Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-30


He answered, "No, never, never.n The trooper
Then began striking him with the fat of his
sword over the shoulders, saying at the same
time that he would pierce him through His IA
ther seing that his boy was wounded insisted
upon bis surrendering, as ne had done all that a
soldier could do. The noble boy, bleeding,
unarmed, and almost helpless, then surrendered.
His father approached The commander and asked
Tor the prisoner TO place him In the hospita OF.
fering to hold himself responsible for his safety
as prisoner of war, when the villain replied
Damn your response bility; know your After
SOME words, The wounded prisoner was reluctant
ly handed over to be taken the hospital The
trooper then dashed round the hospital 10 assist
In carrying of Lieutenant Wilson, OF the Second
New York Regiment who was thsn in the hands
OF horseman. This dragoonswas shot by stray
ball as the trooper came up, and Lieutenant W IL
son, finding himself free from his ca ptor, drew
| his revolver and shot his pursper in the neck,
killing him instantly.
IMPROVING.
Col Farnham, Of tn Fire Zouaves, and Col
slocum, of the New York 9Th regiment, are both
Improving, and there Is good reason to believe
they will soon recover.
Col Farnham was seriously Ill before the bat.
tie, and bis officers made inefi cient attempt to
persuade him not to go on the field During the
battle he escaped almost miraculously from ball
which would have struck his head directly upon
the left temple, but that IL glanced from the but
| ton OF bis cap and only caused flesh wound on
MS head The conclusion, however, stunned and
knocked him from bis horse, but he was up again
| and In the ssddle almost Immediately His days
work, In his physical condition, resulted In Sc
| we're attack Of typhoid fever, and he was taken
N I'M IN xr,hia Oh H.
| to ride In an ambulance to the Iufrmary There
he has been dangerously i'll, one night delrIously
So but is now, we are happy to say, considered
| out OF danger. We can not afford to lose officers
| OF his character
THE DISTRICT TROOPS
The following field Off GERS, Captains and first
lieutenants have been appointed by the War De-.
| Partment for the LIST Regiment District of Co.
| lumbia Volunteers:
Colonel-James A. TAFT.
Lieutenant Colonel-Lemuel Towers
Major. McH. Hollingsworth.
Captalns-C II Rodier, VIM. n. Degges, s.
A. H. Marks, w. KrzyzonowskI, R Boyd, PH
King, C. j. Morrison, J. T. Powell, Henry NJ
| Knight, and Edward 8 Alien.
First Lieutenan's-DavId Mason p Louis Ro-
dier, Donald McCathrcn, A. Becker, A. b. Cur
us, Thomas E Duffy, James Coleman, M. P.
Fisher, E. p Piggott and c. p P wroe.
All OF whom have promptly accepted. Better
appointments could not have been made.
THE AccEssIoNs.
Twenty-three regiments Of three wears, men,
| averaging about thousand men each, have
| arrived at or passed through Baltimore since the
battle Of Bull Run, and are now In line on this
division Of the Potomac-in General Banks,s
division, or in that OF General Dix, at or near
| Baltimore. As many more will have followed
them in the course Of the next week
REPORTED CAPTURE OF A SECESSION COMPANY
Capt Motto, commanding the howitzer battery
| OF the Second New York regiment, 10 said in the
street, to-day, to have captured whole disunign
company last night, few miles above the Chain
Bridge, on the Virginia side. We are not able to
verify the report, though aware that Capt nj. has
! FOR day or two past been bent on executing some
such enterprise in that neig Lborhood.
PRISONERS.
The following list Of prisoners belonging to the
New York list regiment we obtain from Mr.. Ed
rnund A. Dougherty, member OF the regiment.
| VINO being himself prisoner at Sudley Church.
| FUSED as hospital by the Union troops during
the battle) escaped on Friday last, and reached
Washington (comiag via Leesburg) at 10, a. m.
yesterday. Viz:
J. W. Bowers, Company F, slight wound in
the leg; doing we'll
Th mas Deavery, Company G, finger shot OF.
- Flgerson, Company F, shot through the
| left lung; not dead on Friday night last.
@. w. Smith, Company F, unwounded.
- Rockeriellow, Company F left arm ampu-
tated 10y the surgeon Of the 7Ist) but doing well
T. FL. III. Sands, wounded In the arm; doing
we'll.
J Sampler, Company F, wounded; doing
well.
- Tompkins, Company 6, prisoner, no,
wounded
- whitaker, wounded; doing we'll.
A. A. HYDE, wounded doing well
Roland IL. Wade, Company ii, wounded; do
ing well
- Gillette and - Noble, hospital assistants
prisoners.
- Demorest, Company F, wounded doing
well
Col slocum, Of r. 1, lived three days, but was
unconscious all the time
Col. Cameron was shot dead In the field
Col. Co'coran Is living, wounded-but will
likely recover
Maine Regiments The following members of
Maine regiments are in the hospital. doing well
Private w F. Oxford Second; privates Walker
and Coiiisan, Fourth; and private Jos Greasy,
Third
FIRST Minnssosa.-ln sudley Hospital-Private
Straw.
Fourteenth Nsp York-In sudley Hospital
Private Frank Richmond, private Frank Head
private John Hand, private Stiles, private Mid
dleton and twelve others
S're"sy first Nsw YOrk.-In hospital-pr Bug,
nett
Killed-Private Tompkins, private Lane and
| private York.
Affairs At Alexandria.
Especial correspondence Of The Starl
ALEXANDRIA, July 90, 1S6i.-Mr. G. G Young,
leader of the sth Maine Regiment band, died sud
denly In this place Of congestion Of the brain on
friday His remains Were taken to Bangor.
MI John Hulburt. orderly Of company C.. 26tb
Regiment, has had his right hand badly SKATER.
ed oy the accidental discharge Of a pistol.
The 26:h Regiment, Col. Christians, received
the new uniforms from the State Of New York
to-day.
There are about forty unruly soldiers confined
In the slave pens In this place for drunkenness