The Shasta courier., 1865-12-09
SHASTA COURIER.
AndersonviIle from New Point of View.

Andersonville from New Point of View.
The horrors and barbarities of the great
prison pen at AndersopyiIle have been shown
up and e1patiated upon in every possible
light, but there is one phase of its interior
life in regard to which the press has here
tofore been silent. In taking a cursory
survey of the evidence in the Wirz trial, as
taken down by the court reporters we alight.
ed upon an extract sandwiched in between
the details Of atrocity. which shows how
strongly developed are ruling passions in the
human mind, and how little affected men
are in the pursuit of their favorite propen-
sites and pastines even by the presence Of
death. TIE passage possesses the de pest
interest: "a
"George W. F. Reyrod testified that he
was taken prisoner as spy in Tenn, sSee.
made his escape, but was recaptured in Mis-
sissippi. and sent to Richmond afterwards
he was transferred to Aadersenvilles where
he arrived in June, 1861. lie acted
prison sutler and also as .magistrate.-
Men were brought before him for stealing,
who were punished by fogsing being set to
work and washed A number of men were
banded together and took by force what
was not their own. such watches. money.
clothing, food and tin cups. A police force
was organized TO put down the raiders. :
This police force was called the regulators
On one occasion the raiders tried to put
down the regulators when the latter cali
ed for and obtained assistance from Cap
tain Wirz. Eleven of the raiders were
arrested. six of whom were hanged and five
were placed in the chain-ging.
The witness, among other surprising g
statements, said there were five, or six shoe
makers at work in the stockade, and as
many tailors, aud two swatchmakers. The
witness also testified that the streets of the
camp were filed with .soup .j9bbers, and
at the roughly constructed tables could be
bought coffee, tea, ham and eggs. There
were 500 bakers in the stockade, who had
baked and sold pies and cakes. There was
plenty of flour, saleratus, etc. Witness had
an establishment called the Novelty Store.
He had a greater variety of articles than
any other person in camp. He so d
-four, hams. chickens, pepper sorghum,
beams. peas, etc., besides medicines.
Witness further testified there was half a
million of greenback currency in camp
there were also in camp barber shops.
.:lothiers and brokers, the listter were en-
SaSeu III DuFlhS paper Hlouey. chechS d'tu
gold and silver; there were Also iewelrv
shops in the camp, and in one Of these he
saw fifty watches and a number of breast
pins and rings to be repaired. The owner
of this shop kept Z a iournevmi.,,. / he
witness also testified that there were ais
fuel and lumber merchants at the prison at
Andersonvile. aud that lots of ground were
purchased at reasonable rates within the
stockade. on which shanties were erpciel.-
There were also gamblers there. who bad
runners out to hunt up victims. The wit
ness testifes to many other things. showing
that extensive trade and THEFT were carried
on at the prison. he men suffered from
exposure. but he could not say that they
suffered from hunger. The witness said
there were about one thousand dealers in
various kinds of food and goods at the
prison"