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Religion in prison.

--There are in the prisoners' camp in Elmira, New York, at the present time, one thousand six hundred and eleven rebel prisoners who make profession of religion. They have come from twelve different States--Virginia and North Carolina furnishing the largest number. --Five hundred and forty-two are Methodists, five hundred and forty-seven Baptists, one hundred and ten Presbyterians, two hundred and forty-two Catholics, and the remainder are distributed among the less prominent religious denominations.

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