, 1864-01-19
THE PAErK BARRACKS I'm.
TESTIGAT1ON.

Mayor GuntAcr and Dr.. sayre hare been
looking into the Park Barracks nuisance, and
tho following is from the report Of the latter,
eAnmcilll revelation of abuse and outrnre
on soldiers in New York city:
Immediately behind the room 4 part is par
titioned oil which the doctor very properly
feet wide, twenty feet long, eight feet high
to the peak, md eight feet to the ewes,
boarded up on three sides tightly; tie fourth,
which faces In the barracks, directly opposite
an immense stove, which is heated to red
heat, is inclosed By slnts, four inches wide.
md placed three inches apart.
= In this 15x20 room there Is not bench OF
stick Of wood OF anything to sit on, not even
post to lean against, except the tour per-
pendicular sides Of the room. There is not
even straw to cover the floor rs d hor or
horse would have, but the accumulated filth
OF many months is the only thing that sepa-
rites the inmates from the naked door
In this "pen" are confined at the present
time sixty-one men, and the officer In charge
Informed me that he Ind at one time as many
Us serenty-seven. Some Of the men, have
been there from three to four months. They
are thus Imprisoned for various military Of
huddled in this common 'spcu," sick and
well together, A guard is placed over them
to prevent escape, and another guard Is witt
ing to accompany them to tho water-closet
in the Park, one at a time !; the other seventy
sE must wait their proper turn, no matter
how pressing the necessity from dysentcry,
diaHhea: or other cause, and, Of course, the
reEuts of such barbarity Gun better be imag-
ined than described.
! These men are fed through the bars, taking
the meat and bread In their fingers, no knives
or forks being allowed: Spoons are allowed
once day, when they have soup. :: No bl:n-
kets are allowed them unless they happencd
ma
Of them are thus fortunate; they have there
fore to lie upon the naked floor with the ex-
ccpt1on OF the accumulation Of filth and mu1
before referred to. :.
The doctor informed me that By laying
them upon their rides in spoon fashion, and
row on the bodies Of the row In 'front.' be-
could pack forty-dvo In the pea; the rest are
now taken ont and chained to trees until
these forty-fvc have had some Sleep. and
then they we're transferred :...:'
The only mode Of cleaning the apartment
Was BY running in Croton water, from
hose thro1gh ii tle slate, which forced the
boEee, pork shins, potato skins, ETC., to the +
back and corner Of the room, and Us it is
nearly level they remain there, and in some
places arc near Nh inch or two In depth.
The men arc covered with lice and yermin,
and the stencil WIS almost unbearablc.
Tho 1ebcl Eoan Abroad. 5
NEW YonE, Jan. Is.
The LONDON Rst Of the 1st inst thus speaks
Aessis. Schroeder d Co., rs the London
representatives Of Messrs. Erlangar q Co, ,4of
Paris, in March Inst brought forward loan !
Of e, ,0co, Geo for The Confederate States Of
America, 1t being issued at 90 per :s1oo and
secuiity for tho interest and repayment ofthe |
principal hting the cation within the Confed-
ernte States, and which was secured to the /
boudho1cen, when 1t could be set free, at Sd
Per H.. The loan Was received with great fa-
yor By the public, and at once ceadyanccd to 514
Per cent premtu1h. 49, 4 reaction, however,
Eoon set in, and it fell to per cent discount,
recovering, however to 2 per cent premium,
since which it las steadily declined, 80 that
now It only stands at $40.