Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-07-08
GNUMBER so.
No. 13.

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Ja"rs Taylor, having been duly sworn, depo.
seth
That hewa standing at the gate, in the mar.
ket square, at the time captain Shorthand with
ME OF soldiers, entered the square Captain 8
ordered prisoner the square to go into the
| ison--when he Immediately com,l ed. He
men ordered the soldiers TO charge ans instant
| y observed 10 the commanding officer of the mi
n'ary-" 1t IS nc use TO charge on the damn'd
\ Yankee rascals--FIItE"-when this commenced
immediately. The prisoners ut that time were
! fushlng IN the prisons IS fast as possible and
principally out ofthe square. After the nrson-
| ers were mostly in the prison of No a, bow, of
zen year. OF age, was shot through the body
ana Killed, while in the door PASSAGE t,y;-
| hgs to get in, by the soldiers in the ward in
my presence, being inside the prison; likewise
| one olherman was shot through the thigh.
JAMES TAYLOR.
No IL
seth as fallows- N'i'0'
mat he was in the yard of prison No. q AZ the
TINE robert Haywood was shot by the ssIdierv~
lie immediately took him up, for the nurnosi nF
Carrying him 10 the hospital In the srI,,ses he
met captain Shorthand, and said, cant Shorthand
s'ils ni, Is very b2lly wounded-I want to carry
nm to the hospital Captain Shorthand renI;sj
you dann'd son of bitch carry him hack ~ liz
PRISON; and he was obliged to complv. Afier
getting to the prison, one of tie soldiers citoJ
hin PACK, and he went up &c the square with me
man and met captain Shorthand, who said heaye
mani pown ulere (pointing to sentry-box)
and away with you to the prison At tbai tirna
| they were firing in the tlifjsrent OIL, o.
4 leaving the square we found the man ,vas dead
SAMUEL LOWDY.
.59hF Bd'hce having been sworn, corrobDrates
the evidence ofSanuel Lowcly.
JOHN BATr1CE.
sed- S"'ih' o-Po.
mat while passing between No. 5 and nr;.
sons the soldiers commenced firing fror, the
WaiiS IN three divisions at a few Of us; NJ tbsf
tnse uleie Were only four prisoners in sight
-li,er advancing few steps found man badly
wounded. stopped and picked the man nm.
during which time the soldiers kept Am inrassapt
Nos. o. - "'e P'4S0i "
WILLIAM POTTER.
No. To-
l. DHsid 8 Warren, being duly sworn On the
That, on the; evening of the 9th Apr;I yyio,
the alarm commenced, was in the lower part Of
the yard OF no. prison. walked I'm tn the
gate TO learn the cause. there saw there ,,.rs
AhuiLlDer OF prisoners in the market square. and
great humDor OF soldiers drawn up across tbs
n.teO
who retreated out of the SQUARE into fba;, ,,'
i've prison yards, and shut the gates af,er them
l SAW the soldiers advance I'M TO the o,otas ~
heard captain Shorthand order them to Ere which
uSy nor Immediately obeying, / saw him exc
H. ~ :. = illusket IN the hands of sold er and
uHect II towards prisoner and hsarJ In, go
,sPeat " nie-Cfod damn you fire y, Jmn,ed3ooTc-
y afterwards the firing became general the pri.
sonerS were all endeavoring TO eet info Inc ~.
Sons, winch was attended with much difficulty.
al el,e uoors but one being closed-and flrthsp
the deponent saith not
DAVID 8. WARREN.
No. II.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEES.
1o " inns report appeared in the Argus Of June
Het'ef from Mr. Beasley, agent for American
prisoners OF war, at london, to the Committee
OF the American prisoners of war in DartrsooF
prison " 'i''oof
'IseRcyJ9r american prisoners of zoar.
c,,.-u LoSDoN, April -, 1915,
1t having been stated in some of the news.
papers published here, that the Amer. con e,,,,-
erhinent intended to send some Sims of wor
bouud to the Mediterranean, 10 this country for
the purpose of completing their crews from o.
mong the prisoners and having been informed
that TINS idea has got among the prisoners il be-
comes my duty to request that you Will inform
have already informed you of the measure.
which had been taken to provide convey ances Gor,
the Prisoners. You Will let them know. tb,t q
large transports have been engaged, some IF
which must now be at Plymouth Other, viii
follow, until the whole of tie Prisoners are sent
It is much to be lamented, that at momene
When every exertion was making TO restore them
10 Their country they sdouid hare flien igto o., ey
cess 50tIch has PrOUed 50 fatalf9 soae And ann
at loss to conceive how they could, under such
circumstances, pretend to say. that the cause -
inns unfortunate, bu' shameful conduct, was the
neglect OF their government or its agent. This
am informed they have stated TO the officers vvbo
were sent TO examine into the affair,
am, gentlemen
Your obedient servant
r. G. BEAsLEY.
10 the Committee Of the American prisoners
ofwar, at Dartnoor
No. 10
Reply 10 the aJouo.
49, DARTNoOP, April II
sIR--Yours Of the 10Th inst. came TO hand tb;.
morning. II is with astonishnent wenot CO IN 10
contents, that the officers who came 10 ,n',,,ire
INTO the circumstances of the late upf,rtunofe ,c
iair, should have informed you, that the prisoner.
stated 70 them, the cause Of that event. was, their
government or its agent had neglerf eJ tle,,,