Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-08-09

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A Richmond correspondent 70 the MSnphIH
Appeal writess NJ ~. N'eig ~
/ went yesisrdAy Into one Of the military prls.
ons, where some 450 Of those taken ct Manas !
sas are kept Ia confInementS and held quite q
free and easy conversation with several OF the
number Every'veriety Of tone, from that OF
insolent defiance 10 that OF penltent sorrow,
was manifested by the, prisoners, Every cless
or iifs was represented among them, except
mat of the pseudo money sristocracy of the
laree cities. saw q fne.looking boy Of Blk;
teen, we'll grown, high spirited, from Messachur
setts; be came, he said, TO defend the capital,
and had no idea Of coming into Virginia., An
other young fellow told us they had not expects
ed any serious tesistance, 5ecause they were
sure the stsong Union party OF the State would
rise lp everywhere TO Join them as they ad-
yanced. Beauregard Would certainly fall back,
they thought, before such powerful army as
that Of Mcdowell. Several declared that II
ever they could get home safe and sound, they
would see Lincoln decided before they would
ever fight agaihst' the South again. Parts Oh
three or four Regiments asserted that they we're
forced into the fight, for their term OF enlist-l
ment expired on the 18th Of July, and they
would have gone back North, only the officers
would not let them off. 'nSf1ls1- hsAs -
ID IJpop One point they were uuanimous. The
column Of Mod Dowelli had no officers ft for dom-
amAnd; Il would be absolutely necessary to- get
some, Doubtless this is true, but officers, like
noble trees, are not grownin month or year.
One of the prisoners, Hon. A. w. Ely, member
of Congress from the western part Of theiStste
of New York (whom the authorities, with
mercful consid for the refinement OF bis
Congressional manners, had caused to be re.
moved from the society Of Ellsworth's "Pet
Lambsn 10 another apartment), complained very
much Of the hardness of his lot. He was nom
combatant, he had nothing whatever to do with
the fight; he only came out from. Washington to
look on, as he would have come to q race be.
tween Lady Suffolk and Flora Temple, or "a mill
between Morrissey and Heenan. He came In
buggy; so he had intended 70 return, only the
Centreville ftte eaGmpare folks. In their hasty
retreat had driven their carriage over the shafts
Of bis vehicle and broken them Of, He had,
was absnrd to consider him a a"prisoner Of iwar, -
since war was something be had no, knowledge
Of, and took no part IN, Certainly . less belig-
erent looking person than the Hon. A. w. Ely
IL would be difiqnlt to find.
A good deal Of solicitation was tried upon the
President to obtain tho discharge Of Messrs.
Magraw and Harris, who were arrested the day
after the battle on the plains Of Manassas, and
broughtto Richmond, but he very speedily set
the Applicants for their enlargement strestS by
declaring thatthey shouldremain prisonefs dur
ing the continuance of the war.oog 1l2d
sogs'r ~ THE CONFEDERATE LOAN. 1tf-o ~.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, of Little Rock, Ark, I,
has subscribed the liberal amount OF four hun
dred bales Of cotton to, the Confederate loan
1effaraon county. Ark, has subscribed 5000