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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Augusta county (Virginia, United States) or search for Augusta county (Virginia, United States) in all documents.
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The arrest of Ed. C. Randolph.
--The following statement of circumstances connected with the arrest of Ed. C. Randolph, in the county of Augusta, Va., is copied from the Staunton Spectator, of Tuesday last:
On Friday night last, by the command of Major M. G. Harman, Lieut. B. F. Eakle, of the Greenbrier cavalry, detailed five men of the same company to go with him for the purpose of arresting Mr. Ed. C. Randolph, who was suspected of being a spy. Mr. Ed. C. Randolph is published in the columns of the National Intelligencer as a 1st Lieutenant in a company at Washington.
He was arrested in the village of Middlebrook, in this county, where his wife resides, between 11 and 12 o'clock that night.
The Home Guard of that place had him in duress when Lieut. Eakle arrived.
He was brought to Staunton on Saturday morning.
On that day, he obtained a writ of habeas corpus returnable on Monday.
On Monday, the question whether he should be tried by the civil or military authoriti
Mary asked Charles: "What animal dropped from the clouds?" "The rain, dear," was the whispered reply.
Michael B. McAllen has been sentenced to the Penitentiary for twelve months, by the Circuit Court of Augusta county, for larceny.
On the day of the second engagement at Aquia Creek, reports like those from cannon were heard at several points in Augusta county.
There is no heavy ordnance located anywhere near the last- named locality, and it is surmised that the sound was from the firing at the Creek.
This, however, seems hardly possible.
Augusta county, Va., has now thirteen organized companies, twelve of which are in actual service, and others are in progress of formation.
On the day of the second engagement at Aquia Creek, reports like those from cannon were heard at several points in Augusta county.
There is no heavy ordnance located anywhere near the last- named locality, and it is surmised that the sound was from the firing at the Creek.
This, however, seems hardly possible.
Augusta county, Va., has now thirteen organized companies, twelve of which are in actual service, and others are in progress of formation.