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The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1861., [Electronic resource] 8 0 Browse Search
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Discharged prisoners. --The following persons, having been examined before Commissioner Lyons, were a few days ago discharged from the jail of Henrico by order of the Confederate Government: John Fleming, Robert Wood, (recommitted,) John H. Lashorn, Chas. Walker, Peter L. Anderson, Jesse Fellows, Alexander Fellows, H. Dickens, Thomas Williams, David Williams, J. W. Cole, James Cantly, J. F. Bingham, W. Woodworth, Wm. Hurst, Henry Kernall, Dwight J. Partello, William Belville, S. Schermerhorn, Benjamin Kimball, Joseph Rollins, Ludwig Hesse. There are now twenty-four prisoners of war in the county jail.
Delinquent Negroes. --Edward, a slave employed by Wm. S. Phillips, was yesterday brought up as a runaway, and the Mayor awarded a certificate of the arrest to watch man Brooks.--Solomon, slave of Alfred Moore, and Albert, slave of Cosby &Anderson, were duly punished for trespassing on the American Hotel premises.--Cynthia, slave of Wm. Cogbill, of Chesterfield, was committed to jail for going at large.--Aleck, slave of Dr. Welford, arrested for stealing a coat from John Charlton, at the St. Charles Hospital, where he is employed as nurse, was discharged by the Mayor.
batteries. Col. Rust's command consisted of the 3d Arkansas regiment and a battalion from the 5th brigade and Auderson's battery. Col. Jackson's command consisted of the 35th Virginia, regiment, with Hansbrough's battalion, with a piece of Anderson's battery under Capt. Deshier, C. S. A., and Lieut. Massie. Our pickets, under Col. Johnston, offered a gallant resistance to the overwhelming force of the enemy. Their troops, amounting to about ten thousand, formed across the river flat s and gallantry, as did Lieut. Col. A. G. Taliaferro, commanding the 23d regiment, his officers and men. We predict for Cols. Scott and Taliaferro a brilliant military career. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Capts. Shumaker, Rice, Deshier, Anderson, Lieut. Wooding, Sergeant Jones, and private Brooks, of Capt. Rice's company. Captain Rice, while nobly encouraging his men, had his leg carried away by a round shot. Our loss was small, and that of the enemy was very great. Greenbrier Ri
an Cossacks do for the Russian army. They are good horsemen, using the rifle going at full speed, and are also expert in throwing the lasso. The men are represented as wonderfully proficient. Their services have been tendered to the Government. The Synod of the Pacific representation of the Old School Presbyterian Church met at Napa on Tuesday. Resolutions were passed complimentary to the Rev. Dr. Scott, and lamenting the demonstrations of personal violence at San Francisco. The Rev. Dr. Anderson and one other member voted against the resolutions. Resolutions of loyalty to the Government were also adopted. Removal of the colored Population of the United States to Africa. The annual report of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society considers the practicability of the removal of the colored race from America to Africa. We make the following extract: The census of 1860 gives the number of free colored persons at 499,709, and slaves at 3,972,343, making a total of
Lincolnities at liberty. Among the prisoners lately discharged from custody in this city are Peter L. Anderson Alexander Fellows, and Jasse Fellows. We are but aware of the character of the evidence upon which they were turned loose, but we infer from information communicated by the correspondent, in Western Virginia, that two of the number at least were not entirely above suspicion. We learn but little in regard to Anderson, though it was commonly reported that he was in active communiAnderson, though it was commonly reported that he was in active communication with the enemy previous to his arrest; but the others are declared to be notorious as guides, and spies of the Lincolnities Jasse Fellows is a deserter from Capt. in Augustus Bailey's company, the Rifles, and Alexander or "Zan" (vs he is generally called) was a member of a Union Home Guard formed on creek, in Fayette county, the Captain of which is now with Rosencranz and Cox. "Zan." faloted the first Yankee squad to Fayeate Court-House, and, our correspondent assesers, was specially ac