The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

when enc Of the ripged flee men csme 10 anr
a...., 10, hsex again 10 the sunina inhs.
1919 .,p.hat could this mean" thonsh.
"a ar Concluded that at last the Cover MI,
had yr,ade the distinction between my 60
and taat Of my e9np1 ssy must be qalek how
ever or the las, Enemy would sna'eh ''e
rrey from their grasp. o,,.a ~ "a
"Arala was wrong. aia NOT on" -
,hts. nor l. IL likely that aay hanan oe'nS
~s,,f5 o,,ass the true reason. i Gid not my
sa,f learn IL until some time after II Eas
,his. N n prisoner dies within the arG!ts ~ Ws
prison. his funeral ocstq nl-s ~ p' US hnde
~ The expense Of the Government mis- oouJ
/. rolled a q In a mat slang on BAMBOO: ana
deposited in the adjoining grave. yafu. IL ns
dies ,cithia tie calls, his corpse Is disposed OF
in a similar manner, the only ciaerehe- oelng
a., 4, tha one ca So the cost of the mat Is paid
nv the Government, in tile other II fails on the
keepers These men, Judging IRON appearance
that might die that night, had an eye 10 say
ing the expense of the mit--a lew pence ~
Enthusiastically none at all, as an ON ene
serves for the purpose. -,
Neither Mr.. Gouger, however, nor any "a
his Europeau fellow sufferers. We're uesuneu
to die within the walls OF Let yooh. On
the second OF Nav, our party, now eisht III
number, again found itself assembled hIouha
the memorable granite btoch' Nh''
CHASTITY group! The matted mar @
hollow eve. The feeble gait, the ena-
Grated frame the filthy tattered rags
objects such as the sun never shohe up
oc Around us the Spotted men gatheIet ioi
the last time Thank goo never eass1nJ
aye unon one of their detestable ringed cneehs
alter tnis day They were now armed Win
suearg. and each held In his hand iong Pisee
cf cord oar irons were hnoShta oh--'oi vac
frat time for eleven months iouHn III itntos
free The sensation was ridiculous, a. nfs',
| I coulc hardly stand-the equilibrium OF the
body seemed destroyed by the removal OF Tue
| letters l had 50 long worn on my aakies,
| weighing full fourteen pounds-the neau i" DO
| too heavy for the feet. mis- only idsteu u
| short time aud l enjoyed the first stretch Oh
| nv legs We were nov tied IN couples oy me
waist one at each end OF the rope Il ptnq ueI,
| with spear, holding the rein, Just as chiioren
ar. seen to dive each other i'll their sports -
! OF we went We knew not WhitGeC Doun0.
| but copiac tured by the manner OF the men ahd
| their weapons, we were going 10 tne place OF
| execution. -,.
| 10 another ilii in the country, the condition
| of which would have mace PRISON pee
| tor weep but which was an Eden bower COM
| nared to their recent place OF dnrance. here,
| TOO they would ali have starved but for the
| faithful baker, who ran the SIX miles from
| Amerapoorah daily, bringing his loaves with
| him the retson Of their removal WAS un :
| known TO the POOR Wretches they only
| guessed that il BODIED them no GOOD, SINCE
! they had incurred the resentment OF Fdcanin.
| yoon tue new Burmese Generaiissino asii1s !
| the British. by whose orders the elaHge n,.u 4
l
| N irrjpate the rice. fields about their some
! what elevated dwelling, it was inundated by
| yerruin and reptiles Of ali kinds VINO wished
| 10 pscane death bv drowning, and tch CT tie
| prisoners was allo wed q stick to defend him
| alt tally was kept OF the number killed
| OF these uuwelcome guests ana OF tue conIi
/ dlcapelio alone IL amounted TO thirteen
One day ga enormous cage was Wneeleu
| into the enclosure and placed under their
apartment. This contained II huge iloness,
| VINO WIS not 10 nave any iooi given TO her Tor
| the present. As day after day she grew more
| r4ypuOus and they heard her every roar anu
| even her terrible breathtngS, but too well sur
| missing that they themselves were doomed al
| last to be her prey, IL Is no wonder th'iL tue
| nind OF one of them nearly lost Its balance.
! But the poor lioness died-staF'eu 10 a"iih-
! after All and one OF the prisoners, fever.
| stricken, gladly removed into her deserted
| tenement. The Plcahn- Woon mad decided
| that the white prisoners, instead OF being de-
youTed, should be buried alive at the mead Ol
his artnv for luck ; and this would certainly
| nave come to pass, but that that hero himself
| fell under the dlspleasure OF his sovereign
| and was happily tEodden 10 death by sie
phiuts.
| Eventually, the success of the British arm
| controlled the surrender OF Mr.. GouGer auC
his companions from the Burmese govern
| ment; and, rs in the conclusion OF nursery
| tale, they All lived happy ever aItfF~
| and the good baker got rewarded. was eve
| nurserY-tale stranger tn this true history
| Dad EVER man il Il book pass through grette
ueriiS and SuHvTturS IMAM tills III uiu
| who is now alive 10 tell US Of them? In hi
| extreme modesty, Mr.. Gouger apoloGises 70
| having published this narrative, never nav
ing followed literary pursuits, and of tia
| circums tances described having taken piic
Eo lcug ago. Setting aside, however, the IN
| tense Interest of the adventures themselves
the book needs nc excuse of any kind 1t
| STYLE Is as easy as that of Robinson CFuSoe
while lis reii-u tons have something OF tn
same sinplicity~and guilelessness; and as 10
the staieaess O. the subject, there Is but TO
| present Il parallel now offered 1t IN the tre;.
| neut of our unhappy feiioW-countryn /
China. The Chinese, however, cannot ur-
the plea OF brutal ignorance which might b
| used in the case Of the Burmese OF forty year
| ago. ''Some OF the natives who had fled froI
| the war, and wera thrown into the sam
, | prison, give us marvellous accounts Of III
f Skill and prowess of the English troops, eA
f aggera ted by their own superstitious fancie'
| They firmly believed IN our using enchan
ments. One of these conVicts affirmed, tbs
even our missiles were charmed before the
9 were fired off, and knew what they had to d'
e He was standing, he said, near his Isek. "a
r | an officer of rank, when II huge ball or iro
p | came singing "ISek, tsek," which he diStin
/ | Iy heard in It's flight, when, true to its mi
+ sion, it burst upon the very man it was ealiii
3 | out for, the unfortunate 1stk- kdt. Those WI
/ have seen she'll practice, know the peculi;
n | Missing noise made by the tuS5 Ill Its COur
Il through the air, and can enter into the mi
t take OF the wonder stricken soldier. o.
q | surgical operations, too, had come to b
!. kno Wedge, but, with the ignorance Of Il sa
!. | age, be concluded our surgeons ampu tated il
/. iured limbs only TO repair and tit them
J. again. He could not conceive any other m
it tive for cutting them on"
If There is one lesson may all learn fro
Ie Mr.. Gouger's volume, and of which we Ia
l. | most of US not little need--not to bew
q | ourselves about small caiamities, when SUI
10 suffeTings a. these sometimes befali our re
- low-creatures. When l look back" Sa
= he, ''on the almost uneIampled sufferings
IA those two months, how light and iusigniica
,e | do all the ordinary troubles of life appear
3t | When such arise, have only 10 reflect a
n be thankful
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