The New York herald., 1863-11-21

lions OF the beef which have boen permitted 10 be sot at
tae eom,nisssry shops 70 the general public but wore
in'oined by the man in charge that they could not
nave IT, ss II required by the Yankee prisoners
sio,e are our people denied provisions for hemsolvos
come 70 destroy u.s. Wa do not mention this in be way
OF complaint on the contrary We give the vonmant
or s nercu' dspositlon bu, this single fac.
sunioou'y oisprovos tne base and malignant fasehood
that we are seeking to s,arve the Yankees whom ~
reality u s our own reope that danger OF starving
TO any one willing 10 listen TO reason and truth II must
bo apparent that thirteen thousand Yankee prisoners
ing great difficulty sovde the planest articles Of food
Tor lis own tables, cannot expect with tho best dispos
ions on our part TO fare srmptuously evory day We
know reoplo, once ~ aiiuence who would be clad
10 be assured Of es liberal daily provision as tbeao
Yankee prisoners may be that their food h psin ami
abundant but II is good and as plentiful as. VITA
our Strengthened means, can supply Liars ought ts
have good memories and to keep up show at least Of
consistency, and therefore We would suggest 10 tho
dacious Yankee sc-ib9s who accyse OF deliberately
starving our prisoners whether Z it be true theI
daily assert that the people Of Richmond ihrcstene
with tue horrors OF arn ne, IL may not lie that tho al
legged famine ameDg their prisoners II Involuntary |,
keep them from ,is s!arvinrs But Inc truth S1
that, though stfa'yh,ened in our meaus2
Of ITO wS are dog 70 vol for our prisoners ss for our
seives Seventy tu!ocSs dag sacrfce1 FOR tiet1
oommssariat. ana tread in proportion ther bers
Our own people as we kcow OF our ON pssonsi know
ledge, are in some oasos denei mea for tteb fam
es, because II Is n9oessry or The Yankees. Thus nuol
We say, not because VS. consider any explanation due
our enemies or like t DO satisfactory bit because th
facts ought to be known Ia vndlcation II our own cha
racter. aud IN justice 30 rrsorc-s, whom ths
wish TO harass and torture upou false aud maligna
pretext.
In regard TO alton I, is undoatet,y true tLa
wo arc deficient IL tho o. comfortably sccomn,0
dating the multitude Oh our hands. We had ~ room
Richmond before tho for large gIrpus populaon
since tho war our population has been doubled peopl
who once lived II large mansions are glad TO get tw
rooms; the Confederate government I'd berG conpec{
to occupy Tor the uses OF State Of principal pub
lie cdi1ces Artisans ana builders having been draw
upoa largely for the army very i,o building has bee
going on siace the war commenced Tie consequence II
that after packing all our spare factories with Yanke
yrsoncrs, we have hean compelled to encamp Oh
others on Belle Isle, which Ia tho most agre
abie OF places IA summer, but net beter in wint,
than the usual winter quarters OF soldiers What
dos Arrangements havo been made to sent them ava
fast VIC find places for them IN the interior
the country and IL the mear time they must submit to
dsaereeablc position in tho best philosophy they
knowing hat /. is the result o. necessity and no. Of wa
ton cruelty on our part
We have abst ,n9a froIa ring to th5 uuspe,k ib
horrors which prisoners have suffered IN FoI DOL
ware aid ether Iaakee pr!5oua because two wrongs
not MAKE right Brt we at east say 20 the va
kce prisoners that Il thsy suffer here II not au
who cannot help but tho fault Of their governm
who wi! lot exchange prisoners-who Will Only Go
back our SICK aud wounded rsn, and. whom We rctu
others ~ Tie same Condition. baseiy ana Of wtDton ma
pretend that their slaarngh are lh3 result Vi g.afva
IN 6,iihern pyis us. --Y~r