Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-12-03
FOR the Luzerne Union.
Thoughts Suggested in Fort Milf
lin.

az TnE b0TH DAY OF CONFINEMENT. {
On the morniug Of the above named
day, it was announced at the entrance Of
our cell that the day of our deliyernnce
was drawing near. With what thrill OF
Joy it was received like shock Of eloc
tricity it ran through the crowd. Counte.
nanccs that looked wan aud pale, with
anguish depicted in every feature, now
brigh eued up, and were cheerful like the
storm. tossed mariner, during the long
dreary night, watching. with anxious eye ,
the first ray OF | gut that radiates the or
cntal sky that he may direct bis storm
tossed vessel to haven of repose. So in
this dreary CELL dur,ng this long night of
couGuement, what earnest lodgings The
very depths OF our inmost soul would swell
up and grasp at the first gimmer or ray
OF ligh. that afforded the fantest hope oi
deliverance. No pen can describe our
feelings none but those who have been
similarly situated caa appreciate the de-
, lichtful sensation produced when the well
come news greeted our ears. Loved ones
0 at home, all the tender associations, all
the ties Of consanguinity; in fact all that
makes life worth living for, and that had
] SO much to do in keeping up my spirits,
. loAmed up; and, among the objects of
i alteration OH earth, is the polar star Of
a ny affections, was the pleasing thought Of
, again soon seeing my dear, old mother,
e whose tottering frame and iccblo' step
It warned me that her departure was near
n at hand. That look oil despair, cast upon
me with all the depths Of mothers love,
when dragged from her presence By the
military, never will be efaced as long as
: reason asserts her throne, and the livid
e imploring look of my companion, as she
e sprang from her bed, bslfclad, exclaim
ing "Oh you will not take him what
has lie done = How wildly all this has
rushed through my mind, while in 'h''
dark and lonely cell; and then, sgaip
. my innocent children, who were wrapt il
-, the dccp slumbers OF early twilight, How
., my immagnaiion has pictured their. an
% guish, when they awckc, and, in theiI
70 childish simplicity, would inquire wher,
:, Papa was. Suatched away without ever
=. the privilege OF ilnprin'ipe a parting kiss
= now, when the time has come when it i
: reported BY The officers that | vii, agai
-, soon be released aud permitted to sec ant
"A erjo loved ones at home, my feelings al
most overcome me. l will tbiuk ,poyhaps
il is only dream that The mind as wgI
be as the bod y from confncmcDs has lost it
C. vitality then the words will repeat ,heu'
at selves, not to be misunderstood "heu
s. you are all soou 20 be reIeasd." Bu
he how Uncertain are sill human calculations
NJ, Two weeks have eIasped, and still here.
ut have often thought Of the words of a
Ter ancient writer, and now am conyiGced {
en- their truthfulness, that Nations lose moi
in morauy,in time of war, than ssmstorially.
p. The profanity and ob.cenity shat bay
Ter come under my observation during IA
nv military confinement, exceed anything
to csu portray on paper. Coupled with til
an above named vices, there seems 10 be .
st, almost universal Proneuess to druuker
ness OF course, honorable exceptions
There are men whose moral training al
ice character resist the temptation, but the
Ne are vorj scarce.
Our treatment was inhpman, Wbt
n FIRST taken and incarcernted in this Gel
ny not a stool or bench to rest our weal
m limbs on; not cup. or knife, or iork,
Oh plate-and these few Indispensable articl
- were purchased at exorbisanl prices ,atteI
ms. with vexa,ions delay. FJyty-iour Of
in in one cell without oven a separate pla
les, to attend to the calls Of nature, it is
ace wonder that one of our number was so
uld laid in his last resting place, aud ma,
IN others postrated by disease.
ic- My dear brother, when look ba
over the scene, and knowing my own Sc
siliveness, marva that my health. is
good as it is. God be praised for t
ate same, together with the warm sympat
rn' of kind friends at home, coupled with
inward assurance that have consciep
void ol offence. Good bye, brother,
o,c the pres, ut hoping soon to meet you
5I0 a more pleasant place than, this, rem3
- your affeotoAate brother,
1876 JAMES McHENRY
Fort Mifliu, Pa, Nov, / 1864.
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