Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-21

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cold ground without bed or blanket, and We
have = very scanty supply Of medicine, and The
ratiens are no, Of the proper kind aud not Issued
In proper quantities.
Hoping that proper steps nay be taken to
remedy these defects. l an. SIR. yeur obe4ient
| servant. A THoRxBrRG,
| Assistant SorgeoD.
| To X. X. Stevenson, In charge, A. h
Witness bad made applications similar 10
Or. White; be frequently sag prisoners have
pants made out Of what little bed eloshing they
| could get: during the administration of DR.
White but few vegetables. and those email GUAM
| Titles. were issued; witness knew there vas an
order from the War Department placing the
prison hospitals on the saue footing With Con.
fedssate hospitals spisal funds could then have
been drawn and it would have supplied the hos.
pitAl with vegetables; the meal issued unsiltsd
and very coarse; under the Administrations OF
DR. Stevenson things we're very little better than
under DR. white; il was very difficult TO procure
medicine, aud when acquisitions we're made out
| 10 was many days before they we're filed. and
| frequently medicines most needed we're not fur
nished at all; mortality great; witness aitrib-
uted is 20 want of proper diet, erswding OF nsn
in small places aud lack OF shelter aud fuel the
worst cases came from the ssocksde: there was
nearly 90 deaths day and their places being filled
| by sick mea from the stockade; deaths ire
qseutly occurred In the siockade; some died Who
bad never received medical attention; persons
waiting 1T the stockads gate for medicinal sttsn-
ton would die before being carriedto the hospital
The witness vas here shown the hospital regis
ter. and he stated that he recognized the books
as belonging TO the hospital st Andersonville;
saw no marks to indicate that j, had been tam
pered with, except some pencil marks, which be
supposed to be check marks
The book was here offered in evidence by Col
Chapman. IL Is record Of the Hospital at An
dersonvile
Fredei1k N Jayne. clerk to Commission. tee
tilted be had prepared exhibit of the nunber Of
deaths from book. Ia deing this hs made the
check marks referred to by witness
| DR.. Thornburg resuned-The number Who
returned to the stocksde from the hospital vas
very small; many who got well we're detached
as nurses or in some duty outside the stockade
Witness had frequently seen men brought out OF
the stockade and no one knew what they died
Of. One half Of those who died could have been
saved had proper diet and accommoda atoms
been furnished. In August or buildings we're
erected in the northwest corner OF the stockade: in
beginning of the year ONE four or ave other
sseds we're erected in the southern part Of the
stockade. The witness knew nothing about the
capacity OF the sheds how many they would
hold. Many Of the prisoners built shelter with
boughs. old blankets or anything they could get
| There was some frost and little leo during the
| winter. In the emaciated condition of the pr
oners the weather was cold enough to freeze
them to death. During the summer OF 1864. in
the hottest weather, the thsrmo mcter stood 90 or
| 100 in the shade, and in the summer of 1863 lt
was much warmer
Colonel Chapman here called attention TO the
name of o. Gcraty, One Hundred and Sixth
Pennsylvania regiment, on the register. who
frozen to death during the winter of 1864.
By Mr. Bsker-Witness thought the build
ings in the stock.de we're erected by order of
Wirz; register offered in evidence WAS the prop
erty OF the hospital ia charge of Dr. White; fre-
quently prisoners would be sick when they arri-
we'd; witness never treated the prisoner who had
recovered by amputation; he had been shot by a
sentinel. bat for what cause he did not know; he
bad frequently seen men brought out OF the
| stocaade with their wounds upon them; they
were dead; saw some who bad their skulls lrae
tured, had treated one or two Who we're wounded
in the steckade by their comrades; in the early
part OF jane he treated FIVE hundred patients a
day. He never was interfersd with by Captain
Wirz, who, The witness thought, showed . dspo-
sition fer the Surgeons to do all they could for
the prisoners. Large quantities of vegetables
we're entered upon the hospital books as bought,
but they were never brought into the hospital:
the vegetables bought with the hospital
fund. and there must have been fraud com mitted
If the amount Of the hospital fund allowed by
the Government had been drawn, it would have
been enough to supply all the necessary thing. to
| the hospital; the hospital fund shouls have been
drawn from the Commissary.
GREAT FAIR IN sosrox.
Bosros. Sept 80 The fair OF the Charitable
Mechanics Association opened today with fiat
tering prospects of great success: both Fsneuil
and Quincy Halls are occupied for the exhib-
ton. being connected by a temporary bridge
The fair will last several dsys.
ARRIVAL or THE NIAGARA
The United States steam frigAie Niagara. from
Europe, arrived below this port this evening
and anchored in the Light House channel
Az IScESDrARr
PORTLAND. Me-, Sept 20.-A lobster dealer
| named Jones, has been arrested and confessed
to setting FIRE this morning to Williams man
sioa. DE is also suspected of causing the late
great eondagraton At Augusta. He was armed
with loaded revolvers.
LATER FROM KURePE
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 9--Thsrs lie no news Of i'm
| portance.
The London Times OF to day has an editorial
| opposing the project Of saddli0g England with
heavy obligations on account Of the In,erna-
tional Railway from Quebec to Halifax. and ar
guing against the exPedisnay Of the undertsk-
ing
| PARIS, Sept. y.--It is asserted that the French
| Government has addressed q note to Prussia, in
reference 10 the murder OF OFT by Count Euleu-
berg, and dvels upon the fact that France ex-
tends protection to all her subjects
PARDON or NAIL RoBRER
WASHINGTON, Sept 20. Tho President to-
day granted an unconditional pardon to Francis
Buchanan, who was trisi by the District Court
Of Wisconsin ct July term, 1859 for robbing
| the United States mail. and sentenced to ten
| year. imprison ment
INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS or CUSTOMS
The following circular modifying former in
| strsctions has been issued TO the Collectors of
customs:
TREAsURT DEPARTMENT, J
WASHINGTON, Sept Is, 1865
| SIs: The circular OF the lst inst, relative to
| the shipa.ent of guns aud mpunition into
States heretofore declared 10 instruction, 10
hereby far modified that you will hereafter
grant permits, without any reference TO the De
partnent. for the shipment Of sporting guns and
ammunition therefor in any reasonable amount,
and also blasting powder for mining purposes.
You will make weekly returns the last Of each
week of the several applications granted by you.
| showing the names and residences Of tie con
signers and csnsigness. the amounts and char
scter Of the powder, shst and lead shipped, which
must be stated in pounds, kegs. bags or casks,
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