Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-03

20 itarv confinement. lI's liter VS.
s,usned to him by the CON mandsat,
curing him 10 nke out 90 much Of
"a. ret.rn i to thc-ca.e Of DR.. Ulds.
Nv dunv con ,vss Oh ths g'oand, With
. b,iok pavement or floor over aboot
.ne-hslf OF IT ard 40 gre vas the
i.mpness that In ve'y short tune =
mould would gather upon any article
lett upon the floor. ny led was IN iron
aretcher, With ve'y thin hnsk matt,es.
stretched upon it-so iLin, indeed, that
on cou' d lee every iIOn Flat Ia II the
n"mrn, you 10, down upon Il. The
" * floor, with all its damages, would
have been far mo comfortable than
hi. iron and hnsk bed, had it not been
Or n. the rats and the ve,min that sfes-
Ted The 10 m had also IN my room y
broken table and char. A chunk OF
government bread, with an old sinking
rusty TN Of Lncolo colt e, y, slice
tolled sailed pork was my fare My
My ,i,k k, other than nasty coffee, was
ain ~atcr | WAS furnished with 10
gnwe, neither could any entres,y pro.
,ure one for me. Neither coold IN
nee nv .,lors 10 10, me have candle
inr,ng my long, tedious, s,ok n,ghs.--
NO en,reatv could procure for me the
return OF the medicine which had been
nken from me when | was searched
, A.a,n aud again | begged Tor nv little
lit OF opium to relieve my suffering,
which had been taken out OF my pock.
With my other medicine, but all in
vain.
After ten days Of snch treatment and
.uch slti .ring, late one night, the ser.
sea,t OF the guard brought NE some
ned icioe which. he iniorm.d me, the
Sarveon VI Fo,t Hamilton had senl me
Tins Surgeon knew nothing about ny
cnliiion. With no light IN my eel,
~nh no one to give me even drink vi
nv rainwates, You can we'll imrg,nc that
woald MT take tn. M d'cine. | did
not K now but that nv \ l.rs designed
o po i-on mo Their previous treat
nen, Us feed ,uch sn op,aon. mad.
~ my MUD that Il died N Fot Ii
IL, cite, | ~"uli dl. natural death, ~
ss indeed Lincoln ordct.d ne To b.
tired by dru" head conrt-,na,,ial and
sho W icL | felt lie had us, as much
g,t 10 do as he bad to arrest and I'M
i.on me IL the manner he had done
Tn l,r such treatment, and by this time,
y msy w.ll I'm CINE 'hs, had got q
"big ma,i' on me ard this, | think.
Il lp ID 10 save my lie, tor the truth l.,
h vi got 10 b. too mad to die, aud 10
tn, ,nks 10 Lincol,, but IN Ter q kind
Pow denct, began to let better ton.
hal | me on.
Y,n can well imagine that after such
treatment, when my son WA Permitted
q wat tie, he found me emsciated
nd ca,cw orn." The only wonder IL
that he f,,un me alive.
Ifan,tpny could Md to the cruelty
,utl,cl, upon ,"e during these l"ng dsyt
md nights Of ~ V sickness aud suffering,
was the retu-s!! OF the tommnudan,
o al uw me tho 0se OF Bibe. Day
.,trr d.y | bcgg, d me sergeant to pro
cure one for me. Ills constant answer
"a, /" ,h. commanding "tlicer say. you
,n..'t ave on" begged him TO re-
mlod the comma, Ding officer that We
lived IN a Chr sii,n, and not h. alhen
land that w.s IN American citizen,
.nd not G, ndrmned tcl,n Sail the
usser wa, .the commanding o!licer
..y- yon shnn't have ore, and you need
not ask any more" AID Il VA. not until
at. .lxtesn days ofsuch more 'ha" hea
II ebish treatment, that Col. Burke, OF
Font II .mil'ou, upon the importantly Of
my son, sent an order to the Comman
Ian, OF Fort Lafayette, to let me have q
Bib'e.
1t was upon the sixteenth day Of my
l,nelv imprisonment, that my son, upon
80 orde, OF the SECRETARY # War, was
permitted TO see me, not IN my ionely
sell, but in the Comms nda Is room and
re.ence, II was with much difficult,
tia even At that time, ] Was abe 10
.alk rom my c, Il TO the Command mt,
,oom. THIS was the first time during
my imprisonment, that | ha; been abe
"a obtain au Interview Nth ,bs Com.
msnd.nt. In his weekly inspection OF
he prisoners, he had carefully avoided
ny dungeon. NJ kindly mess1g. Of
9diry M 10 my WAITS and cohd ito"
,.J ever reached me from him. ssz-
ed upon tn opportunity to let him
know that | ~ss y human beng. and,
~ .uc.,, emit led To hu nane treatm.n,-
hat such thing a. refus ny y prisoner
Bible was uuknown IN any civilized
community. HIS answer was, that he
~as not y. rmitted, under his ordrrs, t.
IT me have one.
hid great reason TO be thank nj tina,
ny son. visit gave the an oppor,u"'y 10
see the command.nt, tor t,om this time,
Though ktp, ~ SOLITARY Co. fio, men',
nv cond ii was made moe comtarta-
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