The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-01-09
Hon. Alfud Fly In Wa~hlng ton..! Interest.
ing Statement Of His Captivity.
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ilnIpi, WncTc nc FeCeIveu Tue COu gIdtu'
latious of great number Of personal and
political friends. He is in good health
and spirits, and will remain here for sew
eral days.
When the retreat Of troops began at
Bull Run he was going forward towards
the Stone Bridge to learn the particulars
Of the fight, when he was surrounded by
a company Of rebel infantry under Capt.
Mullins. That officer treated him with
much respect. and conveyed him at once
to Col Cash, who wasmuch excited and
threatened to shoot HIN. He was, how
ever, marched on td Manassas, seven
miles from where@Ae was captured,
through road darf With dust He suf.
fered greatly for wascr, Of which he OBJ
! tained none until he reached Manassas,
at 9 p. IN.
There he was placed in a large field
with hundreds Of prisoners, many of
whom were wounded aud dying. lie
describes the scene as sickening in the
extreme. When about to lie down on
the grass (Which was wet, for it was
raining hcavily.) he was summoned to
Gen. Bcauregards headqu rters. There
he found that officer in company with
Jefferson Davis. W. Porcher Miles, Ex-
tra Billy Smith, and some twenty officers
Of the Confederate army.
Miles spoke to him in a cool manner.
He sid he was sorry to find member
of the Federal Congress urging on the
soldiers in their efforts to subdue the
South, and directed him to quarters in an
old barn. where he found so many of the
Union officers that it was difficult to Sc
cure place to lie down. Fresh water
was given him, and, despite the comfort,
less shed, he slept soundly.
The rain poured in torrents all n .ht,
and the camps about Manassas were al
mos, Inundated. In the morning the
prisoners were entertained by Beaure-
CARDS negro servant, who had much to
say oe the bravery Of his master and the
incidents of the battle.
At : clock Mr. McClusky, formerly
Postmaster of the House Of Representa-.
tives, with whom Mr.. Ely was acquaint-
ed, waited upon him with Col. Bate aud
Rev. Joseph Cross, Of the Confederate
army, who subsequently wrote ridicu.
luus account of the interview for Ten
nessee paper, which was reprinted in
| New York
At'9 o'clock, with the other prisoners,
Mr.. Ely was marched from the barn to
the cars for Richmond At noon, while
in the cars, they were supplied with
bread and ham 1t was clock before
the train started.
All day the ambu'ances had been
bringing in wounded rebel and Union
soiufer>. some 900 prisoners wa.o ~,
-. ..--1.- ...~ passengers up to
1900. So heavy was the train, and so
frequent the delays that two and . half
days we're occupied in reaching Rich
mond.
Jefferson Davis accompanied the train
part Of the day, when he was sent for
ward by express. At all the stations the
people turned out in great numbers to
see the Yankee prisoners, and were often
i"so!ent, and only kept from violence by
the officers in charge
The prisoners were in great aprreheD.
sion of rough handling at Richmond, hut
by good management the citizens of that
place were misled as to the hour of the
arrival of the train, which was at 8! in
the evening
The privates were sent on in advance.
TO the tobacco factory, one aud half
miles distant. Forty four officers and
Mr Ely followed. and were thrown into
the same room. all huddled together in
confusion, and slept upon the floor No
beds or bedding were provided. Al the
furniture now in that prison has been
purchased by the prisoners
For some days the food was served in
cauldrons placed in the centre Of the /
room, and dishes, knives and forks were
not TO be had.
The position of our hostages at Rich,
mond is painful. Seven of them arc
confined in room twelve by ifteen feet,
in the Richmond Jail, having two small I
windows, which admit bu. little light
They are permitted to sec no person but
the jailer and the negro who waits upon
them, and are only permitted to leave
their cells thirty minutes in the morning
and the same time in the afternoon, to |
walk in the narrow promenade between
the jai! building and the interwall--
Their food consists of Jail fare, soggy
corn bread and boiled beef and they are
not permitted to have anything better
even though they purchased it. When
Nr ~ a..
Faulkner to the Jail, and the two were
granted the favor of an interview with
the unfortunate officers. Mr. Faulkner
his surprise at this ricor, and
he stated that such was not the treatment
that the privateers received in New York
and Philadelphia that though they were
held for capital crimes, they were allow.
ed to receive visitors and to have all the
comforts compatible with their safe Gus
tody. Mr.. Ely thinks that based upon
this last statement by Mr. Faulkner, the
rebel authorities will lessen the severity
of their treatment.
OF the reckless ard outrageous conduct
of the rebel guards, Mr.. Fly states that
the prisoners had not been in the tobacco
warehouse fifteen minutes before a bullet
was fired into the window at one of our
prisoners. who had vcntured to put his
head outside, and that in this way seven
men had been W utonly killed.
nyWe give below comparative table
of the losses on both sides at the recent
brilliant engagement near Drainsvillc,
Va. The rebel loss is made up from the
Richmond papers: