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The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway (search)
have been seized upon the afternoon of the rout, and fresh troops had been at hand to the number of twenty thousand, we should have entered Washington pell mell with the terror-stricken fugitives, despite of the fresh troops which they had in their fortifications. But our troops were extended in line of battle for miles upon Ball Run, guarding the various fords to prevent the enemy from crossing during the battle, and it was too late to order them to the pursuit when the victory was won. Gen. Holmes' force could not go, for they had made a forced march from Aquia Creek. The golden opportunity for taking the "sink of iniquity" was thus lost. We do not know whether it is the intention now even to attack that city. It is strongly fortified upon this side of the Potomac, where immense entrenchments have been thrown up, and named Fort Corcoran, after the Irish Colonel of the 69th New York Volunteers, now a prisoner in our hands. To storm these entrenchments would involve a serious
The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Valuable Prizes. (search)
Valuable Prizes. --The steamer Antelope reached this place yesterday, and brought here a detachment of the Washington Artillery, under command of Lieut James Salvo. They had in charge the following officers and seamen, lately captured by a Confederate State Privateer: Captain L. Holmes, and W. Hurd, Mate, late of the bark Glen, of Portland, Me., from Philadelphia, for Tortugas, with a cargo of 391 tons coal; Henry Wilson, Mate, late of the bark Rowena, of and for Philadelphia, from Laguayra, with a cargo of 1,000 bags coffee — this vessel is said to be new and valuable; Wm. Nichols, seaman, and Henry Anderson, a boy, lately of the schooner Mary Alice, from Porto Rico, for New York, with a cargo of 215 hhds. of sugar. We also learn that a privateer has been chased into a harbor not far distant, after an exciting run of some hours.--Charleston Mercury 6th.