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fur ibM purpose, witting on* mento Iwo.wd oirrjrl* ,w,j oi«l of his bodf b«W*tuo •houldurr Hd hlpi, sod lt;a»lodlng bToi*. «he mb* tint. Son ft two or three other* *ert •lightly wounded with thopleoo*. one or whom was tho eon of Mr. Menard, oor worthy Deputy Collector Tbe name of the man killed was Frank 8ylva.an Italian or Portuguese, whose eoQupatlon, wo underttaod, was selllDg fruita, •to. TOe remainder of bin body was buried the itme evening This, we believe, waa all tbe harm that waa done hr ibli li/at attempt to bombard our oily. The firlug continued half an hour, dome of the ahella measured ten Inobee In diameter, and muat hate been thrown by a 68-ponnder, tald to bo the steamer’s pivot gun.During tbla canion duello tho nOtttee ol oor oily were crowded with people looking at tbo •pectacle, which waa In full view from moat of our Urgtr build I ne a, and from many of the upper baloonlmi. Many who coold not thcro get a view went to the beach or near thore, tbelr ou rlotlty overpowering tbelr sense ol duijgtr.Tbeatmikt or Paisoitias of Waa at tii« Sooth -Many letter* from Federal prisoners of war at Rlobmond contlnoo to be received by Ihelr friend* at the North via Loulavllle. Tbe 1 letten ail speak the aame language in reference to their irearmeot by tbelr cap tore. The lol-* lowing la an extract from one received fiom a member ol the New York Sixty olnlh;I «»|n retreating, our men were thrown into confusion, and a company of cavalry riding in• among us, I was taken prisoner, together with tbe Colonel and eome sixteen othera. 1 must» eay that myeelf and my comrade* have been i treated wltb tbo greatest kindness and humanity bj our captors. There were six hundred of ua taken prisoners oo the day of tbo battle. W e all trust the Govornment will take stops to hnvo I ua exchanged, aa the three months' men arc i anxious to return home.The Case of Ma Klt.—Tho correspondent of tbe Philadelphia liquirer flays:I am able to cult that the story of Mr Ely having beto employed in ditching, or in any other nuuUl employ uient, la e»tin Iy untrue He baa been Uniformly Wrll treated, and ban fared iumptuooilf every day. Surgeon Nor-v*l, of the Near York Seventy cloth, brought i a letter from him to Preeldeut Lincoln, lie 4aya that a pereoml aeqtieluMfice with the Southern people ha* greatly modified bis vloaa in regard to them; auu he .u^gviU, in view ol the thlrteeu hundred and fifty prisoners confined at Richmond, the propriety of adopting,In the future progress of the war, the usual rules of belligerent nations, particularly with regard to flags of truce, treatment and exchange or prisoner* of war, burial of tho dead, •to Being pereouilly iotciertcd, ho speaks feelingly.
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The Daily Ohio Statesman
Columbus, Ohio, US
Tue, Aug 20, 1861
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