, 1864-10-15
RETURN OF COL. +. T. SHERMAN.
Hls Release fna SsutheF1 Bsndass-Hls
Travels through Dixie Rebel Usage Of
Tulea Soldiers - SterEa1isu and
E1eadIsh Crnclty-e,a sChange.

Iu4eA 6elatefa - Sk<EsANVa &4Q
F1eadIsh Cfrclty-Un sChange.
Colonel Frank 7. Sherman. the gallant CON
rnandcr Of the s8th fsecond Board Of Tsado) Rest
meet, and now Chief Of s&af of Fourth Arm]
Cops, returned home to Ch:csto on Thursday erea
Ing last, run Richmond. where he was exchanged 4
few Gays ago, after captivity OF shree months. dn
ring which he made an involuntary tour If grcaa
portion OF the present Confederate territory madt
10 eecape, was caught ags,n by b'oodhouads, snd
endured ha1dsh1pa 2lmost untud. He NJ. 9lvrn nj
Ali AccouAt Of tbs Incidents At1e1dinK hla tmpll-
soumcnt, OF which the following Is sJntpsis:
HM CAPTIVITY.
Colonel Sherman Was captured at the Chattf
hoochle River On the 9Th OF July, while Inspecting
the position Of the Fourth ArWy Corps There
h.ppened TO BE- however. g.p N the ~ ine M ta5onsa
his u1foitunstc mirtake rni1 thr rebel picksta
hAd Gobblrc him. At the rtme Of capture. he was
on detailed duty-actinR Cbtef OF sE1t for Major
General o. Howard. the now popular coumand-
er Of the Army OF the Tennessee
He Was taken TO Atlanta. and lay there three
in GeorE,a, where be found about 1.60o Union
men, Kept IN ttockane. Here they Were tre4ted
with the most tupercdlious hau1euf, and nsarly
eerved ont OF CO in ave dsys: One pound OF meat,
nve ptnts OF meal. three table sp0on1als Ut salt,
ha.t pint Of nolasses. 30 to 10 beans, aud tso
vas tpe % eaue allowance lit ~ was slysa % OUT 10 70
their own meB. but no one believed it. Tno-e Of
the p1,sonets who had money, were allowed to buy
nsets.ol,ss Of 1he s5lsTs a. a. e5oEnlssnt prices
ea. but fouud the CpmmandaDt OF the camp quite
cirily ep0ksn. General Sherman pressed hafd on
AtsLta- 1t was not thought sale to keep them
lppfer. Accordingly oL the 9Th Of July they were
o1dtrtd 10 Charleston Colonel Sherman was one
OF partY Of about GOO who wcts thus disposed
Of, re1Dg sent ove1 the sayannah snd Charleston
It was while in transit tn 1t Col. Sherman, with
S. Of 90 other oflcerB. attempted the escape, al
rtndy mentioned IN the TRIBUNE. They Jumped
The greater number ". re recau:ured almost tmme-
ciatsly: the remainder, including himseh, suc-
cetded II eludipe their par:4er' M !or long time,
captured by pack Of sixteen hounds on the eec-
ord mioniPht; tho next dsJ they were sent for.
ward 10 Charleston, where tney w-rr placed Ia the
tcIrtd to the workpousc, under dze from Fort
Wagner A few days afterTards, he. with about
two hundred o1he1s, were removed to Roper Hos
pits@, a, placed under conditional parole. While
in Charleston they were treated ktldly, and even
politely, Capt Gsyer, the Provost M1tehaf, espe-
cizy dung everything in his power to reuder
would ptrmit; he was formerly q s. naval off,
Ger. From the time they Left tho city prison theJ
we're we'll treated: Col shermaa, being the senior
officer, vas permitted to ms.e bis own regulations
for di+cptne, and VAS assisted by the authorities
in thti enforcement.
Col. Shermsn spc,ks in especial commendation
f5m Of Frazer & Co, b.nke1a, who forni-hed the
u1 ion of1cerr, a1ily and without soicita-
ton, with al the money thty required. taking
only their ne-hilta, ehalg'ns no interest aud ask
should be able TO pay,1t he paid t~ensy 70 tsEen-
tE-two dollars tn rebel currency for gold draft.
Ths tmpoanse q q thls to sscf somfor, ~ ines
moet naked. The only tecorty required was u
knowledge that the recipient Was IN otlcer In the
Union amy. L was peca iarly touching to tind
rh yyHN IN ri ri
be1iion.
An order arrived for his transmission to Rich.
mold Tor exchAn0e- bis equivalent having arrived,
He set foot IN Richmond un the 18th OF September
and was taken to the oflce Of Comm,esloaAr Ould
where he waE Informed that he would be semi
North under aae OF tEace the next oay. Owing
1ht eth, the transfer North was not made till thu
1th Of the next month, when he was brough.
through our lines, and made nls way home.
| TREATMENT or UK1oK PR1soNkRs.
At Richmond the prisoners are systematically
robbed b. the au1horues. and no civ1lty Is .howE
whatever 10 the rank Of the pr1eoner- Eysry In.
dignity II hssptd upon thnse who are unlorsunatt
CROUCH to iall Into tue hands OF the chvalry. The
FIR famed and ju-tly drtaoed Libby" prison II
under the command Of Major Turner, and Can.
tain Iufner acts as prison. Inspector. Tney are 4
roo6ses On Hnion soders On On
teting the p1isou the soldier IL stripped Of every
tblne-overcoat, cante<n, shoes, tiowsers. every
troop:. @ ~ Thef saf noney ii fasea from tsem snd
an hccount is pretended 10 be kept the ua:ure oi
which may be guessed from the fact that the PRISON
the rebel currency ~hle On the streets it could oe
exchanged at the rate Of seEen to ten dollars fo1
Ole.
eYETENAT1o STARVATION.
The treatment Of Union prisoners throughout
the South is moet hrutal-the exceptions being
very few. The thing II done BY regular system.
5rutsits L % prsesiseI AndsisoaSsie sSsifs' Il Il
| feed in 1ot Of about twelve acrss, inciosed
| within twenty foot fence, With not Al atom oi
cosesitP Or eheter other than that supplied BY
there, whiie bearing the pan9s Of hunger aud
thtrt, AID sweItetins under an almost tropical
kan' may pe5hsps bs imagined, nus c*tt.!nly can
| the frst 1f September. fifteen thousand Of ou1
| men had died from disease and huneer. Many ol
| these men are completely nsked, and mere skei
stone reouced to weight OF dltr to slxry. pounds
| The daily average Of uesths there WAS from 100
| to l51 They went In with their wagons each
morning, picked up the dead. carried them out and
the copres cu their Eides so as to gam rou, and
placts The bead OF one opposite the feet OF biz
companion. Their OWL papers admitted that the
mortality was eight thousand in tie Two mouths
hunger, thirst ard exposure. Many OF them ase
never again be Of use TO themselves OF the coun
Try. Others Erow desperate and deliberately ctoss
the dead lthe IN mi View Of the sEntriea for the
sake Of getting ehot outright and thus ending theil
OF this kind.
I TIE oRJEcT.
The rebels have double object IN yiew In thui
ma:treaIIpG our rurn-1heF render them uuse1Ftce.
able In tne esrut of al e1chanEe, fact uhlch tht
| papere d. Iot ecruple to boast Of. Bat tbs pr1nc
psi reason ts that they want assistance. All the
army; the lame. The halt; Old men Of seventy-nYs
and boys Of twelve; none are lett to carry on ths
var,ous operations required to sustain the matett
them, they reduce them to the starvation point
and then offer them double rstions e
work. Al orer the to-called Con
n,ggip9 trenches, building houaes, and doing othsl
votk. hling most Of the departments Of nechanl
c1l labor; He bad often seen them working under
f Y. a0s b anan 9ode nm ID
| lie hsd reason TO bellere that they even prepare
| tie ammunition used IN firing on cur troops. No.
leas than tEeny teGnsand Of our men are to-day
their only alternative being death BY starvation.
! Fruu cvcrJ new batch Of prisoners coming Into
their hands they select tae mechanics and pnt
400 were Y orktpg on the Qualifications.
1tfa due to the Union soldiers 10 FAY that the
eres, majority OF them seorntalty reuse TO aecede
tuch condItione. he bad reen many At Charleston
who had 1lus refused, and been starved till re-
cs9. ouesd to mere @ kksletons,, tnsy bad been
been Obliged to crawl about on their
bands and knees seeking for scraps Of food
with which to safiefy their terrible eavings. Fiji
teen Of theee men were once brought to the cener.
al hoepttal in Char1etton, and before orcfng thir
t, en- had died. And this too under thesuper;nten-
dence Of Dr.. Todd, brother Of Mre. Lincoln, one
u the greatest demons that ever lived. He was
man wEo would threaten to buck and gag Union
men for the slightest 1nfac1ong Of their prison dis
c1pline, even though involuntary. The negro pris-
onerr were whipped By bis carefe daily. Dr. Todd
drills in the C0niedefacY, never alloE1ng oppot-
tnnity Of insulting and Ill us,ns Union man to
escspe.
Three months OF such Imprisonment are eufa-
cfent TO break down our strongest and best men,
except thofe who are induced to work fot the
Tepels.
The rebels now hold fn1y sixty thoneand Of our
men, Of whom nearly three thousand are officers.
Tbty claim to have made oilers Of equal exchanges,
eroet, ont that General Butler has refused 10 ao-
cept the terms. ...-.
s1RExo1u OF TIE HEBE111oH.
The rebels are dchting their last 1unn- Old md
youp9, hcaithy ard ticE are In the service. Tee
y hole South Is one vast military camp, and civ
tlian is being scarcely KNOWN
ELS WE'VE AND WHITES,
Colonel Sherman wants ne compromise with
chspge coul1 be ag1eed upon by which the suf-
1e1inSe Of our brave boys Ia the Southern prisons
distant when they vii be restored to houe and
s o1e1sseiaiss % deie.t q shsit H. soes not
presume to Judge ae to whether or not the Gov
ttnntnt has done all it could to procure IN ex.
change, but feels strongly that the suaersnss Of
our brave boys there are stimulus to the strong
est cxertiop, and hopes that the Government Will
1ct niAx in it, efforts to set them 1t liberty.
OK CHANGE.
Color eI Sherman IL by no mesne strong In body.
He too, hse suffered, as hte Attenu1ted franc too
plainly tells hut hs eye is bright ever, and his
voice hiss lost none Of ite old decision when
epeakans Of the work IN ha1d. Though physicaily
nLntted for c1estion, he yesterday yielded 70 the