The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-09-06

prisoners we're once down q the creek. b.,bins A
ron.n, on q eminence, -. seen to nod and wave
htr handke TO -entipel who at once fired and
shot one of the prisoners in the hesd The sentinel
Tor this obtsiped furlough for thirty dsyr-so he
de-cribed the chssctet of the .ufernss Of the pri.
oners He applied 10 Mirz TO have the filthy grease
-aler thu. injured, wir1 replied that the wster
va' rood enough foe fsnkees, and that the vitnes-
hfter the rscese Achud -.s cro., cr.mined. wit
nee, was in the stockade sir months, tut vS never
in the hospital. AZ to the guard whom he and his
tro con panions ovefpovsrcd, aud vhoec gun they
took asay. they did NOT hurt him, but only choked
MN hite. The guard ran back to the PRISON cry
lns murder. He never heard or . soldier in our
own army PLACED in irons. Half dozen other per-
sons accompanied Csp, wifL when the dead line
BY the Cour.--The witness dh no, hear wirE
sive ofdtu for taking -s'ehc. .nd other valu.hes
the mon. and sppropristing their possessions. The
pr-oner ~efe stripped Of cothns, Jackets boos and
ou,ly Ieen robGeJ bv Cen Wheeler of his pocLet-
book, containing 80 cents and three postnse stsp-
MAJ ,'sn Hindmsn al,o robbed him, taxing on ms
nat and placing IL on his own head
TEsTIsoSY oy DASILL " BrssESGER.
Daniel W. Bus,onger testified that when he and
hs comp.nious sele conveyed 70 Andersonyille they
we're during four hours eIposed TO the burning sun,
there aud orders that II any one stepped Of
the line he should te sho,. wiz slso sail II any
sshed for water they should lie shot ACCOMPANYING
the remark with deuuncisuon Of the damned
\ ankeos While men lay faintine, wirz said II IL
pet. lie sav mon shot early IN July ior settins
rater, although he vn not over the dead line Aii1
smother man wss shot while Wing m his tent. 1he
rations OF come Of ,he sics men sete stopged. and
the witness shared HE ratous ith them. Three OF
them died, viz, Hugh Lynch. william kiser and
William Watefhouss, OF tie I'd Penn. Cavalry. The
disttess smung tho men was stcAt. lie had toru
through men ior PARTICLES OF undisr,ed food, and tor
scrhpr nom the raiders camp. He had seen 'eg' "a
eA such a, polsto, onions and peas and also uries
peachet and mo.ons IA the yicnity Of the camp Two
men buret inside OF the slockadc the uody Of
one which had lain iour days was too puiid 10 take
Oui.
TESTIMONY OF uoRATio n. rrRRuL.
Horstio Is. Tsrrill. OF the 1sd Ohio regiment, tcs.
Nhe tina, be va tAscn To Andorr n'iio on the 18TH
Of June. wiz threatened the men dy nr utu vic
Language and cAiied them damned 1AuE,c.. man
Who showed Cspt wiz his ration oi coru bread ard
s4ted vheh beitsf could not he iurnished, met
With tle e.pon.s 'T,od YOU, III give you bul-
lets Tor broad" There were not siuts enough for
one-I. entieth OF Tie prsoner. The swamp SM
more than q foot deep ui'h human eNcrement. This
spoiled the water In the -els. ON occasion he
saw hity-iI corI-e' AZ the dead house and on an
other seventy-t'c or hunited. The bodice were
thrown into the cant like dead hoss fifteen OF twenty
being load When the phsoneis went ,here WIZ
prisoners would be shot " they entered the dead line,
and that any one 'ps,kine the guard would he shot
Of tho Yankees raded With the guard and did not
got what they bargained for and then compained 10
anl be -9a.a ssy, nogd ior ths n.nAss, ana
that If any Of tho men were found disturbing things
the raiiona would be cut Of M the pcipet a'or.
Match, when an exchange was talted o some Of our
men by agreement save money TO the suaid, tu'np
douaIs OF iess for the INST chance.
TESTIMONY EoBKRr AERros.
Robert Merton, belonging TO Pennsy lvani. reci-
monI testified that he had seen Capt. Witz wearing
shirts sent 70 our prisoners bv the sanitary Com
mission. wa, common ihins for our men 10 be
put In the chaiu-gang, and he had never seen the
stock empty. He ons man receive seventy Ave
ashes tor carrying onions into the hospital and he
saw wrE kick a SICK man, and heard the dyius
n a
young man vss shot by guard, and tho guard
dsy.' iurloTsh VIII remarked, ii he could have hi.
own not t~enty-our men on the south eide
would Get away, either by orehanre OF parole
ON being cTosa-eHAmined, tho witness ,aid ration.
stopped becsuse some OF the men ttrentl -hve
OF them) had been ENGAGED In dieelng tunnel in
tin plates, oyster shells, and whatever the men
TESTIMONY or FRANK NATION.
Frank MattoI tcoloredl belonging to the s5th
United Ststea testified that after he recovered Of
his wounds In the head and foot he put to work
hundred and fifty lashef. He was stripped naked
and laid upon log and whipped all oyef. rhc ugn
w siiersd foheo ae .ea,sd We Srsg@,sGinse a ,IiTs
with the gans Of cooied men In order " make hi.
escspe. The man was discoyefed and whipped WIZ
saving the man blackod hmself 10 he. Leyro, he
would give him tho neTo's law, namely, thirty nine
lashe,. The wtness had seen twelve men together
In the chain Tor an entire week. lie had seen
q man torn by doss IN n shocking manner though
nearly dead the man vas put into the stocks and
was in sept 1864. wiTl, While m tie graveyard
with several other officers said "Wo have
given the Yankees the land they came 70
tight for This vas In October. Wiz, With
In the graveyard looking al lhe corp,es whose pcua
had been sawed off, aud the green appearance Of the
the bodies -hich had been yaocina1ed, laughed at
the slght exhibited. Tho witness had seen thirteen
OF the boxes sent by the sanitary COmni.s.on, aud
Wirz put on one OF the shirts aud pair Of panA-
looms.
CTo-s-eI lined Witness had seen four or five Of
the prisoners with thirty last
the trenches we've seven ieet long aud three deep
the dead men we're aid side by side, with aces up,
and the earth thTown IN Confederate turreon ,u-
per- tended the burial and save instructions TO pack
the bodies In close which WAS dec, ntly done there
were no collins nor boards OF y hich 10 maze them.
BY the Court.-rhe doctors iu the graveyard with
Captain win, speaking about th' effects Of the
vaccination, when WIZ said. "Ies ',od damn
them, We gave them the land lhoy tght ioT"