The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-12-03

wv NN'.IN'A hAioNhu ~ Niehaah 90 hho N'tAINAl-
ity appreciate tho Importance OF vigilance.
Tue UeIurned laptiN es Horrible Bnrbar-
tiles oil the Rebels.
A Pprt Roysl, 5. c. correspondent " the rtNEe
gives an account o. the arrival at that place u
20 iiESer Of exchanged Union prisoners. The tosl
number ~ BE- exchanged is ten thousand, who ar
rive At the rate Of rom eight h twelve Aundrel
day. TAsir appearance Is I.table ID the extreme,
and more than confirms ID the stories that hAve
teen told Of thor hGrdships and sufer'ugs
al Andertouyiic. For mouths they were
crowded g. the number OF thirty.hve thousand
in a marrow sIsce dying At The rate Of y hundred
day One Of nc moet painful features connected
With their captivity % the belief which hal been
derived from rebel Information thai = cy had been
abandoned bv their Cover '1cnt LYl We NNrtl cru
people This idea unnamed even the .ravcss.
and induced feeling o. despair AID Depression
that Increased the mortality At fe'r'I rate
Under the belief huudrcyls underworld to escape
IL cir monsiroNs tate by en- isting in the rebel
service. They we're told BY tie Confederate sgr0ts
shat the Richmond Government vas anxious and
willing H. effect exChaufe and yielded up all the
points At issue, but the Wsliu ton auth critics
FUSED The reasons they .1ducet for this conduct
VI tie Fclet.l Government we're that the iesump-
uou Of eychEnre " III r''ipe thousands Of rugged
strong ~ the buLt.tsu armies, while the North
would gan no cqu.valcut, 1uu wIuld receive Moth
iny but the hroE' n 10 N cTAcaie1 wrecks Of hui
manly. Inese r,ppr's, constantly iusullei, pyO-
ducoa ~ Last Sgc e;ico, su G,I we'd our brave
boys Of the E1pC 9nA l.Ors support tAst nigh. have
sustained them othorwlsc. Tue captive, hGe evident
experienced tAe LIus, AL aro'" ~ ;htiucHt frcu
the rebcls. Tie, WerS FL rItCf.i., stalvea, AMI
half naked - row led Ike eA,tIc !nto hlthy Ell.
closures, and deprived OF al comforts VI life and all
means Of communicating wlsh tleir friends Some
times men crippled by scgo.gla becomes 50 cnsku-
| siastc at passing from he rebel exchange boat ~
the shelter Of the old flag thai they throw away
Geir crutches aud walk erect and proud, though
' -. -. Il ia 1s.n. . L. L..
| lhe rcrc boat moves on, and the exc sufe b Is
bee clearly effected, three rouang choc.s ,yr tue
| OLD Tag. Then yertnlu Infested rays, ~ LnH
k..Liy pred a. the only cover 10. nal cI',ss
are r-lCy torn OF and hun-. Into the y .t-f
| OF cast WITH slec Into tho flaming furnace
| Of tie steamers. aud new clothes are issue,
| and general elearng-siue iasuguratcd
But the bathing has luuy teen necuc !, Lnt
| !, arcey comes econ enough. Many Of he men
| through illness " care!e'sness, are ~ bcsrmcd
nth hth, thai, were II not for the BEAD col Of the
blscged epidermis they uighI Ne taken Tor die
| sous u Ham. The steamer Eta uAncox, one
vi the xehAuse feet has spacious deck, .iJrd ~
room Tor dancing, aud IerpsicAore fluids her yJta.
ries, even though they aro tattcrdenaliou-, who
dance not ungrscetaly ~ their stres'uug rags
A soon - possible, barrels Vi hot coffee are
prepared anu hams are cooked, auG boxes Of
hArl bread Opeued, for the refreshnIenl u these
men, TO whom decent food has teen FOR a long
tune unknown. IL - toA.AA. ssAt W see
them each with his quart can Tile BY the s,eaming
coffee barrels, aud receive the refreshing dTau.ht
whose taste has long beeu unfamiliar. /,
-eus scarcely possible that meu should !e,l such
childish Joy they express IN more te u.yIng
tbls common GLmulanI. Aud then, the 90 ger, hun.
cry glare which their CLASSY eyes cas-. b. q, a tle
chunks Of ham ~ they clutch and d.vYJ. tier
allow gnce with q wolf-like ayidlty These fsrts
eau only BE- understood by the spectator ,i r,In.r
bering that ioI months they have been deprived Of
sufficient quantity VI ps.stsble food, aud that tue
Little hey have received has been rarely cooked,
| because in = country Astounding with hIe, and
gloomy with Immense pine forests, their jsilors
L rbade them the poor privilege Vi adequate fires
At the prisOp-pon near Ailan Ca, for some weeks
there has been meal VI hour given " the prison.
ers and the sweet potatoes issued III lieu thereof
have besn eaten raw, becsuse there was 10 Oh.
portuniy VI getting fuel for cooking purposes
| Look nov 1T this record VI the rebel surgeons
Here 10 damnAg proof OF inhuuanty, scarcely to
he credited among People protesting Christianity
| in the nineteenth century. For the period VI =
| mouth, through which these reports extend there
| IL . constant, monotonous complaint often as
suIning the language o. protest, sganst the trea-
ment h. which the sick were subjected. Muu ia
the last stages u smsciation from chronic f.. ar
hoea- received no nourisument whatever, and
| starved to death on the coarse rstons VIII Cd the
stomach Of s,rong man would reject Oilers
suffering from gangrene and ulcers were COM
PEELED 70 tester in putrdty Without sufficient wa
! ter to cleanse their losthsome sores. Week after
week the diseased aud the linz were kept with
out shelter, and nlauy q them ~thou. clothing n
the bare ground, exposed to tOrrid sun by dsy
and to heavy rains Of all times IN total
disregard Il the earnest and almost de-
spsHng Appeal6 Of kind-heArted Ihyslc,Ans
for their reLef The dreadful condition OF the
Andersonyille prison as Attssted by hundreds Of
prisoners ,s alIn st beyond credence. The stock
sde or pen In which they were confined was an
enclosure OF fourteen soreS i've Of which were a
norass. Here the men were without shelter and
~ many Instances, alnost naked, huddl Ell b..
gttheI without room for exercise. During the bot
summer months there were scsttersd about In
this pen a,ersge u at least % 900 prisoners 10
were suffering lrun dsess, in almost every form IN.
cident TO man, in climstr - which he h uuLc.
eu5tomed, Five scres Of the surface Of tie ground
we're covered with human eNcreWGn', cNl ahng
moroihc influence which would prove laLS even -
The rice plantation lalorer, sccus,oued lro'u In.
fancy TO breathing the mslsrous atm sphere 4 his
nstve asvsnnAhs. Constantly dTenched by rams,
receiving bAl food, always poorly prepared and
Olsen raw, Ia maly Instances naked and labor.
ms under a mental depression yerging upon
melancholy, feeling that their days were num-
herec, the prisoners kept IN their
dreadful prison. Under these circumstances the
mortality became frightui, and, ss = matter OF
defence for epidemic, the rebel authorities were
compelled to thin out the shambles early IN Sep
tender, By sopding several thousand " the pri-
soners 10 y new stockade established at savannah,
where Iher suheriugs were considerably sllevis-
TED. Subsequently these men on the breaking out
ot the yellow fever at Savannah, were removed 70
smother PRISON pen At Milan. Before the change
from Andersonyille waI made eleven thousand
victims had been buried, uncofhned, in the shallow
trenches near The prison. Prom the mortality IL.
BILE from the 23d OF July TO the 9th Of september,
II appears that the daily average OF deaths was
from ninety TO one hundred The highest number
OF deaths on one day was q hundred and twenty
seven' and during .he week ending August 18th,
seven hundred and forty de- The cruelty Of
Captain Werte, the officer in charge At Anderson
vile, 10 spoken Of In unmelsuEsd terms. H. in
nlcted brutal punishmeuls tor lbs slightest IL