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The Daily Dispatch: August 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
parts of the lantern, reflectors, lamps, &c. They also possessed themselves of a valuable clock, their spoils altogether being valued at $2,000. They kept Mr. Stakes and family, as well as the four other families, on the island, under pledge to give no information till the third day after they had left. Part of their plunder they packed in a new boat belonging to the Government, which they towed away to seaward: They told Mr. Stakes they were from Richmond, and that a similar raid would be made on Hog Island Light, a few miles further up the coast.--They paid for a dinner they compelled Mr. Stakes to set for them with a $5 Confederate note. The parMr. Stakes to set for them with a $5 Confederate note. The party was well-armed with revolver and bowie-knife, and had a case of rifles in their boats. A body of Union soldiers have been sent down the Peninsula to act as a guard, and the occasion will be used to fill. Accomac and Northampton with troops. There was a report but seemingly without authentica- tion, that a number of rebe