The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-26

The Esenpe Of Col. COrcoruu.
We slludod, yesterday, to the reported e..
capo OF Colonel Corcoran from Charleston, ard
expressed some doubt Of the truth Of tho ru
mos As the story seems, however, to DO cred
tied by the friends Of Lieutenant Huri, VS.
| give below his statement Of the AFFAIR, which
Is very interesting Of itsclr;-
| Lieut.: Samuel ID. IIuid, Of tho % Rcgmont
Maino Volunteers who was wounded and taken
| prisoner at Bull Run, arrived IN this city on
| Monday, from Charleston. Ills account OF tho
| cnudition ot anirs al that place, e.peci.lly of
| the treatment which the rubcls mcto out TO
their prisoners, is quito interesting, while his
| rcPrt oi the csclpo II Col CifCsrin, of the
Gvlh, is a piece OF urlookcd for ncws Tic lefi
| Charleston IN thursday, tho l2th inst, having
| been oLc at somo thftC hundred prisoners no
were c"hiirod ia tho City Jail, which irr, burned
| duiitg the ltts cot tligratior--thc pn,oncrs
mahlI 'h,ir ,sGtapo 10y Jumping from y small
| vii dow-the ouly one which Ndi not barred.
| Mr.. hurd was shot thrOash loh legs A. bull
| Run, snd altO wounded IN tho eide. Ito wa,
| taken 10 Manassas, whcro his wounds wsro
| dressed by rchci surgeon, named McWil.
liains, from Maryland. 1hcy were at crw,rd
| removed to Richn oud, and cot inod in Ia.
wards tobacco warehouse from which thoy
we're tphcn T. Chttloson--about four hundred
| Il NE ~lolc number being confined in Castle
PinCkn,y and the remainder about three hun
drcd, being seat soon attcr 10 the City jail
The Jail was largo brick building on Broad
street, and nearly ali the prisoners wcro Ia
large urp,r room, the Windows Of which were
barred and clo.od with iron shutters oNcep, ono
email ono over oCking very narrow street in
tho rtdr Of the building. Nj. llud states thai
the iirc In h. out, "a noa'ly 49, be could judge,
IN as-huusc, next door 60 a sash ana lind
factory and that 1t spread with grcat rap Try.
Great Efforts were madc 10 cNtugui,l, it hut
without tho slightest fleet. Tn, engines work.
ed hy negroes and whites, sc,mtd utterly pnw-
Crless, aud the flames spread finally 90 the Jail
the rooid which wa, on shoot Of f.c. No
m0t,pi,Ht irls u,U,i, - if hs mi, ntrs ont. 1ho
guards usually shattered lruutd the building
were away, and no soldicrs wcio visible. Mo
liufd states that C,L Curcuras was he first one
g. leap through tho wInCOw, CNuliimlng as h.
wCnt out, Hero gees Tor Beaufort or the
Nor h. Ilmi VAS tho noNt, ard rs he struck
upon tho pINumcpt he Hayg llif u dozen others
cane upon hin, nd the whole 10 N wa, spool.
lily 'mpIicl Of It's inmaics. They spent the
night in tho vicinity cf tho h,mos tc'piug to.
gother rs VEL ~ they coul many Of them
icing icVoicly wounded. They had nothing ~
oat aud nothing to drink, except some liquor
which Ioition OF their number got from tn
| cellars of houses from which tho occupants had
| teen driven hy the iifo
A. about 10 otlock, guards we're sent 20 take
Il en- IN charge. They treated them wi h great
brutality, striking with their guns those uf them
| WIN 'lh ltbl htNNe tlAltkls enough. VINO OF tnN
soldiers told the sergeant Of the guard that Col
| Cotcotan was missing. His reply was, til It
! perhaps be was humcl-ii not, lao must be-
hunted up. Men wcrc cent 10 Iook aftcr HIN.
AT > o'clock tho whole squad of prisoners were
driven to Castle PinCknoy again, where thay
were len N the open court yard through Tho
whole at thGt day AMI the follow ing nighi with.
out shelter Of any kind and with no othor
clothing than that IN which they made their
escape. Col. Corcoran was not in Castle PinclI
Ia Ia. g..rs L.. l.
llurd been allie TO obtain any intelligence con
ccrhing him. llo thinks it probable that ho
made an ciiu To escape Ia Beaufort.
On lhursday, llurd and half dozen others
OF tho wounded prisoners were told thai thoy
would be sent North. Six others, named Frank
Tunes Of y " lnri, N,thoison Of Vermont, and
MCliricn, OBI. ~, WlsnN and Mlott, were
also released ON taking an cath not to serve
again agi nst tho South, nor reveal nythirg
they might have learned there. They were all
put into a railroad train and taken to Rich.
mVnd, and thehco TO Norfolk, having 90 hing
TO eat or drink on tho wsy. From Norfolk
they were sent under lag oftTuc1 to Fortress
Monroe, aud thence 10 Washington.
Mr. Hard says that the treatment Of the
piisoncrs has been brutal and infamous. Their
allowance Of food was a quart Of oatmeal, with
three pinis OF water day; and they were CON
stantll exposed 10 the SCOTS, jCers, and insults
| oftho mob. Al Richmond they were required
to do picket duty part Of the time, and TO shoot
any prisoners they saw looking out at a win
| dow. Hurd himself was in this way wounded
| in the neck, and fellow prisoner from Maine,
| named Dsggott, was HI led.
Mr.. Hurd states that among the prisoners re-
moved from Richmond to Castle PinCkney
early in September, was a Mr.. Hurlbcrt-and
from his description Of his personal appearance,
We are inclned to thirk 1t ia Mr.. w IL. Hurl-
bert, formerly connected with tho TINES, and
well known in this city. lie was left In Castle
Pinckney, and not takon TO Charleston with the
rest Of the prisoner. When Mr.. Hurd returned
to the Castle, after the fire, MIR. llurbert Iecog
niled him and spoke Of his return. Mr.. lIurd
states that llurlbert has fuilered greatly from
his imprisonment, that he has had severe AZ.
| tack Of typhoid fever, aud is exceedingly pale
and emaciatod. lie is very low-spirited and
| respondent. His treatment is the same az that
| Of the other prisoners.
Among the prisoners left there were two
named Trip and Palmer, from Scranton, Pa;
two, named BCorman and Chase, from Wilkes
| barre, and quite number OF men belonging to
| the Now York 1lst and Fire Zouayes. AZ
| Charleston the general opinion seemed to he
that the fire was the work Of the negroes. The
| citizens mainly went to Savannah. The nsyrocs
were not guarded but Mr.. Hufd saw no reason
to suppose that their feelings toward tho North
| were different from these Of the whites
| Al Richmond, whero they were allowed to 20
about the city, Mr.. llurd say, there were
abundant evidences of Union sentiment. Very
| many met and shook hands with him, declaring
themselves Union men, and one person. whose
rame be gave u.s. told him that half the troops
there were Union men, but had besn pressed in
TO me rebel service. There were great numbers
Of troops at Richmond and along tho route to
Nuiok.
Mr.. lIurd secured his discharge ON the
army at Wusl ington, and is on his way home.
lie has wooden leg, and various other memo
rails of his connection with tho war.
A Rebel Journal on the Eugllsh News.