The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-04-15
RETURN or ARNOLD AND
SPANGLER, TIE DRY TOR
TCGAS PRISONERS

S,mutl B Arm Idand Edmund Span
gler, the PRISONERS recently released
from the Dry Torugas, under pardon
of President JuhRsou, the former hav-
ing been sentenced for life. and the lat
ter for six years, by the military c"m-
mission that tried the assassination CON
spirirors, reached this city yesterday
tn " came rass .iIg'rs on the Steamship
Cuba, from Key Wet. Arnold ar
pears in rather delicate health, but
Spanglrr is we'll, and bcth seem in go"d
spirits They are set free now, after
three years and eight months in ''du-
rance vile" After their trial and sen.
trnce, they reached the Tortugas with
Dr. udd, th'ir late fellow prisoner.
and O'Laughlin, who died dnring m
pri>onment, on the 18th Of Juy, 1863,
II, d were released on the 22d Of March,
1869. Both Arnold and Spangler re-
ply readily to queries concerning their
imprisonment anl the treatment they
received frnm he different command
rrs Of the post. During the season Of
t." fearful rage of the yrllow fever in
1861 at the tnrsalii1liSSy staS that after all
the troops had ls,asked, end eth,
cr recovered died, Dr., Mudd. who had
so faithfully and advantageously labor.
cd among The sick, was taken down
with the. disease, and there being no
medical map left Gt. for duty. was nurscd
sol ly by themselves, his only remaining
companion. @ I.aughlin having pre-
viously died. During it's prevalence,
there we're thir'y-<evrn deaths in that
limited community. two of whom were
pri .oners, aud the balance ofhccrs and
8 ld:cr
They speak highly of the late Maj.
Stone who commanded at the time
His vie having died of the epidemic,
of Which lie had recovered, he carri d
his little child over % Key West. with
the intention of scndinr it to relativ's
in the North, and shortly after, reaching
there he was taken with a relapse and
died. Their treatment depended much
on the disposition of the commander Of
the post, but after the season Of yellow
fever they Jared much better than pre-
viously. They received telegram on
the 9th of March. informing them of
their pardon, and Spangler slys it ap-
pcmed to him that from hat time until
the Zlst, when Aruold's father reached
there with the pardons, he gained in
flesh every honr. Arnold was employ
I'd as clerk at headquarters and Spang
Ter as a carpenter. and both at times were
compelled to work very hard. After
tn ir release, they left The Tor'ngas IN
Governmen, saifing vessel, .and went
over to Key West, where they Frmained
several days, awaiting the arrival of the
Cuba, and were treated in the kindcst
manner by the citizens.
On the terrible ordeal of their trial,
under the circumstances by which they
were surrounded. it is not to be sup
posed they would delight .toI dive L.
Spangler says that from the tor'ur"s he
endured, he was mostly unconscious Of
rhe proceedings in the case, and often
knew nothing of W at was sni"g on Il.
round him. When the padded hood
was placed over his eyes and frightened
about his neck and chest, with nianac'"s
already on both hands and feet, he was
told it was by order Of Secretary Stan.
ton. the subordinate excnsiug himself
for his action After arriving at the
fort, and up to the time of his release,
Spangl"r AYERS that the sense OF his en-
tire innocence only made his chains
m"rc CALLING, whilst at the same time 1t
oft,n kept him from utter despair;
Bnhimore Sun.