, 1864-06-07
Horrible Treatment or Union Prlso-

From the PhilsdelpAia Pfsss nc copy the
following extract from letter written by
Dr.. Wallace, ofthat city, relative to the con-
dttion ofthc Union prisoners lately released
from Richmond:
l saw one young man who had been 4 prts-
oner In the hands OF the rebels for, think,
esyen months. He had been released 2bont
q month before law him. Upon bis en-
trance into The hospital, the nurse and the
surgeon both assured nie that his forearm
was SO thin that It Was transparent between
the bones when held up to tho sunlight.
CeltAin It is that have Eeyer seen = more
enaciatcd human form, whether alive or
dead, and yet lo said that he was gaining
flesh and strength every day! What must he
have been one month before I eaw him p
for at this time be could NOT change his po-
sitioa : in bea without assistance.
1now quote from the llps Of two OF those
with whom convened:
1st Private Jackson B1oshers, agcl twenty
ye2rs, six feet one inch Iigh, Company D,
65th Indians Aounted Infantry. F" I mas c.p-
tured December 16, 1868; Was two months
On Belle Isle; had pieee Of tent full Of
formJ bod; it wss glren to inc br thu guard;
that y II all had " kesp rns of the ground j;
the water came In through the piece of tent
that Was oTer rle. and wet me through; the
rebels took away my hat and cnD and gave
NE an old jeans hat; they took my gum
blanket, tNo wool blankets nnd ovorcoae; I
had msas three times while Oh Belle Isle; no
more; I was hungry all the time, Tor about
two months !; I taa no food but corn bread''
{oft the size referred to sbove.). ~ cot thin
ner and weaker every day, until my stomach
gage cut in two mouths. Tlen lost my
appetite, and then tho weakness camc, oh, SO
hsa, SO bad! We'll, ! had to estmy corn
bread, OF lie; 30 nibblrd little noT and
tl,ep, and claved 1t up, and got some down,
tut |. sicEeutd lue, and then came the dur
rbta. My weight MAS LIS pounds when I
joined tho army, two Jea1s ago. and :got q
\. guo1 dial heavier and stronger, forI VAS
/ EeTcr rick In the army. might have weigh
been getting stronger and heavier since
came into this hospital, On tue eth OF
Mo1ch 1854" -
carried this man down stairs in mr. arms,
for be could nut walk without support, and
I weighed him May u; lila weight was l0311
pounds. It il his picture that send you.
II IVES taken By my direction and III MT
secun.l Corpornl--U suppress tha namo
llst this might meet bis nother's cycl !"
| IVES captured in SEPTEMBER, 1868; was on
Belle Isle only six Gays; 1ad no SHELTER
| there; lxid in shc dew aud frost, and sgf-
fered with cold for the rebels had taken -ay
1n9 N4tE4ot0 AAA UiaAhCtt na4 0hN ~ ClF
| cnng 1t MI; had small pox In prison In De-
cembcr; had SIMMER clothes on wheu !
vas csptured, End Ho1o them all the time
| rig1,t through tic email pox; when Igot well
| OF the Enall: pnx | washed my clothes;
canlc here, in the tame clothes, on the I'd OF
Man.
THIS roor fellow 11s so shrIyellcd that his
face looked like that Of an ape. 1t ,vaa
seamGd and Wrinhled, and in folds. had
lis picture taken; he asked ire for one;
promised it to bin, aud inquired what 4o
wanted 1t for? lie trembled, chokel with
emotion, cx1ntd himGelf, Rxsfn Quivercd,
and, as the tears snshcd from Ala eyes, said !:
!" To Send 1t TO my mother"
Irt}olced when found that the picture
EaS failure, toT tie sight Of that face In q
picture, really b>liero might hare killed
Lis rotler, OF turned her brAia- =,
TIE Eic'uzes which Ar. Birch has. aud
which rcelvea ars from among tho worst
t,ou" on the I'd Inst, to tbe hospital. The
Esaa broshera fs In 8 fair average condition
ofa very large number. of that rnlsrtunate
cEc lrLslIe1.
1t atlorde us no pleasure to publish this
eyidtncc of tue brutal inetincts Of the leaders
Of tho rebellion. Il is, on the contrary, Z
psiEfnl task to tins publish to the 'yorfl
such record :of crime, agalnst men who
haze heretofore beea regarded ~ rc1ned and
| peculiarly caivalrlc in their habits; but it il
due to tue loyal people Of America, and tt
the civilized people Of the world, to know
| the true character OF the men who seek tt
build up all Independent Government In thi
| cepptty,.