The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-08
ERgRYL BAkBASIYIKs.'

The Ycnkees are still taxing their brains
Ii inyen:inG ell kinds Of "barbsriuesH
axainst the "rebels." We dad In the North
srn papers a pretty full report of the tesiiro.
Ly ELECTED before the Joint Comm tee on The
Conduct Of the Present War, relative to al.
Legged outraxss at and subsequent to the bat.
tie Of ManassaS and among other witnesses
who figure conspicuously are two YANKEES
doctors, who, while In Richmond as prisoners
" war, enjoyed the frsedcm Of the city and
.la hospitality OF misg uided admirers to n
very considerable extent. Indeed, theas men
we're 60 loud ia their professions Of friend.
.hip fJr the South, that ne one bat an In fdei
.suld have ever dreamed Of their ultimaLs
,u1ll from grace. But now hear what they
nave to say 70 the committee,
DIR. J ID. 70 iston. surgeon Of the Four.
sen.h New York or Brooklyn regiment, Gap.
s1red at Blu II Run, testif1e that when be 50.
lieiteo permission to remain On the fisid and
attend 10 wounded men, some OF VIII IN
rsrs in a helpless ind painful concition and
.nfering for ~a.sr. be was bIutaiiy refused.
They offered him neither water nor anything
Ia the shape OF 4 Cd. He and his com paLioI .
stood In the streets Of Manassas, surround sd
OF . Threatening and bois;erous crowd, aud
were afterw rds thrust in an old building anu
left without sussenares or covering, to sleep
on the bare door. II was only when faint
ana exhausted, In response 10 their earnest
petitions. they havir & been without FOOD 70
xrudsingly given TO them. whom, at last.
they were permitted to , 10 the relief OF eur
wounded, the secession surgeon would not al
low lhsm TO perform operations, bat en-
trusted the wounded to his youpg aSsistan o.
''some of them with no more knowledge Of
VIVA: they attempted to do than Al aposhs-
cary's clerk.
And further, chat these inexperienced sur
rrna nd ar
ABSOLUTELY trightful." .Wnen," he ADDS ss ~
asked DIR. Darcy TO allow me to amp a,s tho
leg OF Corporal Prescott, OF our regiment,
and said that the man must die II Ii were OF
done, he told ma thar should Dc allowed TO
do IT." while DIR. Homiston ~ AZ waiting. Q
says a Sscessionist cana through the roou
1 V saaa: | , are operating apon one OF the
found that they had cut OF Prescott's leg
The assistAnts were pui,ing on the desh At
each side. trying to get ZAP enough to cover
ths bone. They had sawad OF the bone with
out leaving any OF the iesh TO form the nlrs
TO cover II; and with all the force they O. aid
use they GOULD not get ZAP enough TO cover
the hone. They were then obliged 70 saw OF
about an inch more OF re bone, ana even
then, when they came 10 put IN the sQtares
Che sti;ches) they could not approximate the
edges Within less than aE Inch and u hall OF
each other CT course, as soon a. there waA
any swelling, the sutches tore out and the
b'ns stuck through again. DIR. swain tried
afterwards TO remedy IL BY performing an
other operation. bat Prescott had become ~
dsbiiitated that he did not sur vivs Cor.
poral Prescott was young man Of high DO.
firon, ard had received very liberal eduos
tion.
The same witness dsec-!bes the suRsrin n Of
the wounded after the bat lie ~ ipcon bly,
horrible, with bad food. no covering. no "a.
Tar. They were iyi Z upon the floor a. thick.
~ a. they could b Ind. "rhsre was not
particle 1t light In the heuss 70 sns HE us 20
move among thena." DEAF 70 al his appss Is,
.hey conunued 20 refuss water 70 thess at.
cure 1t BY setting cure under the caves 70
eA'se the rain that was falling. ind In this
way As spsnt the night satcstag the water
and convsgtag IL % the woanasd % drink -
crawl Oh his hands And knees - avoid step.
ping On their wounded limbs; and, Ne AIDA,