The New York herald., 1863-12-28
the REBEl,PRIsoNfas IN MARYLAND.
Our Lookout Correspondence.

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1 Our Lookout COrrespondence.
PorTr LOOKOUT. 81. Marys county Nd. Dec "a, 1858
The Ayg,o,u,nsr,t Of Generd Butler as Commioey q
| Erchaaas ~ Place of General Meredthrne Erchorpe
of Prisoners be at One--Gererot Butler Tarset'
the Dsroe ReI Prioners a, Pom, Look raThe ReteI
Frtsoners Look tn <~asemcm n General B"Ier-Ths
Rebels DETECTED the Prospect oF Being Ercsargsd-
Goof Heath Of the P,isoners-Tas Humb7 Of Rebe ts
Escared-qke Russian Yis, Gererai Buu7's Dsps~t-
ne7it. DC, &c.
You viii have heard thss the whole matter u the OK
change OF prisoners OF been taken Qua Of the
hands q Bgsdey General Meredith OF Philadcpnn, BY
tho Secretary Qwsr aud paSed under tse management
OF ma,or General Bhtler. This was not done mornent
too for had II been foebe Ill temper OF tho CON
missioner many poor fellow, now dead, might hive
been saved. could tkey besn rescued from Libby
prison two months ago The prfssDers. when releases
from Richmond. will confirm tht, assertion It Ia now
understood that tho rsbe Comrsissioner, Mr. oud,
stands reaty to exchange for usD and tho business
is to begin at So before the end OF wsek,
may expect 10000 men exchanged
Point Lookout you know, s I'm g. karys. count y.
Maryand-a irst sottement under ITO auspices Of the
famous Lord Baltimore I think It In oidcr than Ply
mouth. Most Of Its people At time Catholics
What they Ia not worth whv inquire. since
they rebel smitten. This distemper. my surgeon
kewise that Point Lookout Is a'trangular biz of land
running out into the waer just whore the Potomac emp
ties itself into Chesapeake Bay So much for history sod
geography. recent order from the WAR Department
has annexed this county OF st hays and To counties OF
cm,s n .n r0 Snd .b Gersa
tended by Lieut.. Col. Hndman, Major Davis Surgeon
Chas. Mctormck tho able medical director; Capt John
Clark and Capt II c. Clark appeared IN person here to-
day and inspected the camp, properly speaking,
the depot OF robel prisoners for that prccey what
this Is.
Tho Major General arrived D steamer
Greyhound from Fortress Monroe but pot early for the
vgilant commander OF the post Brgad,er General Mars
ton, who. In "fu feether." carly hand with his
staff Captain Lawrence, A. o. Captain Patterson, Captain
Lucas and Others At nine O'Clock General Butler visited
tho rebel prisoners Of WAR; 750 In number. These
braves represent almost every state n the ate Amer
can Union Tho presence OF .tPicayune" was n great
novelty TO the fat ragamuins who stared al him with
dstendcd eyes and orsn nostrs was amusing To hear
the rebel comments upon the rebe tanner Some swore
that he "damned good looking man any how''-and
1t must be owned that the General appeared exceedingly
we'll There occasional cheering no passed through
the streets Of the rebel camps For the beueh OF the
inqusitive, lot mcnon here that the rebels are con-
fined in hundr cd acre lot which is enclosed by board
sort Of shelf tho outside Of tho fence which shelf
" about eight feet from the groubd. Your
correspondent conversed freely with the prisoners ana
found that numbera OF them were most anxious TO ake
the oath of allegiance others anxious TO enst In
had them especial charge that than third
OF the whole wished TO be exchanged This afternoon,
when it announced that Major Mumord, Genora But
h,d with the New York and that FIVE
hundred rebels TO be takon of in her, tho whole
crowd seemed to be very much detected And why
should not this be soY These have been well cd
troops and havc been furnished with bedding
and clothing II s quite natural then that tho rebels
who anticipate rotbng upon their return but cmpty
pockots hard tack and harder hghting should seem
rowfu Still they will have to goat least Ave hundred
OF thcm-to night. Upon the return OF the New YORK
from City Point to Fortress Monroe sho will bsar tive hun
dred OF our mon from Richmond. And tho exchange
bosias.
General But,cr. after inspecting the rebel camps
ited the troops stationed hero i found them In good
fo0ir
tails, attended by his Medical Director Dr Mccormick
and The surgeons Of this dstric eaa 70 icarn that
there Ia not much sickness In Geoersi hsrstopS com
mand. Ihere few of smrilpox, but OF mild
type Asrs.lity from this cause s. slight.
II was credtab!c 20 humanity 10 Ind that the sams
Sisters OF Charity and the Surgeons ho adm mister
70 own wounded and sick also administer and attend
and dress and help e robei sick md sore Ths dd mo
good. To be sure things are different in Richmond but
let mankind bear in mind that they have another breed
The prisoners, as general thing. arc weH behsyed.
Occasionally thero Is "rad' on tho kchcn. One OF
defended their castle with knives and hatchcts They
killed two and wounded twenty Eve OF the reboa Five
OF the eght cooks who fought this battle wee rcbe rs
Much has bccn said regard the escape OF rcbels
has bcen put a. high as two hundred Tbs all = mis-
take Not forty men have ESCAPED since the transfer
n s' 70 s % ins,s S.
substitutes than among the rebels and IL ~ positive
fact that the former need watching much more than tbs
latter.
Tho work Of exchange which has now begun will be
pushed forward with all possible despatcb-anh you can
to the friends OF Union prisoners RICHMOND that
the day OF tho devorance OF tho half starved victims ia
at hand tbirk the national gratitude should be given
10 tho officer who has brought this about.
II YOU vist thus place avoid CommSsary Cook
and his horses and his hospitality no put On the out
side OF horse which he described most beautiful
smbug creature" The dull thing did not know how to
walk oven. Au bling she made for every tree within
sight and srovcsnd often succeeded-to scratch her
NANCY ribs against the bark She srnbls' " 40,
sho educated after tho fashion OF Paddy Burns
school, where the taught tc read before they
luf cf,e moi NH 10 Nak
And much for Captain Cooks spirited marc"
The Russian feet-that is, four d the Emperor Alex
ander sshps OF warpassei tho Point 70 day on Their
way 10 Fortress Monroe
General Butler leu this evening II "a now luito likely
that be will h,vo bis hands fuli. FOE week or two
taning the Russian iniral and bis companions