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The Daily Dispatch: September 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], A French correspondent's view of the war in America. (search)
Col. Corcoran. --The New York Evening Post recommends the nomination of Col. Corcoran for Sheriff of that city, and anticipates the objection that the Colonel is under lock and key, by the characteristic boast that there are men enough who wilCol. Corcoran for Sheriff of that city, and anticipates the objection that the Colonel is under lock and key, by the characteristic boast that there are men enough who will vote for him to release him from his confinement and bring him back to New York. This is a continuance of the "On to Richmond" hurrah, which, since the battle of Manassas, has disgusted all mankind. Col. Corcoran is not likely soon to act asCol. Corcoran is not likely soon to act as Sheriff of New York. He has, however, one qualification which the Evening Post has omitted to mention. The absurd creature, as stupid as he is sullen, who affected such intense Irish feeling that he would not call out his regiment to do honor to e mortification and rage of the regular officers of the old army, that they are compelled to recognize such creatures as Corcoran as officers. The Evening Post's nominee is by this time enjoying the comfortable sea breezes of Charleston harbor,
The Daily Dispatch: October 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Suspected. (search)
erriest man amongst them, and was active not only in comforting the wounded and cheering the hopeless, but foremost in such amusements as the prison discipline allowed. One day he received a remittance of $50 from his friends, and he spent the whole sum in the purchase of provisions for the party.--On one occasion, when the roll was called, one of the men was asleep, when the sentry rushed up and dealt him a violent blow upon the head with the butt of his musket. The main cause of Colonel Corcoran's removal South was his resentment upon all occasions of insults offered him or his companions. One Sunday a minister, whilst preaching, departed from his subject and denounced the North, which elicited repeated remarks from the Colonel, who, soon as the discourse was over, was heavily ironed, and a few days after sent South. One of the prisoners declares that a remittance of $50, sent him by his mother, was seized by those who had charge of the prison and appropriated to their own us
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
dora, &c. Augusta, Oct. 31. --The Charleston Mercury of this morning, furnishes an interesting account of the departure of the Ministers of the Confederate States from that port, and the return of the steamer Theodora. The party, consisting of Hon. J. M. Mason, Minister to England; Hon. John Slidell, Minister to France; Mr. McFarland, Secretary of Legation to Mr. Mason; Mr. Eustis, Secretary of Legation to Mr. Slidell; Mrs. Slidell and two daughters, Mrs. Eustis daughter of Mr. Corcoran, the well-known banker of Washington, who is now in Fort Lafayette, Colonel Lamar, and others, left Charleston on the 11th inst. They arrived at Nassau that night, at Cardenas on the 16th, and Havana on the 17th, where they were enthusiastically received. The ladies of Havana presented to the steamer a flag, and the ladies of Matanzas sent a flag to Hampton's Legion. The Theodora returned to the Confederacy with a valuable cargo. She reports that the steamer Keystone State had cap
The Daily Dispatch: November 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Departure of Messrs. Mason the Slidell — their arrival in Havana — how they reached Cuba, etc. (search)
sea with all dispatch. The preparations having been completed, they embarked a little before midnight, on Friday, Oct. 11th. The party of passengers who were starting on this very unusual and somewhat hazardous trip, consisted of the following persons: Hon. J. M. Mason, of Virginia; Mr. MacFarlane, Secretary to Mr. Mason; Hon. John Slidell of Louisiana, Mrs. Slidell, Miss Mathilde Slidell, Miss Rosine Slidell; Mr. Eustis, (Secretary to Mr. Slidell,) Mrs. Eustis, who is a daughter of Mr. Corcoran, the Washington banker, now in Fort Lafayette; Col. Le Mat, of Louisiana, the inventor of the grape-shot revolver, and two or three other gentlemen, whom it will be best, for the present, not to name. The night was pitch dark, and about midnight a light rain began falling, which rendered the chances of being detected by the blockaders exceedingly slim. At one o'clock on Saturday morning, the hasty good-byes, and God-speed-you's having been said, the cables of the Theodora were l
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Constitutionality of secession. (search)
Retaliation. We intimated yesterday that a Federal prisoner had been selected to be hung, in the event that such a penalty is visited by the Lincoln Government upon the privateer Captain Baker. A city contemporary confirms a report which we heard on Sunday that the drawing of lots took place, and that Col. Corcoran was the individual selected.--Mr. Ely was required to draw for this prisoner; who was sent South a number of weeks ago. It is further stated that nine other Colonels and three Captains have been selected to represent the twelve remaining privateers in prison at Philadelphia.
The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], From the border. (search)
Headquarters Dep't of Henrico, Richmond, Va., Nov. 1, 1861. Hon J. P. Benjamin, Sec'y of War: Sir: --In obedience to instructions contained in your letter of the 9th inst., one prisoner of war of the highest rank in our possession was chosen by lot, to be held for execution in the same manner as may be adopted by the enemy for the execution of Smith, recently condemned to death in Philadelphia. The names of the six Colonels were placed in a can. The first name drawn was that of Col. Corcoran, 69th Regiment. N. Y. S. M., who is the hostage chosen to answer for Smith. In choosing the thirteen, from the highest rank, to be held to answer for a like number of prisoners of war captured by the enemy at sea, there being only ten field officers, it was necessary to draw by lot three Captains. The first names drawn were Captains J. B. Ricketts, H. McQuade, and J. W. Rockwood. The list of thirteen will therefore stand--Colonels Lee, Cogswell, Wilcox, Woodruff, and Wood; Li
The Daily Dispatch: November 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Federal army appointments. (search)
hat fewer of the Massachusetts officers would have been killed had they not have been too proud to surrender. Federal prisoners at Charleston.letters from Col. Corcoran We make the following extracts from letters from Col. Corcoran, of the New York 69th regiment, now in confinement at Castle Pinckney, S. C. He was capturedCol. Corcoran, of the New York 69th regiment, now in confinement at Castle Pinckney, S. C. He was captured, it will be remembered, at Bull Run, and is held as a hostage for Smith, convicted of piracy in Philadelphia. Col. C. says: In my last I mentioned that the people of Charleston had treated us with considerable courtesy on the occasion of our arrival in and departure from that city, but neglected to state another favorable cf the care and attention bestowed in dressing and cleaning the wounded, and many attribute their recovery to their untiring exertions. In another letter, Col. Corcoran writes as follows: The prisoners here who left Richmond on the 13th ult., consist of thirty-four officers and 120 non-commissioned officers and privates;
The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Benefit night. (search)
It is said that the adventurous rebel who visited all the posts of the left wing of Lincoln's army a few days ago, under a written permit from McClellan, was no less a personage than the famous Wigfall. Col. Corcoran, confined in prison at Castle Pinckney, Charleston, (who is the hostage for Smith, one of our privateersmen, already convicted of piracy in Philadelphia,) has been committed to the condemned coll.
The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway.--$10 reward. (search)
Col. Corcoran. --This redoubtable Federal warrior, who is still growling like a sick bear ovees of air and exercise, and, finally, what Col. Corcoran evidently considers the climax of cruelty,eply pained by these prison revelations of Col. Corcoran. That an officer of his rare merits and alem was never seen or heard of than this same Corcoran. Who is the man? Who is this fellow that gis himself more airs than Prince Albert, (whom Corcoran refused to honor by calling out his regiment have to herd with such loafers and humbugs as Corcoran, and to be represented in the press and publi would be now approaching its end. As to Corcoran's lament about "spiritual" consolation, if heat every human form has a soul in it, visited Corcoran in prison, and was anxious to rescue him as abetter success, of which we have no proof but Corcoran's word, it shows that captivity is gradually uine of the new penitent. An old sinner like Corcoran, an ex-Queen's policeman in Ireland, and a ve
The Daily Dispatch: November 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 22 (search)
d says: The resolve which the Government has come to with regard to the retaliatory treatment to which Messrs. Mason and Slidell are to be subjected, will no doubt have the effect of checking the prosecution of barbarous measures against Col. Corcoran and the other officers whom the rebel leaders threaten with condign and inglorious punishment. When it becomes known that the law of retaliation will be strictly carried out with regard to the reading rebels now at Fort Warren, it is not likely that the gallant officers of our army, now lying in Southern prisons, will be treated to the hatter, as is threatened in the case of Col. Corcoran. We only Lord Mason, Slidell and Faulkner now out of the list of Southern states statesman; but we may soon have a larger number of hostages; perhaps in the course of coming events, Mr. Jeff. Davis himself may be held to answer for the uncivilized conduct of his co-rebels. The decisive battle of the campaign. From the following par
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