TliE LONE PKISONKH. llrk Ta!u Iim written nn account el k cAmputtfii tUt fail!, and how laanjr, many accounts tlieru Iiuto Ih-cii of campnlgiii crowned with nicer. Jrioncn from Prjr Tortugas, from AndfrsotiYllIf, from a hundred other riwn lint written their experiences, I'Ut I am iura the int lonosoinf cap-tire cap-tire nf war timet has "written up no account of hit captivity Ut us (to bark bejond the scasoii of ( scctmIou that ushered liitlm rwidysefi Mill of war. to descrlbo a rrrtAin Iianiif homestead Ulaahume already knon ttt uiitny louthrni peupfo. At inrtitlon of flnne Spring humrsteitd recollee lions of pleasant Incident of boyhood will rfro up liefure many of the men of thft old south amd f nm of the now outh aawelli for old GmntHprinpi school has Mitt out t n any of hir "boys" to do piod work for thrlr country, both In times of iwaco and of war. Many of tht students of this "IIuru1 of tl Mouth" ruhd eagerly to the battles, summoned by that flrt fateful shot from Putt Hunitrr, lienl les Mnj? the kite of cue of tho mot noted hlffh schools In the south, It wa n homo n home, or forty years, for tho m em be n of one inot happy family. During tin war four generations of tlil ono family wen ensconced hi that Iioum, and thence seven ) ounjj soldiers wciil Into the Confedrratu army., Tho married dauphtrrs of the household wire now at tho old homestead ngaln, kluce the flrit fateful newa tltat uu inoiied tlieyountf huUuiJn tollm front one tu go a a auricvon to Tort Mnr Ifan, by the bay of Mobllo, the other to UlM a rouiany on and lout the hllU of Hale, uoMr tirt-eno (lprhigr whenco lieled hi lueu tonti ndveuturuuinnd mort etvditablo rnrcer. A widowed alttirof tbn mother of tho hoiudlibld had come tolhlewldo urmed Uourv, And from there aim had ktut off hor two boi to the army. Tho oldctt ton of the 1ioiim Juit ioVinteeiit lud unn to tho wan, and tho Adopted ton of the houta alw donned tho umy uniform of tho Con federate aoU'er. The ip'atidpaiTati of tho houtehold (,aio up their youugut ton to tho cause. h'uw and then, during the Ion? and hard tour )ear thrro wero furloughi for uo or another of them yountf ol dleni then aaln thero ero itrclchca of time when aoine one or tho other cf the brate boa wm not heard from In u lung wioa. Then thcro weio great i htlef, deep nnilety and manyagoub Ing prayeni In that houvn fur that ouo ho might bo, for all hl luted ours Lnijw, In prison, In Icknca, wounded or already numbered with the drad. Anon theitwaa good news from each nnd cry out of the rouu aoldWst thrn followed dfl)S of Joy anl happh !)! then thero wero thulr dancv under un-der tho tight cf home made raudlc, or jwrhapa charades for the entertainment of tho aoldlera who wero encamped, for h ftw weeks, Jmt Acrou tho crerk that run near tho foot of (JreuueHpriogs MIL Joy and sorrow cuuuo In quick ulceration ulcera-tion with tho chance and clmngo of war; but thero was out thhig that no cluuico or change of war ion Id httrr rupt, and that was work for thotol-dlera. thotol-dlera. All tho world knows how tn that halcyon tliuo for tho south (tilled 'bt-for 'bt-for the war," caeh homo was In Itself ii principality, where the ruaiti r mld auprvme. Uvery plunteiwand hi Hiom) days planting was vocation or anna ' tlou to everybody owned hU own elates, trained to all luannrrof tndra, nud such allfoof sluplonnd delightful luxury as theo wrought out fur tho matter the world has rarely n-cn. Hut tho war between the states overturned nil this. o sooner wns war fibroid In tho land than urery homo was changed trntn a prlncljiality to a inn nu factory. Irvhoubo In tho laud becaiuo un eitub'i U. ent for wearing. Not Vtnelopt And all her handmaid-a., handmaid-a., o bui4ur than Mero tho women vHowoiked In the wao of tho war. T-o frauduiother, tho uiuther, tho ouug Km, the )oune daughters, thn luaIJ-nll worked. Thero was a clicking click-ing of knitting needles In the home trum i iiornln;: till night i udies walked liHliiruii'l thither, at elng to other unit Urs of Import, )ttulwaa knitting. A rt-el hummed Its monotonous little song hi grandmother's room, Bptnnln whevls undo dolorous monotone hi ono pp stairs room, and In another fchuttUs played to nnd fro orrr tho wan1. ()'" Udy of tho household, who had n m ir- 1 relotiM tulmt fur drsisuukliii, tumeI ra nmutuii maker for the famtlv, for now H Do luoro liaitdsome drves tould bo 9 Lruiirfht frtm. tho north. I A yoiuig boy of the family put up an H ainnttur shoo shop nud imiln m.m ut B the younger chlljnn of that hniuu I Ico llttlo shoeiljoifuilotoo! Tlion I afttr tho liuti worn under tho I nlni 1 woro worn out, hum lints had to U I inad a, aluco they could rutt lw b.ught. I Duo lady hi thonolghboihoo'lof Uruono tipriiifrs know how to umLii pretty pal nicttu 1 mt i -tho stt to of hat fctlll mail In aonio parts of 1'lon la, thu light' t and unwt (letL,htful kiiiuiiu r h ail. jar vvr wra. MuUciuo lu uawthattlu rcenotrinffiK)p!9(i!idftll the ti' t!i iieiguburhodwercsuppllct wit1 hatsrf that fftslilou lights, too n tliod days had to L h.ituiinade Then ltdttswrrvot tallow, sub wtd ton rled prof cow o, and Uimi poured In molds around ootton wlrks tha had bceti grown, picked, glnne! spun, cut and twined by tho 'huidV1 on tbr plantatuhi Vrt eeu with this hie.it hiduitry p)tng on lit tho house tlwro wero night when li eli for nowli did aoiiiutlntes run tho blockaclcs hol to bo read by tho blaring id pint knots In great nn tlrrplaces. Farm work had to bo car rlnl on, and tho homely supplies of meat and meat lift' I to bo tncrwwd A Nirghuin mill was put up on the placo for the mauufacturo of tnolawsaiid roarM sugar, and when ten ttour, thit had heretofore been brought front the north nnd wrt, inuit now bo grown and trround at home. Ilfridr all thi to lo urr!!ittndrd, the school was kept up all tho four years of tho war, and thither cuuo iimny of tho sons of 1h south who wero too young to lis admitted to the ranks of the army. Ml tho old students of this lnittt I tlon who had Irtromo UnUrinlty of Virginia graduate, and who might Imvo been available rtt other times as nMlitaiit teichers, wem now oil "to thp fnint Hu It camo to mM that the doctor's daughti rs had to In prrwd Into sen let m teachers. Tor several hours earhday the newly inado -ti ners, weavers and seamstress were inctamnrplKWHl Into fair Ilyitatla, who lectured to young men on the ulogle," Tortunately this homo was spared thoo greatest horrors of war the rout of soldlrr sweeping orrr a home place and leaving desoUtion In Its track, or tho pauag'jnf innrau-llng parties, the riff raff of nn army, to whom nothing li sacred or the meeting of hostllo host' hi sight of ono'i doors, None of thcto horrms of a long con flUt ramp to hirrat this hume-teil lndeod, the war was pretty well onr when thfMj people saw ono of tho In radlng ht 1 say ono adt Itmlly. lie rat ne, this one, not with flutter tng Itatmers or braying trumpets, though ho did I mi it 1 1 away to the sound of the dram. !! wiiw, not with thn gay trappings and cutitldent nlrot mi Ina.l!ng power. Ho raino n prioncr, and a iry lonfomo ono. Ills U tho only r.-ul and wetl aulhen-llcntoil aulhen-llcntoil raw of Invasion of which Halo county rin boat If she cares to boait of such a tiadvelltllre, Ho wasAdermnn, this Invader, who bcrrtinu tho luiio aiplhe Ho could speak no lhiglUh. Ho ha.1. possibly, fresh from n sea oyago, duuneil the bluo uniform bt Castlo (larden. 1 do nut stippiMj ho felt t try wrctchM or Nery tragloovir Ms copturp, for hi nil this lueleoof flglitlng bttwoen soldhrs whospoko ono language, and hi sumu Inttaiioo claimed kin ono with thn other, probably this (mor furelgiicr dl 1 not realtio fully at what moment ho crusted Mason and I H ion's line, or at what road erosAliift the Inhabitants of tho surrounding country Ucuiuo his enrmlea. He must havo fallen trf much to the rear, and aihls brigade swept up tho river after thesuwral incoiintcrs with tho state university cadets In and about Tuktlooat this pourfalluw mistook mis-took tho route And swept down tho rlcr. An I tins all alone, ho njtne from the hilts of Tusealoosa county to tho hills of Halo county, and some-whero some-whero about tho Indian mounds at Carthago (thumb marks of a raw that hao "moved oti1 loug ugo) our bluo coated sotdur "hnmled" an cm hit's 1 10 Tin n was there great roru-tcruntlon tn tho neUiborliO()d of Carthago. Tho Homo (luard hastened (oaruithnn-solves (oaruithnn-solves and to dlarm tho Invader, uud they kept watch for tho hordr that might follow this simple furcruutier. Ytryllttlo could bo got out of this Invader, whom lack of u gun hid truiu-formed truiu-formed Into a prisoner of war. Hut to somo of tho shuplo country womin, who camo from near and far to scon real "ent my,' It did not seem at nil Strang- that "VankeoV talk should lo to ni Intelligible to honest folk. They thought that fori Ign tongue of his was a very proptr touguo for u "yankeo" to Iiave, To tho Ignorant ones of tho neigh iKirhood ho was iui oxcltlug wonder, with juit enough sus)ectrd attribute of an alariulng naturo to mako him tho Iiiuro Interesting Ho was kept at Carthage but a llttlo while era he was paned under guard tc Havana. Thcro tho Carthago Homo (I uanl had tho pleasure of seeing tlielr own rxcltu-ment, rxcltu-ment, now grown somo w hut tho worst for wear, retlcrtctt In all tho prittluo f richness by tho 1 la aui commutilty, 'Iho Haraua Homo (luard soon jiaised the piUoncr on oer thrco lulles of tip hill and down dalo and ruuv waycil road to flreeuo Hprlngs, tho homo and hool on the hllL Thi ro at th front yard pnte be stood, ncuuxllguarl about him, waiting tu tvo what dUiw-ud tho doctor would make of tho prloncr. Tho cnemr at our door! Oh, what excitement In nil tho f-timle f-timle elements of that homo! Hhall he 1m brmutit la I Under our cry roof trcol Wo I War has nearly fpen,t Itwlf j shall ho be turned frool Nocrl Bholl ho to wnrtned and todt What I slrongthcii tho uiwuyl When even now brolliere, couilns, uuebu, brother hi I iw, bushaude, sons of tho household aro fronting tbo tfun f-t this saiuo enemy In bluet Amid nil this stir of fomlnlna Interns-pntiou Interns-pntiou and lnoothethefatliwentiroil, summoiiod In hnto from his nbvsses. Amlfl general hubbub ho wns told ol lh mplUii and oHptont at the gwt H furo all K tho 'Ather thinks nt tho man's iMj.lIIy hecsU "IM u,, said ha, "bring hhn In Hiidgho Idm "i thing to ctit; tor If ho huibeou brought fp'iu I nrthaM'o hre on fint ho must U h U tiro J n'idliui) I Whuvupou tho st 'r;i of OUj it nod of patnuti ut r nco bcan to swill 6lr Mi Well, w.'U w II stil t'io futhuf "we mint li'ftp nis of Art on our en eniv's head y u kiHMT " "110,1 cwli nf (ire on his head 1" t boil kTiI tho youngest and most bellbj rrant loy of the family. Aweitniik this innt worliko llttlo fallow of IItu fallowed hta father down tho broad lltght of front stc, ntiiou lho)anl Ik1s an 1 down thowldo walk to where the priotirr waited at tho little lit-tle gate, Jim IWoro tho gate was readied tho Imy could no longer curb his curiosity, his desire to know all tho dreadful, but exciting truth, so he reached up nnd inillcd his father a coat to attract hi Attention father! U-thrr' U-thrr' ho whl'iM-rrd, "urn yuii going to put IheronUoii iiowf Aro you going to put the tire on his head right uowr (irent.douMOs-, mint lone Nin tho relief cinrrieneod by tho by whrn ho fount that tho translation of this Hlh Ileal phrn Into fnrt wrniltttil the bringing In of tho prUoiier to a warm nnd etuii fort nblo room and that thcro he was nllowwl to sit IWre n bright i lire, to n-nrh the sots of his feet to the Mazes thereof, (intend of having tlw t nals of tho ant K nppllvd to his head 1 cannot but fancy that tho poor (Icnnan fJt wtuewliat ph-Aeil with his ghmpso of homo life In Dixie. Cer talnly It wan u pn tty little dining rvum Into which bo was carried, with Its bright flood of sunlight, its glint of Ihvltaht, gleam of sliver on tho highly mushed tables. Its duky, shining farrd wall I tin Ikiv who. by tho wn. was fearfully nfrnld to wait on tho nnkee ns ho At And, letter than All c1m, tho poor (lenmin, tmlng for n word hi his own tongue, was Ihfl talk hi his own UnKUrtyi' that he hail with tlt doctor laid his daughter. When Iho prisoner was fl nnd wanncl tho question nno n tn how he whs to bo "motcd onM to thu next hamlit I'.vtTy Khool In tho land wasnt tint thno something of n military wtAldUh-luent, wtAldUh-luent, s the cot u puny of tlrwne I Hprlugs' schoolboys was ntnrehnl out tn bo guard to tho prisoner a little far jlicr on his way. Thn roll of the drum nnd the shrill note of tlie life wero heard on tho kill) of Bctenm Tito ItHinllo-a soldier hy took tho lono prieoorr In chiwe. nisi to the stirring tones of "Tho ihmnlo IHuo 1 leg" tho llttlo army nmrehM tlown the rel hill, thmiuh lira Milo Cretk awnuipnud oerto llarrlstowu Thtrolhe mptho was tuniM ocr to the IlomoUmnl of that liAiuIrt, nnd tho boys marchevl liauk to their Ivturo room). Tho doctor nud th (lreeno b'prlng homo iMMiple knew Hint tho prisoner was well on his way toward tJrevus boruugh, wlten they hoard tlm Ixiys with their fresh elnir younjc oea strike Intoehfry song, ns thrlr inarch homeward brought llivui to tho foot of tho rod old hill thnt carrlolnsltarmwii ono of the sweetest homes thn world las e cr helJ The miit thnt tho 1) sang was ono that atlrrM thtr )ouu hearts up to a deslra for real marching tonallmttUi Oh, brr I mu la th UmI sf rellAa, 1 lm lUrf uar UmorM Is tww Torfiotleni llUl sns, Ofht awsjr, Cjbl assf for DiiW s Istxl. list Ure I sua.1 tor I)U1 dMr T f)t.l for frtilm wltlMrtt tmn Itbl sway, AtfLl awf, dfbt SWSf tt instswUna. or WWm lal I'll take my UuJ, To lit M dU far Hills' Uml-tlabi Uml-tlabi as7, Av lit awar, flibl away (o Dl i It's tan J. TU clars sod bars aro warla wo'r at, Ahd iHUpe4ar ta Ufwrs u if bt awsri robi sway, fUM away fur MtlcsUnd. Boon enough the M)f, and Ml other bojs ablo to carry guns, wero or- i diretl to tho front along wIUi tho old men. It was not long after this (hut the doctor and his second sou, a lad of fourteen tars, wiro on thou way to lunko part of the hastily Himmonod tv enforcunmnt of tho shattrrvd Confcd rrato forces. Uut ere th(o hit callcl troops could with alt liostorvach th thuudrr sound of cannon and tho heavy rain of bullets tho news came that the Ifmtt (lenentl Kolnrt II. Is had ur rendered, and tho war wns ncr. Martha Yuuuif hi Now Orleans Times-Dfinocrat.