From the Richmond Dispatch, 4/10/1863, p. 1, c. 4

Investigating Alleged Cruelties. – The committee of Congress, appointed at the suggestion of Mr. Herbert of Texas to investigate and report on certain alleged cruelty committed by the keepers of the military prisons in this city towards soldiers under their charge, have summoned a large number of witnesses to be in attendance on the committee to-day, when the proposed investigation will be begun.

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