, 1865-08-28

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/ DR.. a. ". HnrrotE~ and others.
| WAsuNc7oS, Ang. as::,.-1nc Wc:z Commission
me. this morning. end after the reading Of the rec
| ord OF yesterday
DE. 4. It. EAEeowa,
who having heretofore lecn swo1n. identified car.
tain paper ole-pd In Tho handwriting OF Iost1h
II. White. The Judse Advocate accordingly
moved 10 amend the first ehatr. On which the
prisoner Il asraIgpea, by substituting the name oi
Joseph Willie as one Of the prisoners with whom
tic defendant Is charged With consprins to csuse
the death Of Union prisoners. 2tr. Daker object
Cd to the motion to supply the misnomes. lie ar-
gutd that The prisoner was as1agncd these char
Eea by otaer Of 1he President, md that until the
original :uthcssty shoald supply the deficiency no
further testimony could be received affecting Dr..
Willie md the prisoner at the bar.
The Court oyerrulel the objection, when The
nane Of Dr.. White WIS corrected.
Mr.. Baker said that the OF JOHN H. Wiudef
also arrearo as ono Of the alleged conspisators.
Tie G.ct was, however. notorious that Vinder is
dead Therefore IL was usc1ess sitting here trim.
ulcn not in existence. He moved to strike out
the nanc Of NInder.
The Judge Advocate you appear for W1nder!
Mt. Naker-No.
The Cou1t-Do you hold TINT Winder is On trial,
Mt. G1kcr-I hold that Winac., WHO IL dead.
cannot 1'e tied sor conspiracy.
Tie Judge Ad. oeate-Wc have not Eeen informed
that Windss Il dead
Mr. Dsker-lt IL nc.orlou. fact Of which the
wcsld has taleu cosnizancc.
The Judge Adeocate-Booth was dead WAR;, the
other cocspfr1tors were tried let in that case the
cornsc1 for the defense made no Objection to
Booths name In the charges.
Iii. 1aker-A Military Commission could do
mapy things not common for civil tribunal to DO:
but they could net t1y dead nan.
The Cont oysr14!ed the fn'oton to stztke oat the
name GfJohn u. Nindcr:
ihe prisoners were arrested for bu;fn. green com,
which the guard took amy from them. Com Is IN
snufcoEbntic in cases OF ecuty and ts usef diet.
strenm which nm through the prison The c1alations
rom which Ncse terrible and ycrJ unhealthy; be-
ssdc= tht sinks ovc1'omed owing to the rains, rem
bodies sometimes 1AJ unburiea for three days. The
etcDch uns terrible sensibly affecting the atmosphere,
and was woEEe than that trom any diEsectin; room.
10 headquarters Dead men were in lhe morning
frequently found among the Irving. Tie largest
nnmhF q deaths Il thr blockade for one day In
The wt,ncss found Capt. Weir In charge 0, The
Prison when he went there, and left hin there
ai tae time he made his s. 3 escapc. Rations
cntire day. owing TO the alleged oHvnces Of fer
others. The witness remembered that Werz sail
te n9 mt he ez Wa1 ,a Of more ee;sife to The
'-%fN*H4*AANA% >-S%HN
Gsoes- EsssnInas-B Mr.. Ealez-was med,csl
the eaT, and had been licensed efpce he cWnsnas-
tered out on the sh OF December last The witnes&
had nessr teen our men In the e1n,y wearing ball
ind chain. nor had he seen them puai=hea in any
other Nny than By detention in the guard honse
He had +ecn men IL oar hospitals Affected with
syphilis but none q the cases were had thosc
at Antertongtlle. Our cases wcfc primary, While
those in The rebel prison were secondary. Tie
crrss questioning vas further continued 10 show
that the rcaHl hospItals sscsc deficient Of medical
The Sogt then, at one O'Clock, took recess I'LL
it is proper TO say that Nr. Baker did not yolnn
tazy appear a. counsel for The dccncc, as has been
eop;al.ation With Judge Hughes, who had iuzt r.
On lhe re-a-ecmhlng Of the Court, The cross-c1-
animation Of Dr.: naHnWs was resumcd:
ng IN Ind d @ and ,,11 ons to insufficient
against hose who had syphilis. The questions and
:nfNcrs we're numerous on the point, involving the
treatment Of the disease
le did rot see the relevancy Of these questions.
MT. Baker replied, he lad asked witness with
what disensc patients suffered, and how disease
pltal and whether syphilis Nas owing 10 the vaccine
matter used upon them. Tic Was cross examining
the witness on Ibis EerT point,
opportunity 70 answer. You frequently pui words
'Nf. Hakes-l have right to thus draw nom him
the Comt-Wc arc disposed 10 be very liberal,
viii mol take exception 10 tie manner Of exam
Nj III. nsier-i % win pursue the cross examination
in q proper way, 1t LIDO not the Court Will CT.
The Court-Thc witness must answer in bis own
nj. nakc7I must pursue the courze laIl down
In the books, or must stop.
fHEn
The erost-exanlnaiiou Was further continued,
when the Couf1 interrupted the counsel hy saying:
there il another lecture altogether u1bccomns and
At. isaEcT-I beg the Courts pardon.
The Coart-Iou beg pardon 1t Ia granted.
Mr. Bnke1-l hope 5ou Will not hold me strictly
The court-say nothing more about that, hut
Is sroz'ss"n'"ss'on was then resumed and
Ibe Court iu1c7rocated tac witness, rho said the
rebel force st lAndereonylle was between 600 and
ioycc oi coloscd men. There were ayes enough TO
supply our men for like pasposc,, The witness
gave his honest opinion, that il there had been
rary supplies, from is TO 50 per cen. q the
deaths might have been prevented Ii the dtspen-
Est he had seen come supplies sshlsh & bag come hs
Or three hundred pounds-ana come bologna eaus-
nses. lie ecveral boxes Of clothing at the de-
pot Nobody in hit ward saw anything q the clo-
brought in, but II did not afford zach man in The
Hnrd half IN ounce. The witness did not know who
nsed the remainder ofthc beef and sausagcs.
EoDEET u. KELLOGG.
Rolt,f r. Kdlo9g suoTn.-Satl he WIS captured
ut Plymouth, and with about 409 o.hc- prisoners |
wrs taken to Andcrsouyil!e- This Nas on The Sd or
sny, 1861. The only other prisoners there al the i
time were those who had been brought from Belle
Isle, Libby Prison, and other points. They were
ragged and destitute Of clothing. Many Nere |
ncerly mixed. and totally unptoyIded with shelter
Except Uttered blankets. The men were |
mere skeletons. TIE prison appeared to be
crowded, though thousands were brought
there aafterward. The men were in dlthy candi-
lion. There wns = poor opportunity to keep clean.
here Wns very little soap. he men would ger smok
ID over the pine dre while cooking and for want Of
soAp could not remove the stains This smoke made
as The ecaSon advanced, ahc weather bccame in
lensely hot There were twenty rainy days IN the
month o1 June. The prisoners were not supplied
regularly OF sufficiently with fuel. Sometimes
squad would be allowed to 70 out and bring In pine
roots 10 make fire, Sometimes the fatious fur
1ished were raw, with no wood to coeS them.
The penalty OF tfesraEstng on the dead line Wis !
aealh. He remembered seeing nm who Was shot |
fos this cause By the sen1incls. ary one crossed
fom the prison to the swInp he would be shot at.
Once he stepped 10 the brook TO wush his hand.
u hen the sentincl fred at him. The plecc mjesed
Its objeC.1 and he soon got out Of the reach Of |
M. Ecker objected to the question naked bv the 4
Judre Advocate, gazing somebody wns han. not |
Killed, and therefore somebody must l,c hung,
The Court rebuked the counsel, saying th4t such
rcmatks were excessively improper, and there Eas
. re1,ef1r to prevent the repetition. The obfec.