New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-19
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FROM WASHINGTON
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THE SUCCESSOR TO GEN, CURTIS,
Experiences of prisoners Taken al
Fredericksburg. "<s-~
SUCCESS IN RAISING cOLOaED TROOPS
The Use the Rebels Put Them TO,

It's fesied that Gen. Scbofeld, the choice Of GOV.
Gamble, Senator Henderson, and Others belonging
10 the moderate party in Missouri will be continued
N command OF the Trans.Mississpni Department,
Instead Of Gen. Butler, who has been strongly
pressed for tie sdccessorsbipto Gen. Curtis. Great
ndignstion is felt here that msn whose principal
Recommendation is that he is q graduate Of West
Point and is unlikely 10 offend Pro-SAvery Union
Its, should be put in so important position, while
the sword Of Gen. Butler is permitted 10 rust in
Lowell, on the plea tha; 10 place can be found for
bin. The order making the change N the the de-
partment is as follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT An}oTANTGrSRiE;A a, 5OTIEHSS&
GENERAL GRprR'. No l2l-Fnsf; MsofGen; j. ~
schoheld s BY direction Of the President as'Sned'o com
Sec1rd. Msjo1Gen s. Il. CuIts on being relieved fGorl
bis command viii report by letter TO the ADJ
/. %. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adj Gen
rXPERIENCES OF PRISONERS TAKEN Ar
FREDERICKSBURG.
One Of the eighty officers taken On the Rsppahan-
mock. and Just released on parole till exchanged,
furnishes the following details Of their experience
When they he'd marched aboUt five miles on tie
tosd TO Gordonsville, courier met them who in
formed their guard that Stoneman was in that vien-
~, whereupon they we've marched bsck again.
They then took fresh start toward Richmond
but were sgain stopped by another courier with tie
same intelligence. Considerable anxiety and ap-
trebension were eyiDoed as 70 Stoneman's exact
Whereabouts. The third time they proceeded by a
eircuitons route, arriving at spottsyyania Court
House on Sunday night.
COL Miller, Rebel commander at this place tried
10 procure food for them. bat failed there being
pone obtainabe for his own men. who said they
bad had nothing to es since the preceding Saturday
si noon,
The next morning they were marched fifteen
niles to Guineas Station, where they were put into
On open field in hand rain, and kept there all
tight,
On Tuesday barrel Of -four was issued to them,
70 be baked and divided ss best they could among
The whole number, which which was the first nor
eel of shy KIDD they had partakel Of since their
esptuIe-neaEly three days
The next night they were put in a railroad car
and taken TO Richmond, receiving jeers and insalls
NJ profusion at the several stations the women be-
iDg particularly abusive. Arriving q Richmond,
they were put in prison guarded by citizens with
Cd muskets some OF which were not loaded,
On Sunday Gov. Letcher, Breckenridge lbFotber
% Gen. j. c. Bleckinriigel and others Visited the
prison. fletcher said, in the course Of coyersa'on
that Lincoln could have closed his thing ne had
desired long ago" and that be called on President
Sncon himself before Virginia went ont, bat to no
yurnose. Gen. Hayes remarked; "Suppose Doug
i,s had been elected, what would have been done Z
Breckinridse replied that be and the South hat
b,en Dsuuonists for 30 years, spd they were bound
10 have Disunion. sDyhow-al that they askea "@
70 be let alone not wishing 70 harm us' " Ihis u
he general feeling here" 10 added VI
their way to City Point they were not allowed
ride in the cars to Petersburg, though they wef
funniug empty, and were marched distance OF .
miles. -.
After considerable persuasion, Gen. Hayes Lieut.
Ell. Ford and Lieut.. Lee succeeded IN huiDg
carriage for forty dollars in gTeenbacks to conYe
them some ten miles. Jim. Harrison, the actor
told one Of our officers that stoneman could easi
have come into Richmond with three hundred nen
boue much damage, and carried of many spoio
beside liberatng the prisoners. He SAID II was Ia
hsrrowest Escape tie Rebels have had during tn
war, .
RELEASED PRISONERS.
The number Of prisoners recently released on Pt
,ole until exchanged, aud now at Camp Parole 8
Annapolis, Is 1900. -...,o,
THE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS EXlNiPIloS
Senator Wilson, Chairman Of the Senate MiAtai
Commiltee. is understood TO concur ~ the new
Esrnre,ation of the three hundred dollar clause
he Enrolment oct.
SUCCESS IN RAISING CoLORED TROOPS.
Col T. b. Thorpe, who has Jusi arrived IN IDlS O.
from the Cuff, and who holds high Official PosillC
Ia Newt feaus, says that tue experiment Oh Iaisi
eolored regiments has met With every SUCCESS al
that the most prejudiced against tbe organization
such troops are, after penohal observation, forced
admit that they form u very best mpteria' i0F
lighting army -.
NEGROES IN THE vICKsBURG BATTERIES.
In tue recent attempts Of Admiral fauagut 10 pa
che forts a. yicksburg, one battery was particular
noticed FOX i,s effective apd precise firing it doii
more damage than any other battery, II has be-
sseertaiued that the guns Of this battery we
banned entirely By negroes.
ENROLMENT Or ERGR0Es FOR THE REBl
~ ARMY, o.
In the recent bastlessl Gen. Banks on the Tect
in Loisiana, LIE seized upon papers, among viii
gss found a proclamation Of Gov. Moore, orderi
tbe enrolment Of ito ablebodied negroes in
country roundabout for the purpose Of Organizi
chem into regiment, Col. Thorps says there cam
be doubt but that throughout the extreme Sou,he
6tstes the Rebels are actually engaged in raid
negro regiments, for it IS only from such mater
that they can now recruit their ranks with al
bodied men Col. Thorpe alec Gays that he !
Watched the progress Of the formation OF the ii
solored regiment now organized in Louisiana, q
kssneycr seen better material or troops more obedi'
On more quick to learn the manual exercise The