Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-09-28
NUMBER 3S.
The Andersonville Horrors.

fee, touching jeff. Davis participation IN the
Andersonville murders, are as follows. 1t is
well enough that the people of the North should
be reminded of them occasionally, as Mr.. Gree
ley thinks that within three years his bailing OF
Jeff. Davis will be loudly applauded:
The rebel idea of killing off our prisoners so
| as not to be obliged to meet them in battle, de-
veloped before the Andersonvillc pen was made
Robert Ould, the commissioner of exchange
said in a letter to General Winder: &C The ar
rangement have made works largely in our ia
vor We get rid of a set of miserable wretches
and receive in return some of the best material
| ever saw" The " miserable wretches being
so useful, a plan was devised to increase the
number, and it stated by rebel sur
geon mot in evidence, however,, that when
Winder got his orders to make the Andersonville
pen, Davis told him to locate it as near hell as
he could, and Winder always insisted that he
had succeeded exactly. 1t was filled with pris-
oners early in 1864, and put in the hands of
| WirZ It's horrors began at once, but Winder
did not go it till June. Meantime Wirz re-
ported to the authorities at Richmond and got
his instructions there. In May there were 2, 900
prisoners in eighteen acres enclosed and the
deaths were frequent and resulted so mani
festly from the i'll treatment of the prisoners,
that officer of the rebel government reported
the facts, and earnestly protested against any
more prisoners being sent there. 1t is in proof
that this report was endorsed "noted" by the
Secretary of War, showing that it had been
carefully read. Col. Parsons, in his testimony,
states that, moved by desire to mitigate the
hardships of the place he ordered several trains
of lumber to build shelters for the prisoners,
whereupon he removed, and the lumber
used to build quarters outside, but not a board
suffered to go within. The removal took place
Immediately the arrival of Gen Winder from
Richmond at his first visit in June. The pris-
hen had nCrQ aSp0 q L 10.
than thousand to
Many witnesses testified to hearing Wirz and
Wnder say that they doing more for the
Confederacy than General Lee and that they
were doing the work expected Of them at Rich
mond. In August the number of prisoners
increased to over 80 000 and Col. Chandler, an
officer of the Inspector Generals department,
after reporting the horrible condition of the pris
oners. recommended the removal of Gen. Win
der and the appointment of some one I" who does
not advocate deliberately and in cold blood the
proprety of leaving them (the priSOners,) in
their present condition until their number has
been sufficiently reduced by death to make the
present arrangement SUFFICE This report
reached Richmond on the 18th of August, and
Adjutant General Cooper endorsed it " The
prison is reproach to us as nation. Colonel
| Chambers recommendation is concurred in"
The Assistant Secretary of War also endorsed on
the paper g These reports show condition of
things at Andersonville which calls very loudly
for the nterpositon of the department, in order
that a change may be made But after Mr..
Davis and his war minister had consulted about
the matter, General Winder, instead of being re-
moved, was put (by order 81, dated Oct. 2lst,)
in command of all the prisons east of the Missis-
sppi and the work of starvation and murder
went on without further attempt to stop it, to
the close of the rebellion.
SCHOOL MASTER GENERAL.-Referrng to the
candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, the Bulletin says of Fitzgerald the Demo-
cratic nominee :-'' During the recent struggle
for the preservation of the Union, he was bitter
ly dsloyal-an open sympathizer with the cause
OF secession. His tongue was employed in ma
| lgning the patriots who were struggling for an
undivided country. He is also sectarian, rep
resenting the Methodist Church South on this
coast. But the chief objection to the candidate
is that he is not in sympathy with the public
school system of this State. We think it can be
shown that he has made explicit avowals of this
| fact. 1t is not more than two or three years
! since, trustee of the college at Vacavilc
and largely by his procurement, a clergyman
closely in sympathy with him delivered an ad-
dress before the trustees, in which strong ground
was taken against the present school system If
the views set forth in that address had prevailed
the public school system would have been over
thrown in this State. According to our recol-
lection, the Democratic candidate indorsed and
commenced these antagonistic doctrines. We
want no revolutionist, and no one to prv up the
foundations of our public schools. Whoever un-
dertakes this job will not only overthrow him
SELF but will overthrow the party with which he
| is identified The clerical candidate does not in
any fair sense, represent the educational masses
of a majority of the people. His election wonld
be the entering wedge which unfriendly fac
ton would only be too glad to drive until but
few fragments were left to represent the public
| schools of this State
GOVERNOR WOODS. The people Of Trinity
county will indorse the following in reference to
the distinguished citizen whose name heads this
article, which we find in the Stars and Srpes:-
g Excepting, perhaps, Colonel E. D. Baker and
Starr King, man has ever completely cap
tivated the people of our country the distin-
gushed Governor of Oregon, by the speeches he
made at Dutch Flat and Forest Hill during the
past week. Tall, slender and apparently OF Zee
BILE physical organization, Governor WOODS mas
a voice like a clarion and could easily make