The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-15

lfti NV DIX kIpuN D. IAN pF'"'S lbN p+D,4h ND
We left our respective families occupations and Are
companies " thu eight days ot The time that the nrst
cal made for The organization Of cgment Of Fire
2ouavcs and In that call during tho eight days preceding
our departure from the ety. we were the recipients OF ma
nervous promises Of clothing and food, few II any Of
which we've fd!ale1 For Instance, NO were promised
Sharps breech loading rifles, with sabre bayonets and
Cots revolver aud bowie knife This promise was but
part ally fulfilled in the shape Of eight hundred Shapes
rites and two hundred earbncs bat the promised sabre
bayouets reviewers and bowie knives did receive
We understood receiving The rifles that they were to
be our own personal property 10 be carried at our SIDES
during the war but reaching Camp Lincoln they
taken away from Us, and 10 leu of them we received two
hundred MIME rides, with sabre bayones and eight hun
bred Mimic mdskcts With the ordinary tayonet bit
reaching Alexandria after hat {on part ut ea hard
fought battle Of Bull these taken from u.s. and
we we're lett without arms with which 10 deeud flag
or ourselves IN case Of unexpected attack In add
cn to the above, which might be deemed by some small
lhcDhven'ehces, but which were not so considered by
ourselves, we suffered than almost any
other regiment "a the service, through want
o. oaco rrSnar supply OF proy. lons, water, bag
charge that we deserted is utterly false Our officers,
after The battle Of Bull run, not only came to New York,
but some Of them ordered to follow them If could
These are facts which be snbantiaed by ndubtable
proof We are not desertcrs No; far from that
extremely anxious march again against the traitors
the best government IN the world which has conferred
so many blessings on and which ID the hope Of the
oppressed of all lands and to the defence OF HE glorious
JoHS II. SRNEnwry, Secretary.
THE BALTIMORE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
SHERIFF CAMPBELL ATTEMPTS TO ARREST COLONEL
BURKE FOR NOT sURRENDERtkG THE COMMISSION
ERS-THE GOVERNMENT susrAiNs TUE COLONEL
THE SHERIFF ADVISED TO CALL OCT THE MILF
TA-HE REFDsEs--NO ARREST MADE, ETC, Ere.
Agreeab'y 70 tho decision Of Judge Garrison at the
Kings Cocnty Court Brocktyn Monday the order for
the arrest u Colonel Burke commandant Fort
for refusing % produce Court the Baltimore Commits.
soners in accordance with the decree Of the Court was
placed in the baGds Of sheriff Campbell for execution II
seems. however. that perempiory orders have been
received by Colonel BURKE from Wash tngton not to
surrender the prisoners and to defend himself
OF his being attacked On this subject, tho following
teegraphc despatch WAS received IRON Washington
Colonel Martin Burse IN command OF Fort lafayette
in charge Of the Baltimore secessionst prisoners will Of
course be sustained by the government his opposition
to the efforts Of lawyers and traitors the guilty
orders went 70 him day fend himself attacked
and TO Colonel Scott 10 fenfosee HIM IL necessary"
II said that certain persons were W advised enough
to urge the Sheriff To call out the militia to aid him
ecung the warraLt against Colonel Burke but that
wisely refused TO follow such pernicous cOunses. Yes
terday he proceeded to Fort lafayette, accompanied
three deputies when he found that the Colonel absent
IL is said be has gone 10 Washington The Sheriff
formed by Of the officers however of the action
government had determined on taking, upon which he
left, of course without making the arrest.
LETTER FROM ONE OF THE BALTIMORE PRISONERS
IN FORT LAFAYETTE.
The following letter the Baltimore Sun, secession
fayette to his family in BALTIMORE
FoRr LAFAYETTE, NEw York HARBoR |
nyou have received no word from me before this You
must have OWNED the reason wrote Won t,iro sncc
NV arrival here but have reason to know hcv did not
reach YOU but this will despite the vigilance Of keep
ers,
On arriving here required to all the
money and blank paper had our persons, at the
same time heinC informed that Inv annIvjn N Tho corn
n,and;ng o,ccr wn would receva wri,inn and
ali our letters would he eyamihed bv him md rn 70
contain nobng ohccton.Tio ,b,y xnSi 10 cor,,"rdaJ
10 ,hair tos, ,na,;os ara ,ha, or ,o,S ~, 49,.
~ our chects hit ~, ,rt ccnrnt s;;,ra,1 n ~
r'c rasncct,ny naner tint e aro reorea IN aont n
nvarv ;nrb ana 70 id",irar ~, n, ih, h :, h
hair written md !. retnrned ~ th rormin ~,
hn,sh onr le,ers Witch ue wr,,e IN tho vain hon." 90
their hcing d;snatchod wr",a vo' ,ona snnnoh sroa
r. have rcccivcf vo,r onsrars t,,racor ~ , ,ni
vii, H IN. AZ, = nv, ,h o, ,, @ LII; Presume 'hss
This Sor,iacainn rises within ,,~nn,v s" Of 10 ,
nm nil sides AVID 10 ohou, civ ceot w ha~h, ras;
hollow square in which is grass nat Of ,h;rv rs,
Access ,bs wc arc nllowod m rnmne far tro horr o.
dnv Al drsf wc found Il aprccabc Int ua tircd f ;,u
monotony; and the weakness of our limbs, induced bv
confinement and pcerior die males ne ,nrn from no
exercises to seek repose Our room is eighteen bv
twenty four with yauted roof the highest poin Of
which is only eight feet from the floor Our bedsteads
arc four high posts on which are two beds one over the
other, which with the two small or single bcdsteads
accommodate the party of We have straw ticks and
are comuarntiynly speaking comforabl enough in this
particular The room has three small windows in walls
four feet thick The ventilation through these being
from the sea- is quite fresh, making amends for the low
ness OF the IL Is unpleasant To be reminded
Of captivity by every passing pleasure boat
gimpses of which catch through tho peep holes.
Messrs. Howard, Gaichcli, Davis Alvey, Lyon and
Smith occupy a room similar TO ours, and share
precisely the same privileges and mseries that we
do. They take their meals from sergeant in the
garrison, who supplies them with two meals day Tor
dollars week, which is exorbitant for what they
receve-ham and eggs for breakfast and eggs and ham
for dinner. They invited Join, but decaed be.
Of the inability OF my messmatel do So Their
rations however, are dainty when compared with ours
which for breakfast fat pork no lean) four
ounces Of oyerboea ean c be@ 50 ,nee
tepid water choose The above bill Of fare inva
M, I t, os you WI o"li u uAu io''s.
not Observation-Disclosures Of all kinds are denied and the
rules absolutely prescribe all kinds of liquors of
vines orougat oy 'he oontn,sslohers was taken away
dav four hooks which being new she mus Rave iongh,
expressly for 1t appears that she sealed bag
vegetables inc other DAY, ana they were not deli