Hammond gazette. [volume], January 20, 1864, Image 3

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We take the following remarks in refer
ence to treatment of prisoners of war from
the Pittsburg Dispatch. A portion of them
are based on a story recently published in
Richmond papers, alleging inhuman treat
ment of the prisoners at this place. Such
an allegation is so palpably false, as every
prisoner on the Point knows, that it is
scarcely worthy of denial :
““We have alrcady noted in detail the
measures taken by General Butler to com
pel the rebel leaders cither to an exchange
of prisoners, or to treat our men in Rich
mond more humanely. These measures
were based upon an examination of the
rebel prisoners at Point Lookout, which
demonstrated that they were not only well
fed, but comfortably quartered. Asan off
set to this official examination, the Rich
mond papers have cooked up the story of
an escaped prisoner, who alleges that his
comrades at Point Lookout were not only
miserably fed, but subjected to the most
barbarous treatment. One instance is cited
in which an officer of the Union guard
drew a pistol and fired in cold blood into a
erowd of prisoners, killing and wounding
a number of them. The only cause for
this conduct, according to the veracious
Richmond chronicler, was the inadvertant
crowding of a considerable number of pris
oners around the gate. In other words,
we presume, a bold attempt was being made
to overpower the guard by thronging -one
of the outlets of the prison ground. As it
is customary to place field pieces in such a
position as to rake these prison outlets, a
much more efficacious preventative of ‘* in
advertant crowding,” under such circum
stances, would have been a round from the
guns. Prisoners are held justifiable in any
means used to escape, and must accept the
alternative of failure at any stage of the
attempt—=death or maiming.
These stories of ill treatment of rebels in
the Northern prisons, however, bear a
strong resemblance to the doleful storics
set afloat a year or two simce by the mar
tyrs of “‘constitutional”’ treason—theQulds,
Mahoneys and others. In the absence of
real causes of complaint, an effort is made
to over-color certain statements and manu
factor others, for the cvident purpose of
counteracting the revelations from the
Richmond prisons. The simple fact that
the Governmeat courts an investigation in
to the gondition of the prisoners held by
the two parties respectfully, while the reb
els persistantly shun any such examination,
is sufficient to demonstrate the insincerity
of their policy—to disprove their allegations
of fair treatment of prisoners on their part
and hard usage on ours.”
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tion of the soldiers and citizens of Point Look
out {o the fact that he has opened for their
accomodation an OYSTER SALOON on the
bank of the Potomae river, adjoining the camp
ofthe2d N. H. V.
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Baltimore every Friday morning at 10 o’clock
A. M.. for Point Lookout and Landings on the
Potomac river. Leaves Washington every
Tuesday morning, foot of 7th stieet, at 6 o’clock
A. M., for the above nameéd landings.
CLERK.—J. H. WiLson.
AGENT.—Cnarues WiLsoN.
49—67 A. NEEDHAM & SONS.
TO ALL WHO HAVE FRIENDS IN THE
ARMY.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, Soldiers’
Aid Societies, clergymen, editors and others
are respectfully requested to aid in disseminat
ing the following notice, which sof interest to
all who have friends in the army:
DIRECTORY OF THE HOSPITALS.
The Sanitary Commission have made arrange
ments for supplying gratuitously information
with regard to patients in the United States
General Hospitals at the following points, (others
will be added:)
Eustern Departments:—For information ad
dress ‘‘Office Sanitary Commission, Washington.”
Washington, D. C. Cumberland, Md.
Georgetown, D. C. Point Lookout, Md.
Alexandria, D. C. Frederick City, Md.
Baltimore, Md. Fairfax, Va,.
Annapolis, Md. Aquia Creck, Va.
Annapolis Junction, Md. York. Penn.
Philadelphia Department —For information,
address ‘‘Office Sanitary Cogimission, No. 27
South Sixth street.’’
Philadelphia, Pa, Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Chester, Pa. Reading, Pa.
Germantown, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa.
New York Department.—For information, ad
dress “(.I)ficc l?umans' Central Union, No, 10
Cooper Institute *”
New York, N. Y. Portsmouth Grove, R. 1.
Albany, N. Y. Boston, Mass.
Newark, N. J. Burlington, Vt.
New Haven, Conn. Brattleboro, Vt.
Western Departments —¥or information, ad
dress Opjice Sanitary Commissicn, Louisville, Ky.
Columbus, Ohio. Louisville, Ky.
Cleveland, Ohio. Covington, Ky.
Camp Dennison, Ohio, Lexington, Ky,
Gallipolis, Ohio. Danville, Ky, -
Cincinnati, Ohio. Perryville, Ky.
Quincy, Ilinois. Bowling Green, Ky.
Cairo, [llinois. Memphis, Tennessee,
Mound City, Hlinois. Clarksville, Tenn.
Jeffersonville, Ind. Jackson, Tenn.
Evansville, Ind. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
New Albany, Ind. La Grange, Tenn.
Saint Louis, Missouri. Gallatin, Tenn.
[ronton, Missouri. Nashville, Tenn.
Rolla, Missouri. Vicksburg, Miss.
Springfield, Missouri, Corinth, fliss.
Keokuk, lewa. Helena, Arkansas.
Davenport, Tewa, Grafton, Virginia.
Paducah, Ky, Point Pleasant, Va.
Bardstown, Ky. Parkersburg, Va.
Lebanon, Ky. Clarksburg, Va,
Columbus, Ky. Charlestown, Va,
Columbia, Ky.
Information will, wnder ordinary ecircum
stances, be given to any person who may apuly
for it, in answer to any or all of the foflowiug
inquiries. If the application is by letter, the
answer will be sent by return mail; if in person,
it will be answered at once
1. I 8 ——— [giving name and regiment, and
state where when last heard of:] at present is
the hospitals of——?
2d. If so, what is his proper address?
3d. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital?
4th. If not in hospital at presant, hae he ve
cently been in hospital?
sth. If so, did he die in hospital, and at what
date ?
6th. If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
7th. If not, what were his orders on leaving ?
More specific information as to the condition
of any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitals will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after a request to do so is received at the Wash
ington ofhice.
The offiee of the Directory will be o§¢n daily
from 8 o'clock A. M. to 8 o’clock P. M., and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour of the night.
Much inconvenience in conductiong the busi
ness of the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access to the record bagks
themselves, this practice will hereafter be dis
continued; nor can lists of wounded in hospitals,
by States, counties, regiments, or otherwise, be
hereatter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special au
thority from the President of the United States
maintains an extensive system of agencies for
securing the safe conveyance to and distribution
of goods put in its charge for the sick and woue
ded at points where they are most wanted. It
operates with equal care and generosity at all
points—at New Orleans and at Washington, be
fore Vicksburg and at Nashville—itsdistributions
being governed by a comparison of the wants of
th® patients in all cases. To ascertain the rela
tive character of these wants in a trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
and honest usc "of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services of the members of the Com
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
and moral charagter and more than fifty lay
agents are employed, under pecuniary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
of these arrangements have thus far been about
3 per centum of the value of the goods distributed.
The Commission has not been able to obtain au
thentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, or mis
appropriations, to the value of one dollar in ten
thousand, of goods which have been once received
at its shipping depots. The following are the
names of these depots, to which auxilliary socie
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded, -
without reference to States or localities, but
simply to their relative necessity for assistance,
are invited to send their offerings : '
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
22 Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
10 Third Avenue, New York. :
Sanitary Commission, Branch Su;igly Office,
27 south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Chicago, Illinois. -
Sanifary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniari aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the yoluntary contributions of the
public for the means of sustaining its operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, and -
may be transmitted to Georce T. STRONG, keq.,
Treasurer, 68 Wall street, New York.
The names of the following gentlemen, com
missioners of the President of the United States
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ
rity, and cfficiency with which whatever is en
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be ad
ministered :
H. W. Bellows, D. D, George T. Strong. Esq.
A. D. Bache, LL. D. Horace Binney, Jr., Esq.
G. W. Cullum, U.S. A.Rt. Rev. T. M. Clark, D.
A. E. Shiras, U. S. A. Hon. Joseph Holt. tD.
R.C.Wood, M.D., U. 8. Hon. R. W. Burnett,
S. G. Howe, M. D. [A.Hon. Mark Skinner
W. H. Van Buren, M. D, Rev. John H. Heywood.
Wollcott Gibbs, M. D. Prof. Fairman Rogers,
C. R. Ai};new, M. D. Hon, Schuyler Colfax.
Elisha Hayris, M. D. Fred Law glmltesd Esq.
J. 8. Newberry, M. D.
Cextrarn OFFICE OF SANITARY COMMISSION,
244 F atreet Washington, February 7, 1863.