Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-21
NEWPORT NEWS.

UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL
Last night about half past eight O'Clock three
prisoners confined in the Newport Jail at
tempted to escape. The names of the parties
are Thomas White, Philip Kennedy and
Frank Moreland. The latter was one of the
persons engaged in the recent disturbance
on York-street. The other two are awaiting
their trial on the charge Of rape. White and
Kennedy were in the same cell, and had an
old knife blade which they constructed into
a saw, and with this succeeded in filing off
the riVets which held the lock on their door.
Mrs. Horsefall, the jailor's wife, heard the
noise produced by the filing, and aroused her
husband, who Immediately secured the as
sistance of Deputy Sheriff Moses Cook, and
proceeded to the inside of the Jail, arriving
Just in time to prevent the prisoners from
getting out Of the cell.
While Mr.. Horsefall was absent seeking the
aid of officer Cook, Mrs. Horsefall was sta.
toned at the jail.door, revolver in hand, fully
prepared to give the prisonersa warm recep-
tiOn in case they got out before her husband
returned. One of the men declared that if
he had got out of the cell, his intention was
TO kill the TAILOR when he entered the door,
with an iron bar, which the two had sue.
ceeded in wrenching off the inside of their
cell. Their escape would have been an easy
affair, had they got out of the cell, as the
which they could have soon made an opening
with chisel which was found in their pos
session.
The courage displayed by Mrs. Horsefall,
in guarding the jail during the absence of her
husband, deserves special commendation.
| She is brave woman.
The MEETING ATALExANDRIA.-There AT was
a very large gathering at Alexandria, on Sat-
| urdsy afternoon, to hear the speeches of
| Messrs. Edwards, Baker and Webster. The
addresses of these gentlemen were listened
to with marked attention, and much enthu-
siasm prevailed. The military spirit of that
/ neighborhood is fully aroused. Colonel
| Mundy enlisted twenty men for his regi-
ment after the meeting, and the nucleus of a
| company was formed, which will soon be
| filed by some of the best citizens of the
town of Alexandria. The effect of the
meeting is a gratifying one indeed, aud we
trust that Messrs. Edwards, Baker and Web
ster will continue their efforts to arouse the
people of the county to sense of their duty
in the present crisis.
| A FIGHTING FAMLY.-A citizen of New
port has three sons in the Federal Army,
and one in the Confederate Army. The lat
ter is in Pillows division. OF the other
three, one is in the Fifty-sxth Ohio Regi
ment, one in the Telegraph Corps, under
Captain Smith, at Pilot Knob, Mo, and the
other, who belonged to the Guthrie Grays
is prisoner at Richmond, having been cap
tured with Captain Bense's men on the lltt
ofSeptember last.
ROBBERY OF CHURoH.-When the Meth
odist Church in Brooklyn was opened yes
terday morning, at the usual hour for Sunday
school, it was discovered that the carpet
Bible, lamp and money-basket had beer
stolen by some sacriegious wretch. 1t il
supposed the robbery was committed or
Saturday night.
RETURNED.-Captain Tyrrelps Company o
Artillery has returned to the barracks, from
the camp at Carthage, Ohio. The men ar,
considerably improved in artillery practice
There are now about three hundred troop
at the garrison, and the number is increasing
very rapidly.
AFFRAY.-A couple of soldiers who be
long to the garrison were pretty badly beateI
last night in an affray with some citizens
near the ferry-landing. No arrests have beer
| mada