The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-10-26

credence to give thom. Tho latter
part OF October we were told that y
removal Of tho prisoners would a,
once be commenced.
A number Of cases Of yellow fever
had occurred in town, and humanity,
no less than tho sanitary condition
of the city, demanded our removal.
would have been willing to romnin
behind and take the riske. ne. OF
tho whole, our condition wac liable
to DO worse at any other place than
hcro A detachment Of prisoners
was sent away tue first Of October,
and about two thousand every two
days weIo continued to be sent Off
IL I'll tho camp W q closed.
On or about tho seventh day. all
tho remaining squads Of tho prison.
cxcolt tho hospital department,
wero ordered to be ready to move
on the morrow.
About dark a piut of raw beans, q
halfa pint Of uncooked Indian
Meal, aud fow spsonfula Of rice
were issued to each man, for threo
day Is rGtioua We got no wood to
cook with.
That evening b. i. Cross and my
self cut into small pieces tho sticks
used to raise our blankets on, aud,
obtaining bali of q canteen to cook
in, commenced to prepare our ra-
tions.
First, we boiled the beans, Of
course without salt or pork and,
as We had no means of taking them
With us, and were hungry, ato thew,
for convenience aud TO keep them
safe from thieves,
Then wo boiled our rice, and, stir
ring up the Indian meal with it,
cooked Jonney-cake in our can
teen. III around us, gathered in
anxions groups, were men engaged
in similar occupations, aud the cau>
salities happening were curiously
lujicrous. Men were continually
falling into the shallow wells around
them. 1t being the Hast night, the
prisoners usod such fuel az they had
liberally, and indulgcd qnite freely
iu pitch-pino torches.
Every moment or two might bo
heard "chug and aplush,' which
proclaimed that homo wandering
star had fallen from its orbit into n
we'll.
Tho position was moro veXinG
and comicNl than dangerous. | had
been not littlo amused at seeing
others procipitatod into wells, and
had made up my mind that | would
keep out OF thom.
How fulliblo arc al resolves :
While creeping on hands aud knocs,
and not thinking of the proximity
OF wells, ! was suddenly precipitated
bead foremost into one about six
feet deop.
Cross caught mo in tho act of
scrambliug out, and, sol sat rub
bing tho sand out OF my hair, and
trying to keep tho water from run
ming down my back, ho commenced
to poke fun ut mo. "Ben in bathin, y
old follow Bettol stand on your
head, aud let sthe water drain Off,
said he, referring to the moisture, ele
evating his torch. SO as to get bot
ter view and stepping back chuck
ling, Suddenly, splash went somo-
thing, aud Cross was invisible, be
had disappeared iuto the recess Of
the earth. 1t Was then my term to
laugh.
Thus we made merry over our
misery, which ordinarily would have
dampened tho fun OF most people.
Was it not rs woll to laugh rs cry.
Tho morning dawned, and found our
rations cooked into a mysterious,
black-looking substance, which we
called Johnny oako.
We foil into line when tho order
camo, ia a hurry to SEQ what fate
aud the Johnnios would do with us
next, We wore speedily marched to
tho northern entrance OF tho Fair
Ground, whereafter going through
with a good deal of the usual count
ing, wo were packed on board of
box cara, and went slowly on our
way in a northerly direction.
Aa tho cars wero leaving Charls-
ton wa caught u glimpse of the
Federal officers, who we're embarked
on board Of box cars, enroute, as |
afterwards understood,fo Columbia.
Along on tho railway, for quite a