The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Tuesday Morning June 17, 1862 Local Matters Improvement.-Mr. Israel Hall is replacing the plank sidewalk in front of his residence, with a brick pavement. May his example be generally followed. Brownlow's Book.-Mr. G. H. Thompson, agent for Parson Brownlow's book, informs us that he has sold one hundred copies of the Parson's life in this city and vicinity. If every other point does as well the publishers will have made a good thing of it. District Court Hon. John F. Dillon, Judge. Ira M. Gifford, Clerk. Monday, June 16, 1862 Court opened at 9 o'clock A.M. The Court called the Criminal docket. 6,886. State of Iowa vs. Robert Moore, Defendant filed his plea of guilty of petit larceny. 6,889. State vs. G. H. Sutton et. Al. Stricken from docket. 6,914. State vs. John Helser. Dismissed on payment of cost. 6,916. State vs. A. C. Best. Continued.-order for a capias. 7,007. State vs. Lafayette Franks. Defendant called-no answer; bond forfeited and order for a scite tacias. 7,090. State vs. Christopher Cullen. To be tried. 7,150. State vs. Ann Burns. Dismissed on payment of costs. 7,158. State vs. John Johnson-assault and battery. Defendant pleads guilty; fined $10 and costs. 7,161. State vs. Franklin Ball-assault and battery. Continued at defendant's cost. 7,170. State vs. Jane Ward-vagrancy-Dismissed on payment of costs. 7,171. State vs. Cyrns Keider. Dismissed on payment of costs. 7,175. State vs. A. Tully.-vagrancy. Dismissed on payment of costs. 7,177. State vs. F. Asendorf. Dismissed on payment of costs. 7,191. State vs. H. Wilhelm. Continued at defendant's instance and costs. The list of civil cases was then resumed. Alfred Churchill vs. James Thorington.-Trial by jury. Cook & Drury for pltff.; Dow and Brown for Deft. The examination of witnesses in this case was finished to-day and will be argued before the jury to-morrow. Court adjourned at 6 o'clock p.m. till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. ~~~~~ Released Prisoners-Their Treatment by the Rebels.-We have been handed two letters from released prisoners now at Nashville, one from Mr. O. K. Fluke, the other from Mr. John Rager, both of this county,--from these letters, by permission, we make an abstract of the adventures of the prisoners. They were made prisoners, as is known, towards the close of the first day of the Pittsburgh fight. They were marched across the field at the point of the bayonet to their camping place for the night, and reached Corinth next afternoon, and Memphis Tuesday evening. About 12 o'clock that night they each received two hard crackers, the first food they had had since Sunday morning.-From Memphis they went by railroad to Mobile, and thence to Tuscaloosa by steamboat, at which place they arrived on the 15th of April. They were treated tolerably well while on the cars, and were met by crowds of citizens, who were anxious to see "live Yankees." They remained at Tuscaloosa till May 15th. While th! ere, the ration to each man was a piece of corn bread, five inches long, two inches wide, and one and a half thick, every day; and small piece of boiled beef, or mule meat, a plate of beans, a cup of rice and three tablespoonfuls of molasses every other day. After they had "dwindled down to almost nothing," they were taken back to Mobile, and thence to Montgomery; where they were paroled. They then went east to West Point and Atlanta, and thence to Chattanooga, Tenn., where they remained a couple of days. Afterwards they took the cars to Bridgeport, on the Tennessee river, under a flag of truce, about thirty miles to the national lines. Mr. Fluke says, "I tell you there was then a set of glad boys: how we cheered and shouted when we saw the glorious stars and stripes!" Arrived at Huntsville, they got something to eat for the first time since they left our lines; the coffee, too, was very welcome, for they got none of it in the Confederacy, because as far as they know or could hear of, that interesting portion of creation hadn't any coffee, but used instead rye and wheat "coffee." From Huntsville they marched eighty miles to Columbia and there took the cars to Nashville. At the conclusion of his letter Mr. Fluke says: "I don't think the South can stand it much longer: they have not enough to eat. Their soldiers are living very poorly and they are pressing men into their army now. I have seen lots of rebel soldiers, who told me they were forced into the service." "They have neither silver nor gold at all, and instead use bills of from five cents to one dollar in each town; and they won't pass from one town to another." The following portion is the form of oath which the paroled prisoners subscribed: "I do hereby solemnly swear and pledge my most sacred word of honor, that I will not, during the existing war between the Confederate States and the United States of America, bear arms, or aid and abet the enemies of said Confederate States or their friends, either directly or indirectly in any form whatsoever, until regularly exchanged or released." ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project