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Sir Percy Wyndham. --If the report of Gen. Jackson's recent successes in the Valley, mention is made of the capture by Ashby's cavalry of an English Baronet, "Sir Percy Werden," a Colonel in Lincoln's army of subjugation. The true name of the prisoner is Sir Percy Wyndham. He was born in the East Indies, where his father, who was a Colonel in the British army, was for many years in the service of the "Honorable East India Company." His son was in the Austrian army as a Captain of Cavalry for eight years. On the breaking out of the Italian revolution, he joined the Piedmontese army of Victor Emanuel, and distinguished himself at Solferino and Magenta. He landed at Palermo with Gen. Garibaldi, and fought with some credit to himself through the Sicilian and Italian war, up to the final expulsion of Francis II from Gaeria. These facts we have from a Colonel under Garibaldi, who served with the prisoner, and who has long been in the military service of our Government. The office
Monument to Ashby. --It has been suggested that our citizens would honor themselves by causing a monument to be erected to the memory of the lamented and heroic Turner Ashby, whose remains now repose at Charlottesville, Va. We trust that some influential parties, capable of giving an authorized expression to the popular sentiment on the subject, will take the matter in hand. Monument to Ashby. --It has been suggested that our citizens would honor themselves by causing a monument to be erected to the memory of the lamented and heroic Turner Ashby, whose remains now repose at Charlottesville, Va. We trust that some influential parties, capable of giving an authorized expression to the popular sentiment on the subject, will take the matter in hand.
[for the Richmond Dispatch.]the last day of Gen. Ashby. It was a busy one. Scarcely had he ordhrough town, around the bend, in full sight of Ashby's men, who stood upon their trained chargers aupport — a doet during fest for them. [Here Gen. Ashby stood by the guns, fired every load from histo Port Republic, the enemy pressing closely. Ashby's eagle eye was upon them, as if watching for They gave us no time to prepare to meet them. Ashby had but begun to form his men, before three re, they charged, presenting a beautiful sight. Ashby could contain himself no longer. Gently drawiork of slaughter had commenced. At every step Ashby followed closely by his men, cut them down, oruit ended not until this infantry opened fire Ashby drew up his men, and remained beneath their fle of cavalry. The infantry having arrived, Capt. Ashby, Ewell and Steward, (of Maryland) led them to the fight. Here Ashby's gallantry could not have been expelled. Having led the first Maryland