checking the encroachments of a fanatical domination, whom, he says, will entail the same miseries upon the South, that their parent, that accursed despotism, has inflicted Ireland with. Lieutenant Hussey was captured at Fort Pulaski, April 11th, 1862. Colonel H. Olmstead, First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia. This gallant officer's defense of Fort Pulaski, is a matter of history; he is a gentleman, in or out of prison; like all brave men, he is a lamb in peace, in war, a lion. Colonel C. M. Avery, Thirty-third Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Colonel Avery is one of your grand, old-fashioned North Carolina gentlemen, representing a large landed estate. He espoused the Southern cause, strictly in a spirit of patriotism, and one can see from his manly appearance, the stern and inflexible patriot. He is resigned to his situation, yet is anxious to be once again at the head of his regiment, that is now with North Carolina, gallantly assisting in driving the invader from their hearths. North Carolina may well be proud of her representative in prison, as few circles are adorned with a brighter social element, than the noble Avery. Major John Foley, First Georgia Volunteers, is a native of Ireland, and having suffered from English oppression in that country, has drawn his sword in defense of the South, to save her from the degraded condition of his own down-trodden "Green Isle. He is a gallant Irishman, with the generosity and courage so characteristic of his race. Captain F. W. Simms, of same regiment. Captain Simms is one of the most sprightly intellects in prison, has been connected with the press of Georgia for years, and to his pen we are indebtod for many substantial articles, in defense of Southern interests. Among the other distinguished officers present, are H. C. Freeman, first lieutenant, Oglethrope Light Infantry; J. D. N. Sutton, second lieutenant, Wise Guard, formerly of Wise Legion, transferred to the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, December 7, 1861, thence to First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, February 11, 1862; Second Lieutenant A. G. McArthur, Washington Volunteer Regiment, Georgia; George W. Tennet, engineer corps, Confederate States Navy; Lieutenant Charles H. H. Umbrock, First Georgia; Lieutenanant John J. Symons, First Georgia; Captain Robert D. Walker, Confederate States Army, of Georgia; Captain R. W. Brown, Eighteenth North Carolina, captured at Hanover Court House, a gentleman whose heart is in his hand, and one of the best behaved gentlemen in prison, an ornament to the service, and a social treasure to his friends. Second Lieutenant B. Werner, First Georgia. Werner, like our friend Umbrock, is German. The Americans are too prone to call every German a d-d Dutchman. The Dutch come from a very small district, whereas Germany is composed of thirty-eight States, that have given us a host of eminent painters, lawyers, theologians, historians and mechanics, comprising a citizenship, that we are glad to welcome to our own shores, among which class, our two friends occupy an enviable social position. Mathew H. Hopkins, First Georgia; Robert Erwin, captain and quarter-master, Confederate States Army; John A. Blaine, second lieutennant, Twenty-fifth Georgia; T. W. Manniford, same regiment; Samuel D. Zane, lieutenant, same regiment, captured at Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862; N. Bohannon, first lieutenant, Twenty-eighth Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers; J. W. Vinson, second lieutenant, North Carolina Volunteers, captured at Newbern, North Carolina, March 14, 1862; Lieutenant R. L. Steele, Thirty-seventh Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers; J. N. Anderson, second lieutenant, Thirtythird Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers; Lieutenant Christopher Murphy, Captain J. M. McMahon, First Georgia,__captured at Fort Pulaski, April 11, 1862; Captain T. W. Mayhew, Thirty-third Regiment, North Carolina. Volunteers; S. W. Stowe, captain, Twentyeighth North Carolina Volunteers; Captain Oscar R. Rand, Twenty-sixth North Carolina Volunteers; M. T. Farthing, captain, Thirty-seventh North Carolina Volunteers; First Lieutenant R. C. Hanser, Thirty-third North Carolina Volunteers; Lieutenant J. S. Eggars, 37th North Carolina Volunteers: Lieutenant William A. Stewart, Thirty-Seventh North Carolina; Lieutenant C. Scott, Twenty-eighth North Carolina Volunteers; Lieutenant John Baily, Company B, Chalmette Rifles, Fifth Louisiana Volunteers, captured on the Chickahominy, May 24, 1862. I have given an extended notice of the gentlemen mentioned, having been attracted to them by their high-toned deportment, and soldierly bearing. Our prison has seemed more cheerful, since their arrival. They have an excellent club of amateur musicians, who enliven our moonlight nights, with the guitar and flute. Their good behavior is of general comment, and they are welcome to our pen. |