The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-03

, for me. Reported exchange of prisoners c preGpessing 4avorably. | Thursday. March A-Weather more moderate. mild and genial as spring. Friday, March x-Weather moderate with appearaucs of rain. No communi- cation with mainland on account of the uncertain condition of the ice. Gold is quoted in N. f. at S1.eo. Saturday, March 26-The ice in the bay rapidly disappearing. Birds singing in the yard this morning. A boat came over bringing . heavy mail for the island, this is the first day since the first of Decem- Der that the prison yard has been entire ly clear of snow. full of geese and ducks. Preaching in sevsral blocks. Twelve persons were bap- tizsd in the lake this morning. E Monday, March 2s--Weather fine. MT. Terry. the new sutler. came today. bring ing a large supply of goods tprovisions5, which he Is selling very fast. Tuesday. March 2e-Some rain. leaves the yard muddy. Wednesday, March so-Rain again last night. yard nearly impossible from the mud. A large express brought in and a Dixie mail.
 Thursday, March a1-Quite cool today | / Friday, April l. 1S64-Papers say Com ,missioners O'Neil and Hatch were at i Fortress Monroe today on exchange of prisoners.
 Saturday. Apr4l e--Cool and cloudy. A Yankee chaplain presented me with tes- tament.
 Sunday. April s-A beautiful day, the finest this year. Preaching in several blocks.
 Monday, April 4-Rather warm. John son, a new sutler. came in today with q large supply of goods. chiefly provisions.
 Tuesday. April 5-Cloudy win some rain Johnson, the strfler, sells at an enormous profit. Common shoes. 6; butter. 75 cents: sugar.. 50 cents; coffee. q.
 Wednesday, April 6-Papers contain q telegram that commissioners have agreed on an exchange of prisoners and that General Grant has approved the cartel. Great rejoicing over this news. hope 1t may be true.
 Thursday, April 7--went outside to see General Terry. Learned from him that the Confederate money belonging to the prisoners of war to Washington.
 Friday. April S-Fast day by proclama- tion of President Davis: it is generally observed in the prison. Preaching in sev- eral blocks.
 Saturday. April s--Rain all night, yard deep in mud, almost impossible.
 Sunday, April 10-Rain today. Preach ing in several blocks.
 Monday, April 11-It is believed in the prison yard that an exchange of prison CTS is agreed upon. Members of Yankee Congress have been quarreling about rec oxnizfng the Confederate States. Gold in New York is worth s1.n in greenbaclzs.
 Tuesday, April 12-Fair and pleasant. no news of importance.
 Wednesday, April 13-Forty-ene prison CTS (ofiicers), from St. Louis arrived this morning, they mostly belong to the trans Mississippi Department. Gold in New York is quoted at s1.7s. We have had no meat rations for five days.
 Thursday. April H-Considerable stir in Yankee Congress produced by Mir. Longs speech. Army contractors are throwing up their contracts. every article of army consumption has risen about 10 per cent in the last week.
 Friday, April l5-Gold went up to s1.ss in New York yesterday; no news of im- portance today.
 Saturday, April 16--some snow and rain today. Yankee papers say that General Forest has taken Port Pillow and put the garrison to the sword. Sunday, April 17-Cloudy. some snow in evening. Preaching as usual on the Sab bath.
 Monday, Aprfi 1s--we have learned that the flag of truce boat returned to Fortress Monroe on the 18th bringing about 800 sick and wounded prisoners. No news of exchange.
 Tuesday. April 1s-An order has been received here to send forward to Point Lookout all the sick and wounded eficers who are able to bear the journey.
 Gn eral Taylor has whipped Banks at Alex ander. Va The Yankee surgeons have been engaged in examining the sick and wounded and preparing the rolls to send them off.
 Thursday. April n-Surgeons still ex- arninfng the sick and wounded. Friday. April 22-A slow rain all day. One hundred sick and wounded left here this morning. All letters were taken from them and their memorandum books de- stroyed by the Yankees outside before they left.
 Saturday, April 23-Rain all night. cold and stormy. A large Dixie mall came but received no letter. Sunday. April 24-Cold and cloudy. Was sick all night but some better: taken worse during the day with dysentery.
 Monday. April 25-Stili cold and cloudy. Quite sick last night. Received a letter from General Asberg, dated March 20. 1862. Eighteen or twenty prisoners arrived this evening. captured mostly in Tennessee. Some citizens among them. Tuesday. April 2e-Passed bad night. Wont to the hospital today. Flight or ten prisoners brought in from Memphis. Wednesday. April z7-Rested better last night.
 Thursday, April 2S-weather still cloudy | and unsettled. Rested very we'll.