, 1869-06-27

d.n nc had not rather fac one sundred .
~ fe't sather unhaR7y for a few mtnases, 81
Captain Warner. @b1t promised tie fellow vi
saoot pe heavy as W., asH | vas 70 NOR
90 he should have soue grub in haiE an hour.
iound q nothing n ne st1renoose q tns prison bu
sss ssss sasle Ct 1h * :S :a az s: e
! called 70 JACK rnto1gh The gsate th1s had g.
S ss Psa1,ness St ~, sad and not to 1e
Tho next Day captaia Warner represented t
Genera W!naeE tae prsoe!pa, oMeef Y charge 9
them, and mat 1hey Vere In tus actual psnss g 9
hunger He wss directed at- once to nna2e i rt
4ulation on Colonel Northrpp, The cross-grIne
| vhosa ide2 Of importance was 70 have I tt Of ID
solence whenever na Was approached, and wh
was either gran or hysse7calla In h,s ofclal tatet
II know nothing Of Yankee pr.son~s she ssits
"At 1exst, !" said Captain Warner, Is tell me ho,
1 an 70 Keep my accounts fos tho prisoners sat
= s!F,' said Noxtnrpp. sl.gat!y 'ocunpg ais eye
! into the tiyefl"
| Here vss : quandar1. The.s VII no law L
charge tbs coz1z1laazy General rikh The 6uheisa
the QaarteImnsters Department; the 1at.er dsnle
sSa r n e. assaSox OF 81 SaoSs ,as psoasr
Warner had been appointed Comtalasasy Of Pris
OPS, and yet Nn1thEup refused to n cognze his an
isoy q T. ~ y b. aas!taaz nd va egg
Of humanity aapptlf a convenient lAs or mill
taty regulation Esa hunted up, 10 tbs effect that
eonasa 5ss y night Ss st,gnsd 70
der this law Captseo Warner mtcat draw hls sap
1 plies from The bu1rteymaste General, ana mign
be Independents OF the odlous EortnEup, Anothe
Dh6EUfa QtbErtH feY
carry Congreas at Montgomery; It consisted only
ol thfee Or four unes, but It Wis seJ Important
ers Of war ahousd hhre The ssne raeions Is Con
federate sotdtet1 in tho feid-
Under the arrangement indicated By these AKl
the prisoners were comfortably, and even gener
ously, suhs1sted for many month"; The arrange
ment was pe3ec = not long aitet he hlstle q
1ond. and he best beef sold Ior onI5 eight cen,l
pound. Whe4 suppaes became scarce: when n.
foolish law anshorlking imp1esamenta and assign
daeer pa fss mafts essS@a a ssset ssss & p e9
sae eo eona Se e 5sd ,es sna a.
neld. Tne Commlssasy Of Prisons. asu7: ,de.
psndently Of NotthKup, employed t1hTe,ii. agent.
nsrE9 to soses ssnpB' q tns es; % ,aa
nsads ia otaer deps1faeat1 of tae eoSe;naeas. s
onsa saf i q ths e.; .sq e i'll ~. q
season Of scarcity, TWAS proposed to buy sup-
plies for The Qr18oneEs In Bome Of the uppet
connties ln yh4tnta where Iontederste money
WAS refused, and tnatto eject the hunlsne under
taking General LaHton, then Quarter1nastef
Gsnsssi a a !, ~ ~ wiling to draw requiS'tton fol
but these purchases were defeated BY IN IN
fofseeu lnte1ernuce. CpGlmlsss1y Norrhrap
Ss Ssa ~ BE- Ct
ma @ ss in.stsd tnss :. sas as ss sse Was
se M Ss opon % II &c
and at List be assumed TO- ''1mptezs" " the sab-
slstence purchased for the prisoners and to d.
WIS Tased betTeen ki@ aad wa,ns1; nse;S aya "
committees q inyesuganon were raised IN
agents had brought down from Augusta County q
drove Of one hundred and sescnty-nvc beeTes,
pressing them % tie skirts Of Richmond. Sot to
o. 1sa5 loaded siTtySiee esrs ID Sorsn g ii cssollna %
pounded them, md then 1i}ted than through the
wire pets he tore froH tho wtudow8, and' CON-
gossa : eussoas bsssa, n.sas ot equal measures Of
r. nos @ syso ~. l1se9tion r. spoiled - Norsas1p.
.tstencs Of nc Coalede%sacy, % Ia q - 10 II i1aseT aa
Sumption 81 pr1sensrs The nrst resuis
II e saeRsss ssaqgs a% f. sas az
erN: and ultimately, In the spring Of lsS4 lay
ny passed vt5s0aIly abolisaing the Iosmsi osaes,
tho tender nerc1eg Of the man nho hAd wtans4
ne theusands OF them IN Richmond It the bottom
From this upe, whatever there Yss Of d.a..ess
for food among the prisoners, 70 be properly and
Distinctly Charged 10 one nsn IN the Gntederacy
7ssa poe2 H. ey 81 s. ~ 1et @
federate malatn1lnistration, Ms SEMI to tho GAL
lows: and ne may understand tho remoryetu re>
demned him, when better scoualnfe1 witt fbh
system under which The Southern ps1sora verc
IS 1asu ~ gss = nare declared that
Afex words q lnis dseic episode, tals fearful
rntsadrcuture OF Nur1hern vengeance, may prop
tnnocent man. Ha h,stozy WI oas Of ,sae aoss
harmless Me haye eyer nown 10 1sa he h.1
% essa a. n
detailed % sentne! II The Libby; there his ndell
~ and Intelligence Hern nptne0, and be VIII pro-
he T. es ea 70 9
elRht execuure duties about the prison, aud for
tnis obla!ped 4 commission, Be required zach
Secretary Mallory Wished, In 1850, unKJ- agent J
to convey some ordnance to tho coast Of Loulst-
saa WIZ ~ 1ae.sea l r. him - % tSs 1a1 - 20 q u, ~
the cannon, By Almost BupeIhuHoan snossa. 70 tho
Missisatppl RiTer, GtnerL Pembezton salxed IT, |
aan M rssoi,sd % 70 Gut sas seFoe, ron VICE ae
nAd once before oosained iutpagn TO recruit |
his nezlth ID Eurvpe- As this toe GeaerI |
y1ile: be hsd sent nas eSn aoxns yoa,S. commis.
eioned - Ieutenant, 10 tAle chArxo Of Il, 69t It
morc e1periencc should 10. Captain Win Tas
1TEruuy solicited 70 undertake tho MISSION and |
- warmly refused Il At .sst ne consented to 20, |
but On tho expfe8s promise Of General Ttndet |
that be 1as only to make or.ef stay 10 rcleve N
about tho you'd and tne1peztence
II his son. and that be vouid b recalled Ia 1ew
lfppy EAn WIS left there to fail Victim 70 . fats
1f bud never provoked or never suspectedl
Fot HhateVef tnere xA N m1ltreAtment OF
Nofshsfn p11sootsA the ttzponalhaty oI HI. d.
u y 70 oe measured g t3at q Any 1tkef RaH o1 |
1is sdm!nisIsanon. Ine ffeAosne eifoeen - ~
~ .:t aad ~ 4am1e tempea. uuteM N 9u ol s6a&ed
tHnV. 80 o1e ever AocnSeo nm o. dsaelfy; oot |
ne e1pPioyea nen cne ano toeo0petent akeoH
y NoThrops continuing 70 employ him Aftef 70 |
.lftt 5or the sfuses ~ hsTe desr14Se1 = Tme t.W
: - <u,+ntr ~ ,.e1Jt1re ~ ave- |