Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-13
TIE CONFEDERATE PRISONERS NEAR
CHARLESTON.

Another ilaS OIL truce COMMUNICATION Win
the enemy, for tho purpose Of rstnTainS come
forty non. combatNnt prisoners in cur hands.
took plaza in the harbor outside Of FJ.. SUM
ter Saturday morning. Taa prirnnaTP. inc!r-
ding several officers for sper'2! excl inGa o:
Captaios Frank Bonneau, l!errg BG's;, Iu-
Ian Mitchell md 0theta, toge!!r.'r Win s5y:rh!
Yankee naval officers and rriratYs, also 1T.
tended, if thu occasion Cftr"j, Tor M tqu"l
exchange. ara several inlna!es wishing 10 l!ss
through the lincI. wars enIbarK9d hy CaptAh
Oayer, Provost Marshal. O. bnsTi Tho etcanor
Uelt, CAPTAIN S~intop: 81 Chia"lm's Mil
wharf, west end of Tfadi straet. ab2u; Gigat
o'clock. CD. john F. Jay. cffrcr in c""-
mand ard AGENT fnr tl:c arrangement CT toe
business, viii! L,Hu:-Osirr. Major Pr!nr.e,
and several rtat- OH ,o:E. canie On board I'M
mediate,y afterwards, Tut owing 80 =,ime de-
ranger1ent of the machinery .tha st0smer waa
nearly two hours in getting under %ay.
Thr Gait procanIsd d,wn tho hGTho7 to the
outer buoy, where the United S.n.ea steamer
Wyoming, Captain Janrs, was anchored.
awaiting err arrival. Tie & J.. w.n jagged
alongsite :h. Nyon.inE. anl Co. '.ry, with
Lieut.. O.itr, invited IN boar! ny Lieut.. CD.
WooIrOr6, Of the Hundred rni Twenty
sey,utl, New York, Commi .ao::cr ~ ia, !'ait
of the Yan;:c,s. Iia(,-e pT1acedns T. lusi-
mesa, Coione Lay t;eha .n''ei an cSrla2n.5n OF
the firing from Mo7r't' Island !nFl"c II, h"nrs
agreed upon for tho Tag Of trace. Lieut.. CT.
Woodrord regretted TIA o':rnrrer>e Ia: stated
that positive orders, which he czhtl Ell. had
beoo issued 10y General Foster &C. lbs sasrsh-
sion Of all firing '!uriag 10 t:rt'.
Col. WuCiir!d stated tis: tie -. II LIQUID
be reported to General Fr@.cr, ngi ~ a.Gir: IL
yestigation DO made.
An agreeable in.efsir~ afterwards G.,ll"wad,
which terminated in The ro:urn tn Gc!"r;l
Foster Of thi.ty-rins Sar.:r1Gh and E!Itrlai!tp,
with four other Glitter. under parole for thirty
dave, to- effect the spec al change already man-
toned. Should they not be able to accomplish
their OF jsct. they nTo to return 81 thr ri Ira-
ton o! tur ;.hny. time. Captain Pendec.ra't,
OF tas Wata, Watch, and the otiar rsva! liz
CORA and rrivR:es, wero brough, back t" the
CITY, none of our off having been brought
on the Wyoming for exchange. Tkr ncEO.i-
atoms PASSED off harmoniouaIy n"I to iAr ri,
tisfaotion Of both parties. 1::s Yankee rrc+s
wns renreseotad BY the clrrsapundrn, &C Ia.
New York Herald" M. 0aaa- q. Sanger,
who is also the appointed agsnt Of 0i"oraoT
Seymour, to take onre Of tho Interests ct Tol-
diers from the State If Nor InFk in t!rn DE-
parrment OF tho NOuIH.
We take the following account Of the Mrri.
val Of our officers n. Hilton Head f;o,h the
Port ROYAL palmetto Herald" nf tic l. =, IN.
slant. Tho Crescent, it il believes. is no-
sohored of this harbor, as i, Was probably tt,a
same boat which wns reported 10 have arrived
of here day o. two sirca loaded wit;, tro6,ra
The steamer Crescent arrived q, thia port
from Fort Delaware on Friday last, with over
six hundred rebel officers, prisoners 6 war.
who are sell. here to he pac"d nDder fire N
Morris Island, in retaliation 81. t!,a reh"' r-'
ceeding in placing hka rGm'Ier Il Eiicu
officers undor our fire in ia. CITY Of Charleston.
They have doubtless, ero this, been scr. 70
their destination. Among the prisoners "r-.
many officers of high rank.
On her voyage fran F1rs D,aw,ra :, t:'i.
port, the, Crescent run ash III I.o>r Cape n
main, and narrowly escaped total wreck ~
the morning Of the 24'h. Duriug ,t.e en-, te-
ment Of the moment. one Of tho rrh?l rrison
era, q Colonel, ia Supposed to haze jumped
overb oard and made his escape TO tho shot-.
The circumstances connected with tbs aif4ir
were of such O suspicious character tia. ~
the facts being reported to him, Cen E,ssar
imm sdiat.lg ordered II court mHrtiat 10 try
charges ngsinLt til" Captain and s0coDd h'haer.
A court wa immediately c1EFa1'fd. nt witch
COL Littlefaid ws1 President. and Lieut.. "a.
Woodford indsa Advocate General oi tho d.
partment, Judge Advocate. After Mature
consideration CT tno fae:s dLvelopod III Ike
testimony ai3uoe1, tho curt wac eahVlncid
that no wilful design could he attributed To
the officers cf the s!,iH ia running the 'h;r 6it
of her 'oHrsa ::ni rr.tip:. her ashore, anr they
found tnat ,i,erD T,a n eori Gca! az ,,AsliEnEc
on tho part &c tho oap:ain and sar'nI c!i YER in
the ahip. The captain Wa. there,
fore, recon- nrsndrd 10 b reprimanted by the
General commanding, and tho second eiieer
in charge OF the va.arl a. the tim aho went
ashore was tiaei 800, and ordered to be in
prisoned until tho fine waa paid AZ will he
observed by the General orders appearing
elsewhere, tho General commanding approves
he sentences, and administers IL severe bat |
veil deserved reprimand td the captain sud |
1iRaolves the court.
Since the ship has heen lying hero. :hr'e
prisoners have escaped, s:af a.? have been recap. |
ured after they had boom in tho water long |
ime, end wero Thoroughly exhausted. They
sill soon DO in o place where cscapeswill bs