The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-13

Arrival IF ABOLITION Frisoaers --*hs ,r.soners
ceptured by Capt. hpsby Of Gen. F.,zAugh Less
command, arrived in Richnona by tbs UehtEs ii csxs
on Wednesday light In coa s. Of Ii. Nc ;!,.lsn.
nel1ded 10 tbs upber (ths whole Ala m ding TO
.O were z Il. stougason. Bfigadler. eeoers, Of the
I'd brigade. Casys dviAi1 A. Barb er. G. pain t
cof pany L. 5:h New York eayaTy; ac6ers We'll.
bEtcnt. telegraph pnstor; K Wa-osnef an Ans
Vernon. rsgs, and orderly II Gen. Ssou .h,on -
The prisoners were taken 10 custe dy On the uiah.
Of March 9sh. In or nsar FsL AZ Court Housr, Va,
by Capt hosb7 and his compRnv, hose daring
fs~ hundred yards of the csmp-g -nund Of two
Abolition hrigsdss and carrying of without de-
mage to themselves tie General Commanding
ef one OF them deserves ths highest praise
Mont Of the twenty nine men captured, including
Gen. Stcushton. nm srlssocratic specimen Of Fan
kee manhood. with profusion Of gold lacs on hIs
coat, were surprised In bed and were therefore
incapable Of offering any resistance, had they been
80 inclined. ktough.on occupied a. hls hsadQuar.
tess a spacious dwaing few hundred feet frcm
ths villsss Of Fairfax q. q, and deemed himself
perfectly secure. When his midnight slumbers
were interrupted by Capt kosb7, Who entered bis
room and desired his TO get up, he dee mad it one
OF his own men On fto.ic and aagsiy replied that
IL he did not clear cut, he woold order him u1,
der arrest for an. insot to his Commanding Con.
eral. Hosby asked SsoughtCn If he knew "kosby,
Of Lees cavalry" Yes" replied ths irate Yan.
kse. "havs We caught the g. Of b." "No,"
caught you, SO get up aud prepare for q ride"
The Yankee General soon had q realizing sense Of
his surroundings, and prepared to Go IS Hcsby
commanded. lie was careful to dress himsslf for
the journey but lie and all OF the others com.
plain tEat time vss not allowed them to faddle
thei. horses, and they were compelled TO ride
twenty five mites CD the bare backs OF Indifferent
steeds. surrouLd dsd by Confederate dragons over
not ths scaoothes. road known. Wardener the
old Austrian, declares ,ha: ,hs Ysrkse uniform In
which hs is now encassd did not belong to b Ia On
the night OF March Oh, when he repaired to bed
Eear Fairfax O. n. Ee says our men wsre ia 100
great hurry 70 be ovsr particulsr about clothes.
When tie patty arrived in Richmond OF Wtdues.
day ncat, the twenty fve privasos were carried TO
the Libby prison. and tbs 6eneral and thcse whose
names aye gwen above were allo we'd to retire to
the Bailsra Eouse for The night the faea Of their
being shere being made known to the commander
OF ths Libby PRISON at late hour Of .hs night,
they were removed from thence much ags snet their
wil aud dsp4pited with their comrades in tie Lib.
by prison The contrast between th, lux urious
beds OF the Ballard House and the Libby prison
floor was marked indeed and did not fail tc excite
dismal iorebodings in the minds Of the imprisoned
Yankees
La3t nisht the Central cars brought down th.-
teen mors Yankees, captured st Eewbern, Wood
stock, and Eorrisorvilie within a few days past.
There vera no eff ,ers smonsst thsm.