The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-08

men, aud great number Of them quite good hook
UPWARDS Of sixty years old, who had shs rank n fi1
private. he possessed I'll the are Of youth. and had
great traveller In tho far west, and had mad many
brush with the Indians. He had in him at the time .
oas from an Sn rs Thsn oS Sss nss ns
beard that Aaron himself would not have been Ashamed
Of. But OF hmm more anon. learned from one Of the
prisoners that nearly all Of them married men
Al about three O'Clock Colonel Clarke arrived and .
quarter Of hour after the New Brunswick on from
way ing nnumerable handkerches from the shore and
board the Empire Parish TO which vessel quite y
crowd of women had obtained access.
We found the accommodations OF the New Brunswick,
though limited far superior 70 those Of the Empire
TSss hs
Parish does not possess The result was the enjoyment
Of quiet night. .
nearly had reen to the top OF the levee, In
places tho water and the evee were nearly Hush
Two or three feet rise will 10 flood the entire
country Az such elevation the back country could be
great advantage The large forest trees back OF
the clearing were visible 70 The roots nat when ne river
sequence OF the present height OF the river nm optical
Illusion which stranger to the perfectly ieve character
of the country would labor underthat ", the tFeee Ia
the background present the appearance OF range
Of hills with trees growing on their eides and summit
But OF course those who posted know very well that
there are no hills 10 be several hundred miles.
may observe that oil this tima ana until we parted
them and the Un,onsts and the utmost harmony pre-
varied among both parties.
During that night stepped al DonadsoB,ile Tor two
hours in order 10 take board prisoners for
exchange. We we're TO have received hfteen but only
seven were forthcoming With these we again started
and arrived at Baton Rouge about hail past nne ocpcs
on Monday morning the 23d Here we waited for lev
minutes when we resumed course a mile further up
the river where we fond the rebel flag Of truce boat
Froc awaiting arrival Running alongside Of her the
preparations made for the transfer OF the pr
soners we had none To receive 10 exchange The officer
IN command the rebel boat Colonel tomanche he
tall man. with ford countenance and rather sandy
beard and hair MAJOR Watt, stout, arsiocratc man.
but good locking withaI, putting one in MUD OF
y good dinner, with bottle or two OF ex.
celent port-that much 10 be regretted tradition OF
the past-was the exchange officer. The MAJOR wore q
spoess white vest and citizens BLACK ffock cost, on
the rebel insgla Of the rank OF MAJOR The fank and
file presented marked contrast 20 the prisoners we mad
board. Tho former were very shaoby alfred u al
sorts q POOR attempts az uniforms winch were az OK
ceedingly dirty as the faces OF their Soap
be as salt among them, and the men
looked if they had not waahed tor twelvemonth, or
perhaps which is mark they had washed
Mississippi water that they had become veneered
in its mud without receiving any Of the bene, tradition
ally supposed 70 belong 10 The cleaning properties OF
Pre!imnaries having been arranged, The rolls were
called alphabetically and each non commissioned officer
and private on hearing his name stepped ON board inc
Frolc.
tho trolc Their not called out, but each
gentleman reported himself as he stepped on board and
hs licked OF the list General Clarke WAS
the last TO leave lie was very carefully remosyd on .
Ills vie and two or three other ladies' followed
Immediately.
All this time the most friendly feeling existed between
the unonsts and the rebels, between whom constant
VISITS were ers seP ~ 1vln he
rebel officers board the New Brunswick where par.
ing glass was drank in some excellent champhgne lhis
was followed by general handshakng all round, and
the rebel officers left impressed no doubt with tho nea
| that Yankee IS not such very dreadful animal
after AL
TIE New Brunswick now cast of from he froc,
when three hearty cheers for Colonel Clarke burst from
the rebels Cheers were about being given OF
i accident,
proved fatal occurred eectualy precsdng any further
Ssa s q s' The snd New ,h'
tho Froc slightly 10 the port side. throwing
down pile Of fuel wood which struck I'VE rebel
sold who stood the guards, carrying thm over
board Two OF the men instantly grasped by their
n% , e e Sa Of
| Brunswick, upon which a cry was raised, "Sop the
wheel" 1biswas done with admirable quickncss o. the
men must have been inevitably lost. Fortunately the
boat Of the New brunswick had been lowered II was
quickly manned, and the three men were rescued appa
Tenty the worse "barring' good dncking, and
perhaps all the better for the washing when they sadly
! needed. No lives were lost.
Of the 3 and arrived at Carrolton about eleven O'clock
remaining there for the night Az daylight next morning
we started for New Orleans, which was soon reached
The total number of prisoners 70 the froc
three hndred and thirty nine Of whom twenty I'VE
regiment, the Eighteenth, Twenty third Thrticth and
other Louisiana regiments with spinkling oil artillery
i and infantry.
The Ibcrvlle returned from Baton Rouge on wednes-
day. bringing with hundred and thirty three
changed Onion prisoners from Galveston Texas, vztwo
hundred aud nifty of the Forty second Massachusetts,
Volunecrs-.-with the Rev. Mr. Sangler-who cap
tured Galveston New Year morning. Two hundred
and seventy three the Eighth regulars,
base " surrendered by the TRAITOR Twiggs at the com
of the rebellion when he was ID command Of
the pepartmen Of Texas There arrived also eighty i've
the u the Harriet Iare. together with four
gineers OF the vessel and Surgeon Penrose Twenty
OF the crew the Harriet Lane make the total
These give fun Of the disaster at Calves
ton HERALD has already published such graphic
descriptions Of the affair that il would be work OF super
There IS worth noticing however and that is
that intelligent soldier of the Forty second Massachu
Harriet Lane unite IN saying that during one period OF the
light the rebel General agruder was III iuli retreat 10
which end he had spiked and abandoned nearly all his
guns, numbering many batteries. The terrific attack ON
the Harriet Lane by the rebel gunboats however, turned
the tide Of victory aud enabled the rebels % rally when
The Harriet Lane overpowersd by the sheer force OF
overwhelming numbers. ta
The follow ing interesting account OF the adventures Of
the Union prisoners is given by Sergeant William h.
hunt, the soldier already referred to- 'f7st
On Thursday, January ~. the prisoners were removed
9m * ana aae y ans
country and arrived Ut beaumont on Friday and were
quar- old sawmill which was full Of hogs and
vermin The hogs were turned OUT but the vermin re
NAMED Prices in Beaumont were no Improvement on
those Houston. Lard 81 pound butter, coffee,
cotton cloth Sc per yard tobacco 81 per pound
black pepper IS per pound cream ol tartar, 10 %;
whiskey, $500 per barrel, and poor al mat
The prisoners LETT Beaumont January 20, embarkng on
the steamer Eoebuck miserable old craft ihey went
down the Neches river ana across Sapiue LIKE Puny
descry ing Of our gunboats with the glasses
The original design was changed, and the prisoners
taken Burrs Ferry the furtherest point Up Tie
SABINE river accessible with the stoaueoat Ihe prs
this wretched old vessel, and one
Of their number Das III Chaplin, private Of Company
died the passage and buried by his comrades at
Stark's Landing
The soldiers here put oto deserted old los has u
the Gbest description and kept ave days, during whon
Henry Sella private. OF Company d. died from Sickness
contr acted on the voyage.
Monday morning February Q, the buglo sounded al an
nd lg ursD
for Aoxandria IL line travelling for twenty four
ioure through high pine country II gradually grew
lower, and the travelling became bad, me prisoners
we're urged on constantly even OF tue mules u
she baggage train dropped with exhaustion. one RAINY
morning che road lay tor i've miles through swamp
al q the water was above the knees OF the men
Tns wcarisome march continued without interruption
until tbo 18th In the afternoon when the prisoners came
in sight uf Alexandria, handsome title village
prosperous, but. IKE everything else IA bAie. .1oat
isplaycd CUT !" They remained here. awaiune orccrs
I'LL thLa q .-..k n. .La IN.