Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-11-21

81.
That .Copperhsal~ OF aIraitor'

oOOVse SuO WV 80 1OuvW0s ~ NV~
msrcs, oaght to be pretty good au,ho'i-
y * ths facts alleged IN st.tement
which folIosp. For tho J. Of c., being
actoatsd BY .Ilebsl sy'npa,hics,' "on'd
not Of cosrse exsQgersse the suffer'"gs
Of Usiou prisoners ~h,n those suffsr-
iogs are 4 am degree chargs able to its
"Sou,hcra frishde." the Rebel au hor'-
ties! W. invite the speciai attention
Of or jolliiyicg fr euds in this quarter
10 the fact already mentioned, inst The
horrible suf s.ing. Of our men now held.
~ pri.oners by the Rebels arc attes,ed
by the "Copperhe,d" Journa! Of Com.
merce. And tho authority of that
"l,cbel" organ is Rev. Mr.. Tran bull,
IN army chaplain Who has himself been
. prisonef soms four months, and 10
whom the J. of c. places impl Gil conf
dencc. The Rev. Mr.. TRANQUIL vas i'm.
rrisoned in Columbia, S. c., mos. Of
the time; but on hs way por,b he was
placed in Libby Prison at Richmond
several day., and white there learned the
facts commmnic.tcd-asf follows:
Tue prisoner. in Richmond are divi-
de !, The offi beia. IN Libby Tr son,
and I, C soldiers IN bni dings nesr the
prison and on BE L. Island. There are
near y n ih,usand Union .flicc's 10 The
LhLy Prison. On Belle Isl.nd there
are .evcral thousand soiiicrs. The fact
that the utnost SHE ing and absolute
starvation prevail a.o' g them is beyond
dispn,e. a Confederate offer re,na,k-
cd to Mr.. 1ru ,bu on tire cars coming
north tn Richm nj, II, !. hard to say j.
10 you, but your soldiers are dying o.!
starvation in Richmond "Hc!le Is
I'm j" said An ther I onfcderst- I'll ;er,
''is a pc. feet siAu Inter pen For your
mn a srge part OF The mcn on t g
island are slthont any sheiter, .i cping
IN ,"vertd on the sans: aud N ali
YEA hrs. neexposur., with the want
o: too !, is kill .g hem by l.n:alrc'ts.
II, lcsc,ihcs them Il. grn rally cuaci It.
cd, and PEE 81 ~ from exhau lion. fhe
diiiicnliy N precu' iooai ~ il cFmohd
seems /" procee from the 'mPeIt CT Ia
Gil ia for teams 'oria 'ou thlthcr.> II Is
compara ,,c!y plenty IA ot.er pait' II
the county, sweet pot' oss IT, 'n-'a' &C.
beng ple .ty N Columbia 1T. 81 ~ ;.
caricncy) pc, hushe!. 1t Is snggr ted
a. possioie III 4 the COMMIT. sarv VINO b,-
caar.e Of te iSnucrs il Redmond
may MT have suil l.nl fac' itics at I'd
cl hin bv the ,eb.l anth Il, cs ,o coll-c,
fool. Tho army ofi SIS ~ t every
where tor thcs lneO, int he p"'siblv has
no force 20 do this. Nhe' h>r this i
the III at ,rfect or rot, the result rs the
mos II rribic state OF atf as among our
suldi r. No wor Il a,c spili ,cnt u de-
ST. DO the terri l sutfrtlng ,hev are en-
daring. Ga W,dn sdav la, tie ra,ions
which we're s.rved ont to the Ollie RS in
the Libby Prison con.i ted al one piece
Of br, al nade-of unsittel corn inca
wilb \ ltd Il mr in /. to each per-o".
The . &C. measured five inches, hy two
and haf, hy three. This wa The en-
tire trol Tor ,ne day, the only drink be-
ing wa or. NJ coif.c or tea. or any
thing OF the SOFT, is ever given 70 them.
TIE ra ion 4 meat Tor long time had
been only quarter OF a ponnd per day,
and on Wednesday the meat was cat
oil. Great d tIicuiiy proceeds .r IN the
scarcity # fa,l for Cooking. Even when
food i. procu cd i, has often been i'm
possible ic lc,uk it.. A lew sticks Of
green wood ere u treasure il tie hand.
OF one who ca" get II. There i. one
sm all stove 10 about each enc hundred
prisoners. ltcse are n use all ia, and
each man cats his food when he gets u
chance Ia cook il.
The pris ,ne,s employ their time in
talking, paying games. carving meat
tones iot" little or" amcnts, sirg ng, DC
Bat nothing seems to remove The sense
OF cuff, ring. One Of our officers who
hal been N the h. spita! informed Mr.
Trnn bull tina. The average at d, ath. re
sui;ng fro n exposure and sta walton
wa abou, ten a Gay IN that h 'tp,,ai-
4 urteen we're hroG lit Ia one night on
the verge Of starvation, n,nc Of whom
were carried on, i al the next morning.
Ooly within the last f. weeks la. tic
receipt of pack .ges from oar lines b en-
allowed But now tue u!irers are get.
TN. rackag.-, aud such as icce We tAcm
are havin. mue c,moYs. Packages
81 - pors'nsi il pflson at K'cnm nd.
are ia'ih n'iy oe isercd, aud If sry one
w''"es to send such acksge. Of clio h
ing or food, he: Ahon!d DO d ,ectvd t,
the Gaze OF q n. Mere sitn, Comm s,io,.
or Of Esc,ahg", Fnuess Mon.c. by
express. e pad. T- rtceot supply 81
blankets tom the SANITARY lomun ion
WA mo een.f.n- AID nm.ls. They
had been rec, Ncd at Il cli,no,.i. aud
were being datr.tu ,,d under the ,iirec-
{ on 81 \ committee of Q ! owe Off .srs.
designated hy the Coa',d ,a'e autno,,
tms, III: mu.t intense annie Y prevails
in tho prisons IN rrirrs',ce 10 tlc,r s.
re t IT cxcli !, &c, AID ,vesy ,nrn. ,ha,
s.ch IN event i ikei. ~ be rr,. .ed is
ha,ici with the ntm1s, d gh. !"
The general tac sshGrc ci'curns'ant,al-
~ &c, fcr.h, Lave been well kuosu a,
the No IN or many Se.ks-js, =. wei,
known .lne our State eiect,on as now.
", our .xeessi,cl, AMI .sciu.iyr,
ia rio il i.ien.is OF The Re,ubl pea
.uasion we're no, on, j,lIy but they
were IA rly dr".k with joy al the &c
suit Of the eisvlion. The, had won