The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-24
Arrival Of Feder.l Pr,.oner..

Interesting Narrative Meeting of the Citizens of
Riclmond-1ns City uiN be .Surrendered-Re
bel Deserters-Eighty-siz Rebel Prisoners Re
fuse to Return-Jef. Davis gone to alabama.
From the Washington Republican, May U.s.
About dark last night our city was on the
qui viue of interest at the arrival of the Federal
prisoners, which left Richmond few days since.
They were eight hundred strong, and "a they
passed from the river to the depot the people
generally turned out to see them, and their
hearty cheers at the sight OF the stars and stripes
along the route announced their joy at once
more being free.
Their narrative Of the incidents of their Jour.
ney here il very interesting Last SUNDAY it
was announced to them that they were to be re.
leased on parole. At 10 o'clock at night they
were taken out of their place Of confinement.
which was once the store and commission house
Of Luther Libby, on Cary street near Eighteenth,
and marched down Cary and Main streets. to
Rockets, where they embarked. MANY hand.
kerchief was quietly and steslthily waved at
them by fair hands, which testified of Union
hearts, as they passed along the streets to en-
bark. They were put on board of the two rebel
steamers Curtis Peck and Northampton, and
left the wharf at Rockett's at about II o'clock,
midnight, and proceeded down the river.
The next (Monday) morning, at about 10
o'clock, came in sight OF the ancient town of
jamestown, and soon after their joyful eyes
caught sight of the stars and stripes as they
waved from the Union gunboats, the Galens
and Arostook. How their hearts leaped with
joyl And over the waters of the James three
times three cheers reverberated along the rebel
shores, from nearly thousand loyal hearts -
The rebel boats displayed the Gag of truce.
They did not dare to have even rebel Gag on
board. Here they stopped for about one hour,
and received directions from Captain Rodgers
as to how the prisoners should be disposed Of
They then passed the three Union gunboats. ard
went down the river. Net the Monitor at Har-
denis Bluff, twenty or thirty miles from New
port News. The Monitor was just passing the
rebel batteries at Harden's Bluff The rebels
opened fire on the Monitor, pouring their shot
right across the bows Of the Gag of truce
vessels. 1t
The Monitor passed on without noticing the
batteries The Captain Of the Monitor put his
head up out Of the turret or " cheese box" and
shouted out to the Union prisoners, why don't
you give US three cheers, boys!" Aud the
" boys " did give three cheers with will. "Why
don't you give 'em pill over in those batteriess"
shouted one Of the prisoners. Eve don't no.
tice such small fry-got better fish up the river
to take care Of" vas the reply and tie "cheese
box steamed on up the river without noticing
the batteriea Arriving at Newport News, the
prisoners we're transferred to the Federal steam.
ers Hero and VIM. Kent. Here for the fret
time, they learned that Norfolk was taken, and
heard OF the tate Of the Merrimac. And
strange to say, the rebel guard which accom-.
panied them down we're equally ignorant of theae
This, OF something else, had strange effect
on the, 70 men, accompanying them, who were
a portion Of Jef Davis body. guard, for only
elent o. the NUMBER returned In the rebel steam
esa Inc Ssoerly sergeant set the example BY
.nIEs'ng n's gun overoo.,d, ana swearing he
S xoua nsns no .ocges ior the Coniederscy
49, nc ~. I na; .v 49, anu sne men passed
the oath OF allegiance to the Federal Govern.
m1 T;... -,
nSu 49, ~. - p'.son , VINO were waiting to
.n,u ~ ~ sns .sos, s'ecmer refused to re.
- :. h sus 80 nS, .ne Consistency, and ask
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