The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-13

like these fitful glimpses OF the sonar
ray. They cheer when they come out
for a moment, but are quickly sue
ceeded by clouds and shadows. Inc
probabilities of exchange, Wnfcn, some
laws since, had some seTnblance OF
reality about them, seem 70 nave Nai
ished.
January 15.-The past week mas
rolled by Without a single incident o.
even the most ordinary Interest Oc-
curing to relieve its monotony. M
beads in the rosary Of Il nun, when
she counts and IN her mo
ments of mechanical devotion, are not
more alike than the hours and Jays
which succeed each other here. we
have had some additional rumors OF
exchange, but there seems TO De no
substantial foundation, whatever, ioI
them. We have been favored WITH
better weather. which has been a re
lief in a~ffording US occasional oppor-
tunities for exercise.
The Rev. Mr.. Kinsolvin has been
released and departed for
While am sincerely rejOiced, for MS
sake, that he is freed from his unjust
and causeless restraint, we shall great
w miss his pastoral m1n1strat1ons,
which, I am glad to know, have been
productive of great good. Lay serV-
ices however will be regularly kept up
on each Sabbath.
/ have consented after much impor-
tunity to deliver another lecture be-
fore the officers in the barracks on
Tuesday evening next. My subject, by
way Of novelty, will be woman and
her Influence"
January 16.-Some eighty officers
arrived today, mostly from the Army
of the West. Also a batch Of political
prisoners taken in Georgia by Sher-
man. Nothing could more forcibly
portray the ~inhumanity of the Yam
KEGS than the appearance which these
latter present. Among the number
are some mere boys and a few decreplt
and invalid old men,-one Of them
a~ctually on 8. wooden stump. VIA
could have possibly been unprecedented
from such captives? And what but a
spirit of Wanton cruelty could have
prompted their seizure and incarcera-
ton?
January 1..-Delivered my lecture
to an immense audience. However
it may SAVIOR of personal vanity, l can
but refer to the evident delight and
appreciation with which the address
was received. The testimonials OF
pleasure and appreciation were fire.
quent and very marked. and | hav
great reason to be proud of my sue
cess. The Christian Association unani-
mously rendered me d very enthusiasts
tic vote of thanks.
january 1S.-Arch-Bishop Wood, OF
the Roman Catholic Church from
Philadelphia, visited the barracks, and
celebrated mass and held other Serv-
ices.
We heard today of the fall of Fort
Fisher. The blow is all the more af-
flicting. as we had been induced, by
the first failure, to hope for it's safety
The garrison appear to have fought
with a desperation and courage WORTH
of success, with a heroism above al
Greek, all Roman fame" The ma
tonal prospect certainly looks very
gloomy. and the fact adds sorely tc
ha pangs of this most wretched i'm
~prlsonment. FIRMLY, believing, how
ever. that it viii be positively sinfu.
10 distrust our ultimate delfverance
from the hands of the impious and
~rapacious foe, ] try to soar above the
atmosphere of dependency. The gen
era1 spirit among the officers, however
is one of great depression.
January 19.-Blessed at last with
letters from home, though Of very ole
date, tO-wit: Oct. 24th and Nov. 18th
The however, that my loved
ones were then all we'll and comforta-
bic and their words of afeetionate
cheer and solace, have greatly relieved
and comforted me. I feel fifty pounds
lighter. That, perhaps, is not a yer,
desirable physical status, as the fare
here is not of q quality to Over-ta1
one into flesh.
January 2O.-One of the officers O.
our Division died last night, of chronic
diarrhaea. Several additional cases o1
smallpox are also reported. When f.
prisoner dies. his remains are en-.
closed in q common pine box and fer
rled over to the jersey shore. where
far away from home and friends. and
without the attendant services Of 6
decent Christian funeral, they ar.
committed to a bleak and foreign sof1
How narrowing the thought,-espe
cially. realizing, as we do, how fra1
and precarious here is human exist
ence. circumstance as we are. how
forcibly impressive the lines Of III.
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