The Story Of An Escaped Prisoner

1 AS1IINQT0.N July 'Jti, 1861. On Monday night a Michigan soldier who was taken prisonor at liull's Kun mude bis escape ft om Manaefcafc, oud yeatarday ie reaohed tliis cxtji I-lis story is an intorestlng orie, When cnptuicd by a Lieutoneot'Culonel of oue ol liiu Georgia regiment, ho was hand-cuffed, and four lire Zouaves tulcen with iiim were chuioed and guarded by six nicii eath, Ohu ot tho ZouaveB asking for something to drink, ho was informed that liis neck would be 80 8trttcbed in a í'ew days that liu would uevor ogain bu biraty. The Zouavea weretreated with cvcry posiblo ndignity. DuriDg tho evening thcre aróse a serio U8 dispute arnong aome rebel oflicers as to wiich of thcir regiment rcmfirst, Tlic prisoner was appeakd to, and dociding in a manner plcasing to his captor, he was allowed certain priv ligea which be wisely improved 10 uffeot ii escape. Ho" says thu greutest conateruation prevailed amoDg the seceesionists lest the retreat of our troops was a íaint ordered by (jL'iieral Scutt, to inducu tliom to advaooe toward Cenlreville and thua bo out off; and further that Ui. y fnlly bulioVed that thu veterun commander waa himeell at Oentreville, and had intrenched that place, vinch coul-,1, havu beun rendered mnreguable Si o. very little labor, lio ropèuta the Btory that one of the Soutli Caroüna regiments, on approaching the Minnenen, hoisted the Sta.a and Stripea and begged. thera ,ot to lire, which advaDtage b-ing gained, thcy instantly raised V,q rebel flag and poured their b'i'iieta upon our bravo raon ai;d unsus peuting trooj s. Couïd anythiug be inoro base than this ? The simio man says tho rebels estimated their loss at 1,8'JO: also, that Jeff. Davis arriyed on tho field ut twelvo p'clock ; that Beauregard commanded in persun ; that Jolmston arrived at ten o'clook with 8,000 men ; and thát the elltire rebel forco was not üG.ÜÜU raen. If Ihis report bo true, Boauregard c;inw vury near being oaptured. His coat waa taken, aud bis horse and valiso were twico soized, wtiilo bo took to the woods forsafety.