Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-13

AbOlit0nists three-an equal division.
From Neasry's Columbus Crisis.
Horrible Disclosures In Relation ut
Camp Chase Prtsen-Hevs they Treat
Prtsoners-The Camp Overlooking
with vermin-A Man Murdered.
From What We learn Of our own Ohio citizens
who have been incarcerated in the prison nj Camp
Cha-e for what the AboIitionists are pleased to
call political offenses. we have become satisfied
that IL is due the honor Of State TO at once de
mand a reformation there. IL the history of that
prisor is ever written il II cast reproach upon
Ohio and her citizens which they ought at once
To repudiate.
The Democratic party, especially, should not
let its burning barbarities, crimes, and even tor
lures rest upon its shoulders. We and our paper
were long since excluded from even peep into
that bloody Bastile. and we are, therefore not re
sponsible for It's crimes, iniquities aud barbari
ties. We probably never should have known or
heard of IT, had not several OF our own citizens
been there to bring forth the horrid tale of woe
and suffering.
We speak wholly Of the political prison. the
prison OF state. as We know nothing whatever OF
what occurs in the prison where ''rebels taken in
arms are kept. that is, 1.-The prisoners of war"
Ii must not be forgotten that there has been
from six to seven hundred political prisoners AT
Camp Chase at "A time; and although several hun
dred have been lately discharged without trial.
there are vet there some four hundred-one or
two hundred Of these have arrived there within a
few das past from Kentucky and Western Vir
ginia. These men taken from their homes,
some from their beds at night, some from their
houses in daytime, and great many OF them are
picked up in their fielGs at work, and never suf-
fered TO see their famiee before being spirited off
to Ohio and incarcerated in this celebrated Bias
tile, which will soon bs famous Olmutz
itself.
Our Ohioans are put into the same prison with
these men from other States, and from them we
have learned some facts which the people of Ohio
ought to know. Many of these men have been
kept in this prison for over one year. great
many for five, six, seven and eight months, with
out even seeing outside. or being allowed to com
municate personally with any one, not even wife.
child. father. mother or stranger.
They are furnished with nothing but "A single
blanket. even these cold nights. unless they are
able to purchase additional comforts with money
they may be able to command Many are poor
men, and unable 90 purchase; they were not per
mitted To bring along change of clothing, and
many had on when seized nothing but summer
wear, and that has become filthy, worn out, and
scarcely hangs upon their backs.
They have no bedding, and are. therefore
compelled to sleep on the bare boards. They
have not enough wood furnished to keep fires up
all night, and hence the suffering is intensified by
the cold weather. If they attempt. after night
to walk out in the yard TO take off the chls OF
the dreary night. they are instantly threatened to
be shot by the guards, ordered by those in
command.
Dr. Allen, of Columbiana county. Ohio. said
he laid a bare board until his hips black
ana blue. The wood furnished them is four foo,
long. and they are compelled. each mess. to chop
il up for themselves, and, the provisions being
FINISHED raw. they have to cook it for them
selves. Recoect, always, that these are the
political prisoners, against whom no one appears
as accuser. and no trial is permitted.
The prison has become fthy--awfuily so-and
the rats are in droves. Ii the prisoners attempt
TO kill one of these rats they are forbidden. and
Threatened with being shot inst ntly. Recollect
always, we said above these are political pris
oners. against whom some malicious negro
worshper has created a suspicion of disloyalty
but whose name is kept secret, and hence there
be trial
The prison is perfectly alive with lice and nc
chance is given to escape the living vermin. A
dead man, one of the prisoners was the other day
carried out TO the dead yard, and laid there over
night. and when visited in the morning by the
other prisoners. who heard there a dead man
there, they found the hair on his head stiff with
lice and nits-the lice creeping into his eyes il
great numbers. and. he lay with his mouth
open. the lice were thick crawling in aud out o
his open mouth
Not long since two of the prisoners got into q
scufiie in trying their strength aud finally into a
fight, as was supposed, and several other prison
ELS rushed TO part them, when the guards from The
lookout above fred them. killing old man
by the name OF Jones, from Western Virginia
and ball grazing the skull Of another he tell
and it was supposed ut first he killed also
another of the balls passed through board ut th,
head of sick in the hospital, and only es
capped him by u few inches The two men in th,
scuflle were not hurt.
We might go further but God knows this i:
enough for once. Ii is enough to make one,
blood run cold to think of it.
Now IL any one doubts ihis-if the authorize,
at camp or AZ the State House doubt it, if III,
Legislature when it meets will raise committee
for. WILL under oath prove all this, and mucl
more. some of which Is too indecent to print in ;
newspaper for the public err
We do not bring these things to light for an,
other purpose than act OF humanity. of re
spect for the fair fame of Ohio and To direct pub
lie attention To them that the brutal authorities O
that camp may have justice done them. III,
COmmandant of the camp Is himself member
of the Ohio House of Representatives He viii
no doubt appear OF the first Monday of Januarl
To take his seat. Lei him answer to his peers OF
that foOr-let him answer to his constituents IN,
elected hlm-let him answer to the whole peJpl,
of Ohio. ii he dare, whether these things are s.
or not Heaven be blessed if any modification
can be put upon these transactions-any excus
Of the most trivial nature. by which the fame o
Ohio may he INDICATED from the crime am
stigma which otherwise must 90 down TO all tim,
upon the pages of our history
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