The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-07-25
WILMINGTON DEL. SATURDAY, JULY a5 1898


of those who half distracted with their burn
ing thirst the hrieks and wangs of the wounded the srug
giles and groens of the DYING together formed combination
| OF horrors which no pen describe.
In the agones of their suffering the prisoners invited and
even challenged their nhuman guards descend once more
among them butthey prudent enough not attempt.
Their cries andsuppcaons for water terrible; and
were OF themselves Sufficient to render sleep impossible On
pressed with the heat found my way the grating of the
where on former nights had frequently pas
sed some tme for the benefit of the little air which
circulated through the bars obtained place on the lar
board side OF the hachway where stood facing the East
and endeavored much possible to draw nv attention
from the terrific sounds below me- by watching tyouph tb
grating the progress of the there spent hour after
hour in following with my eve the motion of partcuar
as 1t rose and ascended until passed beyond my sight
How longed for the day to dawn! At length the mora
ing light began to appear but still increae
ing every moment AS the usual hour for the
upper deck approached, the Working Party mustered
near the hatchway; and all anxousy waiting for the
opportunity to cool weary frames, breathe for while
the pure air and above all procure water to quenc orr II
toerabe thirst The time arrived; but still the eratines were
not removed Hour after hour passed on, and still we we're
not released Our minds were at length seized with the hor
rlble suspicion that yrants had determined make n
shng stroke of their cruelty, and rid themselves of us alto
gether.
1t until ten o'clock in the forenoon that the t
ngs were at length We hurried deck and thoDo
ed to the cask which completely exhausted beoa
our thirst was aayed So great the struggle around M
cask that the guards were again turned dispense the
crowd.
In few hours however, We received supply of wa
ter; but it seemed impossible aay thirst: and the an
phcaons at the cask were incessant until sunset.
Our raons were delivered usbu of course not until
long after the usual hour. During the whole day. however
no fire kndled for cooking in the Galley All the food
which we consumed that day, obliged swallow
Every thing indeed had been entirely deranged bv the
events OF the past nights and several days elapsed before
order restored This length obtained BY change
OF the guard who to great joy relieved by party
of Hessians.
The average number who died board during the pero8
of twentyour hours, about five; but the morning of
the fifth of July, eight copses found below Ma
had been badly wounded to whom the total darkness
of the night impossible for their companions to render
assistance and during The day. they received
attention, except that which afforded by their fellow
prisoners who had nothing administer their comforts not
even bandages for their wounds
was not personally acquainted with any of those who d.
ed or wounded that night No equal number had ey
died in the period of time, during my confnement
This unusual mortality of caused by the increased
suferings of the night
good ship under my command and viewing the rising stars
thought upon the terros of that night when stood watching
their progress through the grangs of the old Jersey And
en situation, in the full enjoyment of liberty health and ey
bless the and good Being from whom my comforts have
engs for the recollection of them has ever taught me how
enjoy my after life, with greater degree of conteptment
han should, perhaps have otherwise experienced.
TIGHT LACING.
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