Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-05-27
The Abolition "iBiack Hole" in Ohio.


The Richmond Ex,mipcr chronicles the fol. !
lowing shameful faces. ~ hich are Well drrthel-
ticated:
Camp Glare has taken rank with tn. Black
Hole Of Calcr'ta. The niimber of victims
y mo have died there from b. al cruelty has
exceeded those sruuthered in tic Black Hole
tre times over. The reputation Of the pris-
on. which vas already uncnviahla, is increas-
iue in tie last few months. The prisoners
taken at Arkansas Post, who have been COZ
fined there for funr months, and who have
lust returned, have suffered even more than
their predecessors in misery. The were
ap,ured in the early part OF the winter.
| Trey we're when taken. we'll clad, and provl'
ded with every comfort for the cold season.
Such was the destituti3n to which they were
reduced while prisoners Of war, thai over a
Thousand died, aud nearly as many more were
manned or diseased for life in consequence OF
the hard,hips TO which they were subjected.
Wien captured, they were numerically
p,undercd Of everything they had, exceptthe
garments which happened TO be upon their
persons. They were crowded into small
beats so closely, that less than two square
feet of the floor was allowed ia h man; and
they we're intermingled Intentionally Win
cases, Of small pox. sent mp from the Yankee
army 70 their hospitals above. Several hun,
dred cases of this disease thus occurred
among the prisoners, resulting in almost as
many deaths.
On arriving at Memphis, a large number OF
the prisoners found friends in citizens oi the
town, who generously supplied them with
money, blankets and other necesSaries OF COM
fort. These were bruially torn from them to
a man, and they were compelled in this des'
~titution 10, make the journey, at the eoldes'
season of the year, up the river to Cincinnati.
During this journey, and up to the time Of
their departure from the prison., they were
successively robbed of every article OF tine
least value about their persons, and finally
of every particle Of clothing not necessary tc
conceal uakedness. II, for instance, the,
had on a shirt and an undsrsbirt, they were
forced TO divest themselves Of The former, AM
10 wear the other the whole remaining per'nc
of their captivity, without q change. Every
overcoat, every blanket, every surplus piece
Of clothing Of any description, were taker
away from them by their keepers on TIT
boats. or in the prison. The horrors OF colo
which they suffered, thus naked, during a Sc
we're winter in q frosty climate, cannon b.
described in language. All were more or les
fros. bitten, many Of them to the cost ofthe'
lives, and many more to mn extent rrqnIrin;
the amputation OF hands and feet.
Some of the facts of the subject have beer
submitted by our officers TO the Washington
authorities, and enquiry made whether the!
were authorized by that government. To'
answer has been in the last degree insulting
to the South. It is denied that these cruel
lies have been inflicted by order. but it is no
denied that the government was informed o
them. On the contrary, it imp led by admits
ils rccognizance Of them, and ~jusrilies then
on the ground that they were practised in ra
,~aliation for ~cruelties alleged to be suffered
BY, its own prisoners st Richmond and Thu
pretended retaliation, through declared to h'
unauthorized, is admitted to be winked at b.
the Washington authorities.
1t remains to be seen what action our gov
eminent will take to put an end to this coqrst
of conduct ; and it must also form the sub
irct of q verdict from the civilized world anc
from future history.