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PniuaiD Erm VconiDir BT T A N S L Y K E , > KBITOR AND 'PROPRIETOR. in Bishop's BIoek*l '%|MnrotiTB: Fiur M' TBRU4 OF SUBSCRIPTION. fee Tsar (In Aurance) -tJ-SO [rN«t Paid within Three Months 100 Subscription* received for three or alx •snaths in the same proportion. 50* 10 00 15 00 8000 jt*» 60 00 . . 100 00 Bates of Advertising. • announce liberal rates for advertising he PLAIWDEALER, and endeavor to state them so plainly that ther will be readily an- terstood. They are as follows: 1 Inch one year . . , t laches one year . »•, *<• •<< - I Inches ens year - .* rt - *"' V Column one year • | «- 4 Oelnmn one year. - .J» Column one year • #ne inch means the meainrement of one meh dewn the colnmn, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the abore rates, have IN privilege of changing as often as they MMH, without extra charge. Secular advertisers (meaning those having •tanaing cards) will be entitled to insertion •f local netices at the rate of 5 cents per line HWh week. All others will bo charged 10 •ents per line the first week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged *t the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and feents per line for subsequent issues. Thns, ftn Inch advertisement will cost tl.OOforone week, fl.50 for two weeks, §2.00 for three Wftiks, and so on. The PLAIWDKALBR will be liberal In giving MUorial notices, but, as a business rule, it Will require a suitable fee from everybody •••king the use of its columns for peouniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. a. T. BIIOWN. M. D. ijilmiOIAN AND SURGEON. OS** it I Residence, Mc Henry, III. siiiii O. H. FEGERS, M. D- RrrslOlAN AND SURGEON, MoHenry, lis. Offlce at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. PEYMOIAN AND SURGEON, Mc Henry, 111. Office at Residence, one door West •( M. B. Church. BARBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, Mc Henry, 111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, la Old McHenry, mKelter Block, third door wast of Riverside House. Livery Stable. B. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drtvera .arnished at reasonable rates. Teaming 9t all kinds done on short notice. I NEAR THE DEPOT. '"#EST MoHENRY, ILL, Keep* open for the accommodation of the fublic a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, 'iKftere he will at all times keep the beat brands of Wiucs, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the market. Also Agent For wf|ElAP€Z FALK'8 MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER. Beer in Large or 9mall Kegs or Bottles al­ ways en hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. tors by mall promptly attended to. OOOD UTABLINU FOB HORSES. 11 and see as. * -.ft; Robert Sohlessle. #e«t lleuenry, ill, £L Snglea'S SALOON AND RESTAURANT. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. Kentucky Liquors, K-; French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, JftM MilwaukH Bmi, --AND-- » Scllitz lilTaita Bottle Beer, ts any quantity front siSnitz Glii«a to 5C0 barrels. r IfT WHOEOSALE OR RE rA IL • ) in bottles, kegs or case as ^ s)lMp m the cheapest. We buy none but the best and ;f|tl at Reasonable Prices. ; Call and see me and I Will use va|fmweU- ANTONY ENGELN. ;; fe&Moflenry; III.. 1888. Teroeats, la all Ibe latest atyUM, Hi tiA ^toftela. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1887. NO. 23. BUSINESS CARDS. PAUL BROWN, A TTORNKT AT LAW. 88 La9al<e 8treet A CHICAGO, ILL. M. F. ELLSWORTH, - TTOBNBT at Law, and Solicitor in Chak L eery, Nunda, 111. ASA W. SMITH, TTORJTEY AT LAW and Solioltorti»m L Chancery.---Woodstock, IlL MARY G. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. All kinds of Hair Work done in first class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms at residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenry, IlL JOSLTN * OASKT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WOODSTOCK NL All Uusiness will receive prompt atten- tion. JOHN KLEIFCEN. HOUSE Painter, Grainer, Oalciminer and Paper Hanger. Residence one Block West of Riverf>ide House, work attended to promptly and on reasonable terma. DRS. C. K. WILLIAMS ft D AH LIN. DENTISTS. Residence Dundee. Will be at McHenry, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 05th and 2fith of each- month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday make my visits on the following Monday, and the first day of such visit ocean on Friday, I will stay but one dav. 1M States War Claia Apcy OF WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex SoIiii#rs, their Wnlows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made In prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. CO WLIN, Offlce at Residence, Madison St., Wood a toe c, Illinois. John Neison, -PR ACTICAL- Rorsa Sh.oer, Shop M Biail&op^B Old Warehouse u<yir the . j'% Iron Bridge. McHenry, - llfinols. Having an experience of many years in the business I flatter myself that I can please all who may give mo a call. REPAIRING. Ironfnpr, and all kinds of General Black- smithing (lone promptly and. in a workman­ like manner. My motto will be low prices, good work and done promptly. Give me a calf. JOHN MklSQN. nry, Nov. ,10th. 1887. , SALESMEN WANTED. We are in want of a few more good men to canvass for the sale of choice "varieties of Nursery Stock. To men who can make a sue. ••ess of the business we san pay good salaries or commission and give permanent employ­ ment. We have many new and choice spe­ cialties, both in the fruit and ornamental line, whicb others do not handle. Send for our new catalogue of greenhouse, bulb and bedding plants mailed free on application. Address at once, with references, L- L. MAT ft CO., Hur«erymen And Florirta, ST. PAUL, MINN. gbeat th. world for low 1 prices. A handsome and | Strongly Bound Photo. ^ ' graph Album, 8X x 1€X i, gilt sides and edges, holding 22 pages of Cab- nd Card pictures sent for 60 cents, retail price, l Bed Ipiuh Phototraph Alkua, 8)J • " * --*--.extension 1 pictures circulars A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker audi Jeweler No. 112 SOUTH CLARK STREET, Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronome ters. OTA Fall Assortment of Ooode in hla lis* ADAMS EXPRESS CO. Letter fro man of * •nt-A isfstant _ tvery O lubjoet tn_ w Foro* epart- >nieh of the above and rntC FiJ«a STTias or Fsnhee A SltBaklB, ALBUMS C. G. ANDREWS. CENERAL AUCTIONEER. SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most msosABLi mas. C. C. Anredws, Spring Grove, 111^ Spring 3rove, Sept. 8th, 1885. ll-ll-Sw E. LAWLUS, Warrants a Fit or We make Suits to order of the oest Cloths, Foreign or Domes­ tic. 4T THE LOWEST PRICES That good Goods can be sold u. fcE ALSO Cleans and Repairs Neatly and on short notice, liWvf 1ML© n: Call LAWLUS. McHenrr. Jan. IMuiaafi. SI for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, aeourely wrapped, to any address la the tTa I ted States for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters, agents and clubs. Sample oopies mailed froe Address all orders to BICHAKD K. FOX, * . J fumn SQUARE, New York. AT THE OLD STAND, JAOOB BONSLETT SALOON AKD RESTAURANT, at the Old ^ stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McRenry, 111. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to he found in the county. Warm ®r eokt meals on short notice on application. PHIL BE T'S MILWAUKEE BKERbyth* Bottle or Oase, always on hand. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. ATTENTION 1 t Farmers and Dairyman. It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to 'lly premises before purchasing. I can furnlan suoh by the car lead or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CHBMUITQ. Farm about fbnr miles northwest of Harvard, Ililnoia. PUUP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. Tbs undersigned is prcpnt^d tO'do all lobe in the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing wells, or ••ill put in UTev Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In abort will -do all work in this line. Can furnish yon a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as eheap aa any other man. Good references furnished ltdeslred. yon want a Wall Dug. a Parnp napaired uew Pump, give me a call. If •r* WOrders bj Poat OSce,, attended to. L. BANTES. Johnsourgh, III., May 25th, 1KB. "Wousan ds* ~mre " Deeply Conetaed. Abont five years agoVsuifered from pain. f«l urination and great pain and weakness in the lower part of my haok< P"in in the limbs, tiad taste in the mouth, disgust at food, and <;reat mental and bodily depression. I lire at til York stnMt, Jersey City, and >n arriving home one nint I found a copy of -he Shaker Almanac th«t had been left during the day. I read the iarticle, "What is this Disease that is Comtaff Upon us? It de- aeriqed mv svmntoins and foelings better than I could if I had written a whole book. My trouble wao indeed "like a thief in the night," for it had been stealing upon mo una­ wares for years. I sent for a bottle of Shaker Extract ot Roots, or Heigel's Syrup, and before 1 had taken one-halt of it I feu the welcome relief. In a few weeks I was like my old self. I enjoyed and digested my food. My kidneys soon recovered tone ana strength, and the urinary trouble vanished. I was well. Millions of people need pome medicine sim. ply to act upon the bowels. To tnem I com­ mend Shaker Extract in the strongest possi­ ble terms It is the gentlest, pleasantest, safest and surest purgative in this world. The most delicate women and children may take it. One point more: 1 have all the more confidence in this medicine because it is pro- pared by the Shakers I may claim to be a religiotis man myself and 1 admire the Shak. ers for their zeal", consistency and strict bust. ness integrity. What they make may be trusted by the public. W, H HALL. For sale by ail druggists and by A. J. Wbito 54 Warren .treet, New York. Soldiers' Department, CONTRIBUTED BT WM. H. COWLIN. County C. :A R. Directory. K'HKICRTjFOiT HO. 843. Meets tbe Firatand Third Friday evenings of each month. 6 1M E. BBKHITT, Com, KIOHXOKD rOBT SO 988. Meeta the second Friday ITMIU of each month. 3 ^ DB. S. F.BKMNETT, Com. WOOD8TOOK POST. HO 108. Moots first and third Monday evenings of eaeh month. Wit. ATIST, Com. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker Sc Jeweler, ' MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Cloeka, Watches and Jew* elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing lino watches. Give mo a call. JOHN P. SMITH. the CHICAGO"0 MORTH- western RAILWAY. ibnttrat** the Centres' oft Population In , Iowa, Wisconsin, ta, Dakota, and Vjomiflff. Its train service is oarefully arranged to meet requirements oi local travel, as well as to furnish the most attractive routes for through travel between important w Trade Centres. Its eynipment of day and parlor cars, din­ ing ana place sleeping cars is without rival. Its road-bed is perfection, of stone ballast­ ed steel. The Northwestern is the favorite route for the conftiercial tiaveler, the tourist and the seekers after new homes Ip the golden Northwest. Detailed information cheerfully furnished by BERNARD BUSS. Agent. McHenry, III. J. M. WHITMAN, Vie+Pru. Manager. > f H. C. WICKER, Traffic Manager. WILSON, Qeturcd.Patsenger Agent. -DEALER IN- Corn, Oats, Rye and Mill Feed. Prices as Low AS THE LOWEST Call i nd get figures before buy­ ing elsewhere. Will guarantee you satisfa '.tion in every particu­ lar. Don't Pay Anyone To Bsy Yrar Ft«d For Yon. Large uew Warehouse at the Pickle Factory in West McHenry, Illinois. W. A, CR1STY. BREEDERS OF MORGAN HORSES, ; Bod Pollsd Angst, And Jersey Cattle. Sillside Farm, West McHenry, III. Our Morgan Stock la all Ipure bred, and >riginated from the best Morgan stoak In the United States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the head it our Stock, is one ot the best breed Morgan I torses in the country, and can show more and 'ratter all purpoie colts than any other horse tthe West. Wo invite the Inspection of onr stock by (oraemen and all lovors of lino anlmala, A few full blood Morgan Celts and young .torses for sale. Also one matched team, full •loods. In Oattlo wo hare the full blood Short Born tirhtchweare crossing with the Red Polled Angus and therefore instead of sawing off the horns wo are breeding them (off and with rood tuoeess. A low Heifers and Balls, both p.uro bred *hort Horns a*d tbe cross above mentioned for sale. _ J. R. taylor A Son* Wtft VII TUi. aath isaa D. NKKDHAM* SONS lie-lt) Dearborn Street, OUOAOO urcr Bits Cures *Unn, Dyspepsia. Siok she, OonitiptUon.rUei. •Init Comrh, and all Send for Ql* opapw. FOR SALE at H. V. SairABD's Hardware Store, McHenry. Tor Sale Cheap A BAfil CSA5C1 To Seeire a Good Business Locatioi. I |I offer for sale my store buildings, situated la the village of McUenry. They are of brick, tVu stories high, and suitable for any kind ot buslneea, with gooa residence rooms in second story. Also good barn and out. Iiouaes. Centrally^located, nearly opposite Bishop's Mill and ne^t door to the post office. Also offer for sale ,my Cigar and Tobacco business. Will sell/building either with or without Uusiness to. suit purchaser. / J. PEKOVSKY. McHenry, III,, Mky 11, 1887 ARBUCKLES' on a package of OOFF££ la a gnaraat-- of ezoellenoo. ARIOSA OOVTBB Is kept in all Mm from the Atlantic to the Paoifia COFFEE !• never good when exposed to the air. Always buy this brand in hermetically sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES. JUDD'S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE. I IS last Monro* St., Chicago. • leak-keeping Hanson's Shorthand, Penmanship, Arithmetio, Bto. | TAUGHT BT EXPERIENCED TEACHERS. Eight years' experience In Xlemmereia! College work enables us to offer the VERT BEST ADVANTAGES at the LOWEST RATES tO all wanting a Practical Business or Short­ hand Course. School is in session day and evening, and old students, friends and strangers are cordially mvit«d t® come and see us If you desire to study Book-keeping or Shorthand, but are unable to attend the College, we can give you lessons by tuail at a small.expense. 6 lbs. good ground ootee #1.00. Salt white flah 6} cents per lb. Salt Hea­ ring. S coot* p«r lb. Fine full cream cheese IS} cents per pound. Chflc* kntt|| ttflfiAllAl. 2||A|QA!L , KOTTDA POST, AV--, Meets the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of eaeh month. W*. BITTXR, Oom. HARVARD POST, AOSSS. % Meets the aecond and rourth Monday'OVen ings of each month. |l, W. SKATBRITS, OOm. ' MARRHOO POST, NO. in, Mitt every Second and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. >• a. MoRRts, OOM. Along th* 8kirmish Lin*. General Phil, H. Sb«rldan weight 184 potinds. Fersytti Peat at Toledo, Ohio, oa November 19, celebrated Its twenty- Bfth anniversary. There are now thirty encampments of the Unien Veteran Legion. Forty-five subordinate Relief Corps have been chartered In Indiana slnee April 30,1887. Tbe Minneapolis, Minn., Pests, con­ template the organization of a central relief committee. The National Heme at Dayton, Ohio, Is full with 1,340 applications on file for admission. Private Delsell and his wife cele­ brated their orystal wedding anniver­ sary, at Caldwell, Ohio, Nov. 29. There are twelve pests In Clermont County, Ohio, with a membership of 800 In good standing. A charity fair will be held at Otta> wa, Kansas, commencing about Dec. 33, under the auspices ef George H. Tbemas Post, No. 18. The Union Veteran Legtot will hold Its next annual National Enoampment at Toungstown, Ohio, Feb. 32,1888. Canby Post, No. 47. Farmlngton; Ml on., bad a Thanksgiving dinner and oamp-fire, the comrades and their families.attending,, , „. ̂ u ( It Is expected that thdre will be 100.0CK) comrades and 200,000 visitors lu Columbus, Ohio, during National En­ oampment week In T888. The Kansas Department Enoamp- ssent will be held at Wl^field Fab. 21, 22, and 23,1888. Buckley Relief Corps, Akron, Ohio, provided Thanksgiving dinners for a number of soldiers' families whose means rendered them unable to pro­ cure one for themselves. Mrs. Garfleld, the mother of the late General Garfield Is 87 years old, but Is as bright In mind and apparently as strong lo body as when her son was elected president. ' A Massachusetts man desiring to name twe sens after distinguished mil* Itary men, callod one of them Army of the Petemsc, and the other Tbe Ninth Corps. The Ladies' Aid Society, auxiliary to the Order]of the Sens of Veterans, now has sevcoly local organizations, sixty-five having been chartered slnoe Japuary 1,1887. Lieutenant Charles GrfBn claims the credit or capturing ths first rebel flag, He capturfc^ It at tbe battle ef Philip- pi, It w«3 presented to some Wheel­ ing ladies'- In Jutie 1861 and Is now Ic their possession. Col. Loren Andrews, President of Kenyon College, Ohio, Is given the credit of being tbe first Ohio volun­ teer in tbe war for tbe Unlen. The honor of being second Is given to Major A. O. Mitchell, of Columbus, Ohio. Joseph Llvermore, a veteran ef the War of 1812, died at Hartland, Ver­ mont, Nev. 9, aged 98 years. He had lived in Hartland and on the same farm since he was four years old. The flgnre-h^td ef the rebel steam­ er £tar of tbe West was found near Greenwood, La., recently. It has been purchased of the finder, and will be presented to the Confederate Monu­ mental Association, of Richmond, Va. Candidates for the Commandership of the Department of Illinois are be­ ing brought to the front by tbelr frleDds, The following-named have been mentioned: Col. N. L. Dustin. present Senior Vice Commander, Qulncy; A, D. Reade, department la- specter, Batavla; and Col, James A. Sexton, Chicago. The board of managers of the Na­ tional Home for disabled volunteer soldiers at a meeting fheld at Las Vegas, N. M., decided to looate the Pacific branch ef the Heme near the town of San Monies, Los Angeles eounty, Cal., and is about fourteen miles from Los Angeles, and connected with the^lastinamed city by two lines ef railway. The land oonsists of 300 acres, and Is donated by Senator Jones, and Mrs. A. B. D. Baker. One hun­ dred thousand dollar* is also guaran- to be paid in 120,000 Installment^ and Is to be devoted to adornment of the grounds. Tbe construction of the home will be commenced at once, The buildings to be erected will cost #150,000. The Wauoonda Pott G. A. R., will have a public Installation of officers Saturday evening, January 14th, M F. Ellsworth (who Is special mustering offioer for the department of Illinois) will instal them and deliver an address on the Mission of the G. A. R. Nunda Post G. A. R. at their last meeting appointed a committee to devise ways and means to trect building containing a suitable hall for society meetings. F. E. Cox Is chair­ man of the committee and his well known push and enterprise Is a suffi­ cient guarantee fur Its 4eatly comple­ tions. Report of certificates Issued during week ending Dec. 3, 1887: Original, 595; Increase, 586; reissue, 184; restora­ tion, 45; duplieate, 22; acorued, 1§4; arrears, 0; Act of March 3, 1883, 2; Order of April 3,1884.4; Act of Maroh 3, 1885, 0; Order of Oot, 7, 1885, 1; Act of Aug. 4, 1886, 0; Supplemental Act Aug 4,1886, 29;Mexloan war, 280; total, 1,802. Reissue same data, 5. From tbe recent report of the Com­ missioner of Pensions It Is seen tbat the total number of pensioners now on the rolls Is 399,017, and the total an­ nual amount paid for pensions, #49,550,. 355.60. Divided by States New Tork leads tbe list with 42,013 pensioners, closely followed by Pennsylvania with 41,016 and Ohio 39,506. Indiana with 29,691 Is nearly approached by Illinois with 29,547, Of the northern states the smallest number la to be found In Nevada which contributes but 101, while far away Alaska has 6, and strange te say 1,821 United States pensioners reside in foreign countries. The total amount of money |pald out, for pensions fof the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was #74,815,486.85, and the aggregate amount paid sinoe July 1,1860, reaches the astonishing sum ef >888,449,2*8.36. Among the sugges­ tions of the Commissioner especially deserving attention, we note his rec­ ommendation that the phraseology of the Act oi June 16, 1880, should be amended so as to entitle those whose disabilities have become aggravated in some oases to total helplessness, to Its privileges; that pensions be not paid direct to persons notoriously un fit, to receive or disburse them, but rather to tfee wife or guardian upon bond properly executed; and also tbat the pension to dependent parents com me nee, not at the date of tbe death of tbe son, but at that priori date when dependence attaches. The Commis­ sioner presents a very interesting narration of the progress of a claim through the Pension Offlce. as well as the result or bis inquiries regarding the pension system of other countries. We shall take occasion to refer to these hereafter. Among other recommendations made by tbe G. A. R. In counoil last fall was that all ex-prlseners ot war serving 60 days or over in any rebel prison pen be granted a pension in proportion to the'lengtb of time held, tbe greatest amount to be #8 per month and down to 92 per month. Young Bayonet Points according ta a recent Issue of their great war paper do not fall In with tbe Idea. We therefore propose giving a sketch of one of the prison pens of the South, partially for their benefit and amme- ment. We leave tbe readers of these columns to judge whether or not the ex-prlsoners of war are not entitled te the small stipend proposed by the G. A. R. and Prisoners of War Associa­ tion. .y <£> , AITDBBSOHV1LLB. The Georgia Prison Pen where 13,259 of our Nation's Defenders gave up their Lives for their Country. [This article is most respectfully dedicated for the amusement of Young Bayonet Points in McHenry County Democrat. ] Nearlv twenty-four years have passed since tbe scenes enacted lo and around Andersonvllle Prison which made that iniquitous plaoe ono of, if not tbe most infamous charnel house ever on earth, and If told truth fully $nd fully would b9 fsr too painful and revolting to plaoa on reoord. Histo­ rians skip the story of that dreadful prison or merely remark that the practices followed in tbat hell hole are too horrible to speak of, and hurry on te ether history of the war without recounting the horrors of Andeoson- vllle Prison. The Andersonvllle Prison was' es­ tablished In November, 1863, by Capt. W. 8. Winder, ef the rebel forces. It was formed by hewn logs of Southern pine 25 feet In length, five feet of which were planted la the ground. Standing side by side these logs, 20 feet high and extending the entire circuit of the prison, proved an Im­ passable barrier between oar soldiers and liberty. The ground lay on each aide of a ravine, the shape was a par- aliellogram, the length 1,010 feet, th* breadth 779 feet, and being longest esstand wast. Each tide of tbe ra­ vine a hill sloped down to the brook, tha South Hill, at the prlteners came to call it, sloping to the north, and the North HIU, as it was termed, sloping to the south. A brook about four feet wide aud a few lucUos dtep^assed be­ tween thate hills, and on eaeh side of tbe stream was a quagmire probably 150 feet wide. The spaoe ondoeed was about 22 acres." There was no place In the somalled Confederacy better fitted for tho pur­ pose of holding Union prisoners lima the place In the Georgia pinea. There were but a dozen persona roeldlBg within a mile of tho stockade, and It many directions tha forest was to dense as to be almost Inaccessible, and being remote from the chancea of war and the friendly shelter of tbt a tare and stripes there could be bat the slightest possibility for esoapc The prison was given the a ansa of Camp Samter, by that eowardly wretch. General John H. Winder, rebel prison notoriety, U beiUf In Sumpter County, Ga, General Win­ der was the first commander of tho post and Heary Wlrz as superintend- 1 ent of the interior. Tho treea which had partially covered tbe ground in­ closed In the stockade had been cat off to make the palisade of, consequently the hills were even robbed of that shelter which nature would have fur­ nished to supply the lack of elthar batlding or tent for the wretched In­ mates, In tha spring of 1864 tha mold aad drenching rains beat dowa upon tho helpless prisoners and hundreds of tbem were then too weak and sloh to further endure the cold freealag rain which fell the last two wqeka In Maroh and sucoumbed daily to Ita Influence. By the first of April fully Ave thoos- and men were incarcerated therein. The food Issued was wholly unfit to keep tho men in anything like a healthy oondltion, - The rains of March had extended to that now pneu­ monia, bronchitis and kindred ail­ ments caused tbe poor fellows to dlo oil by the score, tbe death roll of April being 576, or 19 per day. Whole* some diet would hare sav*d hundreds of lives, but such was denied, Oaa ration per day was given them, thla consisting of coarse corn bread with­ out a particle of salt therein and some days a small piece of salt meat, often spoiled before curing. Our pen fallen is we attempt to portray the awful sufiering Inflicted upon our comrades during the ensuing months of the year following. About twenty feel from the stockade a dead line three feet high, made of light strips of timber Had been put up, and thfsj qusgmlre along each side ef t or "run" as the Confedsi duced tbe sctual space lnsll closure to about 13 acres. Tho ratloniT continued to be of tbe ooarsest descrip­ tion of corn meal, sometimes cooked or partially so. Into mush, and again baked into bread, Tbe morsel of poor meat formerly Issued was no longer allowed--that Is but very seldom. Tho natural use of the grounds had by thla time created a stench that was detri­ mental to health at well as most dis­ gusting. The waters of the littto creek, having passed through the rebal camp are eutering the prison pen were filthy and defiled. Tho dead line furnished great sport to tha guards who occupied the sentry boxes looking over the palisades, they hav- log received orders to shoot down any "Yank* who stepped or reached b#-> yond the line without the least warn­ ing. And the order was obeyed to tha tetter, for we have seen many a poor fellow laid low by rebel bullets, they being in most cases now prisoners who were not Informed as to the deadly purpose of this lino. Tbe re died May, 708. > (To be Qmtinued.) , Coddling Jeff Davis. * j- > Tha Atlanta OonstUuHcn tnyrlfcaf " before Jefl Davis left Macon some gen­ tlemen of that town determined to give him "a fitting memento of Maoon uoapltality," This Is the way they carried out that amiable Intention: Making up a purse ef #500, they sent it to Park & Til lord. New Tork. with instructions to send an assortment of their finest liquors. It came In a ma­ hogany case, no two bottles, except those containing champagne, alike, and the Maconiten who were allowed to see the Inside of tbe ease say that a aad, so-near-and-yet so-far feeling rather got the better of them. At the time these generous Macon- I tea were lavishing their money to tickle the palate ef the aged arch- rebel with the daintiest liquors tha cellars of New Tork could furnish^ there were hobbling about the streets of Macon scores ef men who wore maimed Into abject helplessness In trying to further this unscrupulous demagogue's fiendish ambition. There were within tbe municipal llmita poa- •" sibly a hundred widowa wbeaa tee tors had besu tern away from to die on the battlefield that tblt might gratify his unholy lust for power. What thought was there for tbeso poor victims of the plots aad intriguea of tbe man who would Waiie through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy eo •ankUwIt There was little heed ef their misery as there waa in 1861, when their pence and happiness aad that of millions of others were readily interrupted by the sum moos to tho field to fight a cruel and causeless war for the benefit of this hoary-beaded conspirator. The #500 expended in giving Jeff Davis "a fitting memento of Macao hospitality" would have baught artli* ulal limbs for quite a number of hta crippled victims, 5>rsupported I the winter In tolerable oom fort a 1 score of tho aged wometf wbo widowed by his treason, hot tha "generous" donors nor thai recipient took any thought H -Hal Drib*