. United States bonds; or Duress by federal authority : a journal of current events during an imprisonment of fifteen months, at Fort Delaware. timely cautions. He thenmentioned the case of an officer under deep conviction of cases of seriousness were brouo-ht to the attention of themeeting by myself; and prayer was offered for the inquirers. Parson Thomas occupied the stand in the afcernoon, andpreached from John v. 39 : Search the Scriptures^ The oldgentleman is a great advocate of immersion and feet-washing,and found it easy to introduce sundry illustrations in thedirection of his
. United States bonds; or Duress by federal authority : a journal of current events during an imprisonment of fifteen months, at Fort Delaware. timely cautions. He thenmentioned the case of an officer under deep conviction of cases of seriousness were brouo-ht to the attention of themeeting by myself; and prayer was offered for the inquirers. Parson Thomas occupied the stand in the afcernoon, andpreached from John v. 39 : Search the Scriptures^ The oldgentleman is a great advocate of immersion and feet-washing,and found it easy to introduce sundry illustrations in thedirection of his favorite topics. I regret this, as the inevitableconsequence *is excitement and, probably, controversy, whichare wholly out of place here. I have no disposition, however,to find fault with him, as ha evidently means well; and withall his wood, hav, and stubble, he has some genuine grainsof gold. The chiefs of the several divisions have been informed, to-day, that the order restricting all correspondence to ten linesfor each letter, has bei^n revoked. A notice to the same effectwas posted on the outside of the barracks several days DUEESS BY FEDERAL AUTHORITY. 571 Informed of this, as I supposed by reliable authority, I sentout several letters immediately. We now hear that five or sixhuudrt d letters, written on the same day, were all this done to make a few dollars, by saving the stamps;or from spite, because we did not wait for a more formalannouncement in the pen ? I hope there may be somemistake. Jg^^ Grape:—Tavo officers who were called out, to-day,report that in a conversation with Gen. Schoepf, he refused togrant paroles to certain officers, on the ground that, in fourweeks from this time, there would not be a prisoner on theIsland. Gen. S. is said to have gotten this information fromMaj. MulTurd, who recently left here with the sick and wounded. Letters, received to-day, inform us, that the prisoners wholately left here, to be placed under fire at
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