Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-01-28
VOL l0---NO. s.

nights No entrcaty could procure FOR
me the return of the medicine winch had
been taken from me when / Was searched
Again and again begged for the little
bit of opium 10 relieve my Suffering, which
had been taken ont of my pocket with my
other medicine, but all in vain
After ten DAYS Of such treatment and
such suffering, late one night, the sergeant
of TIE guard brought me some medicine
which, he informed me, the Surgeon at
Fort Hamilton had sent me This Sur
geon knew rcihing about ny case, having
never seen me, or been informed 10y me OF
my condition. With no light in my cell,
with no one 10 give me even a drink Of
my rain wafer, yuu can we'll imagine that
l would not take the medicine I dill not
know but that NY jailors designed TO
poison me Their previous treatment
justified such an opinion / made Up my
mind that il / died In Fort LaElvette, I
would die Il natural death. unless indeed
Lincoln Ordered me TO be tried by drum
head court martial and shot, which 1 Eel;
he had just as much right TO DO as he had
10 arrest and imprisOn Inc in the manner
he had done Under such treatment, and
by this time. YOU may well imagine that
| had got - Jlg mad on me and this,
l think, helped TO save nv life, for the
truth i, had goi TO be too mad TO die,
and ro thanks TO Lincoln, but, Under
kind Providence, I began TO get better
from that time on
You can well ima-ine that after such
visit me, he found me "emaciaied and
ca.-eworn." The only wonder Is that be-
found me alive
If anything conld add 10 the cruelty in
ilicted upon me during these hong days
and nights of nv sickness and suffering,
il was the refusal of the Commandant to
allow ne the Use of Bible- Day after
day ! begged the sergeant to procure one
for me His constant answer was, 1.-The
commanding officer saws You shan-t hava
one" / begged him TO remind the COM
mandins officer that we lived IL Chris
tian. and not in heather land-that
was an American citizen. and not con
demned fclon- Sill the answer was,
g the commanding officer saws vou s,lan't
hare one. and YOU need moi ask any
more :. and 1t was not until after sixteen
DAYS OF such more than heathenish treat
men; that Col. Burke, o: Fort Hamilton.
upon the importantly OF my son, sent an
order To- the Commandant of Fort Lafay-
cite - let me have Bible
Ii wGs upCn the sixteenth Gay Of nv
lonely imprisonment, that M son, upon
IN order Of the Secretary 81 War. was
permitted to SEE me. not in Hay lonely cell.
bat II; the Commandments room and pres
once- II was with nnch difficulty thai,
even n that time. J Was able TO walk
from my cell 20 the Ccmmandant's room.
This MAS ihe iirsi time during NV imp.is-
unment. that | had h-cn able 20 obtain an
weekly inspection o. the prisoners. he had
carefully avoided nay dungeon No kindly
mes=ggc or inquiry as 10 my wants and
condition had ever reached ne from him.
L soizld upon this opportunity 20 let him
know that 4 was 4 human being, and, a.
such. entitled 20 human ,rCaiu,ent-ihat
such a thing as refusing = prisoner Bible
was unknown IN any civilized community
His answer was, that he was rot permit
/ had .rcat reason 70 be thankful that
mv soI.'- vi-i; gave me am opportunity To-
-. th. commau,iaE:. for from :llat time,
although kept ia solitary confinement, nay
condition WAS made more comfortable
\ better mattress was pa: upon nav bed,
occasionally a Tay onion or a tomato WAS
added TO mv dinner. and tgv;c-, j believe
some picked beets were scEi 20 me from
the cook room
NV soa was compe-led 20 visit Wash
iugton city and obtain iroEn tire Secretary
OF War an order t. that cifec; before be
could see M As soon a. he learned
how had been treated. he returned i'm
nediatelv 10 Washington. and. with the
assistance Of very kind friend. procured
Al order from Secretary Stanton. for my
release from solitary confinement, and
that | should have al the privileges ac-
cord. ] 20 the other prisoners And thus,
after tx,riv-tyvo d.vs cf this loaihSome
and vr,rs,. than hea;henish treatment. nv
dungeon door was unlocked, and was
permitted TO hold intercourse with NV fell
lox prisoners
such, inv friends. l. a plain statement
OF the manner of NV arrest. and the treat
ment received during the twenty-five
DAYS of INV solitary confinement If II
affords any qualification Ia thnsc rerubli-
cans who caused NV aTresi. ,h..v arc wei
come 70 s. Th.ir time 7viil c,,me eame
da- - III cad = no' -.