The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-06-18

heat must be erroneous.
'13 m. past o'c Therm. 1859. 16 in.
past l. Therm 2O0o Have laid off eve
rything but my boots; could not bear the
touch Of anything Breathe cooler On exhal-
rationl than on inhal[ ation.]
Thermometer 21Oo. Watch stopped, ow-
ing to expan[sionl of metal. Flame overhead
decreasing e. Light failing. Can see part of
the copper changing to a dull red. Water
would boil now where hold the pencil in my
fingers But for the rubbish, my clothes on
(which l stand would [takel fire. | have ia
ked off my boots; the metal heels have left
their mark singed in the cloth.
'.22Oo. am to be roasted alive, My
last wishes are with and the dear Ones
Oh, my God, have mercy on me and support
her / shall suffer greater pain than any
other man but Phal[ aris. A dead OK would
be baked if hung [wherel now stand.
'228o. The soles ofmy feet are blister
ling One spot of the copper is quite red-hot.
Ny vitalEsl are turning to sweat Gracious
God how long is this to last? ! must shrlv-
el soon now. God grant that may die be-
fore the hot metal touches me! Oh my dear
est
4 1882 Whoever finds this take it to Mr.
-. of--St., and leave all to his dis cres-
ton The thermometer burns my hand-l
have dropped it, audit isl broken. The heat
increases The smell Of the metal is sutfo
eating. must soon stop.
''1'he heat has increased very lmuch.l |
can hold the tablets but little longer. My
vitals are drying up. The persp[irationl is
coming slowly. | am blistering all over
| [Good God what have l done?l (eraSed.) }
Have mercy On my soul for Christ's sake
! o God, have mercy on my soul! | die for
giving all my en[emies J.
! With almost the last effort | was capable
of making put the tablets with heavy
piece of mortar (but for the mortar l 2could
hare been burned 10 tie knees Where | St0Od) III
to the end of my handkerchief, and flung it
with all my forcs out Of the mouth of my he
ry prison. The agony | endured in moving
my naked arm SO rapidly through the hot air
was almost insupportable; it was like stirring
boiling water with it. So great was the pain
that had almost tainted; and, when l felt
the sickness and giddiness that precedes a
swoon, | was almost grateful for it, as l knew
| that, if fell on the metal below me, | would,
in all probability, be deprived of life during
my insensibility. But the symptoms Of faint
ing left me-a prey to more acute feeling of
bodily agony. | stood with blisters rising on
my shoulders, and the process of decomposi-
ton by fire actually beginning on the skin OF
my legs. The whole fluids of my body had
been drained in secreting perspiration, and i'll
supplying my lungs with the moisture neces
sary TO enable them to preserve the tempera-
ture of the system. 1t is my firm belief that,
had fluids remained III my body sufficient toI
supply the necessary serum would have
been one blister from head to foot. Excru-
ciating is a weak word to express my agony.
7 In this state my eyes fell on the veins ofmy
arm, where they appeared distended with
their sluggish current i'll the red light. The
flame drew back, and left Inc for moment in
darkness-darkness made visible by the lurld
glare of the copper, which, round the surface
of the stopcock, now shOne with red heat
strong enough to make the outlines Of my hor-
rid prison disccrnable. dark thought cross
ed my mind-a thought engcndered by the
devil but hardly in he'll more frightful.-I
The heavy rolling fame swung back again
on the burdened night-wind, and threw a
Pickering glare on the singed mass Of clothes
on which | stood. | dragged up the trowsers.
and thrust a desperate hand into the pocket
the stuff of which it was made was smoh-
ing with the heat of the loose silver it con-
tanned but it was not money was III search
oft was a knife! / grasped it half I'M
clasped tit burned the finger and thumb Of
my right hand as if l had closed them on q
coal OF fire. flung the instrument of self de-
struction from me, and cried aloud to God
NEVER TO LEAVE ME IN TEMPTATION.
| did not cry in vain; there were voices
above mel heard them Distinctly; heard
footsteps on the platform-they were gone
no. they We're returning-they were coming
to my rescue. Good God how shall | de
scribe the awful sense of present Providence
the almost overpowering hope-the agoniz-
ing doubts and then the joy, the gratitude,
the delerious extacy which experienced with
in the next half minute, as, iii the pauses OF
the flames roaring 4or it still poured through
the building like a raging river,) the voices
of my deiverers sounded louder osfainter, or
liker imaginary sounds, or voices Of real be-
ings until at length that ladder, which was to |
me the welcomest sight the sun ever shone on, |
was lowered down by hurried and tremulous
hands, amid the shoulders of those who never
expected to more of the poor sufferer below
than heap of steaming, blood-stained cind-
ers or how shall | attempt to describe the
establishment, the pity, the honest pleasure OF
those benevolent men, when they tound'that, |
although speeches. for III all my tauces was
not as much moisture as would have enabled |
me to swallow the smallest crum bot bread, |
and my tongue lay in my mouth little better
than piece of dry spongc) was neverthe-
less able to climb up out Of that torrid atmos- |
phere into which no fireman would venture to
decend? l cannot do either, and | will not
much longer dwell on this part OF the nights
adventure suffice it to say, my last missive
had fortunately reached its destination, and
brought my deiverers to my assistance. They |
carried me in blankets to the hospital here
T Ill 4I,o oil fhot ,,nIicaI cprN-ion |
could bestow, until sufficiently recovered to |
be transported to my own lodgings, where
remained suffering from the effects of de-
gree of heat such as perhaps, no other human
being ever endured and lived, for six weeks
and upwards.
| am quite satisfied that had the thermom-
eter not been broken, and had | possessed any |
means Of suspendingi it for l could not have |
held it in my hand much longer,) it would !
have shown a temperature much higher than |
in the experiments of either Blagden or
Bankes. | am sure a few minutes longer
would have been certain death, 50 that | may
safely say have endured the highest tenn
perature of any man on record. My bodily
temperature, except on some portions Of the
scarf skin at no time rose above 1100 or 112 ,
and during the latter part of my suferings it
was a great relief to my hands to place them
on any part Of my person. In fact, have no
doubt there was at one time a difference of
1902 to 1909 between the temperature Of
my body and that of the surrounding air.
STREET, DUBLIN, July 3, 1887.
WHERE TO GET CoTroS. During the week
ending May 22d, there were received at New
Orleans two thousand four hundred and nine I
ty-two bales of cotton, principally from the
country which has just been opened by Gen.
Banks. In the three days followiug-th
is to say to May 26th-one thousand three
hundred and forty-four more bales came to,
hand This made altogether a stock ON hand