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A Traitor.

--John Macguire, formerly a Judge in Carter co., Ky., but now Captain of co. D, 40th Ohio regiment, having been taken prisoner in Western Virginia, was brought to this city yesterday and committed to the Castle. He is 1862 voluntarily took the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, and afterwards so signalized himself bush whacking our troops that he was given a commission in the Yankee army.

The Daily Dispatch: April 26, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 26, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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