The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-12

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nd the G room adjoining the provost's
IN. ofIiceh distributed a large quantity
re. of ap| amongst US. The guards
at said | this was the custom with
10 prisoAyho were marked for execu-
no. tion. 1bade us eat heartily as it was
inp the labe we would epj,y eating on
lies earthA took them At their word
and m| he apples hop. The first
one olpals called for was Tom
nny y SharHs. When they came lack
,"uV after Mays out, we asked tho
oon, guards had become OF Mays, aud
ne, ,H' they y died like a man. In the
d Snd next q they took out Ray ana
lliuu Leech, he guards came back re-
"o , portingthey, too, had been swung
>uin "ne of intthappy hunting grounds.
'uno' ,""o, Then cy turn. The provost told
,i ,;nU mo thang to my youth, he was
'nres inclincore my llfo, and that II |
Iu,v nNI would le oath OF allegiance, go
!, "mi. "mH home aep out of the war, he
-, a.. would 10 loose. This | gladly
ohon " consqnta, He then administered
,ries u tho Y giving me q fine red
, ana yA apptness was running
'iag8] "tor, expected to DO hung in
,nca a, 'Hw Nv; Ang,nd now to find myself
~ III
, snS snS,calA But 1t mado me very
o"u o nnh,o W iRnrbe un,imelv end of my
cns Lco"b lfS9pm Sharp Mays, Thad
was 1n , But presently my joy
Idjstoao &ate, for only u Snort
ro, these MI provosts' olllco met
co had hRot9 Als who, like myself,
~ tho oa,ti zen sci liberty upon taking
90 transi,t!h OF Elance. This sudden
~ rceIon 1rOpbJect despair to the
- have .ri vi h0H.nd liberty made me
> can bn bvue h rHe>uliar feelsing, which
4 We n, "etter ined that described.
coDsuJt.' our lis together thon to
home r @s to r. means of getting
OF Mnrotth nero kNwore, in the middle
our cIntLh, TIC Ather very cold and
moDev vo'ning ttR' with not u cent OF
began =, "na iu aBre'tilo city. We soon
much b, h" uoubt i sther we had gained
vost mnyot n.y. not bef" hanged. The pro-
mo tbnt I"al haP pukcn 80 kindly to
cOnsuIr ggeA that we 90 in and
'cIuctn,, ntm. IT, I, rest of tho party
won't !" ~" togGhe sec him by myself.
rcatrj ,n n To 81 a. the provost. lie
o to tb, e KIND leland advised me to
zero. !taryrho nmission. We won't
at he Nv me scsa, s'tary informed me
lich thm"o hm"o just no lven the last cent
rolled o ~ s"clctyls anhad on hand to d
went tufcderal "a, soldier.
a how ""ok to Celes provost and told
he thny appil estation had failed,
t If @neh @ told mo contidentially
It'd t.II would not OH i've him away he
told mn "o , where dn son could ge. reliof.
in roi,eo 70 go to th Cedora street,
+ in ,hs from unohat point to the
. thatI Io hrst l,Sr Of rge brown stone
[ Will Saw orp the right hand
'ded to "0".a aa, gjyh Che J, me all tho holp
wi " how o"t %hea Nv In A."mo SO ths h,,yrs
me, Tor fi'@aa f"', pot changed baHN ; : :;
% n 'H x ;Gn1tor as sXsy will have til ( g
'd u lonss cpplied 80 them. A
''' ...~. ,,vstai ,,%; s;m,. ya;S;:s' T.
spurrcd by the dcspernto -. the
which | WAS involved, ascondedN W
marble steps, and rang the door hell,
My summons was answered by hand
somo and linoly dressod lady, who told
mo that Mrs. Sea:5 VAS in the pariUr
| was shown into the parlor, and in
Produced myself to Mrs. Sears. She
invite d mo TO take u seat on d divan,
and | unfoldcd to her my mission. She
then ordered servant to bring some
vino and some oranges, which dis.
posed Of with grcn: relish. Sho asked
mo great mnny questions relative to
thcicOmmand TO which | belonged, the
battles In which 1t had uctn engaged,
and the circumstances OF my capture
and Imprisonment. She them told me
that sho had u son in Con. FORESTS .
command. She had her carriage
ordered and sent mo after my com
rndcs. | found them still waiting for
mo near tho pr0vOst's Office. When
told them Of my good fortune it was
tho happicst little party Of boys, per-
haps, that was ever seen. We all
entered tho curriago and drove back
TO Mrs. Sears, where we were cordially
received and entertained right royalty.
She told us that her house was to be
our home until tho next steamer left
the wharf for Memphis, which, was
three days ahead. She then gave us
all 80 u piece and told Us to spend IT as
we liked while we remained in the
city. When the day for the boat to
leave arrived she ordered her cat riago
ard went with us to the boat and took
us on board, paying our faro for 1st-
class passage, and bade us All Affection.
ate farewell.
We found that there assembled at
Mrs. Scars every day quito party OF
ladies who occupied them. elves In max.
ing clothing for the Confederate
prisoners at Johnson's Island. She
told us that they despatched 30 suits Il
week to these unfortunate men. BE-.
fore we got to Cape Girardean, on our
way down, Lsech became dangerously
sick, and was taken off the boat at that
point, and was confined there Two
months, but getting we'll came home.
The rest OF us got off at Hickman, ar
rived safely at home about tho time
the Confederacy won't to pieces. Mrs.
Sears was a fine looking woman, da"k
complcxioned, heavy set, hair u little
gray, weight about 150 pounds. She
was finely educated, with manners the
most elegant. Her home to the un.
fortunate Confederate, regardless of
rank. was very temple OF hospitality,
and IN their suiforings and distress no
effort, at amelioration In her power
was too great sacrifice, and she
always bade them to look up and take
courage. Verify it seemed that the
love she gave them had no bounds.
Her image has arisen b,fore my mind