our heroic prisoners richmond at testimony accumulates that the arc j ing and that not by degrees lilt but by m bolesalw hole bole sale alad of our gallant troops confined in the pinions Oll and putt houses at richmond the sad tale talc conic to us Is not lot by minor junior or lague agne report lut but ciery day some sonic nan an enfeebled enfeeble ll of their th clr heal s makes lik hii into nay our lines to add to tile the glint recital chich chills the ho blood of our and shocks humanity huni anity not only this but I 1 bubolo e of baigoo i ingery abc ai delivered as CY CX s at city point vieginia Vi iginia the 11 pile p ile aad fa faces ces bony foi ins and emaciated limbs speak a tile t lie of 0 v oe and honor liichi should louse not alone tile the sympathies of tile Ii humane umano but the ire of tile the 1 hole 1101 C people until tho the and allt hols of tins cell abed ichel lion leonare aro the face fc I 1 e of the earth we J quote a single sing ic extract ctr act bioni it a recent e account describing dop dep the t appearance a P 1 c 1 VI nc 0 or of one lot of cv exchanged changed piro Pilson nors ers ela sept opt floan island IN here the cebul ale in and tort sallaust ming our troops captilles Cap tilled in battle 1 shudder at ahn recital le cital which leads like hiloa a pa passage s of blont the daik ages and seem s impossible at tile the CIO close of tile wittily A the men lulled at 5 a 1 lit in ili the chilly blawn n and it seemed a I 1 fitting time that lor for so fro mo I 1 it I 1 if a procession they numbered ISO ineil brought aiom 1 belle 1 el 10 island d near ric richmond hill 0 lid ciny ocic unable to wall walk and a lid ancic candied to the hospital those thit that co could j id walk must hae oil a 1 si sight lit never to be forgotten foi gotten foi fat lem leai leading in ing the to iab fols not only shipped lipped st thela of socks shoes and blankets blanke tb but lit took their and pantaloons talo ta loons oll except IN licit alicio the ii lags could scarcely hold to colier ct lier men without IN aitho allt hats flats or caps u with ith thin cotton tit di diali an aei ci 3 and bodies baie bat e to t he st their 3 and blooding bleeding r leet feet coi clod only b by y hit mattei tat tei their heir cluel cinel captors captor s had left them not horn but because they icle cic too filthy to keep these men inon hill been on oil bello belle island abich halh to be a banen abarian waste without any protection gaint file wei thor exec except 11 t IV whit it the tacy it hid td themselves they had lain on or the I 1 which aich was to them both bed and covering exposed both sick and well ivell to all e ebli ames ot at heat and cold without clothes without food except small portions of the most kinds for weeks and months inina having hagim been taken prisoners at or before the battle of actus gettysburg many were m ere oual ebing in g front from what are a re called sandio sand nind io wies es and tile the s surgeons ur coolis in in vain vain attempted to plod produce tice general circulation of blood tile cuticle autiel C in ili my iny instances seemingly dried on vie the lione bone from the rev 11 II C trumbull recently flom richmond states that the union officers several thousand in number confined in ill the libey prison re col cliv c only one third of a pound of bread and some anater ater and no meat had been set oil cd out for se oral das to his leading on oil some bastid das no pion irions at all were at belle island not ci Q on eu to tile the hospitals our patriot brethren thele aio dag 13 ing at tit the rate of 50 per day out ot of pure starvation and IN w ant of care but the recital is too sickening enin to dwell on we close tile the subject with the bea heartfelt rufelt prayer that our armies may pi ess fo forward rINard clush out this infernal einal rebellion and relieve our ciciole sold icis flora the slow lingering lingerin gf tortures I 1 of death by starvation the people of the north hane hae been fernea to battle by every sentiment of exalted patriotism liu humanity manity now appeals to them to strike a latal fatal blow at alio whose insane ambition led them to rebel against a free butiro bu but who tibo now rial the atrocities atio cities which would make the blush we ave aie indebted to ili an esteemed friend ies resident ident in gibat cicat salt like city fol foi the lol loping exquisite gem horn hom the Gei gernian nian we e trust ine shall licar hear aiom him often the last arse sparkles spa ikles kles with beauty and gen genius lits for much of which hichi hi cli no ilo doubt we no aio indebted to tit alie tiani lator u