The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-07
THE NEWS.

Wirz court martial on Wednesday. 4
German named Morsner, who was i'm the
Union army, and who was taken prisoner
and sent to Andersonville, testified TINT
he WAS paroled and placed In Virus Of
flee as clerk. In this capacity he had
never been req uired 10 do anything In
consistent with his allegiance to the mn
tional government by Wifz, whom he
had not known to he guilty of the cruel
ties towards prisoners charged against
him; but he had known him to do
things for their comfort and the allevia-
ton of their sntferings, and had heard
him express the wish that he was able
to do more.
George w. f. Reynolds, who testified
that he was taken prisoner while Il spy
in the national service, made some curl
Gus and very interesting statements re-
garding life, manners and customs in the
Andersonville stockade. According to
him it was much like compact city
There We're thirty-three thousand pris-
Oners, the pen was laid out in streets,
and most of the vacations known to ur-
ban life were carried on within it. There
We're about one thousand regulardealers,
including bankers, brokers, provision
merchants, bakers, tailors, shoemakers,
BARRIERS. jewellers, soup jobbers, gam
blers, &c., who kept open shops and off
ces, and did II thriving business. AT
these establishments could be bought, if
one had the money, all the necessares
and many of the luXures of life. The
witness himself kept n shop and drove Il
| heavy trade. He said there We're about
half u million dollars In greenbacks in
the prison. The prisoners had also
among themselves. regular judicial and
police organizations, and mt one time five
disorderly characters among them, who
had been found guilty by jury of their
fellow captives, were hung. He himself
acted as Il magistrate. He told many
other wonderful things of SINH
lar character relative to the interior life
of the prison. He had known suffering
among the men from exposure, but could
not spy that he had witnessed it from
hunger.
During the day there was another
sharp colloquy between members of the
court and Wirz's council regarding the
questioning of witnesses and the man
agement of the defence.
The troops sent out to Morgan county,
Ky, have returned to Lexington, bring
ing with them Mr.. Geardon, the United
States Collector. Captain johnson, who
commanded the expedition, reports that
on his approach the gucrillas disbanded
and scattered in every direction. Capt.
Johnson was buslwhacked and his
pickets fired Oh and driven in at night.
The country IL full OF robbers and guer-
rillas, and the people are in terror. The
guerilla Williams has forbidden the col
lection of any more United States taxes,
and Mr.. Geardon says he cannot go back
|
to protect him. General Brisbin has or
dercd the United States forces to at once
occupy and garrison Bath, Floyd, Nor
gan and Wolfe counties.
Col. Grow is in Washington, raising
funds III aid OF Il new marble tl0ofior the
hall of Wizards Hotel. He has under
taken this philanthropic work, having
learned that owing to the dizziness of the
tines the poor proprietofs are unequal
to the outlay. The present floor, Which
is very much worn, was laid during
the administration Of .Iohu Quincy Adj
ans.
The postmaster Of Boston writes to It's
that the free Post "ad.lressed to Glen.
Geo. II. Gordon, Q Barrister Hall, Bos-
| ton, is not taken out, but remains dead
| in that office u reasol,~-" ref,lsedn
w XII, W HIT III tiiC uIuttcI Will ouI Ill
mented friend now !. Won't he read his
P0sty Sweet tempered c., how we shall
miss thee from our memory.
Over 900 bales OF cotton, valued al
5000 900, were burned ut Memphis on
Sunday. They were owned by Hum Il
Clarkson, Harris Il Wormeley, and the
United States Government. The pri-
vate cotton was insured. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work OF an liz
cendiary.
Chauncey Johnson, the person alleged
to have taken 81 600 from Adams FIX
press Company, and $1,000 in United
States bonds from A. Belmont Il Co., on
Thursday last, was yesterday discharged
from custody ON the ground that he had
successfully proved al a!ihl.
The Richmond Times which we sup
pose means to be, as Mr.. mcfarland
told the President his delegation were,
"as loyal in the future as in the past'-
speaks mildly of the late Contederacy
asan unfortunate nationali!y.''- |Hdshr
agt0a RcpabticdH.
The Provost Marshal Generals Office
at st. Louis is closed, and all its docu-
ments and archives have been packed
up for transportation to Washington.
Recent Intelligence from Columbus,
Ga, is to the effect that Gotten sells there
for 20 cents per ponnl and in Colds
borough ut % cents, in currency.
A plot among the 225 white and black
criminals to escape from the Washing
ton aii was discovered on Monday, just
in time 10 prevent It's success.
Spring Brook, the splendid mansion of