Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-01-06

There was a strong brotherly feeling
among the East Tennesseeans, and not
less in our party. So the division of the
food--a matter of great importance-was
tcrupulOusly fair, the weak getting as
much as the strong. Aleck was given as
much as any of the rest. There was but
a tiny fragment of corn bread and still
smaller slice of unsavory meat for EACH
,1ot one fourth as much as | could have
saten with the hearty appetite l still re-
.aiued ! felt hungrier after devour
ing il than before. TWAS now nearly
3 O'Clock, and we were told by the old
citizens OF the jail that meals were only
served twice It day, and that we would get
10 more till the middle OF the afternoon.
They also encouraged US by saying that
after we had been in there for Il month or
Two, we would not feel so hungry! TWAS
not hard to believe this; in fact, we
Thought that less time than that would
cure our hunger foreverl
There was now feeble glimmer of
jgbt in orr den, by means of which we
could form a better idea of its character
Than Oh the preceding evening. But there
was Dothing reassuring in the survey.
S0nE eyes had become used to the feeble
.giligbT, which was all that ever visited
as here and we could look on each others
pzllid CAGES The Union men had not
been able to change their garments for
months, no water was ever given to them
lux to us for washing; and their faces wore
q look of hopeless misery, in the majority
nf cases, which was terribly pathetic.
Under no circumstances did our spirits
sink SO low ordid we suffer so much from
mere imprisonment, as did these men
The very danger we were in, the assurance
that our fate, one way or the other, would
probably he determined in u short time,
the confidence in our own power to make
a bold strike for freedom if the faintest
schance was allowed, and still more the
sense Of comradeship and the interest in
telling our stories, and cheering each
other-all these contributed to make us
bear up courageously
During the day g. d. Wilson, Dorsey,
Buffum, Bensinger, Porter and Hawkins
e2ane in They told an interesting series
Of adventures After capture they were
taken to Rinygod, and the same evening
20 Marietta where they had been placed
in a prison but little inferior in every vile
element to our present abode They were
guarded by heavy force of cadets from
the military school at Marietta, and mar
roWly escaped a mob. They finally heard
n clanking oil chains, and were called out
and chained by the necks in couples, anc
also handculIed Then they were takeI
lnrth over the line Of our fiery chase, ant
stopped ut Dalton. While waiting here
Bome Of the ladies came with their ser
wants and brought them a really frs
class supper. This was one of the few
pleasant incidents in this part Of our his
tory. Dorsey complains that he and hi
companions were not accustomed to ca
with irons on, and that they were no
very graceful The ladies probably eX
cused them, for two of their number drew
near and talked with them, weeping
freely one lady gave Dorsey Il rose
which he preserved as long as he could
There was mob outside threatening I
attack them, and seemingly the mob Ell
ragged by the presence of the ladies. Blu
the guards wlthstood bravely, and the
reached Chattanooga in safety, wher
they were taken TO a hotel to avail
orders, and the landlord at his own cos
gave them good breakfast. Then the,
we're brought to us in the Swims Jail, o.
the way through the crowded street, wit
their chains, II loud voiced man called out
'S'Will them hounds huntW Had the
Seen free he might soon have learned.