The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-28
WRIT TRIAL.
lipgs Of Saturday

nooe edlpgS OF Saturday
Exsni zion Of Dr.. Barrows
{9hs essa11nSsg Of Robert ~. Kellogg
IBy usaof fflss, cor. Monroe and Water Sta
WAsafNerbN, August 28-Ths Wi.ii
Commissi0a met this morning, ant aifel
I the readiuf of the record Of yesterday
IDr. A. W: Bnrrows, who having hereto
fpre been sFdrn, identified certain pa
faek Sfbrsd Is in the hand writing of Jo
siek u White Tie Judge Advocate
AceuGdingif moved ~ amend the first
SAanes cu @hich the prisoner is arraign-
"a " sub(t tituting tue name of Joseph
Whitsa q oae of the prisoners with whom
| the dsfsnd1pt is charged with conspiring
% oause ~ death of Union prisoners
Hr Ba16k objected
) Tks sco6ft overruled the objection,
Whpn theSham of Dr. White was cor
rected
Dr.. bsrn0ws further testiiei shat at
| [1Andersonvf1l prisoners were arrested fol
huyinf gre3n corn, which the guard took
svux 3tOn& &hsm. as sn artiscortutic In
csoes Of schrvey, and as useful diet
The slops G the cook house were thrown
into the steam which ran through the
pfiSon; tbebxhalatiop from which were
iutoaesabie iand very unhealthy Be.
sides the siAks overdowed during The
raius, ssudeting the premises still more
|intoIersblosz Human bodies sometimes
Isx unburi2 for three days The stencil
VI taerih&, sensibly affecting the at
mtephefe. I'D was worse than that from
- 6lsSseflt fltg room. Complaints of these
thines w6co Frequently made in high
Quaftsrs. D6ad men were frequently
found amo4g the living The largest
nnmber Of Heaths in the stockade for
one Say, in 1agust, 1864, was a67. The
witness fou3f Captain Wirtz in charge
of me prisga whom he went there, and
left HIM tAsfe at the time he made his
ascaus. RStiOas were cut OF from the
entire namtbr of the thi,ty thousand
prisoners fdC one entire day. owing to
ths alleged ;6fience of others. The wit.
nass rememSered that Wirtz said to him
that he(Wlktz) was of more service to
fhe Confedn3Rte Government than any OF
Of the poof febels in the front.
Cross exAlhined by Mr.. .Bakrr-Was a
medical student at Amhert, Massachu-
setta. at the,b breaking out of the war, and
had been licensed since. He was mus
tered ont Cd the 7th of December last
The witncs3 had never seen our men in
ths army wearing q ball and chain. nor
hnd hs seeu them punished in any other
way thnuhf detention i'm the gurd house.
He 'haA sean men in Onr hospitals aff1ict
ed With Grphilis, but none of the cases
were 20 badas those at Andersonville--
Oar cases w6re primary, while those in
tha rsbel urison were secondary as a
general thing
The GROSS questioning was farther cou-
timed to ehOw that the rebel hospitals
were deflc{sht in medical remedies.
The ooni2 then Cat oclock) took a
reoess til 4p'clock.
At b pT0Bcr to say that Mr.. Baker did
not yosuut3fil appear rs counsel for the
defsnse, as Has been stated, but entered
upon tho dafies of counsel after consnl.
fstion with Judge Hughes, who had
fuse retired from the case:
On the r6asscmbliug Of the court the
cfuss examination of DR.. Barrows was re-
T1ine IN the dirt, and owing to INSULT.
EcfeSf 1ed3cfnes and diet, the chances OF
feoe4ory W6re against those who had
~ ftdSss gave it as his honest opin-
Etua ~ II sfhere had been proper food,
oiotk kaa9, qatrters, and other necessary
Eaf6 ~, fn1n 20 to 30 per cent. of the
- 39{itt have bsen prevented. In
|3ks il60SiSn.y he had seen some supplies
whfck kad e6ms by way Of Richmond,
sa6h = driea beef, say 200 or 300 pounds,
N fpms Bologna sausages. He saw
|, ,s53tf1l bo4ss of clothing at the depot.
/ Nb6dy inhis ward saw anything of the
ln6. Hnce or twice little OF the
Elft1d bea vas brought in, but it did not
aHbrd eaeh man in the ward half an
ouhc1. Thd witness did not know who
80 Che Ebainder of the beef and sau-
Hdbsrt HKeiiogg being sworn. said
n Qna c. 6fed at Plymouth, and with
6bu&t 161 Kindred other prisoners wa
|st11nsu 4o kaei sonvills. This was thi,i
a. Nnx ~ The men we're in filthy
l2 There was poor opportunity
RI j, was very little soap The
r ket smoked over the pine lire
'!s,: s; :'s q. e. ...;a z.'s ii: Of .aose ssss
Tia pe 1lfy oftrsspassing on the dead
line WpsX 66th He remembered man
tfs re 0t.for this cause by sentinels
/ EHatx0 EUssed from the prison to the
lSWa1 ~ &kould be shot at. Once ht
Eet0IS1 teli3e brook to wash his hands
|. ~ = sael Incl fred at him,
sIl9 kisy as we'll as quality of ra
/, ,tlops rsl Regular Some days they go'
,iOfhffr E IE some days short allow
ance. = )ler DAYS full quantity. suct
| ~ 4 wS6z early 300 out Of 400 who &C
eonspsai = Elm to Andersonville, died il
| = - fer they were parolsd Th'
tnlf2S - (rk battery. captured at Ply
| ~ nearly annibilated at thi
- 1p pission here adjourned uuti
= Asr6o( Keschu the DefaEitcr.
NkM exs August 26 Edward S
Kstuhn8 1as arrested yesterday after
up6n - boGe ia West Goth street RI
~ rck - t<n,,t af fhe city He hai