Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-11
Some Andsrsonyllls Testimony.

n. NJ, u,o..u.,
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a Iettef 10 tns en'cago i"e'''o'a"
from Rockford. Illinois. says:
"Hayipp been a prisoner Of war dur
ING tho late rebellion, and had the mis-
fortune Of being confined In Anderson.
vile. where they did use blood.hounds
10 hunt Union prisoners with, / would
iilo 40 ssk Mr.. Hill mud his admirers
what Kind OF dogs they used in the
Soptb 10 hunt n%ccroes? Tho keeper
and owner Of The dogs nj A~nd.rsonyillo
mnds me This proposition n dny, while
TALKING with him about tho merits Of his
Joos. That l mount n horse nj the prison
oair' ride ma far as I chose. swim a
stream. change my horse, and do all that
I couli avon To changing nv clothes.
a;s;n. mo ono J,v's siart. md be would
S,o,,sls ma boforo I reached The Union
i;nas H. toll ma tbat tbcy wor. The
hss, ,rainsJ nark 4. m. South. The
s,,sr..s va yerv noor for .scano from
Inds,sor,iiio' ono CHANGED 10 GET \
s,a., ho v,s most always bronvbt Iack
and m, In tho cbsin.vans. nnd had 10
80 hi, anJ chsin nm each foot I
haSa s.sn .s ,nany ma cigbtocn chained
tooetbsr' with n chain fastened 10 their
nrcks, besides The balls and chain.
AGAIN Mr.. IiilI claims tboro was no
msdicino In the south. Thousands
died from the effects OF scuryy. Pota-
toss md onions yere plonty In Georgia,
and there IL no better medicine for TINT
disease. Mr.. Hill says the majority OF
tho mon died from inconsistencies. a
very small portion OF them an. a ma
jority OF them died OF scui,y anu s'ar'n'
ton. inc n men gets tnis disease ~
his mouth, ne canhS' ca. .no ha,u; u .h.
corn oreaa they useu 70 slNo W, anu .no
more no u9es eat ,he more mo .;nh ,a'I
sloS. on pi,t,non1 nonr,s In
issa IN ons y, y .ha p.h., Can,r.ss
= = p'y I'm ~ !" r.Jnss tho
,na. VII wv. Az .enai,;,n 10 msLe
Union nv IT, .a..;.o ,,I.n az.
.n.n n III - ,hav nh som.
msncS Tho work for thew cut of what
i;,,ia s,aIs ws.t ,hsv hal given ma. Did
Nv, ,ha 1oh.,s rat",, ~ secoonize Cen.
~, Rn,lsr no Commissioper Of Ex.
change bscouss no was considered an
outlaw by themP Did not they refuse to
eYeb,npc tho colored soldiers they cap
tured In tho Union Army?
-, vx,vn,vvcvs ~ ,xorurn NAN
rhiS''Ah mnn 49, rrx,
iron 'h' i0,''o n
The nan who speaks OF A%huerson.ille
AZ no worse than inc Northerh m'iltary
prisons, can never comprehend what
A~ndsrsonville was: ne can never %
made to understand the horrors OF INA.
dreaded place, where q seething mass OF
humanity festerod anil rotted bsneath
the rays OF O Southern sun; where cor
ruption was in the very air. md mel
wero food for worms long before they
were dead. No pen can paint the terri.
BILE sights that greeted ones eyes every.
where that they turned; OF mems liyid
gums protruding beyond their mouths,
and teeth dropping from their jaws, or
limbs twisted into horrible shapes, and
swollen until tho distsnded skin glisten.
ed: of hundreds with their mouths
eaten AWAY by canker; Of tho fearful ar.
raw of dead Which e,ery morning laid
h, the oates with drawn faccs. distort.
al limbs. and staring eyss. II poet
xishsd N ,lsnict, as dante did. tho tor.
ture, Of The damned in the Inferno, n
vi.it 10 ths canorens ward of tho hos.
nitai at Anisrsonyille would have left
i;,,I. 10, ,he im~og;nation 10 supply.
Ths,. hs would have found several
hnnd,.d man whose tissues were being
ds,onr.d bv ,ho yirus Of oancrsnv'
W.nJ. AVA a., rsro ,o,t;,e otf or else
mos.;s,.,ior hsd bcopn under ,hs
.l;n ~ tha SacL and was RAPIDLY eat.
inc sxav the soit tissues between
ths snidorrnis md tho ribs: apon.
nm, shr;sLs aud oroans wont mn con.
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