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The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], Northwestern Virginia. (search)
nife, on 17th street, Saturday night, was discharged the circumstances justifying a little indignation on his part. --Wm. H. Murphy professing to be Captain of company F, 15th Louisiana regiment, and John Dwyer, were brought to the bar and required f the amount. By one of those fortuitous circumstances which can only happen under a similar state of affairs, "Captain" Murphy appeared and announced his readiness to accept Dwyer into his company. Certain papers were made out by the obliging "Cao return with the balance of the money, which he was to procure from Colonel Barksdale. On seeing the papers made out by Murphy, Col. B. pronounced them worthless; whereupon Gholson hurried back to try and recover his funds. He did not find Dwyer or Murphy till next day, and then succeeded only by the aid of an officer Gholson got $400 of his money from a man with whom Dwyer had deposited it, and $100 from "a lady" with whom he had left it. The balance Dwyer said he had either lost in th