Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-02
[FrOu the Ssw YoFk Tiass. Nov. e..
The Loyal Martyrs In the Southern
PrisoEf,

Before tbs rebel authorities we're com.
peFled, by reason Of the fearful .pesti.
ieaee that ragged within il, 10 br.ak open
The prison pen at Anders, nyille, the
bodies Of eLsreu thousand loyal soldiers
bad been thrown, uneofined, into the
shallow trenches surrounding the stock,
ada The names of three thonsand OF
those whe ihgs mis0rably perished nnder
the inhuman treatment OF their eapt6rs
We pubhsh in other columns this morn
ing. il Is q sAddening record, and yes,
its puhlicatiou will doubtless rehsve
many Of The friends aud relatives Of our
poor mAriyred soldiers from the horrors
Of despAinng hope and suspense, 10 re,
gard 70 the fate Of those they love.
Our special correspondent also cup
plies, 70 day, further accumulation Of
testimony from the reports Of rebel Sur.
Esens, 80 TO the bArharities praetieed
apon the prisoners, and against which
these Surgeons, in many instances, felt
called upon professionally to protest
Every hne 81 the evidence thus supplied,
like that which was published exclusively
10 Saturdays issue Of the Times, bears
out TO. the letter, the report Of the
venerable DR.. Valentine Mott and
bis associates II il impotfAnt---xiisa.
greeable as The tack may be--ie give due
prominence 10 the testimony thus fur
nisbed IL isdesirable that there should
be no excuse for the outside world %
ignore, or seek 10 dlscreait, the charges
Of barbarity thus brought home 10 the
Richmond cohspirators BY their own
agcnts Il is propsrthat the mask should
be torn from the faes Of this spurious
aud bastard ehivalry, which foreign ayta
pathizcrs so loudly belaud. that mankind
may see what depth Of infamy and naked
cruelty MAY be reached by . community
which il fosnded upon huuaa slavery.
The reports of the .ConfsderAts Sur
geons thoroughly agree We find iha,
Cur prisoners wers deprived-vith the
most needless and heariless cruslty--di
nscsssaries safireis sgfkAiH he means o.
fAe aHthorftiss 10 0rnal thsm NAy, opE
poor fellows we're forbidden 20 use what
their own labor could have supplied
/ them vita, 1t no cost whatever 90 ths
rebel Government We may sun NJ
I hAgsf AfAtt8Ht8 ntAF45itAts tUHns aHsar e f
/. The room allowed our prisener,
within the Andersenville stockadA nigh
have been enlarged, 30 that the Is, ,O0s
| or 30, 900 prisoners could have been re
moved from unwholesoms contact; d
! thet the means Of ablaton and gensra
attention 10 psrsonal Cleanliness nigh
have been available; and 80 that thi
sick might have been separated ffou
| those in health. RJ stf III
/ 2 Our prisoners might have hsl
abandAnt shelter, at no cost 70 the rebe
auihoritiea Pine woods, ab0unded 81
around them, and shelter tents Of mod
crate comfort our men would gladly hax
extsnporizsd from these BY their owl
labor 3 s.reH Z l.a f-a--s ss,es
3. Water could have been subpIied {
our men at q small cost Of labor, whfc
the healthy prisoners would themsslve
have readily borns. .t7#easao1
| 4, Fuel vas s1perabundnnt on ever
side of the enclosure. jet the Confedei
ate surgeons testify that not enough va
4 permitted 10 reach the stockadeAeven /
doths sp&rss cooking Of the hospitA
tents rss rsrq 81 OF t.+.;...
s. Oar men might have been pei
nitted 10 remove the exeranent Of Is
camp; but il appears to have been pAl
Of the punishment inflicted ON them
prevent such removal-fve acres bein
ompletely covered therewith. ffi 2
We might add to this list Of needles
! and deliberate eruelties-cruelties arii
ing in no sense or degree out Of th
straits offhe Confedsrscy in the matte
, Of labor or provisioning Bat il is us'
less to enlarge the indictment AA.atb
Says DE-. Patterson, writing 70 bis y
; pefior in The Confederate Medical D.
, pArtment, aou the 11th of August:
End great negligence IN interripg Il
4 dead, some Of the bodies having lain I
|. many. Hs four days Wish the the
momsssr a. 100 IN The shsde, We kno
what this means Fonrdays later D
Thornburg reports % bis superior fro
! the same hospital: The patients &
: : compelled to lie on the gfoaDd, many
them wishout blankets, and some
sbS1z seitioaf eistass' This ofic
: pleads in the same report for q sms
supply Of washing basins: sThe ones =
have been using lke urges) for dressiE
wounds aad ulcers are not Ct foa 9th
4 use The surgson prsys. too, for son
: Of getting water supply for the no
pital sfsa .lso1sI -
Dr. Massie, making bis hospital :
!, port 90 the 2Oth of. .Aggusit, states:
!. End the beef ia very bad condIhon' nA
. !. ing been blown By flies so long snas
? was infested vita i've insects Or cree
: i.srsr s--sfsa 9 Fao-
e so late as the 7th Of September, D
TbornburE tsstihss regarding bis patisn
d rat anany Of them. are stiH on q
a ground, without blankets Or anything
- 5rotect them" Another surgeon COZ
: plains THAI the peas furnished 70 his ?
e ssn.s fswoold produce disease ano
sxine; y and stiH another says: T
crowded condition, the lack Of an AbuI