Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-24
NEWS.
THR SITUATION.


NOrshetn tour, returned Monday to the armies in
front f Petersburg.
There WIS, OF course great OiOiOg among the men,
and greater urcorkUg of bottles among the officers.
By telegraph, learu, at late htu, that the truce
having expired, heavy ekirmshpg has been resumed in
North Georgia, near Eairburh, between the ADVANCE
forces OF Sherman and Hood FAifburn is in FayeIts
county, eighteen miles south of Atlanta, on the La
Grange RAirOad AID eighty miles rom MiledgeViIe,
the capital Of the Safe.
! THE YERY LATEST FROM TIE VALLEY.
Official dispatches received last night, state that
the enemy attacked General EIry At Fishers Hill late
on the 22d aud succeeded forcing back the left OF
his line and throwing force in his rear-conpsliDg
m to abandon tie pOatOu, leaving II peC,S OF can
non in their hands, though losiGg bu. lew men.
BoRr DELAWARE HOW OUR PRISONERS ABE TREATED.
We maze received tie following, how or through
whom No oAre not 70 state is unVarnished az
count of one who has and felt the horrible treat.
ment 70 which Confederate prisoners subj ctei ut
Fort Delaware. .. the names o lOcalili.s the fare
and some OF the modes OF annoyance described by
our corEesp jndeut, had already heard through
cit E,u of Fredericksburg, who had recently "eUjoJeo'
ak weeks so lurn as hostage at tie Fort.
Our correspondent, who 10 himself ols of En-"
says
Fort Delaware situated upoa island near the mouth
| of the Delaware rlVer formed by tbs sinking Il
al English vessel loaded vito psAs ana thence 10
name ~ Pea Patch IsiAnd, bus iamnaIly K.vWn
| ootn 70 Yankees and "keos" as H. l. contains
about rs VI land and is enHreiy surrouaaed BY
wall seven eigat nlgu, tia: hs ISLAND may not Do
/ over flowed by HAer, fees below aIgn tide;
50 I will DO az Onoe that the wal very nsCes-
sary prseautyon Ia keeping tue uhaOnauts fun being
sahsd aSgy. G4sEe isa GitCh TuNRng entirely Rroulu
lnulue WALL the lntedOF ID cut up N sAI dIsUnes,
and reseu bles plat VI loNu IN TOE
| TAR lulure TBerU are lev suaDDy houses On tne
islanu, u5sa 'DORrdIng n0GEes," principally bJ tue
smpoyess There mas been Very goJd church Dulli,
but Os what denoO nation or Tor Whas pufLo.e IA
spe 10 sAy rs they al Appsar y educ AIed In
ths art OF sWesTIug, anu uealas tnS.r fellow beings
With the greatest DarbArtJ. TIE TORS Is shel,
and would not stand good round iGOm one OF our
"a, pleoss aud understand Il IL A.eady crooked. IL
nss some very old OOiumblAds mUun1I on H., Whion
use The Uu.Iash0ned SHELF with iuse; Is is not
NV mention ueScrb9 the ior but say WoESs
10 regard the uea.nsaE OF prisoners, giving feW
,atcurs acre and Ghsre ust Luey happened. nave
low been prisoner OI Wsr - nonIns, aud of GOucse
4 grvat deal has happened Wnlcl nSTe forgotten,
/ Eeut GARY only memory. The general treat
| dens OF prisoners vas very Dad, Ctg5n nos having
| enough " eaG-tu6iJeAt " keep body AID soul to
Sssllr and most o. US 0eng ragged AID WnouS th Jss
| or head covering
w. are taken oui of cur barracks almost daily and
| crovdsi together upon small piece OF giound called
| H-fs Halt Acre, sucrIu Iued ~ Otto. Thee We
IRA kep; almost zee WhOis Gay under sGUTcnug qua,
itu Was Wlnler, II would nave Tue OIpJsIEe etfsc.,
re- zng cur nnoI, WHICH l. did very I'll, c uAly Tor
| ,r-A. many, A great m4uy died from Inls Kind OF
reaumeut EnIcu, 1 underslOOd, brought abau. BY
yuc Confederate SlTge0ns last winter, WnJ, have 70
say to tnif Disgrace, Polred themselves Ia signing
IN er,ice saying the PRISONERS "er we'll ied, well
ID and clothed, When they knew it 70 bS fAIsehOod
his TnRv HHT AL 1yhIl Ip rtypla
rlauing the lan0, getng drank, and carOusg around
IA midnight reVeTy-,o Ihe gseas annoy ahcs Vi Ribs
ana YALks-sO much so thai many OF tnsm had their
p.rolos Ken from them and cJniacd IL sue Fort
PRISONERS allowed, Ia tho sp,ing aud summer OF "a
N i've coIhlug-aiter the lLuks thougas there Was
,,.nIQ ltuu,y tue barracks MAKE u raid pay
| tn, Woull nave "a general "Htks oWt"-(l tsrIu taey
4ss when driving prisoners out OF the blrrAoSs have
AL clUtt .ney had received taksn from them,
log them Ni5aOu change OF clothing. Tnis syste Of
robbery continues up TO this time. They said this
doue 10 cO. the ragged prisontrs but have seen
| taem give auy Of o othCs TO any one. They are
very street in gesoaing the men. After making pull
| OF 6ooJs, &c, they take pocket knives, epooas
| cups, 81, eougnt from tbs sutlsr. Some OF
toe boys ocossJ remarked this waa done to pay their
| var debt. Oar rLuoHs OF tho poorest kind %.
cooked YELL and very ecanL l. ID primo paly slS beet
add craekers-sK crackers and q lev ounces Of beef
being the allowance per day. This dist caused tie
| souIvy to break out on the men dreadfaly. II was q
VI,
covered with ulcers from that dreadful dseafe which
| could have been Cshy prevented If the Yauks would
nave issued few anti scorbucs-sucl as vinegar or
| vegetables. There is poisonous masml VIII cd rises
| OF the island which lays q liable to any aud
| all diseases, The peculiar disease is termed by
prisontrs Gne Lincoln gap Whcd makes lie APPEARANCE
| IN GUNNER. IL comss with pain above the eyes, aud
lass from five TO dATs. There seems 10 Do no
remedy for H. and nature has to take its course The
barracks are open and extremely cold. Ia winter one
| NJ ia vi mo n huah al
| OF fuel per day. EicI gets single blanket. A
great many men were taken from the barscks win
| ter s.if hCzsn The eny way they manage 10 escape
freezing Is b. continually double quicking. Many cav
they doubled Kicked more las. HInser than they did
| ducng three months service in the srmy. For the
least CHsuso shot down in cold blood without
the ehghtsst WAFnicg. Others are bsyoueited struck
tue heads with markets or dsd up by tina thumbs
Not log plssss that poor Confederate is not
strung up for tie amusement Of the beliod gen.
try. After being thus kicked aud cufsl II outraged
manhood dares to resent too treatment death is the
certain penalty. Il ia du3 to truth stste that our
prisoners have bseu humaneiy treated of late b.
the 9Th Massachusetts regiment and the prVaes would
| be kinder if the Ulcers would permit It.
For tiHe under the command of Lieut.
AITloD, alas Campbell dsBereF from 90. l. 10 Hias
He took the cath, sod az reward Tor hs lreaehery
received commission. / cannot refrain from relating
On incident which occurred during his administration.
As horrible as it lie, it can be atestod by numerous
| truthful Witnessed. A poor dead O1nfedGrate being
stripped naked, was laid IN his rough box for inter
msHt. 4 zen IN death hi3 isce WcrS o smile. Var
kee doctor seeing !, exclaimed, "tho ID Rsb il gr
ming at me; anu seiZ ug ak, muiiated and mn
glSl form before which he would nave qlaied if lie
had nos b;cn eXtnc'
Oar men are ell buried a. croJS.ties railroad
laid ways until they three deep. IL '6S he5
ed at the Of 25 per day, bus nov We do not Sc
more than 1 or 10 the me period Do publish this,
AID you will Oblse enc who has sIG red
FROM TIE AMY OF TaE WEST.
81. Oair L e correspondent OF the Macon Telegraph
aad Confederate has recently visited the army Love
joys and writes Tia: he fOund everything quiet GeueI.
al Hord sppsr nl1 in Rood apiri 81 sd tie troops so
fac be coGli iujge sharing the ooraienoe of their
cor andsr and only wsnR until the sxpira:ion of