114? Ten Years of ray Life, 



been found drunk repeatedly, were tied to a tree with a horse's . 

 bit or bayonet fixed in their Tnouths ; or they were suspended 

 by their thumbs in such a manner as just to reach the ground 

 with the tips of their toes. Others were exhibited as drunkards 

 for hours, standing on tubs in the middle of the camp, and 

 laughed at and teased by all passers-by, as used to be done 

 when people were put in the stocks or exhibited on the 

 pillory. 



Once when Salm had gone to Marietta, I heard cries of pain 

 coming from the garden behind my house. A poor fellow, 

 with a bayonet in his mouth, was tied there against a tree and 

 exposed to the glaring sun. I sent for Captain Steurnagel, my 

 husband's Assistant Adjutant-General, and heard from him 

 that this man was punished in this manner for disobedience 

 against Salm. He was a German who had enlisted recently, 

 and who refused obstinately to cut off his long elf locks. Salm 

 had sent for him, but the German insisted on his right to wear 

 his hair as he liked, making a long speech about tyranny being 

 unworthy of a free country. In things concerning discipline 

 Salm did not understand any joke, and he condemned the man 

 to the above-mentioned punishment. 



I insisted on his immediate release, but Captain Steuernagel 

 refused to comply with my demand, as was his duty. At this 

 I became angry, and as the captain would not take upon him- 

 self the responsibility, I untied the poor fellow with my own 

 hands, poor Steuernagel not daring to hinder me, though he was 

 much afraid of the consequences. 



I took the rather crazy German into ray kitchen, and gave 

 him something to eat and drink, for he was utterly exhausted. 

 In examining him 1 heard that he was a learned apothecary, 

 and as I became interested I resolved to find for him a place 

 where he could be of more use than in the ranks. 



The man was not insensible to kindness, and on my advice 

 he cut off his hair, went to Salm and begged his forgiveness. 

 Salm never heard that I had liberated him, for the captain of 

 course did not care to tell ; and believing that he had suffered 

 his punishment it was not difficult for me to interest my kind 

 husband in his favour, who made him doctor in a coloured 

 regiment. 



A great but pleasurable excitement was produced in Atlanta 

 by the arrival of the paymaster. In consequence of the in- 



