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sland and make a thorough search. At the same time, several detachments of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth regiment were ordered off in pursuit of the escaped prisoners, who had passed the picket on the northwest side of the island, receiving a fire from them at long range. The flying rebels made the best time possible, but were hotly pursued; and with soldiers on their rear and both flanks, and the loyal citizens of the peninsula (who had been aroused by the discharge of the 20-pounder Parrott) in their front, their escape soon terminated in recapture. The morning roll-call and muster of prisoners showed that but four of them had left the prison. They were all back and returned to their home in the "Bull Pen" this morning. The unwilling denizens of that locality are full of their schemes and threats, and seem disposed to make the very most of their opportunities while the ice is practicable as a highway; and it remains to be seen whether the future, with whatever aid they