Fulling from Grace.
--At a late hour on Friday night, a watchman, making his rounds in the upper part of the city, discovered a man laid out in a state of inebriety under the porch of a dwelling, and having roused him from his slumbers, conducted him to the station house.
He was dressed in Federal uniform, and gave his name as
Charles VonGelsa.
An entry was accordingly made upon the record, of ‘"drunk and asleep under a porch, and from
Lincoln. "’ On his examination before the
Mayor on Saturday he produced the following letter, the signature to which we omit:
"
St. Mary's co., Md., Nov. 10, 1861.
‘"
Mr. Charles Von Gelsa, the bearer of this, is a deserter from the
Northern Army.
He held the office of
Second Lieutenant in
Sickles' Brigade.
He can prove this if necessary.
Please try to get him an office."’
It appeared that
Von Gelsa was brought to
Richmond as a prisoner of war, but with such undoubted recommendations of his integrity of purpose as to enlist the opinion of the authorities decidedly in his favor.
He represents that he is a son of
Baron Von Gelsa, a General in the
Prussian Army, and it further appears that he was with
Gen. Sidney Johnston in the famous
Utah campaign.
Desirous of again serving under his old commander, an arrangement was made by
Gen. Winder to send him to
Kentucky, and on Friday he was released on parole; but the allurements of the great metropolis led him into temptation, and a big spree was the immediate consequence.
The
Mayor said he would make the necessary inquiries touching his case, and we learn that he was afterwards transferred to the custody of the
military commander of this post.