Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-13

ty tyranny of those who had exercised the rod
of severity over me. Your reign, said will be
short, and shall not fall altogether unreveng-
ed. 1t may serve as memento to others, not
to drive those to desperation, who have tho mis-
fortune to fall under their power
l soon found that the fire had loosened the
staple, which confined my chain to the floor
therefore. was at liberty to walk from one end
of the room to the other, contemplating the
progress of this dreadfnl devouring element
By this time the pri4s6ers in the room over
head were awakened, alarmed, and began to cry
for help. The jailor was aroused the nhab-
tants gathered, and the bolts, bars, and locks,
were in motion. esjmmedately came into
my room, and fpd da, ass Ipe.aJ. conveyed me in
TO tho aangs5n. yute.
Whilst was in the ldengeon heard the
hustle among the people, in putting out the fire
From the expectations IF some, thought the
danger increased, and from the operations of
Others thought it diminished. My mind was
wavering between hop5a and fear, till about four
O'Clock in the morning, when | found the noise
decreased until it became entirely silent Inow
concluded they had subdued the fire, and of
course | should be called to and account as dsa-
grceable as when I attempted to break JAIL.
lie was quite right in his conclusion, as he
goes on to describe, in q style as thrilling as
that of any writer Of romances in our time
About nine clock in the morning, heard
the usual tumult at entering the outer door of
the Jail. saw a-crowd were entering and
passing along the alleyway, previous to their
coming to the dungeon-door The door opened
The high-sheriff jailor, and about twenty more
entered, saw, by the appearance of things,
that must prepare for the worst possible event
The sheriff advanced with cooked pistol.
which he presentud to my breast, and swore
that if ! offered to resist, he would put me to
instant death. He had an idea that had be-
came desperate, and would sacrifice my own life
for the sake of ridding myself from the misery
| was under, and obtaining revenge for the in
juries | had suffered
( lie ordered his posse to advance and seize me
They advanced and laid hold of me- As soon
as they had made me secure, the sheriff took
hold of my hand and twisted it round, so as te
make the pain very sensible. thought he
. would have wrung my arm off my shoulder
was led out of Jail in this manner iuto the yard
| was then tied fast to the CRATES, and stripped
naked.
The reason why was carried into the yart
was, that this mild distributor of justice nigh
have better opportunity to give his whip ful
scope without impedimept. He improved hi
/ opportunity, and with a lEhip commonly know
by the name yfasntiai whip, he laid pboa
me with all his vengeanSe for about FIVE mnu
tes. | was then re-conveyed into the dungeon
@ when was loosed from the iron I had abou
a my leg, and in lieu of that, large ring wa
: pnt about each leg, with an iron bar running
Y from one to the other. This bar was bolted tt
. the floor after all, 1 was han dcuffed and pin
ioned,
= Here I was deprived of fire, of clothing
and exercise, till the time was nearly expired
: and even the pitifull allowance of straw to Ii
is on: but all this was nothing, compared witt
g what suffered with hunger.
q Those who know the cruel effects of hunge
It are the only people who can understand me
| when relate these facts. But few people hav
l. ever felt its effects therefore, should I relat
l this story to people in general, not many woul
:, know what meant
1T Il had not been in this situation many days
ID before | began to experience the severe effec
le of the cold. As | could not stand, walk, G
III step, the only recourse had to keep my feC
n from freezing, was rubbing them against a
D iron spike, a little from my feet, perhaps thrt
inches, which had either never been driven int
lg the floor entirely, or else had started back b
ry some means, the space of about four inche
m This | wore very smooth with perpetual frictio
sh No person was allowed barely to look throug
~ the little apefature into the dungeon Tn
to little hole was secured by door, so as to hi,
n every object from our sight
ms About the seventh or eighth day after n
confinement in this Pandemonium, the pains
h. hunger became excrucating. Gladly would
ch have eaten my own flesh. even had hanke
Il ing desire to get the excrements out of the vau
r. but that was out of my power. Allmy though
ed were occupied upon victuals. could not co
a ceive what had been about through life, tina
or had not eaten more when | had the opportunit
Il could not possibly conceive of the idea
vo a man satisfied with oati 'Itat man cou
ng be glutted with food so as 20 10 she il was ia
RS established in my mind BY my own person
M experience-yet, at this 1sme could not !
as leve it; indeed, thought knew to the CO
ng trary Had been possessed of an empire
vo this time, should have parted with it in N
re, ment for supply of food for the present I
hit cessty.
nd CONTINUED NEXT wEEK.)'
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