Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-01

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peFshing. Tney lay 10 the ditch. 90 the mos proisct~
cd place heaped upon another and lying close to-
geiheF % one Of them expressed IT. like hogs IN VIM
ter taking turns 10 who should have the Outside OF
| the row. In the morning, the row OF the previous
night was marked by the molinness forms Of those
"Sho we're slseprg on In their last sleep. -froEan TO
dsSth
Every day, during the winter season, numbers were
conveyed away st and stark, having fallen asleep in
everlasting cold. Some of the men dug holes In the
ssnd Ia which to take refuge. ALI through the night
crowds Of them were heard running up and down, 10
keep themselves from free ng. And this fate threat
ene1 them even more than il would Rave tbrestened
most men exposed to an equally severe temperature,
even with such thin clothing and quate sheter-ior
they were starving
Rocklke, husky corn bread (sp6cmen9 Of which we
have sesr) meat often tainted aud suspcousy ike mule
me a. two or three spoonfuls Of rotten beans soup thin
and [ rny, often with worms aJAtng on the surface
de up their food None Of these we're gwen together
and the whole ration never one hall the quantity
necessary for bare life. Hear the words Of the prison
ere:
There was no name for our hunger" IL wSa hun
Rry-pretty nearly Starved 10 death" 4" walked up
one night aud found myself gnaWing my coat sleeve"
" used 70 dream Of having something good to eat -
al walked the sir els for many nlgnt; l ceuld 20.
s'o for hunger" 4" lost assh and strength for went
of food" "IC were to cit here week l could net
tell you half suffering" These septencea form the
very poem Of misery and Starvation.
"Lce we're 10 all their quar'ers." Vermln and dilt
encrusted thei bodies Trey were sore With yirg in
tee sand None-not the sufferers with disTr oh
were allowed 10 Wit tho sinks during the night, and in
the morning the ground HGs covered aud saturated
with hlh The wells we're tainted the ak was filled
with dit gusting 0doTs
Macy were isten sick daily, but were aoEed to SUI
fer for days before they removed TO the hospitals,
- 10 of laFa tkaf n
half OF them died before reachng, or at the very mo-
ment their names we're icing recorded.
There vas hO pital tent Oh the Island, which IVES
always full Of the sok. L. bad no AoOr the lex and
eyrg were laid on Rtraw, aud lgs were tbeT only p-
l5ws III you or | saw hOrss DYING" said one,
"Wouldn't va put come straw under his heady Would
NO 10. him beat his head on log n his sgosy:'
THE HOSPITALS.
The hospitals for cur prlsoners virtually worse
han the prisons themselves. DE- FerguIon toshats
that vh:ls The wounded we're under treatment the
uourishmeni aud stimulation they received we're not
euiReeut TO give them proper chance for recovery.
AN urpr sed that do lot die. Bedding and Gov
erfg were very dirty aod th1nsiye, In three months,
out Of 500 Taients about 400 died. TIE hospitals
we're no hung es' than hospitals for murder.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THT PENNSYLVANIA oEraAL RAIL
ROAD.
Toe Harrisburg Uaion ia TIA account Of tho collision
and burning If care on the PennsJ lVaHs Central, on
Wedr esday last, says:
The gas suddenly escaped took fee, which immeda-
tely communicated with the rubbish and consumed
everything together. Some forty human beings we're
consumed with the baggage or otherwise Injured. The
charred remains were gathered up the next ming
and SLED seven boxes 0ne lady got half out If the
rubbish when her SlOlhes took fire aud sho fell bach
sufflcsted. 0Is gentleman lost wife aud five children
and a lady lost aunt ard three children. We could
not learn their names they with Rrunbor OF wound
ed persona had been removed before our arrival aud
sent to Philadelphia.
OF tho vast number burned to ashes with their bag
gage the names will probably never be known. hlitaTy
buttons watch and Wheel br asipna copper and
silver coin, hair pns p3ukniVes, with melted gold, and
bundles Of half burned greenb cks were found in tie
RUBBISH
Elgine No ISL was crushed 10 pieces, 10, smoke
stGck lying ia O1e plEo' tho wheels Ia another, the
tender in auolher. All kinds Of rubbish, seats win
dONs, doOrs stoVee, vent latore bells aud lamps were
massed In one general ruin.
There were five in the train; two we're destroyed
utterly and three not mi lred at all The frost
cas- - the that were destroyed 1t is mpossi-
BILE to say who 10 TO blame for this disaster but ore
thing is certainly rpsebensiba and that s locking the
doors Of the night trains
AN INNESsILY HUMANE BUSINESS
Sherman, whose eaeoshs' scrbsnd; s still in fell Aow
has written letter to toe Northern newspapers 7aunt
ing the 'res kindness with shoh his order exp lirg
the unfortunate people OF Atlanta Was executed. We
may imagine the comfort the headsman takes from
kucvipg that he has executed his job skifully, and
with 70 unnecessary pain to the suGsrer. Tbs same
sort Of consolation this Yankee monster aeem5 to Ro
aOs himself with he Indignantly denies that the victims
we're rObb ID Of "evey and very possibly, they
Wers left In possession of such things SheImln and
bis men could make Of but it was something to
them although he does not seem to think so that they
were robbed Of house and bOms aud means of subss-
teno His letter closes with the statement that he
would not have made the publication, only he knows
that "he people Of the North will be relieved by this
assurance that no. ONLY but real kindness has been
extended to families who Loaf their homes by the acts Of
their male protectors" Sherman knows better. He
knows that "the people OF the North" goAt over ao-
counts of 81 ring and cruelty and he knows, too, that
the finale proNoOrs Of these families have done moth.
ing to cause the loss Of their hOmes by these smiier
but everything to defend item.