The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-12-05


commander. One of the most noticeable
fine looking, we'll dressed gentleman above
the. middle height. He bustlcs about, in
Scotch cap, with his pant legs within
his boots, and, by a stranger, might be
mistaken for the principal person in the
garrison.
He converses freely with the officers
stationed at the fort, and evidently is not
much discontented with his position. May
or Brown, Of Baltimore, quiet, tidy gen
tleman, evidently does not ike his position.
Col. Tyler, (who fought at Bull Run, and
was afterwards arrested when on a visit
at Cincinnati,) is another noticeable per-
son, very tall, gaunt, and wearing beard
of magnificent proportions. He is evident
ly in not very good health. Ex-Governor
Moorehead, of Kentucky, is a fine looking
man, past the middle age, tall and portly,
and does not hesitate to express his CON
tempt for the ''cobbling Yankees" His
Imprisonment is taken anything but salts
factory. VIM. Pierce, Of New Orleans,
(arrested in Boston, does not seem to be
disheagened by his Imprisonment, and is
apparently in good health.
Commodore Barron, of Fort Hatteras
notoriety, comes out in full uniform, be-
spangled with gold, and glittering with
all the insignia allowed to his rauk in the
Confederate navy" Col. Pegram, who
surrendered to Gen. VI CIellan in Western
Virginia, is Of rather small stature, with
out ostentation, but looks like a man of
ability and courage. The other officers
among the prisoners Of war do not strike
the visitor as being worthy of notice
Most of them are without any insignia to
indicate that they have been soldiers
They are all quiet, and submit with appa-
rent satisfaction to all the requirements Of
the commander of the fort. The same
may be said Of the political prisoners, ex-
cept that some of them occasionally indulge
in remarks indicating their feelings of
sympathy with secession.
The larger body of the prisoners, and
those entitled to the most sympathy, are
the non-commissioned officers and privates
captured at Fort Hatteras. They are
scantily supplied with clothing, many of
them sick and discouraged, and large
numbers of them are ignorant The gov
ernment furnishes them with the same
quantity and quality of rations that are
furnished to soldiers in service, but they
are di.pirited and little inclined to prepare
it for use They are willing to do anything
they are told to do, but seem to have in
sufficient energy to do anything of their
own accord. Many of them cannot read
or write. They are remarkably quiet and
respectful to the officers Of the garrison.
There is said to be considerable religious
feeling among them at the present time.
Some twenty of the prisoners Of this class
were left at New York, being too sick to
remove. There are about fifty now in the
hospital. a few have the typhoid fever
Several have consumption, having been
affected before leaving home, with that
disease now aggravated by a change of
climate Many have the bronchitis and
pneumonia, and upon entering the hospi
tai the visitor Will hear so much coughing
that he will think it is a Gerision, till in
formed that it is all the time the same
Many Of the men are also having the
measles and the mumps. Only one man
in the hospital is now very sick, but sew
cral OF them are not likely to live long.
The sick are under the care Of DR.. De
Writ Clinton Peters, Of New York, sur
geon of the army, who was taken prisoner
with Col Reeves command, in Texas, and
is now on parole. He is doing all he can
to provide for the. sick. He has no bed
steads for them, but has placed them on
mattresses raised few inches from the
floor He is scautily supplied with bed
ding, hospital stores and medicines, but
the last will come by-and-by, when the
"red tape" Of the War Department can be
unloosed In some respects the sick are
not so well off as at New York, for there
medicines were plenty, and the little lux
uries so necessary for sick room were
supplied, in a measure, by the voluntary
contributions Of the charitable.
The political prisoners are all in good
health.
All the prisoners who require, are fur
nished with government rations, which are
supplied by Burgess & Talbot, provision
dealers in Merrimac street. Most of the
political prisoners have supply of funds.
Col. Dimmick acting as their banker, and
they mess together, and live on whatever
they may choose to order. Mr. A. j. Hall,
of the Webster House, caters for them
They also make many purchases through
the officers OF the boat running to the fort.
They can furnish their apartments as lux
urieusly as they may please, provided, al
vavs. that their banker has the funds In
hand to pay the damage