Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-11

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c8rRrsRL CRuRIr4 AND YAnKRR p,
raIOrrsM.-ch Chaplain MeCsbe, In his Lao.
ture at the Fourth Street Methodist Rpis.
eOpsl Church on Tuesday evening. IL
speaking Of the cruelty Of the rebels 10 the
Libby prisoners 10 Richmond, made anu
sion to The citizens of virgtnta who were
confined there for refusing 10 take. the oath
Ofallsgiauce TO the southern 'ooufedsraicv
The lecturer said that these priSonsE ere
cOnfnedtn room under the one 90, occupied
BY himself and others. One day hs
CHANGED to look down through q little an
sFture in the flooring, whom an old white.
haired man caught HE eye, aud looking M
in most pitifll attitude, begged The
Chaplain for THE love of God te give him,
something to eat, for that he Was starring.
Other prisoners soon crowded about the
old man and Joined him in his appeals.
Tue Chaplain at once collected some bread
from different officers, aud breaking 1t in,
small pieces, dropped the crumbs through
the hole, and the poor, smaetatsd Cres..
lures snatched them az they, dropped. with
Toracity and eagernesS that we're horrible
to see. When tho rebels discovered thatH
the prisoners were being fed Ia this man.
ner they actually stopped stp as6olt. The
officers then devised plan By which thew
were able to lower pieces Of bread from an
outside window by means Of sitting, aud
fed the citizen prisoners 10 this manner
sWhile, but the rebels discovered this plan
alao, and sent an armed guard to he Diado,.
70 prevent it The lecturer rslated other
instances of cruelty, which even exceeded
the above incident In shocking and Rsnd.
iOhbarbarity. =.
OF the 4th of July the Union officers re-
solved to celebrate the day. Col. Straight.
was called to the Chair and everything was.
about ready, when twas concluded there
could be no celsbratiou without n .fiags
Three shirts were taken from The persona
Of three different prisOaers-a red ouej a
white one and a blue one. The stars we're
placed in the blue ground, and the f,so.
,sRas hung mp to the rafters of'ths building
Asthe ceremony was -Gboat "a sOmmspee
rebel officer entered, took down the az 4
and ordered the "fuss," as be descrfbsdiit
to cease, saying plainly, that the prisoners
would not be allowed to celebrate the aky.
a discussion then took place upon, the
question-"Sball We, notwtthstau .tpgy, ..l.
citrate the dsy2" The discussion lasted
siz hours, during which time, the lecturer
remarked, the most earnestly ELOQUENT
speeches were delivered that he ever heard
in bis life. 1t was finally agfset, towev-
eF, at the Suggestion of an old Gman,5tbat
asa disobedieuce OF tue order Ro6id prob
ably result in the punishment of Colonel
Straight and other prominent otficers.
while all would not be permitted to suffer.
to postpone the celebration. et ~
The lecturer said they had a schooliin1i5
the prison, in which classes in all the nat.
ural sciences, presided over by com.
Ps'ent teachers, were formed, and the
cause of education was In Almost flourish.
ing condition. Many of the oficSts had
acquired more knowledge in the prison in
short time than they had acquired in all
their lives, The lecturer hoped that none
Oh the sops ofhis hearers would ever grad
pats in the institution, but it had done, aud
was doing incalculAble4 good. rifa ls-s