The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-22

vas sum lWthet reduced, the prisoners
| being put upon what the rebel autbori
ties called half rations." A piece of
| this corn bread, three inches long. two
1 inches wide, and an inch and 4 half
thick, and half the same bulk of wheat
bread, with a couple of small slices Of
meat was given TO each man for three
meals. Often was the meat SO stale as
/ TO be uneatablc, and | have many times
( seen soldier eat at a single meal the ra-
uons received for three, and still be
hungry. in many respects the prison-
erS confined at Montgomery Jared better
than those imprisoned at Tuscaloosa and
CahaWba. At the latter places tbcv
were shut up in close rooms, but few
"llu"eu 10 go out Tor water or TO the
SINKS at time. No one allowed to look
out OF the window under penalty of be-
ing shot, and at night they were com
PEELED to use tubs in their rooms. which
were often not removed until Q o'clock
in the morning
AT Tuscaloosa numbers were nut in
irons, and ordered TO be fed only unon
bread and water. At Montgomery tbc
citizens were not allowed TO contributo
articles Tor the relief of the prisoners
except in a few instances. when no.
qualntances were found, or where the tie
OF Masonic brotherhood existed. No
such outpouring of human sympathy "a
IS seen at the North towards men half
starved and covered with dirt and YER
min, sick and in prison, was exbibitcd
The sick in hospital received bpt mn
better treatment and when death re-
leased them from their suffering, their
obituaries were simply, "a Yankee pris-
oner died"
AT Macon, Georgia, | am GLAD TO say
that the treatment was much better--in- !
deed, under the influence of better and
nobler minds, was all that could he ox- |
pected. The prisoners were well fed and |
received considerable clothing. They |
were under the charge Of Mai. Hardco. q !
nephew OF the Generals, whom mention |
that he and the citizens of Macon NAV |
be excepted from the charge of brutality |
which SO truly lies against nearly every |
southern community where Union pris- |
oners have been confined.
MURDER OF LIEUT. W. S. BLISS AND OTHERS |
BY THE GUARD.
On the LIST day of Nav, about / M
LIST Lieutenant w, S. Bliss, of the End |
Michigan battery, was murdered at
Montgomery under the following circum-
stances
Several officers and others who had a
little money, had been In the habit of
buying milk at a house near well whence
we obtained water. In the morning of
the day mentioned, he had taken his
canteen to the house, and left il TO be
filed at evening. At evening, when at
the WELL he stepped TO the window at
which milk was sold, distant about ten
PAGES, to gethis canteen, His guard told
him to come away. He replied he would
do SO as soon as he got his milk. Bv this
time he had the canteen in his hand, and
had some money to pay for it. The
guard again told him to come away, and
ne repHed, in minute" and receiving
his change, stepped back about three feet
at which moment he saw the guard raise
his piece. Exclaiming, Good God. Won
would not shoot me- would YOU" he re-
celYed the charge f,om the gun through
the heart and fell dead without a motion
or the culver of a muscle.
The guard stood within six paces of
him, and had made no attempt, either win
his gun or by laying his hand upon him
TO get him away from the window. nor
was 1t known to Lieut. Bliss or anv other
prisoner that an order had been issued 10
prevent prisoners from buying milk.
Lieut. Bliss was fine appearing and
5entlemanly officer and is represented bv
MS brother officers at Shiloh TO have he
laved bravely on the battle field. nm
lersiand he leaves a wife and child At
Deboit Michigan, Heaven temper thcl
wind TO tho shorn lamh''
AT Tuscaloosa before a party of pris-
'ners had fairly got within a building.
me Of them who looked out of the win
low was shot at. Two others were shot
lead by the guard for the same oGense
me OF them before any order prohibitinC =
ookng out of the window had been
published.
such were some Of the brutal actions
'erpetrated by men claiming to be brave
ma chiyalrous. Not all approved such
onduct, for on the occasion of Lieut.
Mss murder the act was condemned Sc
ercly by some Confederate soldiers and n
Ulcers from Nicksburg, Misslssippi but a
" Capt Troy, Commander of the post
was pronounced to be "accor,yj11 IN ar,
eS' and written orders proclaiming the
enalty Of death for looking OUT of the
,lhdows were posted in the prisons al
tuscaloosa.
The North and Northwest must pre-.
are to feed the starving thousands of the
oath Next winter IL not before. such
,ail OF distress will go upon the cotton
lates as has never been cqualcd by any
anime of modern times.
The $500 prisoners parolcd were SET Z
liberty because the South was unable
iced them 1900 because the people of
Longomcry held meetings and declared
jeff Davis that the prisoners must be
lsposed of-they could not feed them.
n they could not procure enough for
leir own population Such was the lam
lage OF the people Of Montgomery, and
lth that message committee was dis
ltched to Richmond about the 10Th or
9TH Of May. Back TO Gov. Shorter came
he answer "parolc all privatcs"
The laboring and middle classes arc
Dw on the verge of starvation How can ,
be otherwise with -four SIG per barrel,
'rn - per bushel, bacon $50 to $40 per
lndred, sugar 30 cents per pound mo- n
sses $500 per gallon, salt 60 cents per II
'und, and everything else in proportion.
any families have not seen sugar ar
IL for months, or meat for many weeks
The wheat crop Of Alabama, Georgia
I'd Southern Tennessee, is a bad failure
bile the corn corp is everywhere admit
d TO be far behind what il should be- at
is season OF the year. Many fields of
heat will not yield the seed.
Yes, the people Of the North must make