The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-19
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1897

I'7' hOo VI Glell ludle projectors.
From my prison my thoughts
wander far away and when | think
of the condition of my country and
my own, time drags heavily and
sigh for freedom escapes my bosom
aud fervent wish springs up for
Herculean strength to avenge the
wrongs of my people.
An account from Nashville in to
days paper says that Gen. McCook
was sick and returning to his
brigade in an ambulance near
Selma, Ala, when he was overtaken
by guerrillas who turned him over
in the road and shot him while he
was on his knees begging for mercy,
(Which of course is an infamous
Yankee lie made to arouse the
worst of passions and cause a few
Rebels to be murdered). 1t is also
stated that prominent rebel SYM
pathizers were shot down in the
streets of Nashville on account of
McCook's death; and that the 9th
Ohio burned and destroyed every
thing in the neighborhood Of where
he was killed, and hanged several
citizens who were suspected.
Aug. ID. A fight at Cumberland
Gap is reported. Can't tell how it
has gone; 1t. Col. Gordon of the
18th Tenn. wounded and prisoner.
Also reported that on the 10th, Major
Kennedy, of KY, dispersed band
of guerrillas near WilliamspOrt,
Maury Co.; DR.. Thompson, of the
lnn nj cd
relieved of his cotton and money !;
other cotton buyers of that county
have come up missing (Which we
are rejoiced to know.)
Aug. IA. To-day is gloomy,
rainy day and accords we'll with my
feelings; perhaps the weather is the
cause of the depression of my spirits.
We have failed for several days to
get the Cincinnati Enquirer and we
learn that it is suppressed as far as
this prison is concerned. In an arti-
Gle in this mornings Sdndusky
Register headed TRAITOR PER-
FIDYl" the editor writes as if Presi-
dent Davis had refused to deliver
up Federal officers. He pitches into
the Johnson Island prisoners, stat
ing that they had been very tender
ly treated and that the Federal
government ought to mete out to
them rigorous treatment and teach
them that their fate will be decided
in Richmond. We have always
been aware of the fact that our fate
depended upon the authorities in
Richmond, assisted by God against
the Vaccinations Of the editor of
the Register and his assassin gov
eminent assisted by the devil. The
kind treatment he speaks of is being
shot down by a villainuus Yankee
sentinel without any provocation
whatever; and barely enough gun
wadding bread with flyblown beef
and tainted pork to keep soul and
body together. If it were not for
the crackers, cheese, lard, butter
flour, sugar, cakes, potatoes and
vegetables of every kind which we
buy, our ratiOns would be short as
well as inferior in quail ty.
The Detroit Free Press of August
9th says: The great rush for Canada
has received sudden check The
President has issued summary or
der that no citizen liable to draft
/ shall go into foreign countries. Nc
exception is made. The necessity
for this will be little appreciated ex-
cept by those who reside at frontier
posts. The rush through Detroit fol
the past four days has been tire.
mendous. The trains come in
loaded down with men from all
parts of the West, who are flying to
Canada like cravens to escape the
draft. Yesterday, it is said, some
five or six hundred crossed the river
here. Every bed, bench and plank
has been brought into requisitiOn
for sleeping place. 1t is probable
that West Canada just now contains
the greater congregation Of towards
that ever fled from government
that has been better and kinder to
them than father.
Yanks are in to-day hauling out
every rock and brick. | think they
are scared all the time for fear We
will attempt to take the island.
d The Officers Funeral In Prison.
BY TIP.l
| NO military requiem grand
Swells around his bier;
No muffled drum, no mourning band
Attend the warrior here.
All funeral pomp to him's denied;
No fife nor trumpet loud,
No guards of honor by his side,
No banners for his shroud.
No trophies won in daring fight
Adorn his coffin rude,
To attest the stalworth warriors might
And prove his noble blood.
No last salute is fired DER
The prisoners newmade grave,
ScoOped close by Fries rugged shore
And washed by Erie's wave.
The coward foe may now deride
The noble chieftain dead,
Who, living, humblei their bastard
pride
And filled their souls with dread.
CALMLY he sleeps beneath the sod.
His last parade is done,
Alone with his country and his God
His last great battles won.
TO BE Continued
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