The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
SOUGHTTOH HANG MEADOW
MS SPANISH FoES IN SELMA BEN
ON TENG EANCE
ne was There ~ n Prisoner or war. Vet
Would Have Boer Lyuct<d but for the De-
termination or Two Rebel Oncera-The
GENERAL HAD Put on Hln Uniform to Die In.

ATI NSr, no npf- R-(spn. Nen1 DD\V's lin
gering last illness and death have revived
stories ~ hio oxncrionces Will, he was n nrison.
or of vor In ,his far-avny corner Of tho Confod.
cracy. In ,ssq rho focts are known to many
Georgia Co,fcdor,,cs now living In this civ.
Amonp those ore tho present Secretary Of Stntc
Col. 4. n ConiIer of tho Forticth Georpin ncri.
mcnt. WIN hold Cen. Dow n captiye for some
time at jackson Miss. and Capt. l.. r. Mitchell
of the sn,rc rc,imort WIN ncrsonollv mud alone
conducted .tba nrisoner ON "A long roundabout
Journey in Richmond. whore he was confined
nearly n vcor md thcn exchanged for Gcn w
III, F. Leo s,n NJ Robert f. Leo. yarious no.
counts hnyc hccn nrinted about the trim from
jackson to Ricbmond. nv vny of Selma and
A,Ian,a a. r..sr.s. H.
hIahIa' ana thence through inc 'arohnas' IN
the course OF which Gen. BOWS life was in
danger from ,.vcnyefuTmob and was saved only
hv ,ho oan,aosa"as innannit, 80 III, nrori
Capt. Mitchell now comes forward for the first
time with his version of thc.trip, and has placed
torian of Atlanta Camp, Confederate Veterans,
for preservation.
In June, 1853, the Fortioth Georgia, under
Col. Gamblers command. was stationed Mt
.aeAson' Mss IN inc reur d uran.s army,
enen operating against sick'purs. ono uay a
oonh l." Logan : detachment brought Gen. DOW
10 jackson as a prisoner. Inc Gehcralhad peen
severely wounded while leading his brigade in a
cha ,ro against the works- nj port Hudson on
Mo-. 90 naIs. a a. Nv =, - on
his wound was in the leg-ho had taken quar-.
ters IN thc bous, NJ n Fedora, symn,thi,er out.
q Il II N houSo vi " reuerai S3 'npatnl"er OUT
side of the lines of Banks's army. There the
raiding troops surprised linn at night. and,
.lo,od o,,r Tho oan.mro doii,orsd hir, ,ri,h
GOV" w. NV '"P'u'e' u'n''reu h'l "'a
great display TO the headquarters OF Gcn.Joseph
L. Johnston, the Department Commander, at
" S"a'.e's "ef' CIV" nm, unuo'
charge OF Col. Gambler. who treated tho cap
r,as than = ro,oran-in roars nns ,ho oamr,osr
was 'hehe veteran u, Years. NV inc courtesy
manner prisoner and keeper became warm
friends and when 1t was decided TO send the
for his custodian one of Col. Gamblers trusted
officers, Capt. Mitchell. Col. Gambler says that
OF armed men as escort and guard, but Capt.
Mitchell declined, saying:
Castle s! TbSn Tar aen'eF the prisoner Safo'y al
"And he did" adds Col. Gambler, drawing
mob and telling Them they wouid have IN
march over his dead body before they could
Vet M his nrisoner This took nIacc MT selma
and td not a Hontron,crrD as n UT stated. Cen
Dow before setting out had given Cant. Mitch.
eli his narolc NJ hnnnr moi IN trv ~ cs,,ne
end MitibcliII pledged I hHs Manor y ~ . u Sropcct Nm
| 10th kent their nfcdp,. "'"O' P '
The party reached Selma without adyen.
tnre. and secured quarter. for the niyhN nj the
hotei intendinS 10 ,%ait for a n na ~
Word reached selma in advance that Gen.
bow WAS IN mas tHrargh thnre n nrisoncr
npGer eIsrS PPnnrno m nnp0r rn nu[ a TO- hs
Character had been spread tbromehout The
S Wns cissse from am .mS 'f ,6o n 9I ,he W G;rn nc
New England. a danrrrous fanatic. and So on.
Having served under h,ticr in 1851 & I and
ure. in New Orleans after its caniure he Was
accused NJ heinz a iroJrr n. ncgro trnons and NJ
close partnership in ali the fniouities an eX.
cited nennIe char .l ,nnn pnticr M no,
was npt XII low lad ioI,nranJei at pcnsa.
cola Tor a time and in dealing Win thc tTnrhu-
Lent AZ IL Ie"ntt A in ana - .e LAIN 'ant, r ~ri ~ bsd u
sued the course that mNrSnd BntIer's rule in
specially Turbulent a ND had S'e sworn i u p t~ke
revenge Mt the first onnort Initv In S63 10Th
New Orleans and Fensacola were irretriev.
ablv given noer ~ EadaraI nn,roI o,d the IN.
Land ci,ies con,igrnus iire WoUt,"m"nrr and
selma. were flied with refugee. Of n most
ianverous tyne chieav ~ S,onieh MOOD ~
If is a fact seldom taken into account thet
the spaniarts Of the Gnif states anes We're WtTeu the bit.
They were doubIv rcbeIlions " In the tirst
place, they had never been reconciled to Napo.
Icons sale Of heir Territory 10 The + nited
Stntes and AMI u; IN fot, 80 raa In " a. 1nineSdt
French domination. They hated. as onlS peo.
bii,c.cveS' blond M herucr a''' n n, tuI Iost the
! Spanish rabblc in Selma had A chance TO yet
even with a REPRESENTATIVE of tho Hereditary
soon after dark there was a con,motion in
the streets and r. trnnSnirc3 tbo, n n,nh r,m,
led hy dcsnsratc mem from Pensar"In and N SS q
Orleans had determined TO banr Cen Cen DOW DOW to n
Inuin nosi Tine GriernI AND ,is ,,inrJ ,"rn
not entirely surprised and rcmained cool and
unrutfied. Dow had had cxncri"nce with mohs
hefnrr WLil. Nnvo- Of pHr,I,nd IN Ist5 s;n'
ola handed md ,iEnc hc nal hr Nv -, ~ H., I1' io sI.
ers in the noioriou, Rum Rim can, Wi,rhniI
determined to die with him If need he hut hn
iart M stone nn,rrnca 10 ara;S n con ~
: There ,rrn f.w rn,i coufod crn,a sohSinr. -,
selma at that time bHt The C"ntoi| lev pn ~ ~
thr nrcsence NJ nnc 81 col CanI a.. c@n'r'ic s
in arms n warn, ncrsonai triand n wom wSe
had led Alabama troops in the tcld, Col. Bibbp'
ma at that time. After seni!ng a message =
Coi Rihb Cant liitrhcIl w.mi nwn - ia
street and hnran,,i"i rho mnh MINI wa :" nc
inr in front Of he hoteL If wn. tthcn ihat i y
Wore tbo, ,hcv must nnss Nv :" - tnod ~ hoT ne
before they could do harm to Gen Gen i Wr"' oo"'
in , shGrt lime Coi INN nrrir"5 ora tho
two n;tirers ;nincd in an nn,cat ~ tLo u" mNnh ne no
disnerse and moi cast a stHrrp Tnon m" r "mg}tHo
49, NV nssanItimr an inno ni"" II r"ht5Saai,
prisoner whom tho Fortunes Of war Ind b mTb
act Of thai kind wouldd I,s,% ~ ~ n ,H !" - - n :, in NM IAN an
the civ of selma This last Iirw 'hh had c Ii"n
u n re nIdcr and nnr. 'n sSrat r III, Ia" " ere" a
They took a second Thought and turned edi'i way
ttw,'mr Ifi,s .n h "n, ~ : enSn'oihhs anu