Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-02-04
81, Prisoners CT the North.

1t is interesting to the friends of Confederates in prs
on at the North to know where the prisoners loca
ted, and with what degree OF humanity their inmates
are treated. returned prisoner VINO has tried them
all writes the following description OF taeir aCcOmnoda
tions:
Fort AcHenry is 81 uared On peninsula 10 Bat-
city bar5or exposed to the bleak winds that blow,
from the Chesapeske Bay. 1t ia very uncomfortable
good buildings, but the prvates of army suffer ter
riby There Is generally soma three four hundred
of here. It s however, but depot for John
some Island and Point Lookout and they are not al
lowed to accumulate. Here, however, some eighty
surgeons, lett at Gettysburg by Gen Lee, were couH1
cd Tor Ave months 10 th1 hay loft of Stable
Point Lockout is in the Chesapeake Bay, just where
the Potomac river empties into tha. stream. be quar-
eis here safeguards against cold ard tempest but
the Other accommodat tions are ecaut and resyre, The
ot Is bad nut this not the fault OF the United States
Goverument-t is the fault of the eergeants, &C.
They speculate up3n the ratons. The small pox ht
appeared here. and there quite number Of cases
David Island near New York, was very good place
for our Wouoied The Semsritaus Of New York OBJ
tanning provisions. furnished men with food, cloth
ing ard money In great protusion. 1t is singular fact
that The further goes North the hetter he treat
Cd. 1t is expaiDed, however in the fact that what
criminal in lady OF Balmore is simply an ac of Char
i'y 10 8 lacy of New Ynlk. Que meu David 1saud
| can assure their friends, treated as kiLdy as ii
they were at d me.
Johpsons I~lad has already been tu!Iy described by
rtntE WEllSFS IL I6 N SaDQu3ky Day. 0QO IL
used exclusively for fficers They make them
selves as comfortable and as happy possible. They
have their dramatic societies, etc. pumbtr Of cur
tfces are, however, in bail and chain and many OF
them have their heads sentences of death and end
less imprisonment. The quarters most comfort able
and there is no danger OF any suffering with the
cold.
West Hospital Building, Baltimore City, is in the
Union bock, and it is the wors- place Confeder-
couli be carried He if wounded, is carried to
comfortable bed but at its head is picture OF Nc
Clellan whipping LIE before Richmond, and over him
hangs the conountted Stars and Stripes. Hail Colum
bia is his breakfast ind Yankee Dodle eounds in his
ear the balance OF the day Everything is most loyal
The very bricks he tresds upon are red, white and
blue, and the whole concern is presided by the
pinons OF the American eagle. This popserse may be-
by those who have not been there. I
will leave thoae who have been there 10 explain. DR..
Rex, the surgeon n charge while was there, was a
strict ocerhe obeyed to the letter the order OF his
master, Schenck, The Confederate Government has
ou wed Butler pronouncing him unfit to be earth
Those who have been uDder him, pronounce Schenck
to be unfit for heIt.
Besides those above named there numerous pris.
Dos in which our prisoners are con1ed. The bastiEe
Fort Warren the chateau dIt, Fort Lafayette the
castle d lncenoes Baltimore Jail all OF which are fill
with Confederate soldiers and sympsthizers. You
nave aot seen into sey of these prisons but you have
seen our prison Libby, at Richmond. It is palace
alongsde OF any that mentioned. and afsr five months
spent in the prisons of the North on @ visit to Libby
said "Oh, that my lot cast in such pleasant pla
;es"