The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-01-30

CHI A p I T. r Y II.

,,ov come to the most gloomy days of
=: Imprisonment.
r.- priva,eersmen had been tried and
MOO them convicted. Justice demanded
.sry be hung. But we were peculiar
,r!q,ri. If those robbers were hung in
ac.ahia honest men would be hung in
.,c>ton. And however ready any man
he to die at the cannon's mouth, have
70 STE the man who desires to swing into
-~..y on rope.
There was another grim dweller among us.
; ,,.,> had ordered into the cell used for
.'a. over 60 Of our Men, and in every
tie officers lay some one, two, three,
fur Of It's inmates. Every face looked
= and haggard; every eye wild and
III; ,yery voice sounded husky and de-
.... Oar rations 1-:} ration of bacon
M.,-Y brcady We're too poor and scant
.. arn alive and well. The bread was
~. alt to the men and otlicers-l3 crack
70 LAYS. In two days half the men
aa, have morsel of bread and lived
.~ ~..',tnca Of magsot'y bacon they got
.a-I what TIE officers could give them.
g.. st who had money among the officers
abe sometimes to obtain supplies from
.>.a. Some Of them did much for the
men.
GA rebel masters gave US Just wood
ssa = build fire twice day. They
. nothing for tie hospital save lit
...'ac. II man had the fever he took
It.: if a maa had the chills he took
inc: if a man had the dysentery he took
r" il a man broke a bone he took quiu-
i,u so it went. There was so little ana
',.a 81 inappropriate for most cases,
surgeons gave up all hopes OF cu.-
drugs. and so, many got well.
.e hospital room was the largest one in
III. 1t had two windows and two doors.
g., about 20 feet by 10. In that room
typhoid fever, diptheria, chills and fe-
. and many other complaints. The poor
Tvs. reduced to skeletons by sickness,
w.. ,'omachs hot, loathed the coarse un-
e .,ome food given them, went about de.
~. and miserable, now speaking Of a home
1 . the hills of the north where plenty
r'rJ them, then bemoaning the fate that
., .s, them there forsaken; and lingering
vrrtchedness, died in despair. There
= exceptions. where some who were sus-
>..-, by an untaltering hope in Christ, sank
.8r,. with a sweet smile on their skeleton
I .-re>, like a sunbeam on the jagged rocks
mountain top.
l. my cell we lost one, DR. Griswold, SSH
y. \. regiment. He diea of fever. Al
20. could he done for him was done. One
= v..e his mind was wandering, he point
'.a' lie eagle which had been made with
.agcoal on the wall, and said {: "There sh,
-eding, bleeding, but one day again sh'
w.. Use as malestically as ever, and woe t
e. 50 who have tried to crush her now.'
He died. The captain in charge of tn
,.,-n, asked Gen Ripley what kind of a fu
"a, ae should give this L. S. officer. Gel
Agey replied; Bury him like ID dog
,'4 nim to a niger and let him be throw
10 hole" They gave US pine box, W
Il in bis lifeiess body, and he was borne
Ne hGow not where. AS we stood aroun
Is corpse, we thought of the home mad
.-',4'r, and the young wife waiting in val
aJy husbands return, and the questio
..': Who goes next?"
ia, blowing are extracts from my journs
~, tine:
lark Do YOU hear that dull, gratin
.-.. It IS the Zouayes sharpening a
e.- .i>s-!aiyes and wearing them down t
pm. On the stone floor of their cells
sac, That noiseles, form gliding up Il
>,sp> Of the tower wi! carry the late
4 $, r TO! Wilcox and Corcoran who al
i f.. condemned cells
"e are prepared Bolts and bars ca
,eep out information Of what is goir
In spite of guard and jailers we get Il
...:, every day, and have sworn friend
very
VI are prepared. The wrongs We ha,
.l:el have rerved our arms and steel,
H .eayts. Our men are starving HUI
g laws at every heart and sets It's grim ST
cry face. All this month (Dec.) mo
.-a 80 men nave laid sick with no care
'r. The little food given US is t
..,. ,4l poor for them, and some ha
, rom starvation. Visited the hospi
.'1ty, and found one poor fellow gnawi
"'eaoa>ly on hard, mouldy biscuit. l.
.y', We're wild and deep set, his form W
-21c.a'ed to the last degree, and the pal
Y, death was on his face.
Wen, my boy, how are YOU to-day" ?"
Hungrym "
DO YOU feel no easier Q"
hungry, Hungry"
Il wish could help you, my boy"
hnngry' Hungry. Hungry {"
and this was all he could say. He h
''', MS reason, and yet the body was darl
N'2nS for nourishment, and the last gil
"'' OF reason lent its aid to help nat
'-1'hsl the monster starvation. He died.
Here IN land where, before this cur.
"A' Vas commenced by these still more