The National tribune., 1902-01-30

Gen. Duke and a number of Morgan $
chief officers were captured at Bulhng
ton Island six days before Gen. Morgan
himself surrendered.
There has always been glamour OF
romauce connected with the Imprisonment
of Morrau and his officers in OhiO-some
of them in the penitentiary, some at camp
Chase. others at Johuson's Island. why
Cen. Morgan and a number of his chief
sains were confined in the Bastile-the
State Prison at Columbus-it Is not M!
purpose in this story to inquire. The fact
remains. they were there-apparenty safe
enough. pining for freedom in the Sunny
Southland,
..Where the leaf never dies
In the still blooming bowers,
And the bee banquets on
Thro' a whole year of tiOwers.
The officers and men captured at Buff
iington Island were given free passage TO
Cincinnati on a small steamboat. 1t re-
aliring about three days to make the trlp.
T'he men, crowded upon the hurricane
deck, and their guards cultivated GOOD
Fellowship Genial and, in a way, con
genial. they were the best of friends, there
being mutual sympathy, as captVes ana
cantors had been on long run ana iohg
chase and all had gone in a-Swlmmln
together. after the melee at Burlington, to
ssCnoI Off and wash away the accumu-
lated dust of travel. The guards, however,
wore yigilant to see that no guilty man
sborld escape Good soldiers were those
guards. watchful. albeit humane, but in
the dark, Still hour of night a number
of their prisoners got away, silently drop
ming into the river and swimming 10
Dixie's shore. Cant. Day, of Gen. Judah
staff, rigid in the performance OF duty
but extremely courteous, was IN charge
OF the captiyeS.
In acknowledgment of Cant Day Sol
dierly courtesy, the Confederate officers
signed n paper, drawn by one of their
number, testifying to his gentlemanly et-
forts 20 ameliorate their sad situation,
and. against his modest protestations-
they prevailed upon him TO accept the
document their idea being that IN the
yicissftudes OF war the gallant Federal
officer might himself become n prisoner
The paper signed by them would com
fnend him to the tender mercies OF ali
Confederate soldiers.
When the boat arrived at Cincinnati the
citizbns, many of them, made a demon
stratiaD, not an ovation. to the prisoners
much more valiant @ than they dld on
the night when Morgan marched around
the city. Even the Copperhcads were in
hosIIitable. The populace were now. an
paraialy, more waTlike than Gen. Judah's
soldiers The latter had more sympathy
for Sforgan's men, their prisoners. than
they had Tesnect for certain citizens. In
fact the soldiers repelled the "dem0nstra-
tive citizens by plying the bayonet. Not
withstanding the demonstration the
prisoners were marched to the City Prison.
whence the private soldiers were almost
Immediately sent to Camps Douglas and
Morton.
After having been detained in the city
twos0r three days, the officers were sent
to Johnson's Island, but after being there
four days about 30 of them, Gen Duke
Of the number, were transferred to the
Peniientiary at Columbus.
MORGAN sHAvEY AND sHoRN.
SAYS Duke:
when we entered that gloomy mansion
Of crime and woe' it was with misery
In our hearts. although we affected a
gaiety Of manner. We could not escape
the conviction, struggle against it as we
wGuld, that we were placed there to re-
main while the war lasted, and we be
tIieycd the war would outlaSt the genera
ton We were told when we went in
that we were there to stay, and there
was something Internal in the gloom and
the massive strength Of the place, which
seemed to say, Leave all hope behind
While we were waiting iii the hall. 10
which we were assigned, before being
, placed in our cells, a convict, as | sup
posed, spoke to me in a low voice from
the grated door Of one Of the cells already
+ occurred. / made some remark about the
familiarity Of our new friends on short
acquaintance, when by the speakers pc
cliliar laugh / recognized Gen. Morgan.
He was so shaven and shorn that his
voice alone was recognizable. for ! could
not readily distinguish his figure We
we're soon placed in our respective cells
and the iron-barred doors locked. Some
OF the officers declared subsequently that
/ when left alone and the eyes OF the keep
ers were taken off Of them, they came
/ near swoOning 1t was not the appre,
henSion of hardship or harsh treatment
that was so horrible; it was the sitting
sense Of close, cramped confinement. The
dead weight Of the huge stone prison
seemed resting On our breasts.
Son the next day we were taken out
10 undergo some of the usual prison dis
ciplinc,' and were subjected to sort Of
dress parade. We were first placed. man
10y man, in big hogsheads, of which there
were two, filled with water, ard sOlemnly
scrubbed by two negro cOnyicts- This
they said was done for sanitary reasons.
The baths in the lake at JOhnsOn's Island
were much pleasanter, and the 10Th man
who was ordered into either tub looked
ruefully at the water, as If lac thought il
had already done enough for health.
UERELENTING ToNsoRIAL ARTISTS.
SEATED in barber chairs our boards
were ShaNcn OIL ana then the officiating
artists insisted that every man should
have a decent hair cut We found that
according TO the pcnitentiary code. the de
cent way of wearing the hair was to
wear none at all-the artists cut it all
of. II the same rule had been adopted
with regard 10 clothing. the Digger In
dams would have been superfluously clad
in comparison with (what would have
heen) our disheveed condition. Some
young men lost boards and mustaches on
this occasion that they had assiduously
cultivated, with scanty returns for years
Col. ID. Howard Smith had a magnificent
beard, sweeping down to his waist, pa
triarchal in all save color, giving him a
ieonine appearance that might have awed
any ordinary barber. He was placed in
a chair, and in less time. perhaps than
Absalom stayed on his mule after his hair
brought him TO grief, he WAS reduced to
ordinary humanity. He felt his loss keen
.ly. vcntured 10 compliment him on
features which / had never before seen,
and he answered with asperity that il
;yas no jesting matter
~ A REUNION
y "When we returned to the hall we met
90 Morgan, Col. Leroy Cluke. Calvin