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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 14 (search)
approached one of the river pickets, and offered him $25 to carry a dispatch to the other side. The soldier made the act known to Col. Leonard, who had him arrested, but not until he had destroyed the dispatch. He is connected by marriage with ex-Senator Mason, now at Fort Warren. Col. Leonard holds him as a spy. This town has been under martial law for several months. Lieut. John G. Hovey, of company--Massachusetts 13th, is the Provost Marshal. Among his political prisoners are R. D. Shepard, of Shepherdstown, son-in-law of A. R. Boteler; Abraham Shepard, a Captain in the Confederate Army, and a considerable number of civil officers of Morgan county, who undertook to execute the Rebel laws. Telegraphic communications are now received from Romney in 4 hours, including 20 miles of horse transportation. In a few days the wires will connect. The skirmish near Newport News. The following paragraph in reference to a skirmish near Newport News, we take from the "Situa