The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-24
WAR ITEMS.

LSiE'lAL.
Dis5f"ceI'al and Aiailt'tfaan Treatment Of Un-
armed Prisoners in Washington
WAsuIYGroN JuIv o.
Dur;nc tbe r,ro,,on ~ 20 d,- , xa. - IT,
NpE "
eeeess"h p SoheFS were ofougat INTO the city ana
when IN the vicinity OF the Treasury buildings,
were set upon a,d most cruelty beaten bv n larre
crowd Of Federal gol3iers. ouono whom, a rrr.hor
or r,i,sa.o,tt, s,
" -'''"''t" l" |-"~"'ts HSufe" prominently one
VI 'ie prisoners, greY-hairtd Old man, was shock
Ingly beaten about the face and head with brick
bats ard cInbs Tba onti.o.,.. r h,l
,, ,, F '' "t'P''SS nAen
bMt C utu'uole,'IS i; naN1 p+eh battered TO oeath
co, 'no 'i'netS an 5'ESl OF company 9 regular
;,ai' - VIZ ~ eH1lSSu upon tue crowd WIN drawn
PMS Trt anu olsPersea theia.
ai1btaom oou t,teHSs are mace against the
eisgteeh OF twenty CoHleoerate PRISONERS now in
'hnne'heut III tle oIa capito! buhdlng. Inc place
il ~ SUI. ,,u.i'e'. D cF" We, more & less
% al S''.3'y, VINO opeE ex-
80 =" STi"e !ie pIis"hefs' ana 10
rracIiead ,laE sin n tha y, =" IL" "eIe
o. Ru,l Run "~' '''' '''
k,n5ny the ori.onar7 .-e araron slohao,;o,, ~
of them rCun,r r, c srs, oue
tbs ;riiisIs nf L??s 80 81 w. n n n "no Sate
of Harvard Tbn-n 90 aIs to So : :, a. 3 ~
Sarra.rt 1omgs S;Il,s or 4 ~, D., - ;t - 80 VI
uenr,r fIa, E,rrom ~ " rh-i,n es luisu', dHG
Hsm3tnn,s LEGION Roth The ist,er y,
fully imbued with the high State nride which
character;zas all South CgroJ;nians ard o,,rs- ia
ntrnost eiaton OF tha sncnas r -; "a ' 'N1
The declare that IN their wav to Wasbi,rton
thew have met vim everv snscias of co,tnnig a3
i,sEIt or1 ora 1o,,J - dc,,,,roia,;o - ~ a - IL
"pu Sae iuu u. VI 'he co"aruy
FsrraU ,ybGo il n rnsra1od s.a+os that Tho I'd,
rails fnaIly I'D heCora tho ronsroI od~a IS ~
Snnthprn line and that in his zasions cba-ra ,n,,
the rptraatinc foe he became entanol.d in tbe;r
ranks and was so cantnrad Tba oninia, oF tba
rpord is tbo+ Tho trp Caroiir;onZ " ~ sI;1
81 ~ = y 80 - ~ S wv ~ "'0 'n0 saS9i7s'
wiz ,,,I3..,.-. Nc
go $50 ~ Ssii ~ f ~, ois q @ nii.i DDS dos
Wharf.-The Excelsior Brigade
The first regiment Of General Sickles' briya6e
numbering one thousand and ten men. took their
departure at an early hour Yesterday rning from
Camp Scott, and went, via Elizabethpnrt. to Wash
ington. Colonel George B. Halls Gay and Colone,
Nelson Taylor's (3d) regiments will follow imme-
dately, when General Sickes will proceed to
Washington and take the command The rama;n
ing two regiments, Colonel Fairman,s fatbS and
Colonel Graham's (5th) will inin General Sjckias
at Washington before the end of the week.
First Regiment United states chssscurs
HEApQUARTERs, PALACE GAkpEy. July 22.-nur
army has suffered reverse-Washingto is in
danger--the country must assert itself or its gov
ernment will b. lost. | await but few hundred
recruits to complete my regiment, and to march to
the field Citizens, hasten to be enrolled, and to
IN arch to the rescue.
JOHN CoCHRANE, Colonel.
The Third Irish VoIunteers--They are Ac-
cepted by the Government.
Ahr ivl''I"ihS uVSP"tIh "no leCeNEu from tue
friends OF this regiment in Washington yesterday
and was the means of adding fresh vigor to their
exertions:
WAsniNGToN, July 22.-Ibe Secretary Of War
accepts the lrlsh regiment Tor the war; and autho-
rlZe5 thetn 10 cAooSe their own Colonel.
The scott Rifles.
inns iment VI slaTpshooters received orders
from Washington on Monday afternoon to be sent
lor"ara iof actVe service Immediately. All the
olcers are desired TO report themselves Immediate
lF, without fali, at the headquarters, No. 10 Beck
man street.
The Presidents Life Guard.
IEls regiment Is now awaiting It's uniforms to
start Tor the seat OF war. The following despatch
from the Colonel was yesterday received in this
city:
W WASHINGTON, July I'D. 1851.
MAYOR W HlfNEY, No 596 Broadway, New YORK:
leave TOR home this evening, Our regiment is
'uiy accepted ana Is to he mustered ID on ednes-
& ocl ea "e ne ms a' once.
o,,ar "r tba Saora,o nf w "''N""' O0'"1' Dy
~ " CD IA r
: ,,,,1, ie. ne ~ y "ooD"IN'
b,,arIrai .,'n
"a LII el'iiteu III tliS rngl @
anu ,Ha" Ha ;I T1' 'uis wen. ne
HaLet,ai "i '"l' ltS,tiehI WI ~ cSmpafe iaVofaniy
WIN th7 hiaSS@c cptSet.s anu nh9oe island troops
IA Se huninei VI pele"nS Io'Heu 'he regiment es-
teFday, among "hoin was "a company oil seVenty-slx
from D"lcnrss county. iae feSlmentai heaGq0ar-
ters are at ia 0rahd street
The Massachusetts, Twelfth
BosToN, July 22.-Orders have been received has
.shins lie uepal 'uie " 'o "eltn lesiihehI, N"l.
ep,ter, "hicn " %i mi! teaFe to-inofF"" higat VIA
/ all RIVER re h.I tSTntu regiment hnes Col.
Leonard ana m"J3r CuDo splendid battery Of ar
teFy, VIII prooaoiy ieaVe within week.
Southern Military Tactics
We were told by northern soldier who passed
through this place, and present at the first at.
the FIRST dscbarg from Sherma,s naas a,,er
The coafsdsrsts battery that several Of the Gon
1suera'es were leaving the entrenchments
Laat soon at9r the see secoho nre, others ran away
nn1Stliy' anu tnaI M HLa'S horseneh were observed
fleeing, CARRYING with them what appeared to be
the tents OF the soldiers lt was then that the
attached to SbeTman's battery (supposing the