The national Republican., 1861-10-01
From the ch.r,.ston ts 6 Mercury, Of Sept. IL.

From the Charleston Is. g Mercury, of Sept II.
rhc Prisoners of Nvar-ThcirA Arrival ana
l.odgment in tho Charlcston jail.
Yesterday the Yankee prisoners Of war; who
had been expected on Thursday, reached the city
at an hour when most Of our citizens were prob
ably still slumberlDg In their beds. The ar
engagements for their reception which had been
made by Col. Branch, commanding the military,
were carried out quietly, and in the most salts
factory manner. The detail for this service was
the first regiment rifles, to which was attached
asquadron of cavalry, Owing TO the fact that
the train was expected at midnight, the detail
was larger than IL would hav, otherwise bccn.
The several companies were under arms all
night At 5.45, A. NJ, the order to form wa
given The train having been signalled. The
Iouave Cadets, Capt Chichester, were special.
" detailed to received the prisoners from the
cars. This was doneby forming In two ranks-in-
tervals of two paces-faced Misunderstanding ?
width Of Twelve paces. On the right of tht
Iouaves the first platoon of the Louisiana vol.
uAteers were posted-on the left, the second
platoon leaving an opening for the prisoners
10 march into the square, the officers entering
FIRST followed by the soldiers. As soon rs this
was completed, the prisoners, with their guard
were marched into another hollow square, form
I'd Of the Washington Light Infantry on the
'lBut, ,tnSNcIHltu hilltlnCHO Ou Tue lett, lue Dtuu
regard Light Infantry and Moultrie Guard on
the right flank. and the Palmetto Rif1emen Car
olina Light Infantry and Jamison Rifles on the
left flank. In this order, accompanied by The
Charleston Light Dragons, In front, and the
German Hussars In the rear both under com
mand of Major Ryan, the corps being under
command of Col. J. L. Branch, proceeded
through Washington, Calhoun, Cumming, Beau
fain, Mazyck, and Magazine streets, TO the jail
whereproper arrangements had previously beer
made for their temporary reception, by Cap
tain Theodore G. Boag, specially detailed fol
the duty.
After the prisoners had been duly placed il
their quarters, the companies of the rife regi
mcnt, with the exception of the Zouaves, wer,
dismissed. Col. Branch detailed the Washing
son Light Infantry to escort their Louisiana
comrades to the Charleston Hotel, where the,
enjoyed The needed rest after their toilsom,
journey, which had been rendered doubly ar
duous by the constant guard duty rendered
necessary by the presence Of SO large u bod.
of prisoners.
The Iouaves were detailed for guard duty u
the Jail. The Yankee officers thirty four il
number, were placed In three good airy rooms
on the second lioor Of the Jail. The privates
to The number of one hundred and twenty, oc
cupy twelve rooms on the uppcrmost story O
the building. None Of the rooms contain an,
furniture, but the prisoners all had thei
blankets, and seemed at no loss to make them
selves tolerably comfortable.
We endeavored to get copy Of the roll O
| the prisoners, but this was refused by the Off
Ger in charge of the military guard, as a poss
| BILE breach of his duty. We have ascertained
following officers:
Col. Wilcox, Mich. lst; Col. Corcoran, N. Y
60Lh; Lieut.. Col. Nel, I'd Ky; C?) Major Joh
W. Potter, 3Stb N. Y; Rev. q. W. Dodge, chap
lain 1lth N. Y; Rev. II. Eddy, chaplain 9
Conn.
Surgeons -Griswola, 3sth N. Y; Grey, U.
A.; Stone, U. S. Al Connolly, ID N. Y; Harris
2dR.I.
Captains.-Downey, 1lth N. Y; Fish, SD n
Y; farusb, 79h N. Y; Drew, I'd Ver.; Shurt
li6, 7th o.; L. Gordon, 1lth Mass; Whittingto
and Jenkins.
Lie,aenants. Toy, 25th N. Y; Hambir
| (son of the actor Of that name,) 3Sth N. Y
Underhill, 1lth N. Y; Worcester, list N. Y
| I'd dragons, U. s. A.; Kent, U. S. A.. Calef
IIth Mass; Connolly, Goth NY.
The privates are nearly all from MI, higar
Massachusetts, and New York. A Ricbmon,
paper had mentioned these prisoners as havin,
been SELECTED chiefly from among those VIII
had evinccd the most iusolent and insurbordi
nate disposition" but their department yesto r
day was generally as orderly as could be dc
sired. They all wear their uniforms, although
some Of these are in a somewhat dilspidated con
dition. The officers have trunks, but the men ar
cncumberedby no superfuous baggage Some Q
the officers, including Corcoran, are not ye
wholly recovered from their wounds. They ar
generally abundantly provided with money
| (specie) and were very solicitous to be allowed
| to hire cook to prepare their meals. We lear
that Instead of the usual coarse prison fare
they will be served with good substantial I'd
| tions from the Commissary Department.
| When they first arrived they were general
taciturn, but during the day became commli
NEGATIVE, in some instances even loquacious
We may mention that they evinced holy hoI
ror for the newspaper rcpOrters-the very nat
ural consequences Of their experience with tn
| representatives of the unprincpled press O
the North. Their views with regard to thei
probable treatment here, were various. Som
of them imagined that they were 10 be place
Immediately in irons, while others (especiall
the oflicers) labored under the fond hallucins
tion that they were to be liberated on parol,
Many Of them busted themselves with devil
ing propositions to communicate by letter
their friends. The plan most popular amongs
them seemed TO be to have their packages
letters sem oA 10 The Jloclcading fleet ,Itdcr
llag Of truce.
The prisoners will remain in the jlil unit
next Tuesday, by which time, IL is expected
Castle Pinckney will be ready for their recel
lion. Meantime the Zouaves will continue /
perform the necessary guard duty. No one G.
ceptiHg the guards was yesterday permitted I
see the prisoners. A more suitable custodu
than Captain Boag could scarcely have bet
selected. While he will in no case be unnece
sarily harsh, he possesses in an eminent degr,
the tirmncss necessary to enforce proper di
cipline among the captive Yankees.
/ KENTuGKY.-The louisville .Iournnk of La