Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-16
FROM GEN. MeeLsLLAH,s ARMY
Officers from Rtchn and -a,,.,r.
In kicnmsnd-The Strength Of the Rebel
AFmy.

Released Officers from Richme nd-Affaiys
Army.
Correspondence Of the Philadelphia Inquire, ,
HAHHIsoN's LAscIss, August 14.-Yesterdsy
morning early, thfee steamers came down the
river, under q flag Of truce, and had on board
borne li7 oficen who had been released In the
late exchange Of prisoners Among these return.
ing oncers were Generals Mccall and REYNOLDS
and others.
Among the rank and file ofaoers who wore TIM,
exchanged In Lieutenant James + Linnard. of
6enerai birneyb STAFF who was wounded and
tafen prisoner at the hght at Nelson's Farm on
Thee returned officers ell agree on one point.
and thus cofroborste what has b ea pYsviouslv
reported a. opinion Of the privates who have
oeen returned, which Is, that. In one sense OF the
~. 1, mcnmond 10 really seGeaa'sG, at least by
During the ars, two or three day, o. tbsir In.
generation, (they being conaned In the cid To.
S SsSco wiehou,e, now Libby Prison, '') they
haa no communication with the outer world, and
hence were unable TO learn but little They were
soon AFTER removed TO another tobacco warehouse
On rig nteenlh street, between Main and Carey
with wh,aS means OF the low windows
~ carefully watching the few sentinels who were
placed IN charge, they managed 10 have some
conversation S with psssers by Il pleasing them a.
found many of. song Pss,s,s BY they
ana an utter aohorrence Of yet Davis, his cow.
afdly confederatss, and the doctrines ihey adyo-
cate. INV e~''
The rstcns which were deal, GU, to them were
me1gfe IN the extreme, aud Of a character none
could eat but such az were IN d starving condi
non. Half loef Of bread small piece Of msat
Win uising amount OF salt and vinegar; no
TO bundled prisoners 1t is true that thew were
permitted 10 purchase what they desired-Gy,,.
backs being at premium.
many OF the returning ofncers say that Il Ia an
error tnat The ladies Of Richmond are particularly
unhnd and bitter. II 10 true that some few ne 40
ana DO not fail 70 exhibit whenever an opportun,
NV oners. Yet, they tell US, the majority Of the
issns are Kind Say but little, while to many Of
Brig Gen. John II. Wihder is the Provost
mannai, ana the report Of him IL that he 70 cross
craooea, bitter, raving mad Sscesh, while all who
III Svie unae, MIN IN prison are made at once to
iel ana know his pfoolivitics.
Those who arrived here YESTERDAY morning Ieft
hlcnmond on Tuesday afternoon The neId and
SIAN omcefs were accommodated with ride Ia
company onaosrs were obliged 10 foot II. Tbev
came In this manner 10 Aiken's Landing and mon,
thence by the boats heretofore named, and nv.
hsee mere Yesterday morning at SIX O'CLOCK
throughout the entire morning, loud and eaY
nest cheering WINS heard coming from diSsSe,t
directlons-eech corps, division BRIGADE y, reoi'
home. 's0ne
hsBsL STRENGTH.
FROM what these ofacers can le.rn ~ a..
suonstn ana present disposition of the reheJ
forces al or near Richmond, 70 that, within q m.
aius OF hundred miles, they have at least two
nundted and fity to two hundred and eiohtv
snonsand troops. Some three or four davs sfts,
tne'i Incarceration at the Eighteenth street n,is
on, they saw marching through Main st,eef
Soay Of troops, some forty 10 any regiments, an
iSily armed and equipped They were tod hat
tnls oody Were sent out to strengthen Jaokson
.n nd bongsssest, who are opposing Generals Pope
They state also, that the last accounts Of In,
Rsgement eetween Gen. Pope and his opponenn.
as published In the Richmcnd papers, r. thsi
ne, ,Sey' me keoeis, have been badly whipped. ana
tast somebody Is getting eswssd for peclsct - ~
them w !" SCI we oeef OF
They report, too, that 20 far an tbev aor,a A..
cove, pnt lew hoops are between N and . III.
inond, that most Of their forces have heer ,.,,se
drawn from Petersburg and the ground ivsng n
tween the LATTER and former named citiea ~,
their whole attention 10 now turned tov,srd. D..
ana Banks, seemingly csring ntsle Tor IL - -
That they are strongly and heavily sntrescAsS
between q and Richmond, thAre n M dssvtnc
but tbs nature, extent and location a the So,ss8
cations cannot be dstermined. :
They neither saw 90 heard suQht OF ths mnoA
dreaded rams, other than that they ven saoes
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