The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-04-19
Matters in Richmond.
THE PRISONERS .s,y

iupon the roof they keep the officers
abusy with taking the,oath of allegiance;
snot more than a thousand in the prison
Ito day refuse 10 adopt this mode Of res
Teasing themselves. They swear roundly
sat JEFF Davis, pitch into Ewell with in-
sdignation and sarcasm, aud say they hope,
Saccording to the report to-day, that he
Sis captured. ,,.ag b
d "Whero is jeff to day?" shouted q
Hprisoner Oh the roof to on9 Of crowd of
5prisonors, dosorters and stragglers from
ALee's retreatihg.army, waiting to enter..,
B "Jeif be ID; ifthe Yanls catch him
III hope they will string him up fora ID
@deserter''
ID 81 say hang him, too" yelled a voice
Efrom among the ppi4oners.rG@ A MN
.that will so back on Virginia dain't no
hPresident for me-" -.,-~-.,- r- a
"A These, which appeared to be the sen
atimonts Of most Virginia soldiers, arc
Especimons Of The hard knock .yhich, MI.
EDayis gets in Che rear for not having per-
Hsuaded General Grant to give uprnying
|Ato take Richmond e a..I He1r.~,3ara OF
II I THE NEWSPAPER PRESS, 'g .g3l.
n Walking far out on the main street
1this morning, we came upon n medium
.Asized, red-headed man, dressed in shabby
IAblack clothes, and holding bis right arm
u n a sling, This was Edward A Pollard,
Elate editor of the Examiner, and author
sofa Southern history of the rebellion
SHe crippled his arm in one of those
flights which every Richmond journalist
Unjust be prepared to meet. John Nj.
1Daniels, the owner of the Examiner, died
IA month ago. lie had been shot through
5tho leg just before, by Z. G. Gilmore,
z the delaulting and gambling Treasurer
sof the Confedera6y. Daniels was a
Ascholahy and enterprisiug man; he had
dbeen foreign minister uhderB Buchanan,
land fought five duels. Pollard and bro
5ther had been workers on the Examiner,
aand assisted to give it that fearless aud
ghashy tone which took SO well in Rich,
1moud. The Dispatch was the business
9paper, and had most Of the advertising
apatronage. 1t was circumspect and neu.
atral, but espoused Of course the ratttfal
aor rebel side. Hugh Pleasants edited il.
aThe Enquirer was the most digni6ed pa.
Nper in Richmond, and had a semi-ollicial
Acharacter. Tyler and Allegro were its
sowners-the former a son Of John Tyler
Nthe ex-President. 1t had the best ap,
Aponted job office in the South ) and this,
.Iin connection with the government print
Nipg, made it very profitable. The. En-
squirer was long the ablost paper in the
Esoussh excepting the Charleston Mercury.
S[ts editors haze been long line Of dasL.-
Eing characters, as bold Ito they wel2 bril-
Sliant. Mr.. Richie, one of its IoI.c1el
Howner, killed Pleasants, the editor of the
HWhig, in a rife duel He was the hus!
Nband of Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt, who
,Shas been ia Italy during the war.- The
sSentnel was a new concern, started only
atwo years ago. by refugee editors from
Fredericksburg. II was Davis official
gorgan, and was bitterly rebel. The Wing
his the only journal extant. Il IS owned
5by Ira Wm. Smith, dealer in clothing,
sswho owns the building in which it i.
sprintcd, but otherwise has no literary
Aafinities. Tie editor is alleged to Be
Mono John Graham, a Richmond Bohe
gmian, who writes as well upon one side
las the other. Smith is a Northern man
II at present the Wing is published in tht
Eevenings. a
N The Herald's Washington special says
n "Colonel John S. Loomis, Assistau
,EAdjutant General of Illinois, has JUS
sNbeen appointed Assistant Special Tfeasu
Ery Agent, and assigned to district 0
lhcountry now occpied by the armies oper
sEating under the immediate supervision 0
HGenerai Grant, including Richmond, Pc
.ntersburg, Danville and Lynehbufg. &
q The Herald's Richmond special says
Il The First National Bank of Richmon
kis to SO into operation in ten days.
a John Van Buren, was the guest of Gen
Eeral Weitzel. at the late house of JEFF
EDayis, yesterday. a aas a'aa.s