, 1864-08-12

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.
BIZ the exchange of prisoners the rebels get
Major Generals Edward Johnston and r,
Gardner. and Brigadier Generals J. J. Archer,
Geo. ". etexart and r. JEFF. Th9mpson.
Colonels, Lieut.. Colonels and Majors make
up list of fifty names:
1t is not get forgotten that ia the battle Of
james Island, on the 10th July, 1868, and the
the 5ith Mass. 9co1ored) lost a 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
prisoners, gave some foundation for the in
1trence. ii now appears that they are In
Charleston jul, and It is probable. that ere
long they will be exchanged for. rebel
pneopers; for Gen. Foster has pledged
himself to 2y, use 81 possible Efforts to
they were arrafgned upon charge Of con-
epiracs-{l get the particulars but vaguely
and upon that charge they were tried and
acquitted. 4 lawyer named Mitchell To1un-
teeIed to defend them, aud comforted them
in Charleston jail, and eend you the names
Of those WHO hail fron the Western States:
James Allen. Co 4, Lafayette, Ind: George
Thomas. Co F: Racine, Wis; Walter A Jederr, CO
Il, Cleveland: Ohio; Antstel Williams, Co u, De-
Il, Galesbure. u !; James Caldwell, Co Il; Battle
Creek, Mich: John Leatherman, Co q, Ypsilantii,
Mich F,3nl ~ Wi'lsse Co II hie Ghicaso' Ill; Bsltt-
We have some interesting news from F1ori-
da, where Gen Btrney has whipped the reb-
els in several ekirmlnhes, and retaken Bald
win, which is supposed to be IN important
post for us to hold. Con Birney has been
viii be succeeded In Florida By Gen Hatch.
Gen, Sicklcs arrived here On Tuesday. Ia
Tho steamer Admiral, and is now engaged in
inspecting the troops in this Department.
fsrecIa Correspondence Of the Chtcsgo Trbnne. ]
MoEnie LELAND, e. CD JnlT 18, 1864.
This day, the 18th Of July, is the anniFer-
sary Of the assault upon Fort Wagner by the
Union fo3ces, when Gen. Strong, and Col.
Shaw, and Col Putnam, and other patriots
of darker hue but no less blaye than they,
laid down their lives that their country might
be free: npd to impress the events of that
dpy the more firmly On ny mind. have been
spendtpg a few hours within the int.ench-
ments, and have gathered up, SO far as I
could. all the incidents Of the battle. But,
much as would like to tell the story Is 1t
hos been told to me, the present, rather than
the past, claims my attention Just no~, tor
know thst neither you nor your readers Will
tolerate "old news-" "
Here on this island have an opportunity
to witness seiee operations upon the grand.
est scale. In nv reading OF history ind
nothing more stupeAdous. Certainly sebas.
topol Vas aa nothing to 1t. Day and night
the roar Of the tDlery is kept up-one, two
and three hundred.pound PARROTS. Dahl
erens and mortars-aud If one needed excite
meut, think that here he might find all he
desired. Forts Wagner, Gregg and Chattield
on the northern extremity OF the leland,
keen an unceastpg fire upon Sumter Other
batteries. smaller and less effective, and mon
ftcTe of a capacity not yet fnlly tested, COM
bine to make force which n,ay be truly
called prodieious. =.
Il may be military, etsquette-1 don't
know; but certainly there seems to be .
t. uch OF humanity in the operation-that
the rebel encampm=nts outside OF their for
tiflcatione are TO be undisturbed By OH
shells whtle they, In their turn, but seldom
send missile into our camp on Morris, Fol
j. aid Black Islands. To b.: sure, If they do
send SHOT into our camps they get one in
r. turn, ard vice verea. But the rule seems
to be that the firing shall be directed to the
forts ppoa either side, they being able to- de-
| ftpd Themselves.
Fo,t Sumter IS the shining mark to which
| our gupnets direct their chief attention, and
| RI tceiytB daily several hundred compliments
| Of their regard. It IL not easy to describe
Fort Sumter, for 1t resembles nothing 1 haye