Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-05-29


there. remainol about three hOur'
| and proceeded up the liay OF Funly
meeting Captain Parker at sea ia b
| Uil0t boat, about sixty miles from
/ 81, Johns, \, h, The captain, oil
GERS, aud some al the crow were
transferred u tho pilot boat ans
then % 81, Johns, Capt, Parker
then took command, and chang
/ ing the course al tic vessel, pat in
10 Shclbcrre, Nova Scotia, ior tho
purpose 0i o0alng,
Whilo tho vessel was In Tie port
| was ordered TO Halifax 10 procure
supplies, and | was never again on
board the Chesapeake In an official
capacity. Tho ship was rooaptur5d
in Sand liar llarh0r, near Halifax,
hy the United States gunb0at Fila
and Annie, Capt Nichols, aud taken
10 that city, where the original osp-
turc was Rdiudgcd an act OF war
Tho vessel was handed over to the
owners, Mcssrs CrcmiFell 4 Co., %
New York, upon u dcposltc Of go.
000 being made TO the British au'
thOrilies, and Mr.. Seward ailorwarl
made an apology for the rccapturc,
| wish TO make a clear and uncQuiv-
Deal statement, that In every capture
I'madc, private property was scru-
pulously respected and human life
never ncedlessly sacrificed, Tho
men were armed with Colts rcv0lv.
ors, but carried no knives or other
weapon. In every caso | issued
strict orders TO my officers and men
not to fire upon any ono unless re-
sistancc was offered.
At the close of the war, was IN
command of tho Confederate States
schocncr 81. Nary, in tho West In.
dies. Upon being informed Of that
event, | burned the vessel and rc.
turned to this country in 1868,
trusting for security TO President
Lincoln's proclamation of amnesty.
| engaged in business in Savannah, e,
where my family now arc. On the
18th Of Sor.cmbSr, 1866, / was ar
rested IL tho Wall House in Will
liamSburg, and, after being ironed,
| was taken to the 18th precinct sta
ton house, where ! was kept all
night without bedding of any kind,
though | offered to pay literally for
it. ] took n cold that night which
has been tho cause Of much suffer
ing. Altcr being taken before the
u. S. Commissioner, | was sent to
this prison, where | have been over
since, my case being continued from
day to day, and from month to
month, without trial. l wish to re-
peat, that | am not by any means
the blood. thirsty individual | have
been represented"
Lieut.. Brain was tall, straight,
and commanding looking parsonage
when in health, but his suiIctings
in prison have been so intense that
he cannot walk without the aid Of u
crutch, and is perhaps permanently
disabled. His right foot is much
swollen from innammatory rhcuma-
tism, q disease which he attributes
to the unavoidable dampness Of the
prison, and indeed h0 is the wreck
of the man who entered it nearly
throc years ago. He is only 20
years of age, but says, with truth
fulness that is apparent in his looks,
that since his Imprisonment ho has
grown old faster than with tic flight
of years. lie is q man Of mild and
aiYablo manners and agreeable CON
vorsation, and seems, in his bearing,
to have kept himself untaintod from
the prison atmosphere about him.
A widowed mother and two small
daughters arc dependent upon him
for support, and he expresses him
self anxious to be with them. Ef-
forts arc being made to secure his
pardon at the hands ofthc President,
but if he is not pdrdoiicd, tho ,tCnsti-
tuition guarantees him speedy trial,
and it is made the duty Of the courts
and the government to SEQ that this
is not only accorded to him but in
sisted upon. Had either of these
things been dono, that wrctchcd
spectacle of q man, not convicted of
any crimc, compelled to be the dai-
ly companion Of convicted telons,
would not now offend the nobIcr in.