Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-26

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From the Boston Traveller, May fs
young man Who for some months past hss
been employed a Fort Warren, In . position
where be bad free Communication With the rebel
prisoners, has given us some Information respect
ing them He seems 10 be rather favorsbiy i'm
pressed BY their appearance. aud bis account
seems TO be almost " southside viex Of the
men Who are un.iIIngy enjoying the hospital
ties Of the government.
He says the whole number OF prisoners AZ the
fort is about $50. embracing guerriIlss, blockade
runners. rebel officers. aud di-loyal citizens The
number OF guerriIlss is nearly 200. most OF
whom belong 10 the command OF Nosby, and
When captured we're sent here a. dangerous men
Our Uniforms ant says they are most OF them young
possasspg more than ordinary intelligence. and
generally from what they call good families :"
Quite a number Of them are from Maryland aud
Washington They are perfectly amenable to
the discipline Of the place. and our of -ers have
no utuble With them Among them il young
man aamed Hiske!l-a good looking fellow Of
aboa1 % years. and private in Mo-by's com
mans-vho claims to be grandson Of President
MoDsoe.
wlen President Lincoln was killed, many Of
theDi seemed to regret it very much. and there
verd no expressions of JOY amony them. They
say llat Lincoln was lenieni, and they bad rea
son 4, expect favorable treatment from him
Some OF them have fluids aud they receive the
BOst,n papers daily. and are well posted up in the
news Of the day. They are generally in very
good health. Recently one of their number
died. and about $3.50 were subscribed to purchase
a ma allie cofin, 10 which his remains wese cent
OF informant heard them speak frequently Of
their: commander. Mosby. and fioGa their state
mems be wrote a account of him, substantially
as t;lows:
he future historian will accord TO Mosby a
brav?ry and sagscity worthy to place him beside
MARI and Murat He began at the foot of
the l1ider. having at first enlisted, or rather be
tookSip arms on his own account, az did many
cthe4 Who were in the first battle of Bull Run.
wherk be rendered good service His thorough
kno1 edge OF the country soon after attracted
the attention Of JEFF Davis, and he was promoted.
and yell did he earn the rank of Colonel. which
he subsequently held. His command. which at
no De exceeded five hundred men, harassed us
morsSt khan any other ten thousand rebels. Ever
sinctxthe FIRST year Of the his raids have been
the 4 rror of the Union people in the upper part
Virginia. Though nominally n our possession.
il hs4been unsafe for Union man there TO avow
his sentiments Ii he did so, all his horses,
sIoc4 household goods. &c. were sure to be
gobtyed up. Mosby entered our lines with I'M
puni.y securing what he required, and returning
in 81 ety. He hung sullen, defiant. aud danger
Gus, IN our rear in retreat. driving back and
buri1ng our wagon trains. aud destroying all the
forate which was likely To fall into our hands
He iSugnt to win, and rarely entered into an EN-
gags1 bent without good chances of success No
prisCters were treated hatshly, but ali were made
TO ri up their money and swap clothes. IL his
men ere benefited by the trade On one rand
he tured two OF our paymasters, and as the
term is expressed by the prisoners they went
thro n them. On division made among those
whoI we're on this raid each ones share was
So
person Mosby is not formidable He il not
yerXve feet seven inches high. is thin and
SPAR and can clasp bis body with his hands
His &c is about thirty years de is insensible
to III que; knows no such word fear, has the
pierS eye Of an eagle, and impresses person
witb1h he idea that he can fa,hom his innermost
thou hts. Though genial. he IS eIacting He
isa killful hOrseman and dead shot; drinks
no oxicating liquors. and his fsyoFite beverage
Is st kng COLE de allowed no men of his con-
man to make use of ardent spirits. and de
stro ID all that came within his reach Strategy
was o myth with him. On one occasion, being
sevek y wounded by one of our men. he ordered
his to strip his insignia of rank from his
shot Her, and leave him to his fate. The Federal
soldzrs approached him. stripped him of bis
boolH and lett him seemingly in the last throes
OF r. little dreaming that there lay one fegn-
ing ortal wounds whose death wsuld have been
wor thousands OF men to our cause. But to
him bis was only another exploit.
another occasion General Lee wished TO
deal ith man by the name of Delanie who
had IL the Confederaey and come within our
lines az Alexandra, and he detailed Mosby TO
capt{e him la the evening. attended by a
sing orderly. he made his way through our
hne- o Deianie's house, and Knocked At the door
whey hls summons was answered by him in per
son Nj Osby informed him that be WAS pris
onerkioOk him through the streets of Alexan-
dria assed the Dicket- IN safety. and in due time
delis req the man ia Redmond. There was no
dang ous missions TO which he ordered his men
whIc he was not willing to share with them.
Not man who was in his command has a word
to saf against him. and they express the opinion
that has made nothing by his raids He loved
excitt nents, and sharp contest was the best
placeSo display his GOODNESS and daring Before
the he was lawyer, with no great reputa-
ton ability HAD not the fortunes of war
brouk lt him out. he would not have had a note
IN th3 worlds history But that has rendered
him Famous, and he stands branded as G traitor
To thf flag under which be reared
o. informant SAYS that there are imprisoned
vith4 lOsbys men, fifteen or twenty of Kinche-
loe's $uerrillas, an independent plqndering gang
also 3.erating 10 Virginia. These appear to be
rutslnly set of fellows, and the others are not
mucl& ncined TO fellowship with them. Besides
these4there are a few men from Forests com
msnc whom he describes as lighting fanatics "
The isoners generally. admit nat the days of
the f)nfederacy numbered. though some
thins& here will still be fighting West of the Mis-
sssir4. Seven tenths OF them would gladly
take pc oath OF allegiance and go home There
are te number of rebel officers imprisoned
at th$tort. who are kept in separate quarters and
are n allowed TO communicate with the other
priso3,rs. Among them are thirteen rebel gen
erals9 most prominent of whom il General
EwerV he seems to be great favorte with the
rebel voldiers. They say that he was always in
the ht. that he was the fighting man under
Ston7 all Jackson. and much of the honor which
that general gained was due 10 Ewel The
"boyt recount cOlloquy that was said to have
taker2plac between Jackson and Esell in the
early &art OF the war. Jackson reproved Ewell
for u Jog so much profane language. urging that
IL nev fr won a battle Eseli replied he thought
praylE never helped one much in such an emer
gencH but he is now said TO have changed. and.
our IL yormant adds, ''soon after this occurrence
be wa led 70 look 10 Jesus as bis only hope and
DOUG not. II any man lives up 10 the achngs
of III s ~e are all smenable to il is Gen. Ewel
he isf favOrite with the children of the officers
Of thf garrison. who look to him with childlike
conf: lnce
Anether Of the rebel officers is General Smith.
Who = scarce out of his teens His dress is a
al. rrI -. - l.