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The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1863., [Electronic resource], Lost on a Railway. (search)
"Gov." Pierpoint's message. At this late day we have stumbled upon a copy of the last message of Sancho Panza Pierpoint to his Legislature. From it we make an extract, which, if true, might cause a feeling of pride in every true Virginian, anSancho Panza Pierpoint to his Legislature. From it we make an extract, which, if true, might cause a feeling of pride in every true Virginian, and is at any rate worthy of the attention of those of our more southern friends who complain of having had to do too much fighting for Virginia. Gov. P. says: "The people of Virginia have suffered more in the loss of and property than any Statwho can extort such praise from a malignant tory. Here is another extract which may astonish some of the Greeleyites, (Pierpoint one of them) who once thought Southern slavery a dislocated vertebraæ in our backbone: "It may be safely estimatethe production of the of war. are equal to eight millions of men at the North carrying on the before mentioned." Pierpoint, though claiming to be Governor of Virginia, boasts of having furnished about 20,000 man to Lincoln, after stating that
The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1863., [Electronic resource], Lost on a Railway. (search)
Attempted Escapes. --Capt. A. Webster, of Pierpoint's army who was condemned a short time since by court-martial to be hang on the 3d of April for violating his parole of honor, attempted to escape from Castle Thunder on Friday night, and was nearly successful in the endeavor. He had been put in the hospital on the ground of indisposition and while lying in bed, with a sentinel at the foot of it and himself adorned with suckle and wrist irons, suddenly leaped out, clear of all encumbrances, and made for a window. The sentinel shaped his piece at the retreating fugitive, the cap only exploding. Webster gained the eastern window of the third story, leaped out, and was fired at by the outside sentinel as he descended to the ground. The shot did not take affect, and, on reaching the ground, Webster made off as fast as a badly sprained ankle would allow. An alarm being raised he was soon caught and conducted back to his old quarters, and a double guard placed over him. This man,