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Stowing them away.
--Sergeant E. J. Levy, Monsieur Pardigon, and private F. A. New, of the R. L. I. Blues, are now in Richmond, and will start Tuesday morning to join their comrades, whom they expect to meet at Covington.
They and others on their way here, lodged in the jail of Salem, Roanoke county, thirty-eight so-called "Union men," and other prisoners of war, taken by the Wise Legion in the Valley of Virginia. Governor Wise's force it is hoped will soon be so increased as to enable him to commence offensive operations against the enemy.
The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Interesting facts. (search)
The body of a soldier found near Big Lick in Roanoke county, Va., has been identified as that of T. Lyle, from Mississippi.
Lieut Mahlon A. Hensley, of the Bedford Rifle Greys, died of typhoid fever in Lynchburg, Va., on the 20th ult.
Col. W. S. Kennedy, of Washington, N. C., proposes to raise and equip a rifle company for the war, at his own expense.
Col. Lackland, of the 2d Virginia Regiment, had his horse shot from under him in the battle of Manassas.
At Norfolk, on Wednesday last, the thermometer indicated 90 degrees in the shade.
John Wyman, the ventriloquist, was performing in Washington at last accounts.
Mr. Jacob Day, a well-known citizen of Baltimore, died last Monday evening.
Six prisoners escaped from Roanoke county jail.
--On Thursday, about 7 o'clock, when the jailor, Mr. J. C. Huff, was entering the jail for the purpose of giving water to the prisoners, he was caught hold of by two of them and pulled to the floor.
Ten of the prisoners then ran out, but three of them were immediately captured by the citizens, who very soon gathered around the jail.--Another was caught a short time after.
The other six have not been heard from.
The prisoners that have escaped are some of those sent to our jail, some time ago, by Gen. Wise, taken up by him in the Northwest, upon suspicion of treason to the State.
We publish below a description of those escaped, handed us by the jailor.
Tobias Mariana, Kanawha county, Va., about 5 feet 11 inches, rather pale and slender, an Italian, aged 25 years. Philip Frankenburger, Charleston, Kanawha C. H., about 19 years old, fair complexion, about 5 feet 2 inches, a Jew, from Germany, talks broken.
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Recaptured.
--The six Federal prisoners who escaped from the Roanoke county jail at the 12th ult., have all been recaptured in toining counties.
Improved Instruments of warfare.
--Dr. M. Jeter, of Salem, Va., yesterday exhibited to us the model of an invention of his own, which he calls the "Roanoke Revolving Cannon." A gun constructed upon this principle may be loaded and fired with astonishing rapidity, and would constitute in itself a formidable battery.
The advantage claimed for it over other munitions of the sort is a screw, which regulates the working of the piece.
The same gentleman has a new breech-loading rifle, made in Roanoke county, which seems to be a superior weapon.
Patents will be applied for.
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Re-enlisted. (search)
Re-enlisted.
--Capt. Dyerle's fine company from Roanoke county, Va., passed through Lynchburg Sunday evening en route for home, having been granted forty days furlough.
The company, to a man, have re-enlisted for the war, thus showing their determination to stand by the flag of the South until it shall wave over a people recognized as free and independent by all the world.