The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-07

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sis r.g.mssi. one Q. tss Safssai sssaisss cap
t8fea At Hail's Hiaa, Wa enyieysa *niis "a
Richmond to do ,hs necessary "cisSk.ng'
about the prisons, ana therefore sD;oysd
" facilities OF learning something Of the
Eouth.' This individual Wa one Of the
number lately sent CT. NJ der nag Of truce, to
be exchanged. and, on his arrival At the
North, hs gives the ult OF his observations
through the columns Of q Phila deiphia news.
paper. After detailing the sursriags of the
prisoners. he goes on 70 say:
However must say that, during the past
two months, our condition has been better
owing 70 the influence OF ctr. u. ]. Faulkner
warren. and made it his bust ess to In uire
into the condition Of tho Federal prisoners
A few days after he had been Win US, com.
fortables we're sent the men 70 lie under At
night. and the food was Ostnr aoaP's1 70 inc
appearance is owing, also, to their !rienos In
the North, who supplied them with money,
whereby the uecesSaries OF lie couio Do o.
tanned At one time they were aiiowed 70 go
to market with a guard and make purchases;
but the SoutherLer could not stand by and
see the Yankee prisouer buy that which ne
could not afford to- Complaints having been
entered, this system was aooushed, ana
guard detailed specially for such work.
CONDUCT or The oFFIonSs.
The following sta tsraent Of their yeri Ia BILE
CLERK" goes to show that kindness is en-
tireiy thrown away when bestowed upon q
Yankee prisoner Of war:
The conduct OF some Of the officers con-
nectfd with the post was outrageous at times
-intiicting cruel punishment on the prison.
ers But few days before cur rele9se,
Lietenant Emac, orig inally of baltimore
ordered some Of the prisoners 10 do military
work, which, Of course, they refused, and
were thrown into q damp dungeon, where
they remained some six to eight hous.-
Again. have I seen men "hoisted" up for the
slightest offences. and an officer running In
among the prisoners with q drawn sword,
seeking one whom he consider ed an offender
whereas what had been done was perfectly
just1abie. Again have heard one Of the
officers utter remark that he wished ne
could only receive an order to take the
Union loving citizsns--or as they call them
Southern Yankees-and sh DOT them down like
dogs In the public highways. Also have
heard the Surgeon Of the post, or as the boys
called him, "the man who was born with
silver spoon in mis- m on tn wish that stl ych-
nine should be sent him, TO administer To the
sick Yankees, merely because that by some
mistake he appeared in the n 0rthern papers
as an Union man NOW, sucn may seem I'm :
possible, but it Is SO, and can be substantial
ted.
URIos sESrIaESr II RICHMOND.
It will be gratifying to those who have
prisoner friends In the South to know that
they will be North shortly, an order having
been issued to that effect the night before our
departure. l expect by the time this letter
reaches you the brave and gallant Oorcoran,
of the Sixty ninth New York, will BE- among
US.
OF the Union sentiment of Richmond
shall say nothing, except that the u ovsrn-
ment of the United States 10 we'll represented
by men who are not only willing to risk heir
lives, but also TO give their thousands OF dol
lars, to uphold The only free government that
ever existed.
THE FolrHICArIoNs.
The Qualifications Of Richmond, learned,
were seventeen In nun Der, and none were
armed and man ed ex cept one on the cas- ter n
side which commanded the James river The
batteries along this river seem to be of but
minor importance, except the one at J am es-
town aud another at Bay Point. The gun
boats Jamestown and Patrick Henry lie be-
tween these two batteries, and whom we pass-
cd them had steam up.