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ARRIVAL OF THE FEDERAL PRISONERS.

ARRIVAL OF THE FEDERAL PRISONERS.
TFrom the Richmond Dispatch, October 25
The announcement in the newspapers
yesterday morning that a large number of
Federal prisoners, captured in the battle at
Jeesbnrp, would arrive some time during
the dsy, excited the curiosity of our inhabi
tants, and by nine o'clock a considerable
crowd assembled at the Central Depot with
determination to wait for the cars, no
matter what lime they came in. A guard of
soldiers, under Lieutenant Bradford, was
stationed along the track of the Railroad
ffCm Broad. street TO the engine. house, and
no one, save few privileged characters, we're
suffered TO pass the line. The number of
spt ctstors was constantly increased, until |
dense mass of human beings, of all ages,
sexes and conditions in life, filled up the ad-
jacent streets ard crowded the outside plat.
forms, the freight cars, and every other eligi-
bic spot in the vicinity.
Shortly before balf past ten o'clock the dis
tant whistle announced the approach of the
train, which soon made its appearance, and
it was with the greatest difficulty that the
sentinels we're enahled to keep the i'm patient
throng from trespassipg upon the reserved
territory. Files Of soldiers extended down
Broad, street for some distance, leaving an
avenue between for the prisoners TO pass
through. The train consisted of several bur-
den cars at the doors of which armed Con-
fl tderate soldiers we're stationed as custo-
diaps to the foreign element within. The
escort from Manassas, consisting of eighty
four men, was under command of Lieutenant
Colonel 7. Q. johnson, of the Nineteenth
Georgia Regiment, and Captain j. B. An
Jrews, of the Fourth North Carolina State
troops.
Some time elapsed before the public gem
orally wes permitted to see the prisoners, and
tie latter, meanwhile, were treated to few
buckets of water, which seemed to be quite
acceptable. In one Of the cars the privilege
of getting drop of the fluid became suo-
ject of controversy, and, while one fellow
got kick in the stomach from comrade,
which somewhat derenged his powers of sue
tiop, another was Interrupted 10 the pro-
cess of drinking by eruff order; "Don't
slabber in der bucket" The guard inter-
feIed and stopped the row before it became
general. The arrangements for the march
being at length completed, the FIRST detach.
ment of prisoners, composed of the following
twenty-five commissioned officers, passed
through the lines:
W.R Lee, Colonel, Twentieth Massachu.
sets Regiment.
Colonel Cogswell, Twelfth New York.
E, j. Revere, Major, Twentieth Massachu.
sets.
Charles L. Pearson, Adutant Twentieth
Massachusetts.
e. II R Revere, Assistant Surgeon, TWen-
tieth Massachusetts
Francis j. Keiier, Captain First California.
John NJ. Studley, Captain, Fifteenth Mas
sachusetts.
Henry Bowman, Captain, Fifteenth Masga-
chusetts.
Charles S. Simmons, Captain, Fifteenth
Massachusetts,.
John Makall, Captau, First California.
Timothy O'Meara, Captain, Forty second
New York.
George B. Perry, Lieutenant Twentieth
Massachusetts.
J. E. Green, Lieutenant, Fifteenth Massa-
chusetts.
Samuel Giverson, Lieutenant Forty-sec-
ond New York. .r
William G. Harris, Lieutenant, First Cali
fornia.
il Hooper, Lieutenant, Fifteenth Mas
sachusetts.
G. M. Hooper, Lieutenant, First California.
" Frank A. Parker, Lieutenant, First Cali
forna.
Henry vanvoast, Lieutenant, Forty second
New York.
W. II. Kearns, Lieutenant First California.
G.. W. Kearney, Lieutenant, First Cali
fornia.
B. B. Vaasal, Lieutenant fifteenth Massa-
chusetts.
These officers are generally men of fine
personal appearance, and as they passed
along in the presence of the crowd they
seemed to regard their situation as any thing
but agreeable. The remaining prisoners,
non commissioned officers and privates were
then marched cut in detacbments, and formed
on Broad street. between files of soldiers
The whole number of captured Yankees was
525, viz % com msSoned officers; 149 from
the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment SO
from the Forty-second New York; TIA from
the First California; 80 and l negro from the
Twentieth Massachusetts; l from the First
New Jersey; l from the Fortieth New York;
from the Pennsylvania Cavalry, and from
the Third Rhode Island Battalion They
were very we'll dressed, and many of them
wore comfortable overcoats. Some few had
lost their hats, and some were baretooted,
having pulled off their shoes to swim the
Potomac during the panic, and were rescued
from watery graves by our advanced forces
The juveniles amopg,tbe crowd indulgedin
some derisive remarks and portion of the
prisoners displayed considerable impudence.
&, One fellow said hat their turn would come
by and-by, and that Lincoln and Scott would
both be in Richmond before a great while.
Another remarked to a bystaDder that they
mad to hunt for Southern soldiers to make
them fight, and the bystarder reckoned that
they fought pretty well when they were
found. ...,.
The negro prisoner was an object of no
little curiosity, and he seemed quite uneasy
He says his name IS Lewis A, Bell, and that
he was free in the District of Columbia; but
some Of our citizens thought they had seen
him before, and it is very probable thai he is
what the Yankees term a 'contrabsnd"
The guard, commanded by Captain ONeil,
of Georgia, formed a square, and, with the
captives in the center, marched into Mayo's
factory, corner of Twenty fifth aud Gary
streets, where they will have ample oppor-
tunity TO reflect upon the uncertainties OF
war. The occupants of another prison in
the neigbboThood crowded the windows to
get a view of this large reinforcement but
tbe SPECTACLE did not seem to afford them
much qualification. ...,-
The special train in the morning brought
Information that another lot of Leesbure
prisoners were behind, and preparations were
accordingly made to receive them. A guard
commanded by Lieutenant Laws, Of the
Eighteepth tn Georgia Resimenb repaired tC
the Central Depot in the afternoon. Th'
mail train arrived at a quarter past toul
o'clock with three cars full of Yankees, mum
beripg one hundred and thrty.two two o
whom are commissioned officers-CaptainG q
W. Redwood, of the Fifteenth Massachu
setts, and Lieutenant Charles Mcpherson, o
the Tammsny Regiment New York. They
were attended by a guard of twenty 'fonI
men, under Captain Neal, Of the Nineteenth
Georgia Regiment. The crowd about th'
depot cODvsrsed freely with the prisoners
but no rudeness was exhibited toward them
They were very soon marched off 10 the
factory, to join their comrades in captivity
Four prisoners were brought up from the
No fwahtarHaxy hSy thaa iuaV