New-York tribune., 1881-03-27

rsate and to all The starvation and cruelty an IN
tonoete rt and i1se1ye,cAtif G6FeEnmenf cCna ac-'
eounulishh Finn ths conversation and ainDss il'ou
ih resoli4ekion of thA NortheFn peopie ttua piaco
has Arouped, but notJo in eeosslR OF tne
peoyle. nearly all 0f;wbom say .jthas sns
pever-tuld; tlatsueD wsa the enaAnre Oh
dutrarB here that whennF eisra ap pfSea.ol.
tban towuspeople' harborsa them in their DarnS:
,tp yeupeance of God would fab on them TO
dsIvsr even their enemies back to- such cruelty
saa one old man attho,. .Boyden.. House, Tno1 1oheu
in the. con yersatiou, one asTeASnRa
TI,a,., Svere oftcDmEu buJiel cut iDffnf!pr1sn
nen will altye have tfnS festimpny ora surseon
thatbe has seen them pulle out OF the deau car1
with their ewes open and taking notice. Dut 1oo weak
70 lift fngep.l There was mot the teas excuse log
such treatment as the Confederate Governmen1 nad
seized every saw mill in thereGon and could just as
well have put I'M shelter forthosep prisoners as Ro'
weod being plentiful heres. 1t will be hard 10 makd
arbouast man in Salisbury say.that there WIS the
sliotest peressity for those prisoners having i've
H. old Tents, caves and holes hAhfull OF water No
| respectable and we.adxised man here but VIII say
he would ratharhase gone. 10 hsGraye tnan 10 1hae
men, Yet il contained some of the flower OIL the couh
trv i, vouth and PROMISE, Representations were
made 10 the Davis Government .aGafust tne Oicers
in charge of it, but no attention VAS pao 10 tnen
| Promotion was the. punishment for crueily theref
The inmates were skeletons. He'll couih nave no
terrors for any man who dled theie eA"oP' 'A' IA"
human keepers
"Who was the gaoar in ohargePf
"A man from Florida ned Major Gee. He was
| n match for Wrz Crnety never raised N this age
| of the world more favorite son. His heart was
dead to sensibilty. Striking the battle-eldfo keep
this prisms be,wel nuDderstoodt the requirements Oh
the place in the intentions Of his superors and that
it wasno part of their statesmanship 10 let strong
we'll men be exchanged. He barnesAed up Deatn
and drove him through that naked hefd ana yonder
is the cemetery TO tell how many perished under MS
chariot wheels. Upward of eleven thousand' men
moro than the battle OF, Gettysburg killed. i ex1
nec-were the trophies of Major Gee. On one occa-
sion small party of prisoners was sent out TO cnt
an,t ha1ll In WOO L. Que poor follow weak with nj
exhausting disease, haA to stop. The guard with
| ont one word shot the man dead. On this the
murdered nau's brotiIer man of spirit SAID .thaQ
guard should feel the paBS his brother 1et Az the
same guard eawe in the gate this brother snatched
tbe uluslset aad bayonet from the guarUs shoulder,
| and with one movement of vcngeful arm drove
| the bayoRet. through the villains hearti On ths
Gee ordered the artillery with canister shot 10 pfSy
! on the whole pen. There were thousands OF men
bseep in tents or holes uuknown9 Of any htnenliy'
and there wns snof other difficulty but thai TIE
| cruel IRON came Ie21iug tiS 'A"''
/ ing and killing, and heard. myself, the cries OF
| aoosy From single toni six dying bowling men
were takcn.l Gu one side of the pen the artillery
officer elevated his pieces to shoot bver. and for this
] Gee cursed him"
/ What became Of Gee 'hnallyi'
! "He- was tried by a court martial. believe but
| got OIL We always believed hero that money bought
| his life He onght TO havs been hanged. Eyery5
| body will tell you that"
| : This pen was abandoned toward the close Of the
] war; when StOneman Eaded IN here from Knoxville.
/ poOnIles to the west. with 1900 men. Beauregard
| had tie same number. bat drew them off to Lexng1
tou Asan instance Of thediiferent clyiliz tcns at
| work recall tale StonenHn once told me at 'hA
orange f.I1n,. near Los Angeles. California. Ha
! said:
i Before went to Salisbury had my spies there.
| taking account of everything. When got there
| and burnt the rebel supplies and renewed what
prisoners they had left went 70 dinner with citi-
! 81. who, with his family wero polite aud gave me n
good meal. After itwas over. said to the man oil
/ the house-a person of substance; Do you want q
guard for that money yen haYeb buried IN thecellhr
/ He looked b4widcred and guilty, hut said: Never
mind. know all about IT, hyou want guard
will let you have it, In q few minutes he came
back and said General. 4 would like to have q
| guard, kave it to him. and his money was never
disturbed"
The prison pen stood almost in the town, on 0
crayelly old field with red clay on the surdce, and
on the edge of deep cat In the raroadEr track. Over
this cut he'd bridge, by which the prisoners were
marched TO their camp Of horrors. lDto the cut
Richardson and his comrades dug their way one
i dark night, and escaped, to the menOtaius.. TEe
field is now bare as your hand; the holes oil the
posts of tte palisades are occasionally seen; tho
wells dug 40 give water are aGain filled mp. by the
eements An agricultural fair ground,i with @
racing stapd occupies the further. boundary of the
field To the west is hollow and gully in which
the dead were buried, aud lnowtit is National
: cemetery, made green by grass and tho gardeners
care aud planted with young trees, and the slopes
of itare terraGed while granite monument ahou'
thirty feet high the awful story Of those thou
sands OF skulls, plrof unknown name aud fame, re-
buried there in rows that certain vain politicians
might notfge out of Office . A tall mast carries
j small American flag streaming at tho peak Aoue
armed soldier in little stone lodge keeps the cal
cipedl reesyo Of bravary and t1rtnra aud Oblivion
TO the west single knob of. blue hill or mountain
raises its head above the wocds,
b AsI looked ct this great rharneL the qimmemoEal
noaameut OF the CCnfedeEaey Of our felow-oitIzen
III Davis. remembered another Salisbury and tn,
story of the Shepherd of Salisbury Plain. whose hn
traveiier listened by and heard little boy within
b. Say: Father we are not hle poor foikbj hhy'
,. salt with our potatOea-D
n Hepe Oh Salisbury were thousands with neithe
botatoss nor yet the A1t Of tde eagth th'
phdsphorua of history whosegQo bones liiie th'
isolated gully and grow into the blooms dof cottor
that tte ,ueKra piehss Yet the fwrd is frees anC
censeenee Ia returned fog their labors even here.