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BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING APRIL : 1875
Treatment of Prisoners.

el Congress. They say
The evidence proves that tine ritions furnish
ed 10 prisoners Of war in Richmond and on Belle
. Isle have never been less than those furnished
10 the Confederate soldiers who guarded them,
and have At some seasons been larger in quanti-
ty anf better IN quslitY than those furnished to
Confederate troops in the field
What kept the rebel armies from dying Of
starvation IN their trcnche- then, as our men
D did in prison? They say
''Oree. and only once, for few week. the
prisoners Vere without meat, but ID large GUAM
3 ritv Of bread ana vegetable food V-- 10 corse-
quenee snppliei to then
4 supply of bread large euougn t. g.rc
every man d iull meal. would have been
welcome sight to our men. They ,iy the
statements of the Sanitary Commission.
ahooJ IN, iIeeAng to death Of Federal pris-
ouer- uu Belle Isle. are absurdly false
''reuts were furnished sufficient to shelter all
the prisoners; a fire was furnished ia eicn of
them; the prisoners farel vel as their guards;
and only one = them was ever frozen 10 death.
and be 10y the cruelty OF his fellow prisoners,
VINO thrust him out OF the tent BECAUSE he was
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'''i''' ' 'i,S' l''ti-tiIle- against 'Ae Lhani-
nous testimony Of the prisoners who have
ped from their bands, OF i..en exchanged
and yet live To rel their story 1t j. not
strange that thew .b,sIi ,tr.nr, Fl, relieve
tb-m-, I've, of the odiun that must ever ,r-
taca To- the southern C,n.,ier,cv. fan irs
systematic i.l-rrearuent ol tl.c prisoner. IN
it, iauj, aut na whitess,ilus IT auv m .
4 ,t-,i.atin. caam.r.e, ean cover the stain. +
T1i- cummit;e. ALSO attempt, @, east obi
um ou the United states for alleged cruelty
to IT.. rris,ue--. .,r.n, tb,t the condition in
whicf, tb,,,. r....l. ver, returned when ex-
changed. va. 5,ujorbIe c,mrar,nr most
unsr.r.,llvw with tbs Federal. czcban,,,,l f,r
them. and ,i. mortality anon, them very
great.
l.. l.o.le eI the North know better -
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saw
+ l"t' "i rc south. those VINO have bad
r,al.... .-fuf,i-,. r.. $50. f,- th.rr..Iv,s tbev
'0-' -'''i't none WHO Ano" 40" ''lt 'dc's
art How infamous ara such lie Read
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se- which accord with 10, th, following let
-tr from pr. A~ncw of tie Sanitary Com
I'7s''''' WHO - -' ~ "S'ii -.'l' ''1u'i- '"'ee
Thousand 90. our exchanged lris ancr> who
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'-sarae .f thefu moving ABOUT On their hands
and knees, uusb.e 90 stand on their cluCrenous
feet. looked up se hungry dogs, beseeching the
observer for "a bite OF. bread OF a drop Of water
some ot them h''ea,d along on their hands and
tut-oce-. pushing along gan -renouS feet. literal
ly rsiucet ta h.ue aud .hreds, before them
Others stsuel uIvu etayes and glaucei from
suna-u eyes through tne parchment ike Sits %
their open -gcI4~ iate space without having the
p0aee &c. rIa -l intelligent gaze upon passing 0t-
ieof. Others -i--'s aud suirkei. sui hobbled
lisr >.ar,.- fii.,s while some aislantlne figures
wais.-i -r.-i a- though resolved TO move the
skeleton hgu-w.rls 50 long as vitality enough
remaiu-i Co cuaael them % do So.
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,r,,.rl move. E-.rt ss ts,,l and cola ,s f,rbIa
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and ls.,- f.-. litc ,..,r.s r..I- with b,fhous
;.=. .t... go l,-l as tt,,i.,f. L-l6Ii a.
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Col. l'ani-ren approach "IIh M cavalry
q, Ri.h,r...,., i,-r sf.rlpo. the rtrcreU- WAS
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maze tIit '.e F''.i- i'u' I'"-'i "i'1el A''"y
Prison. u blow uu all their prisoners ~ case
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el, could deliberately arrange 10 blow up