The national Republican., 1861-10-10
LATEST NEWS FROM RICHMOND.

LhTEST NEWS HOm HlShmONDs
Discharge of Wounded Federal Prisoners
Arrival at Newport News-What They
Saw ON the Rcut,-AKairst In Richmond
-Trentment OF Prisoners, etc.
INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE FROM RICHMOND.
On Tuesday last, thirty. three wounded pris-
oners Of Union regiments, who were captured
at the battle of Bull Run, arrived at Balti-
more Some have lost q leg, some an arm,
and others are otherwise disabled. The reason
why they received their discharge is supposed
to be owing to the large number of Confederate
sick and wounded, and the recent order for the
removal Of all the sick and wounded from Ma
nassas Junction to Richmond.
Their staten 'nts, as given below, we copy
from the Baltimore American, and will be
found quite interesting:
DISCHARGE OF FEDERAL PRISONERS.
On the 2lst Of July, the day after the battle
of Manassas, the wounded were conveyed 10
long trains of wagons and ambulances TO the
railroad depot and thence to Richmond, where
they were imprisoned In one large three-story
| tobacco warehouse, aud confined therein until
| the day Of their discharge, which was on Sun
day, when Surgeon General Gibson, who had
been very attentive to them, appeared and
read q list Of the parties whom be said were
Internationally discharged He also told them
| that they would be carried near Fortress Mon.
| roe In steamer by way of James river, and
soon reach their homes. which account was re-
ceived with applause. A short time afterwards
| a number of wagons drew up In front Of the
prison, when the roll was called, the wagons
occupied, and af er short time reached the
wharf of the steamer Northumberland, upon
which they embarked.
WHAT THEY SAW ON THE ROUTE.
The steamer soon got under way, and after
steamipg all night reached her destination, a
| few miles above Newport-News, and there blew
off steam and awaited the arrival of the steamer
Express which, according to an arrangement
with General Wool, was to appear at that point.
The Express soon arrived, when the party were
| carefully removed upon mattresses TO the main
deck, anxious ouce mole to behold the flag Of
their country. The steamer soon departed,
and the sick and wounded cheered in the most
enthusiastic manner, delighted with the idea Of
soon reaching their homes and receiving the
affectionate attention of their relatives and
friends. Although but few hours Of the trip
were made in daylight, yet the party state they
saw at least half dozen strong and effective
breastworks thrown up on the banks of the
river, whilst in the background were hundreds
of tents and many regiments of soldiers. Both
the large steamships Yorktown and jamestown
were seen, the former stripped of her heavy
armament, but well filed with men. The
steamer stopped several times on the route and
at all the points there were regiments of sol
diers, all of whom expressed the fercest spirit
of enmity to the North, and declared they would
| never lay down their arms until Lincoln and
his Cabinet should let the South choose its own
terms of separation. They were well armed
but poorly dressed. Many of the private sol.
diers wore pantaloons made of blankets linsey
woolsey, and even Of the commonest carpeting
ARRIVAL AT NEWPORT NEWS.
The Express reached the encampmcnt OF New
port News in an hours steaming, and as soon
as the arrival OF the wounded was made known
the boat was surrounded by the military, who
evinced their sympathy by the contribution Of
one hundred dollars for the purpose of helping
them on their way home, a sum which was in
creased by. the free offerings of several COM
missioned officers at Fortress Monroe. After q
short detention at Newport News the Express
according to orders, left for Old Point, where
Surgeon Cuyler, Of the regular army, and hit
cases, and concluded to fend "a OF them to the
army hospital at the Old Point Comfort Hotel
as they were too much debilitated to proceed
further, at least for the present.
When the boat left Newport News the Tenth
gave many cheers for the sick and wounde
and for the success Of the stars aud stripes.
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
All the wounded who reached here agree II
the statement that they were treated more like
Gagged beasts than human beings, and the frs
salutation in the morning, as well as the senti
nels cry at night, was " Death to the -
Yankees The only kindness they received
was from the surgeons of the Confederate army
who, in connection with their own surgeons
already named, were daily in attendance. TIL,
hospital or Jail in which they were confined
was three-story tobacco warehouse, measuring
about 40 by l20 feet. In the second story
J were confined seventy-siX commissioned officers
and in the room above five hundred non-com
missioned officers and privates. The window
were all iron-barred, and the guards very stric
aud severe upon the prisoners.
/ Mention has already been made of the shoot
ing, by the guard, of q Federal prisoner, and
= the following are the acts of the case The
deceased was Corporal William c. Burke, o.
; the seventy-ninth New York regiment, and ht
was shot while shaking his blanket from hil
, prison window, as was required of the prison
ers as soon as they rose from sleep. The guard
young Missssppian, called to him to stand
back, and the order was complied with, wheI
he was pierced In the breast by musket ball
without uttering single word. He was buried
, the same day, and the guard acquitted. HI
afterwards stated that he had determined tc
kill a Yankee and was therefore satisfied.
The rations were regularly served to them
such as they were, consisting of salt bacon, q
, loaf of bread and water, twice day. The
commissioned officers were served with water
three times per day, but none Of the prisoners
ever received tea or coffee, nor were they sup
piled with mattresses, bedding, or blankets Of
any kind, excepting those which they succeeded
| sn, Thakt nlnl
neglected in this respect, is evident from their
condition at the presen, time. Those who are
left behind-and they are nearly five hundred
in number-will suffer severely from cold II
) they are not provided with such necessaries
) The most Intelligent of the prisoners, from
whom these facts were obtained, declared thai
many falsehoods have been published in rela
tion to the Hon. Mr.. Ely of New York. In
stead of being detected and sad, he was deci
dedly the merriest man amongst them, and wal
, active not only in comforting the wounded and
chpprinU the honalasa hut f,ramnct in ol