New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-28

ng freely through tse building. AMI spendine
wo hours with the. prisonsrs. None Of them
arc uniformed eH' >pt isw who wear Uni'ed
States army oy .rco+ls e,iarcd lrom zone cf
oar trans. "a 80 tran hai aie bovs and large
proportion tie remainder oic Len. Ihe!r clothing
il co"Ite, crt in mot is ncss comfortably warn.
few ',Sltt tlc o.s hair and cada' eroas featnrsa
Of ue. extreme SJuth; huE tie most reveal. uncer
th' N siouched hats tle full round, coase-iibered
(cas usually encountered in ihe MlsOGn iarn-
houae.
1t fret they were Inclined 20 be taciturn but they
fattered 10 e!oup4 around us aud o0a ahod freely.
Az .ad ,hoy hid been well treated, and bad uo irar
bat dat IL would continue, uu'ess they s"ouid ia!,
into The bands Of "the Dpicb.' s. many raw'Aead-
ard-blood, -ou,s aes have been tod them atoui iho
Ge. mars, that / tA.nI they Lorettly beEete ibti
class of our ,o.d;e.s would mnsracre them lndi-
ciimately, il tley lad the power. They protested
great respect Cor tie Union tyools in general; ont
were very bitter upon the home-Gn~ids, lie Aansis
/" "Jpylawkeis," end the Germans.
"We all expected to enter st. Lonis," ssid ere o.
their officers. "bui ROT exactly in 'his way Nearly
all the pryales are raw reoTHg, who were on then
the o,cers have been with hin from the CONNIE tlce-
nlent of tire war. Co's. Maeo.ln "a broi"er 0! lhe
Governor Of kentucky, Alexander, Robinson, ini
Harris, are the leader, n nong llem. IT f'ri, tley
supposed they would be H. neli4rly "swor1 H.
and set at Liberty; they weic uiarwaTd god deal
disAeateued 20 learn che pTs?ect before them for II
long captivity. Tsey oiaiu .ha' they were ishnnB
fIr their homes but admit ibgt tA.re "a very h'ie
hope OF securing ~ ssour to the Souto sud iIe very
bitter IL their oenuuoisiions of South Carvira AMI
the o,hec Cotton States tor nauguniIg the dr, and
thru leaving tie Border .aiet do the iieing and
spier toe de,as.atou. Tire Tnosl Of tbe priontrs
.cem detected; the only really jogial leis'1s "ho@
we saw i'll tie crowd wue 60 Iegro servants cap
tul,d with tiem who apparently enjoy the jo.e, ard
are iully alive to the humor oi rhe Citation.
Col. Morgan, Mai. Foster. ard CsIt. sallz"sn OF
the IlGi.na 2ih, give Interesting details of the cir
cumstauces attending the capture. More han UOJ
eurs belonging TO the Eebe's were secuted and
TIMED over the authorities, leslto 'er6e number
retained as troqhes, by our foli.en engaged III tic
esiTmish. large pTolorl.n O. uese were shot
guns of very superior quality. TIE hofss and
mulcs captured were also anmaif 81 unu,lsl value
Enough provisions were taken 10 tJsst tie
prisoners for d Iaonth. Ilavng jos. lct bone, the
were well supplied, not only with substantial food
but with butter, pfese'yes, honey, and o'har tsH-
house del.c,cics Il has not been decided what Per-
manent de osiiiJn 10 make OF teerr aud OF tbose
who ARE yet TO come. II Is obyi0usly desirable thar
they should be placed tie other se OF tho Misss
sirTi, where much les force viii be required 20
Guard them. T.,e old Ino's PeDi entia ~, n Alton
now vacant, affords comfortable accommodations for
about 900 peIsoEs aDd bat email guard woaid Ie
requisite A portion Of them will prob@b'y 1s 'Hke"
there.
Gen sigel has joined his command At PoNa. Gen.
Hsll,ck has issued an order thai dc brtgc-buTners
on iie Eotth Mis-oui Ehiload hall nps be treated
as prisoners OF war but ,bot. IL ss healthy rogu-
laiion, ard IN doubtless have good ehert-i TIE
fnssfeants sre ca eti Toe reminder o! ihe Order
10 employ scoessiolt- md der slaves - reiar the
damage. nnd 70 hold towns and counties rtslousibl'
for .uch lcis of vandalism hereafter committed
within their boldtrs--is AZ ieasl practicable. Tie
W, sher has been cold luf the lailie csys, witl
digit ia Of snow s'ia.uatirg u few anel'iois ~
iemps nj f.eighup aGd saatug. be- Lave noi been
crowned with ,r.,lirt suecess. The Holt-Davis
Commission for tie investigation of claims against
lle Government in ttis Department has adjourned a
week for .le hOl. layA.