The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-06

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Retdlia' os,.-Some days since the officer
In command of the Libby prison receivedan
order from Col. Robert OuId, directing that
in accordance with the requirements Of the
Secretary Of War, there should be selected
from among the number of Yankee officers
confined therein two Captains, who are to
be put to hard labor, with ball and chaip,
till the end of the war, in retaliation FOR
similar treatment which is now being In
II cted upon Captains William Waller ana
Shultz Leach, by order of Gen. Burnside
These brave officers are kentuckians, and It
is alleged were recruiting in that State for
the Confederate army. They were captured
at Maysville, KY, last summer, and under
Burnsides order NO. 3s) were tried and con
demued to be shot, but the sentence was af-
terwards commuted to hard labor during the
war, with ball and chain attached to their
legs. Yesterday the Secretary's order was
carried. ont, which resulted In the selection
of Capt. G. G. Reed, of the 3D. Ohio caval-
ry, and Capt. L. O. Ives, Of the 10th Massa
chusetts infantry, who will receive the SAME
treatment as that which is now being in
ficted upon Capts. Waller and l. each. These
Yankee officers will leave Richmond this
morning for Salisbury, n. C.r which is tosbe
the field of their future operations
Shooting al an Entployee-Oi Granger
arrested on Thursday last Mr. Doyle, white
man, employed at the tin department cftAe
e. s Laboratory, on the charge Of firingSa
plstaa at James McAauus, a ajallrneyraaa EN-
ployed therein.
Mr.. McManus testified that from the irrt
organization of the Laboratory Department
1t has been the custom of the workmen 70
take their dinners with them, which they eat
In the shops il they feed like doing so. On
Thursday, while the hanhs were, as usual,
eating their dinner during the hour assigned
for that purpose, Doyle, who Is The foreman
of the shop, walked in aud abruptly ordered
them to leave. Mem, being nearest to him,
replied that he wonld do SO as soon as Ii 9
finished eating, to which ID. reioined that he
must do so forthwith. McM. then inquired,
"Where must go to cat my dinner?" When
ID. remarked that he did not care id
whether he eat any at all, and Immediately
drew from his pocket pistol. Seeing this,
Mem. picked up 4 hammer in each hand to
defend himself with. Doyle then left the
shop, but as soon as he reached the door be
turned and snapped the pistol at him, an,.
afterwards, recapping it, fired one barrel
As soon as the accused fired oil his pistol he
closed the door between himself al! the
hands IN The shop.
{. \. West, an employee in the building
where the difficulty occurred SAID that about
ten minutes past one, the usual hour Tor eat
some confusion up stairs, rs well as the
swapping OF cap, he rushed up, when, just
az he had reached the top step, about
eighteen inches from Doyle lie fired at Nc
Manus. D. was about drawing another ps
tol, upon seeing which the witness picked
up a billet of wood and threatened to fell
him to the floor if he did so. D.'s reply
was, "D-n you, I'll shoot him and you too. "
Before again firing, however, the guard had
1r ,,n- Sa
noyle's manner towards the workmen was
in the Witness opinion, very Offensive hJ
addressed them in business intercourse us il
thay were negroes.
Charles f. Day, in behalf OF The prosecu
ton, also testified as to the abrupt oide,
given the men to leave the shop, and the
subsequent shooting at McManus. Doylt
had for some time shown great dislike To-
wards the worimen. He supposed il was
in consequence OF court-martial which ha,
recently oeen held npon the charge preferred
against hitD OF working up Gov ernment lin
fer private use
For the defence, Philip Davis, -- Grace
and John Flaheity, testified that the weapon
used by Doyle did not go of; they distinct,
heard the explosion OF one or two caps, bu1
were positive that in neither case were the
pistol loads discharged. Doyle had always
been good officer and perfect gentleman
performing his duly faithfully, and awarding
kind, courteous treatment TO every one
Mr.. tlaherty, the storekeeper at the La
boratory, justified Doyle in desiring the lin
shops TO be closed during the dinner hour
it was at his suggestion that locks had been
put upon ali the doors, that they might bt
closed when work was not going on. His
reason for making such suggestion was
that of late large amount Of Government
material had been stolen. The court mar
tial Instituted against Doyle entirely exon
Grated him from any improper privilege al
legged to have been assumed by him as the
foreman OF the shop.
At the conclusion Of this testimony, the
Mayor remarked that no employer had the
right to shoot at his workmen because of 8
refusal TO obey orders Ii the Confederate
Government empowered any of its officers
with such privilege, it was doing what il
had no right to do. He did not wish to i'll
terfere with any officer of the Confederaey
but us the Chief Magistrate of the city o
Richmond, he would not permit any law OF
the Commonwealth to be trampled upon
without, as far rs was in his power, Furnishing
the offender. TAere being other witnesses
to be examined The case was continued til
this morning.