to be shot. Nevertheless he answered the call, | Faulkner, to the jail, and the two were granted and was told that General Beauregard required the favor of an interview with the unfortunate him to come to his head-quarters. He followed officers. Mr. Faulkner expressed his surprise the officer and reached the log house surround- at this rigor, and he stated that such was not ed by a verandah, on the porch of which, with the treatment that the privateers received in a single candle burning on it, was a table, and New York and Philadelphia-that, although around the table sat Jeff. Davis, Beauregard, they were held for capital crimes, they were Extra Billy Smith, Porcher Miles, and other allowed to receive visitors, and to have all the rebel officers, apparently reckoning up the re- comforts compatible with their safe custody. sult of the day's battle. Porcher Miles ap- Mr. Ely thinks that, based upon this last stateproached Mr. Ely, and expressed regret at his ment by Mr. Faulkner, the rebel authorities will situation, but in a moment changed his tone, lessen the severity of their treatment. remarking that he had no opinion of Congressmen who would come to aid an army in invad- | ing a State. Mr. Ely was sent off to sleep in a barn, where he found the captured National officers.

The next day they were all started to Richmond. The morning after their arrival there Messrs. Bocock and Pryor, of Virginia, and Keitt and Boyce, of South Carolina, called upon Mr. Ely and stated that they should use their influence to secure his release. They made an application for this purpose to Jeff. Davis, who called a meeting of his Cabinet and the result was a consultation of several hours. The Cabinet generally favored Mr. Ely's release, but Davis, Benjamin, and Hunter were opposed to it, on grounds of public policy, and Walker, the Secretary of War, sent an elaborate communication stating that the Cabinet had come to the conclusion to deny the application.

Of the reckless and outrageous conduct of the rebel guards Mr. Ely speaks in terms of the utmost censure. He states that the prisoners had not been in the tobacco warehouse fifteen minutes before a bullet was fired into the window of one of our prisoners, who had ventured to put his head outside, and that in this way seven men had been wantonly killed. This conduct met with severe censure from all who were aware of the facts, but he was not apprised that any action had been taken to punish the offenders by the rebel authorities.

A few days before his release, Mr. Ely was again visited by Messrs. Bocock and Boyce, who stated that they intended to use their efforts to get him exchanged for Mr. Faulkner. The following day he saw announced in a Richmond paper that Mr. Faulkner had been released on his parole for thirty days, on condition that he should proceed to Richmond and procure in

of failing, to return to Fort Warren. He could hardly credit this, as he thought, had it been a fact, Bocock and Boyce would have been aware of it; but as each additional day's intelligence announced the progress of Mr. Faulkner, he became convinced that his release was near at hand.

Mr. Ely's arrival was announced by the Rich-exchange for himself Mr. Ely, or, in the event mond papers and the whole press of the South, by which he soon became notorious. Visitors came to see him by hundreds, and it was not unfrequently the case that he had forty in his room at a time. Among them were Breckinridge, Humphrey Marshall, and ex-Minister Preston, who expressed the opinion that his being held in custody was an outrage. The Governors and Episcopal Bishops of most of the rebel States, were also visitors. In fact, they came to him from all parts of Jeff. Davis' dominions. Bouquets were sent him almost daily, and sometimes not less than a dozen a day. His meals too, nicely prepared, were sent him by the families of citizens. In his conversations politics were rarely alluded to, except he himself introduced the subject, when there was a free interchange of opinion.

The position of our hostages at Richmond is painful. Seven of them are confined in a room about twelve by fifteen feet in the Richmond jail, having two small windows, which admit but little light. They are permitted to see no person but the jailer and the negro who waits upon them, and are only permitted to leave their cells thirty minutes in the morning, and the same time in the afternoon, to walk in the narrow promenade between the jail building and the interwall. Their food consists of jail fair, sobby corn bread and boiled beef, and they are not permitted to have any thing better, even though they purchased it. When Mr. Ely was released he went, in company with Mr.

Mr. Faulkner was received in Richmond with a perfect ovation, thirty thousand people being out. The following day Mr. Faulkner called upon Mr. Ely, and they had a pleasant interview, and, having both been prisoners, they could well appreciate their mutual position in the past. He announced that he had an interview with Jeff. Davis and his Cabinet, and he was happy to state that they had decided upon his release. The following day Gen. Winder came to the prison, and with much formality and dignity entered the room, and in the presence of Mr. Ely's fellow-prisoners presented him his release, and announced to him that he was a free man, and that he should be happy to see him at his own house. After the interchange of a few pleasant words Gen. Winder left.

A meeting of the Prison Association, of which Mr. Ely was the president, was at once convened, and Mr. Ely made a farewell address of nearly an hour in length. In it he rehearsed many of the incidents of the history in which they had borne a part, and that, notwithstanding their confinement, they had succeeded in making their hours pass cheerfully by, and he was gratified to announce that, though there

near the scene of the last night's fight just after daylight. Proceeding cautiously over the ground, we saw just beyond, in a lane, the advance guard of the enemy, about one hundred strong, who were disposed to dispute our further advance.

wagon loads, it was then completely covered the 28th. Long before the hour arrived, the with dead and wounded. The rebels had taken men were in the saddle, and eager for the chosen ground in the woods, where cavalry march. We started at the hour, and arrived could not operate. Colonel Glover, however, dismounted his cavalry, and led them forward with his usual bravery. The coolness and daring of Colonel Birge, in rallying his men in the midst of a perfect tornado of bullets, is deserving of all the praise due to a gallant soldier; and what is more for him, during the three hours the battle raged, he never left his position in advance of the line, cheering his men on.

The rebels lost, in killed, wounded, and missing, not less than one hundred and fifty. Ninety horses were taken, and a load of arms, saddles, and all their camp equipage. Our loss, eight or nine killed, and about twenty-five wounded.

ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE BY ONE WHO WAS

ENGAGED IN IT.

Lieut. Yates, of Company B, who led our advance guard, dismounted his men, and gave the rebels a taste of his Sharp's rifles. He had not opened fire but a few moments, when Captain Bradway was ordered to charge on the enemy with his company. This he did, and the rebels, who before this had broken, fled in all directions. Colonel Glover, who, with two companies of infantry and three of cavalry, had gone across an adjoining field, came up in time to assist in the pursuit, and captured some twenty of the rebels. The enemy lost in this encounter four killed and seven wounded. None of our men were killed or wounded.

On Monday, December 23d, six companies of Colonel Glover's cavalry received marching orders for the next day, with instructions to take their camp equipage and four days' rations. As soon as we had secured the prisoners and On the 25th they started, accompanied by attended to the wounded, Col. Glover ordered Brig.-Gen. Prentiss and part of his staff, Col. Major Carrick to take one of the prisoners, and Glover, Major Carrick, and Adjutant White a company of cavalry, and go and find the exact being in command. They arrived at Sturgeon, location of the enemy's camp; while the balance on the North Missouri Railroad, at seven o'clock of the men were ordered to take position a half of the 26th, and half frozen-having made a mile in advance of where we had met the rebel forced march, in the face of a bitter cold wind, advance guard. The major took the prisoner, of twenty-eight miles, twelve of which being and thirty men, and soon found the stronghold unbroken prairie, in less than ten hours. On of the enemy. Ordering the men to dismount, his arrival, General Prentiss received informa- Major Carrick, with a bravery and daring wortion of the existence of a camp of rebels near a thy of a better fate, attacked the enemy six meeting house known as Mount Zion, about six-hundred strong. The men fought well and teen miles from Sturgeon.

On the morning of the 27th, he despatched Captain Howland, of Company A, with fortysix men of his command, under the direction of the man who gave the information, to find the whereabouts of the rebel encampment. This guide, by the way, had said that there were but sixty or eighty rebels at the place spoken of. Captain H., after having satisfied himself of the location of the rebel camp, began his march back to Sturgeon, when just at sunset he came upon the rear guard of the enemy, who appeared to have prepared themselves to cut him off on his return. Captain Howland immediately attacked and dispersed the rebels, taking seven prisoners, six horses, and nine guns. While he was engaged in securing his prisoners and horses, the main body of the enemy, some four hundred and fifty strong, who had heard the firing, made an attack on his handful of men, and after half an hour of desperate fighting, succeeded in dispersing them, wounding four-among them the gallant captain, and taking three privates and himself prisoners.

Immediately on the receipt of the news of the fight, brought by those who had escaped, General Prentiss gave orders for the six companies of cavalry, and three of Colonel Birge's sharpshooters, to be ready to march for the rebel camp at two o'clock on the morning of

never flinched under the terrible fire of the enemy, until they were ordered to retreat by the Major. In this attack we lost three killed and several wounded, together with ten prisoners.

In the mean time Gen. Prentiss had ordered the infantry,under the command of Col. Birge, to advance under the cover of a cornfield, deploying as skirmishers, and attack the enemy on the north or rear, while Col. Glover, with the entire force of cavalry, made an attack on the east and south, thus almost completely surrounding the enemy and rendering his capture certain. But for reasons unknown to the writer, the sharpshooters failed to attack from the cornfield and woods, instead of which they passed through the field and came out into the lane immediately in front of Col. Glover. This deranged the order of battle; and the consequence was, that the sharpshooters and cavalry became mingled in the final charge. Col. Glover pressed forward with his men, until a shower of bullets warned him that it was time to dismount, as bushwhacking was the order of the day. The men dismounted, and the battle soon became general. From the woods, where the enemy was hidden from view, came a perfect hailstorm of bullets. From Mount Zion, where the main body of the enemy was posted, came a continuous roar of fire arms. From the lane,

the open field, and the cornfield, the sharp | five guns, and a large number of horses, blan crack of Sharp's rifles blended with the louder kets, powder-horns and shot-bags. After attendreport of the Enfield and Dimmick. Our men ing to our wounded, we began to return to fought like heroes, and never a man of them Sturgeon, which we reached at nine o'clock flinched. There was not a moment, from the the same night. -Hannibal (Mo.) Messenger. beginning of the battle to the end, when the fate of the day was undecided.

After the firing had lasted about half an hour, Col. Glover gave the order to charge on the enemy. "Come on, men," said he, "let us fight them in their own way-let us bushwhack them." With a wild cheer the men followed the lead of their intrepid commander. Springing over the fence, they were soon face to face with the enemy. Our foes largely outnumbered us, and had the advantage of position; they were brave men, and fought well. But their bravery and numbers availed but little against the daring and impetuosity of our men. As soon as we got into the woods where we could see the rebels, our rifles began to tell with ter

rible effect on their ranks. Men fell in all directions, until the ground was fairly covered with dead and wounded. For ten minutes after we entered the woods, the enemy held their ground, and then broke and fled in every direction. We followed them for three-quarters of a mile beyond the church and then gave up the chase. From first to last, the battle lasted about two hours.

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THE FIGHT AT SACRAMENTO, KY.

A SECESSION ACCOUNT.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Nashville Banner gives a spirited account of the fight at Sacramento, Ky., between a number of Confederate cavalry, headed by Colonel Forrest, of Mississippi, and three hundred Hessian cavalry, under Major Murray. The writer, after detailing a few preliminaries, says:

Our men immediately put off in pursuit toward Calhoun, and in a short time came up with the enemy and opened fire upon his rear. The enemy wheeled and fired, but in a few moments fled in the wildest confusion, with our gallant band in hot pursuit. Never were men more terribly in earnest than was this Lincoln cavalry in their efforts to get away, and never were men more terribly in earnest than were our men in the pursuit. "Over the hills and far away" they flew, the capes of their large blue overcoats flying in the breeze, and reminding the pursuers of a flock of buzzards suddenly scared up from their feast. At first, their horses being fresh, they gained on us, but pretty soon it became evident that we were nearing them. Pistols loaded, sabres, and overcoats were strewn along the road. Ichabod Crane on his redoubtable steed Gunpowder, or Tam O'Shanter on his old gray mare when the

Thus ended one of the most severely contested and bloody battles that has been fought in Missouri, in proportion to the numbers engaged. Our force consisted of six companies of cavalry, numbering about three hundred, and parts of three companies of Col. Birge's Sharpshooterssay one hundred and fifty men. Thus our whole force did not exceed four hundred and fifty, men and officers. To this the rebels opposed seven hundred or seven hundred and fifty men, nearly all of whom were armed with double-barrelled shot guns, making their num-witches got after him, never came so near flying bers equal to fifteen hundred men. If they had fired low, with this immense superiority, they would have annihilated us. But, fortunately for us, they fired too high, and most of their shots passed over our heads.

as did these valorous Kentucky Yankees. Here they went, helter-skelter, our men after them, and here and there passing in the road men whom the unerring aim of our gallant boys had caused to bite the dust. The race through Our loss was three killed, three mortally and Sacramento was beautiful. As we went through about fifteen slightly wounded. The loss of the that village in hot pursuit, the men of the village enemy, as far as I could ascertain, was twenty-threw up their hats and shouted, “Go it, boys— one killed and over one hundred wounded. Forty of the wounded were left on the field and in the church. Eight of these have since died, and I was told by Dr. Brown, who was called to attend the wounded, that there would but very few of the forty recover, their wounds being nearly all mortal. Among the wounded was Major Breckinridge and Adjutant Henderson. An hour after the battle Adjutant Henderson came in with a flag of truce, and asked the privilege of burying their dead and attending to their wounded. This was granted by Gen. Prentiss.

The enemy were commended by Col. Dorsey, Lieut.-Col. Kent, and Major Breckinridge. We took twenty-seven prisoners, one hundred and

catch 'em and give 'em hell." The women, God bless them, waved their handkerchiefs, and shouted our gallant boys on to the charge. Lieut.-Col. Love, who had gone out as a guide to the expedition, it is said had to run through Sacramento, and bets of two to one were freely offered that he would be the first to Calhoun. What became of the gallant Major Murray, who commanded the expedition, we couldn't tell, but it is supposed that he was outdistanced in the race, and must have made fine time. The gallant and dashing Starnes was in front of the charge, and Capt. Bacon fell from his welldirected pistol shot. Bacon shot at Starnes several times and made a pass at him with his sabre, leaving a mark on Starnes' hat; but, level