Washington telegraph., 1864-11-23
From the St. Louis Dgao.-s. IF u. y

+ ~ : o'clock yesterday evening two
trains o. cars on tha Pacific Railroad
arrived ST tie l4.h street drr1. with 62O
Of TIE rebel prisoner ,arzd by Gen.
Iiessontou N the cunning 5-Af o.. Prai-
rle Gree, near Mou- N.y Iausas- -
They were guarded IVY 275 ln5n W tLe
/ S@l s. isconsin infantry, under command
| Of Il. Col. Lowell! and M-.ior Virgin. HE
prisoners ware taken our at tho l4tA St
Depot. and preceded Ply saud "a mu-
| sic, marched up I4th 70 Washington
Avenue, down Washington A7snus w
5th Street, down 5lh 10 GlalIot, and
lodged in prison, where they wiil rg-
nam till forwarded 60 Rock I5lmd. The
/ officers, II in number, were sent to prison,
| mot to Ba-num'sJ anu VIII " towarded
to JoAusion's Island Crowds WY people
collected al ths depot to W. thp prisoners,
and a number OF women obi stcssh p.u-
cliyities, expressed their sympathy I'M
words Of condusnce and sorrow, and
tendsr-hearted Irish girl was 50 moved
| by the piLiful appearance Of ;he cspiiyes
! that she burst into tears lh. rebels
were Inc toughest loeking se- of mul
We ever saw. There was hardly man
among them ia healthy looking coudi-
:iou. Their faces were lean, Aassaid
sAd cadsyerous, their cheeks sunAra.
their forma bowed aud tls whole ap-
! pearanCe wtstched iu the extreme
Among them was quiie = number VA
boys from IA to l5 yearz of age srd a
tew old mea over 80. They were clad
in rags: some without shoes, some with
out ha.5, some with greasy blankets W
ragged strips of csrpgtiug thrown over
their shoulders The prevailing style
was butter-nut, two OH three Of tha otii-
GERS only being clad in what had once
been regular rebel uniforms. Not lev
OF them were sick and scarcely able "
walk. One man named Francis Marign
| Jackson, Of Mouitan col, Ao., on alight-
ing from the cars fell proztratv upon tho
ground and was unable 10 rise. Some
Of the ladies' present procured a cup of
hot coffee, and done what they could u
revive the tamishiHg captive. Among
the offers was Col. Baber, Ut Arkansas,
captured at Independence; Major Carlton,
formerly a lawyer al Pine Bluff, and said
TO be a very intelligent man; It. r. Curtis
VI ~ A-yIAS' 1 AiEHu ~ l-Dl4tAS N tl1 tAlAl-
ed over to Captaia Hll!s ana by him taken
to Warensburg. Capt. Halls says when
he was taking descriptive rolls otlhe men,
nearly all Of them claimed that they had
| been couscribed into the rebel service and
many OF them were desirous OF taking the
oath at once, and go into tie Union army.
| 1t was stated by Gen. Cabell, that I'LL
his charge upon the rebels, Gen. Pleasan-
ton ran over "Old Pap" himself, but be-
80 others. The charge was made in ,
lines, the first breaking through the re-
bel ranks, and keeping Oh while tie 3d
came on behind and gathered UP tile pris-
oners Price and Cabell were together
and were passed by the first two lines.
! Cabeli surrendered to both lines and was
! endeavOrlng to escape BY riding around
the flank OF the Sd, when his girih broke
and he was thrown from bis horse and
captured. Price, Pagan, and tie other
officers with them having nothing about
them to indicate their rank, managed to-
slip through unnoticed. From the fact
/ that so many General officers together IL
| is presumed that they were holding a
council of some sort either of war orpeace.
Among lot Of 30 men captured III anoth-
er place, 10 OF them were officers. These
prisoners are all Missouri and Arkansas
men. Besides the prisoners who arrived
yesterday, others remain at Fort Scott,
Mound City, Pamela, Kansas CITY, Forl
Leayenworth, Independence, Lexington,
edalia and jefferson Uity. Those il
Kansas viii probably be sent by Gen.
Curtis direct TO Rock Island without pass
ing through this city.