The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-08

could pass aud live Within thi:
space there were at one time more
than thirty thousand human beings
confined, Without shelter. parehed
wilh The burning SUI, flooded With
rain. without pure water to drink,
exposed TO frost aud heat; to the bul.
lets cf brutal guards used In wanron
sport beaten. bruised, cursed, driven
10 maaness aud idioey. starved into
skeletons presenting the must horrid
and gbssiIy objects ever seen out Of
the torture chamber Of the Spanish
laqui-iiinn Even Il photograph Of
one pf these wreteb-6 creatures is
enough to-day to sicken the sight and
sir the heart with thirst for ven
gezBee. Fourteen fhoUsGnd Of these
pO0r cyeafufes found r~liefia death
There are now there 1890 Of the
victims graves to bear wiGurss 10 the
truth IF thi, h'.rrid tale. And vet
JEFF Davis aud Ben Hill attempt 10
palate these heili>h outrages To deny
them 10 fact, aud To pretend that The
I ni1n prisoners were Is well fed a.
the CoDiedeTare soldipfs. and as well
treated a. Ibe rebel prisoners at
Camp Chase ard Elmirs. As to rbe
scarcity Of The necessities u life it
Is enough 10 -ay that Ander>oayiIlr
is fruitful section If euuntry. aud
whcn General Shermau marched
through Georgia to the sea be found
provisions "a pleaty. That the mur-
derug> sys,esa was pursued deliber-
arely there i ample evidence, aud
Jef Davis not Only knew all abuut
II fut was responsible for il. r ebsr,
0uld was Jrf Davis Chief Cpmu,is-
sIuEer for tie Exchange Of prisoBrrs
He wrote a letter from CHS Poiu, !,
Wiuder on tie exchange of prisoners
in which be tells how tie system
worked: '-Tbe arrangements | have
mace," said be. works largely in
our favor IT GET rid # a at of.
miserable tcTetches, and reciere soRe
of The 5sst material / erer satr."
As 10 JeI Davis '.ine1cusable pri-
yaticns' after be was captured aud
10 Fortress Monroe, aud The tor
lures which be SAYS "Dr. Craven
bas too faiuLy described. Ne cannot
refrain iroal quoting The following
paragraph Of II c. Higginsan's let
Ter 10 the PhiiadelphiA Ledger. Mr.
HiZgils5u 8as one ot The Anderson
vile prisoner delegates 10 Mr. Lin
coin. He says:
Il vas stationed al Fortress Mon
rcd during most of Mr.. Davis con-
dGement there, and hardly a day
passed that ! did not make eompari-
s1a bstweea his coudition-nicely
qgsrlered 10 ca~emsJe with hi>
Aif-, fauily. aud friends. plenty 10
cat and dFiuk-Dr Craven attending
phy sicisn, strollinE at will around the
rampsris. and be recipient Of fruits
su ! flowers fFem outside frieuds-to I
tie miserable -pot here lay 10 An
der-uByiile, Ga, un=helIered from I
= ind aud storm, in hunger. 6lIh, Da-
keGas-s. sqaalor, aad disease, aud re-
fused even he box of clothing and |
fos1d --nt 70 me by ms friends NORTH. !
- hieh | saw With nv came and ad- !
dress oB, sHd knew that they, the
rebel officers aud men al Anderson
VI lie, G-sd for themselves. +"
If before this Congress, met last /
Deermber there was ghost Of a
for the D. moeracy TO carry ]
The next Presidential election. that 4
rhance was removed when the lead |
er, ut Saujbern Democracy arose iD |
beir places 10 Congress aud defended /
..r paillaJad the horrors If Anderson /.
ville aud euiogize JEFF Davis Those
" BON the Gods seek to destroy they
trst make mad
" G. BROwNLow.
Senior Editor. &c.