition he at;
cent Of any paTucipancy tn the dreadful crime
charged against him. !;
COLONEL 4ARMADUkH.
In striking contrast to the persons I have
referred to Is Colonel Marmaduke, found
guilty OF the noted conspiracy to free tha
prisoners at Camp Douglas and burn Chicasot
Lie has charge Of the post garden. In respect
to manual labor, no royal gardener has M
easier time. Like the lilies OF the held, he
tolls not. His on1y business Is TO see that
those under him work. He has the privilege
OF going outside the fort 1t any time between
rcve11le and sunset. He does not evidently
allow bis prison life 10 interfere seriously With
his bes1th or spirits, fur both nrc excellent.
In the extent Of freedom allowed him, be is
very much given 10 putting on the airs Of q
fine gentleman, and walks and struts about
like one on the verJ best terms with himself
and the world.
SuAnEn OF PRISONERS.
Whec the Elizn Hancox left Key West there
were at Fort Jefferson, or the Dry TortuEns,
si1ty.lvc white and ninety.flve colorcd pris-
oneTs. Most are undergoing sentences oi
courts martial, and every day the number Is
being diminished through expiration Of terms
Of imprisonment Under the admirable and
humane manae OF companies G, D, L
aud M. Fifth United States attil1ery, Breset
| nriQ+ Gen. Hlll, commanding, doing garrison
duty, there is nothing Of Which to complain,
either on the part. Of prisoners or soldiers:
| Tie rations are of the best and abundant. and
| the prisoners quarters and barracks nrc kept
! clean and healthy. Officers, soldiers and
| prisoners enjoy unwonied good health.