, 1865-01-16
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MONDAY. JANUARY 16, 1856,
TME LIE OF THE n. 7. NEWS REL
AT1yE To QUE TREATMENE OF

MONDAY. JANUARY 16, 1856.
THE LIE OF THE NJ, NEWs UEL-
ATiEE TO QUE IREATMENr OF
PRISONERS.
We publish in another column real or
pretended letter from some concealed rebel
In Chicago to the New York Ners relative to
the treatment Of the ,ebA prs sucrs In our
hands al Rock Island, Ills. The skindeep
prctcnscs Of un!onism "nlained in It Will de-
crivc no one. 1t is concoc,cd whether in
Chicago or in the editorial Office Of the New
York Ft,ns for but one purpose, viz: to jnsti
1y the rebels in starving our prisoners. It
viii bt re-published by every rebel paper at
the eouth. and gfeedily devorryd BY rebel
sympathizers In Europe. It is IN unmitisa-
ted, atrocious and Acndish LIE from bugin.
ming to end, and the editors Of the traitorous
n. 7. Eeaos, who published 1t knowing it to
lie q Lie, aud intending it 10 pallia1e and en-
courage the rebels in starving our soldiers,
and to cause them 10 ini;ct il possible new
suf1crings on our brave men, deserve to be
HUNG. Jefferson Davis is m honorable man
and gentleman compared with them.
The lie at best is a bungiing one. The
vcrscd with single prisoner at or from Rock
Island. She has seen none euaciatcd, diseas-
ed, delirious, starved or dying she knows Of
none who havc died OF been disabled from
such causes. She even assigns them two
inches square Of meat and loaf Of bread a
day-which Is as much Us most men not labor
ing would cat. How poorly does this lie,
were It's statements true, offset the case OF our
men at Andcrsonyillo getting no bread nor
meat whatever for three months together,
md feeding on pint Of meal o day, till their
raving skeletons at the door OF death arc sent
back to us In such condition that hundreds
of them die in being transported as many
nslcs.
Men who have pncticed lying as long The
editors of the New York Neps arc incxcusa-
bic in not understanding their trade. They
should either tell o lie equal to tho emergency
or sell ont their paper to men who can.
We have takenthe pains to ascertain from
the responsible sources what are the exact
1ations issued mot only ut Rock Island but to
eli our prisoners Of War and required so to be
issued by the circular Of the Commlssary
General Of Prisoners dated June !, 1864.
They are as follows: fresh beef IA OF, pork
or bacon lin lieu of fresh beef 10 OF. flour
or soft bread IL OF, hard bread Il oz lin lien
OF t1our or soft breadl corn meal lin lieu Of
Hour or bread) 10 OF, per day. In addition
to this there are distributed for every 100 "a
tins, 12}x 1bs Of beans or peas or 8 lbs Of rice
or hominy, 1bs of soap, quarts Of vinegar,
32< fts Of salt and Is lbs Of potatoes.
The reader may compare the above with
The rations issued to our own soldiers, which
are as follows: Pork u pound lin lieu Of
fresh beef fresh beef Il pound; Is ounces
-four per day; Is pounds beans, or Is pounds
peas, or 10 pounds rice, or 10 pounds hominy
to each 100 pounds rahons 10 pounds green
10 each 100 rations is pounds sugar, 4 qrts
vinegar, X adamantinc candles, pounds
soap, 37< pounds salt and ounces pepper to
each 100 ratious. No potatoes are issued to
soldiers. When we reflect that the eSigcn-
cics Of the service frequently cut the soldiers'
rations short, but not the prisoners, and that
the labor and exposure Of the soldiers life
causes him TO require more food than the In
active prisoner, it will strike every person
who compares these figures that our prison.
ers Of war rea1lyt fnre better in respect to ra-
tions than our soldiers in the field.
AS to clothing, Col. Sweet, at Camp Doug
lbs, hn>ing in charge between II ,00o and H.
co prisoners, makes the following statement
through us to the public:
"ln May Inst, 5000 suits, with drawers and hlsn-
Ecs, were issued to the rebel prisoners. In Octo-
cr, 4UN extra saits were Issued. ~ also 4ool ex-
r,n shirts and 100 extra pairs ofstockings. Since
thai time, LES Knit hlouses and 200 oyercoatshaye
Lcrn given ont nnd $40 pnirs of knit gloves issued
10 working squads: Ia ali, $500 BLANKETS have
been iseucd since May last.
LAS to coal, the prisoner. arc allowed all they
need to maintain constant fires.
'About I've hundred lt:te!e are at present daily
% BY t. t1e5 FOR
considered indispensable to the comfort II the
writer's, the lettcrs arc approved aud tbs articles
livered. All money must he deposited viii the
prisoners accountant md al1 orders drawn against
such funds are promptly honored
ouantity Of erng a1Ii and bTo%n biae anaiactqFsS
for the Union army at IN carly date 10 the history
Of the war y ia neat and substantial, the material
ses ea ff fi9fe p9esey
came na at Camp Doucina.H
We have given more pains and space, per
haps, than it deserved to the refutation o
this diabolical falsehood of tue n. 7. Nelcs
five were the Government, the editors Of
that infamous md lying abettor Of the rebel
lion would publish retraction Of the false
hood, and furnish to us the name Of its au-
thor, whether In or ont Of their of1lce-or
hang. We know that no relutation Of it will
follow IL into sebesdoua, or be published in
Southern or Eurorean rebel newspapers. or
prevent the harm it will do to our soldiers at
the South or to our cause. But the wrong
though done would never be repeated.
There is way ofpseventing it.
TIE GREAT RAILROAD SUIT.
We publish elsewhere an abstract Of the
bill Of complaint filed in the United States
District Court for the Northern District o'
Illinois in The case Of Wadsworth rs. the Chi
cago md Northwestern Railroad Company,
Of which brief mention WIS made In ou1
columns on Saturday. The magnitude of the
Interests involved probably exceeds that o
any other case ever brought before the court
It is no less than an effort on the part Of thu
stock and boud-holders of the old Ga1ena &
Chicago Onion Railroad tar portion o
them|, 10 upset the consolidation. Of tl1at road
with the Northwestern. Charges If ffaui
and mc,tcasance are pretty freely iuaa.ci
against prominent railway officials here an
elsewhere. The allegations Of the complain
nut relative 10 the manner in which the COZ
sulidation was effected are grave, and III
litigation to follow cannot fail to excise n
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