Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16
Pollard, Of the Richmond Exnminer
-His Record during tho Wnr.

Pollard, Of tho Richmond Exnminer
His Record during tho War.
To tho Editor Of the Chicago Republican:
SIR: Having noticed o recent article
in your paper in regard to the arrest of Il.
Rives Pollard, I desire to say O few words
in regard to this man. For some eight
months during 1868 and 1854, I was an
inmate of Libby Prison, and read Pollard's
paper during that time. From it l copied
| the following extracts, which show the
instincts of this candidate for reconstruc.
ton. Speaking of Col. Dahlgren. killed
in the Fitzpatrick raid on Richmond, in
February, 1864, Pollard says:
"Oahlgren's body was boxed up at
| Walkerton and brought to Richmond.
| Henceforth the name Of Dahlgren is link
| ed with eternal infamy ; and in the years
| TO come d~efenceless women and innocent
childhood will peruse, with a sense OF
shrinking horror, the story OF Richmonas
rescue from the midnight sack ana raVase
led by Dahlyren. II would seem some
| thing of the curse he came to bestow upon
Others lighted upon his own carcass, when
i, fell riddled BY avenging Southern bull
lets. Stripped. robbed OF every Valuao,e'
the fingers cut of for the AXE Of the
diamond rings that encircled Them when
the BODY was found by those sent to take
charge Of it, it was lying in a field stark
naked. Yesterday the body was removed
from the car that brought it to the York
River Railroad Depot, and given to the
spot of earth selected to receive it. Where
that spot is, no one but those concerned in
its burial know, or care TO tell. II was o
dogs burial; without coffin, winding
sheet, or service. Friends and relatives at
the North need inquire NO further; this is
all they will know-he Is buried a burial
that be6tted the mission upon which he
came. He has swept through the city Of
Richmond on q pine bier, and : written
his name on the scroll Of infamy. instead
Of 'on the hearts Of his c%ountrymen -
never TO be erased. He asked the bless.
ing of Almighty God on his mission Of
rapine, murder and blood, and the AL
mighy cursed him instead"
Again, in speaking Of the prisoners on
Belle Isle. he says, in the following lusu'
brious style:
"wARNISo TO Doos.-According TO
the statement Of "A Citizen who writes
US on the subject, Belle Isle, the depot OF
the Yankee prisoners in Richmond. in un-
healthy for dog, especially well condition.
ed dogs. The Yankees eat them; and
this our correspondent knows from facts
| that have come within his knowledge.
| Several gentlemen on that lone, barren
isle have lost, recently, their tavorite
heel companions, and our correspondent
| afirms that it is well known to the guard
that the Yankees caught. fricas'eed. and
ate them And that, moreover, the YAM
KEGS have begged some citizens to let
| them have their dogs TO eat Horrible!
We are advised. if we doubt the statement
of our correspondent, to visit the island
and take our dog along, and we will come
away alone and convinced. All we have
10 append to this story is, that we never
did admire Yankee taste in anything but
if they prefer a steak Of canine meat to the
ra,ions of beef. bread, potatoes. and soup,
furnished them by the prison officials, II
i, 70 their liking, not ours. Some animals
! of a carnivprous nature rather like the
aesh of another animal Of like nature. In
the above case it is deg eat dog per-
haps."
In speaking of the removal OF the prIs'
oners further south, the Examiner says:
1.-THE proper authorities are debating
the question Of the removal Of $4,000 Yam
kee prisoners from Richmond 10 some other
point. The Yankee Government, under
the laws of civilized warfare, are entitled
10 these men. and il they will not take
them, let them be put where cold weather
and scant fare will thin them out IN &C
cordancc with the laws of nature
What do you call that, Mr.. Editor. but
couaselling murder: l might quote aa
| infnitum similar extracts, but It is not
necessary.
Now, If such q man is permitted to 90
unpublished. what guilt is there in treason
and rebellion? It was q universal remark
among the Union prisoners that "the
| Richmond Examiner did more to sustain
the rebellion than any other one power in
the Confederacy." Its columns were con-
s,antly filed with the abuse Of Yankees :"
and the I" Yankee Government" Pollard
was always talking about the last ditch"
and where is he now: Why, he is walk.
ing scot-free in the streets Of our national
capital! Calls on the President and talks
about "his rights" II he and some more
of those fellows down in Virginia had
their rights, it would be no more than
! iustice TO the thousands of murdered corp
ses that send up their hooking ghosts
from Richmond to Andersonville. Let all
of the most prominent and guilty OF the
rebels be tried and punished, and the
soldiers and all other loyal men will re.
ioice that justice is done to u outraged
Country and laws. w. w. C.
OrrAwA, ILL.,, Feb. l9. 1866.