Daily national Republican., 1863-03-18
NEWS FROM THE SOUfM.
OF GEN. sTOUeuTON m
RICHMOND.
RAILR0AD Llg0RERs wAFf1D s0gTF
.ECOEoKY oALLED ron bE TINE RfCH.
MOND EXAMINER.
ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS IN RICE.
MoND.
30 N. p,.AhSrd plipl,.S. a..sRI,.


Tho prisoners captured BY Capt. Mosely, Of
Fitahugh Lees command, arrived By The Cen
tral carr Of Wednesday night, in charge Of Lieut..
Mcclellan. IncludGA In the number (the whole
amounting 10 29) were Z. II. Stoughton, Brig
adler General Of the Second Brigade, Casey's
Division, A. Barker, f0aptdin Of Company L,
Fith New York Cavalry Robert Wellbrient, a
telegraph OPERATOR r.. Wardener, an Austrian
Baron; P. Pratt, private in Company T, Slx-
teenth Vermont, and orderly for General
stoughton.
The prisoners were taken in custody on the
night Of March 9th, near Fairfax Court House,
by Capt. Mosely and his comand, whose daring
and lntrepidity in making a successful raid
within few hundred yariia OF the camp ground
Of two Abolition brigades, and carrying of,
without damage 10 themselves, the general
commanding one Of them, deserves the highest
praise. Most Of the 30 men captured, including
Gen. Stoughton, are aristocratic specimens Of
Yankee manhood, with a profuslon Of gold lAce
on his coat, were surprised In bed, and were,
therefore, incapable Of offering any resistance
had they been 20 inclined. ID lf6l Hll ava =
Btoughton occupied for his headqunrteru a
spacious dwelling q few hundred yards from
Fairfax Court House, and deemed himself per-
fectly secure. When his midnight slumbers
were interrupted by Capt. Mosely, who entered
his room and desired him to get up, he deemed
him one OF his own men on frollc, and angrIly
replied that II he did not clear out he would
order him under arrest for an insult TO his com
mandlng general. Mosely asked Stoughton II
he knew "Mosely, Of Lees cayalry1" eyes,"
replied the irate Yankee; ''have you caught the
--p "No," replied Mosely, eve have
not; but he has caught you, 80 get up and pre-
pare for a ride" The Yankee general soon
had realizing sense Of the surroundings, and
prepared 10 do as Mosely commanded. He was
careful TO dress himself for the journey, but he
as.A ali n.ft zlst.
not allowed them to saddle the horses, and they
were compelled to ride twenty-five miles on the
bare backs Of Indifferent steeds, surrounded by
Confederate dragons, over not the smoothest
road known.
Wardener, the old Austrian, declares that the
Yankee uniform In which he 10 encased did not
belong to him on the 9th of March at Fairfax
Court House. He says our men were in too
much Of q hurry to be particular about clothes.
When the party arrived in Richmond on We'd
nesday, the % priyates were taken to the Libby
prison, but all the persons above named were
allowed TO retire to the Ballard House for the
night. The fact ofthelr being there being made
known to the commander OF the Libby prison
at a late hour OF the night they were removed
| from their, much against their will, and placed
In the Libby prison with their comrades The
contrast between the luxurious bed OF the Bal.
lard House and the floor Of the Libby prison
was marked indeed, and did not fail TO excite
dismal forebodlngs in the minds Of the impri
soned Yankees.
SCARCITY or LaBoRERs.
The railroad superlntendents have begun tc
complain of the want OF hands OH their respect
i've lines, and some have pettioned Congress tc
allow them detail Of batting hands in ordei
to do certain work necessary TO keep these i'm,
portant thoroughfares In good running order
The question deserves the serious consideration
of those to whom Il Is addressed. The success
Of the Confederate arms is in great measure
dependent on the efficiency OF the railroads
There are able-bodled men held In various civil
and military prisons for trivial offences, sup
ported In idleDess Ut great cost both to the
States and Confelleracy, whose labor might b,
made available In the present emergency.
| NAPOLEON GUNS.
Specimens of these celebrated guns are nov
being cast In this city. They are fashioned o
brass, have a smaller bore, and are a thIrt
larger than the ordinary slx-poundsr. Thel
are said TO be most effective weapons. A mum
Der are now being made OW Of church beRs ant
the old French cannon so long deposited at the
Virginia armory. The Napoleons are smootl
bore guns. .g........ .4....
BURNSIDE AT PORT ROYAL.
A correspondent of the Savannah ReDH5liedu
dated Charleston, 18th inst, says intelllgonc,
has been received In oGilcial circles that Gen
Burnside has been assigned TO the Department
Of South Carolina and Georgia. Tho attack
will be made within the next ten days, proba
bly, at Spring tide, on the 10Th Inst Burnsid,
has already arrived and taken command.
MARRIKD.
On the 4th of March, q. A. T. Sumwalls, o
Baltimore, to Miss Mary l.. Miller, of Rich
mond. ... ...... ..-
From the Richmond Examiner OF the i9th inst
nMPREssMEST OF SUPPLIES
We see that the impTessment of supplies n
some Of the Military Departments of the Yves
| is now made on the same principle as provided
for in the bill before Congress. Gen'l Buckne
has rescinded the order OF the Chief OF Com
misaary Of Subsistence Of his department, rela
tive to the impressment of stores, and fixing al
arbitrary tariff Of prices. He orders that here
after all subsistence procured In any way shal
be paid for at fair valuation, to be determined
If there cannot be an agreement In full, b,
disinterested arbitration. This Is right.
| KILLED ON THE RAILROAD.
Among those who were killed In the late ter
rible railroad accident, at Chunkey river. IL
Mississippi, was W. p. Grayson, formerl,
Cashier Of the Bank of New Orleans. He hac
been for sometime engaged as agent of TIN
Government buying cotton. When the accI
dent occurred he had in his possession $40. .OOC
In currency, which has been recovered.
... ." ENROLLED CoNsCRIPTs.
Southern papers contain many advertise
ments for the enrolment Of conscripts.
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