Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-25

+ ", I nton man vas dragged from his
! l ,usa 81 the peace Democraev" Ard
+ ken to 3 thicket sH
After eonsu lt,stioa il was determined
( 10 pat him 10 the tory's yoke, bat, 6rsr
o. all to try TO make him acknowledge
20 having dons and said certain things
Of which be vas innocent
Aiter trying some time TO accom-
plish their object, By questioning and
/ threatening, they resorted TO more Sc
we're measures UntyinE him. they took
of bis cl othing, laid hin down upon a
F log lsshed him 6rmly TO it. and with
srge hickory sticks Commenced lacera-
ting him -Four let ia on him at once,
and the numbers soon increased TO SIX.
+ They continued 10 beat him there for
long time, paasihg eecasionslly and ask
+ Sug him Il be would confess, and upon
MS refusing would let in on him more
vigorously.
I" The blocd triekled down his back in
I streams His piteo4s appeals in behalf
of mercy were totally disregarded. Ma
+. tare 6nallF yielded, and the poor man
+ sSOOnsd and was lost TO consciousness
FOR several minutes As soon as he re-
/ vived ,h+se bellish tormentors resumed
I their sortures Thsg. spht the ends OF
green sticks and twistsdslhom in his hair
and pulling violently, caused the most
exeruciating pain. This and other
hendish operations were continued for
some time. They then cut Of his fingers
/ at the second joint, as also bis ears close
up to his head.
The next step was to cut OF bis arms
at the elbows, and the legs at the knees
After this operation the ~retched victim
tainted. and failing TO recover for several
minutes tns murderers pronounced him
dead and began to prepare to leave, bat
at this moment their victim showed kigns
Of lifr They now tied rope around
his neck, and bong him to a limb. near
by, and Instantly d'camned ss...
Who that mas read II the horrors Of
the Spanish fnqaisition the rack, and
the other modes Of punishme ent there ad
Fopted--without feeling OF utter dates,a-
ton for its fonndsrs2 us.si.f...s
The eruelities indicted on .he soldiers
Of the Republic AT Libby Prison and
Belle Island, sre more horrible than
those perpetrated in the secret celia Of
the great engine Of hell, as the Inqaisi-
lion has been called
A history Of these horrors would fll
volunaesi but We can only now glance
/ az them str
Andrew j. Mum. Of Company A, In
the l00th Ohio Regiment, thas speaks Of
facts occurring under bis own lobserva-
tion at Belle Island.
!
and sent 10 that hell on earth, Belle
Island, where | Witnessed sights Of tuf
, leung for months that. were horrible
( awful ~ positively indescribable, and
? chilli the blood and reHd the heart with
, an agony Of pity 70 emember. Day az
! ter day have bsen forced to witness
! he SLOW, fearful death by starvation, O
I ores OF onr noble fellows, and 70 heai
II their agonizing means aud incoherent
b rawlings. and plesdings for something Il
: s0othe the psins Of baRRer. They woult
- sometimes. when in this half con
d,tian, ssk for someihipE 70 save thei
: ives, whleh they eosld feel slppial
E away And their brutal itiior wonlt
> drag them from their suffering conchss
4 declaring that they would sho~ then
bow 20 sd iress gentlemen, and. despiti
!. sheir weak and emaciAtsd condition
back and gag the poor fellows, ani
force them fur hours 10 lay Leneath ih'
o scorchiag rays Of the sun. aud mar
{ times, when they vent TO release the suI
: ierers they would find stifsned corpse
e with the suaken eyes glazed in death
their 6sndish treatment having snapped
I the frail thread Of life, and the poo
y victim be ng ut last beyond the reach G
, their perez sution.
e "0ae poor felIow, being reduced b
Z, starvation and i'll usage to . mere skels
o ton. aud could scarcely stand, crawlei
2 one day up on bank near his teut &
4 get litde fresh air. his face burnin
with fever; but no sooner bad be game
: the summit Of the bank and 81
l. down, trembling with extreme e.
ls hHusilon that the exertion ha
c. cost him, when the sentinel leaped upo
he the bank and harshly ordered bim to e
10 down OF be would shoot him. The poo
boy staggered to his feet at once, knov
a ing fall well what would be the cous
7. quence Of hesitation, sad attempted
get out OF sight; but before he eoul
III turn round the rebel demon raised b
e, gun and 6red, the ball passing thuoug
-, the poor boy's side, who rolled down ii
re bank and expired without groan, b
I'd hearts blood spirting in Jets from Il
e. ghaslly wound. ss
ls Another time lot Of our boys We
+, crowded in close. narrow, and filfl
w cell, scarce ten feet vide, With bat OF
ao small, grated window for light and al
AZ aad some being sick we're obliged to
ke down. and, IN consequences, the men We
p huddled and the air foul and oppressiv
IL and one young fellow, Who was almo
suffocA.ed, arose and put his face 20 u
d. Eindow to get breathr when the qua
re upon the outside, without the slights
I'd proyocAtion, shot him through the hea
Tor bis blood and brains bespzttespg
= comrades inside Of the cell, who, with
ow low. thrilling cry Of horror, eontempl'
rd ed this brutal and cold d-blooded murd
d; | OF their unfortunate eomrade wItho
nd the power Of even rennoastrance,
he fear Of sharing IKE fate
all The testimony taken before the Coz
'ss mittee on the Conduct Of the War, is
ug similar character The surgeon "
had charge Of many returned prisone
At at Baltimore, thus speakes of them
ad1 ssWErr's BUILpfEos HDsPrrGL.
LLas Baliimore. Nd, Nay "a. 1864.
-. i'DEAR SfR:-I bare the honor TO Z
Of close the photograph Of john Breinl
n. with the desired information written up
- Il | an very sorry Jour commit
-. could not have ssen these cases vh
-. f;rss received. No one, from these q
- lures. can form true estimate Of thi
- condition then Not one in ten was al
=. = TO stand alone; some Of them we're
=. covered and eaten by vermin that Il
nearly rssem5Ied eases of small %
~. and 20 emaeiated that lhsy we're rea
- living Skeletons, and hardly lhat, as 4
a result shows. forty out Of one hundI
.pk and four having died up 10 this date
red "If there has been anything so B
rho rible, 80 feodish. as this wholesale st
ere vation, in the history OF this satanic
zen bellion. l have failed to note IL Bet
Ieir the massacre at Lawrence, Fort Pill'
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