This officer, who was captured by our forces in the fight at Southwestern Mountain, on Saturday last, is an officer of the old U. S. army.
In the
Mexican war he acted as
Adjutant-General of the brigade commanded by
Gen. Sterling Price, whose confidence and esteem he possessed.
When the present war broke out
Prince was a Captain of dragoons, at
Fort Leavenworth, and afterwards became commandant of that post.
In his intercourse with the people of
Missouri and
Kansas he is represented to have acted with gentlemanly courtesy, and had the respect of those who opposed the policy of his Government.
Such was his leniency towards the
Confederates in
Missouri that he incurred the suspicion and ill will of such tyrants as Siegal,
Lane, &c. These facts we obtain from an officer connected with
Gen. Price's staff during his celebrated
Missouri campaign.