Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-06


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fraction over one.haE of all the cases entered
resulted In death. and most Of these deaths
were more the result of inhuman treatment
and neolect than disease. But little more
than half the necessary beds were provided,
and The nurses often oscupied them to the
exclus;on of the sick After our men died
their bodies were treated as the carcasses Of
ao MANY dead animals They were piled in
The dead house. and their ewes and cheeks
eaten ont by rats before they were put into
cof;ns,
The keepers penerally manifested almost
total indifference to the lives and condition
Of the prisoners, and as one of the many H.
Illustrations of this, a witness testified to the
following:
| l was standing, one day by the hospital;
one OF our negro soid'ers' caP,ufeo at the OK
piosi0h ol the mine hear retefsoufg, was
standing near " ehsaged in skirhi,sh,hg' 40
we prisoners can ".examihS MS c,o.nes iol
verihln' reoei seh'.nel, AZ whoh huPPeneu
70 oe looking AZ !ne time, Grew up ms m"ske''
LOOK oe.ioerate ann ana nred' killins the ne-
sro on Tue spot oh oe,ng asNea wha' he ),
" u,u ~ lor' nc "ns"erIu - ~ Tn SSe 'nI u II
ulacA " sun VI IN uioP s e"'"
Wey eo' eh'rty uaSs iur'o"s" 'o' 'noo'i"s
aMAee. M.a ANU :. ;s /. w,..tor &c oon
I .o' ., .y.:,,,,,,,l;n. H. -.
sl"'u.a.on '.1' 5;a.uans ,,n So 49,
inutocauon Pa.oa .aoatnJ tLo;u u' ..;"1a. osa
an,A. au.noliIes ~ INV '.onsIv aud hove r aiI no
nuny aIu L. o,.es. aooonJ;.,. ~
Po'.S a,,.. .on ae tho os4 o;v;l;zeJ % warfare W
'ie Tn tuIs " w." 'I paarreau has GO, .r.r.
,arac ouant;tv of coniscated and abandoned
na i, Tho South in tracts of various sizes
and in var;ous localities for the esnecial hen.
al. & of nearoes Not lcss than one hundred
thousond orc now snhs;st;no nm Governn,ent
,a.;nms - ths Stata ne W;rr;n;, o,one ~ -
A nraat Jemand tor nngro labor ex;sts in
MARYLAND
f"oA soo1h oANoLiNA
New York, June Zo-Ihe Heralds Char
lesion corrcspondsntsays: Inc private effects @
anu PAPers VI 9cI Da.s Tn''n:,' anu Deai =. y,
CharIes.an % and heen trnnsmi,ted thence 70,
Wasb;ngton Among them is n dispatcl
from General Beaureeard to n member Of the
rebel CONGRESS. dated at Charleston on the
7th of October, 1862, inquiring whether the
bill for the execution OF abolition prisoners
meaning national soldiers yet become q
law, and urging its speedy passage II 1t had
not.
One Of the Heralds correspondents has re-
Gently made trip across South Carolina, In
the track Of Shermans march, and he de
SI' rIa.o NJ III. ,v ro"te % nf .he avenn;ns armv !.
mrn,Lod rL hv oh;n,nevo ohlteratnd railroads and
: a.o.n;r,, on,,.tv,, ,,ro,,y yoll cleansed ol
animals forage and sprpys provisions The
wh;.a naonla ;n tha interior while ADMITTING
thot thav pro connuercd for the nresent stiI
mo;nt.;n and rive exnression to their seces
a;"n Lanas.a esna ontarto;n nm ;ntenso ba,red
for @ tho Y.nIeos and Tho negroes Notw;tb
atanJ;na .l;s ~. rl.,toru sov th.t tbev w;
ho ho,tor Of y;thant .lo verv
" There ;s still considerable cotton scattered
; .h.onahont ,ho S,oto h,,t tho are,ter mart NJ
.ho Mou ~, n'hs hss INV h.an 49, dss,roved w I ' p
'r .."' 80.
THE REBEL Aosh'i rAHoLhp
New York, June 2S.-A Richmond News
paper states that the rebel guerrilla leader
Moseby, has been paroled, and is now residing
at his home in Charlottesville, Va
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Ea,ho- Maitland PASTOR Of ,be c,tbol;,
Church !, SeJamsy;Ilc wos Killed last week
he;na run over hy n train of cars on tho OH,
T. Mas;ss;nn; R.;lroad The % nort;cmlors m ~ y
tho accident are unknown as M inouest In
vet @ heen held notb;ng save tho bald and mel
sncboIv fact HAVING as vet transnired
~
The Worlds Columbia, Is e. letter OF tn
:, 2lst says Along the main roads for a hun
dred miles around Columbia the country ha
3 been stripped of its necessities. Horses
r mules, provisions and even checkers, ar, gon
and the railroads torn up 1t is not tisur
of speech to say these people are starving
Z The little harvest Of wheat is now beint
: reaped. but they have no mills to grind it
Q The corn will soon be eatable, but they hav
. suffered from the pangs OF hunger; they ar
destitute of almost everything, and all are poo
alike. r--
: The wealth Of the Carolinas consisted @
s land, negroes and mules Of the latter the
have been deprived by either army, and of til
!, two former the more they have the worse the
are off. Hundreds OF them are living wit
J. their less miserable neighbors and friends, VI
l. able to get anywhere, unable to work, begin
among beggars. In dress, all pretenslon
/. tgone. The general temper and spirit Of Sout
=. Carolina is in no degree refractory. The pei