Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-09
What Our Prisoners are Doiur 4, RIsh.
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MeHMoND, Aug. l9, 1861.
The quarters Of the Yankee prisoner.
still continue to be the picture gallery O.
the town. You may always find there .
crowd Of idlers staring at the grated win
doWs on either side Of the street, studying
human nature and speculating audibly az
to the varitus incidents Of the hour. Some
Of the fellows have no change Of linen, and
necessarily must 60 shirtless while thai
Useful article undercoes the drying PROCESS
after wash. Those who have the means,
are allowed the privilege Of remedying, this
Eant. Those who have not have, in some
instances, been voluntarily provided from
the Wardrobes Of our own men. The Off
GERS occupy an apartment by themselves,
and fare, perhaps, more comfortably. Con
gressmen Ely, they say, grows fat upon his
diet, The others are in good health.
Among their amusements are those Of
oard-playing, psalm. singing, cursing and
debating. The latter is almost nightly the
occupation of the officers. Ely acts as the
moderator Of the meeting, or occasionally
takes hand himself Huson, his congress
sional cOmpeGtor-a jolly, good natured
SOUL by the way; fat, funny, interesting
is the leading speaker, aud the smaller
guns predominant in the intellectual bat
terry according 10 their various calibres.-
The subjects are anything and everything
you can imagine, ranging on the gamnt
from the solemn to the ridiculous. Their
subject last evening was derived from the
following simple incident:
A neWsboy who had been in the habit of
selling his papers at three, suddenly ran
hfn g1rfnn n IN Hra -
bis accustomed sale in the morning to one
of the prisoners, the latter frat refused to
leone down. The young vender was
equally inexorable, and finally carried his
point and received the price of his demand
This rise in stecks was reported to The
Yankee conclave, whereupon the question
was raised Whe'her It was right for the
mau to Jew the boy, or the boy to Jew the
msn. The discussion thus commenced in
the social circle, was carried into The de-
batting society, and after the usual pros
and CONS, it was finally decided by the
Honorable Speaker, Ely, that the boy, being |
the sole and undisputed owner of the prop.
erty, and the said property not being oon- |
traband Of var, and no ooncatenation of |
circumstances having arisen to obst-uot |
the right thereby vested in the original |
Possessor Of the aforesaid vehicle of infor- |
nation, the right was undoubtedly inherent
in the RdOieseent merchant to determine |
for himself the incipient value Of his goods. |
and to charge for the same accordingly, dd |
ualorsm duties to the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing. Exception was taken TO toe ruling of |
the Chair and Mr.Husop proceeded toquote
Byron and Tom Moore in sup |
port Of his position. Others followed ia |
the Senatorial burlesque, quoting, amid /
shouts Of laughter, scraps of Latin, French !
and Irish, telling stories and even singing /
songs until bedtime arrived when the party
retired to their blankets Upheres sweet
for every bitten the poet SAYS, and the
prisoners are doing Oh they can to ex-
tract IL. s.a s1siIff g. sf5.s -as.sstsf
have observed a number of them at
largo on the street. One Of these vas
New ork 2ouAve sporting large as life /
his fremanis badge, and drinking at one
Of The public bars with all the gusto Of a
new hedged freeman, to the success, of the
Southern Confederacy. Some gentleman
asked him how he came there "Oh, "wss
The reply, "my friends have some Influence
gith Gen. Ninder, and am allowed priv
llegss the others don't enjoy" So it
seemed. 17n ..7f1r Eat
= 7tH5tHeF on JHes5 W0FTHIes BJ Iafg6 IS !.
named ConnOlly-s Sergeant His father, /
has made half q million or
more out Of the Richmond people, and on
this account he is allowed the freedom Of
the city, while the poor civilians who were
taken after the battle are still closely en-
You see there is yet good deal
of truth in the homeiy Rdage that money |
makes the mare 90. ai was
beOfioer In charge Of the prisoners is
Ms jor Todd, q brother-in.lsW Of lincoln
so, st least, have been informed.