Prison Items.
--The following prisoners were lodged in Castle Thunder yesterday:
Peter Ross, co. D, 1st La, deserter;
David Robinson, representing himself as a Marylander, without passport or other documents;
A. M. Darnell, co. A, 7th Va, forged leave of absence;
Aaron Bennett, disloyalty of an aggravated nature — all of the above were sent by
Captain John Avis, the
Provost Marshal of
Staunton.
A man, named
Jerome Gordon, co. G, 5th Va. cavalry, arrested for having forged papers, and in the above gang, succeeded in making his escape from the guard-house at
Staunton.
In the city,
officer Schaffer arrested
A. B. Sprowle, co. L, 7th N. C, as a deserter, and
officer Caphart,-
Oliver Rogers, co. F, 5th Ala;
Jno Forney, co. L, 10th La, and
A. Jones, co. A, 8th La, for desertion — all of whom were put in prison.
James McGinness and
James O'Harra, of
Rodgers's cavalry, were lodged in the prison for deserting from their command.