The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26

Those nrc the figures. People can ciphcl
for themselves. | convcrScd with Dr. Alcrl
wcther, q physician of the nelghborhood, who
had professional charge of the convicts, from
the It'll August to Il recent date. He statet
that he had treated their symptoms MS the!
appcarcd. These were generally diarrh~i
and scurvy, with some few chronic scroIulot'
cnscs. Scurvy, he said. ORIGINATED rom I'm,
proper food. &C, but he thought the majority
of the seventy-tive who arrived Inst had sour
Wy when received. although he did not rec0S
nfZc it A. the time, Two OF them died on the
road. Thought that ninc-tenths OF then
were diseased when they arrived ut thestock
AIDE. Did not cXalnlne them. Based hi
statement on their general appearance, com
plcxi0n and movements: He was frequently
PUZZLED as to their diseases, which seemed
entirely different from any he had previously
"IIow do you account, Doctor."I asked. "fol
the fact that the deaths in May, 1873. exceed
cd those In May, ls70: the scventy-flfe hay
ing arrived In April. lSI9?" 49,,
Ir. Mcfiwcthcr answered that May. 1873
was soon after the arrival of 80 men from the
Pcnitentiary whom superintendent lnrinelt
himself denounced as diseased and unfit 1oI
duty.
Hon. G. D. Ti!lman, q director of the road
at whose house we were, said that
THE EXISTENCE OF sCURvY
had only been recognized on the 10Th OF AN
Dust, after ali examination by DR.. Maxwell
Of Greenwood. whose experience as an army
surgeon enabled him to detect 1t. This cX'
animation had been Mt the request OF the rail-
rond directors, the physicians attending the
! men having been nonpluSscd by the symp-
toms and diseases prevalent, with which
they were unacquaintcd. DIR. Mcriwether
said he thought, the - men had broughtscur
Wy with them when they cnme, having con-
tractcd 1t In Iails and pcnitentiarics. lie
had charge Of Stociade No. D. Would pro-
nounnc its general sanitary condition good.
Thought
TIE CoNvICTs ERE GENERALLY WELL.
TREATED,
better than many slaves were before the war.
Was at the work once or twice every day
while it ran through his land, a distance of
about one and thrcc-quartcr msles. which
was from early in May to the last OF June.
Saw no ill-trcatmcnt. Saw no beating with
runs or sticks or the e., gmTn u G4 eGc, 81 don IT.;
without his knowing IT,. Had never seen
Captain Cahill with II stick more than two or
three times, and then IL WAS only II little one,
not heavy, enough to knock "a nero down
with. Had never seen Captain Cahill or the
guards strike amy OF the convicts with any
thing but Il strap. Knew that captain "a
hill had discharged one guard for striking
n con cict with Il stick. saw two OF the lot OF
scycnty-fivc dead. Was told That they died
on the road. l visited
No.,
which has recently been abandoned. Its gem
cral arrangement was similar to that Of the
others. III had not, like them, II furnace for
bnking bread, but had had one, | was told,
hnlil u heavy wind and rain destroyed IT In
the fall. The stockadc was similar to No. ).
except that the paSsngcway between the Two
nunrtmrnts was urcn 1T both ends,
and the walls were not dauhrd. The spaces
between the logs, both in that and the hog
nital. were very wide. from two to our inch
Is and would thought. subject thc.inmarcs
To- exposure. WITS told. however, that q
brush nrhor protected them on the outside,
ami that in rainy weather blankets were al
also furnished with anketS and baggiHg on
which TO lie, in addition to the straw. What