Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-07
Oar soldiers In The lgis9a. Of the south Car

Oar Soldiers ln the Hands Of the South Csr-
OliniAnas
The Charleston Mercury gives the follow
ing account OF the arrival Of the federal pris-
Oners sent from Richmond to Charleston. 1t
win be observed that seven infantry and two
cavalry companies were called out ts escort
one hundred aud 6ly unArmei prisoners
from the depot to the jail
yesterday, the Yankee prisoners Of war,
who had been expected on Thursday. reached
the city, at an hour when most Of our cit-
zens were probably still slumbering in their
beds. The arrangements for their reception
which had been made by Col. Branch, COM
manding the military, were carried out quiet
ly, and in the most satisfactory manner. The
dot al for this service was the First Regiment
OF Rifles, 10 which was attached q squad Of
cavalry. Owing to the fact that the train
was expected at midnight the detail was
larger than It would have otherwise been.
The Zouaves were detailed for guard duty
at the Jail. The Yankee officers, "a in num-
Der, were placed in three good airy rooms on
the second floor of the Jail. The priyates, to
the number of 100, occupy twelve rooms on
the uppermost story of the building. None
OF the rooms contain any furniture, but the
prisoners all had their blankets, and seemed
at no loss 70 make themselves tolerably COM
Portable.
The privates are nearly all from Michigan,
Massachusetts, and New York. A Richmond
paper had mentioned these prisoners as hay
ing been "selected chiefly from among those
who had evinced the most insolent and in
subordinate disposition but their deport-
ment yesterday was generally as orderly as
could be desired They ali wear their uni
forms, although some Of them are in a some
what dilapidated condition. The officers
have trunks, but the men are encumbered by
no superhuous baggage. Some of the Off
GERS including CorcoIan, are not yet wholly
recovered from their wounds. They are
generally abundanuy provided with money
(specie), and were very sOlicitous to be al
lowed to hire q cook to prepare their meals.
We learn that instead of the usual coarse
prison fare, they will be served with good
substantial rations from the Commissary
Department
When they first arrived they were gener-
ally tseiturn, but during the day became
communicative, in some instances even To-
qudCAOuSs " may uA0As4ou tlAt tlCy OsiAC-
ed holy horror for the newspaper reporters
the very natural consequences of their ex-
perience with the representatives Of the un-
/ principled press of the North. Their views
with regard to their probable treatment here
were various. Some of them imagined that
they were to be placed Immediately in irons,
while others especially the oficers) labored
under the fond hallucination that they were
to be liberated on parole. Many of them
busted themselves with devising propositions
to communicate by letter to their friends.
The plan most popular amongst them seemed
to DO to have their packages of letters sent
out to the blOckading feet under a flag Of
/ truce.
The prisoners will remain in the Jail until
next Tuesday, by which time, it is expected,
Castle Pinckney will be ready for their re-
ceptiou.