St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-01-09
Staten & Hen. Alfred Ely. Of 10
chester.

Hon. Alfred Ely arrived in Wsshiag.
t"n ON Friday evening from Baltimore. e.
lie makes very INTEREST," ng statement ~'i
his one hundrr,l and City days captivity n
Richmond. We give the following:
He states that on Sunday p. NJ. n
5 o'clock, he left Mr.. Fnstsr. (Seuaior
fr.m C.nnccticu,.) and walked slase ID
the brow Of Hill. s"me distance below
the hospital. just this side Of Bull Rus.
Numbers of men we're passing at shi.
time a,rarrn.ly on the retreat. IL asked
wl.at it n.rant. They answered I'VE
have whipl cd them. but are fallihg hack. .
Thinking it wss > strange vietsry. be
w,nt still furslsr just this side al Iiull
Run he stopped by asrer. AT this time
a. tiho ball whiztej up the ro.d. tearing
up tho ground by his side. In few
minutes u cannon bali tore the limbs of
tree only a few feet above bis
head
Not knowing which way to turn. hr
c..n,idet-d il as dangerous to 30 back ~
I" rcu,ain. ~hen in .fsw minutes. in
the dir. ctiop of she firing. eo,spsay Of
infantry and twe men on herssba-k
matched frv,n the thickst. Mr.. Ely sp
to this timer did not ss,pres anything
wrong. When one Of the officers rod.
UP and asked iia. ''wh" are y"n p
h. replird. my name is Ely" What
st: tc are you from :" ..frsm NV
York" ..Do you h.ld any civil posi-
tiuu under The United States govsrn-
m-nt y
Mr. Ely then suspected that ho was
Lost. With hesitation he replied. YES.
sir; [ AM a n.cm.er "f the United States
CongTrss" Then. sir you are my
Jris r; you shall be treated with tht
utmost respect: but fall in behind. -
lie tkrn fell in alorg~ide of the siieer.
who WIS mounted. and wsi marched to-
words Bull Run. They had gone but
n .l,r distance when an officer rode
up wearing the ,unif"rm # colonel.
Captain NInll.n. Of Baltimore. VII"
had taken Mr.. Ely. said "Col"nel
Ca.h. allow me to iatroducs Mr.. Fly.
mcn,brr of Congress Of the Unised
Stat s." t..e ,s..-s...-.-.. .. :
Tho rebel colonel drew . pistol, cock.
ed it within thrre feet IL Mr.. Ey's head.
sxelai,.ing. You. whitc -liv~,ed seoun.
drrl! G".-you! l will blow yaur
brains out" As he was sbout firing.
two rebel officers ran up and threw their
arms about him. and. said. You saust not
shoot him, colonel he is; our prisoner. >.
With great difficulty they sueeredel
in wrestling the pistol from his hands
and get him a~ay. Captain Mullen said
.'"ur colonel is drunk. bu. ahali mot
Farm you." - :.
They then marcLed . gseat distance.
when they were joirrd BY large NUM-
bcr Of our officers. who had berh taken
prisoner. Of war. They. were then plae-
cd under the charge OF another fe,ec.
aud. marched towards Mznzsa.s June
ton. There they were .:plaeed ia low,
open field. About o o'clock 1000 uen
were huddled tsgether. ths rebel soldiers
forming line around them, standing
close together with muskets loaded. -
Many Of the men fell sxhaupted from
their wounds. ,nd. thivting fsr w.ter.
1t vas the most pitiable and heart -rcnding
sigtt ever witLe sed. The groani ai
the dying when pleading 10 the uEiniur-
ed for water, we're indeserib.Lle.
a. pool Of .xatcr 1as found sla.e by.
thick with 6Lh,. and some Was brought
in eantccns Ly The guard. Mr.. Ely
succeeded in getaiae 'sbsut . mouthful.
His tongus was thick. his throst Mn,
parchcd and dry. About an hour af.
trrwards rain came up. Before IL had
rainsd l"rg . MAN came up and ssid
lis Represcntstive Ely here ]" Ssppos,
ing thatr his time w.s come. and thai
his brains we're about to be blown out
by some infuri.ied of6eer. hs dill mo-.
answer. It vas again repeated. lis
III, htre!' lie then stepped forward. .
sna said he was the man. The guar.l
said. .'Gcn. 8caurcg=rd wants you n
cmc to his quarters He walked
shead of the guard to little cottage.
whicL was the only house in that re-
gion. where, under the pisszs. g.iher-
ed round table with single essdle-
stick ia The middle sf same pspsrs IT,
suO I.ssc1v nm kon saf .ys.f Dnyia Gcn-