New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-04
some Of them while their names were being taken al

some Of them while their names were being 'aKen d.
Mem were returned from the hospital to the Island
when so weak that they have been obliged TO crawl
upon their hands and knees part Of the way
As to the mining Of Libby Prison, Col. FAKSs"oEiii
thus explicitly testifesi
UpOn the approach Ct FITZPATRICK on his grand rala
nm ~ hmoul about the lst March, the greatest con-
sternaton was produced among the inhabitants Ihe
authorities felt sure Of bis ability 10 enter tue Guy ana
free the pritopefs. 1000. ho
labor around the prison. that during the night tney naa
been engaged IN excayatng u large hole under .ne
center Of tie building and that quantity OF power
had bee placed therein Upon Dqurins OF oerluln VI
the runrs We found IL the general impression among
| them lat the prison was mined. a.
RICHARD TURNER inspector OF the prison, to'd ON
cers there confined that should kILPATIlcK succeed
in entering Richmond it would Lot help the prison
authorities would blow up the prison and all its IN
| mates IT,. o,,,,, ..
hoard nv IN otlcor Lieut. JONES 5th Ohio) to use the
following words to Rebel oeer WIN INV won nc ae
entered and examined hs cellar s bsrs 10 send
reported placed: There IS enong" 'n''' !" 's"u
every damned Yankee TO he'll
Major III RNRR said in nay presence the day we we're
psrOed in answer to the question hoxS Won ali To
Hades before would have suffered you 10 ne iSs s
| Bishop JoBYs said in the prison wren ashtI u no
thought was Christian mode q Sal,e =. were
satisfied on that point, though he I'D not mean " JUSTIFY
| IT,"
Upon the brutality OF the guards Col FARSswoRTHs
evidence is O. follows:
| In what IL known as the Pemberton buildings,
| nearly opposite the Libby" there confined a
large number Of enlisted men, Hardly day went by
that the guards did not fire upon the prisoners mare
kHOicn many fourteen shots 10 be fred IN one day.
They TINS subject to death If they merely came
near the window 70 obtain fresh air usry
hear the report Of musket and then
the sergeant OF the guard bring out wounded or
dead soldier
mi e..
her prisoners, and. without warning the prisoner TO
leave the vicinity Of the window fire.
Lieutenant HAMMOND OF the kinggold Cavalry (bet'
ter known to Lbbians "0ld ImbOden )was at the
sink which constructed upon the outside OF the build
ing From the upper part Of the sides boards are re-
moved for the purpose Of light or ventilation. The
guard below caught sight OF Lieutenant HAhNoNDs
hat, through this opening, and fired. The bail entered
the SIDE far below the opening showing that the guard
was intent upon striking bis man but nail gave the
bullet upward turn and it passed through HAMMoEDs
ear and hat.brim From the position he was in, there
il little doubt that but for the ball striking the nail he
would have been struck in the breast.
Tho attention Of Major TURNER was called 70 II, but
be 0nlV laughed and said "The boys IN rant Of
praofics' The guard rhen spoken to about IL. said
" III had made bet he r0Rld kiU damned Yankee before
he OF guard" There not the least attention
paid by the commander Of Libby prison to this delbeI
Lieut.. fnoMAs HUoGrs Of New.York regiment,
was standing least eight feet from window on the
second fOOr; the guard could just the top OF ms
hat To be of his the guard lctt his beat an
s',pPsf into ne sirea Being seen, warning cry VS.
uttered and HIGGINS stopped and the bullet buried II
self in the beams above. This was the same guard thal
fired at HAMMOND.
RIcARp, or as usually called, DICK TURNER, @as the
inspector Of the prison. and acted under the orders OF
the commander. There vas nothing too mean ioi niN
10 DO. He searched you when you entered Anoeheu
you down fyou grumbled, took your banFt ron you
II found lying ulon 1t after morning r)4ean' never
spoke ~ you except as damned fanEees-o!d you you
were better treated than you deserved
Surgeon NELSON ID. FERGUSON, 9th NoW'i ORR
Cavalry, testlles
No one appreciate without experience the leon con-
dition Of the officers in the PRISON during tle tNeYe
days Of my stay. Their faces were pincleu Win nun
ger lave seen an officer, standing by the window,
Do II for ~ Ills rerly was cit will help fill mp" They
were constantly combining OF munger Ihere ~
sal and Unsuitable expression o. the face Impossible 10
surgeon y. A. VNDFRKIEPT who received the pTis-
oncr, returned from Richmond at Annapolis testifos
From nv experience Of fifteen years OF constant medi
ca ard military service in Northern Europe the East
Indies and Mediterranean rs wcfle as IN our own arm!
since September ls6l affirm that the treatment %
which our have been subjected while prisoners oi
war in the hands Of the enemy IS against an rules OF
civilized warfare and that would prefer 10 fan into the
hands OF the Chinese Of BoTneo called Anack Baba
who murder their prisoners than To fall into the hands
Of the Rebels, where the lives and comfort OF prisoner
least not indeed. one might almost he Justified ~
81, posing matter Of determined policy.
Surgeon WM L. ELY. ct the Annapolis Hospital ties
tiGes:
"Iromemhcr distinctly the arrival % the fag-oi'truce
steamer Ney.YOrk, November IL, leOJ, aud was pres
emf and assisted in unloading the men. weE' on
board the boat and bodies OF six % men who had
died during the passage Of the steamer from CITY Font
Va 10 this place. No words can describe thelF appear
ance In each case the sunken eye, the Coping mouth
the filthy skim the clothes and head alive with Eermn
the repeur bOny cont0ural conspred TO lead 10 the
conclusion that We we're looking upon the victims 81
starvation cruelty and exposure to degree unpdra
leled in tho history Of humanity"
And there is any amount of testimony from other off,
GERS and mon covering the points, and confirming
these statements IN all particulars.