, 1862-01-06
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WAsH1sGToE, Jan. 5th, 1870 P.A.
Ben. Wade is likely to be made a Major
General Of volunteers, and men Of his make
arc required in more than one field.
The House Committee on the District Of
Columbia, will soon report g bill abolishing
slaEery in the District similar to that proposed
By Senator Wilson.
Gen. Jim Lane had an interview with the
President and Cabinet, yesterday. He will
have an acting Major Generals command in
the Department, comprising Kansas, Arkan-
sae, and the Indian territory.
Major seagony, Of Fremont's Body Guard,
is here with his chief He seeks IN oppor-
tunity of service, and will probably be Colonel
OF cavalry.
The latest official reports from different
hospitals, show l,155 sick soldiers there, Of
whom 469 are in the general hospital at Alex
andria-n considerable increase.
Horace Greeley went over the river yester-
day as far as Upton's Hill, where he had a long
Interview with Gen. Wadsworth.
Our scouts report rebel soldiers near Fairfax
Court House, destitute Of clothing, and appro-
priating that Of slares. There we're only
three coats to be found in the village. The
horses Of the rebel army are dying in great
numbers for want Of fodder.
Salt at Richmond has been sold for $50. It
is go scarce in the country that farmers have
delayed their usual autumn killing Of hogs,
WHO arc eating their masters out Of house %nd
home.
Enionlsts near Fairfax Court House have
petitioned Gen. Wadsworth to supply them
with boots. These cost from fifteen to twenty
dollars at Richmond.
Government has stirring intelligence from
the upper Potomac. Gen. Jackson Of
Georgia, with seven or eight thousand troops,
many Of whom are believed to be militia,
advanced towards Hancock where Gen.
Lander is stationed with four regiments and
battery, and at last accounts WAS shel1iug
the town.
WASHINGTON, Jan6-2A.M.
A great prison is bcing built in Salisbury,
y. c., enclosing Is acres. The building is
capable Of containing 500 prisoners.
There are now in Richmond l .0,9 prisoners
There have been sent to Raleigh =, -, to New
Orleans 4e6, to Charleston $50, to Columbia,
S. c., $50, to Tuscaloosa 500, to Salisbury 17G,
| released and sent home, sc, in jan 43, died in
| prison beside those died in general hospital,
| 100; escaped, s.
Only two boxes Of clothing were sent
t from the great State Of New York to
tic Richmond prisoners. These came
from the Calvary Baptist Church in
| :3d street. Massachusetts and Rhode
Island sent a great deal. Thcra arc three
prisons and three hospitals, al originally to-
bacco manufactures. In the latter the p;a-
| ticnts have cots, in the former none. Bedding
was supplied until the last Of November. The
| smallncss Of the accommodations is such that
hundred prisoners are crowded into room
| sixty by forty feet. The priyations, i,ldigni-
ties and indeccncies to which they hare been
| subjected, have never been oyerstatcd. The
| Tombs are paradise compared to these Rich.
| mond black holes. Within three months,
since Capt. Gibbs took charge, there lIas
<bccn some Improvement. His authority ilas
been used, SO far as lay within his power, te
ameliorate the condition Of the prisoners
During the regime Of Lieut.. Todd, President
Lincoln's brothcr-in-1aw, things were worse
He WAS drunk most Of the time. Once he rau
his sword through the leg Of prisoner, whc
had committed no greater offence than that Of
not blowing ont his candle at the appointed
hour. For this and similar perfor
mances the brute Was dismissed by Gencra!
! Ninder. Other outrages resulted more from the
ignorance and stupidity Of the scntinels, than
their malice, They were constantly trickel
by the nischicyous Yankees; the prisoner:
frequently got possession Of the countersign
and sometimes stood guard while the sentry
went for liquor. More than hundred escaped
but all but eight were recsapturcd. Defcien
in proper precautions, the rebels are c1uall.
deficient i'll all means Of properly managin!
q system Of war prisons
Confederate State paper is at q discount o
from % to 50 per cent, according to the char
actcr Of the news from England. Unite,
States Treasury notes are constantly ut i pre-
| 1nium Of ten per cent. Merchants chccEfully
although slyly, pay this premium, and frc
quently come to the paroled prisoners IN.
Try to buy notes Of them.
Union sentiment in Richmond, Mr.. Gillet
speaks with the greatest positiEeness, ,abounds
and would be effective for the suppression O
:he rebellion, if tue wlsole Of Virginia WAS no
under the heels of the Isl, 600 ruftians sent u
from the cotton States. The State is hell
down by terrorism, and savage disciplin
maintains the rebel army in position throug
privations and nis1nanagement enough t.
try the best Of troops. Another fact siynif
cant Of the real feelings Of the rebels, is t,,
tic Virginia postnlasters arc prohibited frof
takiug any currency saye Federal specie.