The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-07

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oue of the most daring and successful attempts
TO achieve liberty 1t has ever been our province to
record took place near Locksrbie on the evening
OF Friday last. The mail train from Edinburgh
arrived there at Its usual time, at eight minutes
past eleven O'Clock p. H. Among the passengers
being conveyed TO London was q detective officer
from the metropolis aud prsooer, q ticketof-
leave man, under his charge The train makes
no intermediate stoppage between lockerote and
Carlisle. distance Of twenty i've mies and thus,
after leaving this station, goes generally at an I'M
usually rapid rste--about forty miles an hour
Alter Ieav ng Lockerbie about mile and half,
the prisoner made some excuse for getting near the
window OF the carriage second class one
The officer kindly humored his desire, aud was
eonversing with two gentlemen in the compart-
nent. feilow.trsvellers from Edinburgh, when
slight noise attracted his attention, and caused him
30 turn round to the prisoner but the seat was va
can't aud the bird not flown, but flying, as the
tonished officer, TO his horror and amazement,
only the soies OF his shoes Ia the act ofclear
iEg the window; the other passengers, as much
surprised, consoled the officer with the idea that
hs would Ind the mangied remains Of his prisoner
next morning, rs the velocity with which the
train going left no chance Of his getting OF in
safety. Bat the bafied officers misery was not at
an end here. No stoppage Of the train could take
place until be reached Carlisle. and no train started
for Lockerbie until next morning; upon reaching
the former station, however, goods train was
placed at his disposal, and he was enabled to re-
turn.
The next morning, with various railway and po-
lice officials, he made search along the line, in
tbs hope of finding bis prisoner wounded and un-
able to crawl away from the scene of his exploit
but no trace of his presence except bis bonnet
could he discovered, although the marks of bis
leap were plainly visible; and IL was then seen
with what Judgment the prisoner had chosen his
ground. The place was gentle slope, Immediately
before entering the Norwood cutting. The dis
lance ofthe leap from the carriage was truly won.
derful. Although the fellow handcuffed he
must have made flying leap of seven feet from
the carriage before he touched the ground, aud
then rolled down deciivity of some eighteen or
twenty feet into q ditch, as was distinctly shown
from part Of the hedge at the bottom being bro.
ken, spots of blood being spsttered on one or
two stones 10 the vicinity, and upon was visi-
bic O quantity of hair. The officials narrowly
searched the hedges and plantations in the neigh
borhood, but completely ''put ont" however, from
inquiries made they seemed to have got upon the
prisoners trail, a. a man WAS seen early In the
morning to have passed some children upon the
road to Edinburgh with his head and one hand
bandaged The escaped prisoner has since been
captured in Edinburgh.
TIE Loss or THs sUIrAN.-The following are the
names of the persons known to be lost by the
burning of the steamer Sultan:
James Pogue, Albert Posue, Mrs. Julius Pogue,
Of Lagrange, Mo-; Mrs. Chesthsm, of Baton Rouge;
3. B. Wolfoik, of scostville, ILL.,; Henry Ely d. d.
Moore, Joseph Blackburn. Dennis Callahan and
Augustus Brandein, ell of st. Louis. Three cabin
boys. three firemen, and four deck passengers.
names unknown, are also ascertaned to have been
lost.