From Richmond
Fokt M&xhoe, Feb. 15. A telegrarr,under date of Eeb, 1-Í, hns been receivad from ü,an. Wistar, wbich Htiites that Col. Straight wilh 110 other Union officerp escap'éd from prison in Richmon by digging a tunnel. Col. Straight, Vitn 17 oihera are safe. (Sigoedj 'li. F. BUTLKR. IVfajor General. ïhe stenmyr S. E. Spaulding arrived this A. M. from lieiiiiiort, witla 50 reb1 prisoners. All quiet at XiewbeiTj wlien the steamer íel't. Two Üaion officeia esonped and arrived on the Yorktawn rn.nl boat, Kaving eii'ected their escape Stam Ubby Prison. They i'eported that thirty prisoners, mostly oiBcers, had escaped just beforo they lei't, yet none of them had been beard fro.ro, JBijira Mich, Fab. 16. The following dispatch was received htre this ïnorning : " Fort McGruder, Va., Feb. 15. " To Beubeu .Mcdceiy, l'iiiit : '.' 1 liavo mmle escape fiom Libby Prison- ara in God's country - will be hoiijio bjo# .':'
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