The New York herald., 1866-03-28

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OF hostilties than IL s now AT this time II seems 10 be
subsi,iinp
GENERAL LEE REpumArEs TIE ou.nax or csuELrrRs TO
USIoS pp,sosrps
Rv Mr. Howard n viii me, ono ousston 10 Won 10
which Won nav reanond or no. ss vau pessa wish 10
inqnire whether You had anv kno yedae while you
were in Command al Richmond of the cruetes prac.
tised towards the linton nrisoners M Ibby prison and
Belle Is.Y A. never knew that any cruelty was prac-
tised and have no reason 10 he,Ieye that was prac.
tised can heIeve and haa reason 10 beeye thai pri-
vations NAV becn among The prsoners
because know that provisions and shelter cpuld not be
provided for them -9
Were Won mot .ware that those rr,soners were living
fron cold ana starvot,onS + was NOT
Mr Howard-I des re tha, vou sha sneak your miad
fully and civ on this subject FOR n ia useless TO con-
ceai from Won The rct that those scenes have
sad feeling IN The bcars of tho neonIe NJ tho North
A. regards mvseIr nevcr bad anv control oyor the
excent those that were on the field
OF battle them Il was nv busines 10 send 10 Richmond
70 the proper ocer who was then the Provost Marshal
GanaraI In re,,rd "a beir snosit,on afterwurs had
M con,roi. oya. gar an or,,or .hor, a. n was en-
tirely in the hands of The War pepartment'
Did these SCENES come AZ aIi to yoar knowledgee
A. Never: no report was ever made TO me ab0t them ;
there was no cali for anv 10 be nade IN me- did hear
M w,s moro bearaav, that had bean made 10
inc War Deuartment and that evervtnp had Lep done
10 relieve them that could DO done even 0paiy 10 far
AZ to o ~ send them 10 somc noints 1harleslon was
one NON, named, ~ thew wnn,d no received by The
United states authorities and taken 10 their homes but
whether that is true or not do not know II w mercy
a report thai l heard
o. We're YOU in the same Ignorance Of the scenes at
And ,rsonyill, and Salisburys A. / never knew who
commanded nj AuderSonyllo until saw by the papers
afrer the Cessation of hos,tics that CapaIn Wrz had
been arr sted on that account; nor do know now Who
commanded at salisbs ry
O. And of course YOU knew nothing OF the scenes
OF cruelty about which complaints have been made
At those placesY A. Nothing in ths world as said he.
fore Suppose they suffered from the want OF ability on
the mart OF The States To supply their wants
at the yery beginning of the war knew that thec were
uerngs OF prisoners ON both sides but as far as could
=
the establishment of the cartel which was established
By Mr. Blow-o IL has been frequently asserted thai
the Confederate soldiers feel more kpdly toward the
Of the United States than anv other norton
of the people Of the South-wba IL your on
that point A. From the Confederate soldiers have
upon the war as necessary evil and went through u
have seen them relieve tho wants of federal soldiers on
the field the orders always were that the Who'll, hcd
ho "e nsd % oa, s
surgeons were told 10 treat The one AZ they id the ober
,hesa orors nav. h..n iven hv me on avery
field ~ e - $50
Do vop think that tho GOOD feeling on their mart
toward the rest OF the people has since tho
cose az The warS Lnnv notbing n, the contrarv
ax,YpI, rxcu,sar os p.r.oysss ysoysrprn ny as,rRt
,rr .xn sor .orrrTyn
mad. a.yo-. or,s ~, scI.ng. ,ha nrisocers Altar
the cartoI ,ss "nsnanaaa da NO. Inovs whv n xas
s,snandad ~. o, Lns 20 shis day .hic,, Ia. ,oor
the initiative. Knew thai there were constant com.
nis,n,s n.do On hn,n saas msraIy rne,s I, s,',u,
ppnhi,c rnnaar VI orn,ad -, Gsnera c,.nt around R,ch
mond that wa should ourseiyea EXCHANGE All the pr
snna. a.. a. ~ ~ ~ -. ea.,a,,,a aa ,s.., ~.
Chrs,ian a. a.Ia,,o, th,.L -,,.h raanhas psier.h.
ni made % anaca,an unr, ~, & s ss, q, 81, III
the PRISONER ~ the South nv Iser 10 tbem smpoose
,hay h.va ,oS ,,so ,h., ~ hsd no, ,h., .r,hn,,y
,h.i n cona N. onv oh,a,ncd rror me war
~ R,cbmana ha, ab.s nsihcr ibsy nor conJ rsicvc
sn s,s,ass, ~ % ,s s '.s I , ~, ~" M oIr ~ 80
thai would do whs,cyer was In NV mower ossrcd
and North Carolina over which nv command extended.
provided they returned an equal number Of mine, man