CHAPTER III.

ARREST, ESCAPE, AND RECAPTURE.

High price of Provisions--Holland Lindsay's Family--The arrest--Captain Hill--Appearance before Colonel Bradfute at Fulton--Arrest of Benjamin Clarke--Bradfute's Insolence-- General Chalmers--The clerical Spy--General Pfeifer--Under guard--Priceville--General Gordon--Bound for Tupelo--The Prisoners entering the Dungeon--Captain Bruce--Lieutenant Richard Malone--Prison Fare and Treatment--Menial Service-- Resolve to escape--Plan of escape--Federal Prisoners-- Co-operation of the Prisoners--Declaration of Independence-- The Escape--The Separation--Concealment--Travel on the Underground Railroad--Pursuit by Cavalry and Bloodhounds--The Arrest--Dan Barnes, the Mail-robber--Perfidy--Heavily ironed--Return to Tupelo 70--112