New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-04


the riyy six at time; the floor was in one mess
itht ordinary one horse wagon-load OF human e1'
| creIuut the floor every morning.
Noieowed 20 look out the window; was shot RI
twicaOT looking out man - shot alongside OF me,
Withdrawing at the window; be was standing two
feet irm tie window. with his hand on the casement
the sstry could not him from the sentry's beat
presure the sentry his shadow he stepped out Of
bis patton to shoot at him perhaps twenty to twenty.
five iot, the sentry shot him In tho head and killed
him nianly, IsuPpost hare Seen Ere ArHfrd men shot
AZ ouiorders not 20 put heads out the win.
dows his man had not put BIS head out 10 that timc
he had oiled up his blanket and was standing over the
place Vtere he slept on The floor; his name was ALEX.
ASDlE )rEs Of the l0ist Indiana.
Priy,o HmAMJ. NrAt. 4.A Malne,Iwas prisoner at
Belle I.e, and testiies:
Saw aany with frozen feet carried oFi IN 2z' nerA'
ing sri, ,rcn c0rJsfs rte r0rt ff Near LIST Jan
navy dets occurred eight or Ten in twcnyour hours
deaths have been crI0sure 0rd saJrafioH.
Ralior rot sufficient satisfy lrnger r1ked up one
nt1i an,f2und myself kravirR my ooe sieerei Hsed 90
dream onsriHg fomdLfHS good 10 edi
Prvnt CHARLES +. ProUyrsrIEr, % Maryland, was
prisoneia, Belle Isle, and testiies;
Errraornfnq We carried ont some men fr0isio dSah,
and frj siGrrg;i0a s0f1e four or fre mn.
! We a not get enough 90 cat ten or twelve ounces
Il cofrhreai and two spoons Of beans almost rotcHi
someties We bad soupH0f n 20 fGf 20 hfd 10 ea ~
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two or hree ounces each time; ras h1ngry al me
| tine
Ieoup got ,llep for 1sns'r and coii, dirt and lce
Cant A. r. CALHOUN Of Kentucky, captured in \. z,
Georga. o. 1853. testifos as 70 LIBBY;
II, vs. soilthy that our clothing end blankets soon
becqu, GOV Ted with vermn; the doors OF the prisons
we're washs late in the afternoon nearly every ds. 80
that Wien " came 90 he down II was very damp; We
had nofhudut our clothing and banket 10 40 On Tue
+ result was Iat nearly every man had cough.
D. l.at anil nuEt ~ .HI aI
In basket in this room was Tie sink and pIi'yi We
did our wasng and dried clothes in the same room
Two stoves The room, one 40 each eAd, ana TWO oi
three amfH Of wood Tor each per day.
wien I r. entered TIE Libby in November. We re.
ceired sIf Loaf u corn bread. about two ounces Of
poor beef ld little boiled rice each day. Tho crust
Of tie ioafhas very Thick We used 70 call u ironea1
and cfate 4 and make mush ont Of H. as the most
p.ihtshlc tay: we could not crate the orusts.
| AMOR NNcmbcr we received about two ounces OF
leefino four week on an average from the 18th q
March 1.-THE 6tl Of Aay Hos ej mai gas '''4'a "
ggctTs 4ir.ers.
For An tiree months q February March and APRIL
tharo MAI, pint Of black peas issued to each man every
wee nuia ittlo vinegar these peas were JtH % 6hS'
nearly try ration; they call them bugs but the! Wefe
h,tle WIZ maggois IN a chr! siis Sate we lSunu.u
tho pcas > as 10 mash them. and let the bugs now to
the SURFACE there was about an ounce OF soap ana a
htilc snlqiVcn each mad
This v,s inadequate to satisfy hunger and for two
month. have lad burning sensation, when in prison
IN n, lurtnes Hsrd ~ dram Of to0d and JoolisAy
sout Itsae ,lus,. fOf hari1g essa more ricn 81
ham thtsllrct Of food engrossed my entire thoughts;
not al sieIcd as did, the majority didi some were
fortlra,1enough TO receive boxes iIom hoihe'
Boxes ient u from the North were stored in ware
hou-e n,ii The prison. could see them IN the IN.
doVe. .le contents Of tic boxes were being soh "F
rriu.d by keeping and when issued think Wouid i't
been ,ato by but starring meni every PicNute
Il and can vas broken open, and the contents Werr -I
II cudsy into blanket. so that everything ran ~
II together hcy stole great many OF our boxes one Oh
Il tic auaiduod ne that they saw our men escaping
,brluc q tunnel and that they did not prevent the
sur iuq Was cir own men stealing oar boxes IN,
St,rv s,ppIy sent US we received but little Of ",
werr allotted 10 send out and buy al eAtIaNhtAhl
\ prices; t,y sold the Sanitary hams outer alo
II stationery Marks Of the sanitary Commission "ef'
| OIL tho cass and on the paper.
riod urninr sensation on the inside, With gene
II rolfs,ing strength. nan had piece u Aa" tA'e
II IlOok,dd f D. hours.
II Wb,n oine nvav on the 10th Of May and saw th'
pale inoos the men through the bars, CRED. ihel
begged mdor Gods sake to appeal 10 the HoVcrnm,n
and write tLe papers-to do anything m me woru
get them rleyed am confident that II they Fehhli
fouC i hastuaton they viii never b. NJ for anything
TAs mn Aer blame G0rernmsHt Jor her 'ET0iHS'
Ikuop hR,bels hare pleniy for we went down int
be cellar sd brought up meal -four, potatoes an'
turnips wlch we divided with our ch2"si 'ne nou
was cxcelldt; | ate about quart OF IT. am com
muncan 1.-THE church. and was studying Tor the minis
iry when 4, war broke out. AIN member OF the Re
formed Chfeh
Lieut.. Co FARsswoRrH, LIST Connecticut Cavalry
tes;ihes as Belle Isle:
Tie spacpccupied by prisoners Ia abont six acres
ino'osed b, an earth.work three 90 feet In hight
within this pace were confined as many as ton th0u
sand OOOOCprisoners. The part occupied by the prs
oners IS 10, sandy barren waste exposed IN Summe
10 n burnintun without tho shadow Of single tree
and. In Wiiur. 10 the damp and cold winds up Tia
river with few miserable tents, In which perhaps
onoLalf ~ be number were projected RON the night
fogs Of a hilarious region the others lay upon th'
ground In % open air. One OF them said to me; W.
ay In rows tkS hogs IA WlHter, and take turns who ma
The outside the row. -,
In he aorfag The ron Of The prerous High rds pIaHl
marked by li6odiss Of those Ul0 Ee slipping on IN fie
lasf si,eP. go "
. Fed u,oncorn bread and wnter, scaniily clothed
, with but fcy blankets, our patriotic soldiers herr
suffered The Everest msfortunes Of this war Here D.
hundred. thy offered up their lives to their country
cause vctis OF disease. starvation ana exposure
, suneringt ath0usand times moro dreadful than IN
wounds Of o. battle Geld. As many a. fourteen az
have been kntH 10 yesIe death ia one night This
have from nh fmy own regiment, and It Is perfectly
g trustworthy.
: Men were ,ithout medical treatment on the Islam
until diseast was 10 Tar advanced that when takel
away in ambanoes to the hospital IN squads OF twsht
co.. one halfO Of them have died within i've 20 hour