, 1866-07-31

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o!t! "hsl tbu naliiss ali :sHp4" Nv h aas" H.
athnllSIn. atSn hnss. '" nS,s n,.s|sal w sees AM
III 's I'd sS T.; 'as s'..:a s:ss s;.e e.. :xo,
The camp ~aa toynd full Of What wero once hr
tosr .af - H IL ID tslS wi ~ " T. &c {
aus bui ~ living veil .. .su:ias1. wao gusfs;o.
shsd ahi ;nss .5s ~. Sa.a ta
except hy dsa.h. \ Wv d1ty r.s. sltolcSs1 o.
'1, IL fise .,n ,Sp .na e .,em poo5
barefoot, md crawling With vern,ln. ~ VI pass
efoaeht out tro.a a. i:i.ss sa',la boolh b.; !.o .
10 Na. nsmly naked. ii: sompanIons pulled 81
sap oyct AA taeo, nd .,raightened out his lla,h.
@ Il s s.xs s. @ .s b
Tho captive was t1un. Tbs Com,ni.sary's ten
MA. ": r III. 0ni eo, 10 e II r.. 'qnss Ar
fertaed 10 excito the rti.on.rs n ihs smeiI .
snTEed up ~ near the lines u they werc SLOWED
ard seemed In their eacc,ness to brcak over
While w1 : M were a On 1ae E.oand = heavy rain cam.
ont a ra,t nafu,ulltts, opening their months L
eatch the drops, whlie o7p wonl1 wash on anoIhe1
with bis handa. .nd then receive from him III,
wander 10 ,:,e rc!shboIng houses In quast o
tic camp Of .he .lssd-lho nospis.-a ir.nsities @ y
"Se Wbisn ,ss,'agsa sT r. 2, q Ell s0hloau5:
My1eliis leil, Ind In lie loves, der,hs,
Alo"cT ass1': ~! threatening 10 drTour me
Atew tents coTcsvd with Pine tops mere crowd
cd wilb the dying and tue dead in crefy ssase O
sss aa ss%d
Twenty or thlry Q! them dts dailJ-most Of ihetn
lay BY The road s!de, waiting fos lhe d.ad-cart
svarmlnE ii .hsir mouths, sbsit ig toss ticd wii
thcr You Wonid hsrdy Know ;1!Ssa .sea fo e
..ss s;ia dsae eaa frs.ni Tfs!sa
ID smSisd Il slke 70 10 aany 70 ape.p psp0'f
Fl nj ri sSoses eg' mi eS e. ssn H. Seas'
buJing nartics sF,'rs rankc..s detailed ior t'ls
ia nc. ihss con.ids,ed S 1sor, for "a 1,sy Fl
n's s note q 10 &. 'sn. and s,9{ o Iesh IL ha,
mauklu1-WnT. Iatnfuc md nGsitfcncc-anl no
ln1n fiom the spectacle sick ii iuarf, a. w fe.
ane1nhcr that some OF onr toycl ones may DO IN.
dsrco,.nyE ~ .lm!ar 81 InIssry:
Mukcs conntiess ihes9 s9Isanls 11ourn."
sone e. 0o more Mil nj ndfcd 10 lhuls number,
, sa1 aSe xe se den pt@s y f III e ,gs ss
heel dtily. sec'as. II addition 10 more s n4cset ii
s.fSa pRH" ys ,:aa ~ :1 s 's
rious Injury 10 nir eatfc Ii tccplna these Prison.
Asot be better as opeo 10 Fcsca'e stctn ~ rarole
. EndosSc.n.n .nt o.y Wrapper: ''
hsAter@n'tYa aFLoa1pA ai,irAnr H., rpn''os'l
?. Las ,t.anrcE respectfully Returned to How:
Ard, whu x!sF,d Fiotrncc whrn necessity forced
shs ,san9rsl :. p;lsoers aso ithoni asy psers.
or enbhstytire, tn tpy ut,in1Jn, II uIy or IIuss
ominou. IYs vi. seat l'tre 70 :epofi t. thu o,t
ss,s rGfd B. NJ tSSa r II. cssl,lHg o
and gtHef IL tctrcnee 10 ihe ttoatmnnt oi tr,soa.
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crr34ed f!ntn n 10 ~ ter ,r tg sinsl- aefntse,
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Ltsttfe!tnhl Cblsuei l:atnht lfus
t1n tf.e fvtii d fgttuatt, tsa3, t3ttdief t,
1:f'!,a.rt a1 II st'.g ' ie Rf:ss. f:s f IF ri iss Is
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EMYmAt Il az rtiM'ny lliaa% Il faqdit| |llaiI
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vs:' s;.. s"ssH Ill s% 's Il H. .tty y. y
wngld lssa tnrlrtd tln!ml to l,ravlio fHr
sayllls. III thu rar!y patt .of 1atl,.d ~
.,06y, tanec, Of Nnttl! ran,l!na, wrttp Il,
;,.s tsa,el ktrTelatf "f War. ATT nA tItat "lm
a tet*tl nude pr !'aph., 1ta!i ssya, f,lD
kf.A'Hl tlI4iI r'llrl' shnr ttlton i siluslsl il
iel tss}. nhtl n tttita Ut fallI lits eiay t,nlJs
!lIr Hatrf, 4ld !!iakrs thu arbninl n prsf,ut
lMI tur lt'!E tfniu ailrrwRrd, Tliuru Ii no
ssr ,ass" so II s L. sfs S, s n" u t1,s !S , f a,y y
ins ttrotgiI tha yiare." ASeofiji,a to tHr T
talr trlsnl. tte ntt,ll"r nf l'rl.tftrr. Gbhtinnd
81 eaM!.nl!fy IN tltt ,nntsth uf t,slnl,rr, iH,t,
d'S.t lrsylt,. iu Fri,rNary ii, isIs,. " ''""
Thy ii'rrgo'ng extracts Yrasunt a ninnll par.
Hon Or lin rylienrs ransaIt,htj in 4t,n lulteFs
hhI documents 9nn,ld IN tha rrlel arahlyrs,
tfttsheeEilsnE lhe condition and tn'atlnrnl Af
u'ilotl ehld!rr. III thc prisons u t!!a Aontil.
from tltnu to .tmo fl! sllu.p t,sstiasaA IN l,lt.
nasn!ty md tl,o Fnlra or war ~ ti,,.u iu
aNthntity 81 ltcliAMnd, such W the Feftl.al nf
Lae United btatcs GoVcF!,nent to exchange
psoa''3ss', noa3 snl tlulc own lnabilty to s'lrnlkh
tac year lhfs to tho clnso Of the rchcltinn,
the H'tlorltlea wcsa fully aud frequently III.
1nfme1, As wet! by letters aud communities.
t'ons tronl private Personl, a. hy reports,
tAat tue prisoners In their custody were sui.
great numbers daily. in consequence Of tho
Treatment thcy cndnrcd at the hands Of tho
suhordtnAtcs Of The Richmond Government
and it alau remains wtli-estAbltAhed fact
that no really efficient effort was maae ut
any time to remove or diminish the evil,
THE AssAss1SA71oS wlrSEssEs.
Tic committee close their examination oi
the charge Of Darta' completely with tho as.
hgnntion Of President Lincoln, with the fol.
lowing remarks On the character of tho wit
nesses examined by Judge Holt:
When the committee entered upon this in.
rcstigntion in April last, the evidence In the
Var Department, II accepted as true, wn.
conclusive u to the gui1t Of jefferson Davis,
The Judge Advoeatci General had taken the
atidRytts Of several persons who protested to
have been In the service Of the rebel Govern
view between Surratt, Davis and Benjamin
These af1idayits were taken By the Judge Ad.
vocate General In good faith, and in the full
belief that the afffdaFits were stating thai
only which Was trnc. The statements madt
BY these witnesses harmonfze In every import
amt particular with facts derived fron
documents and other tr1lstworty sources
Tho committee, however, thought wise K
ece snd cxamlne 6ome OF the persons Nhost
a{adaylte had been taken BY Judge Holt
Several Of the witnesses, when brought be
fo:e the committee, retracted entirely Ii!
statements which they had inndc In thcif af11
davits, and declared that their testimony =
given originally was false Ia every particular
They failed, however, TO state to the commit
seemed 10 the committee sufficient c1plana
tIon fur tho course they had pursued, and tn
committee arc not at this time able to say a
the result of tho Investigation they l.ar
made, whether the original statements 0
these witnesses are true or falEe.
nut the rctraction made By some Of then
deprive them Of all clatrn to credit, and thcl
statements 70 far in1pcach Or throw doub
upon the crilence given By other witnesses
whose af1dnvits were taken by jnd.r Holt
that The committee In tho Investigations the,
haTc made, and in thls report have disregard
cd entirely the testimony nf all those pcrson
whose standing has been fshpcached.
MEETING OF M1LLERs.
unlforn,i.y Of rre1ght.-The chtcas'
acknowledgements in Weights.
Pursuant to notice, large and rcspcctabl
meeting Of tnillers ON thu l1ue Of the Mlchl
Eun Southern d Northern Indiana Ratlruad
convened at The Clifton uouse, Ii Elkhart
on Ftidar, July 2ilh.
"A: D. 1udson, Of Aishs waka. was arpolpte,