The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-11
Bishop Of the 2. L c urch in Va
A TORTURE IN new YORK CtTY.-The
New York World aivss toe following dss'
:u.;.,, - a = ,r,,r~ray, in A.lps CITY

ToRruRE.PEn IN new York CiTY.--Ihe
New York World sivss toe following dss-
ciption Of a torture pen in taat city
Ismsy surprse saUe Of orr stsid aad gan
ercus- hearted cis:z.ns to kao~ TIA. tor aome
weeks past torture pen, wosaa ;aan the b.ncg
Ho:a Of Calcutta, ald elutl3i oLiy bT the
most sthorrent cells ard dungeons CT ;hs an
Gent requisi,ions ct Spain, has been III fun
p r.tiou in the very "eye OF tho city Oh
N,w York, innetia,e'y IN front Of tha Chy
Hall and within few rods of the statue VI
Washington. Ia this pisc fifty sight aodieFs
were confined ard suffering last night, and 'hs
absolute missry Of their condition csn hitd Y
he imagined, even by .hs few who have seen
them That par: OF the Park B.rcscks built
on pask Row, h .s b5.n used by tha P.cvcs;
Marshai for come lime past for tie coniips-
nent Of dsserters aud discharged prisoners
IN Ter militsry rule.
Near the Broadway end OF ii a portion has
been boarded and partitioned up SO as to
make perfect cage, twenty feet and two
| inches long and fifteen feet wide. Three
| sides are boarded up tie ht, alright, and the
| innermost side is fitted with Stats about 3
| inches wide, with intervals of inches be-
tween them In this pen, more like the
| cage Of some wild animal, and not half SO
! caught by the Provost Marshais detective
| force, and there they are compelled 70 stay,
gaspipg with the horrible stencil that arises
| from the unclean prison, and actually lying
! upon each othe. In heaps, for want OF sum
! cicut room upon the floor. There are no
| beds Of any kind, except that the undermosi
| OF the crowd are obliged to sustain the
| weight of those who lie upon them in this
| pile OF humanity. Some have blankets, but
| they are almost unnecessary, as the vapcr
GUS heat arises, sitting and suffocating Il
| any one who comes in from the fresh Outel
I air.
| The peu Ia also reekia2 In filth anu verEin
| and the intoleratis stencil must, in avery
! short time, destroy the physical norstiiution
| ~ the situasioa nust ell eesf-rasPeot and aso
rale Of every cue who enters as rfieonsi
that sccursed Lola. just iasids the Stats Is
| ssovo tina. hea-s tho cnnfeei atmosphere 10
double tenn .e.a u-e. Oar reporter visited th,
place last I1At 10 sea whether the rnuacr
thaa had btN &seufsted 81 ,rt ID we're true
sud fu1d that The half had not bean told -
Capt. Sisbsr, who is ia comnand Of the pris
,,usrs, was not present, but the efi'cers VIII
w.ra in charge united III depou,eing TN
method OF treatment as u shame 70 humanity
Their attention vas called ~ a. aftisis in III
Post which read lhas
"a part of the old Park Barracks ia nov
uscd es prison for the detention VI solaier
who are under arreei for various infrac.i me Q
military discipline, and tn n 'ands pass by sba
whissnad sspul.hre, little dreaming Of tt
J enHerinx within.
Q TN cage 90 feet2 inches long, and |
!. feet wide, boarded up on three sides, wi!
the other arranged with Stats, like the Gag
Of the hyena 10 the menagerie, fifty five mt
!. are now confined without hunks or beds, c
, any accommodation whatever but the foo
: At night, as the officer IN charge forcibiy e.
pressed II, they have to lie spoon fashion O
the floor, with heads on each others breasts
This, with the most economical spoon OF
ranRement, accommodates forty-five. tt
! rest srs brought out and chained around
i, tTse.
] .sThsse men have beep in this pest-hol
( some as long as two months, for the red tar
4 TO be spun By the inertness, lncapacjty ~
. fraud which Il somewhere.
D ut Is a disgrace 10 humanity and 10 II
!, age"
On asking u II was exaggerated. ihey n