Litchfield enquirer., 1862-01-09

ARRIVAL OF MIR ELY IN WASHING
 HIS PARTNERSHIPS TREAT
 NENT OF UNION PRISONERs-BAR-
 RARITY OF THE REBELS.
 Mon Alfred Ely arrived at Washington Fri day, Dee 70tA. He is in good health and spir- tts- He furnishes the following interesting nar- u&iye:
 When the retreat of troops began as Bull Kun he WIS going forward toward the Stone i'r'oge Co Iezrn the particulars of the fight. when ne Mas surrounded by company of rebel infantry uuiI ;., CapA Mullins That officer treated nun m,'n 'i ulsch respect, and conveyed him at once to VI CssA, wha vas much excited and tnrea'encu " shoot hin. He was. however. marched on to M.n-.e,s suvsn miles from where he was cap snfsd. throuph c road dark with dust. He SUI. Err1 greatly for water. of which he obtained nnse sntR ke reached Manassas. at PM.
 There he was placed in & large held with hun SreAs Of prisoners. many of whom were wornaed Gpd dying. He describes the scene as sickening in the extreme. When about to lie down on the grass. (which was wet, for it was raining heasiIyl. he was summoned to Gen. Beauregard 5 headausrters There he found that officer in eompany with Jefferson Davis, w. Porcher Miles, Extra Billy Smith, and some twenty oill- eess of the Confederate army.
 Miles spoke to him in a cool manner. lie said he was sorry to find member of the Fsdrr- d Congress urging on the soldiers in tller eHorls to s1bdue the South and directed nm to quar- r tess in an old barn. where hefound so many oi the Union officers that it was difficult to secure . place to lie dOwn. Sresh water was gwen h''' and despite the cUmfortless shed' no sleP' souna F.. .u .;u.. .n, e>rnuz alout Manassas were almost inundated.
 At o'clock Mr. McClasky. formerly Post r,nS,er of the House of Represen .atives with whom Mr. Ely was acquainted. waited upon him with Col Bates and the Rev. Joseph Cross, of the Confederate army. who subsequently, wrote a rSdIculoas account of the interview for Ten nessee paper, which WAS reprinted in New York.
 At nine o'clock, with other prisoners, NIT. Ely wxs marched from the barn to the cars for Rich tond At noon. while in the cars. they were supplied with bread and ham. It was four oeisck before the train started.
 All day the ambulance had been bringing in she wounded rebel and Union soldiers Some 6s0 prisoners were on the train. and with the wounded of both armies, brought the number of passengers up to 1900. So heavy was the train, and so frequent the delays. that 2k days were occupied in reaching Richmond.
 Jefferson Davis accompanied the train part of the day. when he was sent forward by express At all the stations the people turned out in were often insolent. and only kept from violence hy the officers in charge.
 The prisoners were in great apprehension of rough handling at Richmond but by good man. agearent the citizens of that place were misled as to the hour of the arrival of the train, which was at 91< in the evening.
 The pFivates were sent on in advance to the t0bacco factory, E miles distant. Forty four olkcers and Mir. Ely followed. and were thrown into the same room all huddled together in con fusion. and slept upon the floor. No beds or bedding were provided. All the furniture now in that prison has been furnished by the prison era
 For some days the food was served in cauld drons, placed m the center of the room. ant dishes. knives. and forks were not to be had.
 The first day one of the sentinels outside the bailiing sent a ball from his musket through window and into a rafter of the main room. Il was aimed at prisoner who chanced to look out Segen were at various times shot for taking sucl liberty. This cruel practice was objected to b, ieadiag citizens. and subsequently, stopped.
 Mr. Ely speaks iu terms of high praise of the treatment extended by the people of Richmond Th0asands nOcket to see him. and he received many presents. one of which-a writing desk from yOung laly-he brings with him. Scar cely . day passed that bOquets were not sent hin. One day he was given three good dinners 1he books given him from time to time but he was 0hiiged to leave behind, would make very agreeable library.
 Of the drawing ballots for hostages to offset the pirates in Philadelphia and New York. Mir. Ely states that it was only by consent of his fe. lDw-priscners that he agreed to perform that painful task, and with much trepidation, for he tho1ght II likely. that his name was in the hat
 The day before he left Richmond he visited Co.'s. Wood. Cogswell. and Lee. Major Revere, Capts- BOOsuaany. Keller. and Redwood who gre in close confinement in the common fail.
 He found them crowded in a room about l2 feet square. without furniture saving one or two beaehes and . small table. Cots are brought in q night and all sleep in the small apartment The walls are dilapidated and the floor is rich in rat holes.
 One of the captains remarked that it was question with him as to who had possession of the room. as the rats claimed many privileges, and had on, that occasion. carried his pantaloons cut ef the door. Various kinds of vermn revel in the miserable cell. which is lighted by two small windows heavily barred with iron
 Col. Wood has quite recovered from his severe wound. and the other officers are quite well- Mr. Ely is of opinion that they will certainly be hang as well as Col. COrcOran. who is in close confinement at Charleston, if the pirates in our possession are put to death. Of Col. Corcoran's s demeanpf while at Richmond, Mir. Ely speaks in terms of hearty praise. That brave officer never eowsa under the most disheartening crcumstan- ee&
 The association organized by the prisoners in the tobacco factory at Richmond is still kept up. No President has been chosen to succeed Mir Ely. The Vice-President. J. w. Hart of Ohio, will oshcate for the present. The seal of the Association, suggested by the condition of the factory when our prisoners first went there, con. sists of a circle, including wreath of lice. and the emphatic legend Bite. and be damned! :"
 He says the Richmond papers are daily fur nished to the prisoners. but Northern journals very seldom. He thinks. however that they have more comforts than the prisoners at Char. lesfOn.
 Mir. Ely was on one occasion visited by Breck. inridge. Humphrey Marshall. and Preston of Kentucky, who were in excellent humor and cracked many jokes. Beckinridge sad that the reason why Senator Foster of Connecticut, who accompanied Mir. Ely to Bull Run was not made . prisoner, was simply because he was more rimble of foot. Mr. Foster was one of. the fist to wait on Mir Ely, and the meeting was highly affecting.
 JeG Davis never visited the Richmond prison to Mir Eys knowledge but he saw him on sev. srai occasions and states that his health is fully recovered.
 The citizens of Richmond are still enthusiastic m the rebel cause. Little business is done ey eept in connection with the army movements.-