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Sir ''iiicsiii 1 1 II .si mi in ri VdL VII. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1803. NO. 9. Professional Cards. J. W.SAIN, M.D., fellas located at Liimolntoa and of fers his services as physjeian to the citizens of Lincolnfon unci surround ing country. Will be found at night at the Lin colntou Hotel. March 27, 1801 lv Bartlett Shipp, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I.INCOI.NTON, N. C: .Int. ly DENTIST. I.INCOI.NTON, N C. Cocaine used for painless ex tracting teeth. With thirty yea lis experience. Satisfaction pven in all operations Terms sa-Ai and moderate. Jan 2-J 'til IV BARBER SHOP. Newly tittcd up. Work away:, neatly dune customers politel; waited upon. Everything pertain ing to the tousorial art is don according lo latest Ntyles. Henry Taylok. Ha r her. Knlidi Spavin Liniment removes a! Jiard, soft or calloused 1 utii j -s and blemish from hors'-s, bl"d spavins, curbs, splint. sv''n'y, nn-Lin", stih'.'s, sprain?, al swollen throats, coughs etc. Save $50 b uc of one hottle. 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Lawing's Physician and Pharmacist. Subscribe lor the UOUMEE. 10,000 lriHoneiH at t Time JMcHC-ripiion ol Hie XecosKary ami IuuvoiUahle IIorror ol aC7oiifcleiate Mai en Prison. The History of the "Confederate Statts Military Prison,7' at Salisbury, from the pen of Rev. Dr. A. If, Maw qum, who was professor of mental and moral philosophy at the University of North Carolina at the time of his death in May, 1890. From Charlotte Ofweryer, (Concluded from last week.) Methods of escape. There were a few regnlar prison ers of war at the time in addition to other claeeeK. Twelve officers were confined in the upper story of the large building. They concluded to make a desperate effort to escape. Accordingly they tied their blankets together, hung them oat of the win' dow, and a deserter, who was to act as their guide, started down Rut the blankets were torn by their weight, he fell to the ground, the sentinels discovered him, and the plan was foiled. Other attempts were made by means of tuunels, one runniugfroua the commissary building to the stockade, but the vigilance of the guards again foiled them. The ef forts and plans resorted to iu order to effect their escape were often very irregular. The dead were buried outsido of the stockade by a detail of prisoners under guard. Upon one of these occasiona cue of the prisoners being a ventriloquist, threw bis voice into the coffin and so frightened the guards that the escape of the entire detail was easb. yl effected. Another successful plan was known as the ''small-pox ruse' The hospital forjthose afflict ed with this dire malady was with. ' the stockade. A number of prison- i ers, heated some needles red hot, burned small holes in their faces and bodies, and presented them- selves to the surgeon of the post, I were ordered to the hospital. Once J beyond the stockade, but they two had escaped. When new deserters were brought, to the prison they were generally 1 ''mugged' by those already there, j and stripped of everything that j they had thus far preserved for their1 comfort. The parties were detected and subject to severe corporal pun ishment, but as tbey continued their rapacious violence, th balance of the prisoners petitioned the au thorities to sMid them to Auderson- I ville. They were sent, in compli ance, and after reaching Anderson- ville became so obnoxious that they were arraigned before a court mar tial of the prisoners, tried for their lives, and isix of them were convict ed and hung. It might have been one ol these who, at Audersonville, murdered his owu brother in order t get his property at the North buried his body in h s tent, spread his blaaket over it. aud for some time tilept. upon it. A gentleman from Georgia iuformed rue such a case actually occurred. The prison guard was composed of tbree companies known as "Free, man's Battalion.' Company A Capt., C. D. Free man, 110 men; CornpanyB , Capt. IT. P. Allen, 10S men ; Company C, Capt. E. D. Snead, 112 men. The prisoners at that time num bered and were classfiied as follows ; Confederates uuder sentence of court martial, 310; Yankee deserters, 95 ; political prisoners, 104. IXQUIRIE8 ABOUT POLITICAL PRISONERS. In September Judge Sidney S. Baxter came to Salisbury as com missioner to make inquiry into the cases of the political prisoners. He was eminently qualified from his humane disposition, integrity and talent to discharge the duties of his delicate mission. Bis vol untary ef forts to assist Major Gee, during the next month, in releiving the suffering thousands of the prisoners who were crowded into thestockade, sufficiently attest the fidelity with which he addressea himself to the interest of those unfortunate men whom he was speciblly commission ed to look after. Col. Gilmer's health was not suf flcient for the duties of the pot 1 1 have never heard from any source any complaint against the manner m which he discharged his duties as commandant. In September, 1G4, he resigned, and the cilice of commandant was filled by the ap pointment of Maj. John II, Gee, of Quiuc.y Fla. Cheif Justice Dnpont, ol Florida, being in Richmond, .soon after this appointment, was told by Gen Braxton Bragg that there were "a number ol hard cases at Salis bury, and Maj. Gee was appointed to lLat placo on account of his pru. nenee and discretion' About the last of September Maj. Gee received a dispatch from Rich mond ordering him to make provis ions immediately for a very large numher of prisoners. Being a very humane man, he was greatly shock" ed by the order, for he knew it would be impossible to take care of so many. lint bad as the state of affairs at Salisbury , it was vastly worse at. Rich mond. There tlie population had become so numerous and the drain by tho'army had been and atiil continued to be so enor mous that the question of bare sub sisteace had become one of alarming interest. One of our Senators stat ed that, accepting an invitation to eat at the President's table, he fouud nothing but corn bread and fried bacon for the bill of fare. The condition of many of the citizens are deplorable, and the remnant of the great armv of Northern Virgin ia was compelled to bear hunger while doing fourfoul service against a vastly oat-numbering army. No wonder then that;tbe protest of Maj Gee was unheeded. Determined to do the best he possibly could with the limited means at his command, he address ed himself with earnest endeavor to putting the prisou in condition to receive the coming thousands And that task was indescribably ardour, There were scarcely any axes, shov- el-, tools, Inmber, wells, tents or any other rpuisite in the place or within his reach. He put j, number of men to work witn the best imple ments that coald be gotten, to dig more wells. He required them not only to dig by day, but by caudle light at night- The carpeuters were also ordered to enlarge the stockade. But before these im provements could be accomplished, immense trains of prisoners began to arrive. By the 5th of October about 5.000 had come. One train, probably the first, brought between one aud two hundred officers, of va rious rauk. from brigade-general down. On the 5'ii 1 visited the prisou in company with several las dies. The ground wai then firm and quile dry, ar.d the place ap peard well adapted to the purpose for which it was used. But that was Ihe last time tbe place had the appearance of afucrht but misery and I wretchedness. The officers' and privates' respective portions of tbe grouuds were seperated by only a liue of sentinels tbe toimer oc cupying the eastern quarter, with the old wooden buildinris. The prisoners were always trying to escape, and not frequently they they succeeded. Occasionally they would be arreBted again by citizens and brought back. Frequently they would reach the mountains, find plenty of friends to supply and direct them, aud make their way a cross the mountains to the Federal lines. Prison horrors. When the officera arrived an at tempt was made by robbers to "mug" them under coyer of the darkness, as they bad done many before, but an alarm was given and they did not effect their design. These "muggers," as they were termed in the prison parlance, were a regularly organized band of des perate characters, ready to rob the living or dying, or to commit mur- der to get money, provisions, cloth9, or other property Although a number were sent, as before stated, to Georgia, the prison still contin ued to be infested with them to the last. It will never be know how many of their fellow prisoners they murdered. I think it was not un common for marks of violence to be discovered on the bodies of the dead I saw one laid in the grave who ap peared to have be6n killed by chok ing. Another, who was very ema ciated, had a narrow wound like the incision of a small dragon near the jugular vein. Without this he could not have lived long, and I ronld dU "vme no reasou for nis murder but i inpatient to get possession of cloth es or something else which could not be obtained while he was alive. During the month'of October the number of prisoner amounted to 10, 311. The regular prisoners ol war and the rebel convicts were in per petnal feud, owing to the latter having in September found and seized a Federal flag which one of the prisoners had brought in con, ceiled upon his person. So bitter wag this feud that the convicts did not dare to leav? their quarters in the large building and venture out iu the grounds at night. There was no great degree of kindness between the Yankee de serters and 'convicts. They would gamble together iu the upper story of the main building, insult one an other, and get into terrible alterca tions. One of the guards told me that at rdght walking the parapet, he heard them righting, heard the cry of -'murder,'' growing fainter, scd fainier, and finally heard tbe gurgling struggles as of men wel tering iu blood. One night a desert er was thrown from the upper win dow and taken up dead; By order of the War Department Geu. Martiu raised about fifteen hundred guards, of whom over a thousand were senior reserves, men between forty-five and fifty, and several hundred jnnior reserves,who were boys between seventeeu aud eighteen years of age. Add to these "Freeman's Battalion" ar.d you have all the troops that Major Gee was furnished to control ten thousand regular soldiers. The stockade was simplv a plank fence about ten or twelve feet higb, so irai! in many places that it could be sbakeu for a long distance by the hand. It was the opinion of competent judges that a rush by a body of men against it would have broken it down. In some parts the plauks a tbe bottom did not reach tbe ground, and it required but little effort, as experiment proved, to open a way lot egress under ihem. The senior reserves who comprised the large majority of the guard, were ignorant of discipline, aud so oid and awkward and unteaehAble n any of them that they appear ed snore i ke Quixotic burlesques than veritable soldiers. The junior it serves were much more vigilant and efficient, but many of them were exceedingly small aud presented quite a grotesque picture as they lugged a huge musket around their beat. But for their diminutive size they would have made excellent sentinels. Freeman's men were al who had enough of the soldier about them to be depended on to discharge all tbe duties of a guard. Uuder such circumstances it may well be conceived how anxiously those who were entrusted with tbe keeping of the prisoners felt their responsibili ty. From October to the time they left there was no time (except per haps, while Col. Ililtou with the OSth Regiment was there,) when, acting in concert and with determ iuatioo, the prisoners tould not have overpowered the guard and sacked the town. A knowledge ot this fact doubtless caused many a wake ful hour to Major Gee while others were rdeeping, aud may occount for seeming severity in the regulations which were enforced. When the prisoners came they could not be supplied with sufficient number ot tents, and in consequence they suffered greatly from exposure. In apology for this it must be obs served that there was a much larg er proportion furnished them than were employed by our own soldiers in the field : and there were really no more that could be procured. As soon as they could be obtained two hundred tents were furnished them of different kinds flv, wall and others. Thus did they get what was denied our sons and brothers. After Bradley T. John son came he made direct applica rion to Gov. Vance for tents, know- iing probably that they could not be obtained from the Governor, uot withstanding he had taken steps to contribute to tho relief ol the Sal is bury prisoners, was compelled to answer that he had none. YANKKE INCSINUITY IN PROVIDING S1IKLTEK. A3 they did not have enough houses or tents to shelter them, and tho scarcity ol tools, teams, lumber and guards for the working parties prevented cabins being constructed, they resorted to "Yankee ingeiiui t " to provido shelter for them selves. A few eiowded under the: hospital and other houses, and slept there in bad weather. But tho in -tin resoit was bin rowing in the earth. Tbe whole incioMiie wm literally honey-combed by these burrows. They weie f-quaie or round holes dug nome three feei deep, with a mud-thatched root a hoie being punched through to the! surface at one end, and a little chimney furlhey built up out of baked earih. Over the entrance there was a little porch or projec tion that, as long as it withstood tbe rail itself, kept the water from the maiu bur row. But for the damp ness these places would have been comparatively comfortable for they shielded the tenant from the winds and rains, and required a very small quantity of wood to make them warm. I have seen a thin matting of ehavmgs which had been whittled with a pocket knife, lying on the floor of some ot them. The tenant had either to sit or to lie do. vn in them ; they wee too shaU low for him to stand erect. They must have been wretchedly uncom fortable and destructive to health and life in those heavy, incessant rains that fell in January and Feb ruary, 1865. The hospitals were so crowded, and such numbe s died in them, that some preferred to linger and suffer in their sickness in these little cells. Consequently they not unfrequently died there alone, and were not discovered for some days AN ACCIDENT Maj, Mefftitt. who was quarter master to the prisou, with dutv to provide .'belter, etc., had a chimney begun to tbe large building. When it had reached the third story, the unsouud brick at the bottom gave way, and the whole structure fell. Several were injured and perhaps O'je killed. The sentinel were or dered to clear the building aud keep ever body out and one, rushing back to get something, paid no r tentiou t the fentin.il's warniot', was tired at and either killed ot wounded. Those who were injured were rescued from the rubb-sh as soon as possible. . Maj. Moffat fouud tho greatest difficnUy in getting lumber lor building purposes, bat, having pro cured some, had ordered the car penters to put up six buildings, 200 feet iu length, 22 feet wide, and 20 feet high. When they were engag ed in framing these, Gen. Winder, Commandant of Prisons in this and other States, visited and inspected the prison, pronounced the place unfit for a prison, declared that he would have them moved down in South Carolina, aud therefore or dered all improiueraents to be dis continued. Before the arrange ments necessary for their removal were completed, the advance of Sherman became so threatening, and the whele s tuation so critical that tbe project was abaudoned. It was also contemplated to mote the prisoners to a more comfortable site on the Yadkin, but the place iu view, on examination, proved ine ligible. The Confederacy was in its last struggle its resources all gone, and therefore, though the condition of the prisoners was wietched and appalling, there was no way to ameliorate it. They were in a miserable plight when they came. Large numbers of them were noable to walk, and had to be car ried from the train to the prisou Those who had been confined else" where for a iong time, were pale, emaciated and dejected. Many of them were very filthy and ragged. Some were without hat or cap or any sign of shoes. The clothing of! many was very meagre and a snm mer texture. A very large propor Continued on last page.) Skoteli ol M. MarkN, From Our Church Paper. This congregation, located in Gas ton Co., N. C, is one of the oldest iu the Tennessee S nod. Its exact age is not known, as iheie am no rccoidtj back of 1S11. The old log house in which the congregation lorinerly woishlpded, was known as Beaver Dam, aud stootl alouta mile east of the pr-ss ent chinch. It was built in 18-0. The liist communion service on record is Miat i f Oct. 17, 18U. There were fi. communicants From this it is lesonable to suppose that tho congregation had already been cxihim for .sonic time. On Feb. G 1S27, the Bev David flenkel received by confirmation -2 members. Ml. Wiley RudiMll 1 the only one of I his numbei still living. He is now in his 8tth year, and has been a member of the con gregation for more than 06 ears He says that there were services held at this place before he was bore. It is altogether proha'dc that the congregation oves its existence to the labors of the Bev. Paul Henkel, who came to this State about th& year 1800. The old constitution is brief, but pointed It is writteu in English and Geimau. It was drawn up by Be v. D-svid Henkel, and adopted by t he congregation iu May, 1823. Pastors in those days were woik ed much harder than now, as their pastoral territory oiten embraced au eutire county, and sometimes tx tended into other counties arid oth er States. At that time couuties were wery large Lincoln, for in instance, embraced what is now Catawba and Gastou. itoads were few, streams hard to cross, and general facilities for traveling poor ; so that the spirtual attention wuicn the cnurches re ceived iu those days was not what it would have been, had there been fetter opportunities for serving them. But the faithful pastors did all they c juld, and laboring under such adverse circumstances, we can not help but wonder how they suc ceeded as well as they did. The following; dates on which c HMtnunion service wag held at Sr MaikS or Beaver Dam, as it was then known will at once show that tbe pastor in charge, could be there only at time, di-tance, and labor ar. other piac s would allow : O t. 17. 1819, f5 communed ; Sept 1 8, 1 820, 8 ; M ay 2 7, 1822,6; Jul 13, 1S24, 72; Juiy 'J, 182J, 45 ; Feb 20, 1827, 03, and 22 confirmed ; Apr 6. 1823, 41 ; Dec. C, 1829, 78, and 32 confirmed. The congregation has teen served by the following pasters in tbe or der given : Revs. Philip Henkel, David Hen kel, Adam Miller, J. R. Petersen, A. J. Fox, L. A. Fox, D. D , M. L L.tt'e, and at present by the writer. The r resent house of worship was built during the pastoral labors ot Rev. J. R. Peterson. It was dedicated Saturday, My 8 1858. The name was then changed from Beaver Dam to St. Mark's All these years the congregation has continued to thrive and grow. It has given St. Matthew's to King's Mountain, and St. John's to Cherry ville, both ot which are flourishing congregations Some congregations when tby get old become fossilized, and cease to work, but Sf. Mark's seems to have lost none of its life and vitality She is doing good worfc. Tbe ser vices are well attended, and her so cial qualities are such as to make each and all feel perfectly at home. Communiou service was held, May 14. Some interior changes aud improvements were made lor this occasion. The old pulpit was toru out, and a new one, modern and elegant in design, and tasty in finish, was put in its place. Tbe cbanel was elevated and ea closed with suitable railing. This with pulpit and aisle were neatly carpeted. The interior appearance is greatly improved. Two edifying and impressive ser mons were delivered during the day The one in the morning by Rev. S. S. Rabn, Ph. D. ; the other in tbe afiernoon by Rev. L. A. Bikle, D D. The communion was very large 11 new members were received It was a pleasant and profitable occa sion. Pastor. Uglily Initio Dollars, In reference to the Business Agency laud, the Progressive Farmer talks back at the Gazette as followt: The fund is right where it has been all the time and will stay there. A few small politicians tried to get the contributors io withdraw their volnntaiy contributions, but It did n't work. Contributors to tbe number of thirteen (13 is an unlucky number, ou kuow) applied for their little dollars right away and then (sad i.n'r it) they stopped. Since (hat terrible unlucky number of patriots spoiled the game, a few others have ventured forward and claimed their little share, until tho total sum called for amounts to tho magnificent, gorgeous, gigantic amount of t.riO It is pluin that the great iuiinlor of "tliMsatified" Alliancemen "swiink tip awfully" Hoiuehow. Seveiiii times that much has been pledged to replace what id withdrawn. We intended ro publish the names of the to called Alliancemen woo wit hare w the funds as fast as they applied but in order that no one should have a chance to complain that we tiied io intimidate those who uiight be small enough to ap ply (or their funds, wa have waited pilienlly until they could put iu their claims. As thev have bad ample time we will begin publishing the names and amounts that each one withdrew, probably next week. The people want to see who they are and all about them. So the Gazette may rest assured that most of tbe fund is here to stay. It id properly invested and deposits ed, part of it drawing 6 per cent, interest, and all of it doing tbe members of the Alliance ten times as much good as it it were in their pockets. The State Agency is do ing more and more business and so fnr as we can learn is entirely satis factory to all who take advantage of the system. II any more inform aiion is wanted by tbe Gazette we will cheerfully give it. Now will the Gazette publish it ? Yes, we'll print it. Here's some thing else we'll print, too. It ex plains why the Progressive Farmer speaks so cynically ot "little dol lars." Leaving name blank, it is a true copy of tbe Trustee's letter. Macdpelatj, N. G, 5-29, 1893. Dear Sir : I enclose you herein e:ghty-five cents, P. O. mon ev order, in payment ot certificate So. 4G01 $1.00. The Contributions to tbe fund have beeu S35.000.0O. The losses paid by order of Executive Committee are 2,731.10. Present amount Your proportion Lt-ss P. O. money order Less Postage Amount due you 32,f'68.90 92 cts. 3 " 4 85 " Respectfully, W. A. Graham, Trustee. "Little dollars'' eh ? Swunk sure enough, haven't tbey f One dollar dawing G per cent iuterest for three or four years, doing the depositor ten times as much good as it could do io his pocket, and worth at the end of that time jast eightyfive cents is a buily specimen of Third party financiering. That being "en tirely satisfactory to all who take advantage of the system' is good a sentiment worthy of the veriest high way robber. Gastonia Gazette. The Gazette has simply got tbe "Fanner" squarely by the horns, Courier. What to Head. If you are down with tbe blaea, read tha twenty-seventh Psalm. It there is a chilly sensation about the heart, read the third chapter of Revelation. If you don't know where to look for tbe month's rest read the thirty seventh Psalm: If you feel lonesome and unpro tected, read the ninety-firct Psalm. If the stove-pipe has fallen down and the cook gone off iu a pet, pat ap the pipe, wash your hands, and read the third chapter of James If you find yourself losing confi dence in men, read the thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians. If the people pelt yon with hard words, read tbe fifteenth chapter of John. If you are getting discouraged about your work read Psalm 126 and Galatiaos 0:7-9. If you are all ont of sorts, read the twelfth chapter of Hebrews The Bible Reader. Subscribe for the LINCOLN COU RlER, $1.25 a year.