The national Republican., 1862-05-15

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About d9tk Nal nIs sGt oaf city was IN ~
Fl s:s.s1 s:ss RI: :s s;S S.y:
The They vsr. 600 strong, and I; they paced
from. the river 70 the depot the psSyis general.
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tsasassd oh phvdle. Atle,o'olook ktHtgIt they
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tof Luther Abby, on Gary strssts near nigh
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hahksrchiMI "a, alis,ly, ~ stealthilv. waved
hsAyt, ~ they passed slens the streets to EN-
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The wharf ut Rockst's xtsbous u o'clock mid.
nisht and proceeded down the river,
Hhs nsit (nlsaday) tuorNine, ut oabout 10
O'Clock, came 10 sight Of the ancient town Of
yamsstown. ael rOo0 afssr thef 5DSnh sySs
caught sight OF the stars and stripes as they
wxvsd from the ,Uhien sunboats, the u0slena
and Aroostook. How their hearts leaped for
JOY! And over the waters Of The James three
umsa three ohssB rsverbsratsd along TIE
s:s; ,Aeis Ts EsSs S% bSs. 4. y
truce. They. did not even dare to have rsbsl
nag on board. Here they stopped for about
one hour and received direotions from Captain
Rogers, ss To how The 'prisonsrs should be dis
SnSos: and Vent So.a Is. ri rvsr ' sst S"Ss sSs
Monitor At Hardsn's Bluff, 20 or 20 miles from
Newport News. The Monitor was just passing
tAe rebel batteries at Harden's Bluff The
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Tho Monitor passed oa without noticing the
batteries r9bs captain Of the Monitor put his
head up out OF ferret, or !" ohssse boz, y and
shouted 20, The Union, prisoners, Why do.,t
boys did give, three cheers with q will.
"why.don't you give 'em pill over In thoas
bat.srissr' ,shoutsd one Of the prisoners.
"ws doh't notice such email fry-got bigger
Dab Up river to take care on," was the reply;
Without noticing the batteriss. '7 hIi'rHHd -!
Arriving of Newport. News, the prisoners
were tranfs rred 10 the Federal steamers Hero
and WIZ. Kant. Here, for the nrst time, thsy,
learped that Norfolk Vas taken and heard pf
the rebol guard which accompanied them
down were equally ignorant Of thesa facts -
This, Or Domeththe else, had q strange ehect
on the the Is mon accompanying them, who
were aportiOn ofJsd. Davis's body. guard, for
only eight Of the number returned In the rebel
steamers. The orderly sergeant set the exam.
pie By thrqHing his gun overheard, and swear.
Ing be would light no longer for tho Conisdsrs.
cy. A dozen more guns followed, and the men
took the oath Of allegiance 70 the Federal Gov.
Eighty rebel prisoners who were waiting to
60 on board tho rsbel steamers, refused 10 re-
turn to the service Of the Confsderacy, and
tered to them also and proper on,csrs from
Nea port News came on board and administer.
cd the oath, much to their satisfaction.
The Hero and VIM. Kent brought the Rich.
mond prisoners up TO this city, and they ar.
qusrtsrsd at the "Boldisrs Rsst'' near the Bal.
Many Interesting insid ,nts are related BY
these prisoners. We have time to relate only
4 meeting was held 10 Richmond, BY the oiti.
Gems, soon Sftsr tho evacuation of Yorktown,
which was p very ex0tiHG enc, md. prolonged
for three days. A tough. 4ght WAS bad over
the question Of "surrendSr or burn" and Il
~ ~ I13T 000IOoU IovVH OF UurT0H00H
the CITY, . thsy were forced to Il. though itbs.
" Ioughs." who own nopropsrty, tried hard 70
The rebels srs 70 make = stand about dozs,
miles out Of the city, and ssy they will make y
Tssy :sy tSsy Ssss sos i s .9s es.p p T.
they lave erected their batteries III the face Of
= swamp, into which the Federal army will bs
Inmsdiatsly after the svsonation Of York;
wagons. ambulanoss, horses, woundsd soldiers,
and night for several days. Large numbers Of
families began to pack up and leave for the
South: 1t is said that JEFF. Davis han gone to
Provisions, &o., are very scarce and high.
Thar food was scanty. and Of the meanest kind,
and the prison discipline very rigid.
John Minor Bolts is released on parole, al
though h. !: virtually prisoner y, 10 hi. own
seat, near Richmond. ~ rr r.-r-, 1.... =. :
The Union sentiment Is strong, and It's devsl
opment on the increase. .'''
The above facts we're cleaned In quite hRsty
OF course. due allowance must Be made for the
limited means Of information upon which the
above statements are founded. though most OF
them are believed to be facts.
Grand " Fighting Alley" Pow-wsw.
! The notorious locality on tho Island, which
has received the appropriate title Of" Fighting
Alley" seems determined 70 bring itself into
frsQuent notice. On Tuesday afternoon last,
BAN: Gates, who had just returned from pro
1nbls nshing excursion down the Potomac,
felt very generous, and concluded to give his
ltscial charmer, the notorious TIL Wade, Of |
Fighting Alley" fame, hack ride. On 70.
turning from the pleasant drives which the 70.
msntio lovers had enjoyed, eth" was horri.
fed at finding one Of her +" girls" Nary Tyler,
her bed. with loving spouse whom
she had picked up. He proved TO be one OF
Gates's men, by the name Of Sam. Gardner.
TIL" got mad ~ hornet at this upwarrant
able use Of her bed, ~ she wanted her bed
and wallOped the fellow out Of the house. The
police we're called 10 quell the row. They ar.
rested TIL" Mary, and sam. Gardner and
took them before Juatioe 6trAtton, Sam. Gates
following after, TO see that Justice was done."
During the trial, Gates tried 10 officiate "A
for the accused parties-puttipg ques
tions 10 the Witnesses and the Justice with all |
the erudItion Of one learned Id tho law. He |
did not save his clients, however, for tho jus. |
toe deemed II. his duty TO nne TIL" 20 for
conduct. and send Nary Tyler to the
n-l,k kn, fo, III. .AuS- az.