Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-20
NapOleOn'S Speech to The French
Legislature.
The PRISONERS AT RICHMOND.
No Meat Furnished for 70 DAYS.
Prisoners Eating Dogs to sus-
tain Life.
FROM WASHINGTON.
NV YoRK. NoHemhar ID

| NEW 1ORKj November ~.
A Herald Washington dispatch says on
Sunday the rebels threw two or three reg
iments to this side of the river, but not out
of range of their batteries at Raccoon.
Two desertefs we're publicly branded
yesterday.
WAsHHoTOS, Nov. Is.
Hersld's dispatch:
The rain of Sunday exposed a horrible
sight on the Rappahannook. In the rife
pits, from which the rebels retired on this
side, the wsshings of rain had uncovered
the half-buried arms and legs Of those
slain in their recent skirmish with the 6th
Corps.
The Herald has the following from the
Army of the Potomac to the I7th:
Each Indiana and Wisconsin regiment
in this Army is sending home one COM
stoned officer and two privates from each
company on recruiting service, with the
expectation of filling their thinned ranks
with volunteers.
A letter to the Herald, dated Of Mobile,
Oct. 22nd, says:
The Colorado flagship and the Genesee
had an engagement with the Ladies Ram,
q vessel presented by the ladies of Mobile
to the rebels. The Genesee fred two shots
and the Colorado three, when the rebel ram
almost Immediately put back under Fort
Morgan.
The rebels have one iron-cIad and two
steamers and floating battery in the bay,
but they are Of no use.
A Washington dispatch to the Herald
says the sutler Of the 9th Kentucky Cav
airy and seven others were released from
Oastle Tnunder on parole, and have reach
ed Washington. They state the removal
Of 1900 Union prisoners from Richmond
to Danyillc has commenced, and already
$50 have gone.
There is great complaint among the
poorer people in Richmond at the high
prices and scarcity Of provisions, and they
are forced to adopt the advice of their pa.
pers to live without eating meat.
There are come 200 rebel prisoners con
fined in Castle Thunder for various alleged
ohenses; some for deserLions, and others
for attending peace meetings in North Car
Olina while at home on furlough,
Worlds dispatch;
Advices received to-day from the West
state the rebels are moving on Gen. Burn
sides force, via London, East Tennessee.
The latter are deemed TO be in an imprer-
nable position. Il is thought the force now
advancing has been exaggerated some
what
Arrivals from the front tonight bring
no dispatches, and show there is nothing
of interest developed to-day within our
lines.
A deserter from the second Louisiana
has arrived here, and thinks Lees army is
about So 000 He adds that the fort1fcs-
tions on the Rapidsn are very formidable.
Times special:
Lee is falling back to Hanover Junction,
with one-hslf of his army as a protection
for Richmond. The other half has gone
towards Lynchburg, to reinforce or pro-
teCt the retreat of the force sent against
Burnside.
Tribune's Washington dispatch says:
Messrs. VIM. Stanners of Keokuk, Iowa,
and A. Hines Of Memphis, who were cap
tured last May at Greenville, Missouri,
and confined in Libby Prison most Of the
time since, are among the returned pris-
oners that arrived at Annapolis. These
gents represent matters in Richmond daily
growing worse. No meat had been issued
for twelve days. The day before they left
the favOrite dog of friend, which had
for long time been sharing their scsnty
fare, was sacrificed that they might have
a meal. These gentlemen say while Off
GERS have received contributions sent there
for soldiers and citizens, they were not yet
distributed. They confirm the statements
that nothing sent to citizens or soldiers
had ever been delivered by the rebels, un-
til the recent interference of the Govern
ment
Thirty.fve Yankee deserters escaped
from Castle Thunder by mining under
the wall, on Friday night last A few
were recsptured.