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A sc rata Arrival or Fhisoskhs or Wah.—Sas urday arteroom there arrived, by the CfcaHeatoa Hi n. a pc rri- n o! ibe Montgomery Guaids, pr ?n imer^ of war. Taken at Foil Pulaski, several non^ commissioned officers of the German Volunteers, aDouf the Fort Pulaski garrison. rr-getLer wita Uapt. Waller \V. Smith, of the C. S. private armed Teasel Jeff Dana, and Edward Rotchtord, one of ibe ere*-.Capt. Suiiti; has furnished cs with the following particulars ot bin capture, due., :On :be -jd «*f July, IsJl, the IT. S. war steamer Albatross fell tn with and re-captured, 2' miles south of Uatteras, the echr Enchantress! pr.se vessel, Upt. Smith, prize master. Hew a taken on board the Albatross, placed in doub e irons, and thrown alongside o! the boiler of the stta.T.-er, there to lire, if possible, or die. He was k*p: in tuis piace until th* ji day ol August, and then conbaed in Mojameneing prison, m a felons cell, until the 5th of February, l-tiu, when he was removed to Fort LufBjette, and on ibe 31s*. Mar to City Point, Va , to be exchanged for Co . Cochrane. The exchange, as will be recollected, was not effected, as the government would no; accept the Yankee terms. Cape Smith was then remanded to Fort Lafayette, where Le was ordered to sweep and keep clean the fort, which be re* fused to do. lie was then, as were all other pr.iu oners of war who refused to work, piactd .3 irons, and there kept for tbree weeks, when he was removed to Fort Delaware to be exchanged.Smith wai tried aud ccn■* r% rftcy ua Philadelphia.ice compttuf colors »j( the Mootgoa^r? Guards, made by the histers ct Merev a: the Academv of t. Vincent of Paul, ir. this -rr, ws* sated from tbe hands of ’be enemy and br*-ugtit home with them iq good order.Thomas water* died iu Fort Pulaski.An interesting incident is related to us fy of the prisoners: An attempt was mad*• ty th» Yankee 1 tbcera at Fort Columbus to make thee work. Tbev tir*t took private L. Prwsdett ha., of tbe German V duntters, unc com u is tided hix L; take ho d ; Frtfldcclhil protested, and ^*ilt;i h* was willing to work for tbe Southern Confederacy, to wb.cb ho owed h:s all* glance, Lut as a prist 2*t of war his enemies cou.d nut ixiase Lrm work.— The Captai!j thereupon drew b,n revolver iron hia case, placed its muzzle on Fiend *ntb~.’p tor head and and he could choose between working and having his bra:n^ blow 11 out. Fr udeLlbt. jumped aside and told hiai, opening his »bir: .s tront, don’t shoot me like a coward; here is n.* breast it you want to shoot. The Captain backed down, but had F. put m irons for two days, after which the matter ended and no mure at'emp'.* were made to make them work ui Govtraor’i Island, New York.
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Augusta Weekly Constitutionalist
Augusta, Georgia, US
Wed, Aug 20, 1862
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