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The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
The skirmish at Halifax Court-House. We find in late Northern papers the following official report of General McDowell to General Scott, of the fight at Fairfax Court-House. Lientenant Tompkins, who commanded the company, was severely wounds, to much so that he was unable to make his report: Hdqrs. Department, Eastern Va., Arlington, June 1, 1861. Colonel E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters of the Army, Washington: Sir --The following facts have just been reported to me by the Orderly Sergeant of Company B, of the Second Cavalry, commanded by Lieut. Tompkins, the commanding officer, being too unwell to report in person. It appears that a company of the Second Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant Tomepkins, aggregate number seventy five, left their camp at half-past 10 o'clock last night on a scouting expedition. They reached Fairfax Court-House about three in the morning, where they found several hundred men stationed, Captain Ewell, late of
The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
ward, I thought I observed a scarcely perceptible shrug of the Premier's shoulders, as he held the death dealing instrument in his tiny hands. One of the Seventy-first, through his eagerness to watch the movements of the President from the pier fell overboard, but being an excellent swimmer, soon reached terra firma. Official report of the engagement. The following is the official report from the commander of the steamer Freeborn: Flotilla steamer Freeborn, Potomac River, June 1, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to report a renewal of the bombardment at Aquia Creek, commencing at 11 o'clock and 30 minutes in the forenoon this day, and terminating, from fatigue of the men — the day being very warm, and the firing on our side incessant — at 4:30 in the afternoon, being a duration of five hours. The firing on shore was scarcely as spirited at any time as yesterday. The heights were abandoned, the guns apparently having been transferred to the earthworks at the railway t
The Daily Dispatch: June 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.letter from Mississippi. Holly Spring, Marshall Co., Miss., June 1st, 1861. Say to the citizens of our old mother Virginia, not only the sons and true descendants of those noble patriots of Seventy-six, but the whole population of the sunny South, feel deeply the insult offered her, and the trespass committed on her sacred soil of liberty by that despotic tyrant and his Cabinet at Washington — marching their mercenary cohorts and taking possession of her soil. Every man and boy, from the age of fifteen to sixty years, are ready at a moment's call to rush to her rescue. This county, with a voting population of 2,400, have equipped and sent off ten companies to the tented field, and have ten more companies now organized and ready to march. Our whole population are in a military blaze. The old men of seventy and boys of ten years are drilling and organizing for the protection of firesides and home altars. Our ladies are organizing in
The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter to a traitor. (search)
Letter to a traitor. An officer at Camp Allen requests us to publish the following letter, addressed to an individual in Newark, New Jersey; though, as none of our papers go beyond Mason and Dixon's line with our consent, there is very little probability that it will ever reach its destination through this medium: Camp Allen, June 1, 1861. To Dr. Thomas Lafon, Newark, N. J. Sir: Having received from my wife (your niece) an extract from a letter recently written by you to her mother, in which this passage occurs: "The North is fully aroused now, and we are pouring troops into Washington farther than they can receive them, and by the first of July will have two hundred thousand there. I am calm amidst the storm, and perhaps we will visit you when the storm blows over. Should there be a battle in or about the vicinity of Richmond, I may be along to take care of the wounded. What are they doing in your State? We hear but little from you" I will answer, (without
The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Official reports. (search)
Simms. One of the enemy's steamers went up the river yesterday afternoon, we think for ammunition or additional force. The Pawnee and another steamer remained at anchor all night, near the Maryland shore, and at this time, 9 15 A. M., occupy the same position. I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, W. F. Lynch, Captain Virginia Navy. Capt. S. Barron, Virginia Navy, In charge of Office of Naval Detail and Equipment, Richmond, Va. Pig Point Battery, June 1, 1861. Commander French Forrest, Virginia Navy, Commanding Naval Station, Norfolk:Sir: I have the honor to report that the Federal steamer Harriet Lane stood within range of this battery at 9 A. M., to-day, and taking a position at the distance of one and a half miles, commenced firing upon us with shot and shell from her eleven-inch shell gun and thirty-two pounder. She fired about thirty-three shot and shells, many of them well directed, but no one of our party was hurt, nor did the fo
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
this contest; and of that proclamation, which had appeared in the Gazette and all the newspapers, the crews of vessels calling at ports would receive intelligence. Mr. E. P. Bouverie--Will the noble lord lay upon the table a copy of the dispatch from which he has read an extract? Lord J. Russell--Yes, in a day or two. Official letter from Lord John Russell. The following is a copy of the letter laid before the House of Common by Lord John Russell: Foreign Office, June 1, 1861. "To the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty: "My Lords: Her Majesty's Government are, as you are aware, desirous of observing the strictest neutrality in the contest which appears to be imminent between the United States and the so styled Confederate States of North America; and with the view more effectually to carry out this principle, they propose to interdict the armed vessels, and also the privateers of both parties from carrying prizes made by them into ports, harbors, r
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Military Works. (search)
among the troops encamped in this vicinity, owing to the quality of the food and the quantity of it. The troops are murmuring greatly, and threaten a mutiny if a change is not made immediately. The health of the troops is very bad. Measles, dysentery and fever and ague are prevailing to an alarming extent. Gen. Scott's Military regulations. The following military regulation concerning passports has just been issued at Washington: Headquarters of the Army, Washington, June 1, 1861. The General-in-Chief, by permission of the Executive, announces to all concerned that hereafter no passport, by whomsoever signed or countersigned, will entitle any person to pass the lines of the United States army, unless the same be also counter-signed by himself or the commander of a Military Geographical Department. This regulation will continue in force until further notice. Wisfield Scott, By command, E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Reported capture of
The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mineral resources of the Confederacy. (search)
route, via Wilmington, N. C., during a portion of the year, the arrivals in schedule time were 431; out of schedule time, 136. The year 1857 shows a still greater number of irregularities on the same routes; yet the Post-master General, in his report, says the years 1859-'60 showed a marked improvement as compared with preceding years! We learn from the Department that post-masters throughout the Confederate States are required to make a report of all moneys in their hands on the 1st of June, 1861, belonging to the United States; the sum to be divided pro rate among the contractors who have continued the mail service. It will give some idea of the busines of the Department ot state that one clerk in the Contract Bureau alone, has recorded 3,700 letters since the 1st of June, without counting the circulars, which are sent off in vast numbers. We have no desire to apologize for any defects in the Post-Office Department, if defect, exist, and have merely stated some facts
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Murder in Texas. (search)
Selden, Withers & Co --This firm has turned up again, in a case before the Court of Appeals, wherein John Withers petitions from a decree pronounced by the Circuit Court of Alexandria county on the 1st of June, 1861, in a suit in which the Board of Public Works was plaintiff and Wm. Selden, with the petitioner and others were defendants. The Court being of opinion that the decree is interlocutory, no execution can issue without the order of the Court; and deeming it most proper that the case should be proceeded in further in the Court below, before an appeal is allowed therein, declined the appeal for that reason.
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], Outrage upon the person of our Commissioner to Mexico. (search)
C. S. District Court. --Judge Halyburton's Court was in session yesterday. The cases of the Confederate States against Geo. W. McCandlish, to sequestrate the property of John Taylor, an alien enemy; and the same a gainst John Justiss, to sequestrate the property of E. E. and Wm. Carlton, alien enemies, were advanced through their incipient stages. In the case of the Confederate States against Wm. H. Foster — it appearing that the defenddant is indebted to the firm of Williams & Arness, of Philadelphia, alien enemies, in the sum of $136.52, with interest from June 1st, 1861, till paid, the Court declared the same to be sequestrated, and ordered its payment to Henry L. Brooke, receiver for the third district. Wm. L. Watkins, of Petersburg, qualified as an attorney to practice in this Court.
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