New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-02

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In connection with the above accounof British PRS
os and incidents h nth may not bs unn'er
Is inc 70 our readers Ga TIE Stu Of September lo the
British took possession Of SewYork and tho capture
Fort Washinlton The % Of November WHEN there
er nearly zoo prisoner, in their power Aided u these
over 900 taken at the battle # Brooklyn and such p
,ate citizens a. were apprehended for their po'a! pnn
pies gave Sr " Ian Howe at least 5000 prisoners %
rrovide for The sudden influx IT many prson The
recent cpure If the City and the unlocked for conhtgrt
ton OF fourth part Of j. threw the Affairs Of > WAn
Howe into such confusion that from those CIRCUMSTANCE
alone the pr.orers must have suffer much from want
food and other bodily comforts but there vas superddef
the s,udied cruelty OF Cap Cunningham the Proves
Marshal and Bis deputies and ths criminal negligence
ST Wu Howe To cont in sue vast number VI pd'
1ers the ordinary places Of confinement we're in'ue-nt
Accordingly the Brick Church the Middle Dutch Church.
anc n North Dutoh Churches appropriated 10 their
use H. addition u these Columbia College, ths slka
House the New Jail the BrdeEel, and the Oh city
Hal we're filed to the utmost capacity.
Until within few yeas past the Sugar House 5000 10
Lfberty-s. south Of til Middle Dutch Church a dark
sone building with small ep port h,.e looking windows
rising ter above tier exhibiting dungeon Ike asp.t
TIE building w.s five stories sh a1d each story was
divided TITO two dre--y par,asnts Oa the s'oles and
bric In lie val g,s % De initials anf dates az
done with prisoner D-nkIf- or a nal. There wa
strong isi Ike door opening L5=ryst and another
On the sor-i4ss' d-sc niiag INFO dismal cellar, 40
rsad "a prison There WAS walk nsarly broad enough
cart 10 travel around r. where, night AID day t|'
British W -ssln -uarcs raise h-r weary ro1n.s Ihs
verd was surrounded b. dose board fence nine Zee
l;rh 20 'hs suG5catiug heat Of summer every nTf'"
s4re Of taose stones ght have been SEED tied win
human heads face above face seeking portion OF ne Il
r air. II lie summer q l777, while the jail isvsf Ea
racing the prisoners were Jet out in companies Of Fsaty
hafan hour az time 70 breathe fresh ar AMI nsl1e tey
were So crowded that they divided their members into
sorads II six each No squad stood ten minutes clos
TIE window as they could crowd and then No took thei
l.s 1bsrs ware no seats and the beds bz sra v
n.srri.ed With vermin For many weeks the dead cart
vi.itsd the prison every morning into which eight or
,xsIve eorpses flung and piled up, Ike sticks OF
wood and dun ped into bitches the outskirts Of the city
The North Dutch Church on the corner Of William and
Fulton SIS made 10 hold 20 prisoners is peTs
ripped out and used fE fuel probably its mahogany pal