Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-28
Escape of one of the Rhode island Prison.
ers from Richmond.

| from Richmond.
The escape of Quartermaster Henry c.
Jencks of the second Rhode Island regiment
from his Richmond prison, in company with
Capt Golyer OF tile fourth Michigan regiment,
'--sss..i1so S5oaf gives me IoIowlng interest
ing particulars OF his escape Mr.. Jencks
and his eomrade managed to slip out of the
rear Of their prison on the evening of the 18th
inst, and were fortunate in avoiding the
sentries They left Richmond Immediately,
but before leaving they provided themselves
with loaf of bread and ten cents worth of
crackers. They Travelled in northeasterly
direction, and about two miles from Richmond
they passed the entertainments for the defense
of that place. About three miles from the city
they came to a stream spanned by a bridge,
the flooring of which had been removed
They crossed this bridge on the stringers, and
Travelled all that nght-it was raining heavily,
and when morning dawned they were aston
ished and terrified to discover that they had
doubled during the night, and were going to-
wards the bridge they had passed several
hours before They took to the woods and
concealed themselves all that day, resumng
their journey at night. During the ensuing
week five days were stormy and onward they
toiled, wandering at random through the
and standing or lying on the wet ground, in
some thicket, in the daytime, drenched TO the
skin by the pouring rain. Many times they
retraced the same ground they had gone over
previously, and while lying perdu they often
caught sight of secession cavalry dashing by.
Only once they saw a white man except
these, and that was at Bowling Green, where
the dogs ran out, and the railroad agent made
his appearance and halloed "Who goes there?"
fHbou M on bttf kopf in no uoodc
Arrived at the banks of the Rappahannock OH
Tuesday night, just one week from starting,
they were fairly nonplussed. Here, howev.
er, fortune favored them. Hearing whistling
they kept a sharp lookout, and soon saw that
the melody proceeded from six or eight TO-
vial looking darkies. Hailing these sons of
Ham, they found they were going down the
river to another one of "massa'S plantations.
Capt. Golyer told them that he was going to
see his brother-in.law who lived on the other
side of the river, but didn't believe he could
get across without going to Fredericksburg.
"Goly, massas," said one OF them, you go
down hea to Uncle Jim's and he'll put you
across in his skiff sure, for ten cents" They
went down and found "Unce Jim," who did
put them across, and they reached the Potc.
mac ON Wednesday night, with their clothes
nearly torn off and themselves almost ex.
hausted for want of food On Saturday
of their scanty stock. That day and the
next they eat nothing more except some ears
of green corn, which had to be eaten raw,
as their matches which they had were wet
and would not ignite. The next day they
filled their pockets with wheat from some
shocks in field, and this served them until
they reached civilization.
On coming to the Potomac they gathered
some drift wood and made raft by tying it
together with their shirts, taken off for the
! purpose. On this they padded across, being
| in the water seven hours--for on their raft
| they were more in the water than out of it.
They hailed vessel, which proved to be a
Baltimore schooner, and the captain informed
them they were ten miles below Aqua Creek
The schooner brought them up to Aqua,
where the cheering sight of the Potomac flo.
hlla greeted their eyes. They were here
taken on board the Union, Capt Goldsbor.
ough, where they were treated with the great.
est kindness and attention until their arrival
here. Capt. Golyer looks quite hearty, being
only little lame and sore but Quartermaster
Jenckes, who is a slighter man. seems to be
completely used up. Their lower limbs are
quite SORE from the bites OF wood ticks and
other insects which abound in the thickets in
that section of country.
VIM Broderick, aged 70 years, and Hannah
Bryan 25, went from Lawrence, Mass, to De.
troit last week, ostensiblv to be married.
| Sometime after their arrival the lady became
| impatient at his hestaney and delay, and one
fine morning while her ancient lover slept.
she took from his pockets S4SS in cash. On
discovering his loss she was arrested, but i'm
mediately Instituted counter suit for seduc-
ton. The result was that a justice was called
| in the parties were married, the suits were