The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-14

. h.,nc 6ss>rmioed upon 70 release the
49,. rrmher al Federal prisoners confined ID
Y.;hhv,s and other factories, Lieut.. Turner. IN
."m,nand Of the Curtis Peck and Northamp.
TON. enipped soms $50 Of those worthless, and
AZ : A. NJ Monday proceeded down tho river
towards Newports News. Arriving abreast Of
jamestown leland next day Ut noon, ANAL
bv several well directed shells, which fell and
explodsd In uncomfortable proximity 70 the
prisoners. Being hailed by the U. B. ship Port
Royal, Captain Rogers,l the mission OF H.
Turner was axplsined-Rogers answering,
that II the mon were willing 70 march over.
land to Newport News, they might BE- landed
then and there. This being objected t., the
prisoHes were conveyed to the wharf Al New-
port News, and were received by Yen. NOD
iusop, who, in the absence OF Gen; na Ia .
commanded with force Of some oW Mes.
ssnrers being dispatched to General Wool, 1t
Fortress Monroe, that General arrived, being
accompanied by Gen. Mansfeld-, The OK.
chsnee was agreed upon, but owing to want
of facilities and due preparation, the iormAi
disnositiou of the $50 Eederals was not effected
until Alter hours of labor. Some ITO OF our
men-csptured on the Peninsula at various
times-were transferred to the care OF Lieut.
Turner; but the obligation OF parole oeing
explained to them by Federal officers, most OF
thsm~principslly Of the 5th North Carolina
and 39d Virginia regimeuts-absolutely re-
fused to take the obligation, avowing tnelf
uuwillinQuess to return to Richmond or 70
fight for the Confederacy again Some rev
Alabamians, Mississippians, ana Fiorloans
acting similarly, likewise Ono OF Latham
North Carolina Battery absolutely refusing 70
return under any circumstance or lnducemen'
The total number of our men brought up Dy
Lieut. Turner was 2l9 non commissioned ON
GERS and men. besides eight commissioned
officers. Eight eurgeons who volunteered 70
stay with the wounded at Williamsburg, IKE
wise awaited themselves of the opportunity 70
return within our lines, and say that tney
were yery sourvily treaGed at the nanos OF
DR.. Cuyler, u 8. A. Surgeon-in Chief at the
post, who added insult to injury oy Claiming
to be Georgian -.
On his way down. Lieut. Iurher mes uno
Mon;tor below CITY Point, and her presence
WAS loudly hailed with vociferous cheers oy
the prisoners. The iron-clad Gatena, oee-
yens's Battery, with the Monitor, ana many
rrhoats ware seen slowly and cautiously
nak;ng their way towards Richmond, which
ci,v wss promised to be visited by them IN q
few davs The Federal vessels have perfectly
buoy ed all the channels, 80 that every inch OF
water, and every foot OF sano- DAT, are per
fsc,Iv known TO and noted by them. In long
conversation. Captain Rogers, Of the Port
R,val. seemed sanguine Of Federal success,
and Thought that all farther resistance on our
mart was uunece ssary aud futile. Our river
batteries this Federal otticsr seemed to look
mon and treat with superb contempt, con-
sidsring them beneath his notice or attention:
On his way down Lieut. Turner saw and heard
the magazine of one gun battery blow up.
supposed to have happened from orders OF
those in command
On reaching Warwick bar, the point, Of OBJ
struction, our psroled prisoners were landed,
and everything of value being transferred to
shore, tie Curtis Peck, Northampton, and
gun boa: jamestown were ecuttled, and sunk
a, that ponit. Yet Lieut.. Turner is of opinion
that such impediments will prove OF very little,
if any, obstruction to the progress of the Fed
erals. At last accounts, the Federal totilla
were reported below City Point, and yester
day, 10 A. NJ, but one and half mile from
the landing there, making their way cautious
" and slowly towards our city.
We are greatly indebted to Lieut. Turner
for politsness, and particularly 50 for copy
~ tha New York Herald Nav 10Th