The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-01-04
THE WEEKLY SUN.
SATURDAY, JANUARY I, 1862.
The New York City Press.


cepted, failing to bestow upon the measure
unqualified approval, and upon the reply
cited from Secretary Seward their warm
lamentations, 1t being truly characterized as
eablest state paper which has for years been
acd by our government. The JOURNAL
ms silent and alolc in quietly caVilling at
tone, and dissenting from some of its eonclu.
us.
.HE WORLD Of Saturday, ably urges that,
rt the Engli,b question shall have been set
"A without blows, but one great duty will
main to the country-which is to fight. Con-
ess should throw sside all lees important ques
ms about confscation and emancipation, and
dNss itself seriously to the heavy blows which
l.n 70 fall thick and heavy upon the Rebel
les. Fightng-still fighting Is its watch
1rd for success Referring to the hate mani
.ted in Canada towards the United States, it
'yooates blow for blow, and the immediate 70.
Of tho Recipe ocity act, which has aided
country at our expense, and never aided
.,s S. Louis correspondent, 2ith, gives the
lowing narrative Of the arrival Of the lately
injured rebels in that city
yesterday afternoon certain long g-hairoi,
ass-eytd, gesticulltiug young msn might
A., been aaeu on Fourth street of st Louis
.i,rng TO bet fabulous sums Of money that no
,els had been captured, that no. more than
rec huLdftd had Doen taken, and finally that
thin "A week il would dwindls down that We
,d lost more men in battle tuan We had cap.
ted. The little success which has hitherto
tended their sympathizers In arms has quito
pset their capacity OF sober thinking; for.u-
,tcly for our loyal people, Gen. Hallcck has
ven every one Of them an opportunity to test
q matter with their ewes. Towards night a
rise crowd had gathered at the Pacific railroad
OF to SEQ the expected train arrive with
prisoners, notwithstanding tho intensely
u and unpleasant wea her. II began to leak
4 that the train would not bo in till no.r mid
ght when the great majority 10 in disgust.
! AT II o'clock the long train made its appear.
ICE thirty i've ears, drawn by six lJc mo
kY,, VIII v, ON account of the Ia aen"ss Of the
our. they were kop' Ia tho cars all night tho
knls drawn down, and a heavy guard kept
v,r them. This morning they were taken
4 Ter an escort 10 tho college building of DR..
a DoWoll, few squares from the depot.
. he eyes and ears Of tho "sccoshcrs' were
ia little astoni shed to find instead of threo
1drei, twelve hundred, and this only the
, in,dmont. General Pop" 1t is under.
H. has nearly thousand more, which will
.ow in a train today. Not long since it was
r ,ou need in the Memphis papers that Pric1
!. o command would royI in Chtistmls iO5tiyi'
ss in the well filled liquor saloOnS Of the city.
is a Little remarkable that their prediction
ould como 30 near the truth.
AZ TIMES Po1 Royal correspondent soos
.na..s-,,.Nmaeqns that the slave population
,th Carolina 4 grAdually but surely toni
general . drrection. This, ho claims,
a view gathered from Isolated cases, but
general tendency OF the whole course Of
e in that section OF the country.
; Washington correspondence, 25th, has u
,sing interesting details in reie renee W tbs
= Of Congressman Ely
i. Alfred lily arrived at o'clock this
ing. from Baltimore, and proceeded at once
;llards, where he was Immediately roroS-
h and warmly welcomed by large nunpsr
" onds. His robust appearance would huily
" to that he had DCel five months prisoner
4 .. The following statement Of facts have
In B., vi from NJ Ely.
Z .,- captured by South Carolina COM
.rlntrv. about o'clock i. NJ. OF the
battle. lie had stopped at black,
snop TO have his tlrriage mendeI' anu
=, waited awhile for Senator Fostor,
,icut, who hal gone out with him.
iting he walked down towards a rd
(which he saw a company Ul National
skulking or in ambush but as ho ap-
G,d them, they recclei, and just as Mt.
tsod, to return TO his carriage, spent
Cr' bali struck the earth near him. He
- d behind a large tree near by to bo out
I . ,er, and continued his observations. In
d eut "A clsnOn ball went crashing through
pS nches Of the tree, AMI seemed 10 be fell
whole top upon him. BY the time he
ed from his surprise, a company OF
v accompanied by two well-dtessod oili-
1erged from the woods near by.
perceiving Mr.. Ely, the two officers ad.
i and demlnded hisname lie answered,
H. Ely, Of New York The question fol
'Do you h.li any civil Office in the Go
aenii" For the frrt time Mr.. Ely said h'
WAS In trouble. lie replied tnat no was
sIunbor Of Congress, and thereupon ono OF
ne officers cappcd his hand upon him and do
ired him a prisoner, but assured him he should
q treated with every consideration. They took
their Colonel and introduced him for
as "Hon. Mr.. Ely, Member of Congress
I Sew York" Instantly the Colonel drew
'ol cooked it and leveled it az Me-. Ely
4 u, tuot two pacos distant, and said, "Yol
a dscal I'll blow your brains OUT The TIVE
Mt' who had arrested Mr.. Ely instantly
Xth themselves upon the Colonel, forced hi
back, and persuaded him away. Thel
- Sesoy,iLed 10 Mr.. Ely, saying they were
Ma OF their Colonel, who was excited by
rrE'y was put with a large herd of prii.
~ gnd all were started to MInls'ls. u was
fx Of seven weary miles, and tne prison
W leItd torturts from the dust heat au
WI AT Manassas, which they reached at
q - II. III, they wtro driven into an open
ME nnundeG thickly by guards, and al
Wflp' L. iall on the g-ound, then wet with
r. ~ Hing rain, 10 seek res, and sleep. Whil,
HI " was preparing for similar move
.Ml II officer ole into the yard and called
AN uFnlw II 'Mr. Ely, Of Now York wal
Mr. Ely thought his tine had CON,
TU be sho.. Nevertheless, he answer
H s'Il, and WAS told that den. Beaureg trd
A hccihim 10 come TO his headquarters. II,
WI he officer and reached the log hous,
~ d by verandah, on the porch O
lE, pa tn a single candle burning on II, wa.
- ile, and around the table sat jeff Davis
n y egard, Extra Billy Smith, Porcher Miles,
e;her rebel officers, apparently reckonin !
Il tho result Of the DAYS battle.
Puch, Miles approached Mr.. Ely, and ex
feS 4 regret at his situation but in a IN omen
:: his tone, remarking that no had n,
E xsf Congressman who would come to aiC
.ss in invading a state. Mr.. Ely was sen
-. ep in barn, where no found the cap
National officers,
M le next day they were all started to Rich
" a.,
III tlositon of our hostages at Richmond |
Il Seven of them are confined in a room
, ohselye by fifteen feet in the Richmonr
A wing two small windows, which admi
10 light. They are permitted TO see n,
1t the jailor and the negro who wait
f. ftC m, and are only permitted 70 laav,
A in s thirty minutes in the morning, anC