The National tribune., 1883-09-06

and deposited in d Iar1e-sized roera. in tho
north end of the bnileliag fronting the street.
on the east side cf the r.s.iToad with piazza
IN front. Inc room was very pleasant one
1 The building had been Euils for q hotel. and
used as such Gatll the breaking out of the war.
ls was capable of ace0m0odaJ .ng about four
hundred guests and was place of ruuch resort.
being ninety miles from New Orleans. It was
IN beautiful location. surrounded as il was By
the beautiful magnolia trees then in full bloom
clear stream of water wen6!ed is way through
thIs grove, and abOanded with fish, aifSr;ing
me sport for the angler. This was a small
STATION on TIE jackson and New Orleans Rail-
road. had not been here long before nv
wound was dressed by the PRINCIPAL surgeon.
DR.. HufoTd, formerly frOm Baton Rouge
whom | found very kind in his treatment. bnt
stern III his manner. He had some three hun
dred patients under his charge. and was assist
ed by DF5- SteholIng and Biggs formerly OF
KENTUCKY. l shall never forget the kindness
extended TO me by these gentlemen. They
made frequent visits 70 nv room, and would sit
and talk for hours at a time. This was very
eonslGeTate III them, and much suiOyed bv ne
Here / lay in suspense many an hour, brsv
I with thoughts Of home and friends. / was IN
possession OF the following articles: One Uafr OF
drawers, one pair Over2Ils, one pair socks. two
shirts, and 0ue hundred dollars in Confederate
money. black mar was assigned to wait
upon me, and the landlady I have fOrrotten
her namel furnished me books to read, and
occasionally would bring ne in afresh magnolia,
which, placed IN water, would keep the room
sweet Tor several days. Nv fare, though seant
was clean and properly cooked and in q few
days was able to dress my own wound myself,
and did not have occasion TO take a single
dose Of medicine The doctor said would soon
De able to use erutches-that my blood was IN
very healthy condition.
NEWS FROM THE WOUNDED.
had permission to write a letter home. to
| be forwarded through the lines, subject to
military inspection; so I wrote suitable one.
handed 1t to the doctor, and supposed it was
on ITS way and would SeOn be in the hands
OF those / loved. / was doomed to dis
appointment, however. In a few days il
was handed back to me with the unHsIcome
news that no more letters were allowed 10 mass
the lines. felt sad and lonely, for this was
my last chance of getting news home to nv
family. Ny death had been published In the
jackson Appeal, and what if that paper
should get into our lines! It would be
copied, and the false report would reach my
| nome You can imagine the state of my mind
IN the meantime l was not forgetful of my
wounded comrades of whom I made daily in
| qulries- Through the intercession of Che hos
pltaI steward succeeded in hiring man to
! go out 70 Mrs. NeWmdn,5 and learn the facts
On the third day after leaving he returned.
bringing the sad intelligence that, after seven
teen days OF intense pain and suffering. the
colonel had died. and also the man Hughes and
that they had been buried on the plantation;
| that Roy, LIE Sure and the doctor had re-
ported TO OsykO, and THAI my property had been
delivered over TO Le Sure. / feared would
never see my comrades again before they were
sent TO Richmond Again the hospital steward
showed ms kindness by going to Osyko Station
ana seeing the sergeant-major, who sent back
word that hs would pass that way next day
/ en- route for Richmond I was now abIa =,
move around on crutches, and had been up
ana down stairs several times. The sergeant
major made his appearance the next day, and
handed me my breastpin and four hundred and
hfty dollars, the value of the twenty-five hun
| dred, which / left in the hands of Mrs New
man. The five hundred had been paid Mr..
| wall, according TO promise, and the remainder
was used toward defraying the expenses of tho
wounded and nurses, burying the dead, etc.
Eyeryth thing being scarce, and consequently
very expensive, ii was lucky that had this
money. was soon able to walk around with
the use of a cane, and was permitted to prone
| made the streets. / had pair Of very COM
mon shoes made for myself, for which paid
| S16, while for coarse felt hat paid $50; for
a light summer coat, SO; for 3 pair of pants,
haH cotton, so, and cotton socks. 81 20 Tha
following prices were given me By the hospital
steward: Flour, $50 per barrel; coffee s. per
pound; sugar, So per pound molasses, So per
gallon; bacon, S1.50 per pound; eggs, $3.50
per dozen, and live chickens, 81 each.
! was now allowed the privileges of eating in
the dining room with the n0n-commis5ioned
5tah, as, also, of visiting the different wards
Among the patients found patient belOng-
ing to the Federal navy. He had had one
leg amputated just below the knee. His mans
was William Hawkins, and he had served az
/ one OF the guns on the Indianola when shs
was sunk by the rebel battery at Port Hudson,
where he received his wound and was taken
prisoner. / found him very intelligent per-
son. We could sympathize with each other,
were company for each other, and time passed
more rapidly and agreeably. It was very
amusing sometimes so listen 70 the various
reports OF the rebels respecting their battles
the latter always, according 20 their state
ment5, resulted IN their favor. There
was telegraph office at the depot which
! brought them daily news from Jackson, Mss,
and this and the Jackson A2peak-whieh could
tell big lies for little paper-were the only
sources OF news. They took particular pains
20 report 20 me. on enc occasion, thas Graus
had lost at VIcksburg, IN storming the works.
eighty thousand men, and, owing 20 the excess
i've warm weather and disgusting stencil aris-
ing from the bodies, they had had to be- burned
They were confident of capturing bis whole
command. Following this cane report that
Kirby Smith had crossed the Mississippi River
attacked Banks in the rear and captured his
whole command and. lastly, that a Texas regi-
ment OF cavalry had met Griers0n, wounded
and taken him prisoner, together with nearly
ali his command You can imagine my feelings
on hearing such reports.
ITO Be cor,sinssd.I