A Slight Demonstration (6)

" C ol. FEATHERSTONE, who commanded one of the Mississippi regiments in the late battle at Leesburgh, has made a statement, giving the result of the action, and some additional circumstances adding to the lustre of our victory. He states that we took 776 prisoners, four pieces of artillery, 1,600 muskets, and a quantity of clothing. Our forces engaged in the action did not exceed 1,500 men. The enemy had from seven to twelve regiments. Our loss was not more than 150 killed and wounded. The enemy's loss in killed, wounded, drowned and prisoners, is stated to have not been less than 1,900 men."

" Additional accounts say that up to 3 o'clock to-day Gen. STONE had held his own satisfactorily there, though his comparatively small force upon the island are engaged with some 4,000 of the enemy.

A subsequent dispatch, received late this afternoon, says Gen. EVANS (rebel) has four fieldpieces and three pieces masked, and about 4,000 men. A prisoner, who was taken, mentions that he has 4,000 rebel troops, and expects reinforcements.

Gen. STONE at that time believed he could occupy Leesburgh to-day, and hold it. The dispatch is dated Edward's Ferry."

" T  he Washington Star, of this evening, publishes the following additional facts of the affair at Edward's Ferry.

The Star says it is a mistake to suppose that Gen. STONE was repulsed. He was eminently successful having effected his object, although at some loss to his right wing..."

" F rom the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. 25.

The announcement in the newspapers yesterday morning that a large number of Federal prisoners, captured in the battle of Leesburgh, would arrive some time during the day, excited the curiosity of our inhabitants, and by 9 o'clock a considerable crowd assembled at the Central depot with a determination to wait for the cars, no matter what time they came in. A guard of soldiers, under Lieut. BRADFORD, was stationed along the track of the railroad from Broad-street to the engine-house, and no one, save a few privileged characters, were suffered to pass the line. The number of spectators was constantly increased, until a dense mass of human beings, of all ages, sexes and conditions in life, filled the adjacent streets and crowded the outside platforms, the freight cars, and every other eligible spot in the vicinity.

Shortly before 10 1/2 o'clock, the distant whistle announced the approach of the train, which soon made its appearance, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the sentinels were enabled to keep the impatient throng from trespassing upon the reserved territory.

"Files of soldiers extended down Broad-street for some distance, leaving an avenue between for the prisoners to pass through. The train consisted of several burden cars, at the doors of which armed Confederate soldiers were stationed, as custodians to the "foreign element" within. The escort from Manassas, consisting of 84 men, was under command of Lieut.-Col. T.C. JOHNSON, of the Nineteenth Georgia Regiment, and Capt. J.B. ANDREWS, of the Fourth North Carolina State Troops.

Some time elapsed before the public generally was permitted to see the prisoners, and the latter, meanwhile, were treated to a few buckets of water, which seemed to be quite acceptable. In one of the cars, the privilege of getting a drop of the fluid became a subject of controversy, and while one follow got a kick in the stomach from a comrade, which somewhat deranged his powers of suction, another was interrupted in the process of drinking by a gruff order: "Don't slabber in der bucket!" The guard interfered, and stopped the row before it became general.

"The arrangements for the march being at length completed, the first detachment of prisoners, composed of the following 22 commissioned officers, passed through the lines:

W.R. Lee, Colonel, 20th Massachusetts Regiment.
Col. Cogswell, 42nd New-York.
P.J. Revere, Major, 20th Massachusetts.
Chas. L. Pearson, Adjutant, 20th Massachusetts.
E.H.R. Revere, Asst Surgeon, 20th Massachusetts.
Francis J. Keffer, Captain, 1st California.
John M. Studley, Captain, 15th Massachusetts.
Henry Bowman, Captain, 15th Massachusetts.
Chas. S. Simmons, Captain 15th Massachusetts.
John Makall, Captain, 1st California.
Timothy O'Meara, Captain, 42d New-York.
Geo. B. Perry, Lieut., 20th Massachusetts.
J.E. Green, Lieut., 15th Massachusetts.
Samuel Giverson, Lieut., 42d New-York.
Wm.C. Harris, Lieut., 1st California.
J.H. Hooper, Lieut., 15th Massachusetts.
C.M. Hooper, Lieut., 1st California.
Frank A. Parker, Lieut., 1st California.
Henry Vanvoast, Lieut., 42d New-York.
W.H. Kearns, Lieut., 1st California.
G.W. Kearney, Lieut., 1st California.
B.B. Vassal, Lieut., 15th Massachusetts.

"These officers are generally men of fine personal appearance, and as they passed along in the presence of the crowd they seemed to regard their situation as anything but agreeable. The remaining prisoners, non-commissioned officers and privates, were then marched out in detachments, and formed on Broadstreet between files of soldiers. The whole number of captured Yankees was 525, viz.: 22 commissioned officers, 149 from the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment; 93 from the Forty-second New-York; 174 from the First California; 82 and 1 negro from the Twentieth Massachusetts; 1 from the First New-Jersey; 1 from the Fortieth New-York; 1 from the Pennsylvania Cavalry, and 1 from the Third Rhode Island Battalion. They were very well dressed, and many of them wore comfortable overcoats. Some few had lost their hats, and some were barefooted, having pulled off their shoes to swim the Potomac during the panic, and were rescued from watery graves by our advanced forces.

"The juveniles among the crowd indulged in some derisive remarks, and a portion of the prisoners displayed considerable impudence. One fellow said that their turn would come by-and-by, and that LINCOLN and SCOTT would both be in Richmond before a great while. Another remarked to a bystander that they had to hunt for Southern soldiers to make them fight, and the bystander reckoned that they fought pretty well when they were found. The negro prisoner was an object of no little curiosity, and he seemed quite uneasy. He says his name is LEVIS A. BELL, and that he was free in the District of Columbia; but some of our citizens thought they had seen him before, and it is very probable that he is what the Yankees term a "contraband."

"The guard, commanded by Captain O'NEIL, of Georgia, formed a square, and, with the captives in the centre, marched down Broad to Nineteenth, thence to Main, and down Main to Twenty-fifth-street, followed by an immense multitude of persons. After some little delay the prisoners were marched into MAYO's factory, corner of Twenty-fifth and Cary streets, where they will have ample opportunity to reflect upon the uncertainties of war. The occupants of another prison in the neighborhood crowded the windows to get a view of this large reinforcement, but the spectacle did not seem to afford them much gratification.

"The special train in the morning brought information that another lot of Leesburgh prisoners were behind, and preparations were accordingly made to receive them. A guard, commanded by Lieut. LAWS, of the Eighteenth Georgia Regiment, repaired to the Central depot in the afternoon. The mail train arrived at 4 1/4 o'clock, with three cars full of Yankees, numbering 132, two of whom are commissioned officers -- Capt. G.W. ROCKWOOD, of the Fifteenth Massachusetts, and Lieut. CHARLES MCPHERSON, of the Tammany Regiment, New-York. They were attended by a guard of 24 men, under Capt. NEAL, of the Nineteenth Georgia Regiment. The crowd about the depot conversed freely with the prisoners, but no rudeness was exhibited towards them. They were very soon marched off to the factory, to join their comrades in captivity."