Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-22

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.lpriionets, which goes 70 show one oftwt
i thing Leither that she prisoueFs them
selves have been engaged In speeulptinE
upon Tue cpntri6nti0ns OF their NoFtherl
lsytlpathizeFS aud carrying on an extensive
l.tFade with outside parties, or that ths
guards have been tampered, or been neg
ligeht, aud allowed a large quantity Of the
farttGies OF clothing, &o., sent here from the
North, % BE aptitiously removed from
the warehouse, where about . quarter oi
million Of dollars Ia value i stored. :.
Capt MaceubbiH, Of the Detective corps
was engaged, the latter part of last week,
with the most of bis force, in nsfnvestiga atiug
the matter aud fefFeting out the guilty
parties. He succeeded, o1 Friday and
Saturday, Ia recovering an amonnt OF
elothing -oyer coats, Pautss shirts under
clothing, and shoes, which were found In
various localities near the Libby Prison,
stored away ID second hand junk and jew
shops. Several soldiers who were found
going about the city with the articles IL
their posses sion, Eefe arrested and their
evidence is Ia possession Of Capt Maccub-
bin, not 70 be revealed Until d deli0ttIielt
.is reached. The value Of the properly re-
covered is vdfiousIy estimated at nom
S25, 900 to $4,000. II, prosecuting the
search, the detectives came across large
number Of ConEederate grain bags In q
'shop, corner Of Main aud TWenty-hfst
streets. They were seized along With the
other class ofgopds,
As the whole subject Of the abstraction.
Of these goods is now undergoing an ON ii
cial investigation, we abstain from further
disclosures, which have reached Us ron
hearsay.
! The distribution Of the contributions for
the prisoners is made by . Committee, Sc
leeted from among the prisoners, who per-
form the functions Of their ONCE under the
immediate supervision Of the prison au.
th6fiti6s THIS oommittee has already dis
ttibnted very largely among the prisoners,
and the opinion isyety generally oppressed
that the WeIl.cI6tlied prisoners have, out
OF their abandanee,i undertaken 70 'eiotheI
the guard, aud the other s'ontside baFba-
rians 6R Richmohd, for the little equfyas
ients of rum, tobacco and other things not
inelhded in their Northern consignments.
The two parties arrested as the prinef.
pals engaged Ia the abstraction OF the
nEdbestyig and ID whose pessession . good
deal Of it was found, areJ. B. Henderson.
Company b, Fourth Texas regiment, and
Frank Gillday, o citizen, who keeps Q store,
or, Gtenee," on Main street, near Twenty
fEsk sssi ..........ll.kge 4.ss se
H0MH sLcKHEss, 3
fron he Riehulondl ,raminer, peg. y. -,
This Is disease prevailing to . very
great extent among the Yankee prisoners
% the South. The disease exhibits itself
ID frequent leehFym0se exercise ailoss Of
appetite. and consequent wasting away
df the bodily strength i.fasl
When, MeOlellanls army lay encamped
about, Munson's Hill, in the Spring of
1861, the disease after all, it is q dis,
ease and not feeling ailed 20 such
an alarming degree, and uemoFallzed the
troops 70 such an extent thAl The Medical
P1rgeyoE1 was ordered 20 provide sixty
Thousand gallons Of y hislE , and sixty thou-
sand ouneea Of apiHineI which was mixed
&C the rate Of one gallon Of WhislEy % qne
ounce Of quinine, When mausHas tskeu
with the disease, he Was. provided with q
BottIe OF the decocttonf and went on his
way rejoicing esi-sH
All the Northern illustrated napeFs ere
deYotipg great space 20 dreadful looking
tllustTat atiQns, SLOWING the sutteEings Of the
Union prispnersTa Richmond, aud the
horrible, condition of those delivered at
City Point as exchanged prisoners, They
select out the most emaeiated sPeeimens
they can find, aud their appearance Ii
straightWay transferred 70 q WoOd.cut be-
fore which EtheKwpFld will stand aghast.
In nine ceses out of ten the disease which.
has wasted these fellows iH h0me. sickness,
exhibiting itself Ia Q slow fever, low appe-
tite, and o perpetual whine after whisky
and auinine. That's all. gs4saaGe sf ~
9di q FEtfzfE soLprsa. q "A
Yesterday, 4 rather prepossessfng look
ing lass was dispoyed on Belle lsles dis
9lised among the prisoners ot war held
there. She gave her real name as Mary
Jane Johnson, belonged % the Sixteenth
Maine Regiment, and had been prisoner
for some time. JShe gave as an excuse for
adopting her soldier toggeFy, that she was
following her lover, 20 shield and protect
him wIien tn danger. He had been killed
in battle, and now she would have no OBJ
lection 10 return, 70 the more peaceful
elhere for, Whirh nature By her sex, had.
better tilted her. ysf,f 7;,1.. ma ,,ea
The heroine Of novel Jet 70 be written
in Yankeedom was considerably sunburned
aud, ronghened BY the hArdsbips she had
encountered, but stin retained marks Of
some Womanly 6omeliness. which would
be heightehed by . calico frpek and eFino-'
line. ,UPon the discovery Of her seq, Miss
johnson was removed from Belle Isle, and
ts now confined at Castle Thunder. She
win probably 90 North by the next hag Of
truce. She 10 about 10 years Of age go
rms kEsEE ooaaaEssL6 LEVY Es aAsss.
IN lthsHreBel Senate, on tie I2tb. Mr..
Brown, Of Mississippi, offered the tolloW-
ingS.tas esf isal tsai. 4s45i f~s
II Ret0Eued That n. the present condition
pf the eonnfFy.s Congress ought with the
least practlcable delay, 70 enact thestgl=
loving 81 b. 81 j. u as Esels1t
4. 40 declare every white male person
- elfnaan e,1ii1 ga.