. Beyond the lines, or, A Yankee prisoner loose in Dixie . —A Lojal Lady—Pennsylvania a Pioneer—Emancipation—Our Prayer-Meetings—Rays of Sunshine. A LARGE proportion of the prisoners in Maconwere nearly naked, and actnally were obligedto wrap rags of blankets about themselves tohide their nakedness, and many times, whilelistening to their stories of wrong and woe, Iwas moved to tears. Among several harrowingincidents, about this time occurred the shootingof one of our party, a political prisoner, if Iremember right, who was deaf. A brutalguard had fired on him because he did notobey some order
. Beyond the lines, or, A Yankee prisoner loose in Dixie . —A Lojal Lady—Pennsylvania a Pioneer—Emancipation—Our Prayer-Meetings—Rays of Sunshine. A LARGE proportion of the prisoners in Maconwere nearly naked, and actnally were obligedto wrap rags of blankets about themselves tohide their nakedness, and many times, whilelistening to their stories of wrong and woe, Iwas moved to tears. Among several harrowingincidents, about this time occurred the shootingof one of our party, a political prisoner, if Iremember right, who was deaf. A brutalguard had fired on him because he did notobey some order which he had given, but whichof course, the victim did not hear. I saw thepoor fellow writhing in his death-agonies. Theshot had pierced directly through his bowels,inflicting a horrid and mortal wound. Another man named Flood, for the offenceof coming nearer than ten feet to the guard-lines, was pinned down to the earth. As thispunishment is doubtless not understood by a THENEWYORKPDBLICLKRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILHRN FOUNDATfONS, j> I lli\l. A YANKEE PRISONER LOOSE IN DIXIE. 211 majority of readers, I will describe it. Theperson subjected to it is thrown to the ground,either face or back down, according to the whimof the punisher, and while held in this position,a number of stakes or wooden pins are drivenin the earth around him, in such a manner asto bind him immovably to the ground. Amore terrible punishment can scarcely be con-ceived. Flood was a large man, and possessed of im-mense strength ; and the first time he was thuspinned down, he tore himself loose from his fas-tenings. Upon seeing this, his captors againseized him. But he struggled manfully, and itwas not until six or eight powerful men attackedhim simultaneously, and with weapons, that hewas secured. This done, however, they obtainedstakes that an ox could not have broken, andwith tleso- tlicy fastened their victim down sofirmly that it was impossible for him to movehalf ail inch. And in this positio
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