Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-22

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inGs Hor H1ontheea of mo Pirates.
\ va #S.M RionM0ND, Va, Nov. IL.
laval myself Of tbe opportunity afforded BY .
flag Of truce 10 send what information l.canI
give Of the Michlganbo boys In mDixIes Land.
OF those in Charleston have learned pothing,
further than that they are said 70 be well tteat,
cd, and that they have been taken from Castle
Pinkney and are nov In jail, Probably they
have communication With home, ana wiii SPEAK
for themselves. 9. 8. Chapman, 1of Company
received from one Of the prisoners states that
they are confined In the parish jails--fourteen
in rooms tMelveb BY tWelve-and deprived OF ali
outside information, with nothing 70 read nut
the Bible. The letter states "that 70 good %
far as Ii goes, but later news is desirable for q
CT. Kaufman, Of Company A, has been
aent 10 Columbia, 8. G.. Wy 80 t1Ah
The following members Of the First Regi.
ment are still In Richmond. Lieutenant Parks,
Company H, Sergeant Hartmeyer, Company A,
Corporal Smith, Company A, and pElvates
Montgomery, Hutchinson, Ingolls, and Eagan,
Of Company A; privates Brinkerhof,. Holmes,
and Rhodes Of Company O; Corporal Barnes,
and private Hubbell, Of Company +; Smith,
Lane and Loundsberry, Of Company II Moore
want Of Captain sButterworth, of Company O.
They are now all quite well, and as comfort.
able as circumstances will allow. They all
need clothing badly, and have no means TO OBJ
tain 1t. They have been supplied with blan.
kets and straw sacks, and sleep quite comfort
ably. caw = @4sf aef y, ". -. :. :
! lieutenant Preston and one private Of The
Fourth Regiment are here, and four others are
In Charleeton. 81 ~ Is
Oar usually quiet Sabbath was disturbed yes
terday by startling, although TO US not an IN
expected, event. Bdgadief-G General Windel
called at our quarters and stated that be had
Q an unpleasant duty 20 perform. Assembling
. the prisoners around him, he read an ordei
y from the Secretary OF War, directing him Z
select by lot prisoner OF the highest RANK held
by the Confederate Government to stand as 0
Q hostage for the privateer Smith, recently con
}, vinted in Philadelphia, to be placed in felon'l
cell and treated in every respect as the sale
2 Smith is treated by our Government. Ths
names of elk Colonels held were placed In Q
box, and the Hon. Alfred Ely selected 70 draw
y the fatal number. Il fell on Colonel Mcbae
Y Corcoran, Of the Sixty ninth New York, now II
y Charleston The order further called for thir
!. teen officers of the highest rank held as host
y ages for the crew Of the Savannah. All tn,
y fiel6 officers were taken, viz: Colonel o. B
u Wilcox, First Michigan; Colonel w. E. Wood
y /. ruff, Second Kentucky; Colonel w. Raymon!
" Lee, Twentieth Massachusetts; Colonel M
y Cogaswell, Captain Eighth United States In
s fantry and Colonel Of the TammaDy Regiment
y Colonel A. M. Wood, Fourteenth New York
v Lieutenant Colonel 9. w. Nef, Second Ken
= tucky; Lieutenant Colonel Bowman, - Penn
y syvania; Major James D. Potter, Thirty-eight
y New York; Major Voges, United States army
y \ Msior F. ] Cevere, Twentieth Massachusetts
= = The following we're drawn to make good tn
= number thirteen: Captain James Ricketts,, Uni
ted States Fret Artilleryj Captain Hugh Nc
Quade, Thirty.eighth New York, Captain 9
!; Rock wood, Fifteenth Massachusetts
= The came treatment and fate meted ont Il
the priyateers will be theirs. Others will b
drawn as occasion may require. Our Northern
:. friends must not natter themselves that the or
= der will not be carried out; we know II will I
' the letter. The Confederates have staket
= their oil In this matter, and will take all th
9 chances. l have no comments to make, o
!. rather will make none, and thereby take tn
risk Of this reaching its destination. Il is reat
i both sides of the line, and we must necessaril,
!. be discreet. h-F .-
Two hundred and fifty prisoners have beer
! recently sent to Columbia, s. c., and two hun
dred and fifty more will probably 60 there In {
|. few days. II is said the balance will 60 Il
Salisbury, N. c., soon, where permanent quar-
, tsrs are being fitted up. -
All the prisoners are much in want of cloth
|, ing Some are nearly naked. II we must re
main prisoners, can we not be clothed in somt
wsy7 presume clothing might be sent by oul
l Government or some authorized person to Nor
folk, and We are assured that II will be for
a warded TO us. Money is received, or has been
4 without any obstruction on this side, and pre-
|; sume clothing might be- Its very scarce ant
: dear herein fact, is got with difficulty at an
4 price. Letters are called for, and must clos
: Or lose an opportunity to send - -, = .al
y Since writing the above, Gen. Winder ha
y again called ,an6 stated that the Secretary Q
Q War directs that In consequence Of the sever
wounds of Captains Ricketts, and cQuade, ar
other drawing will be had. The names of O.
the Captains were again placed In the box, an
Capt. Francis ]. Keff, of Bakers First Cal
- fornia, and Captain Henry Bowman, of the FL
teenth Massachusetts, were substituted.
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