The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-12-10
,rnE palsoNrns AT RICHMOND.

Condition Of our Prisoners In Rich
mond-Leftcrs aud Stat smcnf bro't
through by DR.. !. \. Brown, late |
from Libby Piison-O Our Soldiers be /
ing starved TO Death I
DR.. J. $. BRowS, Of the 10th Ohio,
and citizen Of Green Springs, had
been confined in Libby Prison in Rbh.
mond, as prisoner Of war for some time,
lie has been exchanged, and is now Al
home with lis family reoruitiag his poor
health. The Doctor looks bad, and his
appearance bear evidence of going
through many hardshjps and receiving bad
treatment while he was in the hands OF
those Internal scoundrels in Richmond.
As soon as his health will permit him, lac
W III again return to his regiment lie
represents the condition ofour brave I'M
ijn soldiers as horrible, which confirms al
the reports from that quarter previously
! published us being true. The Doctor is
a gentleman OF veracity, aud his word Is
misunderstanding no disposition to cxag.
gcrntc the treatment and condition Of the
Union soldiers, these Rebel scOundrels
are actually STRIVING TO death ! We
have frequently published reports Of suf.
fcrings of Northern men in Southern
IIells, but the Doctors account Of the
treatment OF cur poor boys is too bad
Retaliation with Rebel prisoners at the
North shouldn't once be commenced
Let tho pcnnlo become nrouscd TO this
fact, and demand of our Government for
a chang o in this matter. If these Rebel
williams will not treat our boys as pris-
luners Of war deserve 10 be, then let
the same treatment be administered to
all the Rebel prisoners throughout the
North. The Rebels show no disposition
TO alleviate their suiferings, but take de-
light to increase them aud torture them
10 death. We have many admirers Of
jeff Davis in this section of county, and
they cannot believe that this notorious
scoundrcl wculd tolerate or allow sucs
cruel treatment. But il is so. The
woiings that reach us every week from
our Union soldier is true, and none but
a coward and scoundrcl will deny it,
A few days ago we noticed an extract
copied from the Richmond Enquirer
abusing the Union prisoners in their pos
session, aud concluded his remarks by
stating, that the best way to get clear o
. their prisoners wns to +" STARVE TIL Il
D-M YANKEES TO DEATH !" II
. they continue to feed them on the same
ralions as they have been doing for some
l months, the sugg 'stion ofthis beas,ly cd
, itIr will be carried out Their 7rincipa
, food appcnrs to be rice cracker about
= -, inches long, and.onc half inch thick
, No wcl!.Icd dog would ent it-very few
t pigs could give it digestion. The stout
|, cs, laboring man would sicken on sucl
! food, and a sick person would die, GER
D tain. How long our Government vii
= tolerate tho FEEDING of Rebel prisoncr'
in the North on tho fat OF the land, w
1 have no means of knowing-but there Il
1 one thing, the people should look int
l.. this matter and have Il stopped. Faith
4 crs who have sons confined in those Reb
, should appeal TO the Government for re-
$ dress at the earliest moment. flour gal
/. liant boys aro not relieved soon, all o
. them will be a corps before spring. Let
. public meetings be called in every
; city, town and township throughout Ohio
and devise some method to alleviate tho
sulitrings of Ohio soldiers, who are con.
I fined in those Southern IIclIs
DIR. BRowN informs MS that he saw
/ Colonel WILSON, of the 1891 Ohio
every day, and that he was eri wing good
health. lie is bravo and patriotic man
aud arxcus to meet the enemy agoin on
the iicld--and is much laudcd and re.
. spcctcd 10y his fellow companions in
Prison.
We publish below two llcttcrs which
show the respect aud esteem Doctor
BRowS's follow.prisoncrs had for him.
The Doctor dono rll that was in his
power TO alleviate the suffering of our
sick aud wounded sold ers while he was
with them. They have hard time OF
It in those filthy prisons, and many oI
them, il not released soon, will never see
the loved ones they lert behind