The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-05-14

We copy as follows froA sse Nal
timors SIN OF the 9Th
| Samuel II. Arnold and Edsnan
Spangler, the prisoners re~sssly ~.
losssd from she Dry 1'ostsgas saiss
pardon Of Prssidens JsAasos, TN
former having been scntcscsd fcs
life Hnd the latter for six years, BY
tho military commission that tried
tho assassination cossprstors, reach
Cd this city yesterday They ssms
passengers o. the steamship Cs6a,
from Key West. Arnold appears il
rather delicate health, bat Spaaglss
is we'll, aud both sss~ In good spiri,s
They ars set FREQ nov star shvss
years aud eight months 10 ds.sss1
vile" After their trial sad sentence,
they reached the Dry Torsugus with
DR., Mudd, their late fellow. prisoner,
and O'Laushlin, who died during
imprisonment, on tho 2t,h Of July,
1865, and were released on the sd
of March, 1869. Both Arspld AID
Spsneler reply readily to qsssiss con 7.
corning their imprisonment, and the
treatment they received ffoa the
di6srsat con manders II the post.
Daring the sssson Of Tie fearful rage
Of the yellow fever in 1867 a the
fort, they state that after nearly all
the troops had been attacked, aad
either recovered or died, Dr.. Mudd,
Who hsd SO fa,ahfully and advanta-
geously laborcd among IN. sict, was
taken down with the disease. and
there being 30 medical man lefs A.
for duty, was nursed solely by them.
selvss, his only remaining ccmpan-
ions, OLaughlin having previously
died. During It's prevalence there
we're ,hirsy.scvcn deaths In that lim>
tied community, two Of whom were
prisoners, and the balance o&ecrs
and soldiers. They speak highly Of
the late Msjor Stone, who command
cd At the tine His wife having died
Of the epidemic, OF which he had rc.
covered. he carried his little child
over TO Key West, with tho in,cn-
ton Of sending il to bis relatives in
the North, and shortly after reaching
there he wsa taken with n relapse
aud died. Their treatment depend
ed much on tho disposition Of the
commander Of tho post, bu, afier the
season Of yollow fever they fafed
much better than previously. They
received telegram on the 9Th Of
March, informing them ri their par
don, and spang!er says !, appears to
him that from that time until tho
2ist, when Arnold's father reached
,hcre with tho pardous, he gained ia
flesh every hour Arnold wAs ON
ploycd as clerk al headquarters aud
SPsng'er as u carpenter, and both at
times we're compelled to work very
hard. After their release they leh
the Tortugss in Government sail.
iug vessel and wcnt over T. Key
West, where they remained several
days, awaiting the arrival Of the
Cuba, and were treated In tho hisd-
est manner by the eisissns.
On the terrible ordeal Of their
trial, ander tho circumstances by
which thcy were surrounded, il II
not to be supposed they would de-
light to dwell spnngle' says that
from the ,orturss he endured he was
mostly unconscious Of the proceed,
ings ia tho case, and onen know
nothing Of what was going on around
him. When the padded hood was
placed upon his head in prison, GOV.
srias over his eyes and frightened
about his neck aud chest, with msn
acIes already on both hands and feet,
he was told II was by order Of Score
tssy Stanton, tho subordinate thus
ssepaing himself for his action.
Aflsr arriving At the fort, and Up to
The time Of his release, Spapgler
AYERS that the sense Of his entire In.
nocsncs only made his chains more
CALLING. whilst At tho ssme time Il
oftsn kept him from utter despair.
Both Arnold and Spanglsr speak Of
the kinduess and attention thsy re-
csived on board tho Cuba from Capt.
Dukshart, his ofkccrs and passengers,
Who generally were disposed 10 make
tEom com Portable.