Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-02-26

- 40 20 10 miles a day over a road which
uo+ was covered with with rocks anj.
mr. fee, were horribly bruised and lacera-
- our muscles and joints so strained as not
r. Give us great pain al the time, but serl-
PnT . ;on.ir our ACTIVITY. strength and comfort
F'sy -, ,iele. aud probably through life Du-
- 7aD5 aud p3infui- march. We suffered
y ,Le s,orching heat OF a tropjCal sun by day,
=, night from excessive cold-sOmetIrnes
T., i'T,ira IN the pens of sheep and COWS,
III,.e,,.-,IIg 10 quarters no less filthy and IN
ss--,,I,'s. with a single blanket 10 serve the
nIa C,rpose of bed and covering. while in
-, of Mexico, during the months of March,
+ and Nav. we're confined in close asocI-
pa til so.ne 800 convicted Mexican feions of
I,,,e-i caste, and most disgusting habits our
I'D wafer were filthy, unpala:abie and un-
-,as,o,-,he former 10 such n cegree that,
- very scantiIy supplied, and though we
=. r,veaousIy hungry, days together were Of
4 o,.sad without testing II; and our places for
-. clost crowded, and noisome cells, the
I. ar. of which, our only couch, resting ON
- soil. were almost saturated with water.
-;.,s.sI and treated. i, is not surprising tha;
u = ns we're sick-seyerai died, and many con-
I'd diseases from the effects of which they re
IA suffering, I4I VIII: IA ''ii IlA0iiou' never Ie-
per.
i and IN the vicinity of, ZacuaItapan, our priva-
and sutieriHgs. sever as they had been before,
1 20 cruaIlv augmented. To such degree. in
- was this the case, particularly IN the wants
4 eroI and clothing, many OF our comrades
] nk under thenl-exhausied so that when we
-prg ordered to Tampico, some fourteen were
u,
he died. The three survivors, in Il state of ma
E5pess. starvation, consequent disease, and on
g very of disoIulion. were aba ndoned ny their
n pyican guard But that they were accidental
4 discovered by some charitcble foreigners, who
zgpIed their wants, they too would have paid
IA jast debt Of nature, under circumstances of
( hrror one shudders 10 contemplate. Abbott, the
yuaster AYERS that The P, iso7srs lrere swbsisled
i he emmy!
rom suffering IN This extreme degree. the under
rxaed vas saved by tne force Of constitution
unusual ygor; yet has, by no means. passed
Ie orical uBscataed. For, by cruaI treatment
Id cied on himself and coueradss, even The Sc
I'D Gay Of their c1ptpi:y, and the first OF the,
In rch from Enca rEaCioa 10 Ne xico, ho received
b injury, tie effects of which he will, in all
n5abiIity. continue to feel while he lives. On
IA, day, tie priSoasr5 wero all bodHd, i'll couples.
Ill ropes on their arms. So tightly were they
slni uIat many suffered cxcruca:ing pain. and
ereTaI fei. t.Rling, as they were urged RAPIDLY
i asard, on tue march, at the point OF the lance.
b three days this continued; and when un
b., tie left arm Of the undersigned was in
n = paraiysej. In t,iis condition it remained
several months-haaging, shrunken. almost
eElslOIe, and wholly useless, by his side Since
return home, this disability has been partially
.cOnIe bnt The limb Is. yet. OF less than the
! sfaI SIZE, weak. and occasionally painful; and
d. the hope is cherished :hat perfect resiora-
j may, eventually, be attained. it must Of ne
xly, be a.ieF the Ia Dse Of many nIonils--per-
Qs Of years.
! Consideration of all Iire foregoing, the under
Fed respectfully PetIIOus, and ventures 10 hope
what he conS!IeTs, the unjust AM UurgAiG-
DECISION OF tie PaynaSter, as 10 the amount
nay and Allowance, due the the prisoners, as
= IN already sel forth, may be set aside; and
IA The Secretary of War viii order for the un-
"A gned. and his fellow prisoners pay $50
y ih) aud allowances iIncludJng subsSlence)
n he time ) H.oHtas) tEey were prisoners, and
u .aey we're discharged at New Orleans, as
3 aed Gau-meu, III the same mauDar and
ln la!, IS II they mad during that time, been
~ ag II tie field, or 10 camp, with their RcgI-
Hi-as they would, greatly, have preferred,
.eeu most happy to Do.
,hOlt wishing of designing % offer the ma
'rsumen!s which spring from the subject of
as petition, Of and present themselves in lis
pr II MAJ not be inappropriate to Inquire
rsre tas uadersigne4, and lis teiioaI priso-
Pa1! anything at all, or at aHy rate, na7re
y Narsy enough 10 transport them 20 heir homes?
~ had rendered no Serctce 10 their country,
:. le prisoners. They had ouy suffered. They
and made, TO claim for services rendered du
= hat time. The only reasonable answer
Ell suggests itself, is that they were construed
u 'efrlce, and were paid on account Of their
FMIoH and Sugeriags. If this be so, then
FL tney are Untitled 10 be construed into thai
OF the service 10 which they had vouteered
8 ~aich they had already done duty, for sew
oaihs--irom which they wero taken priSo-
-ati 10 "hlch they righlfully Belonged
me hardshiPs, indignities, and injuries, TO
they we're all subjected. and from the con-
ncos OF which many will mover recover, be
.''n5 OF any respect or compensation at all,
."o, .s less than enough 10 secure all that IS
Ea O. petition.
! n '9e highest respect, JOSEPH JESTER.
r. Syrtngs County. ArEansas,
81 February IL, 1913.
81 aaisT BOTlaHds Certificate.