Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-09

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late rep@L Reeper OF She stockade at An
dersonville, Georgia, who IL soon 70 be
tried in Washington have aalbed for him
" suspension of Judgment until the
proper evidence on which 10 form it is
furnished in q reliable shape. The
reliable evidence" however, is forth
coming, from the lips and pens of swift
Witnesses agAinst fhis monster, without
waiting 'fo< the laws delay The New
York .1Sns<s of Friday Publishes an in-si
terestirg statement by q loyal Georgia
planter, touching the AEdersonville cru
elites and their authors, from which we
take the following: fsalo % e
The prison of AudergouvilIs is stock.
ades Of about eighteen feet high, the
posts comprising it being sunk in tia,
ground Eve feet; it originally comprised
An areA Of eighteen acres, but was sub
sequently enlarged TO twenty seven
acres. The enclosure 10 upon the aide
Of hin looking toward the South, at
the foot Of which 10 q small brock about
Eve feet wids, and an many inches daap.
which furnished the water for the use of
the prisoners. Within this enclosure
was tdrned the prisoners as they arrived,
and left to provide for themselves there
being no shelters, or arbors, or any kind
Of protection afforded by trees or other
visa AgainHt the burning rays of the
Southern sun, the furious storms or the,
| freezing winters =. -I...4 \
Tie position was selected BY Captain
Winder, son OF General John II. VIM
der, Who. was cent from Richmond fOr
that purpose in tho latter part Of 1863.
Whan IL was anggsated to him By q dis
interested bat humane spectator of his
operations that Il would perhaps be bet
ter to Leave the trees atandiBg within
the proposed stoekade, as they would a..
ford shade 10 the prisoners, be replied:
THAT WAS Just what be was not going
to do; hs was going 10 makers pen for
the - Yankees, where they would rot
faster than they could be sent there"
And admirably did he accomplish his
mission. 4 vs. ggeHf sapsS. azfiaJ
| The Grst ccmmandant Of the post was
Col Persons, who Was soon succeeded
! by John Il. Winder, with his son Aa Ad-
] jutant, hia nephew as commissary and
sutler, and Henry Wertz in Immediate
command of the prisoners. There we're
IgenerAlly stationed there for guard duty
from three TO six regiments Of infantry,
with ons company Of artillery, having a
battery of ak pieces, according to the
exigencieB of the case, the number of
/ prisoners then confined, or the fears en-
tertained Of an attempt to set them at
liberty by raiding parties Of United
States troops. 9EotlanA z y
When prisoners were FIRST received, il
was usual 20 subject them to search for
money, valuablss, &c, which ostensibly
wsre 70 be restored when they were re-
leased from captivity, but which,oin
reality went into the pockets of those
who controlled the prison. Notwith-
standing q Law of the Confederacy ex-
pressly prohibited the dealing in green
backs, yet the initiated, q few whose
loyalty" was unquestioned, could al
ways obtain, for . consideration, the
greenbaeks they reqaired.
Ths writer of this was the foreman OF
the last grand jury which was empan,
neled for Sumner County, Georgia, and
in the performance Of his duties, be bad
/ I to invsstigate large number OF pre-.
sentiments for dealing in the forbidden
currency, which were brought against
poor Union men In every instance.
4 Struck byf this fact, be determined to en-
. anime, as bis position gave him right
TO do, into all the ciEcnmstAnces-whers
} the monsy originally came from, whc
did the selling Of it, indeed, the whole
} A1odUs operaBdi; and he elected the
fact above stated, bow the money va.
obtained, that the Winders and Wsrtl
IT were the principals, acting through snb-
J ordinatss, in gGshsging bushels Of plums
in gths way Of rremiumG DC. Mean
: while the prisoners were left to the ten
} der mercies Of their jailor and commits
, saRy for their food, which might havl
been improved, in quantity mt least, !
g their n.onsy had besn LEFT id shsir pos
v session. ma t3E :ss ao. - ase ss : 6
At frst il was customary 70 send |
> wagon into the stcckade every morning
. At ten o o'cIock, loaded With ths ration
D for the day-baccn and corn bread, no
thing sIse; but ~ the number of prison
J, srs increased, and the greed Of gsil
b grew upon the trio Above-men.ioned, til
corn-bFead was reduced iE its quality
J, being thea manufactured Of equal pro
; portions Of ground Eeid-psas and CORE
D unboltedi unsifted, uneleansed, indeed
from the dirt and trash which peas nstu
. rally accumulste; and 1t last, when th
a number of prisoners increased to owe
- 81 900, the meat rations per week wer
u reduced 70 piece Of bacon, for eac
: man, about thres inches long and tE
b wide, with one pone Of the bread above
d mentioned per day. Then, also, th
q custom Of carrying the prisoners foo
10 into the stoskade in wagons was abo
{. ished. They drove up to the gate
al which we're slightly opened, and th
/ scanty food, foul and lanhealshy as
h was, was thrown inside By the guard, I
ie be scrambled for BY the wresched pri
n oners, the strongest and those .nearel
g the gate getting the largest share, d
ID weak and sickly getting none.
I have mentioned the small broo
n which runs through the lover part
ne the stockAde, and which supplied q
10 water fer drinking and washing sTh
IT. brook has its rise in swamp not 4
q from the prison, and at no time. &c
nS tsinly not for lengthened peEieds Vi
N tAe water suitable or heslthy; but WHIT
p ths faces and hlth, the drainage Of q
whola canp Of prisoners eaEieE 20
.er superaddad to the natural un6tness
to ths wetsr feg drinking or cleansing Pc
or posss ny readers can judge whst shiE
nc was eaAnA9ads OK tsysr cooled, or tAsc