The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-06-20

There nrc no, less than from four hundred TO Eve
hundred Of the citizens 81 Richmond lanpuishng In
prls,n on account oil dsloyaty H. toe rebel govern
ucnt, aud u 'ir friends, ss well themsevcs all
at the coming Of tie Union troops with great i'm.
patience.
virgnt, las now one hundred and scvensy.6ve
rc.un,s nts IN the field, including militia. There
H. sirne scarcity Of tffici'nt arms, with which the
rebel goveln m.nt could nj time have cas- ly sup
Piled Itself. TIE last arrival trk plnce me two
months ago. Since That time M,ir ,Jpcctd tcsss's
hd,c az fdiien INTO orr hands much 10 her ehGgrin,
bW there are stu anne stea,aeys ne,, ray b a
y,hi part.
raw Col Corcoran on Carey street, In April
Inst lie was In go-d spirits, and heard from his
own lips the reaSrn II his detention. On lis way
nom the South 10 Ricl nioni and To- the nth, .
IftAt many 81 lis cuiiut yrnen aud others gave him
.cttrrs ~ their friends which he, usual In such
cns,s accepted. Among tie letters was found, On
examination ly tie 20 ee OF 1enrico DcpIrinoDt
one which on,,incd some drawings anl inl,rtna.
ton contraband and on this frivolous charge Col
Corc,rin and II now detained. On his WY
through Petersburg, from depot 10 the otl er he
,.hs surrounded | y his .ntlusiastc countrym'n,
who ,ifong,d around him, all eager a. grtrp tie
lrav. patriot / the hand, 10 the great disgust Of
The loyal citizens ~ that vgilru, village. ono even
ie uISn hir neck, weeping bitterly. great many
o. his >; rninthizeis were prom ty arrottcd.
Colonel COrcornu speaks plainly and boldly his
opinion concerning tie logoiH rebel government,
and II greatly admired for lis manly irankncss.
do not think tho oiula will let what they consider
T. be a valuable hostage slip easy from their grasI
after having authorized their agents evidently t.
commit forgery 10 dctiin the noble tive Colonel
Co-coran seeks In religion tie sole comfort and
balm oi his unju.t Imprisonment.
A relative of Colonel Cprcoran, an opulcn, gro.
cery merchant OF Richmond, shares his captivity,
thinks ~ an intrigue Of n noted Richmond detec-
i've, named Barney shaw, former Baltimore Plug
Igly, who assumed the character Of psroled
Union ofhcer named Colonel Andrews, and at.
tempted 10 oi tain money Oh forged letter, which
rurport.d 10 come from his relative. The plot
a, ned as cl afacter Of suspected loyalty.
JEFF Davis loots haggard and pale. lie dresses
very plainly. and the overcoat last saw him wear
lad a faded, brown, meworn look. lie wears q
steep silk lat tb,iter known us htovepipe,l also
not very fictitious In color and shape lie fire.
quontly takes equestrian exercise through tc less
ircqu,uted parts Of TIE city, In which ncghbor.
bod MAR shall s,fcctl he resides
fla ly Davis" isso.n every hnc day Ia most
gorgeous looking carriage, drawn by two rnagnin.
cent bays he'd zended with eiroa,nins white aud
riIa she Ia generally accompanied by an elderly
lady the whole a regular Central Park turnout.
Thanks g. amslgnHnt, poisonous attack Of the
New York 1HinusE on General Mcclellan. which
s'pn after this got sbuudaniy copied through the
press OF the south, the rebel army in Tie fnn.
GUS stampede from Manassas, only n mastery r..
trcnt AMI there UdA ;he nost UndeHidbis Northern
authority H,u GcacHnl McCi,ildn had bean cam.
Iletcly dupedbV his superior, johnson. Hcon after
TINT other quotations aud Joyous announcements Il
tie dccapi'ation Of General Mcclellan M Com.
n'n,'.. 'h,' ,eu'l"b 'l"' '" ,hN cIuA
WIN mcuuWolI, ~ hti hs c'rto,'ra'"h o' me
IuaH vic"ty "i ,na, s,r,efcaI cVacuat'"i me
mora, me, ~ h.hcks siu ,iepnrnscin,htH "' men
NE ,'uc!'h nl'lcf'h " snow NAV Were was
,iiSi"-ton u give w; Nuch 'heit "h1"rs shcccss-
,niy s'r"ys-a' e,'ll stVc-,' 10 n,"kc INC 'i,"'4'S
uuneve. me ,nora 'n'cs ~ snch n'tmks can
scarcely oe uhh.r,"ou ~ we tfee North "h're ne
enormous Hes Oi tho rebel press appear An myths
oniy. ,,.,-.
Governor " I've, az 'f'c'f', Walks the Nr'ets oil
hi.hinohl, ms .n,f lohs' WIN. am 'h1n, me- tnrn
h9' henf y" ere, az Va .ornle. ti.es rho funel Al
OF jennings WIS., "as very inS'silh'ah' minir,
voNerhor L'.l'r n,ii ress ~ NonsreS'ineh beihg
'hn Ii"nhch, tnen,ur,s ni ms spare .S,pr,.
nc y.ro.sW ren''a. connsn,, ore 20 os ongn''n,
=" oN.N"ueW ~" ,'',g '.Wre "co'mo"' y'h"on
,"nySu",e, u','m nu',ap.s aWnhs' ''hr"
E"L.ys' ne,Dru, ,"'uuW "nn ,'n'' uo's'"hS ,,eh.
IH' ~ ",pIu nHp' n",'"s WV"e'y'Vn LdHt
Ith'n'see hd'v" ,u'',y J,'sa e''s cohmd.a, me
c..hcen'r""l. oi ,ne reOeI Arn!' even !" we utA,
apAhu"'heh' vi n'' ni'no' Poin'H' IN "n .Se'oishou
'ss., ,,,
lhn Mett"an nds IN nrWy y one hund,f' d'b'
yfVWou,Hu ~ brt uis''Phed ana h'nfd T"7''
T1""d 70 h'W p". 'edU.,s odn "y'W reg urn,
an . ~ also uhg'"s,mhao" hd, an ",tusVn ~ me
NOrth, d'n pa,nc"ur.y me croSsihJ ~ me fo@m"c
INTO MhrDtdiM. u Mu yo'o dTedm ana u JtTed
rfsolce among NE reoo army
Gtnerai JohhHnh 10 vac ushi.gon oi the tebeis.-
us IN MN tnat All VIC teoei o,ceis hsve such I'M
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