The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-26

" GlS Sonullon OF the prisoners at An
According to his narration, the sour
Yey was next to rottenness, with which
many Of the men suffered. Many of
them starved to death because of the
Pancity and EMBELLISHMENTS ofIthe
rations and in consequences of gan
creme, there We're frequent amputations
and Ee-apputations Of limbs. RI
The commission then took recess
until 2 O'Clock p. m. -
Dr. a. w, Barrows testified to having
been sent n prisoher to Andersonyille
delegated as a surgeon there, but alter
being there about six months, escaped
ne ne gave an interesting account of how!
Union prisoners who had attempted to-
make their escape, We're punished,
with the stock or chain gang, He test
titled to the insufficient and unwhole-
some character of the rations, and the
absence of medical supplies, and gave
q sickening account OF the cruelties to
the prisoners. Blood-hounds were no.
tually employed to capture escaping
prisoners. Among. other things he said
that the men We're vaccinated with i'm
pure matter, from the effects of which
many died. When the prisoners were
being removed from Andersonville,
one of them. fell back, when Wirz
knocked him down and jumped on him.
WASHINGToE, August 25.-The court
room was crowded with spectators this
morning, including many wonen,-l
Capt. Wirz was brought in ut n few
minutes to II O'clock, The record OF
yesterday having been read ut length,
the examination of DIR. John C.. Bltes
was resumed. Speaking of Anderson
vile prison, he said the scuIryey there
was net to rottonness, Some of the mn
tients could not eat because there was
not masticatiOn; their teeth were loose.
They frequently asked him to give
nN tor rN 4 A
cause pain. While DR.. Stevenson was!
medical director he did not manifest
much interest III the relief of the net.ess-
sitous. The rations We're less thnn 20
ounces in "a hours. He did not know
but what u, man would starve to death
on II, especially If the food was. of few
articles and monotonous. Sometimes
the meat Was good and sometimes bnd |
In consequence of the paucity and
EMBELLISHMENTS of the ratiOns, some |
of the men starved TO death; the ampu-
tations and re-amputations, owing to /
gangrenOus wounds werc numerous;l
there WIS plenty of wood i'll the neigh
borhood which might have been cut to |
answer all demands. There was on 7
one occasion an alteration between DR.
james and Capt Wirz. On going into
The Hospital DIR. James learned that his |
chief clerk had been arrested and or
dered to undergo buck md gag The
clerk WINS bucked and set outside the |
gate. On inquiry DIR. James found that |
the clerk had neglected to report IL inun
that was missing. DIR. James wrote n 1
letter speaking of Wirz' tyranny, and
she clerk still continued TO be punished. /
A sketch inpencil, drawn by one Of thei
inmates of the prison, was exhibited to
the, witness, who said, there is DR..
Bates No. /, examining the quality of
beef there Is DIR. BITES, No, 2 giving
meat and domestic cripples.u ft'wns
his PrerogatiYe, as officer of the day, to
supervise,
When rattons were to be issued, we
would frequently go to the place, and
him imploring for bones. He WINS rep
as distributing bones. That I;
was OF frequent occurrence.i5 b ;G-5ist +
me sketch was accurate as far us il \
went, but it was not filled in. There |.
ought to be 20 or 40 figures in the space
sketched, hobbled along on cructhes:
others L'rnIIlad tl,e ssSp1lTlsl with -
cups in their mouths, because they
could carry those articles in no other
way. They wanted to mash llp the 4
bones to procure their contents for j
Mr.. Baker remarked that DIR, Bates
looked much better ON the witness
stand than he did in the sketch. zoos |:
ThewitneSs thanked the gentleman
for the compliment. talf!iSsI .st.s'
The Judge Advocate propose d to OTTER
IN evidence n morning report of the
surgeon acting Rs officer of the day,
and asked the witness 10 examine the
hand writing, 4, - -
Mr.. Baker objected, saying the pris-
oner was charged with conspiracy and L
murder. If the defendant had con-
spired with other parties these must be
before the court. No court colld mt
trN,N
and try them in their absence. WHAT
ever was put in must bear on the pris-
oner before the court. He asked Hheth-
err the court could try persons not be-
fore 1t. The evidence sought to be
introduced w9e not strictly applicable
to the defendant. There was nothing
to connect Capt. Wirz with this morn
ing report and with tho Surgeon in
charge. H.r -iu.,fg llf1 tF slfI
The Judge Advocate supposed the
gentleman was perfectly aware That
parties could be tried singly to save
time. he would recommend to cOUn.
sci Russell on crime and Starky on
evidence. - aiilsa
Mr.. Baker replied that these author |
j tiles showed that when conspirHtOrs |
were to be tried the court might, ON
application of counsel, elect to separate
and try the parties separately, but in
this case the alleged conspirators have
never been before the court to ask for
n separation. They were not now in
custody; they were Mt large. 1t wns
not known that they ever would he
tried in civil court. He would ask that
the charges beIqunshed. ~ Il If5I III.
i The court decided to admit the naper
which was read as follows: -
EIRsr DIVISION, c. S. a., D a
/ In Z. HOSPITAL, Sept. 5, 1864.
SIR; Az officer of the day. ON nnst
Itwenty=four hours, L have inspected tile
4 hospital and find il In as good condi-
4 ton rs the nature OF circumstances Will
(, allow. A majority Of the hunks are
still lnsupplied with bedding, while in
4 entirely destitute of either hunks and
bedding or straw, the patients being
compelled to lie upon the. hare ground.
J Iwould earnestly call your attention to
unhealthy diet, the corn bread received
} from the bakery being made up with
ont sitting is wholly unfit for tho uaa