Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-13
NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION
&C.. Ae.. sc. Ae.. &c.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 2-Mr Baker in aceor
dance with the railing OF the Court yesterday
presented a partial list Of witnesses whom h,
desired 10 have subpenaed. and stated what b.
could prove BY them.
The Court said thai what he claimed sevsra
OF the Witnesses would swear to. was not propeI
evidence. ia
Mr.. Baker suppose that is for US to Judge
The Court.-That is for the Court. H.I7s
Mr.. B.-I hope thu Court viii give us ever,
consideration.
The Court-we will give you whatever i,
proper. .s
Mr.. B.-we can show hundreds oil other thing
By these witnesses.
Felix De Labaume, VI the Seventy. ninth New
York, testified. among other things. of oaptsis
Wsrtz firing two shots NJ two men who were
drawing water; he said one OF them was 10 dy
ing condition; Wertr accompanied the act with
the exclamation, that's the way got rid OF yov
id SONS OF BIS" witness related other perpe
tratons of cruelty. such keeping the men ios
long periods without vafe,, putting men in
stocks, fastening thsw. With ball and chain
oueking and gaggi-s. and hunting them with
hounds; he saw txe men killed q. the dead line
as for himself. vsen be was conveyed TO prison
he weighed oae hundred aud hfty eight pounds,
but when 40 left he weighed only ninety pounds,
and wala mere skeleton; be owed the saving OF
bis lie 10 Dr.. Bates, an acting assistant surgeon
at Is hospital: owing 10 the starved condition OF
the prisoners, rats were great delieaey: DR..
Bates managed to get them something to eat,
and therefore no more rats were caught
Rev. Father Hamilton, of the Roman Catho-
lie Church, residing at Macon. testified to his
acting as missionary at Andersouvillo prison,
and gave many points OF interest, including the
distressing condition of the Union prisoners their
sickness, suieriog and great mortality. The
witness stated General Cobb asked him what he
should recommend to be done. He advised that
officer 70 parole ell the prisoners on their word
of honor and to send them to Tallahassee. Fla
lie gave General Cobb a particular account of
the prison affairs. Publications on this subject
appeared in all the newspapers Of .ss South
Judge Advocate Chapman mo. lava rrot cots
you from disclosing secrets of the confessioDai.
Please state, il you feel authorized TO do so. -
what cause the sick men under your ministra,iou
ascribed their dying condition
Father HI cannot answer the question, for
the confessional Is one Of the most sacred ami
inviolatle OF ouE institutions | do not decline
TO answer because want to take any advantage,
but outsiders might charge that had violated
the confessional therefore, | respectfully decline
to answer. Witness desired to make correction
He and Father Whelsn were not chaplains to the
Andersonville prison; had rendered gratnitous
services there a. priests.
Chas. L. Tibes, OF the Fourth Iowa Regi
ment, testified to the cruelties oil Capt. Vert !.
and the filthy condition OF tho grounds. TIA
filth WAS buried from foot to eighteen inch a.
deep. but when the rain fell il was all vast sd
out, filled with lice and msggots, aud this Al.
tended throughout the prison. On one occsssoa
Werz said 10 witness aud his companions BRING
me Bill Crandell and I'll give $500 out os NV
own pocket; and you young sons of BE, III
make you smell HI before night--you are sen
fenced to work in the graveyard every day. to
be put on half rations, stand in the socks at
night, aud be the last men exchanged IL you
don't work I'll put you the top Of the dead
and cover you up. The next day, in pursuance
OF orders, he sent them to Florence.
James Culver, of the First Wisconsin among
other instances OF cruelty. mentioned that a
chain gang Of twelve men complained because
one OF their number was very offensive from
diarrhea. This man was detached and left TO
himself. the thirty-two pound ball still fastened
10 his leg and the iron collar around his neck
The irons were not taken from him until after he
died Witness heard Wertz declare be was doing
more for the Confederacy than any General in
the field
Adjourned till to- morrow.