Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-09-23
NUMBER 81.
More About AndersOnville.

The Georgian who recently addressed letter
to the New York Post publishes second one,
in which he denies that there any necessity
for the starvation of our prisoners. At Ameri-
Gus nine miles from Andersonyille, two hundred
thousand pounds of bacon were turned over to
the United States, besides immense quantities of
corn. At Albany, another depot, forty miles
away, there were still greater quantities of ra-
tions stored, besides large quantities at other
places In his letter, this correspondent describes
the dead line in the prison:
After the completion of the prison those
confined there were accustomed to approach the
sockadc aud look through the openings between
the posts or talk to outsiders. After the as
sumption of command by Major Wertz he caused
the prisoners to he notified that if they approach
ed within thirty feet OF the stockade, they would
be shot by the guards upon the outside. This
limit of thirty feet was unmarked by any line
whatever il was ideal. and left to the arbitrary
determination Of men guard, majority of
whom were as incapable of judging of distances,
or of this distance of thirty feet, as were the
poor prisoners who doomed if they trans
grcssed it. The consequence was that weekly,
YES, almost daily the prisoners were shot down
by the guards, when these thought they had
transccnded the imaginary line which separated
thirty--cyen thousand human beings from eternity
Upon one occasion, prisoner who had been
confined there for more than year. rendered
desperate by hunger, want and filth, preferring
death to life 50 unuttcrably miserable, after
writing last fond letter to his wife in Indiana,
and bidding his friends around him farewell,
deliberately advanced towards the side of the
Stockade and calmly received the well-directed
shot of the sentinel, that released his soul from
the tortures which he could not endure, and
which his manhood sank under.
The southeast corner Of the interior of the
sockade was the iayorite spot for this kind of
practice by the executors Of Vert will, for at
this point the brook or stream to which have
already referred entered the limits of the prison
Here the water was less tainted and befouled by
the drainage Of the hill, and afforded somewhat
more palatable drink Of course this point was
sought in preference TO any other. But woe to
the unfortunate wretch who reached with
his arm beyond the prescribed bounds to dip up
l better cup OF water than the reekirg current
below him offered. \ sentinel bullet sent more
than one soul trembling to its God, while the
wretch body lay prone and wasted in the very
water that his less fortunate comrades must
drink, until necessity forced its removal. How
many were slain in this manner will never be
known until the records OF a book unscanned by
mortal eyes be madeup of figures Of living light"
OF the burying-ground this correspondent says:
- At a short distance from the stockade was the
field where the remains of the dead prisoners
were supposed to be buried. As if the tortures
and degradations Of their wretched life were in
sufficient. the eliminating stroke given by
their mode of interment. In long bitches,
scarcely two feet in depth. without even ihe or
dinary decent composing of their limbs, but
carclessly hustled into the bed which to be
their last. thirteen thousand, eight hundred
s'srunken, ghastly bodies have been tossed and
ip an of m1
will 90 up to heaven gate in unceasing peals,
asking vengeance for the deep damnation of
their taking OIL
Il know not what the benevolent mission of
Captain Moore may have accomplished in this
dreary cemetery, but do know that three months
ago AT least one-tenth of the whole number there
living were exposed the dirt which had been
carclesslv thrown upon them having settled or
washed away, while legs and arms protruded
here and there, sad signal posts of down-tram-
Piled humanity natural monuments of iendish
cruelty. And over this Aceldama of the North's
best and bravest could be seen the shadows of
the thousand buzzards wings as they slowly
sailed above the fostering heaps, or, bloated with
their hOrrid feast. eoomiiv SAT and gazed upon
others who had followed TO this disgusting ban
quct of death
Peter j, Smith, Of Company |, 9th Connect-
cut Volunteers, made an affidavit which shows
Vert His name was Allen. and the affidavit
says At one time be took eight of rs myself
amongst the number, al non-commissoncd Off
GERS, and upon our refusing to take the oath and
to persuade the privatcs to DO So tied each of
US, our hands and arms to our sides, and then
took a loaded pistol and resting it on our ears
fired il Off, causing US the greatest agony, and
the blood to flow from ears. He caused The
pistol to be thus fired on my ear twelve times,
saying will make you so you cant hear the
commend of another Yankee General COM
mander. The hearing of my right ear has been
destroyed in consequence of this treatment.
Upon my return from Imprisonment saw Major
Allen in Richmond. serving out provisions fur
nished by the United States Government to the
poor of Richmond
q \ Southerner. who resided near Anderson
vile, says that during the last Wnter-which
was unusually cold for Georgia. when the ice
made an inch thick-no shelter, no blankets or
clothes no wIgod was provided for the wretched
inmates of that prison. Squads were permitted,
to the number of thirty to 20 out under guard
daily Tor one hour. without axes or any cutting
tool to rather the refuse and rotten wood I'D the
forests: and if they outstaid their time they
-or, ;od bv dru,n-head court martial, charged
with violating their parol, and II found guilty,
vorc hung | myself saw three bodies hanging
which were thus executed
4 returned Andersonvllle prisoner, named
Rurbank now at Newport, Vermont. states that
he came frequently in contact with Major Wertz.
and will testify that he heard him say several
times. when demonstrated with for the treatment
Of the prisoners, that he was acting in accord
ance with President Davis orders"
SAILING OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER
:. HARTFORD. THE United States war steamer
Hartford, which has borne the brunt Of many
hard-fought action during the for the resto-
ration of the Union, sailed from New York on
the 18th of August for the Pacific, bearing the
broad pennant Of Acting Rear Admiral Henry H.
Bell formerly commanding the Pacific squadron.
now commanding the United States squadron in
Chinese waters
OVERLAND IMNIGRATIoS.-Th Dayton (Neva-
da) Sentinel says the tide of emigration is slowly
flowing toward California from the 9 Plains
across" Every day this week from two to six
wagons with wayworn pilgrims and their families
-.1 @Ir.r