The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-09


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oRebel Darbarities."
.u,noes yesterday a portion Of the ties.
-, n.so4s the JOIN: Committee OF ire
T>dara, Coma ress on tae Conduct OF me fres'
.,w,r It will doubt less In .erest those who
,.,,shed atten tlous upon Capt. Ricketts and
nts wife while In Richmond. TO know wha'
that warrior has TO say Aboat "rebal oarbaI-
,,,s., before the same committee
t,ns OF the most important witnesses was
rasuersI James b. ktokst,s, we'll kaoWn an
Warrington and throughout the Uo~ All.
sasr,a,,ns COURAGE After having psea
Wounded In the battle OF Bull hun. ne Nas
captured, and As he lay h lpiefs on ns ' ,..
"ksocs out his brains, ths I'D l.akse As
met General RsAureSard. an v'| ,hs istt.d
ancs. only year his senior ~ 'ns sr.
states mi',,ar{ A'n1 s. aSs reSSl q snsrsl IN
tns South a mum Der Of times. BY tn's mead
OF the rebel army, on the day aitss .ns oa.ue'
he VA told that nis ., 80 ,rsesmsat az.
t.r,i.S 70 tne nc bel privateerS His hrst Lieu.
$500 Ramsey, Who was killed, Was stripped
Of every arac,e Of nis clothing out ms ,oSss:
those Of our wounded who died In Richmond
were buried In the negro eurying-Yround
among tie neSross. and wels pat INFO the
earth ia the most unfesiing manner.
The state ment Of other witt essss ~ to how
the prisoners were treated - fully contiI med
By Gen. kicketts. He himself, while In ri.
son, subsisted mainly upon wnat he pure hassi
hi n by his wife 1--WE had" he says. '.what
they called bacon soup-soup made OF boiled
bacon, the bacon beiuG q little raucid-w hich
Won could not lossibly eat; aud that for 3
man wLcse sys,sm was being drained by "A
wound Is no diet at ALL" In reply 70 q Ques-
ticl whether he ha.. heard anything aoout
our prisoners icing shot by the rebel seasr!ss,
exV h.svr ~ Glpr IN l!.
were shot. in one instance Two were sho, /;
one was killed and the Other wounded, by Il
mau who rested his gan on the widow.sill
while he capped L."
GENERAL kicke .tf, In refer 81 &C TO his having
been he'd one or the hostages Tor tie PR.
va:eels, states III considered 1t bad TEA.
ment TO be selected as a hussaEe for q piva-
teer. when / sas SO lame that couid not
walk, aid While my wounds were still open
and uLhesej ~ this time 6eo. II inder
came TO see me- He had teee AT officer IN IN Y
regimen j h. d known HIM for twenty. odd
years lGw the o.h Of iiovember ii at
he came TO see me. He s.w that my wounds
were sull unheaied he sa1 my condition;
but tha: very day ne received An order 10 selcca
Les eyes for the priva,eers, and, notwitl-
sta ding he knew my condition, the mex.
day, sunday, the 10Th OF November, was
selected aa one Of the hostages" 81 heard"
he continues. t'cf q great many of our prs
oneis who had been bayone:ted aid shot.
saw ihres OF them-two thai had bsen bayo.
ne;,ed and one OF them shot. One was
named Louis trancis, o: The Hew York
Eour.eenyn.
he nad received fourteen bayoHet wourds-
one through his privstes-and he had one
woand very much ike mine, ON the knee, il
consequence Of which his leg was ampu r. ted
after twelvc weeks I'D passed; and /. would
state here that, Il regard to his case, when it
WaS determined 10 amputate his leg, hoard
DR.. Psschy, the rebel surgeon, remark 70 ono
Of his assistants, al won; be greedy; you may
do 1; and the young man oid it. 1 saw e
mum Ger IN my room, many OF whom bad been
hsd a n tat. f1aF
were drawn too tight, and some the bones
pro.fuded. 4 man by the name OF Prescott
tine same referred to III the testimony of Sur.
geon HomisioE) was amputated tw.ce, AID
was then. ,hins movsd t, kichmonc i'efo,e
the taps were healed Prescott died uuas.
this treatment. heard C. rebel doctor Gu the
could take out the hearts Of the id Yankees
a. easily as he could take CT their ie9s.'
Soms o! tbs SOU hero gentlemen treated NE
very handsomely. Wade Hsmptop, who was
opposed TO my battery, Came To see me AID
behaved like generous enemy"
1t appears, Is Fart Of the history o. ,his
rebellion, that q elerai ricketts, was visi: led
by his wife. who, having first heard that hs
was killed In battle, afterwards that hs was
alive but wounded, travelled under sret. eff
ncHlties to MEn.ssis 10 see her husband. He
says She nd almos. TO fish. Ter way
through, but SAGE eaed flaliy il reach ing me
on the fourth day after the battle. There
were eigdt persons In the Lewis House, at
Manassss, il TIE room where lay, and my
noor b. my side, without Ted. Whkn we
got to Richmond, there were six of u in d
rcOm, anOrg them Colonel Wilcox, who re-.
NAMED with Us un Ill he was taken to Charles.
ton. There We were all in Que room. Taere
was NO door TO it. 1t was much as /: would
b. here IL you should tnke CT the DOORS # this
COMMITTEES rooin, and then fill his passage
with wounded soldiers In tao no. summer
montps The stencil from their wounds, and
from the utzns = they used, was fe2rful-
There Was lss fivacy ct ali, because, there
Dttng Io Go1r, sroCm could no: be Gle s 3D.
We were there = common show.
Col. Wilcox aud myself were objects Of in.
terest, end We're gazsd upon as II we were
couple OF savsxes, The people would come
about US, until l was obliged to tel, them
that was prisoner, snd had nothing 20
say. On cur Way 10 Richm nj, when W.
reached GoIdcIsvi!le, may y omen crowded
around the c:.1s, and asked NY wife il she
tookeol-if sh. wash@ds hos1 e go: ihor.2
Finally, ARA. Ricketts, appehleI to the cfiear
Ia en- siss, saa tod him hat IL was NOT tat !
intention that We should be sahjsctei t. this |
treatment, and IL it YVES coItip a. d sac would |
make i! Known 10 the authorisie. General |
Johnston TOOK my wife's carrisge and horses |
aug kscw. When l got 10 Richmond ] |
sIoke T. several gentlemen about this, and !
30 did Mrs ricketts,. They said, of cour,e,
the carriage and Eors. should be retarned
says this gallant soldier, chat l desire very
much 70 cay, aid LoihlnK troubles ma 80
N Qc0 LOW as IN tcs snat my wounds Dre.
vent me from n te' Ing upon active serves a. |
once"
The case of Louis Francis, who was terri.
bly, sounGed and maltrea,eu, and lost q leg, |
10 referred TO by General Ricketts,: but the
testimony OF Frau CTS himself Is s:srtling-
He v as private in the New Yolk Four cen tn
regiment He sayf:-"I was attacked by two
rebel soldiers, and wounded in tea right knee
win the bayonet. As l lay Ou the 90 The,
kept bsyoneting me until received fourteen
wounds. One then left me, the other remain
ing over me, when b Uoion soldier coming
up shot him in the breaxt and he fell dead.
lay on tbs ground until ten O'Clock the Eexy
day. Wss then removed in q wagon to C
building, my wounds examined ard partially
drsssd. On The Saturday Relieving We were
general b pitai at Richmond. by leg hav
ing par tally mortified, ! conscn ted hat /;
.bOuid Be unI utstsd, wi!ch opera los was
performed by yoIlE mGu. ! insisted Stat
they should allow DR. Swain to bs present,
Ter wanted one Union man there II died
under the Operation. Tie Stitches and t;.e
baT silpI ec from MS lect, ANA thc bone pro-
trudtd, aLd about two weeks after another
operation WIS performed, 1t whicL time
another pieGa OF the thigh bone was sawed
OF. 6ix weeks sf.er the hinputation, ana
b, file /. healed, ! YVES removed 70 me TO-
b.,cco luctory."
foimsd on kraGcis-ons at Fortress Monroe
ami one Ut Brooklyn, New XorK--1!ter his
r.is: BE- Fl ON captivity.
PROCLAMATION.
ny u H Il Pit ESI u h NJ II.