Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-25
Our PFis0nsTs at F0Tt Delal5are-- Hss9. T7ssg are
Treated Fsayfui Mortality Among Thsm

As We mentonsd before orr irformant wa. trans-
ferred from Fort Lafnye.te 20 Fort Delaware, from
"hea pltee ne suceeeosa ~ InaAlug hi- es ape His
uecouai Of ths feataasnt q Cur prs nsrE there
ssssss interest thar what be has slrsaay mar
At The tine Of his leaving Fort Delaware come
two weeks ago, Il estimated that there were seu-
lued there about sigh- housHnd sousrs This large
number With the 'ption Of goout one tbou and
taken Ia the bstt of CbaneE0n ht are all prisouer5
taken from Gen Lees arnly Prncpaliyat Tia bates
Of Gettysburg aRd IN ais csnPagn in MarylzEd aad
PeuHsy yivanis-
The treatment of our prisoners boggsrs al 5ssorp-
ton Fort Delaware is said 20 present Wiihn i-s walls
al he horrors Of the Hole Of ealcats. The sutftlug e
Of orr men was 20 great ad their treatsat
lively cruel hat disease haa broken out among then
aud weeping them of BY hundFads The hospitals
were crowded, and be mortality. informant think.
could not be =as ihan twenty-five day. Yet this Old
not seem enoUeh 70 assusgs the malg1ity ard vndis
ivanaa of the Kaukees and faF from exciting pty
t seemed b1t TO iucire 'hsm fr-zh eds sf utumau
tells Of Itself 4 the devh spirit tlai rsigus thsrs
They are taken our 20 fbs Gov rrment farm on tis
Jersey COAST near BY The fora sud shsvsd not buried,
uader the graunai IN hola Gag aiE feet by six.
The d.ss-ss thst committing suuh fsarful ravaEss
among pr Fort De agvzrs Is dvssntsry
o. IlsEualt type znperiad by ths dirty. r1iterH
BE water and be half psirasd m u hat Il dsss e1s
60 our msa. 10 b. no eZaEgsrafi IN 70 thEs bs
counts We -e Of the fare Of our men in Fart eIavsrs
exceed anything havs hsaTd daring the war. The
q1sElltY gf bread allowed 10 sseh eRs ut SIX c-ack
ers Gay The meat IA the teuzhsst, poorest kind o.
beef sae1 as % eeoaht up y me sho1 contraef2rz
and "a often 70 Ou1u1se from The weather thas
esun0t be brought within six aezs= u be ui ush
Wo-ss than all, the water uEsd Is uoshiax but
tbs pun ings frsm the bag, and ahsn the
wind blows rom the sas H g. N d, 80 b ia
80 s but s s better than the runninEs o. sewer Tas
fsro Of our men Is 80 bad that it q practice Of the
prison % offer. iHdEesnenr three mea'a Of sofl
bread and uit 81 tobacco 10 auy Of d men who viii
Hs i'ti7 tie We aHs drudEsry the prison nd "a
So great had become th- fortsro Of the life To Del
aware that some Of our Ilan rather han endure q oHg
had tzkeu the cath Of allegiance ard been set ~ I
eriyr thou without friend or dollar ia the world
oar informant who q south Caro- Hisa himself is
ua ina De from his Stsrs, who owned
slaves, and Of whose fesfy and devotion our canss
there could be d3ub take s osh Of ale glance rshs
than die by iEGhss be expressed h in Fort Della
ware"
The Petit Esarusssss Praetised as0u or PRS
oasrs Gt Fort DsisUaTs.
we have told us number % petit aesznsssss pruc-
ticed our prisoners a. Fort Delaware The priu-
ePs one is he system the oEoers have Of oVefhauins
The eascts Of each prisoner and helping themselves
such Of their thiHEs they Ike The CASE Of car ia
i0rmant viii better Esrve illustration on Dsssi 2
through Phi.dslPhs, his way from Fort Lafayette
90 Fort Delaware, ur ant teok adTgntaRs Of
oFPor unity 70 supply himself vsith many ihiHEs and
vi. himself with cha g q linen, SOCKS ana the
Ike. On arriving Fort Delaware hs soon found q
Yankee diving his hand iEt0 bis kEversack and help
ing D nseh. very coolly aud cempaceuily, 20 his sf
facts, even little bit e cake whica be had DEr-
Chased she waysi1si hsH detected ln his guery
.la fellow isUghsd, and very quietly said-"Ah, you
have been buried Al Fort DelsWare
ARsuDt at Escape by Some Of or PTis0nsrs-
The IrrGchsFB q one Of or Hsa.
The treatment Fort Delaware had sst the heads q
many of prisoners to work IN iuvsntiag m-sns Of
aecaas from lz tartnrs and cru tv The oEcsrz had so
most insfgnc s. frustrated Before our Informant
sucossded u geit1s sEt from its walls, attempt a.
elcaFe Vas mad BY party Of our prissnsTa which
ca- 7esgltinE The n1aI ssrioEs consequences
About thrss weeks ago, aBeus nghtfaL, W7il- nun
nei OF orr Prisoners we're IN the necessary when s
caastruetsd jest on the edge q the bay, soua
Of them, while the guard Wsfehing Ou
side, succeeded IN lsttiug themselves the rail-
Ing Into tbs water, distance of ten feet The
water here irEhoa aud be wsded low tide but
sooner they 90 ia the water shsn one Of
our own prisoners ran out aud trassherousv gave word
10 The guard that some ef the Pris making
their esca7e The guard nmsd steiy & ave the alarm
and rushed 10 the w7ters pags the whole thing eng
done qu ky that rhs men d time 70 get but
few pars from tba shore. They cred upsH By the
sentry, and me cry 5000 rama CIT doH't shsot -
you hava killed me-' Not7iths-andlng. the guard
continued 70 Afe uhu one poor fellow usne0
WHso -beio gRg, Informant thinks,
Georgia ragimsut-fsl dead, pierced by a bal
The others mzds 20 the shore. siuf1g The viFla CO
and rrrss v III. quard bv runurr md covpr OF fhe
night into he crowd where they We lost iu the Drr-
suff-but two or three succeeding In maxi their
escale. As soon sg the t-escbsrT Of thlg WI 20
bas-iy betrayed our meu became known fts vengeance
Of pri-auers aroused that they threatened
hAr him and. from tear u some PERSONAL ioence
being visited nppu h-n Genes al eenoli who sil com
Iusna, compelled 20 secrsts him and send hU be-
yond the reach u our mea. Tks grestsst feeling
excited, aud when TIE corpse q poor WILSON was
-rou ht ic, ihs fury % fred thaf theg
had 70 place 0u Of sigt lest 1t would ssd to gen
eraI revolt of the risonsrs.
Hsl0 he Re5eis'' ara CiaSssd at Fort Dslairars
There is lissIs sheet published at Delaware CITY
cal ed the Delaware Tagsder, edited by one Captain
H5u'gomsry, on duty 60 Fort Delaware The chief
dezh Of this fellow is ts abuss and Witty the prison
er sc Fort Delaware In hts dirty sheet he distn-
guish1s the prisoners in Fort Delaware BY thrss dir
tagt casss4 The FIRST class BE- dssiguatas the rsa
F8uuiz- rebel who Is described ts "a nasty dirty
beast whose shirt only be compared TO that Of
bod carrier with good layer Of brick dust it, and
who lies about all day gambling for Confederate
money This picture presents the reas unaduteratsd
Feuri1e rebel The second class Of rebels are 'the
Buttsrnuts who proud and consider themselves
above drudgsry" The third class n rebels DIFF
fsreEt breed oRether sRd Uade up % She Yau-
KEGS mined In Fort Delaware f1r mill -srv ut5uass.
This class regarded ihan tho S1url-
gbsi- aud pass sVsryThsTs a5ou tbs icr com
pauy q " They urds up principally Of Northern
Essr1.srs gBd Hiekpocke g. and who cam @ be
brought under sub0rd nation This completes the "pis
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