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countered the Yankees, numbering about 90, who were entrenched behind a fence in the field, protected by a high bank. Our advance guard fired on them, and in another moment the North Carolinians were dashing over the fence in regular French (not New York) Zouave style, firing at them in real squirrel hunting style. The Yankees fled for their lives after firing for about three minutes without effect, leaving behind them three dead and a prisoner. The fellow was a stout, ugly fellow from Troy, N. Y. He said that he had nothing against the South, but somebody must be soldiers, and he thought he had as well enlist. None of our men were hurt. This bold excursion, under the very guns of the enemy, determined the authorities at Old Point to put a stop to it and clear us out from Bethel. This determination was conveyed to us by persons who came from the neighborhood of the enemy. On Monday morning, about 600 infantry and two guns, under Gen. Magruder, left the camp and proceeded to
Assassination in Troy. --Horace B. Sargent, book-keeper for the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, was murdered and robbed in Troy, N. Y., about ten o'clock Tuesday evening. The assassin was seen standing over the body by a young man named Burns, but fled on his approach. The utmost excitement exists in reference to the murder, and a special meeting of the Common Council has been called. The city authorities offer a reward of $500 for the arrest of the murderer.
Dr. Charles B. Mitchell was elected, on the 21st inst., a Senator in Congress, from the State of Arkansas, for six years from the 4th of March next. The law office of Daniel Marr, near Campbell Court-House, Va., together with all his library, bonds, papers, &c., was consumed by fire on the night of the 28th inst. Thomas J. Holton, editor of the Charlotte, (N. C) Whig, died on the 27th inst., from being thrown from his buggy a few days before. Soup Houses were opened in Philadelphia on Christmas. Only eleven persons called the first day, and they received 33 pints of soup. The ice on the Hudson river at Troy, N. Y., was from six to eight inches thick on Monday last. A letter from Vienna states that Baron Rothschild has won four-fifths of the great prize--30,000 florins — in the State lottery. Louis A. Deville, of New York, committed suicide at the City Hotel, in Augusta, Ga., on the 27th inst., by cutting his throat.
Disgraceful. --A prize fight took place on Saturday, at Troy, N. Y., between two women. It lasted three quarriers of an hour, and is said to have been a bloody affair. It was gotten up by two brutes in male attire. One of the women was badly beaten, both eyes being swollen, and the other woman had her thumb dislocated and her head nearly broken. Nice work for Trojans!
The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], Interesting Narrative of the Escape of Hurlbut from Richmond. (search)
Interesting Narrative of the Escape of Hurlbut from Richmond. We have published some of the letters to the New York Times of Wm. Henry Hurlbut, who escaped from this city. His last letter recounts the mode of his departure, which was aided and participated in by a native of Troy, N. Y., who had been detailed from the Confederate army for special service in Richmond, and so "won upon the regard of his officers" that he got an honorable discharge from the service. Having made up his mind to leave, Hurlbut sent for his friend. He says: His position made it easy for him to obtain all the information which we needed, and representing that it was his intention to visit Baltimore for the purpose of buying goods, he succeeded, after the exercise of a little tact and the administration of strong liquors in proper quantities, in extracting from one of the Maryland managers of the "under ground line" a systematic account of the points to be made in passing from Richmond to the Pot
name. Thus they are dragging along in utter wretchedness, and suffering more than pen can express. Trouble about Negroes in Kentucky. The Washington Chronicle says: We are authorized to state that information having been received at the War Department of negro slaves in Kentucky having been returned to loyal as well as to rebel masters, in violation of the act of Congress, the Secretary of War has ordered reports of any such transactions to be made to his department, in order that the officers so violating the laws of the United States may be duty punished. A Suspicious flag. It was rumored recently that a gentleman of secession proclivities in Troy, N. Y., had raised the Confederate flag. An excited party started for the premises. The flag was found hanging from a back window, but it was a lady's balmoral that had been washed and hung out to dry! The husband resolved to stand by that flag, and the crowd gave three cheers for the bunting and departed.
lt hotel, standing at the junction of the roads leading to Jersey and Hoboken cities, was fired at a late hour last night and destroyed. We believe that this is the second time that this building has been destroyed, once before during the riot of the laborers on the New York and Erie Railroad tunnel. Disastrous fire in Newark, N. J.--destruction of factories, &c. As we are going to press we learn that a fearful fire is raging in Newark, several factories being on fire. In Troy, New York, on the 15th, some three or four hundred men, said to be workmen in the Albany Nell Foundry, marched through the streets of the city, proclaiming that the draft should not take place. A dispatch says: They stopped in front of the Times office, which they stoned and gutted, destroying all the property within. The crowd then broke away and visited the colored church, and threatened to destroy it. Father Hovernoss addressed the crowd, and implored them to desist, and through his eff
Twiggs, the officer then in command in the Southwest, who, instead of accepting it, advised him to take a furlough and proceed to Richmond, and send in his resignation from that point, especially as it would enable him to travel that far free of expense. He acted upon the suggestion, went to Richmond, made a written application to Governor Letcher (which application is now on file in Richmond) for service in the Virginia State Guard, and then went North for his family. He had married in Troy, N. Y., and owned considerable property in the United States, which he desired to secure. He never returned, the presumption being that he was seduced by tempting offers from the Federal Government, or was dissuaded by his wife from entering the service of the Confederates. Thomas was an ardent Southern Rights man up to the time he left Richmond. The leopard must have changed his spots, or the Ethiopian his skin, if this Secessionist can find pleasure or honor in an association with neg
ion of our flag to Fort Sumter, and the fall of Charleston. A meeting of prominent citizens will be held to-morrow, to arrange for a general celebration of the recent victories. Flags have been flying in all directions to-day in honor of the fall of Charleston, and considerable enthusiasm was manifested in many places on the reception of General Gillmore's dispatch. The Sixty-ninth regiment have offered their services to the Government to garrison Charleston for three months. Troy, New York,February 21.--A salute of one hundred guns was fired here to-day in honor of the capture of Charleston. Boston,February 21.--Washington's birthday will be celebrated to-morrow. A salute of one hundred guns will be fired on the Common, and one hundred on Dorchester Heights, in honor of Sherman's victorious march. Discussion in the Yankee Congress upon the Government of the "Rebellious States." The bill for the government of the "rebellious States" was again under considerat
Washington life. --It is stated to-day that only night before last, a gentleman who had been out to supper, returned about eleven o'clock, and, to his utter surprise, failed to gain admission upon ringing his door bell. Hearing a noise as if some person had leaped from his chamber window, he rushed around to the rear of his residence, and saw a man leaving his premises, sans culottes, and with boots in hand. Upon returning to his front door, he was immediately admitted by the unfaithful wife, who, much confused, declared that she had just aroused from a terrible dream. The indignant husband charged infidelity upon her, and related what he had seen. Bursting into tears, she confessed her guilt, and begged forgiveness. The husband was relentless, inexorable, and gave her until this morning only to pack her clothing, when she took the Northern train for Troy, N. Y., the home of her parents.-- Correspondence Petersburg Express.
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