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Mht8Q4Y Mrtbn1k.
FRIDAY. AUGUST II, 1854.


FROM CHARLESTON.
The Erect Q! Rctaliat on-Dctal1s Of
the kxchAhssse Of KFtsones.
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Iron our Special Correspondent
HnTos HEAD, s. c. Aug. 4 1854.
About six weeks sgo Gen. Foster Was noti-
fed By Gen. Jones, {the rebel commander at
Charleston) to the effect that fifty Union off,
cerf. being ut tlat time prisoners Of war, h ID
been placed "under tire' In that city, and rs
these officers were exposed TO onr shells It
was intimated that it might be well for us to
erase firing on the !" doomed city," II the
rebels had supposed this trick would saEe
tbem-*hey were greatly mistaken, for the
Smelling WAS kept up as usual; and, Il there
uas any difference, 1t was eyen brisker than
before. t'Give them forty more shells In
etanter," was Gen shimmelpfenig's order to
theforts, when informed Of the rebel pro-
cetdiDg. FoseWarned, Gen Foster was fore
armed Fifty rebel prisoners Of rank, about
the came as the Union officers confined In
Charleston, were brought to this place, and
preparations were made for putting them'iu
similarly perilous position on the north
end Of Morris Island, where the enemy's shots
ner or Fort Gregg. Five barracoons" were
erected near our works at the froat, aud fur,
nisbcd with chairs, tables, bucks. &C., and
from dav to Gay, Tor a fortnight, We have
been expecting to see the rebel prisoners
transfcrn 10 these quarters The wisdom
of this sort of "rctaiation'' was pretty tree
II discussed by the officers hereabouts, and
fro1 II til + AR Il . *to
difficulty would be settled by All exchange OF
prisoners. Then the discussion took a new
1urn, as TO which party would gain By the ex-
change, and as this question is still ''open,"
will leave it for iser heads to solve.
Well, the preliminaries for an exchange
polttao, having on board fltt3 rebel PRISON
ers, started from here OIL Tuesday night, and
proceeded to Charleston harhor, about
mile eastward Of Fort Sumter, where she
wus net BY the steamer Chesterfield, with
the Union prisoners, and at twelve O'Clock
Anderson and Strong tor our side, and Major
Lar on the part Of the rebels, haViag form.
ally concluded the exchange, the band Of the
Cosmopolitan struck up "Sweet Home' and
the national airs, ard salute Was fired by
the Pawnee- Our feet inside the bar dis.
played al its bunting, and the men were
Gen Fogier snd Admra 1asrsn Weo
we're awaiting them on board the steamer
Philadelphia a little period Was spent in
relearsing their trials and tribu1atione, and
then they called upon Gen. Sickles, on his
beat, the Admiral, and were treated to a
regular fourth of July sort Of time. After
the proceedings in Chnrleston harbor, the
Cosmopolitan came on to Hilton head, AZ
irving this morning, and the officers are now
On shore here. telling their story to all wh2
desire to hear It, And long and Interesting
story It ia.
teen months. and had seen the interior Of
almost all the military prisons In rebeldom.
They all agree in this, that every where {uu-
til they reached Charleston) they Were
treated s'like dogs" Very likely some Of
them win give detailed account Of their
tnsnnnge In c6afleetop' hGwegeEs marx,
from jail, furnished with comfortable quar-
ters, good food, and allowed to purchase my
luxur1es they Wanled. They we're furnished
with money upon their drafts, payable in gold
ut the rate Of fifteen for one and altogether
were treated With a consideration which,
from their previous experience, they little
expected.
It is not easy to get at the motive for the
change In the treatment OF these officers. It
cannot be the result of any change Of policy
on the part of the rebel government, for pris.
one1s who have recently escaped from Macon
te1 tale Of suff: ring which may truly be
called heartrending. In all the annals OF
Cha11eEton these officers, who would not
give the parole required OF them, were treat
ed as 1alons rather than as prisoners OF war.
There were tour officers who preferred the
prison to The parole whi2h was exncted. The
Jail WAS as much within range Of our guns as
the building where our officers were con-
fired but the thelling was the least possible
IF nd mi fr
like 1t rather than to fear 1t.
b. this exchange Of prisoners nc receive
the following officers:
Brig. GsD. h. Y. Vessels.
Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour.
Brie. Gen. F. R. Ecam9on.
Brig. Gen. Alexander 8ha'er
Brig. Gen. {. A. HetEmsu.
Vi: ]. 6. Grover, slh 1n6. infantry.
cei ct a. & h,sn 1Gns liz IL ae4n T. ta.a9l; Sssa1d5
g. z F Lehman, 1850 Penn. irf1utFy.
Co. @ =. 4aeEanEe Ist WIS: cara!sy.
Col B. white 5sth Penn. inisn ".
Col. H. c CoiInser. slh Penn. Feservea
co T. ,o. R,o.n III 1i5 pnn Fem ,n9.n'ty ,a.,a;;y
Col, E. Fardella. s51h n. 7. infantry.
L. Col. \. B. Haute:. 1.sd Otto Infantry:
L. coI E. s: NcAakin. sst III. -~ 10~
L. Col. D. Ailee, :a.h peon.
T. T. es: ss| 5 5: asfsss ns5xs sS .s &! Es ;s'.n,z,
L. Col s. Notlit, 81 ii y. +. i1f.niry.
Il. Col. g. c. Josl,p, 18th Mass. 1ntAutrY.
L. CO. J. J: PotsieS, ; Il III y. W, Cavalry.
1t. Col A. F. Rore1s, eth III.
l.. Col ]. Il. Buruham. 18th Conn.
Ii. Col. E. B. Baldwin, Int Masa.
L. Col y. 9. Bartholemew. eth Msss-
+ cSl co1 T. 6;se S;Ses "a TIM i.s ss7a'
Il Col. J. F. Fetlowes, l7th Macs
1t. Col. G. 4. Frambes, seth OHIO.
l. Co. y. q. Glen, soth Ohio.
Il. Col ]. spofafd, s11h y. 2.
T. cs 81 Z: E stsTsf5 Sx; i,ia e !aS H;es cavity
+ Go1. 4; =. T.y,S5, 191st ! Penn.
MssI Ms}sf g. T Bssss,' ssss4 is;s 1Sfa haip.. II
Mstor f. n. Bates, BIth H.
Major J. E. Clasle, sth Mich. cavalry.
Major D. CTanda], s5th n. 7.
Ms}or 3. D. Grant. 4th Mich. cavalry.
a:|oT a:oT Ha H. 5,s % iftS ssSssy 4ap ea,.
All these officers leave this afternoon by
the Fulton, and will report at Fortress Mon
roe. There are also several Union officers
here who escaped from the rebels while be-
Ing conveyed from Macon to Charleston, and
these will take the same conveyance north
ward
By the exchange of prisoners the rebels get
Major Generals Edward johnston and F.;
Gardner, and Rrigadier Generals j. J. Archer,
Geo. ", etexart and 81 JEFF. Th9mpson.
Colonels, Lieut.. Colonels and Majors make
up list Of fifty names.
It is not get forgotten that Ia the battle Of
james Island, on the 18th July, 1868, and the
assault upon Fort Wagner on the 18th July,
the 54th Mass. tco1ored) lost considerable
number Of men in killed and taken prisoners.
From the studied silence of the rebels con-
cerniDg the prisoners. It was inferred that
perhaps theT were killed upon the spot of
their capture; and statements BY the rebel
press that the Government held no black
prisoners, gave some foundation for the iu-
1trence. II now appears that they are In