Hard cases.
--The following parties have been sent to
Richmond from the lines of the
Fredericksburg army and lodged in prison to await trial: Squire Hall, charged with disloyalty and violating his parole; Ezekiel Blow, formerly an officer under the
Pierpont Government, as a suspicious character; and Hiram Blow and
Morgan Garrett, as hostages for the return of two citizens of
Virginia, carried off by the
Yankees.
On Saturday ninety-one men were sent to
Richmond from
Gen. Jackson's army corps and lodged in Castle Thunder.
They were under arrest for military offences and awaiting trial by Court-Martial.
The General, in the present posture of affairs, did not wish to be embarrassed by the presence of those who could not fight.