, 1865-04-29

vsrs reported 10 !se props4t
MOTTO be understood that the Sanitary commls-
Ing more especially instituted for tho sick and
needy eoldier. The ehowess of blessings that
etats Souses nesn of e sssay M
scarcely known to the public Of the North, be-
capse Il IL noiseleas in lts operations and posses
n shs sp1a ss hs @ dae does
As spon as The Commission Il informed Of bstt3o
about to take place they dispatch wagon loads OF
WI excludes iii civ1ans frsm entry
Victorious army they entered the city Of hch.
are i lie specisl objects its caFe.ths 1od1ers.
m8T AND cAsC1K THuap1A.
Libby Prison Is al old TOBACCO warehouse, about
The size Of the old West Randolph Marker Hall,
but not h1gh; co1taa9sd ac; .snsl p1soa
on he ground hooI b1 wooden partition rnn-
n,ng across the building. In one Of tho cells
e sp hs 5i"e9 va b la Tn
cned to undermine the city and blow it up ehoaid
any Vardal Yankee army attempt to occupy 1t;
but 0thello's Occupation non u g9ns, and there be
cruelty and murderoua1y treated whilst he was tue
turnkey The day before. saw him, one Of our
soldiers, who. bad been under bis savage care,
acc at the cell window, the soldier dealt him i
blow which sent him feel1ng ag9Inst The wall of
Hs Dh5qnSs D '5s i
bis temperament Of a nervous bilious type, pos
eesf1pe that irritable, vtolsnt temper which makes
wsfn ,n Tnchsined h s and I. endowed
dtum Btze, equare built; his face, especially the
lower part Of It, from the nose TO the chin, was
covered With short grisls brown beard. Int fact
be is a true model for gome sculptor 10 embodJ i
The prisoners were Just then served with ra-
Which n stt o. #1 hssS cs1eke1s
who WIS deputed 10 hand 1t to them from barrel
which be had between big 4! Rnees, q they passed
lie suo IF hours. The convassc@cns @ IN he
next room we're served up With hot coffee in ID.
dlton to the above rations. They looked like
{s em had
decent pair OF pants OF other garment to conceal
their worn ont attenuated booies, Some Of them
he ana uc
and starvation prices they had been SUBJECT to
since they struggled from Lees army and hid
aTay n the % woods a3d q The
ihroneh one Of the Windows In the west side Of
the building observed the open. uncovered pen
a a ID
the Union prisoners were herded together day
and night. and suffered 10 drag ont pltiable e1-
istence amid damp and ditl and Vermln.
CASTLE THUNDER.
Cattle Thunder Is similar tobacco shed, but
someWhnt cleaner and better adapted for sanitary
purposes. It contained 160 pris0nera.mosty es-
caped prisoners and bounty jumpers. These con-
v,ets we're part Of the number Of 800 who were let
loose upon the defenseless people Of Richmond
when the pen1teutary was fired: Some had not
enjoyed liberty for Beveu, ten aud fourteen years.
one Of them had become an idiot. This class ot
outlaws were invited By the chtru4ry to leave
their dens and pillsge the city and gack the homes
Of those who were lett behind. Cou1d anything
be more Wauton and cruel?
RICHMOND WAas ANn ExcH1NaEs..
When the first families OF Virginia saw that they
we're to be guarded by black soldiers, one Of them
petpetrated The following Joke. SAID he: = Why,
thought the Yankees were too much Of gentla.
men TO come here and black-gua1d u.s."
At Gen. W1nder's headquarters the following
Commissioner Of Exchange, from which nakc i
te, batm copy Of The gist Of the letter: "The ar-
ran.ement for the exchange Of prisoners works
Wretrhes, and receive In reSu1n some Of the best
material ever saw." Comment is unnecessary.
- /. DAytEa. II. q.