Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-08
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Extracts from Private Henrys Jour
nal During the Days Proced.
ing his Execution.
The Bill Reported Favorably 70 Make
the Agricultural Department an
Executive Department.,
Orders Issued to Gen. Mcdonald to
Hold the Mexican Mutineers
for Extradition Papers.
rRIvATE nKNRYs JounNAu.


WASHINGTON, Feb. THE Journal
OF Private Henry, who was shot for
stealing provisions by the order Of
Lieutenant Greedy, IN the Arctic re-
gions, covering the period between
October, 1888, and June, 1884, has been
made public
He writes under date Of May Sd
He (Whlstlerl who was loudtst In the
denunclation OF the unfortunate who
was tempted 10 purl0ln
scrap OF meat was to-day caught
In the cOmmlssary, having broken
open the door, and he wHe found with
ABOUT u pound OF bacon in hls pOcket,n
A few days later Is the following:
Yesterday Blederbeck and Whistler
had a row out Of doors and some one
stole EllieOnis bacon, which waa un.
der the charge OF Iiont. GrCeiy. The
terrible struggling OF death by starva-
ton actually had no terror
for us, We looked on
with stOlid indin renee TO our coming
fate. A few hours before death, in-
stead of craving for food they kept
calling for water and could hardly be
controlled OF satieiied. All with one
exception were conscious for hOum
before dying, Poor Lockwood
came out OF his bag TO
stand Ia the alleyway while
the moonahine diatilleTy was going ON
aud was the first TO receive his potion.
Ere the rest Of ua had our share he
requ sted a repetition OF the dose nom
the officiating steward. aud, on being
reprimanded by the officers for tuch a
thing. he turned round To the doctor
and said: Il will 70 to the fountain
head, aud repeated hia demand On be-
Ing absolutely denied, ne dropped to
the ilDor, and hardly ever opened
hls mouth again 10 utter another
word
May % nflcr noting that Whistler
IL dying, Henry Rayei ~ called In the
tent and was Informed that five men
made a Rwurn statement that Pavey
stole Ellison's rAtiOns. and that the
official record concerning it had been
tempered with A w. g., N he
does die, dies the death OF a miserable
coward
on May % IL the following entry,
"poOr lStslingbuTy Is sinking rapidly
aud the doctor has given him up Last
night DR.. = and Lieut.. q. had an
other Bquabble over some medicine
The majority OF u fourteen have given
| up all hopes OF seeing our iTieudshghin,
but few may still chance at the con-
cluslun OF this terrible trag-
edy 20 be welcomed with
universal reclamation as worthy
fIontleramen Of Uncle Sam, an AS
men who have made themteives lm-
mortal by splendid victory and In
Vulnerable sufierlngs hitherto lDcom-
parable In the annals Of Arctic eKplo-
ratlons and against all tho laws Of ma
ture.
The notes Of the frat four days OF
June are brief memoranda OF the rap
idly sinking condition OF those left.
These were made just prior TO his be-
ing shot Extfacts from the other d.
aries show the deul0rRble state of
affairs characterization prevailed 10
"A considerable extent. aud quarTellng,
sometimes leading TO blows, was not OF
uncommon occurrence.
Sergeant Brainard's diary Is la his
personal possession and is not obtain
able, and Sergeant Cornell declines to
allow his diary TO be inspected, etating
that II was written with the express
understanding that no one but Gen.
Hazen should read II.