The New York herald., 1864-11-26
NEWS FaeM MILTON MEAD.
Arrival Of the GtNamshlp
ArayO,
The First InStaIment Of ReIeased
Prisoners Delivered
Safe Arrival Of Escaped Prisoners
fram Columbia, s. c.

Excitement lmsns the Rebels Regarding
Shermans Movements,
ks, ~. -
The United Slater steam transport Arag0, Capt. Gads
deD from Port Royal 22d, via Fortress Monroe 24th
inst, arrived ~ this port last night.
on Sunday, tho goth nss tho nag OF truce boat from
Savannah reported that teegrspno communication be-
that city and Macon had been cut of by Shermans
orces had penetrated 10 Gordon sixty miles east
OF acop which city had been approached BY three lines,
and that troops being called from various posts 10
oppose any further No further particulars
could be Ob,aned and the exchange Of papers for
bdden, doubtless In consequence Of the journals having
published eome coptraband information.
Eight escaped Union officers from Columbia prison
up the Arago who state that great CONSERVATION
iss In Charleston, Savannah &C., In consequence OF
sbermans ADVANCE and that while seccted In the woods
and swamps they daily saw small bodies OF roops march
ing towards savannah.
Purser Fred. W. Ely viii accept our thanks for the
prompt delivery Of our dispatches.
mr.. 0alsn H. Osborne's Despatch.
PoRT ROYAL, 8. G., Nov. 22, 1894
xyopAHsp rRysoFsRs OF wAR--IBKIR CONDITION, xTo
Slow progress marks tho exchange Of prisoners now
going on in this department The last Of the rebel in
yalds turned over 70 Captain Hatch on Thursday
ast and Friday we received the first instament Of
They numbered only two hundred, and
patients from the hospitals Al Savannah Saturday
larger number brought down. and the entire day
wac occupied in transferring them from the rebel
Zee, 10 our own. Sunday ana Monday were stormy,
rainy, disagrsesble days, yet the rebel boats
promptly on hand, and by Monday night about three
thousand Of prisoners had been received.
Ineyer in my life conceived Of such Of misery
AZ come OF poor fellows presented. They suffered
from sourvy mostly; but Was told that others,
oS than those received left behind because OF
the lmpossibity Of transporting them 10 safety. Yet
they joyous beyond description they once
beneath the folds Of the old dag On the passage
down the Savannah river to Venus Pont-she desgna.
,on Of the spot where tho exchange 10 In progressively
were permitted 70 make demonstrations OF Joy
Cheering, shouting and singing were prohibited by The
rebel guards who threatened 10 Ere into the crowd the
stringent rules were violated But when the vessels
were asDed together the air was nllsd with jubant
shouts, and poor, emaciated sufferers resting in the
strong Of nurses mingled their feeble notes OF
sadness with the lusty tones Of the hale and hearty
they were borne across the gang panks to the decks Of
Our men were ragged beyond descriptions. Bone OF
thcm had nothing them bnt pantal0ope and noticed
one pair Of nexpsssbes the legs of which rsaoncd only
part way to the knees OF the Others baA their
soS R .s s as' %
by great been kept together, covered with
vermin, which ratified from them like sand. The sick
tainy the most pisiable objects ever bcheld They
we're covered with sansrenons iunsous sores harbors
were Doubled mp as II in permanent crsmp. Some OF
them bad heir lips eaten away by their osthsome disease
and unable even 10 pronounce their They
were washed and shaved and furnished with new
clothes and then having been Iacsd clean COTS
nave speksn q ,ns joy these poor fellows manifested
rh4n rhraa fher al
NOR as be wac brought IN, "Im yonr man for half
mattress; you can fnd another Ike me and little
and no lifted that tho fragrant CUP might reach
Ais bps, broke out @Hov are YOU, Javaf You put me
nzlpg old friend the cabin cried out III say
Jim, what dye think when ye the old hagf, q
Thor, answering Inc question: said in bis weak
aud quiet voice, ~ thought wRs in Paradise, and
couldn't say word.'
The terms OF Imprisonment which these men had sps
fsred varied from four months 10 twenty. ln ali that
time they bad not tasted fell The odor Coffee
Such thing Ccmmcn 'ucifer match had aim 81 es
capped their memory aud tbe docor struck 20 gh,
hs segsr no befes by nfiy voices begging SINGLE
one, Just keepsake. The Ienpers OF many OF our
mep well thor physical frames, wero worn out;
and after getting Taste or bscut ana coffee somo OF
them cried Tor more, babies cry breast mf and
yo. they confessed lai ,hey had NOT in any three days
youred.
do not believe that tho studied nocy o, tho renal
government has boen 10 misuse prisoners brt that
thog have been kent on short raiions and suffered
not be denied. recall tho Gaze OF tar powerfully
built man, whom saw sitting barrei ne ID on board
tho Now York tho other day. hs wns hanging IKE
tangled black dowo hls bare back his whiskers et
and curly, covered hit faco nearly TO his eyes; his
coupenspoo' tnned 10 too southern summer sun, and
begrimed BY the smoke OF Southern pine was like that
OF negro N complexion And yet this powerfully
butt, enormous man vas SO worn away that adys
shoulder. His eyes supkoo 10 tbeIY caverpous
sockets, and he .remoed IKE aspen leaf from rsAk
nees Hs lips wero swollen ard graAt covered his
limbs. 1 asked hlm What tie matter. isshpryy,D
"what resimeut do you belong iofD "Buneerd s6ir.
teonih Indiana" J hsdn', tho heart TO question
bm further, but turned to q fair skinned, bright
eyed youth besido him, who turn began 70 question
me al look well enough dors % no asksa III should
think you did, answered Iha'n', gol any scnryy
e,thef' Mo- well, was q prisoner Alongside Of
thls man fer fourteen nonirs washed myssr or,an
and kort my clothes clean coulo and took erer
else, and didn't gel sick Tho sictess men were always
The drtiesI and ibe dniiess Ia dead.
AtAndcrsoDvilc there time thirty thon.
prisoners confined eighteen aero lot and
the month Of August there died in hed two tDousaud
marked by headbonrda 90 rapidly did the peu
die At last that they carried awey The wagcns
by the The story OF suffering s Apdersonv has
been often told and Win not attempt another recital
Iawson~s Prison ssmp near Wso om lamp
Savannah and Augusta Railroad. Here largo stocksds
encIoses the prisoners, and dead line" the as
Al Andersonville . maintained. For long ,me the
only hospital At this camp wac corner OF t6s ground
reserved for the purpose but without shelter any kind
DR. White, gentleman OF kindly disposition, who sub.
soquepty assumed the charge Of this hospital managed
10 have large shed end few tc1ts erected aud just
before our men came away few vegetables issued,
that tho scurvy, they said seemed 10 be jumping
right out OF their pones
With regard 10 The treatment our men received no two
statements msdo 10 me agreed In detail For instance,
man alleged that she only ration issued was three
pinis OF corn meal day Another slalcs that meat
eometlmes bacon and sometimes fresh beefwns daily
furn shcd. The disposition 10 accuse tho rebel govern
mont u harebness ed one individual assert that dogs
were killed and eaten by our prisoners. don't beiovo
this nj least dogs eaten, u wac because thcy
were preferred 70 bacon beef
was In srr0r whom stated 10 my letter that each
vessel OF Colonel hulfords fleet had representative OF
Sanitary Cnmmi saueu 81 ahoxa