The Hillsborough recorder., 1863-01-21

height, and the bed measured four feet
seven inches--actually Y measuredby mem
Der from Maryland, Mr.. Sangston. We
mad one very dirty tin cup to drink out of,
and the water we drank was filled, not
with anmalcu!9, but with millions Of tad
poles. We had to bold our noses when we
drank, and strain every drop of it. We
were locked up at six o'clock at night, and
Kept till six next morning, without any
natural convenience Whatever, suffering
The agonies of death. remember, If you
will allow me to tell it'll dislike to follow
Mr., Lincoln, but there was an old man
brought from Kentucky upwards Of seventy
years Of age, His head was as white as
snow. never saw him before. but was
amazed to see hi,p, and seeing that he was
IRON Kentucky went up and addressed
him. A friend had sent me some iqnors
and ] asked him il he would not like 10
have little whisky or brandy, and he said
yes, It was the only time in his life that he
ielt that a good dram would be of service TO
him. SO, as is very commonly the case
there, he took the bottle and poured out a
very heav. drink. Laughter. He drank
u oil without mixing it with water-we had
psrchased glasses Al that time to drink out
of and he saw the tadpoles. He set il
down again. shaking his head, and said he
could not stand it, aud walked away; but
the brandy burned him SO much that he
came back and took it up, and held it be-
tween The light of the sun and himself, and
sullloquizing, said. Well. tadpoles, if you
can sand it can" and drank it off.
Laughter. lie made compromise with
the tadpoles. We wrote a letter TO Mr..
Lincoln signed by every individual who
was in the fort. telling him II the horrors
Of this prison, stating that we did not pre-
tend TO discuss the righifansss of our i'm
prlsonment, but that we supposed we were
rntitled 10 The common rights of human be-
lnss. The result of that was. that in about /
! month We were taken to Fort Warren.
BY sea. The Captain told me himself that
the vessel was calculated TO take about $50
persons. and they took l,l00 We were
fifty hours in making The voyage, and all
that was given Us to eat during that time
was piece 0i raw fat barrel pork, perfect
u raw, about the size of my hand, and
saw the poor soldiers eating that raw meat.
We had furnished ourselves with something
better. but could not feed them all with the
little We had.
We were placed Afterwards in Fort
Warren upon the naked iloor, without bed
or blanket or anything-nut wisp Of straw
even; and there 10 that condition We had 10
remain until We supplied ourselves with
such things as we needed. buying beds and
bed-steads. aud being allowed by very
kind. excellent and humane officer. Col.
Dymick-who believe is a thorough gem
tleman. and who dad oil he could TO alleyi-
ATE our condition-being allowed by him to
employ cook and TO our provisions, we
lived very comfortably there. This. gen
tlemen, is my experience. | trust that
the time 10 not far distant when these things
are 10 cease. Hear, hear. ! think that
the South has shown that she intends, un-
der all circumstances anl in every cnntin-
gency, to maintain her independence.
Loud cheers.
IL Is not for me, u i not.tor an Ameri-
can. il il not for citizen Of the Confeie
rnte States. to ask Engll.hnen tcrecogmize
Us; but il seens to me that there is Coming
up solemn appeal to ihe bosom OF human
ity, as well as Of justice. that the time has
come when we ought to be recognized
among the nations ol The earth. | do not
ask for such recognition. nave no official
position; am mere manderer and an
exile. Ii is Tor eyery natiod TO determine
for herself. II is Tor the people u England
10 Jccidc-it is Tor the Government u
England to decide, without any interfer-
ence whatever on our part. We, perhaps.
are not good Judges. We feel that We are
not; but we think lhat enough has been
shown TO the world 10 convince them that
We intend. that we can, and that we will be
independent. [Chrers.
Tie Governor concluded by thanking The