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The National tribune., 1882-08-05


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The National tribune., 1882-08-05
AN INTERVIEW WITH OLD


"Hauoo!" sez I. "Hauoo!n sez he.
care you old Prob ?" sell. "Iam, sez he.
"What are yez doin'?" sez I. Making
it hot" sez he.
"Phot for?" sez I. "For fun" sez he.
"Do you call it fun?" sell. "Av coorse,"
SEE he. "Phot DO yez think the Government
pays me for?"
Faith, an I didn't think the Governmeng
pays yez for roastin' an bastin' the people.
Can't yez be aisy, now, an sind Us along
somethin' else, jist for change, yer know ?"
sez /. "Iy1 thry," sez ne.
Whin?" sez 1. Tomorrow" sez he.
"Good night" sez I. Good night" ser
he
by the way" sez 7, "what have yez been
doin' with the people to-day?" I've been
ballin Bostin," sez he.
How much" sez I. "Ninety-eight," seq
he.
"Phot else?" sezL I. "IrOasted Norfolk"
sez he, wild 95, Philadelphy wild 94, and New
York wid 90. I came down a peg wid Al
bany-up the Hudson, ,ye eIlnow-and another
peg at Atlantic City, where briled them at
90.D
Did yez have no compasshin on any
body?" sez I. Faith, yes did" sez he.
" bro't all the warmth East, and left ST.
Vincent, Mimi, out in the cowId ct 81.
"What did yez do for Baltimore ?" sez L
Il opened on thin at So Z a. m, run thin
to 50 (3 p. M, bro't thin down a peg to 81
q p. m J, and iist now III p. M Pm letting
Thin cool OF bit at So"
"Wiu it be cooler tomorrow" sez I.
"The divil q Bit" sez he.
Good night" sell. Good night, ; sez he.
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for the purpose, and who usually refuse water
to outsiders. The latter is easily done Tor
without a string or rope 10 lower 3 can, boot
lee. or bucket with 80 one can obtain The
pure and precious fluid. The strings, ropes
cans. and buckets are usually purchased
from the guards. Even the very few spades
in the camp have been bought or traded
for, and are kept concealed most Of the
time. When 9 prisoner falls into weL or
Jumps into il, it is unfit for further use, and
q new one must be dug. Much sickness
arises from the polluted water most Of us are
compelled TO drink. Tunnels are almost IN
yariably started from what axe supposed 20
he new wells, and the earth eXcava-ed is
carried out AT night and thrown into wells
no longer in use. Thus the rebels see no
fresh earth, and find ii difficult 10 discover
and Illustrate all these attempts at the out
set. Every morning some Of their officers
pass around the prison, between the dead
line and the st0cLade, and run lons rods
into the ground in search of cavities, which,
when found, are Immediately broken into
and filed up by gang Of slaves. When a
tunnel is being dug the prisoners engaged at
it work day and night, sprawled on their
breasts and scoOping away with tin cups,
split canteens, wooden spoons, and other Ike
implements. During May q very extensive
and carefully organized conspiracy was
formed for the purpose Of undermining the
stockade in numerous places, pushing 1t over
at night by grand rush, capturing the artil-
lery and shelling the rebel camps. Pensa-
cola, Fla, was selected as the final place Of
refuge for these desperate fugitiyes. The
plan promised to be successful at the outset,
and thousands of prisoners were quietly
banded together for the purpose. The work
of tunneling was commenced with rs much
energy as starving men could exhibit, and
ardent hopes of liberty were INDUCED in.
When considerable progress had been made
some traitoroUs scoundrel diyulged thewhole
matter to Wirz. The man suspected Of hay
ing done so walked across the dead-line and
asked sentry to shoot him. The request
was promptly complied with. Wirz had the
tunnel filled up, and swore that if anything
more of the kind was projected he would
"fre grape aud canister into the stockade as
long as he could see a Yankee -- -
kick" Not the least Of the evils we suffer
from is the fact that it is almost impossible
for us to take physical exercise, owing to the
crowded condition of the stoczade.
August 17th.-Rebel money is divided into
two kinds, "old issue" and "new issue"
For some reason not apparent the latter
kind is preferred although quite as miserably
printed and founded upon quite as unreliable
a financial basis as the other. In imitation,
new prisoners are sometimes denominated
"new issue" although fresh fish" is the
more popular slang, They are, indeed,
"fresh fish for the great confederate shark.
An outsider could form no conception Of the
filthy condition of this prison. 1t is a
gigantic cesspool. The rebels make great
efforts to find shOemakers in the stOckade,
that such men may be induced to go out and
work for the confederacy. One of the shoe
1-4--- - - 1890 : f---- ---onlyS
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If too much singing IS done, however, the
worshipers are sometimes pelted off 10 their
novels. As I have previously stated, the
police are prisoners like ourselves. lThe I'M
2Iemcnts used in filing the swamp were fur
nisled, on application, by Lieutenant Davis,
WHO was IN command during the temporary
absence of Wirz. lie was far above the
average Of prison officials, although he caus-
ed the death Of 4 prisoner at Savannah by
giving certain order to the guards and ne
glecting to inform the prisoners Of It's pur-
port. Au exchanged prisoner afterwards ar
rested him in the North, where he had gone
as a rebel spy, and he was sentenced to be
hanged, hut bis friends in Baltimore obtain
ed a communication Of his sentence, and he
subsequently died in the prison at Fort
De7aware)
Iaggasj 2oth-We had a heavy rain last
night, and AS a consequence dead men liter
ally strewed our streets this morning Not
a few inyalids. too weak to raise an alarm,
were drowned in the holes in the ground they
have been iDhabiting. Several were also
caved on and buried alive. Even where
cleanliness and fine linen eradicate the re-
voting aspects of death 4 corpse is a somb6c
object to view What would our friends at
home say if they could see our dead COM
rades lying stiff and stark i'll the mud and
filth? The prices Of provisions and necessa-
saries are daily increasing. Some Of the
leading articles sell as follows, IN rebel
money: Salt, %t.25 per tablespoonful; wood
for fuel, about so cents pound; bacon, $3.50
au ounce; cornmeal, per quart, $l.25; rice,
90 cents per tablespoonful; peas, per pint,
&l.25; writing paper, % cents per sheet,
Greenbacks exchange for five times their face
in rebel money. Three-cent United States
postage stamps are worth only q cent apiece.
The brass buttons on our uniforms are cur
rent coin, being worth five cents apiece in
ereenbacls. The rebel militia are always
eager to buy them, being like Indians, fond
of gewgaws. 1t is seldom, however, that a
prisoner in t0lerable health will sell his but
tons He objects, partly from spite and
partly from a soldierly desire to keep him
self looking as decent as possible. among
iAsN AANGLAN1o NbliAiNNA III LAilNLCAoCiiN iA1C
this time was Boston Corbett, who after
wards killed the assassin Of President Lin
coIn)
august 21st-It is a common pastime for
the sentries and prisoners to exchange COM
pliments in the evening, swearing pTofusely
back and forth. This gives rise to good
deal of fatal shooting, for exasperated senti-
neIs often fire into the stockade. a small
party Of Union soldiers, just captured from
Shermaus army, arrived last night, bringing
the usual canard Of on early exchange. Ra-
tons are growing more stinted than ever.
Our meat r2ti0ns last night consisted Of q
pound of cooked fat pork for every thirty
men, to answer for twenty-four hours. There
is no uniformity in the issuing of rations to
us, either in kind or quantity. We get
whatever the confederacy finds most conve-
nient to give Us. The quality is uniform,
being always bad. One day our rations may
be sent in raw and the next day they may be
cooked. Il IN cooked rati"nS -.
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allow us to nick up some pieces of wood and
brinr Them in with us, We sell the wood,
and in that way Get q little money to buy
something to eat. I've got many.a pint of
meal in that way" Thousands Of halfnaIled
men jncarcerated here have no other bed to
lie On than the bare ground, without blan-
kets orsheIter of any kind. Itisnot strange
that preumonias and fevers are widely preva-
lent One Of the meanest things Wirz has
yet been guilty of IS that of tr"'''~' y
pei Union sergeants Of mess J
report the fact when any OF
have made their escape. OF
geant viii thus betray his c
their absence IS never dlsco'
rebel sergeants call the roll
Wirz has, therefore, severely
eral Union sergeants for Igno o
on this subject. We are not
oncrs OF war, but as maletact
the field.
August 26H.-Quite an e.. se.
Cured near my wigwam Ia
count of the firing Of tw,
considerable outcrying T
transpires that poor wretcl -,
misery and pain, had crossed the dead-line
and cursed the guards till they shot him
dead. He is at L. '
side the line, S -
with his own bio aaE
man, we are no g 5- ua-
inches wide anG a -. = nine
tablesp0onfuls . This is
about twice, in ac .y we got
last week. but is .. e.. Sat to 8
camp where tho ate ifgrug
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selfshness and 1
Others is appaTe . l
no use for ma 71 q.
his c0untryme1 .l. % H-r
in the world ' . Eas
confined here, II subjected 20 49, .-.>ae .
human treatment. Often, at night, [ hear
idiots iabbering at the empty air. The
most affecting thing is to hear mere boys
talking, in the delirium of fever, to the i'm
aginary relatives around them, or calling
for their mothers to come to their bedsides
and perform some illusory act of kindness
If ever there was hell On earth, We are
now In it.
A,agust 27h.-A notorious ruilian, who
has criDpIed several men since he has been
imprisoned here. dubbed a man to death
dav before Yesterday. lie is now' being
tried at nolice beadauarters. This morning
crossed the dead line and tossed a silver
nencil up to a rebel sentry, and got small
loaf of corn bread in return. which afforded
mo o,,d INV narticuIar cburl the onIy decent
meal we have had sine. the day we reached
ApaereopviIIe We can feel our strength de-
,1;,,;,,,. c,ro1roIIv We vvara in .snlerdid
.,b,,sicol co,ditio, yyban contnred aItbongh
ao,,s;5orol,I,, ,.,orr Nv, +ba ararous dptios of
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each man only gets about enough to bait
lshline with. Any allusion to the bill of
fare at Andersonville would be incomplete
without reference to the pea soup. 1t is
made from ancient stock peas, and, on the
surface, bears the promise of much richness.
BY flirting a wooden spoon in its oily depths
the epicurean mirage is at once destroyed.
These is found to contain such quantity
of well-cooked small black bugs that only q
fnetooth comb would get them all out.
New prisoners try to skim the bugs all out,
and when they get through sllimming they
find that the soup is all gone. Prisoners Of
experience q 90 thugs and all" Such is the
stuff we are fed on by the government that
Yancey declared would command the re-
spect and admiration of the world"
August 22d-peter Kean, Of our regiment,
is in luck. In some mysterious manner he
has found a rebel sweetheart on the outside,
and Wirz allows her to send him in some
real provisions occasionally. The frequent
rains that have fallen of late have rendered
the nights so cola is 10 seriously interfere
with our sleep. III Is curious 10 ho'lce the
affection lhe prisoners eAli'AC lor every
blade OF grass, gram, OF weed thaC happens
to spring up near their wigwams. No mat
ter "hat II Is, so II Is green ana serves 10
Teinlnd 'hell Oh 'ile "oou9 "L" nei''S VI INC
oEghI WoIIu they are SnuC III lioll. lA0y
renee IL WIN cIo"9 anu iuopish' anu bu"lu
ana IoSIer IL WIN ''sslDuouS cure "ie"V III
genulty IS alSo manifested III 'iie hl'nuloc-
Iure oI II'1o implements IRON "li'ioo' iio'i-
lnS at az iraGiliSH'S oi ooHeS' pieces ol
"oou' anu Di.' % ihS''' arc 'l''.i''oi ii'e''
iii'o 'oiy 'ooi'Ii ,.--' :,
.,l'iT - 1c,
-.iy N1,.i,c 'i'-'>I
ioi SPiis0'H6 P'0'0: - S'O|
/ o'9''>Ii'' WIN =" 1-'-- -l-- ''''''
IL my nav SlS'Ch "i'c'i anu q 1Po'n
i'ae iIo'h PlC|T VI 'ii' '''' q pi0TI =, "',i0
O Oll0 ii''i'l0 u 'L0 ID O''i ''U '''iii
fIiSoh'
Augua 2}d.-TWo men OF our mess were
absent from roIl-cali this morning The
rebel sergeant happened to be gentlemanly
! fellow, and instead OF docking ratlons " on
! the whole mess, according to existing orders
! he merely marked the tardy ones for starve
until tomorrow This is severe punishment
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Is the flag nailed to the mast when the
ship is making tacks2
The National tribune., 1882-08-05
A BLOODY FIGHT WITH KNIVES.

BLOODY FIGHT WITH KNIVES.
a fearful battle with knives occurred at
ford, n. c., Oh the 18th inst, between two
II named Usry and Morgan, They Lad
arreled about q piece OF 'ond' and meet
on the street, each drew q knife and the
lody work began. Both were iriGdJ1uily
d mortally wounded.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
Silver Wadding.

Saturday evening occurred the twenty-ffth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs A. j..
Files, the former of whom is principal of the
North school, and large and happy number
of their friends assembled at their residence,
No 165 Pearl street, to appropriately observe
the asilvery event." Prominent among the
guests were the superintendent and the teach
ers of the schools, and Mr.. George Trefethen
and sister (who stood up with the happy couple
twenty-five years ago.. The evening was
passed most pleasantly in social converse, in
terspersed with vocal and instrumental music
An original poem, written by Miss Eliza Z.
King, of Lowell, Mass, who was teacher in
our schools twenty-five years ago, was read by
Miss 81. N. Bates. Later in the evening the
guests sat down to handsome collation. gotten
up in c. W. Lucy's best style, who also proyid-
ed beautiful anniversary cake. Costly gifts,
twenty-eight in number, were left upon the
tables as tokens of esteem from the many
friends, conspicuous among them being hand
some black walnut cabinet bookcase, the gift
of teachers in the North school to Mr.. Files.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

Gen. Skobeloff was heartily cheered on his
arrival at st. Petersburg
Prof. Baird sent 20, 600 eggs of Maine salmon
to Germany Saturday.
Gen. Hancock urges prompt relief for the
sufferers by the Southern floods,
Edward T. Root, St. John banker, died in
New York Saturday.
John ID. Defrees, the public printer, is
reported to have resigned
George Herdrix, arrested on suspicion of de-
facing the Andre monument, was discharged
SATURDAY. on account of defect in the warrant.
He was Immediately arrested on civil suit
begun by Cyrus w. Field.
Up to Saturday night the President had re-
ceiyed nothing from Mr.. ConkliDg in regard to
tho Supreme judgesh1p
Andrew Jackson's birthday will be celebrat-
ed bv the Iroquois Club of Chicago with
GRAND banquet. A good many prominent
Democrats will be present and the affair is ex-
,sctad to be Of considerable political signlfi-
cance.
Alice Wright, an actress, fell from the fourth
story of Cleveland hotel yesterday and was
killed.
steamer sarraria, with the City of Boston in
ow. arrived at Boston yesterday.
The men who were recently arrested on sus-
n;cion of having stolen the body of the Earl of
Eproyford have been discharged for want of
Mr.. Evans correspondent OF the Manchester
Guardian, has been ordered to quit Austria
within three days.
The Greek chamber has invalidated the seat
of the minister of war by vote OF IA to w.
Miss Lizzie Wall who shot her husband at
New Utrecht. N. H., has been lodged IN jail
in Brooklyn.
Edward A. Berry, conductor on the Bristol
railroad fell between the cars In East FroVl-
dence Saturday and was fatally injured.
W.N Sturgis, prominent Chicago grain
operator has been arrested for defraudlng
Francit p Bennett & Co. of the same city OUT
Of 1000 worth of grain stored in Sturgis
grain elevator.
The Senate committee on commerce has
agreed to report Fad inter-oceanic ship ratlhg
bill favorably to the Senate.
The anti Chinese demonstration in San Fran
cisco, Saturday, was an immense affair. Ihe
crowd peacable and did not molest the Ch1na-
men.
Stephen l. Cordict, the director of Mechan'
ics bank of Newark, N. jersey, charged WIN
completely in Cashier Baldwin's robbery has
been bailed in $50,000
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
XLVIIth Congress LIST Ses sion
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 4

WASHINGTON, March 4.
A bill was passed pensionlng Mrs. M. y.
Murray, widow of soldier.
Mr. Smith, of illinois, asked unanimous con-
sent to take from the calendar and pass the bill
TO retire the trade dollar.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, objected.
Mr.. Hiscock, of New York, presented the
conference report on the immediate deficiency
bill. He explained that the Senate had in
creased to the extent of $478, 900 the appropri-
ations made by the bill, but that the conferees
of that body had receded from amendments
amounting to $222,000. The bill, as it now
stood, therefore increased the appropriations
made by the House $256,0O0. The report was
agreed to.
mittee on Elections, reported the resolution
dismissing the contested election case of Smith
VS.. Robertson from the 9th district of Louis
lana. Adopted.
The House went into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Rice, OF Massachusetts, IN the
chair, on the consular and diplomatic appro-
priation bill, general debate being limited to
one hour A debate ensued, in which Mr.. His
cock claimed that the Republican party had
protected naturallzed citizens in foreign coun-
tries by passing laws to that effect; =,
Mr.. Sprague advocated an amendment which
he proposed to offer, consolidating many of the
foreign missions.
Mr. Cox said both parties were responsible
for the act of 1866, both Gen. Banks and Mr.
Robinson being active promoters.
The debate was continued by Messrs. Robe
son, Hewitt and McLane of Maryland.
Mr. Cox claimed that the Bancroft treaty
gave away the rights of naturalized citizens,
and Grant and his Cabinet were responsible
for it. Every party from the time of John
Adams down to the present that has opposed
the Democratic party has been Federal in op-
position to naturalization.
Mr. Robeson defended the Republican party.
Mr. Lord defended the consular service as of
great service to the country, and said it was
self sustaining.
The provision for consul at Lisbon was
stricken out.
The bill was reported to the House and the
previous question ordered. No further action
was taken. Adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
Odd Fellowship.

Saturday evening the Veteran Association
I. o. o. F., to the number of twenty, and An
cient Brothers Lodge, forty-eight in number,
paid fraternal visit to Harmony Lodge-the
"daugher'' of Ancient Brothers. The evening
was passed most pleasantly, speeches being
made by the veterans and members of the two
lodges upon the growth and prosperity of the
Order in the city both past and present. Har-
mony Lodge was instituted three years ago,
no members from Ancient Brothers Lodge
composing it. Today it has membership of
259, with an invested fund of 1886. After
the speeches the brethren to the number OF
162, repaired to the banquet hall and partook
Of bountiful collation. furnished by Harmony
Lodge, and served by Brother Sewall Lang.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
BOILER EXPLOSION.

Six Men Killed Three Severely Injured.
WAYNE, Ind, March 4--At Stone, Randolph
county, the boiler in Webster & Barnes han
die factory exploded yesterday with terrific
force instantly killing five men and fatally in
iuring sixth, who has since died. The names
of the deceased are as follows: Geo. Wester,
Hod Clarke, Robert Randall, VIM. Yanker,
VIM. Hewing, Lewis Mann. The first named
were all married men and had families. Trim
bali Yanker, Granville Barnes and John
White were injured severely, but not fatally:
The explosion is supposed to have been caused
though ignorance of his duties on the part OF
the enoinaer.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
The Land Leagues Funds.

New York, March 4.-Patrick Egan, Treas
urer of the National Land League funds at
Paris, writes to Judge Birdsell of this city,wn
is a member of the committee OF seven ap-
pointed by the Chicago convention requesting
that an audit committee be formed to whom
can be given the accounting for sums received
from America. Egan states that they have
now reserve of a57, 900, of which FIT ,Ooo is
in American per cents, e20,500 in American
railway first mortgage bonds, SIS 600 in haEds
the various Irish organizations in America for
the splendid support given BY them, and hopes
the struggle will be crowned by Irish national
indenendence.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
Havana Market.

(By Ielegrapns1
HAVANA. March 4.-Sugar marked opened firm;
later on the speculative demand gained the upper
hand and the market closed excited Molasses Sugar
86 to 80 degrees polarization 6a6a reals gold per
arrobe Muscovado common to fair at 7G714 reals;
Centrifugal Sugar 80 to SO deg. in boxes and hhds
at Sss reals; stock In warehouses at Havana and
Matanzas 800 boxes, 59,700 bags and So, 800
hhds; receipts for the week $3.50 boxes, 1880
bags and 21, $50 hhds; exports 3160 boxes, 2,750
bags and 1850 hhds, including 1000 hhds to the
United States.
Freights active and firm; loading at Havana for
the United States y hid Sugar at 3 1894 80 cur
rency; ~ hid Molasses 2 1903 90; loading at ports
the north coast Outside ports) for United States
W hid Sugar 50G3 75; " hid Molasses 50@
2 rs.
Spanish gold ITO.
Exchange fat; on United States 80 days gold 512
@6 prem;short sight do at 61a@7 prem.
European Markets.
By Telegraph.l
LONDON, March 4.-Consols 100 5-l6.
LONDON, March 4--Amerieer- -seerritIaz1 1z-iA-s :
L1vERpooL, March 4-12.30 7. .M.--Ootton market
hardening; Uplands at 9-16d; Orleans at 6s4 a. q;
sales 10 900 bales spsoulstion and export 500; fu
lures steady.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-06
I. o. o. F.
The Revision of the Ritual Completed.

The Revision of the Ritual Completed.
BALTIMORE, March AT session OF tn
Cincinnati in September a committee, consist
ing of Judge Henry E. Garry Of Maryland
C6as. NJ Busbee of North Carolina, VIM. q.
Hazlett of Ohio, John T. Jackes OF Delaware
and Jos. S. Pope of West Virginia, was p ap-
pointed to revise the ritual OF the WORK OF tne ne
order The committee has been in session In
this city during the past week and completed
it's labcrs. The revised work will be ready IT for
use of lodges by the first of June next. Ihe ne
principal change requires the working OF al
subordinate lodges in third degree, which Is 70
20 into effect after the first of July next. Mes
sengers will be sent to Germany, Switzerland,
Australia, Canada and other foreign lands
where the order exists to instruct the lodges IN
the new ritual, The publication OF the new
ritual is in the hands OF committee and VIII
be pushed to publication as rapidly as possible