Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-16

RECAr"rtRE OF MORE lASKEE OFFlCERs.-
Three moro Of the Yankee officers whs re-
Gently took the underground route out of the
Libby Prison, were recapturcd on Thursday
near Fort Clifton, on the Apromattox. 1t
seems that after their escape from the Libby
thcy succeeded in reaching Port Walthall,
where they secured 4 boat and started for Old
Point. in ICING down the James river they
| u,i.t"1k their WAY and turned into the Appc-
! mat;,S. In Ike darkness they run the boat
| upon the Instructions in the river, near the
fort, and upset it, When, utterly exhausted
| and almost frozen to death, they went ashore
and surrendered themselves to q party Of mon
belonging 10 Martins Battery. They were
! conveyed To Petersburg and confined in the
provost murshaPs guard house. Their pamrs
re Frank VI. Kreps, Is: Lieutenant, IIth
pennsylvania: Freeman c.. Gay, 81 Lieu
tenant. llth Pennsylvania; Henry &. Free
man, lat Lieutenant, United States lnfan-
try.
When the York river train reached Tun-
s'alP- Station, yesterday. one Of the escaped
Yankee officers Major J. N Walker, Of the
-, I~nliana approached the cars and sur
; rendered himself to Surgeon j. \. Slater. of
the 18Th W.. Cavalry. lie said no VIA quite
sick, had eaten nothing since Tuesday last,
and was consequently unable to travel. lie
| said that The 100 officers who escaped COM
m"rctl leaving the prison 81 > o'clock ~
| nigh. @nd the last ri then! got through about
) O'Clock in the morning. The escaped purity
were. according to his account, IS days at
work M the tuu1cl. After getting out, they
made North If Richmond, and most C. them
crnssed tho Ch;ckhhoininy and then worked
their WAY down on the other tide.
We NE informed that ono of tho party
passed the pickctl ~ New Kent Court El1uss,
and, representing himself as q member of the
| New Kent cavalry, made good his escape.
We are also informed that SOME of the re-
captured officers acknowledged that when the
roll used to be cali. d, some 20 would answer
to the names Of loo. This il almost incredi-
BILE, for, VIZ suppose, it WAS and Is the practice
to .Ount the prisoners rs we'll a. call tho roll.
A report was brought By q party who came
up by the cars last evening, that the enemy
was again advancing, ard had driven in our
pickets ut New Kent Court House, at -
o'clock yesterday.
In addition to Major Walker, who was
brought to the Libby in an ambulance last
night, four more of the abscntees were cap
tured in tho vicinity of the city yesterday
Their names are Lieutenant W. Clifford, 10th
U. S. Infantry; Major Robert Henry, of the
18th Ohio; Lieutenant j. W. Haze, 9TH Ohio
Cavalry, and Lieutenant A. Garbett, Of the
nth Pennsylvania.
A number moro were expected to be return
ed by our scnuts, who were in active pursuit
and expected back last night.
1t was extensively runorei yesterday, that
the notorious Colonel Straight had been
woundGl AMI captured, on the canal, above
and west of the city, and was on his way
down. The manner Of his capture WAS en-
bcllis'c1 according to the fancy Of those Civ
ing currency to the report. The levanting
Colonel may have been taken, but he certainly
had not reached the city at sundown yesterday.
We hope to chruniclc the arrival of this scoun-
drrl at the Libby on Monday.
IN nil. about 81 have been returned to the
prison.
REcArTURE OF YANKEE OTYlcERs.-Of those
who escaped from tho Libby prison Tuesday
night, the following have been taken and re-
turned thither, since the closing Of our last
report on Friday night, viz: Lieut.. Col. Ely.
18th Conn; Can't. E S. Smith, 10Th L. S. cav
airy: Lieut.. W. Ii. Wilcox, l0:h ~ Y. cavalry;
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