Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-15
AFFAIRS LISCOLYDOn.
From a late number of the Chicago Times we con.
dense the following remarks relative to

utuse tue IOUOWlrg relative 10
| TIE CONFEDERATE PRISONERS AT CHICAGO.
olmp Douglas, with its rebel occupants, continues TO
AFFORD the great otject of attraction, and crowds ock
thither daily.
The camp is besieged from morning till night by an
anxious and IquitiVe crowd about half OF whom con.
tnuo gain admission while the other half are left on
the ou'side to sigh over their hard tire 2tment.
SORT of rude curiosity in this sfr Is being devel.
Oped which is becoming daily more and more apparent
Ii must be highly repugnant to the impeuous South
ronJ TO endure the sares aud pu up with the remarks
OF their visitors and although these may be likely
lead them to pelite would t not be far better il the
guards instructed to keep visitors at respectable
distance.
AZ has been previously remarked these prisoners or
At least great meDrIy Of them have been greatly un-
derrAted, both in intellectual aud physical capacities
The popular notion has pictured southern brother as
herce devil may-care sort Of fellow, with little Of in
teligence and still sss principle He thought be
zy untutored person, and at the commencement Of
% rebellion thought 10 be exceedingly unfit for
lighting, Yet these prisoners in nine Of ten,
are found to be srong muscular men, the very picture
Of sodierly phisique.
We all know how much they have suffered 10 their
Southern campaigns, fAring the poorest oil bacon,
and duing all manner Of deprivations. Yet they do
do not complain and although there are many among
thte number who profess unwlngn6s TO return TO
military duty, there not few uho proclaim that they
never vii be suodued but will fight till death for the
OouleoeHACl lu l5 eaFuebluetb WHICH eau
not spring from the minds Of such had fan
ced these rebels to be. The hsssppans are doe spe
cmers Of physical strength and far ahead Of prisoners
from other States 10 thia respect.
As there are 10 camp representatives OF seven States
is fair to infer that the hissspplns the very
hIWer Of the Southern army The Teuno sseesns, If we
may except the Irsh brigade Of that sate very in
feror to their fellow soldiers Of other Sttee They are
indeed the very worst specimens OF hum unity among
The osptvos The 8'ns are tall in stature, and come
nearer the popular eSmae Of the Southern character
than any Of the rest, They are, for the most part
better clad, though some Of them seem to have been
placed In position where dress BOT al Ill cor.
sulted.
All the prisoners are receiving the best Of treatment
are allowed plenty 20 eat and quartsred in warm,
comfortable barracks. They say they have met with
extreme kindness the part Of the Northern people,
and adm; that they have uniformly Jared far better
than in the rebel camps of Dixie.
A large number sick 10 hospital having taken
severe colds 10 their transit hler. Toe general hosp
tai building Of Camp Douglas Is crowded with these poor
fellows, and judging from what reporter there
yesterday, We should that accommodations for the
sick no; sufficient Those, however that can be
commo1Ated are receiving the aid of skifu physicians
AID nothing will DO denied them that possibly
duce 10 thsiF esmioFi.
one ofthe sick died suddenly yesterday morning. He
Sal taSea III With ssyere cold feW days SINCE and
gradually became ILL., until he br athed his last
eArly OrenOOp name was EZ klel lley,
am'mocr OF company T., OF the 20h Mississippi rcgi-
meat and be has two surviving brothers in the same
COMPANY. he was OF Colonel william Biiley,
wealthy plIater, living the toxn Of Like, tSelye
miles from Jackson, Mississippi. His comrades watch.
I'd tnd,rly over his dying bedside, and, when all wa,
sea- sfed biter tears over the loss Of their dplred
fellow soldier. IL was sad sight never to be forgot
tea by those WAC beheld the lsh Of life fade from the
cheeks OF that dyiag prisoner of war.
Daring yesterday, Col Tucker, commanding at Camp
douglas received eiegraphio order from As General
HaCck TO send all the commissioned officers held at the
camp to Ccunbu1, OHIO They were accordingly placed
on board Of the evening train on the Pittburg Fort
Wayne aud Chicago railroad under a guird detailed to
escort them 10 the above meationed place They
brought from Camp Dogy las horse cara which came
down the STATE street line and were lwitched on the
Madison street line, thus moving TO the Depot grounds.
There were eightysiT officers comprising nearly oil
of the commissioned officers brought hther. Tney
accompanied by six csntrablnds their body srvanis-
The caus Of this sudden change in the government pro-
gr-m ne has not transpired Tho opinion is current
however, that this action TO prevent any pos
sibiy Of an Cnsts which might from the consul
tation Of the men with their officers
YANKEE ARMY CONTRACTORS.
The New York Herald of the l0.h publishes a cor.
respOndence between General Haeck and Qlarternai.
terGenera Aegs in which the former demonstrates in
energetic agains; the guilty of the shoes and
cothisg furnished to the Yankee army of the West
We give extract from Glneral Halecks letter as O
specimen Of the honesty Of Yankee contractors:
General Curtis wrtSI from l. bAnon tn the shoes
issued 10 the troops the march in four dsys
4 pair OF boots presented few days ago which
had oly b,en three days and the soles
plsely Cf Between the outer AID the inner sols the
fpice is hed in with pieces OF old plate iron, which
work loose and cut the stitches l. is an outrage on
troops to issue such shoes and clothing at all and
i'll greater that they should be charged at full price.
Much Of this worthless trash has been received
through the Governors OF ST Hes and there s way OF
tracing out the contractors. This should cease. II
tina; the troops here prsyed upon by all the
rascaly contractors Ia the United States This be
stopped. II will not be endured much longer.
FROM PADUciH.
The Pedsrl according to late informl l;ion are max
ing PadcoAh the hoadqu of their wes.crn division
one hundred and twenty-five steamboats, have, in
the last few days. been plying between that place and
up the Tennessee and Cumberland. A whole row Of
brick houses fronting the river, ia used for magazines
and $50 600 pounds OF powder said 10 bo stored
in them. Our informant crossed the CUMBERLAND and
Tennessee rivers last week. ald Gays that tho rivers
swa M with boats
KxcHANGE or PRISONERS.
General Mcclellan has ordered the fJlowing tariff Of
exchange Of prisouers Of
For general commllder.in chief, sixty men leu.
tenant general, forty maorganaral, thirty men
brig general, twenty men; colonel, fifteen meu !;
yuieuRnt-Golo1el Ii ten msn lr, eight captain,
men lieutenant tOuf men lieuteusnt ensign,
thrs5 men non-c commissioned olG,srs two men; pri-
Yates man tor man.
CONSUMPTION The Governor aGd Executive Council
OF South Carolina have, We learn decided to make rad.
ca and important caa.ge in the mode OF rating troops
in this ae, whenever they nay be needed hereafter,
long the shall last Ol and after toe 20h of the
present moath an quisi ions upon the State for troops
will at o1ce b. led By ooHSerpio which very many
persons well informed tho sutj 'ct regard the
elective aud eqliab plan Tne coGecrips will be