, 1862-02-24

Citizens M LeaHer III he Admitted &p
Camp DopxfnA. - - |

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1tek Il In rr,atinx i,icldents ulnstr1ttve Of tie
cha'aetests'scx Of tic prisoners confined there.
Ae..ut two thousand arrived here by the Cen
tral Road at i. n, on Saturday, in charge Of
detach1uc: Is from the 10Th, and 18th Ohio aud
s1st Illinois regiments md we're landed at the
,,-o.o ,.t, r.. a,,a hon-. e. .,,,-.o ~ a,.r
we're leil Tor I'VE oonfs' IN charge ct detach- |
aFnss,san,. H,,s;s.,nr, 49,. sJ - G..ssn.e M
Of two Tennessee regiments and a few Ken
tuckfaus. The regiments ire 1oi,ch bro,zen mn
soS00 As 'seneo Ase 1u0eu oloAeA W
md diejointed. Some Of the officers we're de-
tn;ps5 ot f,a;ro o4ho,, NJ g. Tan,,
'.a "e S"v ~.Aeto ~ 81" AouAe' a4o eonie
at Alton, while there are small dctaohments
Of other repjnents and coynna1;es ac,ttere3
here md there anonc, +he rr;sonera r,ow IN
ca1pp. Among these arc four n,tvates of Pr.
tcr's Tennessee battery of artillery. who be-
came separated from their companions during
The feht and were captured. They are ACCOM-
panied also by twelve Kentuckjsns. who, un-
1uckr1v qot into the same trap. The others
escaped with Floya.
The commander of the nost. seeonded by
his auhondtnstes ia do;no all in his mower to
rednee ttinrs to some sort of order. Dfsclp-
line is much better observed than at first, and
even the rebel barracks begin to assume
military appearance. The prisoners declare
Themselves satisfied with their accommoda-
t1ons, and freely admit that they are
much better than they had dared to expect,
Soap and water we're eagerly sought after on
Saturday by the prisoners, and In front Of
every line Of quarters could be seen squads,
| stripped to the waist, washing, securing and
polishing each other. They declared that it
| was th first wash they had had in weeks.
| Their peculiarity was exemplified by a tall,
susrthv looking Texan. who. upoD percefying
that lis messmate was wiping himself with a
towel, exclaimed" Collar BIZ, you haven't
| got through with that ar scrub. hey YOU p"
ayes" replied Bill, "haint yous' uDon't
ax me that tor week: look here, Bill, I've
| been slathering suds around nv neck 70, an
| honr and hofnt 1ot off hnt ona 1s,ar ~ d;r+
| hou1' ana naint gos on out one lssef OF olr1
| yet, anu tnars 1our more Lh1cknesscs-"
| The men of 1.-THE 7th Texas and 20th Missls-
| sippi are q daredevil set Of fellows. and s+iI1
| su0 o'a4'
full Of fight The roster Of the Tcxas 7th is as
| fnl1oxs.
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Weeo county z,.,. Tim.
Company B[Elrst Lieut.. Kemp; SECOND Lieut.
CoEen; Ihsfd LIEUT.. fofd- Recruited IN Upehul
county.
company CCIapt: roughton First Lieut.. Eng
| HEQ3 EHEuAU L1GuL. dEQQETHOu. hEEfu3LEu In hAGf
t mAu county.
ComPany p-lapt. 4. n. san Aanot; FIRST Lieut.
HarTison connty. 1SeoAu ''Iea' Aaan'H ne'fal'eo Il
, Company EFirst Lieut.: L. P, Dounoly; seconf
annarv EFTst Tient " Man1a :,
Smith county.
ompaHg igsnt !T;Ydaai Mioo9y r1ifa Lieut.; Colest
county
comRany aLf1fgt 1aent forrest; second Lieut.
Company Capt join Brown: u W First Lieut. Be]
Angezi Second Lieut. White Third Lieut.. Media
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