Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-25
Full Particulars Of To.Day's Proceedings

The prisoners wore eht into Court about
! ten niau,es betors tea, uud vested in the same
order they we're last week. First camO Ar
ncld, accompanied by q guard, and was seated
on the snd o. the bench, near the window; then
came Mudd, with his guard then sPangler aud
guard then o'Laughlih and guard then AtIer-
odt and guard; then Payne and guard then
HsrOld aud guArd--ths guards occupying q seat
| by the side Of zach ono Of the prisoners. ..
Arnold was dressed the same ~ on Tuesday,
and sat with bis head leaning on bis hand and
CARING through the open window. Mudd was
| Attired In the brown linen coat with white hand
korchief about his neck. lie passed most ~ his
time In gazing upon the horr aud about tbs room.
| looking very sAd aud detected. spAngler, like
Mudd, presented a most miserable appearance,
| his head inclined forward and his eyes Fixed upon
tho floor. O'LAughlin was A'tired tho same AZ
| Tuesday, aud sat with his head thrown back
agkiuAtth wall, his handkerchief In his hand,
| and gazing about the room. Atrerodt presented
the appearance which has been 80 often described.
He sat with his body inclined forward, and wears
| . most villainous look.
Payne was dressed In = m'xed gray shirt. It's
face looked whittier than usual, and his hair was
more smoothly eOmbed than heretofore
Herold occupied his usual seat nj the end Of the
| bench, and WAS attired i's same As usual. Ills
| beard has grown TO somo length, and ho now has
| ehinner whlskers aud mousiAeho.
Mrs surratt occupied her usual seat At the end
| Of the prisoners bench. She sat with her veil
drawn over her face, her head leaning against
| the wall, and large palm leaf fan In her hand.
Long before the hour Of opening the Court
| every seat Ia the room was occupied, many Of
| the visitors heiug ladies Visitors continued to
! arrive during the morning. In = short time after
the Court had been called to order, every inch of
standing room waN occupied. Seats were ar.
ranged In every possible part Of the room for the
accommodation of the crowd.
The Court having bean called TO order by the
Presidents, 0eneraI Hnnt"r, Mr; D. y. Murphy,
one of the ofhoiai reporters read the proceedings
| of the Tuesday session. whom
Mr Cox said he would like to make n cnrrec.
tion In the record. The record showed that Mr..
oath Of Laughlin. Mr.. Cox stated that he OBJ
Jected TO the oath bolug read There bAing no
obi lection, the record was corrected
Judge Advocate Burnett then called
Nh. voLTAIRE RANDALL,
who. having been sworn, tostiGcd that he knew
the prisoner, samuel Arnold. At the time Of his
arrest witness eEamiucd Arnold'S carpet bag,
found clothing, letters aud revolver tWtness
hero Identified the revolver found In ArnOld's
carpet bag The examination was made on the
morning u the 18th Of April, At Fortress Monroe.
The pistol was loaded when found. The carpet
bag was fonnd in tho storc-houso Of Juo. W.
Warden, at Fortress Monroe.
Cross examined Arrested Arnold at tho store.
house Of Mr.. Wharton, at rear Of Fortress Mon
roe, not at the fort. Witness took the number Of
the pistol; Il was lG4.6d7.
MAJOR MARSH
testified that he was In the service from Is5l to
August, 1854. Was In the Maryland volunteers.
Was Lieut. Col. when quit the service In August.
1884. Was prisoner of war In Libby prison at
Richmond from June, 1853, TO March, 1854. Was
marched TO staunton after capnre. Arrived at
Libby prison aud was theTa incarceratcd The
ratiOns We received wcro smAll-OnO. half loaf u
bread to = man, aud about four ounces meat
After witness had been there four mouths the
meat was stopped then the broad was stopped
and corn bread given instead. Have known tho
officers to be without meat for three weeks. A
letter was sent TO Col Ould complaining Of our
treatment. Ould sent reply stating our treat
ment was a. good as their prisoners received
from US. .s.
Amer he had been there Ave months he was
taken sick with tho drnpsy, and sent 90 the hos
pitAl. Saw msn brouL h. In from Belle Isle The
condition Of these men was horrible; they were
starved TO death out Of squad ~ forty eight or
ten would dia In single night An otheor told
me the cause Of their death was not receiving
proper treatment About two weeks after | had
been In the hospital two officers ESCAPED. We
were thon put In . wet room at tho Libby
prison aud kept WithOat any food As 4 pan.
i.hmsnL bseAuss those two msn had escaped.
Major Turner was in command VI the prison
when spoken To about our treatment, he replied,
"It ia TOO d-n good for you now The linen
appeared TO be eager to get something to eat
The enlisted men were eOnhnCd nj Belle Isle
The prisoners thero died from neglect aud want
Of food Prom ull Information soldiers could got
they said It was deed of retaliation. The prep.
arAtIon called ''eotn bread was corn meal and
bran mixed together. ...
CAPTAIN ENERY
testihed that he ym ARLlsoner of war from June,
1868, 70 May, 1854 The prisoners got half
loaf Of broad aud spoonful Of rice. sent com
municHtion 10 Jndge Ould. lie sent us reply,
stating fhslr prisoners wero treated bad
would not set Us buy our own food, but kept our
money.
a cart aud tie them with rope as they would
sacks of grain, though. there wore plenty Of anu.
balances not la use We went te soc Turner, the
commander Of the prison; he refused to give Us
any holp, aud said tho Yankees had no business
to come down there and any treat tment was good
enough for them.
HR. swEARER, .s
Having been called aud sworn, tcstiAcd that he
had been In tho service Ave months when he was
captured, aud was cOnhuod In the prison al Belle
Iale, Thirteen thousand prisoners were confined
there with me. They had no shelter but lying
on the ground. This was In the winter time.
The prisoners had about half enough 10 1.-Two on
The TAtlOns were twenty-five pOuuda Of mr at to
one hundred men, and nearly all that was boue.
some men froI" to death. some starved to death.
They would not bury the mouk They would lay |
for seven to nine days. Spoke " the Lisutenan |
who had charge Of the Island. lie said he had |
nothing to do with 1t. That We must see Major |
Turner. Many men volunteered to work II they |
would give them something to eat. Witness lay
on the ground two months without once putting |
his head under shelter.
mn. BULL
testined that he was captured By the enemy IN |
May, 1864 was prisoner eleven months nj I'm.
dersonNillo, Georgia. Prisoners had no shelter;
clothing, blankets, aud money was taken from
them. Tho prisoners were encamped In o swamp,
although there was plenty Of nno woods In tho
vicinity. They would give each mAu half pint
Of meal, old rotten bacon alive with InAgots
This was once In twenty -four hours There was
frSm sixty to one hundred prisoners died every
day.
The rebels said they did not care do whc.
theF the Yankees died or not, Howell Cobb VS.
iicd rs In February and made speech. lie
made bitter remarks against our prisoners, aud
said that was the hest they could do hut they
did not care TO do much more. The prisoners
were connncd In the open sun without auy shoI-
ter. The weather was very warm. They would
shoot hVe or six men In = day sometimes |
heard that the sentry would get half day fur.
Tough for shooting Yankee Howell Cobb made
a remark that thero was a plan on hand TO burn
and plunder the northern cilics.
There was medicine sont, hut Il was sold by
tho Doctor. Tho money OF the prisoners was
never taken from them. When prisoner was
nrst confined they took hlA clothes and shocs
lie bad nothing bnt pair Of drawers aud shirt
on Tor nine months. man would die In the
morning aud by night ohA could not 20 within 90
feet of him. There was clothing sent for us from
our Government, but the Captain In charge Of
The prison took II. The food served out 10 Us
cOuld not have been eaten had not man bron in
starving condition.
y. ". ROSS,
having heeR called, and awOTu, testified that he
was 10 the SerViso OF the rebel government, a
,lerk at the Libby Prison. iu March. 1854. When
General Fitzpatrick was making raid In the dI. !
,eetion Of Richmond the Libby Prison was mined II
witness saw the fuse To explode the building and
iaw the place where the powder was lusled Il
n eight second " hiah 10 .,t ~ tba