The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-02

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W.. rot no guns!"-''They' We got
'".. . .'KiHeml Kilrem such
I'll DID IT, bouts and vociferations that star
y. II rom sleep last night about half
HI .@' -r.,. while the rafting OF musketry.
ta-, mud of men running in all direc
a#l i. h.vildering indeed. My own first
.+"~ H., brought me to my feet with a bound,
q. .IT,.v the barracks into instant commo-
.' ." ., U5Le men! he Prie"tes are r's'ag
-t. Gsa,,kr' | was not alone IN the
:, WA. shared by the Yankees for the
@ Reserve Guard ran down the plank
'" rivinr uttcrance TO the above out
VIA # actual fighting were going on.
~ Va. hecn unusual vigilance OF late, a.
t1.' lion of exterior sentinels has been
III. 1-.Lnn.I. the heavy guns on the fort
-..I7..Lort,d and turned to bear upon the
*. and there Il reason To believe a
.r ,r -nie, have been taken out to the
- -, report the condition of feeling
tho prisoners. in view OF the military
= ~ IrLrn the guards were heard running in
,1a direction of the firing, Yelling TO shoot
t.' t t.LfTcm.' kilIeml" ''They'v We got
.nn.rt They can't hurt Us the first
-. -1,Lf VA. of All uprising by the Prlvates
49, .Itf.riugs we knew, and whose des-
,|-,-s,u must be almost equal to the mad
- IF revolt, and the speedy hanging OF the
-.reant- who torture us SO unnecessarily
.u though quickly o~verpowered ana
...b.r.I i'm hccatombs as the rusrlt-
,G.i twas only a false alarm, caused
Ian unfortunate attempt OF a few Prison
., escan ne across the dark channel. Poor
.g1y.. they haI actually reached the waters
..},a- hut one i'll starred soul no sooner be
..u 10 swim than he was selzed with cramps
- mi oiving a dying shrek that be
~ - ,nl draw upOn them n
Lev from the guards. The latter boast OF
t,rin~ shot one Of the f~ugitlves through the
I.,d Int If NAV not be true. The hrlng
rrnJurrI a general alarm, accompanied by
j Ilb,,s and shouts that could be no worse 1t
,La whole Garrison were being slaughtered.
j Tuf,rtmately this Is not at all probable,
whereas the reverse, to wit, the massacre oil
the prisoners, Is not Improbable Tor the
marl, were drunk enough and excited
..aaugh last night to empty Their guns INTO
,ta taI barracks. In fact, as the Reserve
,;TsrI l25o) was returning along the walks,
which rum Just outside OF the barracks. they
rar. heard to curse and rage against us,
~yrriug they were sorry 1t WASH t Il row
,uano The Rebels" for they Were lust
,tLino'' To- get a good chance at en-
L,.c-One of the poor fellows who
I.->hcd in the darkness and rain last night
an, washed ashore this morning, and his
iallid corpse. still with c%anteens strapped
around the waist. is now lying III the sllmey
wafer of the beach, near the sinks. tossing
and mnyinr As if vet controlled by the brave
~.irir which dared the triple risks of double
Guard lines. the canal, and the rIver-only
f., ~uccumb miserably at last Sad ending
50 bold a stroke for freedom And St
Young Il life: for the face l. that OF a fresh
Young soldier; perchance one whose youth
fI hope, and dreams Of the "girl | LETT be
hind me"-n some far Southern village
melted him to JOIN his comrades, and brave
the miles of dark and swollen waters
Bah he Is out" And like Sterne ; poo
startling, that Is the great end OF all GU
dreams. we want to get out.
.iay. 4H.-Among the officials who CIV,
Us most annoyance is an ugly, greasy, ant
nruI~ivc looking fellow named Adam, o
Fox" who acts as Sergeant of the Pole
Sfuai 'Rcbels ;who are willing To do all ma
rrr If hard and disgusting work simply I
obtain an extra ration of the miserable stui
Issued To u.s.: and WI suspect purposei
kep, in the pen" the greater part of tn
day a. Il spy upon Us Fox Is a Dutch
man from Vermont, who on the morning q
the battle of Bull Run deserted aud ran tw,
yr three hundred miles before he felt sat
from the terrible Rebels. Captured an
sentenced To q long term of lmprlsonmen
ou the island. he was promptly selected a
the very man to put over the Rebel prise
hers. that he might badger them as the
had frightened them. And gradually 70
proved himself possessed Of the t0ry era
auI cunning fitting him for the largest hbe
Uu of conduct towards the prisoners to whol
BE- Is nog as Dictatorial as the Autocrat
all the Bu~SiaS.
Iag, 1tb.-Agajn a midnight alarm
firing. running, am vOclferatlons \
ri -.t,1 tI.y ava, m
when Il note from the other pen brings II
t~r.jgcnce that half a dozen desperate me
Started to escape. but were shot down =; OF
mortaIiy wounded, the others seriously hur
one losing an arm. Reports, also, stat
that the prIyates are grown 50 reckless irol
the starvation and Ill treatment they are r
| cciying, they care little for death, but opel
ls tluut the guards and rush past them
The almost certain risk OF being shot dow
Others are joining the Yankee army mere
To get sufficient liberty to escape from II
island, with Il view of raising an lndlVldu
Black Flag anl d~evoting their lives
1t. These reportS, which come from intel
gent non commissioned officers III the 9th
Icu. orcaS.ou much grief and regret amor
uS. though they surprise Us not at a
Our own condition Is miserable the p
Yates. crowded Il, they are, must be ev'
more wret:hedly ,,tuated.
Any, Nha-L.eut. Wolfe last night "
again detected in the pen" sllppi ~ fro
Division to pivi>i N, disguised III Contedt
ate uniform. Much good did it do hin
It Is said an officer IN No. 80 r~ecognis.
him, and without saying anything to t
rest, began to give his opinion of Sae
y h,ercS, and such fellows as the Wolf "
tries to play Fox, hut isn't half as smart
The damned Dutchman." Fox Wol
looked vii lily for i moment; then sneak
! cut.
Ioy. Iuih. II ~ strange a thing it is
he bu'agrg, actually craving something
cat, and constantly thinking about it, tr,
morning till nigh, from day to day,
weeks aui month";, 1t did not seem p
siD!e for a raan to thus rorrg over lack
uourI~iimcut, keeping his mini continual
engros9ci with anger, at those who star
Us, aud with longing for food, the G.
man philosopher earnest aspirations
the unattt'utb.e. For the past month
rauons have been six sometimes only 70