WHIS
3cffersonian.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1862.
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rpOur Carrier desires us to return his sin
cere thanks to the patrons of the Jejferso
nian, for the liberality with which they re
sponded to his call upon them yesterday.
The Rendition of Mason and Slidell
The Government at Washington has seen
proper to surrender to the protection of Eng
land, on England's demand, Mason and Sli
dell and their Secretaries, McFarland and
Euslip. The reader will remember that these
were the persons sent by the authorities of
Jeff. Davis-dom on a mission to England and
France respectively, for the purpose of ad
vancing in those countries the interests of the
. Rnnthprn confederacy. As it is
Qj"iaii-u w.-..
known, by this time in every nook and cor
nerofthe country, they were taken at sea
from off the British Mail Steamer Trent, by
Capt. Wi'kes, commanding the U. S. War
Steamer San Jacinto, and imprisoned in Fort
Warren, Boston Harbor, by direction of the
Government The country rejoiced in the
capture; and every man who heard of it ut
tered an involuntary huzza over the intrepid
ity of the hero who rendered so signal a ser
vice to the Union. But there were doubts as
to the legality of the act; and heroes, states
men, lawyers and even politicians, though
they knew the arrest was right, hesitated to
give an opinion a6 to whether the manner o
making it was not technically so far in the
wrong, as to destroy the benefit which might
otherwise accrue from it.
We all knew that our common evcry-day
law, between man and man, has its formulas
which must be adhered to. We know too
that these are deemed, aye have proved, ne
cessary, to secure the chief end of Law Jus
tice. If these formulas are violated, or if
they are allowed to pass without respect, in
the transaction of business, even though the
cause which treats them thus cavil iarly, may
have rights on its side, in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred it will prove the losing side.
This we venture to say, is the experience of
many who have courted pare justice through
the law: their case was just their evidence
was all that could be required ; but some
technicality had been violated. Their case
appeared wrong, and in the eyes of the law
it was wrong. The result was they were
the victims, when, if they had managed the
case rightly from the beginning, they would
have been the victors. And this is right.
It is necessary to prevent endless litigation.
If this is so, (and who can doubt it u ho has
ever witnessed a trial in our country,) who
can blame the Administration for its course in
the case of Mason and Slidell, and their Sec
retaries. An innocent violation of technical
ity on the part of Capt. Wilkes deprived us
of the pleasure of holding these secession
emmissaries in durance vile, ad libitem. It
is on this ground that Secretary Seward
sci their rendition. Capt. Wilkes innocent
ly failed to meet the technicalitiesof the case,
and, in the eyes of the world, we are conse
quently guilty of a violalion of the rights of
England, and of English neutrality. Yet no
one can blame Capt. Wilkes. JJc acted in
accordance with his light and knowledge on
the subject, and adopted the plan he thought
least calculated to wound the over sensitive
honor of Great Britain. He is a good sailor
and in active service, in defence of bis coun
try's flag &. honor, would doubtless prove that
the race of his country's Jieroes had not yet
run ouL For what he has done he deserves
our thanks. That he was not equally as
good an international lawyer as naval com
mander is both his and our misfortune.
The laws of nations allow Bearch in time
of war, to prevent the transmission of arti
cles contraband of war. Among these arti
cles are included dispatches from a belliger
ent to operate against the interests of a co
belligerent, Ambassadors and the agents o
belligerents. The Trent was without doubt
guilty of the crimes against our rights here
enumerated, and her detention was perfectly
justifiable. But the letting her pa6s on her
voysge, after securing the persons of the par
ties sought was the weaknees which destroy
ed our rights, and this the Secretary of the
Navy, in his report, condemned. These
earae laws of Nations require that such vese
should be seized and carried to the nearest
port friendly to the vessel seizing her, and
that a judicial tribunal there decide whether
ehe be guilty of the crime alleged against
her, to wit: of carrying articles or person
contraband of war. If guilty she is con
demned, and the whole world says amen to
the deciesion. If not guilty then neither are
those on whose account she has been seized
contraband, or subject to arrest by the gov
eminent pursuing them, and they are let run
free. Here was the want of observance o:
technicality on the part of Capt. Wilkes
He held the men, but allowed the vessel
which was the only guilty party in the eyes
of Nations to run free.
We admit that the yielding to this argu
Bient is a cause of humiliation, but' such is
the power of technicality. And after all.
the whole thing resolves itself into the ques
tion, whether we would better disarm seces
sion by yielding to those principles which go-
rem the world, or strengthen it by opposing
them. We are strong : there is no reason to
doubt that. But with our country disrupted,
could we have afforded to throw down the
gauntlet of war to England, France and, per
haps, the whole of Europe, for the mere pos
session of four men who are of no account, ei
ther in themselves or in their capacity for e
ril! The rebellious South would ay aye,
I because the success of the South depends up
I nn nur pmhroilinjr ourselves in a war with a
powerful foreign power, and to this end are
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the efforts of their Commissioners directed.
But the sober, second thought of the North
will say nay ; and, in the end, the act of the
government, in giving up these insignificant
individuals, involving as it does neither prin
ciple, honor nor manhood, will be applauded
as a righteous one, because it will prove a
tower of strength to our cause. Lngland de
mands it as a right, France asltB it as remo
ving the only just cause of war between us
and England, and the United States grants
it, because not to do so would be to condemn
a principle which we have ever contended
should rule as a right between nations. We
may lose by it in the way of bluster, but the
Southern rebels will lose far more, in the aid
which they lioped to gain from our collision
with England. They rejoiced over our ar-
rest of Mason and Slidel they will mourn
just as sincerely over their rendition.
The Holidays
Have cooo bv. Wo aro rested, and
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we resume our duties to the numerous rea
ders of the Jrffcrsonian, refreshed and
Ntrengtbcucd for the labors of the year
before as. Wo enjoyed ourself consido
rably during our play time, and we can
assure all that wo made uch good use of
the short repite from beadwork and hand
work, that we stand, as the politicians
6ay, "redeemed, regenerated and disen
thralled" from the ennui which a close ap
plieation to business will fasten on the
best of men. May we all live to ee and
enjoy the merry greetings and the excel
lent cheer of many a Christinas and New
Year to come.
The holidays have gono by, but thoy
have not carried with them, as things o!
the past, the troubles, trials, and tribula
tions whioh beset our once happy country.
Secession yet holds up its hideous heed,
and large armies, with tho paraphernalia
and all the inconveniences of war, occupy
the places where now should stand culti-
vated fields, bearing opon their eurfaces
tho evidence of a rich harvcbt to come,
pleasant cottages containing within tbem
Broiling countenances, ruby lips, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes, and thriving
villages exhibiting to all beholders those
evidences of prosperity, which publich to
tbo world a happy, free and contented
people. Our present status exists in
spite of, and not because of tho action of
freo government. Whore every voter is
a sovereign, and every office-holder a ser
vant, and where edacation, and every o-
teer means for the promotion of intelli-
gence, is open to tho masses Buch things
should not be. On the contrary, every
thing should portend the existence of that
overflowing happiness which should ap-
pear as a perpetual thankegiving to God
for his boundless mercy, and for his on- ter a trial, which lasted three days, the
measurable kindnebs to us. Every thing Jury found in favor of Plaintiff in the
by which we are surrounded tends to the sum of twenty-two dollars and forty cent?,
conviction that we are a favored people. Commonwealth vs. Jacob Quacko, (col-
We have lands almost boundless in length Icred gommen) Indicted for disturbing
and breadth, and of a quality surpassed the sable bretheren in their religious ex
by no country on the face of the earth, ercisos. Verdict of the Jury Guilty. This
and equalled by but few; wo have enter- proved to be a dark trial for Jacob; and
prize which accomplishes ends whioh as- the Court sentenced bim to three months
tound the re.t of mankind; wo have in the County Jail, pay a fine of S10, and
wealth beyond the demands of our most i . r i . i
J , . " the costs of prosecution, and htand corn
extravagant wants ; and we havo freedom ., ,
that pearl of matchless price freedom m.,ttod blithe sentence was complied
to worship God according to the dictates with.
of our own consciences, freedom to think Commonwealth vs. Thomas Henry and
and do, bo long as we keep within the Sa9an Henrv Tb3 wa3 a prosccatioD
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oiDgs and priviliges lowered upon us,
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cuwui. mem. wui vij-uuiujiijr, ttuuiuuu isoyupoo iDoper?onoi jonn wid-
war's tyrannic chains hang about our mora anni0 di.W. th Mn.,,ntr ij
necks I Not that our etatus may become
better, but that it mav become worse.
Ambition, by which in fell the angels
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a brilliant invention of Satan to destroy
tools and encompass the happiness of na-
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tions is tbe root of all the evil by which
we are now surrounded and threatened,
Men without knowledge of nrincmle. or
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if tliov A,r norfca nrlnr.1 1f 11 Jr,
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lows determined if tbey could not rule
hnir imhilinna Haiirg in ruin (hmr fnl.l
tbey would rum tbe splendid structure
which our patriot fathers of the revolution
erected on our happy land ; and they
bave gone on, from pretence of good in
the beginnin, through regular gradation,
droppine cloak after oloak. until now. in
openness of evil, thev demand the di-rno-
tion of the Union, the dGKtre,ion nf thp
Constitution, the subvereion of our laws,
and the demoralization of our nnonln
Demagogues at all times, tbev never
had any other object in view but self wealth of Pennsylvania, inquiring for tho mooth8 ago, filling Kholls with sand in the
and now that tho advancement of self is ounty aforesaid respoetfully represent: Washington Navy Yard, and was allow
vanishiog far from their Mgbt as a vain That they havo visited tho various ed t0 C8apo and go South was killed at
hope tbey demand tbe dismemberment of county buildingn and find them generally Prt Royal. Ho was a physician, and
the States, and tho establishment of a
peperate government, in which they may
revel amidnt crowns, and thrones, and
"eptres, and bold in obeyance those whoso
estate they have changed from masters
to serfs. This is tbe aim of tbe Jeff.
Davis's of Sece8siondom this tho aim
for tbe accomplishment of which all their
strength is employed. But, thank God
the signs of the times are plainly on the
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oivic vyi iiuimoiu uunuvi'; aUQ II W6 aTOI
but true to ourselves, Northern micht. as-
sifted by the God of battles, will go on con-
of the vandali-m which now overaoreads
tbe south, will remain to mar tho loveli.
ness, which to the oppressed of all tbe
earth, pervades tbe face of our oountry.
But how is this to be aooomnlished 1
Not, as some would have us do, by patch-
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log ap such a peaoe as would strengthen
the dctnagoaes while it wqald prove a
tobercle upon the luog8 of the Union.
If wo would bring harmony out of dis
cord, and order out of thapp, we must
thrash the rascals until tbey ery aiona,
and spire not. We mast think neither of
rest nor peace, until from the torturo of
their stripes, inflicted by ine patriotism
of the North and the paucity oi meir
moans squandered in a futile attempt to
secure their hell-engendered bioi, tboy
yield themselves willing victims to the
miestv of those lawB which they have
subverted, and to the domands of that
eonstitution whioh tbey have bo grossi y
outraged. Then, when tho ringleaders
should havo expatiated their crimes upon
the callows, and their poor, miserable
dopes have given unmistakable evidence
of their most sincere repentance, then,
and onlv then should we think of peaoe
We havo the power in our own bands,
and wo need but united action among all
the people of the North to secure a state
of things at tho Hollidays, one year from
now, as happy as tho condition of our
country n now deplorable it to aocom
pliah this, bo desirable, nn end, we must
cut off tho nigger and slavery from our
text books, in God's name let them go
wo would be far better without tbcm
if subjugation present itself as the only
means of saving the Union intact, letsuD
jugation be the word. But pori-h oity,
perish village, perish hamlet, perish eve
rything rather than patch up BUch a peace,
as would, from its weakness prove dis
honorable to us and disgraceful to the
memory of the sages and heroes who
fought, bled, and died that wo might have
a Dame and country among the nations
of the earth.
Let the North unite and do its duty,
and January 1863 will find us to have
resumed our world-wide reputation as the
model government. So may we all live
to see it.
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT.
The December Sessions of the sovera
Courts of Monroe County commenced on
Monday, Deo. 23d, all the Judges pres
eot.
Tho Commianions of Hon. Abraham
Levering and tbo Hon. Jeremy Mackey
Associate Judges of Monroe County, eleo
ted in October last, wore read in open
Court.
The Grand Jury organized by the ap
pointment of E. H. Gunsaules Foreman
when bis Honor Judgo Barret, delivered
an able and inipressivo charge to their
several duties.
On motion of Wm. Davis, E?q., Valen
tine Hilburne, Esq , of Northampton couo
ty, was admitted to practice in the sever
al Courts of Monroe county,
Tho first case tried, was
Washington Overfield vs. John Place
Benjamin Place, Benjamin Mosier and
John Place, jr. This was an action o
Trespass to decide the ownership of two
calves in dispute between the parties. Af
brought to secure redress for an assault
and battery said to have been committed
by tho dofendantB-a colored gemmen
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tbe 0i?e' ,th fil,ck9' 8toneS c!ubf5 &c'
Th Grand JarJ'aflcr investigating the
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cuuc.usion mat uoony
W88 m0T0 th 8innor than tbe 6ioned a'
gainst, ignored the bill and directed him
f 'recie n,m
10 PaJ 'J5. . C5eDtenco ot th0 Uonrt'
lDat 'aia JoDn Widmore to pay tbo costs
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ted until tho sentence is ooaplied with,
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Goorfc oomo,,tted bim mstanter. After
8PeD(,1D& a D,Ht ,D M John repented,
u 441 PB ang ne
is now peddling apples at his usual low
and temotinff rates.
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PrreHeDtmnt :
Monroe County ss.
The Grand Inquest of the Common-
in good order. Thev woald however, suif-
Ket that there is required in tho county
J an one stove ana Dea, which should be
immediately furnished by the Commisiion-
erfl. The Grand Jury would also suggest
ho propriety and necessity of cleaning
out ao furnishing the room in tbe upper
part of the Coart Houso for tbe use of
witnesses attending court.
All of which is respectively submitted.
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Commonwealth vs. "Rnnhnn Mn..innr
M,i p,nr Arb inA:taA t i:.:...JrJi
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mifiohief' TLis W88 aD action growing
out f the shooting of a dog, with the at
tendant circumstances of whioh we are
Dot cqoainted, Verdict not guilty but
xveuoen uartseii tbo prosecutor, and
' 7ha f 7t Lu Tu 7 U0'enBDl 0flCD
DAT nail OI fill tho nnefa Nan aninrf
cordingly.
Com.moq wealth vs. William Chmtman.
Indicted for assault and battery. Ditfrlcl
Attorney permitted Nolle Prosequi enter
ed on payment of the costs.
Tho Commission of Henry C. Wolfe.
Eq., appointed Sheriff of Monroe county,
vice Durliog deceased, was read in open
court, as well also of assistant to aid said
Sheriff.
Commonwealth vs Jool Berlin Assault
and Battery. District Attorney permitted
Nolle Prosequi to bo entered on payment
of all the costs.
Commonwealth vs. John Moshier In
dieted for Larceny. John plead guilty.
and produced as set off to tho crime, hi
former good character. Sentenced by
court to twenty months solitary confine
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ment at uaru laoor iu ivasieru reuuuuu
arv. to restore the goods if not already
done, and to pay a fine of fivo dollars and
the costs of prosecution, and to stand com
mitted until the sentence is complied with
A number of casos both in the Common
Please and the Quarter Sessions were laid
over until the February term of court.-
A good deal of other business, though
none of it possessing public interest was
transacted.
ggyAt a stated meeting of Barger
Lodgo, No. 325, Ancient York Masons
beld at their Hall in Stroudsburg.on Mon
day evening, Dee. 16, 1881, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted
to wit :
Whereas, The Great Arobitcct of the
Universe, has, in bis Diviue wiidoin, neen
proper to take from among us our late
Brother, and Bellow-Member, James jN
Durling, Therefore
Resolved, That we deeply feel the los
we have sustained in tho death of our
late brother, and that wjj realize the fact
that by this dispensation wo havo been
deprived of a faithful friend, a useful cit
iten and a worthy man.
Reeolved, That we sympathize with the
family of the deceased m this sad be
rcavoment, whereby tboy bae lost at one
blow, their father, husband, protector and
friend.
Resolved, That a copy of these rosolu
tion be presented to tho widow of our
late Brother, signod by the proper olB
cers, and attested by tho seal of the Lodge
A. REEVES JACKSON, Sec y.
Ayer's American Almanac for 1862
is now ready for delivery gratis, at nol
Iiusbead & Deitrick's, who are happy to
supply all that call for them. Eery fam
ily should have and keep this book.
is worth having. Comprising much gen
eral information of great value ; it give
the beet instruction for the cure of prct a
lent complaiuts that we can get anywhere
Its anecdotes alone are worth a bushel o
wheat, and its medical advice is sometime?
worth to the sick the Wheat's weight in
gold. Many of tbo medical almanacs
are trash, but this is solid metal. It
calculations arc made purposely for thi
latitude and aro therefore correct. Cal
and get an Ayer's almanao and when go
keep it.
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Masonic.
At a meeting of Barger Lodge, No
Yin, A. Y. M., held on tho evening o
St John's day, the following named breth
rcn were duly installed officers of the
Lodge for the ensuing year.
William K. Haviland, W. M.
James A. Pauli, S. W.
Jesse II. Smith, J. W.
Samuel Melick, Treasurer.
A, Reeves Jackson, Secretary.
ANOTHER FIGHT IN MISSOURI.
on Men Whip Double their Number,
15H Refs and icounded-Our
Loss Mirce Killed and Eleven Wounded
PALMYRA, Mo., Dec. 29, 18G1.
Yesterday General Prentiss with 450
men encounter and di,eMl 000 T?h.
0l3 nnder Colonel Dorsey at Mount Sioo,
It r 1 -II- i ... r-
ooone vounry, Killing ana wounomg iou,
PturinS 3" V 95 horses,
aod 105 SUDS- 0ur ,03s Was on,v thrcc
kmed and ei6VflD mounded.
The Rebel, burned another train on tbe
North Missouri Railroad yesterday, and
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lucy Hay 1031 lUCyiOtenQ 10 U6?irOy all
th. II,. v ri M rl ... 4 L It..
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belD U8ed-
Tho rebels have a novel way of dealing
wilh tho brokera who fail to appreciate
the par value of Confederate funds. The
rruvmuum uovorumeui 01 jxemucKy uas
mde a 'aw that all brokera who take
TonnesBeo or Confederate scrip for less
than par, shall pay a tax of $25 per week
for the support of tho rebel causo. It is a
hard dilemma for the fellow
ho traitor who was detected, Pome
W8S 'ount 10 one of the deserted rebel
hospitals with tbe top of his head out olf
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One thing that has been learned du-
r'nK tno progross of Gen. Dis'a cxpedi-
t'on "1 rohels uro badly in want
ammunition. In lieu of cannon balls,
chunks of bar iron woro put in bags for
Minister. Atono battery a mixed oolleo-
tinnn nra fmtnA ;n.i..ri:n -i.
" " fuuvi, luumuiug UUUUlU-aiOUUN,
lroD oandlostioks, broken bit of machino
and a general mudeuo of varietios,
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The Boston Journal says that, if tho
array of tho Potomac was in lino, rooviun
on a narrow country road, with cavalry
lour aoreast, and men in file of four, ao-
.DOlBP8U'H.a a wafi0 ona ambu-
Ijtnnaa nnil n m m unihnn t. 1 J
reach from Boston to Harlford-not far
fro qne hundred and fifty miles.
Arrival of Mr. "Ely in Washington. In
teresting statement 01 His uaptivity.
Severe Treatment of Union Prisoners.
Barbarities of the Rebels. How the
Prisoners Pass Their Tim&.
Washington, Priday, Dec. 27, 1861.
Tho Hon. Alfred Ely arrired hero this
evenin", and took rooms at Willard's Ho
tel where ho recoived tho congratulations
of a great numbor of political friends.
He is in good health and spirits, aua win
remain here for several dajs.
When the retreat of troops began at
Bull Ruu he. was going forward toward
tho Stone Bridge to learn tho particulars
of the fight, when ho was surrounded by
u company of rebel infantry under Capt.
Mullins. That officer treated him with
much respect, and conveyed him at once
to Col. Cab, who was much excited, aud
threatened to shoot bim. lie was, bow
11 t
ever, marencu on 10 Aiauassas, mjvuu
milos from where he was captured,
through a road dark with dust. Ho euf
ferod greatly for water, of which he ob
tained none until he reached Manassas,
at 9 p. m.
There howas placed in a largo ti'?ld
with hundreds of prisoner.-), many of whom
were wounded and dyin. lie describe;-
the sceno ai sickening in tbe extreme.
When about to lie down on tho grass
(which was wet, for it was raining heavi
ly),ho was summoned to Gen. Beaurc
yard's headquarters. There he found
that officer iu company with Jefferson
Da7is, W. Porcher Miles, Extra Billy
Smith, and Eomc twenty officers of the
Confederate army.
Miles spoke to him in a cool manner
He said he was sorry to find a member
of tho Federal Congress urging on the
.toldirs in their efforts to subdue the
South, and directed bim to quarters in an
old barn, where ha found so many of the
Union officers that it was difficult to sc
cure a place to lie down. Fresh water
was given him, and decpito the comfort
less shed, he slept soundly.
Tbe rain poured in torrents all night
and tho camps abont Manassas were al
most inundated. In the mordiac the
prisoners wero entertained, by Beaare
gard'a negro servant, who bad much to
say of tbe bravery of hii master and the
incidents of the bnttle.
At 7 o'clock Mr.McClusky, formerly Po?t
master of the Uouso of llepre.entatives,
with whom Mr. Ely was acquainted, wait
ed upon bim with Col.B-ite and the Itev
Joseph Cross, of the Confederate artay.
who frubscquentlv wrote a ridiculous so-
count of tho interview for a Tennosee pa
per, which was reprinted in New York.
At 9 o'clock, with the other prisoners
Mr. Ely was marched from tho barn to
the cars for Richmond. At noon, while
in the cars, they were supplied with bread
and ham. It was 4 o'clock before the
train started.
All day the ambulances Ind been
brin-iing in wounded Robel and Union
soldiers. Some 650 pri-oners were on the
train, and with the wounded of both ar
mies, brought the number of passenger
up to 1,500. So heavy was the train and
so frequent the delays that 2 days were
occupied in reaching Richmond.
Jefferson Davis accompanied the train
a part of the day, when ho wa- sent for
ward by express. At all the station the
people turned out in great number.5? to see
the Yankeo prisoner, and wero often in
Solent, and only kept from violence by the
officers 10 charge.
The prisoners were in great apprehen
sion of rouh handling at Richmond, but
by good management tho citizens of that
place were misled as to the hour of the
arrival of the train, which was at 9h
the evening.
The privates were sent on in advance
to the tobacco factory, li rnile distant
Lorty-four officers and Mr. Kly followed
and were thrown into tho same room, al
huddled together in confusion, and slej
upon the floor. No bed or bedding wore
provided. All the furniture now in that
prison has been purchased by the prison
ers.
For some days the food was served in
cauldrons placed in the center of the
room, and dishes, knives, aud forks, were
not to bo had.
The first day one of the pentinel3 out
side tho building sent a ball from hi
musket through a window and into a raf
ter of the main room. It wns aimed at
a prisoner wlio enauocd to look out.
Seven were at various times sbot for tsk
ing such liberty. This oruel practice wa
objected to by leading citizens, and sub
sequently stopped.
Mr. Ely speaks iu terms of high praic
of tho treatment extended him by the
people of Richmond. Ihousonds flocked
to poo him, and ho received many pre
scnts, one of which a writinj;-dchk from
a young lady he brings with him
Scarcely a day passed that boqucts were
not sent him. One day he was given
three good dinners. 1 ho books p.iveu
bim from timo to time, but which be wa
obliged to leave behind, would make a
very respectable library.
Of tho drawing ballots for ho?taes to
offset tho pirates in Philadelphia and
New-York, Mr. Ely state that it was
only by consent of his fellow prisoners
tbat ha agreed to perform that painfu
task, and with much trepidation, for lie
thought it likely tbat his name was in the
that.
The day beforo ho left Richmond he
visited Cols. Wool, Cogswell, and Lee.
Major Kcvere and Capt. Boosmany, Kei
for and Rockwood, who are in close con
finement in tho common jail.
tJo found tbem crowded into a room a-
bout 12 feet fouaro without furniture
saving one or two beuohrs aud 0 mall
table. Cots are brought in at night and
all sleep in tbo small apartment. The
walls aro dilapidated and the floor is riob
in rat holes.
One of tho Captains remarked that it
was a question with him as to who had
posoesaion of tho room, as the rats claimed
many privileges and had on one occa
sion, carried his pantaloons out of the
door. Various kinds of vermin revel in
tho miserable coll, which lighted by
two small windoa heavily barred with
iron.
Col. Wood has quite recovered from
his severe wound, and the other officer
are quite well. Mr. Ely ia of opinion
tbat tboy will certainly be hung a well
a Col. Corcoran, who is in close confine
ment at Charleston, if the pirates in our
possession are put fo death. Of Col.
Corcoran a demeanor while in Richmond
Mr. Ely speaks in terms of hearty pra'ue
'P t . t -iti j . .
xuut uruvc omcer uuvur uoweu unuer the
most disheartening circumstances.
The association organized by the pris
oners in tho tobacco faotory at Richmond
is still kept up. No President has been
chosen to succeed Jlr. Ely. Tho Yico
President, J W. Hart of Ohio, will offi
ciate for tho present. Tbe seal of thtf
Association, suggested by the conditiorl
ol tho factory when our prisoners first
iveut there, consists of a circle, inclosing
a wreath of lice, and the emphatic legend
"Bite, and be damncdl" '
. He says the Richmond papers aro dai
ly furnished to the prisoners, but North
ern journals very seldom. He thinkihow
ever, that thoy have more comforts than?
the prisoners at Charleston.
Mr. Ely was on one occasion visited in
prison by Breckinridge, Humphrey Mar
shall, and Prestou of Kentucky, who wero
ia excellent humor and cracked many
jokes. Breckinridge said that tbe reason
why Senator Foster of Connecticut, who
accompanied Mr. Ely to Bull Run wai
not made 0 prisoner, wa3 timply bocaueo
he was more nimble of foot. Mr. Foter
was one of the first to wait on Mr. Ely
this evening, and the meeting was highly
affecting.
Jeff. Dais uoc'r visited tho Richmond
prison to Mr. Ely's knowledge, but ho
saw him on several occasion, and states
that his health is fully recovered.
Tho citizens of Ricbmood arc still en
thusiastic in tbe rebel cause. Little bu
iness is done, except in connection with
the army movements. Many thousands
of sick and wounded Foldicrs are in the
hospital oud private houses.
Mr. Faulkner arrived at Richmond at
7 o'clock on Thursday evening of last
week, lie was met at the depot by Gov.
Letcher, Mayor Mayo, and thousands of
the people, and carried to tbe city ball
in a carriage drawn by four gray horsed.
The htrt-ets were bun- with flags, and tbo
procession cheered throughout ibe lino.
In his reception and hpeech, Gov. Letch
er said the Confederate States could well
afford to exchange Mr. Ely for Mr.Faulk
uer, and that tbe btter was worth a ro
giment of Elys.
When Mr. Ely saw the Governor next
day, ba-jokiugly remarked tbat be nhould
a-k for 999 men to accompany him home.
Tbe Governor replied that bis remark
was good enough for a speech.
The first definite information Mr. Ely
received of his releae was by Mr. Faulk
ner, who called upou bim on Friday after
noon. Subsequently Mr Ely dined with
him. Bnd had a very agreeable ?ntercoure.
Mr. Ely was released on Saturday, and
permitted to go anywhere in the city.
He had several invitations 10 dinner, and
was generally well treated. Ho left
Richmond at 5 o'clock on Wednesday
morning, and was taken to Petersbur?,
a great crowd had assembled to see him.
He was accompanied by a rebel officer
who wa? very attentivo and permitted no
intrusion upon him. They breakfasted
at Petersburg, and then went directly to
Norfolk.
A crowd had gathered at the Atlantio
Hotel, but they escaped it by going to tbe
office of Geo. Ilugcr, where Mr Ely was
courteously received, aod a boat ordered
ti be ready at once to convey him to
meet the Union btcamer from Fortress
Monroe.
On the pier Mr. Ely's baggage was
carefully examined, and he was intro
duced to Captain Preston in command of
the flag of truce. When Mr. Ely aw the
Stars and Stripe floating from the Union
Nteaojer, which they met near Swall'
Point, he clapped his hands for joy, and
Capt Preston said he did not blame him..
Just be'ore his departure from Rich
mond, Gen. Winder sent for Mr. Ely and
asked him to de.-ignate several officers to
be released in exchange for tboso lately
discharged from Fort Warren. He on
dertook tbe delicate office with a view to
humanity, cbooring tho?e most likely to
suffer from lon coniiemcnt, and tbe for
tuuate selections, including Lieuts. Dick
inson of New-London, Conn., Ferrinh of
Providence, G rover of Bath, with 250 pri
vates, probably arrived at Fortress Mon
roe to-day.
The claim for Salvage of the Negro Till
man and Others.
Tho remarkablo claim for ol?ago of
Tillman and others has just been adjusted
in New York. Wm. Tillman is the col
ored man who in July last, in connection
with a German of the name of Stcdding,
rescued tbe schoouer S J Waring from
tho clutches of the prize crow which had
been put on board by the privateer Jeff
Davis. The capture by tho privateer wan
mado on tbe 4th of July, aud the crew
takeu off, with the exception of Tillman,
Stedding, MeLead and a pas-coger of tho
uarno of Mackinnon. 1 ho prize crew
consisted of the master, two mates, and
two seamen. Tillman and Stedding
planned the rescue and executed it on tho
uight of tho 10th. They killed tho prize
master firet, then tbe second mate ana
fir.-t mate, and put tho seamen in irons,.
their only arojs being a hatchet, pistol
nnd knife. Tbey managed to get the
Warning safo in harbor, but their claim
for salvage was resisted on the ground
that the? had mod uncalled for violence,
that Tillman's motive was not to save the
hip but to keep out of slavery, and that
tho vessel was put in more peril by their
unskillful navigation than it was beforo.
Never let meanness bo at a loss for an ex
ouso after this Hero were four men who-
rescued a vessel and cargo worth S35,000'
rora the grasp of southern pirates, and
tbeir olaim to nalvage is resisted on suoh
frivilous grounds as these. The court
very properly disregarded them and a-
warded $17,000 to tbe rescuer, the lar
ger proportion going to the negro and
German.